Beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals

Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for a user equipment (UE) receiving a message that includes transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state information associated with beam information for uplink or downlink resources. The UE can identify, based on an associated indication included in the TCI state information, a number of channels or reference signals, or both, to which the TCI state is to be applied. In some examples, the TCI state information can also include an indication of a source reference signal for a quasi co-location (QCL) assumption for the indicated channel or reference signal. Based on applying the TCI state, the UE can determine the beam information for the uplink or downlink resources and can communicate with a base station accordingly.

Description

[0001] Cross-referencing

[0002] This patent application claims the benefit of U.S. Patent Application No. 17 / 140,817, filed January 4, 2021, entitled “BEAMINDICATIONS FOR MULTIPLE UPLINK OR DOWNLINK CHANNELS AND REFERENCE SIGNALS”, which has been assigned to the assignee of this application and is expressly incorporated herein by reference. Technical Field

[0003] The following relates to wireless communication, including beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals. Background Technology

[0004] Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide various types of communication content, such as voice, video, packet data, messaging, and broadcasting. These systems can support communication with multiple users by sharing available system resources (e.g., time, frequency, and power). Examples of such multiple access systems include fourth-generation (4G) systems (e.g., Long Term Evolution (LTE) systems, improved LTE (LTE-A) systems, or LTE-A Pro systems) and fifth-generation (5G) systems (which may be referred to as New Radio (NR) systems). These systems can employ technologies such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), or Discrete Fourier Transform Extended Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (DFT-S-OFDM). A wireless multiple access communication system may include one or more base stations or one or more network access nodes, each base station or network access node simultaneously supporting communication with multiple communication devices (which may also be referred to as User Equipment (UE)). Summary of the Invention

[0005] The described technology relates to improved methods, systems, apparatuses, and devices for supporting beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals. In summary, the described technology provides a user equipment (UE) with a message including Transmission Configuration Indicator (TCI) status information associated with beam information for uplink or downlink resources. For example, separate TCI status information may be indicated to the UE for uplink and downlink resources. The UE may identify multiple channels or reference signals, or any combination thereof, to which the TCI status is to be applied, based on the associated indication included with the TCI status information. The multiple channels or reference signals may include multiple uplink channels or reference signals, or multiple downlink channels or reference signals, which may be based on the separate TCI status information provided to the UE. In some examples, the TCI status information may also include an indication of a source reference signal for a quasi-co-location (QCL) assumption used for the indicated channel or reference signal. Based on applying the TCI status to multiple channels and / or reference signals, the UE can determine beam information for uplink or downlink resources and can communicate with the base station accordingly.

[0006] A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) is described. The method may include: receiving a message including first transmission configuration indicator state information and second transmission configuration indicator state information different from the first transmission configuration indicator state information, wherein the first transmission configuration indicator state information is associated with a set of multiple uplink resources, and wherein the second transmission configuration indicator state information is associated with a set of multiple downlink resources; identifying two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof to which transmission configuration indicator states are to be applied, the two or more channels including two or more uplink channels indicated in the first transmission configuration indicator state information or two or more downlink channels indicated in the second transmission configuration indicator state information, wherein the transmission configuration indicator states correspond to one or more source reference signals associated with a QCL assumption for the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof; and determining common beam information for the set of multiple uplink resources or the set of multiple downlink resources based on applying the transmission configuration indicator states to the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof.

[0007] An apparatus for wireless communication at a UE is described. The apparatus may include a processor, a memory in electronic communication with the processor, and instructions stored in the memory. The instructions may be executable by the processor to cause the device to perform the following operations: receiving a message including first transmission configuration indicator status information and second transmission configuration indicator status information different from the first transmission configuration indicator status information, wherein the first transmission configuration indicator status information is associated with a set of multiple uplink resources, and wherein the second transmission configuration indicator status information is associated with a set of multiple downlink resources; identifying two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof to which transmission configuration indicator states are to be applied, the two or more channels including two or more uplink channels indicated in the first transmission configuration indicator status information or two or more downlink channels indicated in the second transmission configuration indicator status information, wherein the transmission configuration indicator states correspond to one or more source reference signals associated with QCL assumptions for the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof; and determining common beam information for the set of multiple uplink resources or the set of multiple downlink resources based on applying the transmission configuration indicator states to the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof.

[0008] Another apparatus for wireless communication at a UE is described. The apparatus may include: unit for receiving a message including first transmission configuration indicator state information and second transmission configuration indicator state information different from the first transmission configuration indicator state information, wherein the first transmission configuration indicator state information is associated with a set of multiple uplink resources, and wherein the second transmission configuration indicator state information is associated with a set of multiple downlink resources; unit for identifying two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof to which the transmission configuration indicator states are to be applied, the two or more channels including two or more uplink channels indicated in the first transmission configuration indicator state information or two or more downlink channels indicated in the second transmission configuration indicator state information, wherein the transmission configuration indicator states correspond to one or more source reference signals associated with a QCL assumption for the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof; and unit for determining common beam information for the set of multiple uplink resources or the set of multiple downlink resources based on applying the transmission configuration indicator states to the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof.

[0009] A non-transitory computer-readable medium is described, storing code for wireless communication at a UE. The code may include instructions executable by a processor to: receive a message including first transmission configuration indicator state information and second transmission configuration indicator state information different from the first transmission configuration indicator state information, wherein the first transmission configuration indicator state information is associated with a set of multiple uplink resources, and wherein the second transmission configuration indicator state information is associated with a set of multiple downlink resources; identify two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof to which transmission configuration indicator states are to be applied, the two or more channels including two or more uplink channels indicated in the first transmission configuration indicator state information or two or more downlink channels indicated in the second transmission configuration indicator state information, wherein the transmission configuration indicator states correspond to one or more source reference signals associated with a QCL assumption for the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof; and determine common beam information for the set of multiple uplink resources or the set of multiple downlink resources based on applying the transmission configuration indicator states to the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof.

[0010] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for performing the following: determining, based on the transmission configuration indicator state, that the same source reference signal may be associated with the QCL assumption for each of the two or more channels, or the reference signal, or any combination thereof, wherein the common beam information includes a common beam corresponding to the same source reference signal; and using the common beam to communicate with the base station on the two or more channels.

[0011] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for performing: determining, based on the transmission configuration indicator state, that different source reference signals may be associated with the QCL assumption for each of the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof, wherein the common beam information includes a first beam and a second beam, the first beam corresponding to a first source reference signal and a first channel or a first reference signal among the two or more channels, and wherein the second beam corresponds to a second source reference signal and a second channel or a second reference signal among the two or more channels; and communicating with a base station using the first beam on the first channel and using the second beam on the second channel, wherein the first beam and the second beam comprise different beams oriented in substantially the same direction.

[0012] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for performing the following: identifying the state of the transport configuration indicator based on an information field, the information field including a transport configuration indicator state identifier corresponding to the state of the transport configuration indicator, wherein the information field may be within first transport configuration indicator state information or within second transport configuration indicator state information.

[0013] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses and nontransitory computer-readable media described herein, the information fields include dedicated fields for indicating one or more common beams, common fields for indicating common uplink and downlink beam information, fields for indicating downlink beam information, fields for indicating uplink beam information, or any combination thereof.

[0014] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for identifying the one or more source reference signals based on one or more QCL information fields, wherein the one or more QCL information fields may be indicated within the first transmission configuration indicator status information or the second transmission configuration indicator status information.

[0015] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, each of the one or more source reference signals indicates one or more QCL types, and the one or more QCL types may be associated with a set of parameters including: Doppler shift, Doppler spread, average delay, delay spread, spatial reception parameters, uplink spatial relational information for spatial transmission parameters, uplink Doppler shift, uplink Doppler spread, uplink average delay, uplink delay spread, or any combination thereof.

[0016] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for performing the following: determining that the one or more source reference signals indicate the one or more QCL types, or the parameter set, or a combination of both, wherein the QCL assumptions for the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof, may be based on the determination.

[0017] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for performing the following: determining that a source reference signal among the one or more source reference signals corresponds to a set of multiple QCL assumptions for the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof, wherein the QCL assumptions for the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof, may be based on the determination.

[0018] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for performing the following: identifying the location of each of the one or more source reference signals, the location being indicated within the first transmission configuration indicator status information or the second transmission configuration indicator status information, wherein the location may be based on an indication of a serving cell identifier, or a bandwidth portion identifier, or both.

[0019] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for performing the following: determining a transmission configuration indicator state for the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof, indicating a set of multiple beams, wherein a first set of source reference signals from the one or more source reference signals indicates a first beam in the set of multiple beams, a first channel in the two or more channels, a first reference signal in the reference signals, or any combination thereof, and wherein a second set of source reference signals from the one or more source reference signals indicates a second beam in the set of multiple beams, a second channel in the two or more channels, a second reference signal in the reference signals, or any combination thereof, the second set of source reference signals being different from the first set of source reference signals.

[0020] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for performing the following: identifying a set of power control parameters associated with the set of said plurality of uplink resources, the set of power control parameters being identified within the first transmission configuration indicator state information, wherein the set of power control parameters includes a path loss reference signal, a target received power parameter, a path loss compensation factor, a closed-loop index, a power control group identifier, or any combination thereof; and applying the set of power control parameters to uplink transmissions based on the transmission configuration indicator state.

[0021] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for performing the following: determining that the transmission configuration indicator state indicates two or more beams for the uplink transmission, wherein a first subset of the power control parameter set may be applied to a first beam of the two or more beams, and a second subset of the power control parameter set may be applied to a second beam of the two or more beams.

[0022] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for performing: identifying a set of timing advance parameters associated with the set of the plurality of uplink resources, the set of timing advance parameters being identified within the first transport configuration indicator state information, wherein the set of timing advance parameters includes a timing advance group identifier, a timing advance value, or both; and applying the set of timing advance parameters to uplink transmissions based on the transport configuration indicator state.

[0023] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for performing the following: determining that the transmission configuration indicator state indicates two or more beams for the uplink transmission, wherein a first subset of the timing advance parameter set may be applied to a first beam of the two or more beams, and a second subset of the timing advance parameter set may be applied to a second beam of the two or more beams.

[0024] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for performing the following: identifying a set of parameters associated with a codebook-based transmission on the set of a plurality of uplink resources, or a non-codebook-based transmission on the set of a plurality of uplink resources, or both, the set of parameters being identified within first transmission configuration indicator state information, wherein the set of parameters includes a probe reference signal resource indicator, a transmission precoding matrix indicator, a transmission rank indicator, or any combination thereof; and applying the set of parameters to the uplink transmission based on the transmission configuration indicator state.

[0025] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for performing the following: determining that the transmission configuration indicator state indicates two or more beams, the two or more channels, or the reference signal, or any combination thereof, for the uplink transmission, wherein a first subset of the parameter set may be applied to a first beam of the two or more beams, and a second subset of the parameter set may be applied to a second beam of the two or more beams.

[0026] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for performing the following: identifying one or more antenna panel identifiers associated with a corresponding antenna panel of the UE, the one or more antenna panel identifiers being identified within the first transmission configuration indicator state information, wherein the corresponding antenna panel of the UE may be associated with transmission on the same or different channels in two or more uplink channels based on the transmission configuration indicator state.

[0027] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, each of the two or more channels may be associated with a corresponding demodulation reference signal indicated in the first or second transmission configuration indicator status information, and the one or more source reference signals include synchronization signal blocks, channel state information reference signals, probe reference signals, location reference signals, reference signals associated with physical random access channels, demodulation reference signals associated with physical downlink control channels, demodulation reference signals associated with physical downlink shared channels, demodulation reference signals associated with physical uplink shared channels, demodulation reference signals associated with physical uplink control channels, or any combination thereof.

