Granted Patent B2

US 12,537,639 · App. 17/997,325 · Granted Jan 27, 2026

Inventors: Qiaoyu Li (Beijing, CN); Hao Xu (Beijing, CN); Yu Zhang (San Diego, CA); Min Huang (Beijing, CN); Chao Wei (Beijing, CN); Jing Dai (Beijing, CN)

Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated

H04L5/0048

Abstract

Claims (170)

1 . A method of wireless communication, comprising:

receiving, by a first user equipment (UE), one or more messages comprising:

(i) reference signal information (RS-info) indicative of a set of resource parameters relating to a set of reference signals (RSs), the set of reference signals (RSs) corresponding to at least one line-of-sight (LoS) signal, the LoS signal targeting at least one entity other than the first UE, and

(ii) data-decoding information indicative of a first set of data-decoding parameters configured for at least partially decoding a set of encoded data items, the set of encoded data items corresponding to a set of encoded signals configured for a second UE to fully decode via a second set of data-decoding parameters different from the first set of data-decoding parameters; and

monitoring, by the first UE, for at least one of:

(i) the set of RSs based on the RS-info, or

(ii) the set of encoded signals on one or more channels based on the data-decoding information.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving at least one of:

(i) the set of RSs based on the RS-info, or

(ii) the set of encoded signals based on the data-decoding information; and

determining information relating to a spatial location of an object proximate the first UE based on at least one of:

(i) the set of encoded signals, or

(ii) the set of RSs.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

omitting transmission of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback in connection with reception of one or more of:

(i) the RS-info,

(ii) the set of RSs received using the RS-info,

(iii) the data-decoding information, or

(iv) the set of encoded signals.

4 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

receiving a second set of RSs, the second set of RSs including at least one line-of-sight (LoS) signal targeting the first UE, and at least one corresponding reflection signal; and

transmitting one or more feedback messages indicating receipt of the second set of RSs.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the message one or more messages comprise one or more of:

a radio resource control (RRC) configuration message;

one or more medium access control (MAC) control elements (MAC-CEs);

downlink control information (DCI);

a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) message;

sidelink control information (SCI);

a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) message;

a message transmitted using a physical (PHY) layer channel;

a control resource set (CORESET) identifier (ID) and a corresponding search space (SS);

a physical RS-info channel comprising the RS-info;

a physical data-decoding channel comprising the data-decoding information; or

a physical transmission configuration channel comprising the data-decoding information and the RS-info.

6 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the RS-info indicates that at least one reference signal (RS) from the set of RSs corresponds to at least one first slot, and

wherein the data-decoding information indicates that at least one encoded signal from the set of encoded signals corresponds to the at least one first slot or at least one second slot other.

7 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the monitoring for the set of RSs based on the RS-info includes:

utilizing the RS-info to determine the set of resource elements to monitor for at least one of:

(i) a demodulation reference signal (DMRS),

(ii) a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS),

(iii) a channel state information tracking reference signal (CSI-TRS),

(iv) a positioning reference signal (PRS),

(v) a phase tracking reference signal (PTRS), or

(vi) a sounding reference signal (SRS); and

wherein the monitoring for the set of encoded signals based on the data-decoding information includes:

utilizing the data-decoding information to decode an encoded message transmitted via at least one of:

(i) a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH),

(ii) a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH),

(iii) a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH),

(iv) a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH),

(v) a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH), or

(vi) a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH).

8 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the set of resource parameters comprise at least one of:

(i) a frequency domain (FD) property indicative of the set of resource parameters for the first UE to monitor; or

(ii) a time domain (TD) property indicative of the set of resource parameters for the first UE to monitor.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the FD property of the set of resource parameters includes an indication of one or more of the following:

one or more physical resource blocks (PRBs),

one or more bandwidth parts (BWPs),

one or more component carriers (CCs),

one or more subcarriers, or

at least one radio access technology (RAT).

10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the TD property of the set of resource parameters comprises an indication of one or more of the following:

one or more symbols,

one or more slots,

one or more subframes, or

one or more frames.

11 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the RS-info comprises information relating to one or more port IDs or one or more scrambling IDs for the first UE to monitor for the set of RSs, and

wherein the data-decoding information comprises information relating to one or more port IDs or one or more scrambling IDs for the first UE to monitor for the set of encoded signals on the one or more channels.

