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US 12,610,374 · App. 18/105,954 · Granted Apr 21, 2026

CSS monitoring method and terminal

Inventors: Ang Yang (Dongguan, CN); Peng Sun (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
H04W72/232
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Patent No.
US 12,610,374
App. No.
18/105,954
Granted
Apr 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A CSS monitoring method, includes: monitoring, by a terminal, a PDCCH candidate on a CSS set, where the terminal uses same first information as an anchor node, or uses same first information as a cell/TRP associated with the CSS set.

Claims (117)

1 . A common search space (CSS) monitoring method, comprising:

monitoring, by a terminal, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidate on a CSS set; wherein

the terminal uses same first information as an anchor node;

wherein monitoring, by the terminal, the PDCCH candidate on the CSS set is performed in a case that at least one of following cases is met:

at least one CORESET being switched to/associated with a target cell/adjacent cell;

a special TRP being switched to/associated with the target cell/adjacent cell;

the anchor node being switched to/associated with the target cell/adjacent cell;

the anchor node remaining unchanged, and in a case that there are a plurality of TRPs, a cell associated with a TRP of a non-anchor node being switched to/associated with the target cell/adjacent cell;

configuration information of a new cell being used;

a PDCCH being switched to/associated with the target cell/adjacent cell; or

a special cell (sPcell) being switched to/associated with the target cell/adjacent cell;

wherein being switched to/associated with the target cell/adjacent cell comprises:

cell/TRP identification information of the target cell/adjacent cell being associated/configured in configuration information;

wherein using the same first information as the anchor node comprises at least one of following:

using the same first information as the anchor node in a case that the terminal monitors a PDCCH candidate on a Type0-PDCCH CSS set;

using the same first information as the anchor node in a case that the terminal monitors a PDCCH candidate on a Type0A-PDCCH CSS set; or

using the same first information as the anchor node in a case that the terminal monitors a PDCCH candidate on a Type2-PDCCH CSS set.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first information is used in at least one of following cases:

a case that the terminal monitors the PDCCH candidate on the CSS set; or

a case that the terminal transmits a target channel or signal; wherein

the target channel or signal is scheduled by/associated with downlink control information (DCI) monitored on the PDCCH candidate.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first information comprises at least one of following:

cell configuration information;

related configuration information of the CSS set;

beam information;

a default beam;

a pathloss reference reference signal;

timing-related information;

scrambling information; or

a radio network temporary identity (RNTI).

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the first information comprises the beam information, wherein

for a downlink channel or signal scheduled by/associated with the DCI monitored on the PDCCH candidate, in a case that a network configures/activates/indicates a TCI, the beam information is the TCI of a cell/TRP associated with the CSS set; or

for an uplink channel or signal scheduled by/associated with the DCI monitored on the PDCCH candidate, in a case that a network configures/activates/indicates TCI/space-related information, the beam information is TCI/space-related information of the cell/TRP associated with the CSS set; or

in a case that a network configures/activates/indicates TCI/space-related information, a reference signal in the TCI/space-related information belongs to the cell/TRP associated with the CSS set.

5 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the first information comprises the default beam, and the default beam meets at least one of following:

for a downlink channel or signal scheduled by/associated with the DCI monitored on the PDCCH candidate, in a case that a network does not configure/not activate/not indicate a TCI, the default beam is a beam used by the downlink channel or signal; or

for an uplink channel or signal scheduled by/associated with the DCI monitored on the PDCCH candidate, in a case that a network does not configure/not activate/not indicate TCI/space-related information, the default beam is a beam used by the uplink channel or signal;

and/or

the first information comprises the default beam, and a reference signal associated with the default beam comprises at least one of following:

a synchronization signal and PBCH block (SSB) during initial access of the cell;

a quasi-co-location reference signal of a control resource set (CORESET) with a minimum number associated with an active Bandwidth part (BWP);

the quasi-co-location reference signal of the CORESET with the minimum number associated with the active BWP, wherein the active BWP corresponds to a TRP;

a quasi-co-location reference signal of a TCI with a minimum number associated with the active BWP; or

a quasi-co-location reference signal of an active TCI with a minimum number associated with the active BWP; and/or

the first information comprises the default beam, wherein a network activates use of the default beam, and/or the terminal supports the use of the default beam.

6 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the first information comprises the default beam, and monitoring, by the terminal, the PDCCH candidate on the CSS set comprises:

monitoring, by the terminal, the PDCCH candidate on the CSS set in a case that a network does not configure/not activate/not indicate the TCI.

7 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the scrambling information comprises at least one of following:

a physical downlink control channel demodulation reference signal scrambling identity (pdcch-DMRS-ScramblingID);

a scrambling identity (ScramblingId);

a data scrambling identity physical downlink shared channel (dataScramblingIdentityPDSCH);

a hopping identity (hoppingId); or

a data scrambling identity physical uplink shared channel (dataScramblingIdentityPUSCH).