[0028] A method for wireless communication for a base station is described. The method may include: determining common beam information for a set of multiple uplink resources and a set of multiple downlink resources; configuring two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof, to be applied to the common beam information, the two or more channels including two or more uplink channels indicated in first transmission configuration indicator state information or two or more downlink channels indicated in second transmission configuration indicator state information, wherein the transmission configuration indicator state corresponds to one or more source reference signals associated with a QCL assumption for the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof; and sending a message to a UE including the first transmission configuration indicator state information and second transmission configuration indicator state information different from the first transmission configuration indicator state information, wherein the first transmission configuration indicator state information is associated with the set of multiple uplink resources, and wherein the second transmission configuration indicator state information is associated with the set of multiple downlink resources.

[0029] An apparatus for wireless communication at a base station is described. The apparatus may include a processor, a memory in electronic communication with the processor, and instructions stored in the memory. The instructions may be executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to: determine common beam information for a set of multiple uplink resources and a set of multiple downlink resources; configure two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof, to be applied to the common beam information, the two or more channels including two or more uplink channels indicated in first transmission configuration indicator state information or two or more downlink channels indicated in second transmission configuration indicator state information, wherein the transmission configuration indicator state corresponds to one or more source reference signals associated with a QCL assumption for the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof; and send a message to a UE including the first transmission configuration indicator state information and second transmission configuration indicator state information different from the first transmission configuration indicator state information, wherein the first transmission configuration indicator state information is associated with the set of multiple uplink resources, and wherein the second transmission configuration indicator state information is associated with the set of multiple downlink resources.

[0030] Another apparatus for wireless communication at a base station is described. The apparatus may include: unit for determining common beam information for a set of multiple uplink resources and a set of multiple downlink resources; unit for configuring two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof, to be applied to the common beam information, the two or more channels including two or more uplink channels indicated in first transmission configuration indicator state information or two or more downlink channels indicated in second transmission configuration indicator state information, wherein the transmission configuration indicator state corresponds to one or more source reference signals associated with a QCL assumption for the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof; and unit for transmitting a message to a UE including the first transmission configuration indicator state information and second transmission configuration indicator state information different from the first transmission configuration indicator state information, wherein the first transmission configuration indicator state information is associated with the set of multiple uplink resources, and wherein the second transmission configuration indicator state information is associated with the set of multiple downlink resources.

[0031] A non-transitory computer-readable medium is described, storing code for wireless communication at a base station. The code may include instructions executable by a processor to: determine common beam information for a set of multiple uplink resources and a set of multiple downlink resources; configure two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof, to which a transmission configuration indicator state is to be applied based on the common beam information, the two or more channels including two or more uplink channels indicated in first transmission configuration indicator state information or two or more downlink channels indicated in second transmission configuration indicator state information, wherein the transmission configuration indicator state corresponds to one or more source reference signals associated with a QCL assumption for the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof; and send a message to a UE including the first transmission configuration indicator state information and second transmission configuration indicator state information different from the first transmission configuration indicator state information, wherein the first transmission configuration indicator state information is associated with the set of multiple uplink resources, and wherein the second transmission configuration indicator state information is associated with the set of multiple downlink resources.

[0032] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for: configuring the same source reference signal for the QCL assumption for each of the two or more channels, or the reference signal, or any combination thereof, based on the transmission configuration indicator state, wherein the common beam information includes a common beam corresponding to the same source reference signal; and using the common beam to communicate with the UE on the two or more channels.

[0033] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for performing: configuring different source reference signals for the QCL assumption for each of the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof, based on the transmission configuration indicator state, wherein the common beam information includes a first beam and a second beam, the first beam corresponding to a first source reference signal and a first channel or a first reference signal among the two or more channels, and wherein the second beam corresponds to a second source reference signal and a second channel or a second reference signal among the two or more channels; and communicating with the UE using the first beam on the first channel and using the second beam on the second channel, wherein the first beam and the second beam comprise different beams oriented in substantially the same direction.

[0034] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for performing the following: transmitting an information field within first transmission configuration indicator state information or within second transmission configuration indicator state information, the information field including a transmission configuration indicator state identifier corresponding to the transmission configuration indicator state, wherein the information field includes a dedicated field for indicating one or more common beams, a common field for indicating common uplink and downlink beam information, a field for indicating downlink beam information, a field for indicating uplink beam information, or any combination thereof.

[0035] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for performing the following: transmitting one or more QCL information fields within the first transmission configuration indicator status information or within the second transmission configuration indicator status information, the one or more QCL information fields indicating the one or more source reference signals for the QCL assumption of the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof.

[0036] In some examples of the methods, apparatuses and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, each of the one or more source reference signals indicates one or more QCL types, and the one or more QCL types may be associated with a set of parameters including: Doppler shift, Doppler spread, average delay, delay spread, spatial reception parameters, uplink spatial relational information for spatial transmission parameters, uplink Doppler shift, uplink Doppler spread, uplink average delay, uplink delay spread, or any combination thereof.

[0037] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for performing the following: transmitting, within the first transmission configuration indicator status information, a set of uplink power control parameters associated with the set of the plurality of uplink resources, wherein the set of uplink power control parameters includes a path loss reference signal, a target received power parameter, a path loss compensation factor, a closed-loop index, a power control group identifier, or any combination thereof.

[0038] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for performing the following: transmitting, within the first transmission configuration indicator status information, a set of timing advance parameters associated with the set of the plurality of uplink resources, wherein the set of timing advance parameters includes a timing advance group identifier, a timing advance value, or both.

[0039] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, units, or instructions for performing the following: transmitting, within the first transmission configuration indicator status information, a set of parameters associated with a codebook-based transmission on the set of the plurality of uplink resources, or a non-codebook-based transmission on the set of the plurality of uplink resources, or both, wherein the set of parameters includes a probe reference signal resource indicator, a transmission precoding matrix indicator, a transmission rank indicator, or any combination thereof. Attached Figure Description

[0040] Figure 1 An example of a wireless communication system is shown that supports beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals according to various aspects of this disclosure.

[0041] Figure 2 An example of a wireless communication system is shown that supports beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals according to various aspects of this disclosure.

[0042] Figure 3 An example of a process flow supporting beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals, according to various aspects of this disclosure, is shown.

[0043] Figure 4 and 5 A block diagram of an apparatus supporting beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals, according to various aspects of this disclosure, is shown.

[0044] Figure 6 A block diagram of a communication manager supporting beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals, according to various aspects of this disclosure, is shown.

[0045] Figure 7 A diagram of a system including devices supporting beam pointing for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals, according to various aspects of this disclosure, is shown.

[0046] Figure 8 and 9 A block diagram of an apparatus supporting beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals, according to various aspects of this disclosure, is shown.

[0047] Figure 10 A block diagram of a communication manager supporting beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals, according to various aspects of this disclosure, is shown.

[0048] Figure 11 A diagram of a system including a device supporting beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals, according to various aspects of this disclosure, is shown.

[0049] Figures 12 to 15 A flowchart illustrating a method for beam indication of multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals, according to various aspects of this disclosure, is shown. Detailed Implementation

[0050] Some wireless communication systems, such as fifth-generation (5G) New Radio (NR) systems, can use beamforming techniques to share data between devices (e.g., user equipment (UE), base stations, or other devices). In such systems, the UE can be configured with beam information (e.g., Transmission Configuration Indicator (TCI) status) indicating resources used for uplink or downlink operation on a beam set, and can also transmit information identifying various attributes indicating which beams can be used for communication. For example, signals transmitted using different beams can be correlated with each other, and a quasi-co-address (QCL) relationship between one or more transmissions or signals can refer to the relationship between the antenna ports (and corresponding signaling beams) of the respective transmissions. If two signals are quasi-co-addressed, the receiving device (e.g., the UE) can assume co-address with one signal (and its corresponding beam). The associated channel characteristics or other aspects of the measurement can also be applied when receiving a different signal. In some examples, a set of TCI states can be indicated to the UE, where a TCI state can indicate the QCL relationship between a single channel (e.g., the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) or the Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH)) and the corresponding reference signal (or, more specifically, the demodulation reference signal (DMRS) of the PDSCH or PDCCH and another reference signal (e.g., the source reference signal) (such as the Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) or the Synchronization Signal Block (SSB)).

[0051] The UE can receive signaling configuring it to operate according to TCI states (e.g., Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling), and the UE can communicate with the base station using a beam based on the configured TCI states. For example, different channels or reference signals can be configured with different pools of applicable TCI states (e.g., the PDSCH can have a list of TCI states that may include 8 of 64 possible TCI states, and different channels can utilize different TCI state pools). However, using the corresponding beam indication for each different channel with different TCI states can result in additional processing time and signaling and network overhead. Therefore, a method using TCI states for a common beam indication of multiple uplink or downlink channels or associated reference signals may be desirable.

[0052] As described herein, a UE can be configured with separate beam indications for uplink and downlink beams, for example, using the content of RRC signaling that provides TCI states for both uplink and downlink resources. In such a case, a common TCI state can be used for multiple different channels and reference signals (e.g., uplink or downlink). For example, the UE can receive a message indicating some TCI state information that can be applied to multiple channels and / or reference signals, and the same TCI state configured for the UE can be applied to multiple different channels / reference signals. In some aspects, the base station can send signaling (e.g., RRC signaling) to the UE indicating one or more TCI states, where the TCI states may include a common beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels (e.g., multiple channels may share the same RRC-configured TCI state pool). The UE can accordingly receive separate TCI states to be applied to multiple uplink channels or reference signals and multiple downlink channels or reference signals. As an example, a UE may receive a TCI state indicating its applicability to both the Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) and the Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), and another TCI state indicating its applicability to both the PDCCH and PDSCH, respectively. Furthermore, each TCI state applicable to multiple channels, multiple reference signals, or any combination thereof may also include information indicating one or more source reference signals for the UE's QCL assumptions. That is, the TCI state may indicate which source reference signal(s) can be used to derive QCL assumptions associated with multiple channels or reference signals (e.g., QCL assumptions based on Doppler shift, Doppler spread, average delay, delay spread, spatial parameters, or any combination thereof). In some examples, the TCI state information signaled to the UE may include indications of other parameters (e.g., TCI state identifier (ID), power control parameters, timing advance parameters, parameters for codebook-based and / or non-codebook-based transmissions, antenna panel information, etc.). Based on the TCI state, the UE can determine some common beam information and can use the determined beam information to receive or transmit data via the indicated channels. Using TCI status indicators for multiple uplink or downlink channels can result in more efficient signaling for beamforming, as well as reduced network and signaling overhead or reduced latency, and other benefits.

[0053] Various aspects of this disclosure are first described in the context of a wireless communication system. These aspects are further described with reference to process flows. Aspects of this disclosure are further illustrated by apparatus diagrams, system diagrams, and flowcharts relating to beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals, and are described with reference to these diagrams.

[0054] Figure 1 Examples of a wireless communication system 100 supporting beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals according to various aspects of this disclosure are shown. The wireless communication system 100 may include one or more base stations 105, one or more UEs 115, and a core network 130. In some examples, the wireless communication system 100 may be a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, an improved LTE (LTE-A) network, an LTE-A Pro network, or a New Radio (NR) network. In some examples, the wireless communication system 100 may support enhanced broadband communication, ultra-reliable (e.g., mission-critical) communication, low-latency communication, or communication with low-cost and low-complexity devices, or any combination thereof.

