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US 12,328,733 · App. 17/115,499 · Granted Jun 10, 2025

Cross-carrier reference signal scheduling offset and threshold determination

Inventors: Yan Zhou (San Diego, CA); Makesh Pravin John Wilson (San Diego, CA); Tao Luo (San Diego, CA); Tianyang Bai (Somerville, NJ); Kiran Venugopal (Raritan, NJ)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W72/23H04L5/0048H04W56/005H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W72/21H04B7/0413
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Patent No.
US 12,328,733
App. No.
17/115,499
Granted
Jun 10, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, via a first carrier, an indication of an offset for scheduling a reference signal on a second carrier, wherein the offset indicates a duration between downlink control information (DCI), that schedules the reference signal, and the reference signal; determine a first numerology of the first carrier and a second numerology of the second carrier; and determine a time offset for the reference signal based at least in part on the offset and at least one of the first numerology, the second numerology, or both the first numerology and the second numerology. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Claims (89)

1. A method of wireless communication performed by an apparatus, comprising:

receiving, from a user equipment (UE), an indication of multiple scheduling offset thresholds corresponding to multiple numerologies, wherein each scheduling offset threshold of the multiple scheduling offset thresholds indicates, for a corresponding numerology, a minimum duration for the UE to switch to a different beam between downlink control information (DCI) and a reference signal associated with the DCI, wherein the DCI and the reference signal have different numerologies; and

scheduling a particular reference signal, with a scheduled offset between a particular DCI and the particular reference signal, for the UE based at least in part on a particular scheduling offset threshold of the multiple scheduling offset thresholds.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the minimum duration is a number of symbols.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the scheduling offset threshold is based at least in part on a function of a first numerology associated with the DCI and a second numerology associated with the reference signal.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the particular reference signal is scheduled based at least in part on whether the scheduled offset satisfies the scheduling offset threshold.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein, if the scheduled offset is greater than the scheduling offset threshold, the particular DCI indicates a beam for transmission of the particular reference signal.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein, if the scheduled offset is less than the scheduling offset threshold, a default beam for the particular reference signal is used.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reference signal is an aperiodic channel state information reference signal.

8. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors coupled to the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

receive, from a user equipment (UE), an indication of multiple scheduling offset thresholds corresponding to multiple numerologies, wherein each scheduling offset threshold of the multiple scheduling offset thresholds indicates, for a corresponding numerology, a minimum duration for the UE to switch to a different beam between downlink control information (DCI) and a reference signal associated with the DCI, wherein the DCI and the reference signal have different numerologies; and

schedule a particular reference signal, with a scheduled offset between a particular DCI and the particular reference signal, for the UE based at least in part on a particular scheduling offset threshold of the multiple scheduling offset thresholds.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the minimum duration is a number of symbols.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the scheduling offset threshold is based at least in part on a function of a first numerology associated with the DCI and a second numerology associated with the reference signal.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the particular reference signal is scheduled based at least in part on whether the scheduled offset satisfies the scheduling offset threshold.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein, if the scheduled offset is greater than the scheduling offset threshold, the particular DCI indicates a beam for transmission of the particular reference signal.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein, if the scheduled offset is less than the scheduling offset threshold, a default beam for the particular reference signal is used.

14. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the reference signal is an aperiodic channel state information reference signal.

15. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors coupled to the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

receive, from a user equipment (UE), an indication of multiple scheduling offset thresholds corresponding to multiple numerologies, wherein each scheduling offset threshold of the multiple scheduling offset thresholds indicates, for a corresponding numerology, a minimum duration for the UE to switch to a different beam; and

schedule a reference signal, with a scheduled offset between downlink control information (DCI) and the reference signal, for the UE based at least in part on a particular scheduling offset threshold of the multiple scheduling offset thresholds.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the minimum duration is a number of symbols.

17. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the scheduling offset threshold is based at least in part on a function of a first numerology associated with the DCI and a second numerology associated with the reference signal.

18. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the reference signal is scheduled based at least in part on whether the scheduled offset satisfies the scheduling offset threshold.

19. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the reference signal is an aperiodic channel state information reference signal.

20. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors coupled to the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

receive, from a user equipment (UE), an indication of multiple scheduling offset thresholds corresponding to multiple numerologies, wherein each scheduling offset threshold of the multiple scheduling offset thresholds indicates, for a corresponding numerology, a minimum duration for the UE to switch to a different beam between downlink control information (DCI) and a reference signal associated with the DCI, wherein the DCI and the reference signal have different numerologies; and

transmit a particular reference signal, with a scheduled offset between a particular DCI and the particular reference signal, for the UE based at least in part on a particular scheduling offset threshold of the multiple scheduling offset thresholds.

21. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the minimum duration is a number of symbols.

22. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the scheduling offset threshold is based at least in part on a function of a first numerology associated with the DCI and a second numerology associated with the reference signal.

23. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the particular reference signal is scheduled based at least in part on whether the scheduled offset satisfies the scheduling offset threshold.

24. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the reference signal is an aperiodic channel state information reference signal.

25. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein, if the scheduled offset is greater than the scheduling offset threshold, the DCI indicates a beam for transmission of the reference signal.

26. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein, if the scheduled offset is less than the scheduling offset threshold, a default beam for the reference signal is used.

27. The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein, if the scheduled offset is greater than the scheduling offset threshold, the particular DCI indicates a beam for transmission of the particular reference signal.