12 . A wireless communication device, comprising:

a transceiver;

memory; and

at least one processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver and the memory, the at least one processor configured to cause the wireless communication device to:

receive, via the transceiver, one or more messages comprising:

(i) a set of reference signal information (RS-info) parameters relating to one or more reference signals (RSs) corresponding to at least one line-of-sight (LoS) signals targeting one or more receiving devices distinct from the wireless communication device, and

(ii) a set of data-decoding information parameters relating to data that is scheduled for purposes of communications with the one or more receiving devices via the at least one line-of-sight (LoS) signal; and

monitor, using the transceiver, at least one of:

(i) a set of reference signal transmissions based on the set of RS-info parameters, or

(ii) a set of encoded data signals based on the set of data-decoding information parameters.

13 . The wireless communication device of claim 12 ,

wherein to monitor the set of reference signal transmissions, the at least one processor is configured to cause the wireless communication device to:

utilize the set of RS-info parameters to receive a first reference signal (RS) of the set of reference signal transmissions, and

wherein to monitor the set of encoded data signals, the processor is configured to:

utilize the set of data-decoding information parameters to receive a first encoded signal; and

determine information relating to a spatial location of an object proximate the wireless communication device based on the first encoded signal.

14 . The wireless communication device of claim 13 , wherein the set of RS-info parameters includes an indication that the first reference signal corresponds to a sidelink (SL) slot.

15 . The wireless communication device of claim 12 ,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the wireless communication device to:

omit transmission of feedback in connection with reception of the set of RS-info parameters, or in connection with reception of the set of reference signal transmissions, and

wherein the processor is further configured to:

omit transmission of feedback in connection with reception of the set of data-decoding information parameters, or in connection with reception of the set of encoded signals.

16 . The wireless communication device of claim 12 ,

wherein to monitor the set of reference signal transmissions, the at least one processor is configured to cause the wireless communication device to:

utilize the set of RS-info parameters to receive at least one first reference signal (RS) of the set of reference signal transmissions, wherein the at least one first RS corresponds to the at least one LoS signals, and

wherein to monitor the set of encoded signals, the at least one processor is configured to cause the wireless communication device to:

utilize the set of data-decoding information parameters to receive at least one first encoded signal of the set of encoded signals, wherein the at least one first encoded signal comprises a multipath reflection signal.

17 . The wireless communication device of claim 16 ,

wherein the at least one first RS includes at least one of:

(i) a demodulation reference signal (DMRS),

(ii) a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS),

(iii) a channel state information tracking reference signal (CSI-TRS),

(iv) a positioning reference signal (PRS),

(v) a phase tracking reference signal (PTRS), or

(vi) a sounding reference signal (SRS); and

wherein the at least one first encoded signal comprises at least one of:

(i) a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) message;

(ii) a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) message;

(iii) a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) message;

(iv) a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) message;

(v) a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) message; or

(vi) a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) message.

18 . The wireless communication device of claim 12 ,

wherein the set of RS-info parameters comprises a set of resource parameters corresponding to a set of resources for the wireless communication device to monitor, and

wherein the data-decoding information comprises a set of resource parameters corresponding to a set of resources of the encoded signals.

19 . The wireless communication device of claim 18 , wherein the one or more messages include at least one of:

a frequency domain (FD) property; or

a time domain property (TD).

20 . The wireless communication device of claim 19 , wherein the FD property comprises an indication of one or more of the following: one or more physical resource blocks (PRBs); one or more bandwidth parts (BWPs); one or more component carriers (CCs); one or more subcarriers; or at least one radio access technology (RAT).

21 . The wireless communication device of claim 19 , wherein the TD property comprises an indication of one or more of the following: one or more symbols; one or more slots; one or more subframes; or one or more frames.

22 . The wireless communication device of claim 18 , wherein the set of resource parameters comprises one or more of:

a UE-specific ID for identifying a demodulation reference signal (DMRS)-sequence; at least one orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol index corresponding to a DMRS; a comb type; a DMRS port ID; a code division multiplexing (CDM)-group ID; an energy per resource element (EPRE)-ratio with data symbols; or quasi co-location (QCL) information, or

a parameter specifying one or more DCI formats to monitor the encoded signals; a parameter specifying a DCI format carried on PSSCH; or a parameter specifying SCI carried on PSSCH, or

a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI); a scrambling ID; a frequency domain resource assignment (FDRA); a time domain resource assignment (TDRA); or a UE-specific ID for identifying a DMRS-sequence.