[0055] Base stations 105 can be distributed throughout a geographical area to form a wireless communication system 100, and can be devices of different forms or with different capabilities. Base stations 105 and UE 115 can communicate wirelessly via one or more communication links 125. Each base station 105 can provide a coverage area 110, and UE 115 and base station 105 can establish one or more communication links 125 on the coverage area 110. Coverage area 110 can be an example of a geographical area where base station 105 and UE 115 can support signal transmission according to one or more radio access technologies.

[0056] UE 115 can be distributed throughout the entire coverage area 110 of the wireless communication system 100, and each UE 115 can be stationary, mobile, or both at different times. UE 115 can be devices of different forms or with different capabilities. Figure 1 Some example UE 115s are shown in the document. The UE 115 described herein is capable of communicating with various types of devices, such as other UE 115s, base station 105, or network devices (e.g., core network nodes, relay devices, integrated access and backhaul (IAB) nodes, or other network devices), such as... Figure 1 As shown.

[0057] Base station 105 can communicate with core network 130, communicate with each other, or perform both of these operations. For example, base station 105 can interface with core network 130 via one or more backhaul links 120 (e.g., via S1, N2, N3, or other interfaces). Base station 105 can communicate with each other directly (e.g., directly between base stations 105) on backhaul links 120 (e.g., via X2, Xn, or other interfaces), or indirectly (e.g., via core network 130), or perform both of these operations. In some examples, backhaul link 120 can be or includes one or more radio links.

[0058] One or more of the base stations 105 described herein may include, or may be referred to by those skilled in the art as, base station transceiver, radio base station, access point, radio transceiver, node B, evolved node B (eNB), next-generation node B or gigabit node B (any of which may be referred to as gNB), home node B, home evolved node B, or some other suitable term.

[0059] UE 115 may include or be referred to as a mobile device, wireless device, remote device, handheld device, or subscriber device, or some other suitable term, wherein "device" may also be referred to as a unit, station, terminal, or client, and other examples. UE 115 may also include or be referred to as a personal electronic device, such as a cellular phone, personal digital assistant (PDA), tablet computer, laptop computer, or personal computer. In some examples, UE 115 may include or be referred to as a wireless local loop (WLL) station, Internet of Things (IoT) device, Internet of Everything (IoE) device, or machine-type communication (MTC) device, and other examples, which may be implemented in various items such as appliances, vehicles, meters, and other examples.

[0060] The UE 115 described in this document can communicate with various types of devices, such as other UE 115s that can sometimes act as repeaters, as well as base station 105 and network devices, including macro eNBs or gNBs, small cell eNBs or gNBs, or relay base stations, and other examples, such as... Figure 1 As shown.

[0061] UE 115 and base station 105 can wirelessly communicate with each other via one or more communication links 125 on one or more carriers. The term "carrier" can refer to a set of radio frequency spectrum resources having a defined physical layer structure for supporting communication link 125. For example, a carrier for communication link 125 may include a portion of a radio frequency spectrum band (e.g., a bandwidth portion (BWP)) that operates according to one or more physical layer channels for a given radio access technology (e.g., LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, NR). Each physical layer channel may carry acquisition signaling (e.g., synchronization signals, system information), control signaling coordinating operation for the carrier, user data, or other signaling. Wireless communication system 100 can support communication with UE 115 using carrier aggregation or multi-carrier operation. Depending on the carrier aggregation configuration, UE 115 can be configured with multiple downlink component carriers and one or more uplink component carriers. Carrier aggregation can be used in conjunction with both frequency division duplex (FDD) component carriers and time division duplex (TDD) component carriers.

[0062] In some examples (e.g., in a carrier aggregation configuration), the carrier may also have acquisition or control signaling that coordinates operation against other carriers. The carrier may be associated with a frequency channel (e.g., an Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (EARFCN)) and may be positioned according to a channel grid for discovery by UE 115. The carrier may operate in standalone mode, where UE 115 performs initial acquisition and connection via the carrier, or the carrier may operate in non-standalone mode, where different carriers (e.g., the same or different radio access technologies) are used to anchor the connection.

[0063] The communication link 125 shown in the wireless communication system 100 may include uplink transmission from UE 115 to base station 105, or downlink transmission from base station 105 to UE 115. The carrier may carry downlink or uplink communication (e.g., in FDD mode) or may be configured to carry both downlink and uplink communication (e.g., in TDD mode).

[0064] A carrier can be associated with a specific bandwidth of the radio frequency spectrum, and in some examples, the carrier bandwidth can be referred to as the carrier or the “system bandwidth” of the wireless communication system 100. For example, the carrier bandwidth can be one of a number of defined bandwidths for a particular radio access technology (e.g., 1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 40, or 80 MHz). Devices of the wireless communication system 100 (e.g., base station 105, UE 115, or both) can have a hardware configuration that supports communication on a specific carrier bandwidth, or can be configured to support communication on one carrier bandwidth in a set of carrier bandwidths. In some examples, the wireless communication system 100 may include a base station 105 or UE 115 that supports simultaneous communication via carriers associated with multiple carrier bandwidths. In some examples, each served UE 115 can be configured to operate on a portion (e.g., a subband, BWP) or all of the carrier bandwidth.

[0065] The signal waveform transmitted on a carrier can consist of multiple subcarriers (e.g., using multicarrier modulation (MCM) techniques such as Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) or Discrete Fourier Transform Spread Spectrum OFDM (DFT-S-OFDM)). In a system employing MCM, a resource element can include a symbol period (e.g., the duration of a modulation symbol) and a subcarrier, where the symbol period and subcarrier spacing are inversely related. The number of bits carried by each resource element can depend on the modulation scheme (e.g., the order of the modulation scheme, the coding rate of the modulation scheme, or both). Therefore, the more resource elements UE 115 receives and the higher the order of the modulation scheme, the higher the data rate can be for UE 115. Wireless communication resources can refer to a combination of radio frequency spectrum resources, temporal resources, and spatial resources (e.g., spatial layers or beams), and the use of multiple spatial layers can further increase the data rate or data integrity used for communication with UE 115.

[0066] One or more digital schemes (numerologies) can be supported for a carrier, where the digital scheme may include a subcarrier spacing (Δf) and a cyclic prefix. A carrier can be divided into one or more BWPs with the same or different digital schemes. In some examples, UE 115 can be configured with multiple BWPs. In some examples, a single BWP for a carrier can be active at a given time, and communication for UE 115 can be restricted to one or more active BWPs.

[0067] It can be expressed in a basic unit of time (which can be, for example, T). s =1 / (Δf) max ·N f The sampling period is ) seconds, where Δf maxThis can represent the maximum supported subcarrier spacing, and N f The time interval for base station 105 or UE 115 can be represented as a multiple of the maximum supported Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) size. The time interval for communication resources can be organized based on radio frames, each having a specified duration (e.g., 10 milliseconds (ms)). Each radio frame can be identified by a System Frame Number (SFN) (e.g., ranging from 0 to 1023).

[0068] Each frame may include multiple consecutively numbered subframes or time slots, and each subframe or time slot may have the same duration. In some examples, a frame may be divided (e.g., in the time domain) into subframes, and each subframe may be further divided into a number of time slots. Alternatively, each frame may include a variable number of time slots, and the number of time slots may depend on the subcarrier spacing. Each time slot may include a number of symbol periods (e.g., this depends on the length of the cyclic prefix added before each symbol period). In some wireless communication systems 100, time slots may be further divided into multiple micro-time slots containing one or more symbols. Excluding the cyclic prefix, each symbol period may contain one or more (e.g., N) f (Number) sampling periods. The duration of a symbol period can depend on the subcarrier spacing or the operating frequency band.

[0069] A subframe, time slot, micro-time slot, or symbol can be the smallest scheduling unit of the wireless communication system 100 (e.g., in the time domain) and can be referred to as a transmission time interval (TTI). In some examples, the duration of the TTI (e.g., the number of symbol periods in the TTI) can be variable. Alternatively, the smallest scheduling unit of the wireless communication system 100 can be dynamically selected (e.g., in a burst form of a shortened TTI (sTTI)).

[0070] Physical channels can be multiplexed on a carrier using various techniques. For example, one or more of Time Division Multiplexing (TDM), Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM), or hybrid TDM-FDM techniques can be used to multiplex physical control channels and physical data channels on a downlink carrier. A control region (e.g., a control resource set (CORESET)) for physical control channels can be defined by the number of symbol periods and can extend across the system bandwidth or a subset of the system bandwidth of the carrier. One or more control regions (e.g., CORESETs) can be configured for a group of UEs 115. For example, one or more of the UEs 115 can monitor or search for control regions against control information based on one or more search space sets, and each search space set can include one or more control channel candidates arranged in a cascaded manner at one or more aggregation levels. The aggregation level for control channel candidates can refer to the number of control channel resources (e.g., control channel elements (CCEs)) associated with coded information for a control information format having a given payload size. The search space set may include a common search space set configured to send control information to multiple UEs 115 and a UE-specific search space set used to send control information to a specific UE 115.

[0071] In some examples, base station 105 may be mobile, and therefore provide communication coverage for mobile geographic coverage areas 110. In some examples, different geographic coverage areas 110 associated with different technologies may overlap, but different geographic coverage areas 110 may be supported by the same base station 105. In other examples, overlapping geographic coverage areas 110 associated with different technologies may be supported by different base stations 105. Wireless communication system 100 may include, for example, a heterogeneous network, in which different types of base stations 105 use the same or different radio access technologies to provide coverage for various geographic coverage areas 110.

[0072] The wireless communication system 100 can support synchronous or asynchronous operation. For synchronous operation, base stations 105 can have similar frame timings, and transmissions from different base stations 105 can be approximately time-aligned. For asynchronous operation, base stations 105 can have different frame timings, and in some examples, transmissions from different base stations 105 may not be time-aligned. The techniques described herein can be used for both synchronous and asynchronous operation.

[0073] Wireless communication system 100 can be configured to support ultra-reliable communication or low-latency communication, or various combinations thereof. For example, wireless communication system 100 can be configured to support ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) or mission-critical communication. UE 115 can be designed to support ultra-reliable, low-latency, or mission-critical functions (e.g., mission-critical functions). Ultra-reliable communication can include private or group communication and can be supported by one or more mission-critical services (such as mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT), mission-critical video (MCVideo), or mission-critical data (MCData)). Support for mission-critical functions can include service prioritization, and mission-critical services can be used for public safety or general commercial applications. The terms ultra-reliable, low-latency, mission-critical, and ultra-reliable low-latency are used interchangeably herein.

[0074] In some examples, UE 115 is able to communicate directly with other UE 115 on a device-to-device (D2D) communication link 135 (e.g., using peer-to-peer (P2P) or D2D protocols). One or more UE 115s utilizing D2D communication can be within the geographic coverage area 110 of base station 105. Other UE 115s in such a group may be outside the geographic coverage area 110 of base station 105 or otherwise unable to receive transmissions from base station 105. In some examples, groups of UE 115s communicating via D2D communication can utilize a one-to-many (1:M) system, where each UE 115 transmits to every other UE 115 in the group. In some examples, base station 105 facilitates the scheduling of resources for D2D communication. In other cases, D2D communication is performed between UE 115s without involving base station 105.

[0075] Core network 130 can provide user authentication, access authorization, tracking, Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity, and other access, routing, or mobility functions. Core network 130 can be an evolved packet core (EPC) or a 5G core (5GC), and can include at least one control plane entity (e.g., a mobility management entity (MME), access and mobility management function unit (AMF)) managing access and mobility, and at least one user plane entity (e.g., a serving gateway (S-GW), packet data network (PDN) gateway (P-GW), or user plane function unit (UPF)) routing packets to or interconnecting with external networks. The control plane entity can manage non-access stratum (NAS) functions, such as mobility, authentication, and bearer management for UE 115 served by base station 105 associated with core network 130. User IP packets can be transmitted through the user plane entity, which can provide IP address allocation and other functions. The user plane entity can connect to IP service 150 for one or more network operators. IP services 150 may include access to the Internet, intranets, IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), or packet-switched streaming services.

