Apparatus and method of resource mapping for enhanced PDCCH transmission with multiple beams from multiple TRPs
Apparatus and methods of resource mapping for enhanced PDCCH transmission with multiple beams from multiple TRPs are disclosed. The apparatus includes: a processor that determines transmission resources capable of transmitting Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) using a Control Resource Set (CORESET) by a plurality of wireless transmitting-receiving identities including a first identity and a second identity; and determines a resource candidate from the transmission resources for transmitting the PDCCH; where the resource candidate includes a first resource group having a first set of Resource Elements (REs) for transmission by the first identity, and a second resource group having a second set of REs for transmission by the second identity; and a transmitter that transmits the PDCCH using the resource candidate.
1. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
at least one memory; and
at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the apparatus to:
determine transmission resources capable of transmitting Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) using a Control Resource Set (CORESET) by a plurality of wireless transmitting-receiving identities comprising a first identity and a second identity;
determine a resource candidate from the transmission resources for transmitting the PDCCH, wherein the resource candidate comprises a first resource group having a first set of Resource Elements (REs) for transmission by the first identity, and a second resource group having a second set of REs for transmission by the second identity;
transmit the PDCCH using the resource candidate; and
transmit Medium Access Control Control Element (MAC CE) with a plurality of activated Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) states for the CORESET, wherein the plurality of activated TCI states are used for transmission of the PDCCH.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the apparatus to determine a plurality of resource candidates from the transmission resources for transmitting the PDCCH; each one of the resource candidates comprises a first resource group having a first set of REs for transmission by the first identity, and a second resource group having a second set of REs for transmission by the second identity; and transmit the PDCCH using one of the resource candidates.
3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the apparatus to transmit a mapping scheme selection signal indicating basic units of the one of the resource candidates.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the resource candidate includes a plurality of Resource Element Groups (REGs) as basic units, each REG comprising a plurality of REs; and the REGs are concatenated in groups, each of which comprises a first REG for transmission by the first identity, and a second REG for transmission by the second identity.
5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the groups of REGs are further arranged into superset groups, each superset group comprising of one or more REG bundles that are each one or more REGs bundled together according to a bundling size defined by a higher layer; and the superset groups are further arranged into Control Channel Elements (CCEs), each CCE comprising a pre-defined number of REGs.
6. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein each one of the REGs are arranged in an increasing order of corresponding identification numbers.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the resource candidate includes a plurality of Resource Element Group (REG) bundles as basic units, each REG bundle comprising a plurality of REGs that are bundled together according to a bundling size defined by a higher layer; and the REG bundles are concatenated in groups, each of which comprises a first REG bundle for transmission by the first identity, and a second REG bundle for transmission by the second identity.
8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the groups are further arranged into Control Channel Elements (CCEs), each CCE comprising a pre-defined number of REGs.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the resource candidate a plurality of Control Channel Elements (CCEs) as basic units, each CCE comprising a pre-defined number of REGs associated with one of the wireless transmitting-receiving identities; and the CCEs are concatenated in groups, each of which comprises a first CCE for transmission by the first identity, and a second CCE by the second identity.
10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the activated TCI states for the CORESET implicitly indicate that more than one wireless transmitting-receiving identities are used for transmission of the PDCCH.
11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of activated TCI states used for transmission of the PDCCH are from a same list of TCI-States.
12. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
at least one memory; and
at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the apparatus to:
receive transmission resources transmitted in a Control Resource Set (CORESET) from a plurality of wireless transmitting-receiving identities comprising a first identity and a second identity, and Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) with a plurality of activated Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) states for the CORESET, wherein the plurality of activated TCI states are used for a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) reception; and
detect a resource candidate from the transmission resources for the PDCCH reception wherein the resource candidate comprises a first resource group having a first set of Resource Elements (REs) received from the first identity, and a second resource group having a second set of REs received from the second identity.
13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the transmission resources comprises a plurality of resource candidates; each one of the resource candidates comprises a first resource group having a first set of REs received from the first identity, and a second resource group having a second set of REs received from the second identity; and the processor further detects one of the resource candidates that is used for transmission of the PDCCH.
14. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the resource candidate includes a plurality of Resource Element Groups (REGs) as basic units, each REG comprising a plurality of REs; and the REGs are concatenated in groups, each of which comprises a first REG received from the first identity, and a second REG received from the second identity.
15. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the resource candidate includes a plurality of Resource Element Group (REG) bundles as basic units, each REG bundle comprising a plurality of REGs that are bundled together according to a bundling size defined by a higher layer; and the REG bundles are concatenated in groups, each of which comprises a first REG bundle received from the first identity, and a second REG bundle received from the second identity.
16. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the resource candidate includes a plurality of Control Channel Elements (CCEs) as basic units, each CCE comprising a pre-defined number of REGs associated with one of the wireless transmitting-receiving identities; and the CCEs are concatenated in groups, each of which comprises a first CCE received from the first identity, and a second CCE by the second identity.
17. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the plurality of activated TCI states used for transmission of the PDCCH are from a same list of TCI-States.
18. A method, comprising:
determining, by a processor, transmission resources capable of transmitting Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) using a Control Resource Set (CORESET) by a plurality of wireless transmitting-receiving identities comprising a first identity and a second identity;
determining, by the processor, a resource candidate from the transmission resources for transmitting the PDCCH;
transmitting, by a transmitter, the PDCCH using the resource candidate; and
transmitting, by the transmitter, Medium Access Control Control Element (MAC CE) with a plurality of activated Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) states for the CORESET, wherein the plurality of activated TCI states are used for transmission of the PDCCH;
wherein the resource candidate comprises a first resource group having a first set of Resource Elements (REs) for transmission by the first identity, and a second resource group having a second set of REs for transmission by the second identity.
19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising: transmitting, by the transmitter, a plurality of activated Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) states for the CORESET, to implicitly indicate that more than one wireless transmitting-receiving identities are used for transmission of the PDCCH.
20. The method of claim 18 , wherein the plurality of activated TCI states used for transmission of the PDCCH are from a same list of TCI-States.