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US 12,407,473 · App. 17/765,252 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving multiple data in wireless cooperative communication system

Inventors: Euichang Jung (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Hoondong Noh (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jinhyun Park (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
H04L5/0053H04W72/1273H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12,407,473
App. No.
17/765,252
Granted
Sep 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure relates to a communication technique for combining, with IoT technology, a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system to support a higher data transfer rate than a 4th generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE), and a system thereof. The disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, healthcare, digital education, retail businesses, security and safety related services, etc.) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. According to various embodiments of the present invention, a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving multiple data in a wireless cooperative communication system may be provided. In addition, a method for a terminal in the communication system of the present invention is characterized by comprising the steps of: sending UE capability information including beam switching-related information to a base station; receiving configuration information including information related to a control channel from the base station; receiving at least one of first control information or second control information from the base station on the basis of the information related to the control channel; identifying whether a first time offset between a first control channel and a first data channel corresponding to the first control information, and a second time offset between a second control channel and a second data channel corresponding to the second control information are smaller than the beam switching-related information; and receiving data over the first data channel or the second data channel by using default quasi co-located (QCL) information when the first time offset and the second time offset are smaller than the beam switching-related information.

Claims (59)

1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a base station, UE capability information including beam switching-related information;

receiving, from a first transmission reception point (TRP) associated with the base station, first configuration information including first information related to a first control channel;

receiving, from a second TRP associated with the base station, second configuration information including second information related to a second control channel;

receiving, from the first TRP, first control information based on the first information related to the first control channel;

receiving, from the second TRP, second control information based on the second information related to the second control channel;

identifying whether a first time offset between the first control channel and a first data channel corresponding to the first control information is smaller than the beam switching-related information;

identifying whether a second time offset between the second control channel and a second data channel corresponding to the second control information is smaller than the beam switching-related information;

identifying default quasi co-located (QCL) information configured by a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE);

in case that the first time offset and the second time offset are smaller than the beam switching-related information, selecting a QCL parameter among a first QCL parameter used to receive the first control information and a second QCL parameter used to receive the second control information; and

based on the identified default QCL information, receiving data on the first data channel and the second data channel by applying the selected QCL parameter to the identified default QCL information,

wherein the default QCL information includes at least one of information associated with transmission configuration indication (TCI) states, downlink reference signals (DL-RS), or uplink reference signals (UL-RS).

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein different default QCL information is used for a plurality of TRPs in case that two or more TCI states are included in the MAC CE.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein a TCI state is mapped based on a TRP index in case that the two or more TCI states are included in the MAC CE, and

wherein the MAC CE is configured per component carrier (CC) or per bandwidth part (BWP).

4. A method performed by a base station in a communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a user equipment (UE), UE capability information including beam switching-related information;

transmitting, to the UE via a first transmission reception point (TRP) associated with the base station, first configuration information including first information related to a first control channel;

transmitting, to the UE via a second TRP associated with the base station, second configuration information including second information related to a second control channel;

transmitting, to the UE via the first TRP, first control information based on the first information related to the first control channel;

transmitting, to the UE via the second TRP, second control information based on the second information related to the second control channel; and

in case that a first time offset between the first control channel and a first data channel corresponding to the first control information is smaller than the beam switching-related information and a second time offset between the second control channel and a second data channel corresponding to the second control information is smaller than the beam switching-related information, based on default quasi co-located (QCL) information configured by a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE), transmitting, to the UE, data on the first data channel and the second data channel by applying a QCL parameter to the default QCL information,

wherein the QCL parameter is selected among a first QCL parameter used to receive the first control information and a second QCL parameter used to receive the second control information, and

wherein the default QCL information includes at least one of information associated with transmission configuration indication (TCI) states, downlink reference signals (DL-RS), or uplink reference signals (UL-RS).

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein different default QCL information is used for a plurality of TRPs in case that two or more TCI states are included in the MAC CE.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein a TCI state is mapped based on a TRP index in case that the two or more TCI states are included in the MAC CE, and

wherein the MAC CE is configured per component carrier (CC) or per bandwidth part (BWP).

7. A user equipment (UE) in a communication system, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

transmit, to a base station, UE capability information including beam switching-related information,

receive, from a first transmission reception point (TRP) associated with the base station, first configuration information including first information related to a first control channel,

receive, from a second TRP associated with the base station, second configuration information including second information related to a second control channel,

receive, from the first TRP, first control information based on the first information related to the first control channel,

receive, from the second TRP, second control information based on the second information related to the second control channel,

identify whether a first time offset between the first control channel and a first data channel corresponding to the first control information is smaller than the beam switching-related information,

identify whether a second time offset between the second control channel and a second data channel corresponding to the second control information is smaller than the beam switching-related information,

identify default quasi co-located (QCL) information configured by a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE),

in case that the first time offset and the second time offset are smaller than the beam switching-related information, select a QCL parameter among a first QCL parameter used to receive the first control information and a second QCL parameter used to receive the second control information, and

based on the identified default QCL information, receive data on the first data channel and the second data channel by applying the selected QCL parameter to the identified default QCL information,

wherein the default QCL information includes at least one of information associated with transmission configuration indication (TCI) states, downlink reference signals (DL-RS), or uplink reference signals (UL-RS).

8. The UE of claim 7 , wherein different default QCL information is used for a plurality of TRPs in case that two or more TCI states are included in the MAC CE.

9. The UE of claim 8 , wherein a TCI state is mapped based on a TRP index in case that the two or more TCI states are included in the MAC CE, and

wherein the MAC CE is configured per component carrier (CC) or per bandwidth part (BWP).

10. A base station in a communication system, the base station comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

receive, from a user equipment (UE), UE capability information including beam switching-related information,

transmit, to the UE via a first transmission reception point (TRP), first configuration information including first information related to a first control channel,

transmit, to the UE via a second TRP, second configuration information including second information related to a second control channel;

transmit, to the UE via the first TRP, first control information based on the first information related to the first control channel,

transmit, to the UE via the second TRP, second control information based on the second information related to the second control channel, and

in case that a first time offset between the first control channel and a first data channel corresponding to the first control information is smaller than the beam switching-related information and a second time offset between the second control channel and a second data channel corresponding to the second control information is smaller than the beam switching-related information,

based on default quasi co-located (QCL) information configured by a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE), transmit, to the UE, data on the first data channel and the second data channel by applying a QCL parameter to the default QCL information,

wherein the QCL parameter is selected among a first QCL parameter used to receive the first control information and a second QCL parameter used to receive the second control information, and

wherein the default QCL information includes at least one of information associated with transmission configuration indication (TCI) states, downlink reference signals (DL-RS), or uplink reference signals (UL-RS).

11. The base station of claim 10 , wherein different default QCL information is used for a plurality of TRPs in case that two or more TCI states are included in the MAC CE,

wherein a TCI state is mapped based on a TRP index in case that the two or more TCI states are included in the MAC CE, and

wherein the MAC CE is configured per component carrier (CC) or per bandwidth part (BWP).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2022
From: JUNG, EUICHANG; NOH, HOONDONG; PARK, JINHYUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059472/0717 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0129464 · Oct 17, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220360408A1 · Nov 10, 2022
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