[0076] Some network devices (e.g., base station 105) may include sub-components such as access network entity 140, which may be an example of an access node controller (ANC). Each access network entity 140 may communicate with UE 115 through one or more other access network transport entities 145 (which may be referred to as a radio headend, smart radio headend, or transmit / receive point (TRP)). Each access network transport entity 145 may include one or more antenna panels. In some configurations, the various functions of each access network entity 140 or base station 105 may be distributed across individual network devices (e.g., radio headends and ANCs) or incorporated into a single network device (e.g., base station 105).

[0077] Wireless communication system 100 can operate using one or more frequency bands (e.g., in the range of 300 MHz to 300 GHz). Typically, the region from 300 MHz to 3 GHz is referred to as the ultra-high frequency (UHF) region or decimeter band because the wavelength range extends from approximately one decimeter to one meter in length. UHF waves may be blocked or redirected by buildings and environmental features, but the waves can be sufficiently penetrating structures to provide service to UE 115 located indoors via macrocells. Compared to the transmission of smaller frequencies and longer waves in the lower frequency (HF) or very high frequency (VHF) portions of the spectrum below 300 MHz, UHF wave transmission can be associated with smaller antennas and shorter distances (e.g., less than 100 km).

[0078] Wireless communication system 100 can utilize both licensed and unlicensed radio frequency spectrum bands. For example, wireless communication system 100 can employ licensed assisted access (LAA), LTE unlicensed (LTE-U) radio access technology, or NR technology in unlicensed frequency bands (such as the 5 GHz Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) band). When operating in unlicensed radio frequency spectrum bands, devices (such as base station 105 and UE 115) can employ carrier sensing for collision detection and avoidance. In some examples, operation in unlicensed frequency bands can be based on carrier aggregation configurations that combine component carriers operating in licensed frequency bands (e.g., LAA). Operation in unlicensed spectrum can include downlink transmissions, uplink transmissions, P2P transmissions, or D2D transmissions, and other examples.

[0079] Base station 105 or UE 115 may be equipped with multiple antennas, which can be used to employ techniques such as transmit diversity, receive diversity, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication, or beamforming. The antennas of base station 105 or UE 115 may be located within one or more antenna arrays or antenna panels (which may support MIMO operation or transmit or receive beamforming). For example, one or more base station antennas or antenna arrays may be co-located at an antenna assembly, such as an antenna tower. In some examples, the antennas or antenna arrays associated with base station 105 may be located in different geographical locations. Base station 105 may have an antenna array having a number of rows and columns of antenna ports that base station 105 can use to support beamforming for communication with UE 115. Similarly, UE 115 may have one or more antenna arrays that can support various MIMO or beamforming operations. Additionally or alternatively, antenna panels may support radio frequency beamforming for signals transmitted via antenna ports.

[0080] Base station 105 or UE 115 can use MIMO communication to utilize multipath signal propagation and improve spectral efficiency by transmitting or receiving multiple signals via different spatial layers. Such a technique can be called spatial multiplexing. For example, a transmitting device can transmit multiple signals via different antennas or different combinations of antennas. Similarly, a receiving device can receive multiple signals via different antennas or different combinations of antennas. Each of the multiple signals can be referred to as a separate spatial stream and can carry bits associated with the same data stream (e.g., the same codeword) or different data streams (e.g., different codewords). Different spatial layers can be associated with different antenna ports used for channel measurement and reporting. MIMO techniques include single-user MIMO (SU-MIMO) (where multiple spatial layers are transmitted to the same receiving device) and multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO) (where multiple spatial layers are transmitted to multiple devices).

[0081] Beamforming (also known as spatial filtering, directional transmission, or directional reception) is a signal processing technique that can be used at a transmitting or receiving device (e.g., base station 105, UE 115) to form or guide an antenna beam (e.g., transmit beam, receive beam) along a spatial path between the transmitting and receiving devices. Beamforming can be achieved by combining signals transmitted via antenna elements of an antenna array such that some signals propagating relative to a specific orientation of the antenna array experience constructive interference, while others experience destructive interference. Adjustments to the signals transmitted via the antenna elements can include applying amplitude offset, phase offset, or both to the signals carried via the antenna elements associated with the transmitting or receiving device. The adjustments associated with each antenna element can be defined by a set of beamforming weights associated with a specific orientation (e.g., relative to the antenna array of the transmitting or receiving device, or relative to some other orientation).

[0082] As part of beamforming operations, base station 105 or UE 115 may use beam scanning techniques. For example, base station 105 may use multiple antennas or antenna arrays (e.g., antenna panels) to perform beamforming operations for directional communication with UE 115. Base station 105 may transmit some signals (e.g., synchronization signals, reference signals, beam selection signals, or other control signals) multiple times in different directions. For example, base station 105 may transmit signals according to different sets of beamforming weights associated with different transmission directions. Transmissions in different beam directions may be used (e.g., by a transmitting device (such as base station 105) or by a receiving device (such as UE 115)) to identify the beam direction for subsequent transmissions or receptions performed by base station 105.

[0083] Base station 105 may transmit signals (e.g., data signals associated with a specific receiving device, such as UE 115) in a single beam direction (e.g., a direction associated with a particular receiving device, such as UE 115). In some examples, the beam direction associated with transmission along a single beam direction may be determined based on signals transmitted in one or more beam directions. For example, UE 115 may receive one or more signals transmitted by base station 105 in different directions and may report to base station 105 an indication of the signal received by UE 115 that has the highest signal quality or otherwise acceptable signal quality.

[0084] In some examples, multiple beam directions can be used to perform transmissions by a device (e.g., base station 105 or UE 115), and the device can use a combination of digital precoding or radio frequency beamforming to generate combined beams for (e.g., from base station 105 to UE 115) transmissions. UE 115 can report feedback indicating precoding weights for one or more beam directions, and this feedback can correspond to a configured number of beams spanning the system bandwidth or one or more subbands. Base station 105 can transmit reference signals that can be precoded or unprecoded (e.g., cell-specific reference signals (CRS), channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS)). UE 115 can provide feedback on beam selection, which can be a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) or codebook-based feedback (e.g., multi-panel type codebook, linear combination type codebook, port selection type codebook). Although these techniques are described with reference to signals transmitted by base station 105 in one or more directions, UE 115 may employ similar techniques to transmit signals multiple times in different directions (e.g., to identify beam directions for subsequent transmissions or receptions by UE 115) or to transmit signals in a single direction (e.g., to transmit data to a receiving device).

[0085] When receiving various signals (such as synchronization signals, reference signals, beam selection signals, or other control signals) from base station 105, the receiving device (e.g., UE 115) can attempt multiple receiving configurations (e.g., directional listening). For example, the receiving device can attempt multiple receiving directions by receiving via different antenna subarrays, by processing the received signals according to different antenna subarrays, by receiving according to different sets of receiving beamforming weights applied to signals received at multiple antenna elements of the antenna array (e.g., different sets of directional listening weights), or by processing the received signals according to different sets of receiving beamforming weights applied to signals received at multiple antenna elements of the antenna array (any of these operations can be referred to as "listening" according to different receiving configurations or receiving directions). In some examples, the receiving device can use a single receiving configuration to receive along a single beam direction (e.g., when receiving data signals). A single receiver configuration can be aligned to a beam direction determined based on listening in different receiver configuration directions (e.g., a beam direction determined to have the highest signal strength, highest signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), or otherwise acceptable signal quality based on listening in multiple beam directions).

[0086] Base station 105 may send one or more synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) to UE 115, and UE 115 may process (e.g., decode) the SSBs to obtain system information and initiate communication with the base station. An SSB (e.g., a synchronization block) may include synchronization signals (such as a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), and a secondary synchronization signal (SSS)), which may be referred to as an acquisition signal and may be sent from base station 105 to UE 115. The PSS, PBCH, and SSS may each occupy different sets of symbols (e.g., OFDM symbols) and subcarriers of the SSB. UE 115 may utilize the SSBs to obtain downlink synchronization information and system information (e.g., to establish a communication channel with base station 105). In some cases, some wireless communication systems 100 may also utilize SSBs with beam scanning for beam management purposes. In some cases, one or more SSBs may be included within a synchronization signal burst set, which may include a periodic sequence or set of SSBs.

[0087] In some examples, a QCL relationship may exist between one or more transmissions or signals. A QCL relationship between one or more transmissions or signals can refer to the relationship between the antenna ports (and corresponding signaling beams) of the respective transmissions. For example, one or more antenna ports may be implemented by base station 105 for transmitting at least one or more reference signals (such as downlink reference signals, SSBs, etc.) and control information to UE 115. However, the channel characteristics of signals transmitted via different antenna ports can be interpreted (e.g., by the receiving device) as the same (e.g., even though the signals are transmitted from different antenna ports), and the antenna ports (and corresponding beams) can be described as quasi-co-located (QCL). The QCL signal allows UE 115 to deduce the characteristics (e.g., delay spread, Doppler spread, frequency shift, average power) of a first signal transmitted on a first antenna port based on measurements of a second signal transmitted via a second antenna port. In other words, if two antenna ports are classified as QCL according to, for example, delay spread, UE 115 can determine the delay spread for one antenna port (e.g., based on a received reference signal, such as CSI-RS) and then apply the result to both antenna ports. This technique avoids UE 115 having to determine delay spread individually for each antenna port. In some cases, two antenna ports can be considered spatial QCLs, and the characteristics of a signal transmitted on a directional beam can be derived from the characteristics of a different signal on another different directional beam. That is, the QCL relationship can involve beam information of the corresponding directional beams used for communication of various signals.

[0088] Different types of QCL relationships can describe the relationship between two different signals or antenna ports. For example, QCL type A can refer to a QCL relationship between signals that includes Doppler shift, Doppler spread, average delay, and delay spread. QCL type B can refer to a QCL relationship that includes Doppler shift and Doppler spread, while QCL type C can refer to a QCL relationship that includes Doppler shift and average delay. QCL type D can refer to a QCL relationship of spatial parameters, which can indicate the relationship between two or more directional beams used to transmit signals. Here, the spatial parameters indicate that a first beam used to transmit a first signal can be similar to (or identical to) another beam used to transmit a second, different signal, or that the same receiving beam can be used to receive both the first and second signals. Therefore, beam information for various beams can be derived by receiving signals from the transmitting device, where, in some cases, QCL information or spatial information can help the receiving device efficiently identify communication beams (e.g., without having to scan through a large number of beams to identify the optimal beam (e.g., the beam with the highest signal quality)). In addition, QCL relationships can exist between uplink and downlink transmissions, and in some cases, QCL relationships can also be referred to as spatial relationship information.

[0089] In some examples, TCI state configuration may include one or more parameters associated with QCL relationships between transmitted signals. For example, base station 105 may configure QCL relationships that provide a mapping between a reference signal and antenna ports of another signal (e.g., DMRS antenna ports for PDCCH, DMRS antenna ports for PDSCH, CSI-RS antenna ports for CSI-RS, etc.), and base station 105 may indicate the TCI state to UE 115. In some cases, a set of TCI states may be indicated to UE 115 via RRC signaling, where a number of TCI states (e.g., a pool of 8 TCI states from a total of 64 TCI states may be configured via RRC) and a specific TCI state may be indicated via downlink control information (DCI) (e.g., within a CORESET). The QCL relationships associated with TCI states (and further established via higher-layer parameters) may provide UE 115 with the QCL relationships for the corresponding antenna ports and the reference signal transmitted by base station 105.

