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US 12,574,956 · App. 17/917,439 · Granted Mar 10, 2026

Spatial parameter determination method and device

Inventors: Huahua Xiao (Shenzhen, CN); Shujuan Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); Zhaohua Lu (Shenzhen, CN); Chuangxin Jiang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
H04W72/56H04B7/06952H04L5/0035H04L5/0053
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Patent No.
US 12,574,956
App. No.
17/917,439
Granted
Mar 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a spatial parameter determination method and device. The spatial parameter determination method includes: determining priority information of N types of transmission signals according to first configuration information, wherein N is an integer greater than 1; and determining spatial parameter information corresponding to a same symbol according to the priority information, wherein the spatial parameter information is used for transmitting at least one type of transmission signals in the N types of transmission signals.

Claims (38)

1 . A spatial parameter determination method, comprising:

determining priority information of N types of transmission signals according to first configuration information, wherein N is an integer greater than 1, the first configuration information comprises at least one of: Control Resource Set (CORESET) group information; CORESET index information; priority information of Acknowledgement (ACK) information corresponding to a transmission signal; Priority Indicator (PI) information in physical downlink control information; virtual cell number information; Physical Cell Identity (PCI) information; parameter information of Downlink Control Information (DCI); scheduling time interval information; channel type information; and Carrier Component (CC) index information; and

determining spatial parameter information corresponding to a same symbol according to the priority information, wherein the spatial parameter information is used for transmitting at least one type of transmission signals in the N types of transmission signals;

wherein determining the spatial parameter information corresponding to the same symbol according to the priority information comprises: determining spatial parameter information associated with K types of transmission signals with high priorities in the N types of transmission signals as the spatial parameter information corresponding to the same symbol, wherein K is a positive integer less than or equal to T, T is a maximum value of a number of spatial parameters corresponding to the same symbol, and T is configured by a higher layer or is determined according to a User Equipment (UE) capability.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein in the N types of transmission signals same type of transmission signals are associated with same spatial parameter information, and different types of transmission signals are associated with different spatial parameter information.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining the spatial parameter information corresponding to the same symbol according to the priority information comprises:

dividing the N types of transmission signals into C transmission signal groups according to second configuration information, wherein one or more types of transmission signals in each transmission signal group are associated with the same second configuration information, and C is a positive integer smaller than or equal to N.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the second configuration information comprises at least one of:

Control Resource Set (CORESET) group information; CORESET index information; priority information of Acknowledgement (ACK) information corresponding to a transmission signal; Priority Indicator (PI) information in physical downlink control information; virtual cell number information; Physical Cell Identity (PCI) information; Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) type information; parameter information of Downlink Control Information (DCI); scheduling time interval information; channel type information; and Carrier Component (CC) index information.

5 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein determining the spatial parameter information corresponding to the same symbol according to the priority information comprises:

for an ith transmission signal group in the C transmission signal groups, determining spatial parameter information associated with K i types of transmission signals with high priorities in the ith transmission signal group as the spatial parameter information corresponding to the same symbol, used for the one or more types of transmission signals in the ith transmission signal group, corresponding to the same symbol, wherein i is a positive integer less than or equal to C;

wherein K i is a positive integer less than or equal to Ti; Ti is a maximum value of a number of spatial parameters corresponding to the ith transmission signal group in the same symbol, and T i is configured by the higher layer or is determined according to the User Equipment (UE) capability.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein a set formed by the K i types of transmission signals corresponding to respective transmission signal groups of the C transmission signal groups comprises K types of transmission signals, and a sum of multiple K i is equal to K;

wherein K is a positive integer less than or equal to T; the K types of transmission signals are one or more types of transmission signals with high priorities in the N types of transmission signals; and T is a maximum value of the number of spatial parameters corresponding to the same symbol, and T is configured by the higher layer or is determined according to the User Equipment (UE) capability.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , further comprising:

determining M types of transmission signals with high priorities from the C transmission signal groups, wherein M is a positive integer greater than T; and

determining, according to the priority information of the M types of transmission signals, spatial parameter information associated with T types of transmission signals with high priorities in the M types of transmission signals as the spatial parameter information corresponding to the same symbol.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first configuration information further comprises:

Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) type information;

and/or,

the spatial parameter information corresponding to the same symbol comprises at least one of:

a quasi-co-located parameter; a quasi co-located reference signal; a quasi co-located reference signal associated with a spatial reception parameter; a spatial transmission filter;

and a spatial relation reference signal.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein determining the priority information of the N types of transmission signals according to the first configuration information comprises:

in a case where the first configuration information is the CORESET group information, determining priority information of each transmission signal based on a criteria that the smaller a CORESET group index of the CORESET group information corresponding to the transmission signal is, the higher a priority indicated by the priority information of the transmission signal is; or,

in a case where the first configuration information is the CORESET index information, determining the priority information of each transmission signal based on a criteria that the smaller a CORESET index corresponding to the transmission signal is, the higher the priority indicated by the priority information of the transmission signal is; or,

in a case where the first configuration information is the priority information of the ACK information corresponding to the transmission signal, determining the priority information of each transmission signal based on a criteria that the higher the priority information of the ACK information corresponding to the transmission signal is, the higher the priority indicated by the priority information of the transmission signal is, wherein the priority information of the ACK information corresponding to the transmission signal is determined by higher layer signaling or is determined in a preset manner; or,

in a case where the first configuration information is the PI information in the physical downlink control information, determining the priority information of each transmission signal based on a criteria that the higher the PI information in the physical downlink control information corresponding to the transmission signal is, the higher the priority indicated by the priority information of the transmission signal is, wherein the PI information in the physical downlink control information is determined by the higher layer signaling or is determined in the preset manner; or,

in a case where the first configuration information is the virtual cell number information, determining the priority information of each transmission signal based on a criteria that the smaller the virtual cell number information corresponding to the transmission signal is, the higher the priority indicated by the priority information of the transmission signal is; or,

in a case where the first configuration information is the PCI information, determining the priority information of each transmission signal based on a criteria that the smaller the PCI information corresponding to the transmission signal is, the higher the priority indicated by the priority information of the transmission signal is; or,

in a case where the first configuration information is the RNTI type information, determining the priority information of each transmission signal based on a criteria that the higher priority information of a RNTI type corresponding to the transmission signal is, the higher the priority indicated by the priority information of the transmission signal is, wherein the priority information of the RNTI type is determined by the higher layer signaling or is determined in the preset manner; or,

in a case where the first configuration information is the parameter information of the DCI, determining the priority information of each transmission signal based on a criteria that the higher the priority information of the parameter information of the DCI corresponding to the transmission signal is, the higher the priority indicated by the priority information of the transmission signal is, wherein priority information of the parameter information of the DCI is determined by the higher layer signaling or is determined in the preset manner; or,

in a case where the first configuration information is the channel type information, determining the priority information of each transmission signal based on a criteria that the higher priority information of the channel type information corresponding to the transmission signal is, the higher the priority indicated by the priority information of the transmission signal is, wherein the priority information of the channel type information is determined by the higher layer signaling or is determined in the preset manner; or,

in a case where the first configuration information is the scheduling time interval information, determining the priority information of each transmission signal based on a criteria that the greater a scheduling time interval corresponding to the transmission signal is, the higher the priority indicated by the priority information of the transmission signal is; or,

in a case where the first configuration information is the CC index information, determining the priority information of each transmission signal based on a criteria that the smaller a CC index corresponding to the transmission signal is, the higher the priority indicated by the priority information of the transmission signal is.

10 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

in a case where the transmission signal has no associated Control Resource Set (CORESET) group or CORESET, determining an associated CORESET group or CORESET for the transmission signal.

11 . An electronic device, comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the memory stores a computer program, and the processor is configured to run the computer program so as to execute the method according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2023
From: XIAO, HUAHUA; ZHANG, SHUJUAN; LU, ZHAOHUA; JIANG, CHUANGXIN
To: ZTE CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010297300.6 · Apr 15, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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