Granted Patent B2

US 12,348,452 · App. 17/712,806 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Inventors: Kazuki Takeda (Tokyo, JP); Mostafa Khoshnevisan (San Diego, CA); Peter Gaal (San Diego, CA); Alberto Rico Alvarino (San Diego, CA); Huilin Xu (Temecula, CA)

Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated

H04L5/0053H04L5/0078

Abstract

Claims (77)

1. An apparatus for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

one or more memories; and

one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and configured to:

receive a first message indicating a control resource set associated with a transmission configuration indicator state, wherein at least one shared data signal associated with a first radio access technology is scheduled by a control signal that is based at least in part on the control resource set;

receive a second message indicating a pattern for rate-matching the at least one shared data signal around resources allocated for one or more reference signals associated with a second radio access technology, wherein the pattern is selected from a first list comprising a first plurality of patterns for rate-matching, a second list comprising a second plurality of patterns for rate-matching, or both based at least in part on an indicator associated with the transmission configuration indicator state, wherein the pattern is selected from the first list based at least in part on the indicator comprising a first value, and wherein the pattern is selected from the second list based at least in part on the indicator comprising a second value different from the first value; and

communicate the at least one shared data signal in accordance with the pattern.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

transmit a report indicating at least one UE capability associated with the rate-matching, wherein receiving the second message is based at least in part on the at least one UE capability.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive a third message indicating the first list comprising the first plurality of patterns for rate-matching and a second indication of the second list including the second plurality of patterns for rate-matching, wherein the pattern is based at least in part on a first pattern selected from the first list and a second pattern selected from the second list, and wherein the first pattern and the second pattern are overlapping in frequency or non-overlapping in frequency.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein:

the first pattern and the second pattern are associated with a pattern index, and

the first pattern is selected from the first list and the second pattern is selected from the second list based at least in part on the pattern index.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive a third message indicating the first list comprising the first plurality of patterns for rate-matching and a second indication of the second list comprising the second plurality of patterns for rate-matching, wherein the pattern is based at least in part on two patterns selected from the first list or the second list, and wherein the two patterns are overlapping in frequency.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive a fourth message indicating for the UE to select the pattern from one of the first list or the second list; and

select the pattern from one of the first list or the second list based at least in part on the fourth message.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive a third message indicating the control resource set associated with the transmission configuration indicator state, wherein receiving the first message is based at least in part on the third message.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the pattern is selected from both the first list and the second list based at least in part on the indicator not being configured.

9. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

one or more memories; and

one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and configured to:

transmit a report indicating a capability of the UE to puncture control signals associated with a first radio access technology around resources allocated for reference signals associated with a second radio access technology;

receive a first message indicating a control resource set associated with the first radio access technology;

receive a second message based at least in part on the capability of the UE, the second message indicating a pattern for puncturing at least one control signal associated with the first radio access technology around the resources allocated for the reference signals associated with the second radio access technology; and

communicate the at least one control signal and the reference signals in accordance with the pattern.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive a third message indicating at least one list, wherein each list of the at least one list comprises a plurality of patterns for puncturing, and wherein the pattern is based at least in part on at least one pattern selected from the at least one list.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive a fourth message indicating a pattern position, wherein the pattern is based at least in part on one pattern of the at least one pattern, and wherein the one pattern is selected from a list of the at least one list according to the pattern position.

12. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein:

the pattern is based at least in part on each pattern of the at least one pattern, and

each pattern of the at least one pattern is selected from a list of the at least one list.

13. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the pattern is based at least in part on each pattern of the at least one pattern.

14. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

identify an indicator associated with the control resource set, wherein the at least one pattern is selected from a list of the at least one list, and wherein the list is based at least in part on a value of the indicator.

15. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein:

the second message comprises a radio resource control message, and

the second message indicates the pattern via an information element.

16. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the capability of the UE comprises a capability of the UE to support puncturing according to a number of patterns associated with a serving cell, a capability of the UE to support punctuating according to a number of patterns that overlap in frequency and are associated with a serving cell, a capability of the UE to support puncturing according to a number of patterns that non-overlapping in frequency and are associated with a serving cell, a capability of the UE to support puncturing for a number of control resource sets associated with a bandwidth part or a serving cell, or any combination thereof.