[0090] Some systems may utilize joint beam indicators (e.g., TCI status indicating certain QCL information), where a common indicator can apply to both uplink and downlink beams. In other cases, separate beam indicators may be used, where a first beam indicator can be used for multiple uplink beams, and a second, different beam indicator can be used for multiple downlink beams. However, for such separate beam indicators, the content of the separate indicator may not be defined.

[0091] In some implementations of the wireless communication system 100, the UE 115 may be configured with beam information (e.g., using TCI states) that indicates resources used for uplink or downlink operation on a beam set. For example, the described techniques may provide separate beam indications for uplink and downlink beams (e.g., RRC signaling providing TCI states for both uplink and downlink resources), where a common TCI state can be used for multiple different channels and reference signals (e.g., for uplink or downlink based on beam indications). The UE may receive messages indicating some TCI state information that can be applied to multiple channels and / or reference signals. That is, the same TCI state indicated to the UE can be applied to multiple different channels / reference signals. Uplink beam indication may include TCI state information that can be applied to multiple uplink channels (e.g., PUCCH and PUSCH) and / or reference signals (e.g., sounding reference signal (SRS), DMRS of PUCCH, DMRS of PUCCH), while downlink beam indication may include TCI state information that can be applied to multiple downlink channels (e.g., PDCCH and PDSCH) and / or reference signals (e.g., SSB, CSI-RS, DMRS of PDSCH, DMRS of PDCCH). In either case, the message may indicate which channels and / or reference signals the TCI state can be applied to. Additionally, the TCI state information may include QCL information indicating various source reference signals used for QCL assumptions.

[0092] In some aspects, a TCI state can be applied to multiple channels and / or reference signals, where the same spatial filter (e.g., the same beam) can be applied to each channel and / or reference signal (e.g., the same beam can be used for all applicable reference signals, and the TCI state can indicate the same source reference signal used for QCL assumptions across multiple reference signals). In other aspects, within the same TCI state, different source reference signals for QCL assumptions can be used for multiple channels and / or reference signals to which the TCI state is to be applied. Here, downlink TCI states can be applied to both PDSCH and PDCCH, and the source reference signal for PDCCH (e.g., for QCL assumptions) can be SSB, while the source reference signal for PDSCH can be CSI-RS. In some examples, different channels can have TCI states selected from the same TCI state pool (e.g., one or more TCI states configured for PDSCH and PDCCH can be selected from the same set of available TCI states).

[0093] The content of a separate beam indication (e.g., TCI status information) may also include an indication of the TCI status ID, which can be indicated using one or more information fields for indicating a common beam, common (e.g., shared) fields for both uplink and downlink beam indications, a separate downlink beam indication, a separate uplink beam indication, or any combination thereof. Additionally, the TCI status information may also indicate details about the source reference signal used for the QCL assumption, uplink power control information, uplink timing advance parameters, parameters for codebook-based transmission, parameters for non-codebook-based transmission, antenna panel ID information, or any combination thereof. In some cases, the technologies supported by the wireless communication system 100 can be used for various communication schemes or deployments (such as carrier aggregation (e.g., in-band carrier aggregation)) and can provide common beam information for data and control transmission and reception between devices.

[0094] Figure 2 Examples of a wireless communication system 200 supporting beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals, according to one or more aspects of this disclosure, are shown. In some examples, the wireless communication system 200 may implement as referenced... Figure 1 The wireless communication system 100 is described in various aspects. The wireless communication system 200 may include UE115-a, which may be as described in reference... Figure 1 An example of UE 115 is described. The wireless communication system 200 may also include a base station 105-a, which may be as described in reference... Figure 1 An example of base station 105 is described. Base station 105-a may be associated with a cell providing wireless communication services within a corresponding coverage area 110-a. Therefore, UE 115-a and base station 105-a may share information via communication links 205-a and 205-b. In some examples, wireless communication system 200 may use beamforming techniques such that communication links 205-a and 205-b may include one or more beams.

[0095] Base station 105-a can determine common beam information for uplink and downlink resources and can send message 210 (e.g., RRC signaling) to UE 115-a. Message 210 includes first TCI status information 215-a and second TCI status information 215-b indicating resources for one or more beams. For example, the first TCI status information 215-a may be associated with uplink resources, and the second TCI status information 215-b may be associated with downlink resources. The first TCI status information 215-a and the second TCI status information 215-b may be examples of TCI status information elements and may include indications of one or more TCI states and indications of channels or reference signals to which the corresponding TCI states may be applied. For example, the first TCI status information 215-a may include indications that the TCI states will be applied to multiple uplink channels (e.g., applied to PUCCH and PUSCH) or reference signals, or both. Similarly, the second TCI status information 215-b may include indications that the TCI status will be applied to multiple downlink channels (e.g., PDCCH and PDSCH) or reference signals. It should be noted that the TCI status indicated by the first TCI status information 215-a and the second TCI status information 215-b may also be applied to other channels, and the examples described herein should not be considered limiting. Based on the received message 210, UE 115-a can identify two or more channels or reference signals to which the TCI status can be applied.

[0096] To configure TCI states for multiple channels and / or reference signals, the TCI state information within message 210 (e.g., RRC signaling) may include some indication (e.g., explicit indication) of the channels or reference signals to which the TCI state is applied. In one example, the RRC field may have a bitmap or index, where index values ​​can provide different indications for multiple channels or reference signals associated with the TCI state. For example, each index value may indicate beam information (e.g., TCI state) that can be applied to one or more channels, where bit value 0 (e.g., 3-bit binary 000) may indicate beam information that can be applied to the PDSCH, bit value 1 (e.g., 001) may indicate beam information that can be applied to both the PDSCH and PDCCH, bit value 2 (e.g., 010) may indicate beam information that can be applied to a channel, a reference signal, or some other combination of both, and so on. Alternatively, a bitmap may provide an indication of the channels to which the beam information can be applied, where the first bit in the bitmap may indicate the PDSCH, the second bit in the bitmap may indicate the PDSCH, and three bits in the bitmap may indicate the SRS. In such a case, the value (e.g., 0 or 1) in the bitmap corresponding to each channel or reference signal can indicate whether beam information can be applied to that channel or reference signal; otherwise, beam indication may not be applied to that channel or reference signal. Therefore, different values ​​in the bitmap can indicate to the UE 115-a a combination of multiple channels and / or reference signals to which TCI states can be applied.

[0097] TCI state information 215 (e.g., one or both of first TCI state information 215-a or second TCI state information 215-b) may indicate the applicable channels and / or reference signals for a TCI state (e.g., uplink TCI state or downlink TCI state), and the TCI state may also indicate beam information or spatial filter information that can be applied to multiple channels and / or reference signals. In one aspect, the same beam may be used for each of multiple channels, or each of multiple reference signals, or any combination thereof, such that UE 115-a may use the same beam configuration or spatial filter to transmit or receive on each channel indicated by the TCI state information 215. In such a case, the TCI state may be associated with the same or common source reference signal (e.g., CSI-RS, SSB, etc.) used for QCL assumptions. In other words, the same source reference signal associated with a TCI state shared by multiple channels / reference signals may indicate the same beam used for multiple channels / reference signals.

[0098] Alternatively, the TCI state may indicate a different beam, spatial filter, or source reference signal, for example, for each channel or reference signal to which the TCI state applies. For example, the TCI state indicated by the second TCI state information 215-b may apply to both the PDCCH and PDSCH, but may include indications of different source reference signals for the QCL assumptions associated with each channel. In such a case, the PDCCH may use the SSB as the source reference signal for the QCL assumptions, and the PDSCH may use the CSI-RS as the source reference signal for the QCL assumptions. In some examples, the SSB may correspond to a relatively wide beam, and the CSI-RS may correspond to a relatively narrow beam (e.g., compared to the SSB beam), and UE115-a may therefore identify these corresponding beams as corresponding to different channels (e.g., based on the TCI state indicated by the TCI state information).

[0099] TCI status information 215 (e.g., one or both of first TCI status information 215-a or second TCI status information 215-b) may include an indication (e.g., within one or more information fields or information elements) of an identifier (ID) associated with the configured TCI status. In some implementations, the TCI status ID may be indicated via a dedicated ID space for common beam indication (or indication of multiple common beams), or in a common ID space shared for common uplink and / or downlink beam indication. In other examples, the TCI status ID may be indicated in a field for downlink beam indication or a field for uplink beam indication (e.g., where the downlink TCI status and uplink TCI status indicating beam information may be in corresponding information fields). In some cases, the first TCI status information 215-a and the second TCI status information 215-b of a message (e.g., RRC signaling) may indicate, for example, which two channels or reference signals the TCI status (identified via the TCI status ID) can be applied to. Then, base station 105-a can send DCI to UE 115-a and can select the TCI state via indications provided by the DCI (e.g., within one or more fields). Therefore, UE 115-a can know which channels the TCI state should apply to (according to RRC signaling). Here, multiple channels and / or reference signals indicated by the TCI state information can share the same or common TCI state pool. In one example, both PUSCH and PUSCH can share the same TCI state pool. In one example, the TCI state ID corresponding to one or more TCI state pools can be indicated in the configuration provided by TCI state information 215. Different values ​​can exist for different TCI states, which can be applied to different beam indication schemes. For example, a TCI state that may apply only to one channel or reference signal (e.g., a conventional set of TCI states) may correspond to a first set of TCI states (e.g., a first set of 64 TCI states with IDs from index 0 to 64), while a TCI state that may apply to multiple channels or reference signals (as described herein) may correspond to a second set of TCI states (e.g., a second set of 64 TCI states with IDs from index 65 to 128).

[0100] The first TCI state information 215-a and the second TCI state information may include various information related to the source reference signal used for QCL assumptions. Therefore, UE 115-a can use the QCL information provided within the TCI state information to determine the source reference signal providing various QCL assumptions. Thus, UE 115-a can measure the source reference signal (e.g., CSI-RS or SSB) that can be associated with a given TCI state. Then, based on the measurement of the source reference signal and the applicable TCI state, UE 115-a can know how to transmit or receive multiple channels or reference signals associated with the source reference signal. Therefore, each TCI state information 215 may have a source reference signal information field, which can indicate one or more source reference signals that can be used for QCL assumptions. Specifically, for each QCL information (e.g., a QCLInfo information element) within the TCI state information 215, one or more source reference signals can provide various QCL assumptions, including characteristics of delay parameters, Doppler parameters, spatial reception parameters, spatial transmission parameters, or any combination thereof.

[0101] The source reference signal providing the QCL assumption can have one of several types (e.g., SSB, CSI-RS, SRS, Position Reference Signal (PRS), Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH), or DMRS associated with PDSCH, DMRS associated with PDCCH, DMRS associated with PUCCH, or DMRS associated with PUSCH, or any combination thereof). Additionally, each source reference signal can provide at least one type of QCL assumption. For example, the source reference signal for downlink reception can have associated types indicating one or more QCL characteristics (e.g., QCL-Type A, QCL-Type B, QCL-Type C, QCL-Type D). A QCL-Type A source reference signal can indicate Doppler shift, Doppler spread, average delay, and delay spread parameters. A QCL-Type B source reference signal indicates Doppler shift and Doppler spread. A QCL-Type C source reference signal can indicate Doppler shift and average delay. A QCL-Type D source reference signal can indicate spatial reception parameters. Similarly, the uplink source reference signal can provide spatial relational information for spatial transmission parameters, as well as a description of the QCL characteristics associated with uplink QCL-Type A / B / C (e.g., QCL-Type A, QCL-Type B, or QCL-Type C). In some examples, each source reference signal can provide multiple QCL assumptions. For instance, the SSB as a source reference signal can provide both QCL-Type D and uplink spatial relational information for a common beam.