23 . The wireless communication device of claim 12 ,

wherein the set of RS-info parameters comprises information identifying a plurality of sets of resources, wherein a first set of the plurality of sets of resources at least partially overlaps in frequency and/or time with a second set of the plurality of sets of resources, and wherein the first set of the plurality of sets of resources corresponds to a different port ID or a different scrambling ID than that of the second set of the plurality of sets of resources; and

wherein the set of data-decoding information parameters comprises information identifying a plurality of resources, wherein a first set of resources of the plurality of resources at least partially overlaps in frequency and/or time with a second set of resources of the plurality of resources, and wherein the first set of resources of the plurality of resources corresponds to a port ID or a scrambling ID that is different from that of the second set of resources of the plurality of resources.

24 . The wireless communication device of claim 12 ,

wherein the set of RS-info parameters comprises information relating to one or more port IDs or one or more scrambling IDs for the wireless communication device to monitor for the one or more RSs, and

wherein the set of data-decoding information parameters comprises information relating to one or more port IDs or one or more scrambling IDs for the wireless communication device to monitor for the data scheduled for purposes of communications with the one or more receiving devices via the at least one line-of-sight (LoS) signal.

25 . An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

means for receiving, by a first user equipment (UE), one or more messages comprising:

(i) a set of reference signal information (RS-info) parameters relating to one or more reference signals (RSs) corresponding to at least one line-of-sight (LoS) signal targeting one or more other devices distinct and separate from the first UE, and

(ii) a set of data-decoding information parameters relating to data that is scheduled for purposes of communications with the one or more other devices via the at least one line-of-sight (LoS) signal targeting the one or more other devices; and

means for monitoring for at least one of:

(i) a set of reference signal transmissions based on the set of RS-info parameters, or

(ii) a set of encoded channels based on the data-decoding information parameters.

26 . The apparatus of claim 25 , further comprising:

means for receiving at least one of:

(i) a first reference signal (RS) based on the set of reference signal information (RS-info) parameters, or

(ii) a first encoded signal based on the data-decoding information parameters; and

means for determining information relating to a spatial location of an object proximate the first UE based at least in part on at least one of:

(i) the first RS, or

(ii) the first encoded signal.

27 . The apparatus of claim 25 ,

wherein the set of RS-info parameters comprises an indication that a first RS of the set of RSs corresponds to one of the following: a downlink (DL) slot, an uplink (UL) slot, or a sidelink (SL) slot, and

wherein the set of data-decoding information parameters comprises an indication that the data scheduled for purposes of communications via the at least one LoS signal corresponds to one of the following: a downlink (DL) slot, an uplink (UL) slot, or a sidelink (SL) slot.

28 . The apparatus of claim 25 ,

wherein the set of RS-info parameters comprises a set of resource parameters corresponding to a set of resources for the first UE to monitor for the one or more RSs, and

wherein the data-decoding information includes a set of resources for the first UE to monitor an encoded data channel.

29 . A scheduling entity for wireless communication, comprising:

a transceiver;

memory; and

at least one processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver and the memory, the at least one processor configured to cause the scheduling entity to:

receive, via the transceiver, at least one of:

(i) a set of reference signal information (RS-info) parameters including a set of resource parameters corresponding to one or more reference signals (RSs) targeting a plurality of receiving devices, or

(ii) a set of data-decoding information parameters including a set of decoding parameters for decoding a set of encoded signals transmitted to a plurality of receiving devices over one or more encoded channels;

receive, via the transceiver, a request from a first user equipment (UE) for at least one of:

(i) the set of RS-info parameters, wherein the RS-info parameters comprises information relating to one or more reference signals (RSs) that target at least one second UE other than the first UE, or

(ii) the data-decoding information parameters, wherein the data-decoding information corresponds to a data-decoding for at least one data item scheduled for at least one second UE; and

transmit, via the transceiver, one or more messages to the first UE,

wherein the one or more messages comprise:

(i) the set of RS-info parameters, and

(ii) the set of data-decoding information parameters.

30 . The scheduling entity of claim 29 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the scheduling entity to:

utilize the set of RS-info parameters to monitor for a set of corresponding RSs; or

utilize the set of data-decoding information parameters to monitor for a set of corresponding encoded signals on one or more encoded channels.

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