17. An apparatus for wireless communications at a network entity, comprising:

one or more memories; and

one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and configured to:

transmit a first message indicating a control resource set associated with a transmission configuration indicator state, wherein at least one shared data signal associated with a first radio access technology is scheduled by a control signal that is based at least in part on the control resource set;

transmit a second message indicating a pattern for rate-matching the at least one shared data signal around resources allocated for one or more reference signals associated with a second radio access technology, wherein the pattern is selected from a first list comprising a first plurality of patterns for rate-matching, a second list comprising a second plurality of patterns for rate-matching, or both based at least in part on an indicator associated with the transmission configuration indicator state, wherein the pattern is selected from the first list based at least in part on the indicator comprising a first value, and wherein the pattern is selected from the second list based at least in part on the indicator comprising a second value different from the first value; and

communicate the at least one shared data signal in accordance with the pattern.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive a report indicating at least one user equipment (UE) capability associated with the rate-matching, wherein transmitting the second message is based at least in part on the at least one UE capability.

19. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

transmit a third message indicating the first list comprising the first plurality of patterns for rate-matching and a second indication of the second list comprising the second plurality of patterns for rate-matching, wherein the pattern is based at least in part on a first pattern selected from the first list and a second pattern selected from the second list, and wherein the first pattern and the second pattern are overlapping in frequency.

20. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

transmit a third message indicating the first list comprising the first plurality of patterns for rate-matching and a second indication of the second list comprising the second plurality of patterns for rate-matching, wherein the pattern is based at least in part on two patterns selected from one of the first list or the second list, and wherein the two patterns are overlapping in frequency.

21. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

transmit a fourth message indicating for a UE to select the two patterns from one of the first list or the second list.

22. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

transmit a third message indicating the control resource set associated with the transmission configuration indicator state, wherein receiving the first message is based at least in part on the third message.

23. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the pattern is selected from both the first list and the second list based at least in part on the indicator not being configured.

24. An apparatus for wireless communication at a network entity, comprising:

one or more memories; and

one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and configured to:

receive a report indicating a capability of a user equipment (UE) to puncture control signals associated with a first radio access technology around resources allocated for reference signals associated with a second radio access technology;

transmit a first message indicating a control resource set associated with the first radio access technology;

transmit a second message based at least in part on the capability of the UE, the second message indicating a pattern for puncturing at least one control signal associated with the first radio access technology around the resources allocated for the reference signals associated with the second radio access technology; and

communicate the at least one control signal and the reference signals in accordance with the pattern.

25. The apparatus of claim 24 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

transmit a third message indicating at least one list, wherein each list of the at least one list comprises a plurality of patterns for puncturing, and wherein the pattern is based at least in part on at least one pattern selected from the at least one list.

26. The apparatus of claim 25 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

transmit a fourth message indicating a pattern position, wherein the pattern is based at least in part on one pattern of the at least one pattern, and wherein the one pattern is selected from a list of the at least one list according to the pattern position.

27. The apparatus of claim 24 , wherein:

the second message comprises a radio resource control message, and

the second message indicates the pattern via an information element.

28. A method for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving a first message indicating a control resource set associated with a transmission configuration indicator state, wherein at least one shared data signal associated with a first radio access technology is scheduled by a control signal that is based at least in part on the control resource set;

receiving a second message indicating a pattern for rate-matching the at least one shared data signal around resources allocated for one or more reference signals associated with a second radio access technology, wherein the pattern is selected from a first list comprising a first plurality of patterns for rate-matching, a second list comprising a second plurality of patterns for rate-matching, or both based at least in part on an indicator associated with the transmission configuration indicator state, wherein the pattern is selected from the first list based at least in part on the indicator comprising a first value, and wherein the pattern is selected from the second list based at least in part on the indicator comprising a second value different from the first value; and

communicating the at least one shared data signal in accordance with the pattern.

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