[0102] TCI status information 215 may include location information for the source reference signal. For example, each source reference signal may have or include location information associated with the location of the source reference signal, wherein the location information may include the serving cell ID, BWP ID, or both of which the source reference signal resides in (e.g., in the frequency domain). In some examples, if the serving cell ID is not included in the location information, UE 115-a may assume that the source reference signal is applied to a serving cell on which the corresponding TCI status is configured. In some examples, the serving cell associated with the source reference signal may be different from the serving cell on which the TCI status is configured, for example, if the reference signal is configured for some QCL type (e.g., QCL-Type C or QCL-Type D). Alternatively, if the BWP ID is not included in the location information, UE 115-a may assume that the reference signal is applied to an active BWP (e.g., an active uplink BWP or an active downlink BWP).

[0103] In some examples, TCI state information 215 may indicate a combination of source reference signals to indicate uplink or downlink beamforming based on the provided QCL and / or spatial assumptions. In one example, the TCI state may indicate one source reference signal for providing QCL-Type A / B / C assumptions (e.g., QCL-Type A, QCL-Type B, or QCL-Type C). In another example, the TCI state may indicate three source reference signals, including one for providing QCL-Type A / B / C assumptions, another for providing QCL-Type D assumptions, and another for providing spatial relational information. In some other examples, the TCI state may indicate two source references, including one for providing QCL-Type A / B / C assumptions and another for providing both QCL-Type D assumptions and spatial relational information. In another example, the TCI state may indicate three source reference signals, including one source reference signal for providing the QCL-Type A / B / C assumption, another source reference signal for providing both the QCL-Type D assumption and spatial relation information, and yet another source reference signal for providing the uplink QCL-Type A / B / C assumption. In some examples, if the TCI state indicates multiple uplink or downlink beams for multiple channels or reference signals, each uplink or downlink beam channel or reference signal may be indicated by a different set of source reference signals for the QCL or spatial assumptions.

[0104] In some examples, TCI status information 215 (e.g., one or both of first TCI status information 215-a or second TCI status information 215-b) may include (e.g., in one or more information fields or information elements) indications of uplink power control parameters (e.g., path loss reference signal, target received power parameter (e.g., P0), path loss compensation factor (which may be referred to as alpha), closed-loop power control index, power control group ID, etc.). In some examples, the TCI status may indicate multiple uplink beams, or the TCI status may be applied to multiple channels or reference signals, and each uplink beam, reference signal, or channel may have a different set of associated uplink power control parameters than other common uplink or downlink beams. That is, appropriate power control parameters can be configured for different beams, channels, reference signals, or any combination thereof associated with the TCI status.

[0105] TCI status information 215 (e.g., one or both of first TCI status information 215-a or second TCI status information 215-b) may additionally or alternatively include (e.g., in one or more information fields or information elements) an indication of uplink timing advance parameters. For example, the TCI status information may include a timing advance group ID or timing advance value for uplink transmission of the uplink beam. In some examples, if the TCI status indicates multiple uplink beams or can be applied to multiple reference signals or channels, each beam, channel, or reference signal may have an associated set of uplink timing advance parameters, which may be the same as or different from other common uplink or downlink beams.

[0106] In some examples, TCI status information 215 (e.g., one or both of first TCI status information 215-a or second TCI status information 215-b) may include (e.g., in one or more information fields or information elements) indications of parameters, or both, for codebook-based transmissions (e.g., transmissions on PUSCH) or non-codebook-based transmissions. For example, TCI status information may include a Schedule Request Indicator (SRI), a Transmit Precoding Matrix Indicator (TPMI), a Transmission Request Indicator (TRI), or any combination thereof for PUSCH transmissions on uplink beams. In some examples, if the TCI status indicates multiple uplink beams, each beam may have a set of parameters for codebook-based or non-codebook-based PUSCH transmissions. In such cases, the corresponding transmission parameters may be associated with different beams, channels, or reference signals.

[0107] In some examples, TCI status information 215 (e.g., one or both of first TCI status information 215-a or second TCI status information 215-b) may include (e.g., in one or more information fields or information elements) an indication of one or more UE panel IDs or similar IDs. For example, UE 115 may have an antenna panel defined as having, for example, independent analog beams, uplink power control, uplink timing advance, etc. Therefore, the TCI status information may include the UE panel ID to which the configured TCI status applies (also referred to as, for example, antenna port group ID, beam group ID, etc.). In some examples, the TCI status information may include a different UE panel ID for each uplink channel to which the TCI status applies. In other examples, the TCI status information may include a single UE panel ID applicable to all uplink channels to which the TCI status applies. In some examples, if the TCI status information indicates multiple uplink beams or applies to multiple channels or reference signals, each beam, channel, or reference signal may have a different UE panel ID or may share the same panel ID.

[0108] Implementing various aspects of the wireless communication system 200 can result in reduced network and signaling overhead. For example, the TCI state ID space can have a reduced size because TCI state information 215 (e.g., indicating one or more TCI states) can be applied to multiple beams, channels, or reference signals. Similarly, TCI states for multiple channels or reference signals can be established, updated, or applied via fewer control signal transmissions (e.g., one control signal transmission for all channels or reference signals, rather than one control signal transmission for each channel or reference signal). For example, if a TCI state applies to both PDSCH and PDCCH, then if a TCI state is selected for PDSCH, it can also be selected for PDCCH CORESET (e.g., automatically or implicitly). Note that this can be applied to TCI states applicable to PUCCH, SRS, PUSCH, or any combination thereof.

[0109] Figure 3 Examples of process flow 300 in a system supporting beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals, according to one or more aspects of this disclosure, are shown. In some examples, process flow 300 can implement as referenced... Figure 1 and 2The wireless communication system 100 or 200 described herein includes various aspects. Process flow 300 may include UE 115-b and base station 105-b, which may be examples of the corresponding devices described herein. Alternative examples are possible, some of which may be executed in a different order than described or not at all. In some examples, processes may include additional features not mentioned below, or additional processes may be added.

[0110] At 305, base station 105a can determine common beam information for uplink or downlink resources. For example, base station 105a can identify one or more sets of resources associated with beams used for uplink or downlink transmission.

[0111] At 310, base station 105-a can be configured with a TCI state for a channel or reference signal. For example, base station 105-a can be configured with a TCI state for multiple uplink or downlink channels or reference signals (e.g., PUCCH, PUSCH, PDCCH, PDSCH, SRS, CSI-RS, etc.), allowing TCI states for multiple channels or reference signals to be configured, updated, or applied simultaneously.

[0112] At point 315, base station 105-b can send, and UE 115-b can receive, signaling indicating the TCI status (e.g., RRC signaling). Specifically, this signaling may include separate beam indications for uplink and downlink resources (e.g., TCI status information, which may be examples of information elements or other information fields). As an example, base station 105-b can send a message including first TCI status information and second TCI status information, wherein the first TCI status information may differ from the second TCI status information. In such a case, the first TCI status information may be associated with multiple uplink resources (e.g., time / frequency resources and / or corresponding directional beams), and the second TCI status information may be associated with multiple downlink resources.

[0113] At 320, UE 115-b can determine which channels or reference signals to apply the TCI state to based on indications included in the TCI state information. For example, the TCI state information may include indications of the channels or reference signals to which the TCI state applies, along with related information as described herein. In such a case, UE 115-b can identify multiple (e.g., two or more) channels, reference signals, or any combination thereof to which the TCI state is to be applied. Multiple channels may include uplink channels indicated in the first TCI state information or downlink channels indicated in the second TCI state information. Additionally, the TCI state applied to multiple channels and / or reference signals may correspond to one or more source reference signals associated with a QCL assumption for two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof. That is, the TCI state information may also indicate which source reference signals (such as one or more SSBs, one or more CSI-RS, etc.) can be used for the QCL assumption of multiple channels and / or reference signals.

[0114] At 325, UE 115-b can determine common beam information based on the TCI state and the channel or reference signal to which the TCI state applies. For example, UE 115-b can determine resources for uplink or downlink beams based on the TCI state. At 330, UE 115-b can communicate with base station 105-b based on the determined resources. For example, UE 115-b can transmit or receive information on multiple channels and using one or more beams determined based on the TCI state.

[0115] Figure 4 A block diagram 400 illustrates a device 405 supporting beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals according to various aspects of this disclosure. Device 405 may be an example of various aspects of UE 115 as described herein. Device 405 may include a receiver 410, a transmitter 415, and a communications manager 420. Device 405 may also include a processor. Each of these components may communicate with each other (e.g., via one or more buses).

[0116] Receiver 410 may provide a unit for receiving information (such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof) associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels associated with beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals). The information may be passed to other components of device 405. Receiver 410 may utilize a single antenna or a collection of multiple antennas.

[0117] Transmitter 415 may provide a unit for transmitting signals generated by other components of device 405. For example, transmitter 415 may transmit information (such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof) associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels associated with beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals). In some examples, transmitter 415 may be co-located with receiver 410 in a transceiver module. Transmitter 415 may utilize a single antenna or a collection of multiple antennas.

[0118] Communication manager 420, receiver 410, transmitter 415, or various combinations thereof, or various components thereof, may be examples of units for performing various aspects of beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals described herein. For example, communication manager 420, receiver 410, transmitter 415, or various combinations thereof, or components thereof, may support methods for performing one or more of the functions described herein.

[0119] In some examples, the communication manager 420, receiver 410, transmitter 415, or various combinations or components thereof may be implemented in hardware (e.g., in communication management circuitry). The hardware may include a processor, digital signal processor (DSP), application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), field-programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof configured to or otherwise support units for performing the functions described herein. In some examples, a processor and memory coupled to a processor may be configured to perform one or more of the functions described herein (e.g., by executing instructions stored in memory by the processor).

[0120] Alternatively or concurrently, in some examples, the communication manager 420, receiver 410, transmitter 415, or various combinations or components thereof may be implemented using code executed by a processor (e.g., as communication management software or firmware). If implemented using processor-executed code, the functionality of the communication manager 420, receiver 410, transmitter 415, or various combinations or components thereof may be performed by a general-purpose processor, DSP, central processing unit (CPU), ASIC, FPGA, or any combination of these or other programmable logic devices (e.g., a unit configured or otherwise supported for performing the functions described in this disclosure).

[0121] In some examples, the communication manager 420 may be configured to use or otherwise cooperate with the receiver 410, transmitter 415, or both to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, monitoring, transmitting). For example, the communication manager 420 may receive information from the receiver 410, send information to the transmitter 415, or integrate with the receiver 410, transmitter 415, or both to receive information, send information, or perform various other operations as described herein.

[0122] According to the examples disclosed herein, the communication manager 420 may support wireless communication at the UE. For example, the communication manager 420 may be configured or otherwise supported to receive a message comprising first transmission configuration indicator status information and second transmission configuration indicator status information different from the first transmission configuration indicator status information, wherein the first transmission configuration indicator status information is associated with a set of multiple uplink resources, and wherein the second transmission configuration indicator status information is associated with a set of multiple downlink resources. The communication manager 420 may be configured or otherwise supported to identify two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof to which transmission configuration indicator status is to be applied, the two or more channels including two or more uplink channels indicated in the first transmission configuration indicator status information or two or more downlink channels indicated in the second transmission configuration indicator status information, wherein the transmission configuration indicator status corresponds to one or more source reference signals associated with a QCL assumption for the two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof. The communication manager 420 can be configured or otherwise supported to determine common beam information for a set of uplink resources or a set of downlink resources based on applying transmission configuration indicator states to two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof.

