IP Library Granted Patent US 12,470,353
Granted Patent B2
US 12,470,353 · App. 18/086,001 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Method of deriving QCL assumption in multi-panel transmission and related device

Inventors: Chia-Hao Yu (Yilan, TW); Yu-Hsin Cheng (Hsinchu, TW)
H04L5/0053H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12,470,353
App. No.
18/086,001
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of deriving a Quasi-CoLocation (QCL) assumption for a user equipment (UE) in multi-panel transmission is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining a plurality of control resource set (CORESET) groups from a network of the wireless communication system, determining a default QCL assumption for demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) port(s) of at least one physical downlink share channel (PDSCH), reception scheduled by a scheduling physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) according to a CORESET of one of the plurality of CORESET groups when a time offset between a reception of downlink control information (DCI), in the scheduling PDCCH and the at least one PDSCH reception is less than a threshold, wherein at least one of the plurality of CORESET groups includes at least one CORESET for indicating a QCL assumption, and applying the default QCL assumption for reception of the DM-RS port(s) of the at least one PDSCH.

Claims (35)

1 . A method of deriving a Quasi-Colocation (QCL) assumption in multi-panel transmission for a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

reporting, to a network of a wireless communication system, capabilities of supporting: a multi-transmit-receive-point (multi-TRP) operation for supporting simultaneous reception from multiple TRPs, and a panel-specific default beam for at least one physical downlink shared channel (PDSCHD) reception;

receiving a configuration comprising a plurality of control resource set (CORESET) groups from the each CORESET group corresponding to a different TRP;

receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) scheduling a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) associated with a first TRP of the multiple TRPs;

determining a default QCL assumption for demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) port(s) of the PDSCH scheduled by the PDCCH according to a CORESET of one of the plurality of CORESET groups associated with the first TRP, in response to a time offset between a reception of downlink control information (DCI) in the scheduling PDCCH and the PDSCH reception being less than a threshold; and

applying the default QCL assumption for reception of the DM-RS port(s) of the PDSCH.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the default QCL assumption includes a QCL type-D parameter.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of CORESET groups is configured by the network to the UE through radio resource control (RRC) signaling including a CORESET configuration indicating different values of a CORESETPoolIndex parameter.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the default QCL assumption comprises:

determining that the default QCL assumption is associated with QCL parameter(s) utilized for PDCCH QCL indication of a CORESET indicated via a monitored search space with a lowest CORESET index of the one of the plurality of CORESET groups associated with the first TRP in a latest slot within an active bandwidth part (BWP) of a serving cell when the time offset between the reception of the DCI in the scheduling PDCCH and the PDSCH reception is less than the threshold.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the threshold includes a timeDurationForQCL parameter.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the default QCL assumption comprises:

determining a first default QCL assumption for a first DM-RS port(s) of a first PDSCH reception scheduled by a first PDCCH according to a first CORESET group of the plurality of CORESET groups; and

determining a second default QCL assumption for a second DM-RS port(s) of a second PDSCH reception scheduled by a second PDCCH according to a second CORESET group of the plurality of CORESET groups.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the reported capability includes information related to one of receiving transmission from multiple TRPs simultaneously according to frequency division multiplexing (FDM) or space division multiplexing (SDM), and allowing simultaneous PDSCH reception with corresponding physical resources being fully, partially or non-overlapped with each other.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the default QCL assumption is applied when radio resource control (RRC) signaling for enabling at least one of panel-specific default beam and multi-TRP operation is received from the network.

9 . A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a transceiver;

one or more non-transitory computer-readable media containing computer-executable instructions embodied therein; and

at least one processor coupled to the transceiver and the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media, the computer-executable instructions causing the UE to:

report, via the transceiver, to a network of a wireless communication system, capabilities of supporting: a multi-transmit-receive-point (multi-TRP) operation for supporting simultaneous reception from multiple TRPs, and a panel-specific default beam for at least one physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception;

receive, via the transceiver, a configuration comprising a plurality of control resource set (CORESET) groups from the network, each CORESET group corresponding to a different TRP;

receive, via the transceiver, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) scheduling a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) associated with a first TRP of the multiple TRPs;

determine a default QCL assumption for demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) port(s) of the PDSCH scheduled by the PDCCH according to a CORESET of one of the plurality of CORESET groups associated with the first TRP, in response to a time offset between a reception of downlink control information (DCI) in the scheduling PDCCH and the PDSCH reception being less than a threshold; and

apply the default QCL assumption for reception of the DM-RS port(s) of the PDSCH.

10 . The UE of claim 9 , wherein the default QCL assumption includes a QCL type-D parameter.

11 . The UE of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of CORESET groups is configured by the network to the UE through radio resource control (RRC) signaling including a CORESET configuration indicating different values of a CORESETPoolIndex parameter.

12 . The UE of claim 9 , wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the UE to, in determining the default QCL assumption:

determine that the default QCL assumption is associated with QCL parameter(s) utilized for PDCCH QCL indication of a CORESET indicated via a monitored search space with a lowest CORESET index of the one of the plurality of CORESET groups associated with the first TRP in a latest slot within an active bandwidth part (BWP) of a serving cell when the time offset between the reception of the DCI in the scheduling PDCCH and the PDSCH reception is less than the threshold.

13 . The UE of claim 9 , wherein the threshold includes a timeDurationForQCL parameter.

14 . The UE of claim 9 , wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the UE to, in determining the default QCL assumption:

determine a first default QCL assumption for a first DM-RS port(s) of a first PDSCH reception scheduled by a first PDCCH according to a first CORESET group of the plurality of CORESET groups; and

determine a second default QCL assumption for a second DM-RS port(s) of a second PDSCH reception scheduled by a second PDCCH according to a second CORESET group of the plurality of CORESET groups.

15 . The UE of claim 9 , wherein the reported capability includes information related to one of receiving transmission from multiple TRPs simultaneously according to frequency division multiplexing (FDM) or space division multiplexing (SDM), and allowing simultaneous PDSCH reception with corresponding physical resources being fully, partially or non-overlapped with each other.

16 . The UE of claim 9 , wherein the default QCL assumption is applied when radio resource control (RRC) signaling for enabling at least one of panel-specific default beam and multi-TRP operation is received from the network.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2023
From: YU, CHIA-HAO; CHENG, YU-HSIN
To: FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 064013/0934 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2022
From: FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
To: HANNIBAL IP LLC
Reel/Frame 062227/0062 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16842642 · Apr 7, 2020
Provisional Application 62830667 · Apr 8, 2019
Related Publication 20230155785A1 · May 18, 2023
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