8 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the RNTI comprises at least one of following:

a cell radio network temporary identity (C-RNTI);

a modulation and coding strategy cell radio network temporary identity (mcs-C-RNTI);

a configuration scheduling radio network temporary identity (CS-RNTI);

a system information radio network temporary identity (SI-RNTI);

a paging radio network temporary identity (P-RNTI);

a random access radio network temporary identity (RA-RNTI); or

a temporary cell radio network temporary identity (TC-RNTI).

9 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein being switched to/associated with the target cell/adjacent cell further comprises at least one of following:

beam reference information being associated with the target cell/adjacent cell; or

beam reference information of the associated CORESET being associated with the target cell/adjacent cell.

10 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein that the cell/TRP identification information of the target cell/adjacent cell is associated/configured in the configuration information comprises:

the cell/TRP identification information of the target cell/adjacent cell being configured in a TCI;

the cell/TRP identification information of the target cell/adjacent cell in a quasi-co-location (QCL) reference signal being configured in the TCI; and

the QCL reference signal in the TCI being associated with the target cell/adjacent cell.

11 . A terminal, comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or an instruction stored on the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program or the instruction, when executed by the processor, causes the terminal to perform:

monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidate on a CSS set; wherein

the terminal uses same first information as an anchor node;

wherein monitoring the PDCCH candidate on the CSS set is performed in a case that at least one of following cases is met:

at least one CORESET being switched to/associated with a target cell/adjacent cell;

a special TRP being switched to/associated with the target cell/adjacent cell;

the anchor node being switched to/associated with the target cell/adjacent cell;

the anchor node remaining unchanged, and in a case that there are a plurality of TRPs, a cell associated with a TRP of a non-anchor node being switched to/associated with the target cell/adjacent cell;

configuration information of a new cell being used;

a PDCCH being switched to/associated with the target cell/adjacent cell; or

a special cell (sPcell) being switched to/associated with the target cell/adjacent cell;

wherein being switched to/associated with the target cell/adjacent cell comprises:

cell/TRP identification information of the target cell/adjacent cell being associated/configured in configuration information;

wherein using the same first information as the anchor node comprises at least one of following:

using the same first information as the anchor node in a case that the terminal monitors a PDCCH candidate on a Type0-PDCCH CSS set;

using the same first information as the anchor node in a case that the terminal monitors a PDCCH candidate on a Type0A-PDCCH CSS set; or

using the same first information as the anchor node in a case that the terminal monitors a PDCCH candidate on a Type2-PDCCH CSS set.

12 . The terminal according to claim 11 , wherein the first information comprises at least one of following:

cell configuration information;

related configuration information of the CSS set;

beam information;

a default beam;

a pathloss reference reference signal;

timing-related information;

scrambling information; or

a radio network temporary identity (RNTI).

13 . The terminal according to claim 11 , wherein the first information is used in at least one of following cases:

a case that the terminal monitors the PDCCH candidate on the CSS set; or

a case that the terminal transmits a target channel or signal; wherein

the target channel or signal is scheduled by/associated with downlink control information (DCI) monitored on the PDCCH candidate.

14 . The terminal according to claim 11 , wherein the first information comprises a transmission configuration indicator (TCI); wherein

a reference signal indicated by a TCI identifier of the CSS set belongs to a cell/TRP associated with the CSS set; and the reference signal indicated by the TCI identifier of the CSS set does not belong to a cell/TRP unassociated with the CSS set.

15 . A non-transitory readable storage medium, storing a program or an instruction, wherein the program or the instruction, when executed by a processor of a terminal, causes the terminal to perform:

monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidate on a CSS set; wherein

the terminal uses same first information as an anchor node;

wherein monitoring the PDCCH candidate on the CSS set is performed in a case that at least one of following cases is met:

at least one CORESET being switched to/associated with a target cell/adjacent cell;

a special TRP being switched to/associated with the target cell/adjacent cell;

the anchor node being switched to/associated with the target cell/adjacent cell;

the anchor node remaining unchanged, and in a case that there are a plurality of TRPs, a cell associated with a TRP of a non-anchor node being switched to/associated with the target cell/adjacent cell;

configuration information of a new cell being used;

a PDCCH being switched to/associated with the target cell/adjacent cell; or

a special cell (sPcell) being switched to/associated with the target cell/adjacent cell;

wherein being switched to/associated with the target cell/adjacent cell comprises:

cell/TRP identification information of the target cell/adjacent cell being associated/configured in configuration information;

wherein using the same first information as the anchor node comprises at least one of following:

using the same first information as the anchor node in a case that the terminal monitors a PDCCH candidate on a Type0-PDCCH CSS set;

using the same first information as the anchor node in a case that the terminal monitors a PDCCH candidate on a Type0A-PDCCH CSS set; or

using the same first information as the anchor node in a case that the terminal monitors a PDCCH candidate on a Type2-PDCCH CSS set.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE NAME BY REMOVING A SPACE AND ADDING GUANGDONG TO THE CITY LINE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 62598 FRAME 696. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Mar 23, 2026
From: YANG, ANG; SUN, PENG
To: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 075205/0102 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2023
From: YANG, ANG; SUN, PENG
To: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010790276.X · Aug 7, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
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