[0123] By including or configuring the communication manager 420 according to the examples described herein, the device 405 (e.g., a processor that controls or otherwise couples to the receiver 410, transmitter 415, communication manager 420, or a combination thereof) can support techniques for reducing processing, reducing network or signaling overhead, reducing latency, or more efficient communication, as well as other benefits.

[0124] Figure 5A block diagram 500 of a device 505 supporting beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals, according to various aspects of this disclosure, is shown. Device 505 may be an example of aspects of device 405 or UE 115 as described herein. Device 505 may include a receiver 510, a transmitter 515, and a communication manager 520. Device 505 may also include a processor. Each of these components may communicate with each other (e.g., via one or more buses).

[0125] Receiver 510 may provide a unit for receiving information (such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof) associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels associated with beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals). The information may be passed to other components of device 505. Receiver 510 may utilize a single antenna or a collection of multiple antennas.

[0126] Transmitter 515 may provide a unit for transmitting signals generated by other components of device 505. For example, transmitter 515 may transmit information (such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof) associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels associated with beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals). In some examples, transmitter 515 may be co-located with receiver 510 in a transceiver module. Transmitter 515 may utilize a single antenna or a collection of multiple antennas.

[0127] Device 505 or its various components may be examples of units for performing various aspects of beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals as described herein. For example, communication manager 520 may include beam indication manager 525, TCI status manager 530, beam manager 535, or any combination thereof. Communication manager 520 may be examples of various aspects of communication manager 420 as described herein. In some examples, communication manager 520 or its various components may be configured to use receiver 510, transmitter 515, or both, or otherwise cooperate with receiver 510, transmitter 515, or both to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, monitoring, transmitting). For example, communication manager 520 may receive information from receiver 510, send information to transmitter 515, or be integrated with receiver 510, transmitter 515, or both to receive information, send information, or perform various other operations as described herein.

[0128] According to the examples disclosed herein, the communication manager 520 may support wireless communication at the UE. The beam indicator manager 525 may be configured or otherwise supported to receive a message including first TCI state information and second TCI state information different from the first TCI state information, wherein the first TCI state information is associated with a set of multiple uplink resources, and wherein the second TCI state information is associated with a set of multiple downlink resources. The TCI state manager 530 may be configured or otherwise supported to identify two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof to which a TCI state is to be applied. In some examples, the two or more channels may include two or more uplink channels indicated within the first TCI state information or two or more downlink channels indicated within the second TCI state information. In some examples, the TCI state may correspond to one or more source reference signals associated with a QCL assumption for two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof. The beam manager 535 can be configured or otherwise supported as a unit for determining common beam information for a set of uplink resources or a set of downlink resources based on applying TCI states to two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof.

[0129] Figure 6 A block diagram 600 is shown of a communication manager 620 supporting beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals according to various aspects of this disclosure. The communication manager 620 may be an example of aspects of the communication manager 420, communication manager 520, or both as described herein. The communication manager 620 or its various components may be examples of units for performing various aspects of beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals as described herein. For example, the communication manager 620 may include a beam indication manager 625, a TCI status manager 630, a beam manager 635, a source reference signal manager 640, a beam assembly 645, a TCI status ID manager 650, a hypothesis manager 655, a position manager 660, a power control manager 665, a timing manager 670, a codebook manager 675, a panel ID manager 680, a QCL type manager 685, or any combination thereof. Each of these components may communicate directly or indirectly with each other (e.g., via one or more buses).

[0130] According to the examples disclosed herein, the communication manager 620 may support wireless communication at the UE. The beam indication manager 625 may be configured or otherwise supported to receive a message including first TCI state information and second TCI state information different from the first TCI state information, wherein the first TCI state information is associated with a set of multiple uplink resources, and wherein the second TCI state information is associated with a set of multiple downlink resources. The TCI state manager 630 may be configured or otherwise supported to identify two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof to which a TCI state is to be applied. In some examples, the two or more channels may include two or more uplink channels indicated in the first TCI state information or two or more downlink channels indicated in the second TCI state information. In some examples, the TCI state may correspond to one or more source reference signals associated with a QCL assumption for two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof. The beam manager 635 can be configured or otherwise supported as a unit for determining common beam information for a set of multiple uplink resources or a set of multiple downlink resources based on applying TCI states to two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof.

[0131] In some examples, the source reference signal manager 640 may be configured or otherwise supported to include elements for determining, based on TCI states, the association of the same source reference signal with a QCL assumption for each of two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof, wherein the common beam information includes a common beam corresponding to the same source reference signal. In some examples, the beam assembly 645 may be configured or otherwise supported to include elements for communicating with a base station on two or more channels using a common beam.

[0132] In some examples, the source reference signal manager 640 may be configured or otherwise supported for elements used to determine, based on TCI states, the association of different source reference signals with QCL assumptions for each of two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof, wherein common beam information includes a first beam and a second beam, wherein the first beam corresponds to a first source reference signal and a first channel or reference signal among two or more channels, and the second beam corresponds to a second source reference signal and a second channel or reference signal among two or more channels. In some examples, the beam assembly 645 may be configured or otherwise supported for elements used to communicate with a base station using the first beam on a first channel and using the second beam on a second channel, wherein the first beam and the second beam comprise different beams oriented in substantially the same direction.

[0133] In some examples, the TCI status ID manager 650 can be configured or otherwise supported to identify TCI status based on an information field, the information field including a TCI status identifier corresponding to the TCI status, wherein the information field is within a first TCI status information or a second TCI status information.

[0134] In some examples, the information fields include dedicated fields for indicating one or more common beams, common fields for indicating common uplink and downlink beam information, fields for indicating downlink beam information, fields for indicating uplink beam information, or any combination thereof.

[0135] In some examples, the source reference signal manager 640 may be configured or otherwise support units for identifying one or more source reference signals based on one or more QCL information fields, wherein the one or more QCL information fields are indicated within first TCI status information or second TCI status information.

[0136] In some examples, each of the one or more source reference signals indicates one or more QCL types. In some examples, one or more QCL types are associated with a set of parameters including: Doppler shift, Doppler spread, average delay, delay spread, spatial reception parameters, uplink spatial relational information for spatial transmission parameters, uplink Doppler shift, uplink Doppler spread, uplink average delay, uplink delay spread, or any combination thereof.

[0137] In some examples, the QCL type manager 685 can be configured or otherwise supported to determine one or more source reference signals indicating one or more QCL types, or sets of parameters, or combinations thereof, wherein QCL assumptions for two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof are based on that determination.

[0138] In some examples, the assumption manager 655 may be configured or otherwise supported for determining that one or more source reference signals correspond to a set of multiple QCL assumptions for two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof, wherein the QCL assumptions for two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof may be based on this determination.

[0139] In some examples, the location manager 660 may be configured or otherwise supported to identify the location of each of one or more source reference signals, the location being indicated within a first TCI status information or a second TCI status information, wherein the location is based on an indication of a serving cell identifier, or a bandwidth portion identifier, or both.

[0140] In some examples, the TCI state manager 630 may be configured or otherwise supported to indicate a set of multiple beams for determining TCI states for two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof. In some examples, a first set of source reference signals from one or more source reference signals may indicate a first beam in the set of multiple beams, a first channel in two or more channels, a first reference signal in the reference signals, or any combination thereof. Alternatively or additionally, a second set of source reference signals from one or more source reference signals may indicate a second beam in the set of multiple beams, a second channel in two or more channels, a second reference signal in the reference signals, or any combination thereof. In some cases, the second set of source reference signals may be different from the first set of source reference signals.

[0141] In some examples, the power control manager 665 may be configured or otherwise supported as a unit for identifying a set of power control parameters associated with a set of multiple uplink resources, the power control parameter set being identified within the first TCI state information. In some cases, the power control parameter set may include a path loss reference signal, a target received power parameter, a path loss compensation factor, a closed-loop index, a power control group identifier, or any combination thereof. In some examples, the power control manager 665 may be configured or otherwise supported as a unit for applying the power control parameter set to uplink transmissions based on the TCI state.

[0142] In some examples, the power control manager 665 may be configured or otherwise supported to determine the TCI status indication for uplink transmission of two or more beams, wherein a first subset of the power control parameter set is applied to a first beam of the two or more beams, and a second subset of the power control parameter set is applied to a second beam of the two or more beams.

[0143] In some examples, the timing manager 670 may be configured or otherwise supported as a unit for identifying a set of timing advance parameters associated with a set of multiple uplink resources, the set of timing advance parameters being identified within first TCI status information, wherein the set of timing advance parameters includes a timing advance group identifier, a timing advance value, or both. In some examples, the timing manager 670 may be configured or otherwise supported as a unit for applying the set of timing advance parameters to uplink transmissions based on TCI status.

[0144] In some examples, the timing manager 670 may be configured or otherwise supported to determine the TCI status indication for uplink transmission of two or more beams, wherein a first subset of the timing advance parameter set is applied to the first beam of the two or more beams, and a second subset of the timing advance parameter set is applied to the second beam of the two or more beams.

[0145] In some examples, the codebook manager 675 may be configured or otherwise supported to identify a set of parameters associated with codebook-based transmissions on a set of multiple uplink resources, or non-codebook-based transmissions on a set of multiple uplink resources, or both, the parameter set being identified within first TCI state information, wherein the parameter set includes a probe reference signal resource indicator, a transport precoding matrix indicator, a transport rank indicator, or any combination thereof. In some examples, the codebook manager 675 may be configured or otherwise supported to apply the parameter set to uplink transmissions based on TCI state.

[0146] In some examples, the codebook manager 675 may be configured or otherwise support units for determining two or more beams, two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof, for uplink transmission of TCI status indications, wherein a first subset of the parameter set is applied to a first beam of the two or more beams, and a second subset of the parameter set is applied to a second beam of the two or more beams.

[0147] In some examples, the panel ID manager 680 may be configured or otherwise support a unit for identifying one or more antenna panel identifiers associated with a corresponding antenna panel of the UE, the one or more antenna panel identifiers being identified within the first TCI state information, wherein the corresponding antenna panel of the UE is associated with transmission on the same or different channels in two or more uplink channels based on the TCI state.

[0148] In some examples, each of two or more channels is associated with a corresponding demodulation reference signal indicated within a first TCI state information or a second TCI state information. In some examples, one or more source reference signals include synchronization signal blocks, channel state information reference signals, probe reference signals, location reference signals, reference signals associated with physical random access channels, demodulation reference signals associated with physical downlink control channels, demodulation reference signals associated with physical downlink shared channels, demodulation reference signals associated with physical uplink shared channels, demodulation reference signals associated with physical uplink control channels, or any combination thereof.

[0149] Figure 7 A diagram of a system 700 including device 705 supporting beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals, according to various aspects of this disclosure, is shown. Device 705 may be an example of device 405, device 505, or UE 115 as described herein, or may include components thereof. Device 705 may wirelessly communicate with one or more base stations 105, UE 115, or any combination thereof. Device 705 may include components for bidirectional voice and data communication, including components for transmitting and receiving communications, such as a communication manager 720, an input / output (I / O) controller 710, a transceiver 715, an antenna 725, a memory 730, a code 735, and a processor 740. These components may be electronically communicated or otherwise coupled via one or more buses (e.g., bus 745).

[0150] The I / O controller 710 can manage input and output signals for device 705. The I / O controller 710 can also manage peripheral devices not integrated into device 705. In some cases, the I / O controller 710 can represent a physical connection or port to an external peripheral device. In some cases, the I / O controller 710 can utilize, for example... This can be an operating system such as I / O controller 710 or another known operating system. Alternatively, I / O controller 710 may represent or interact with a modem, keyboard, mouse, touchscreen, or similar device. In some cases, I / O controller 710 may be implemented as part of a processor (such as processor 740). In some cases, a user may interact with device 705 via I / O controller 710 or via hardware components controlled by I / O controller 710.