28. The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein, if the scheduled offset is less than the scheduling offset threshold, a default beam for the particular reference signal is used.

29. The method of claim 1 , wherein the particular scheduling offset threshold corresponds to a numerology of the particular reference signal.

30. The method of claim 29 , wherein the multiple numerologies include the numerology of the particular reference signal.

31. The method of claim 30 , wherein the minimum duration is a number of symbols, and wherein the reference signal is an aperiodic channel state information reference signal.

32. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the particular scheduling offset threshold corresponds to a numerology of the particular reference signal.

33. The apparatus of claim 32 , wherein the multiple numerologies include the numerology of the particular reference signal.

34. The apparatus of claim 33 , wherein the minimum duration is a number of symbols, and wherein the reference signal is an aperiodic channel state information reference signal.

35. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the particular scheduling offset threshold corresponds to a numerology of the reference signal.

36. The apparatus of claim 35 , wherein the multiple numerologies include the numerology of the reference signal.

37. The apparatus of claim 36 , wherein the minimum duration is a number of symbols, and wherein the reference signal is an aperiodic channel state information reference signal.

38. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the particular scheduling offset threshold corresponds to a numerology of the particular reference signal.

39. The apparatus of claim 38 , wherein the multiple numerologies include the numerology of the particular reference signal.

40. The apparatus of claim 39 , wherein the minimum duration is a number of symbols, and wherein the reference signal is an aperiodic channel state information reference signal.

41. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors coupled to the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

receive, from a user equipment (UE), an indication of multiple scheduling offset thresholds corresponding to multiple numerologies, wherein each scheduling offset threshold of the multiple scheduling offset thresholds, for a corresponding numerology, is associated with a minimum duration for the UE to switch to a different beam between downlink control information (DCI) and a reference signal associated with the DCI, wherein the DCI and the reference signal have different numerologies; and

schedule a particular reference signal, with a scheduled offset between a particular DCI and the particular reference signal, for the UE based at least in part on a particular scheduling offset threshold of the multiple scheduling offset thresholds.

42. The apparatus of claim 41 , wherein the particular scheduling offset threshold corresponds to a numerology of the particular reference signal.

43. The apparatus of claim 42 , wherein the multiple numerologies include the numerology of the particular reference signal.

44. The apparatus of claim 43 , wherein the minimum duration is a number of symbols, and wherein the reference signal is an aperiodic channel state information reference signal.

45. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors coupled to the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

receive, from a user equipment (UE), an indication of multiple scheduling offset thresholds corresponding to multiple numerologies, wherein each scheduling offset threshold of the multiple scheduling offset thresholds, for a corresponding numerology, is associated with a minimum duration for the UE to switch to a different beam; and

schedule a reference signal, with a scheduled offset between downlink control information (DCI) and the reference signal, for the UE based at least in part on a particular scheduling offset threshold of the multiple scheduling offset thresholds.

46. The apparatus of claim 45 , wherein the particular scheduling offset threshold corresponds to a numerology of the reference signal.

47. The apparatus of claim 46 , wherein the multiple numerologies include the numerology of the reference signal.

48. The apparatus of claim 47 , wherein the minimum duration is a number of symbols, and wherein the reference signal is an aperiodic channel state information reference signal.

49. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors coupled to the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

receive, from a user equipment (UE), an indication of multiple scheduling offset thresholds corresponding to multiple numerologies, wherein each scheduling offset threshold of the multiple scheduling offset thresholds, for a corresponding numerology, is associated with a minimum duration for the UE to switch to a different beam between downlink control information (DCI) and a reference signal associated with the DCI, wherein the DCI and the reference signal have different numerologies; and

transmit a particular reference signal, with a scheduled offset between a particular DCI and the particular reference signal, for the UE based at least in part on a particular scheduling offset threshold of the multiple scheduling offset thresholds.

50. The apparatus of claim 49 , wherein the particular scheduling offset threshold corresponds to a numerology of the particular reference signal.

51. The apparatus of claim 50 , wherein the multiple numerologies include the numerology of the particular reference signal.

52. The apparatus of claim 51 , wherein the minimum duration is a number of symbols, and wherein the reference signal is an aperiodic channel state information reference signal.

53. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors coupled to the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

receive, from a user equipment (UE), an indication of multiple scheduling offset thresholds corresponding to multiple numerologies, wherein:

each scheduling offset threshold of the multiple scheduling offset thresholds, for a corresponding numerology, is associated with a minimum duration for the UE to switch to a different beam between downlink control information (DCI) and a reference signal associated with the DCI;

the DCI and the reference signal have different numerologies;

the minimum duration is a number of symbols; and

the reference signal is an aperiodic channel state information reference signal; and

schedule a particular reference signal, with a scheduled offset between a particular DCI and the particular reference signal, for the UE based at least in part on a particular scheduling offset threshold of the multiple scheduling offset thresholds, wherein:

the particular scheduling offset threshold corresponds to a numerology of the particular reference signal, and

the multiple numerologies include the numerology of the particular reference signal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2020
From: ZHOU, YAN; JOHN WILSON, MAKESH PRAVIN; LUO, TAO; BAI, TIANYANG; VENUGOPAL, KIRAN
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 054582/0838 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16146628 · Sep 28, 2018
Related Publication 20210092721A1 · Mar 25, 2021
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