Granted Patent B2

US 12,526,097 · App. 17/860,479 · Granted Jan 13, 2026

Inventor: Li Guo (Allen, TX)

Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.

H04L5/0048H04W72/20

Abstract

Claims (45)

1 . A method for transmitting on a physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal device, configuration information including M transmission configuration indication, TCI, states;

receiving, by the terminal device, an activation command to activate K of the M TCI states;

receiving, by the terminal device, downlink control information, DCI, to schedule a PUSCH transmission, the DCI indicating a selected TCI state from among the K TCI states;

determining, by the terminal device, a spatial domain transmission filter using the selected TCI state; and

transmitting, by the terminal device, on the PUSCH according to the determined spatial domain transmission filter;

wherein a TCI state for PUSCH is associated with spatial relation information, power control parameters, and a path loss reference signal, and

the TCI state comprises an uplink power parameter, and the terminal device transmits on the PUSCH using the uplink power indicated in the selected TCI state.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the terminal device is configured with a list of up to M TCI state configurations through a higher layer parameter for transmission of PUSCH, and maximum values of M and K are determined by capability of the terminal device.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein each TCI state comprises at least one of the following configuration parameters: a downlink reference signal resource, an uplink reference signal resource, or uplink power control parameters.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the uplink power control parameter comprises a path loss reference signal, a value of a target received power level, a value of a power adjustment factor and an index of closed loop power control.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected TCI state comprises a reference signal resource configured as spatial relation information, and

wherein the terminal device transmits on the PUSCH using a spatial domain transmit filter that is the same as a spatial domain filter used to transmit or receive the reference signal resource configured as the spatial relation information in the selected TCI state.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the reference signal resource comprises a downlink reference signal resource or an uplink reference signal resource.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the downlink reference signal resource comprises a channel state information reference signal, CSI-RS, resource or a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel SS/PBCH block to provide spatial relation information for the spatial domain transmission filter.

8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the uplink reference signal resource comprises a SRS resource or a SRS resource index to provide spatial relation information for the spatial domain transmission filter.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration information including the M TCI states is received as a joint state pool with TCI states used to decode a physical downlink shared channel, PDSCH transmission.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the terminal device is configured with a set of UL bandwidth parts, BWPs, and the configuration information includes a common set of TCI states for all the UL BWPs; or,

wherein the terminal device is configured with a set of component carriers, CCs, and the configuration information includes a common set of TCI states for all the CCs.

11 . A terminal device for transmitting on a physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH, comprising:

a transceiver to:

receive configuration information including M transmission configuration indication, TCI, states;

receive an activation command to activate K of the M TCI states, and

receive downlink control information, DCI, to schedule a PUSCH transmission, the DCI indicating a selected TCI state from among the K TCI states; and

a processor to:

determine a spatial domain transmission filter using the selected TCI state; and

control the communication unit to transmit on the PUSCH according to the determined spatial domain transmission filter;

wherein a TCI state for PUSCH is associated with spatial relation information, power control parameters, and a path loss reference signal, and

the TCI state comprises an uplink power parameter, and the terminal device transmits on the PUSCH using the uplink power indicated in the selected TCI state.

12 . The terminal device of claim 11 , wherein the selected TCI state comprises a reference signal resource configured as spatial relation information, and

wherein the processor is configured to control the communication unit to transmit on the PUSCH using a spatial domain transmit filter that is the same as a spatial domain filter used to transmit or receive the reference signal resource configured as the spatial relation information in the selected TCI state.

13 . The terminal device of claim 12 , wherein the reference signal resource comprises a downlink reference signal resource or an uplink reference signal resource.

14 . The terminal device of claim 13 , wherein the downlink reference signal resource comprises a channel state information reference signal, CSI-RS, resource or a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel SS/PBCH block to provide spatial relation information for the spatial domain transmission filter.

15 . A network device for initiating transmission by a terminal device on a physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH, the network device comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor to:

control the transceiver to transmit configuration information including M transmission configuration indication, TCI, states;

control the transceiver to transmit an activation command to activate K of the M TCI states; and

control the transceiver to transmit downlink control information, DCI, to schedule a PUSCH transmission, the DCI indicating a selected TCI state from among the K TCI states, the selected TCI state indicating a spatial domain transmission filter to be used for the scheduled PUSCH transmission,

wherein the transceiver is configured to receive the scheduled PUSCH transmission;

wherein a TCI state for PUSCH is associated with spatial relation information, power control parameters, and a path loss reference signal, and

the TCI state comprises an uplink power parameter, and the terminal device transmits on the PUSCH using the uplink power indicated in the selected TCI state.

16 . The network device of claim 15 , wherein the selected TCI state comprises a reference signal resource configured as spatial relation information.

17 . The network device of claim 16 , wherein the reference signal resource comprises a downlink reference signal resource or an uplink reference signal resource.

18 . The network device of claim 17 , wherein the downlink reference signal resource comprises a channel state information reference signal, CSI-RS, resource or a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel SS/PBCH block to provide spatial relation information for the spatial domain transmission filter.

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