Granted Patent B2

US 12,695,568 · App. 18/263,272 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Inventors: Ahmed Monier Ibrahim Saleh Hindy (Aurora, IL); Vijay Nangia (Woodridge, IL)

Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.

H04L5/0051H04L5/0035H04W72/1273

Abstract

Claims (62)

1 . A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving an indication of a high speed train (HST) single frequency network (SFN) transmission from at least one transmission and reception point (TRP) in a network;

configuring the UE with two tracking reference signal (TRS) resources;

receiving a downlink scheduling grant, wherein the downlink scheduling grant comprises a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) codepoint indicating two TCI states corresponding to the two TRS resources;

configuring the UE to report at least one Doppler indicator value to the network based on received TRSs;

identifying the at least one Doppler indicator value;

reporting the at least one Doppler indicator value to the network;

receiving information indicating at least one demodulation reference signal (“DMRS”) port corresponding to each layer of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), or a combination thereof; and

receiving DMRS symbols corresponding to the at least one DMRS port with a frequency offset corresponding to the at least one Doppler indicator value.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the TCI codepoint indicates a quasi-co-location (QCL) relationship between each TRS of the two TRS resources, the at least one DMRS port corresponding to each layer of the PDSCH, the PDCCH, or the combination thereof is set to ‘QCL-TypeA’, a first TRS of the two TRSs is QCLed in terms of at least Doppler shift and Doppler spread, and a second TRS of the two TRSs is not QCLed in terms of at least Doppler shift or Doppler spread.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising configuring the UE to report the at least one Doppler indicator value based on:

a reporting quantity in a channel state information (CSI) reporting configuration;

a high layer parameter in a CSI reporting setting, a codebook configuration, or a combination thereof;

a high layer parameter within a PDSCH configuration, a PDCCH configuration, or a combination thereof;

or a combination thereof.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one Doppler indicator value is selected from a codebook of a configured set, a fixed set, a pre-defined set, or a combination thereof of Doppler values, and a size of the codebook of values is fixed.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein two Doppler indicator values of the at least one Doppler indicator value are reported corresponding to the two TRS resources.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein a first Doppler indicator of the two Doppler indicators is assigned a different Doppler shift sign from a second Doppler indicator of the two Doppler indicators.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein one Doppler indicator value is reported corresponding to the two TRS resources.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the one Doppler indicator value corresponds to the two TRSs, and a first Doppler indicator value corresponding to a first TRS resource of the two TRS resources is assigned an opposite sign to a second Doppler indicator value corresponding to a second TRS resource of the two TRS resources.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one Doppler indicator value corresponds to an absolute Doppler shift value or a differential Doppler shift value based on a reference Doppler shift value, and the reference Doppler value is fixed, reported, or inferred from a reference signal or is high layer configured.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein one Doppler indicator value is reported corresponding to a first TRS reference of the two TRS references, and the one Doppler indicator value is computed with respect to a reference Doppler shift value that is determined based on a second TRS reference of the two TRS references.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein each Doppler indicator value of the at least one Doppler indicator value is fed back in a Part 1 of a CSI report, a one group of Part 2 of the CSI report, or a combination thereof.

12 . A user equipment (UE), comprising:

at least one memory; and

at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the UE to:

receive an indication of a high speed train (HST) single frequency network (SFN) transmission from at least one transmission and reception point (TRP) in a network;

configure the UE with two tracking reference signal (TRS) resources;

receive a downlink scheduling grant, wherein the downlink scheduling grant comprises a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) codepoint indicating two TCI states corresponding to the two TRS resources;

configure the UE to report at least one Doppler indicator value to the network based on received TRSs;

identify the at least one Doppler indicator value;

report the at least one Doppler indicator value to the network;

receive information indicating at least one demodulation reference signal (“DMRS”) port corresponding to each layer of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), or a combination thereof; and

receive DMRS symbols corresponding to the at least one DMRS port with a frequency offset corresponding to the at least one Doppler indicator value.

13 . The UE of claim 12 , wherein the one Doppler indicator value corresponds to an absolute Doppler shift value or a differential Doppler shift value based on a reference Doppler shift value, and the reference Doppler value is fixed, reported, or inferred from a reference signal or is high layer configured.

14 . The UE of claim 12 , wherein the at least one Doppler indicator value is selected from a codebook of a configured set, a fixed set, a pre-defined set, or a combination thereof of Doppler values, and a size of the codebook of values is fixed.

15 . A base station, comprising:

at least one memory; and

at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the base station to:

transmit an indication of a high speed train (HST) single frequency network (SFN) transmission from at least one transmission and reception point (TRP) in a network, wherein a user equipment (UE) is configured with two tracking reference signal (TRS) resources;

transmit a downlink scheduling grant, wherein the downlink scheduling grant comprises a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) codepoint indicating two TCI states corresponding to the two TRS resources, wherein the UE is configured to report at least one Doppler indicator value to the network based on received TRSs, and the UE identifies the at least one Doppler indicator value;

receive the at least one Doppler indicator value;

transmit information indicating at least one demodulation reference signal (“DMRS”) port corresponding to each layer of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), or a combination thereof; and

transmit DMRS symbols corresponding to the at least one DMRS port are a frequency offset corresponding to the at least one Doppler indicator value.

16 . A processor for wireless communication, comprising:

at least one controller coupled with at least one memory and configured to cause the processor to:

receive an indication of a high speed train (HST) single frequency network (SFN) transmission from at least one transmission and reception point (TRP) in a network;

configure the processor with two tracking reference signal (TRS) resources;

receive a downlink scheduling grant, wherein the downlink scheduling grant comprises a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) codepoint indicating two TCI states corresponding to the two TRS resources;

configure the processor to report at least one Doppler indicator value to the network based on received TRSs;

identify the at least one Doppler indicator value;

report the at least one Doppler indicator value to the network;

receive information indicating at least one demodulation reference signal (“DMRS”) port corresponding to each layer of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), or a combination thereof; and

receive DMRS symbols corresponding to the at least one DMRS port with a frequency offset corresponding to the at least one Doppler indicator value.

17 . The processor of claim 16 , wherein the TCI codepoint indicates a quasi-co-location (QCL) relationship between each TRS of the two TRS resources, the at least one DMRS port corresponding to each layer of the PDSCH, the PDCCH, or the combination thereof is set to ‘QCL-TypeA’, a first TRS of the two TRSs is QCLed in terms of at least Doppler shift and Doppler spread, and a second TRS of the two TRSs is not QCLed in terms of at least Doppler shift or Doppler spread.

18 . The processor of claim 16 , wherein the at least one controller is configured to cause the processor to report the at least one Doppler indicator value based on:

a reporting quantity in a channel state information (CSI) reporting configuration;

a high layer parameter in a CSI reporting setting, a codebook configuration, or a combination thereof;

a high layer parameter within a PDSCH configuration, a PDCCH configuration, or a combination thereof;

or a combination thereof.

19 . The processor of claim 16 , wherein the at least one Doppler indicator value is selected from a codebook of a configured set, a fixed set, a pre-defined set, or a combination thereof of Doppler values, and a size of the codebook of values is fixed.

20 . The processor of claim 16 , wherein two Doppler indicator values of the at least one Doppler indicator value are reported corresponding to the two TRS resources.

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