[0151] In some cases, device 705 may include a single antenna 725. However, in other cases, device 705 may have more than one antenna 725, which are capable of simultaneously transmitting or receiving multiple wireless transmissions. Transceiver 715 may communicate bidirectionally via one or more antennas 725, wired or wireless links as described herein. For example, transceiver 715 may represent a wireless transceiver and may communicate bidirectionally with another wireless transceiver. Transceiver 715 may also include a modem for modulating packets, providing modulated packets to one or more antennas 725 for transmission, and demodulating packets received from one or more antennas 725. Transceiver 715, or transceiver 715 and one or more antennas 725, may be examples of transmitter 415, transmitter 515, receiver 410, receiver 510, or any combination thereof or components thereof as described herein.

[0152] Memory 730 may include random access memory (RAM) and read-only memory (ROM). Memory 730 may store computer-readable, computer-executable code 735, which includes instructions that, when executed by processor 740, cause device 705 to perform the various functions described herein. Code 735 may be stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, such as system memory or other types of memory. In some cases, code 735 may not be directly executable by processor 740, but may cause a computer (e.g., when compiled and executed) to perform the functions described herein. In some cases, in addition, memory 730 may also contain a basic I / O system (BIOS) that controls basic hardware or software operations, such as interaction with peripheral components or devices.

[0153] Processor 740 may include intelligent hardware devices (e.g., general-purpose processors, DSPs, CPUs, microcontrollers, ASICs, FPGAs, programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic components, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof). In some cases, processor 740 may be configured to use a memory controller to operate a memory array. In other cases, the memory controller may be integrated into processor 740. Processor 740 may be configured to execute computer-readable instructions stored in memory (e.g., memory 730) to cause device 705 to perform various functions (e.g., functions or tasks supporting beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals). For example, device 705 or components of device 705 may include processor 740 and memory 730 coupled to processor 740, processor 740 and memory 730 being configured to perform the various functions described herein.

[0154] According to the examples disclosed herein, the communication manager 720 can support wireless communication at the UE. For example, the communication manager 720 can be configured or otherwise supported to support elements for receiving messages including first TCI state information and second TCI state information different from the first TCI state information, wherein the first TCI state information is associated with a set of multiple uplink resources, and wherein the second TCI state information is associated with a set of multiple downlink resources. The communication manager 720 can be configured or otherwise supported to support elements for identifying two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof to which TCI states are applied. In some examples, the two or more channels include two or more uplink channels indicated in the first TCI state information or two or more downlink channels indicated in the second TCI state information. In some examples, the TCI state may correspond to one or more source reference signals associated with a QCL assumption for two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof. The communication manager 720 can be configured or otherwise support a unit for determining common beam information for a set of multiple uplink resources or a set of multiple downlink resources based on applying TCI states to two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof.

[0155] By including or configuring the communication manager 720 according to the examples described herein, the device 705 can support technologies for reducing processing, reducing network or signaling overhead, reducing latency, or more efficient communication, as well as other benefits.

[0156] In some examples, the communication manager 720 may be configured to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, monitoring, transmitting) using or in cooperation with transceiver 715, one or more antennas 725, or any combination thereof. Although the communication manager 720 is shown as a separate component, in some examples, one or more functions described with reference to the communication manager 720 may be supported or performed by processor 740, memory 730, code 735, or any combination thereof. For example, code 735 may include instructions executable by processor 740 to cause device 705 to perform various aspects of beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals as described herein, or processor 740 and memory 730 may be otherwise configured to perform or support such operations.

[0157] Figure 8A block diagram 800 of a device 805 supporting beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals, according to various aspects of this disclosure, is shown. Device 805 may be an example of various aspects of base station 105 as described herein. Device 805 may include a receiver 810, a transmitter 815, and a communication manager 820. Device 805 may also include a processor. Each of these components may communicate with each other (e.g., via one or more buses).

[0158] Receiver 810 may provide a unit for receiving information (such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof) associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels associated with beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals). The information may be passed to other components of device 805. Receiver 810 may utilize a single antenna or a collection of multiple antennas.

[0159] Transmitter 815 may provide a unit for transmitting signals generated by other components of device 805. For example, transmitter 815 may transmit information (such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof) associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels associated with beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals). In some examples, transmitter 815 may be co-located with receiver 810 in a transceiver module. Transmitter 815 may utilize a single antenna or a collection of multiple antennas.

[0160] The communication manager 820, receiver 810, transmitter 815, or various combinations thereof, or various components thereof, may be examples of units for performing various aspects of beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals described herein. For example, the communication manager 820, receiver 810, transmitter 815, or various combinations thereof, or components thereof, may support methods for performing one or more of the functions described herein.

[0161] In some examples, the communication manager 820, receiver 810, transmitter 815, or various combinations or components thereof may be implemented in hardware (e.g., in communication management circuitry). The hardware may include processors, DSPs, ASICs, FPGAs, or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof, configured to or otherwise support units for performing the functions described herein. In some examples, a processor and memory coupled to a processor may be configured to perform one or more of the functions described herein (e.g., by executing instructions stored in memory by the processor).

[0162] Alternatively or concurrently, in some examples, the communication manager 820, receiver 810, transmitter 815, or various combinations or components thereof may be implemented using code executed by a processor (e.g., as communication management software or firmware). If implemented using processor-executed code, the functionality of the communication manager 820, receiver 810, transmitter 815, or various combinations or components thereof may be performed by a general-purpose processor, DSP, CPU, ASIC, FPGA, or any combination of these or other programmable logic devices (e.g., a unit configured or otherwise supported for performing the functions described in this disclosure).

[0163] In some examples, the communication manager 820 can be configured to use or otherwise cooperate with the receiver 810, transmitter 815, or both to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, monitoring, transmitting). For example, the communication manager 820 can receive information from the receiver 810, send information to the transmitter 815, or integrate with the receiver 810, transmitter 815, or both to receive information, send information, or perform various other operations as described herein.

[0164] According to the examples disclosed herein, the communication manager 820 can support wireless communication at a base station. For example, the communication manager 820 can be configured or otherwise supported to support elements for determining common beam information for a set of multiple uplink resources and a set of multiple downlink resources. The communication manager 820 can be configured or otherwise supported to support elements for configuring two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof to which TCI states are applied based on the common beam information, the two or more channels including two or more uplink channels indicated in first TCI state information or two or more downlink channels indicated in second TCI state information, wherein the TCI state corresponds to one or more source reference signals associated with a QCL assumption for the two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof. The communication manager 820 can be configured or otherwise supported to support elements for transmitting to the UE a message including first TCI state information and second TCI state information different from the first TCI state information, wherein the first TCI state information is associated with a set of multiple uplink resources, and wherein the second TCI state information is associated with a set of multiple downlink resources.

[0165] By including or configuring the communication manager 820 according to the examples described herein, the device 805 (e.g., a processor that controls or otherwise couples to the receiver 810, transmitter 815, communication manager 820, or a combination thereof) can support techniques for reducing processing, reducing network or signaling overhead, reducing latency, or more efficient communication, as well as other benefits.

[0166] Figure 9 A block diagram 900 illustrates a device 905 supporting beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals according to various aspects of this disclosure. Device 905 may be an example of a device 905 as described herein or of various aspects of base station 105. Device 905 may include a receiver 910, a transmitter 915, and a communication manager 920. Device 905 may also include a processor. Each of these components may communicate with each other (e.g., via one or more buses).

[0167] Receiver 910 may provide a unit for receiving information (such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof) associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels associated with beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals). The information may be transmitted to other components of device 905. Receiver 910 may utilize a single antenna or a collection of multiple antennas.

[0168] Transmitter 915 may provide a unit for transmitting signals generated by other components of device 905. For example, transmitter 915 may transmit information (such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof) associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels associated with beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals). In some examples, transmitter 915 may be co-located with receiver 910 in a transceiver module. Transmitter 915 may utilize a single antenna or a collection of multiple antennas.

[0169] Device 905 or its various components may be examples of units for performing various aspects of beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals as described herein. For example, communication manager 920 may include beam manager 925, TCI status manager 930, beam indication transmitter 935, or any combination thereof. Communication manager 920 may be examples of various aspects of communication manager 820 as described herein. In some examples, communication manager 920 or its various components may be configured to use receiver 910, transmitter 915, or both, or otherwise cooperate with receiver 910, transmitter 915, or both to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, monitoring, transmitting). For example, communication manager 920 may receive information from receiver 910, send information to transmitter 915, or be integrated with receiver 910, transmitter 915, or both to receive information, send information, or perform various other operations as described herein.

[0170] According to the examples disclosed herein, the communication manager 920 may support wireless communication at a base station. The beam manager 925 may be configured or otherwise supported to support elements for determining common beam information for a set of multiple uplink resources and a set of multiple downlink resources. The TCI state manager 930 may be configured or otherwise supported to configure two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof, to which TCI states are to be applied based on the common beam information, the two or more channels including two or more uplink channels indicated in the first TCI state information or two or more downlink channels indicated in the second TCI state information, wherein the TCI state corresponds to one or more source reference signals associated with a QCL assumption for the two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof. The beam indication transmitter 935 may be configured or otherwise supported to transmit to the UE a message including first TCI state information and second TCI state information different from the first TCI state information, wherein the first TCI state information is associated with a set of multiple uplink resources, and wherein the second TCI state information is associated with a set of multiple downlink resources.

[0171] Figure 10 A block diagram 1000 is shown of a communication manager 1020 supporting beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals according to various aspects of this disclosure. The communication manager 1020 may be an example of aspects of the communication manager 820, communication manager 920, or both as described herein. The communication manager 1020 or its various components may be examples of units for performing various aspects of beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals as described herein. For example, the communication manager 1020 may include a beam manager 1025, a TCI status manager 1030, a beam indication transmitter 1035, a source reference signal manager 1040, a beam assembly 1045, a TCI status ID transmitter 1050, a source transmitter 1055, a power control transmitter 1060, a timing transmitter 1065, a codebook information transmitter 1070, or any combination thereof. Each of these components may communicate directly or indirectly with each other (e.g., via one or more buses).

[0172] According to the examples disclosed herein, the communication manager 1020 can support wireless communication at a base station. The beam manager 1025 can be configured or otherwise supported to support units for determining common beam information for sets of multiple uplink resources and sets of multiple downlink resources. The TCI state manager 1030 can be configured or otherwise supported to support units for configuring two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof, to which TCI states are to be applied based on the common beam information, wherein the two or more channels include two or more uplink channels indicated in a first TCI state information or two or more downlink channels indicated in a second TCI state information, wherein the TCI state corresponds to one or more source reference signals associated with a QCL assumption for the two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof. The beam indication transmitter 1035 can be configured or otherwise supported as an element for transmitting to the UE a message including first TCI status information and second TCI status information different from the first TCI status information, wherein the first TCI status information is associated with a set of multiple uplink resources, and wherein the second TCI status information is associated with a set of multiple downlink resources.

[0173] In some examples, the source reference signal manager 1040 may be configured or otherwise supported to include elements for configuring the same source reference signal for each of two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof, based on the TCI state, wherein the common beam information includes a common beam corresponding to the same source reference signal. In some examples, the beam assembly 1045 may be configured or otherwise supported to include elements for communicating with the UE on two or more channels using the common beam.

[0174] In some examples, the source reference signal manager 1040 may be configured or otherwise support elements for configuring different source reference signals for QCL assumptions for each of two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof, based on TCI states, wherein common beam information includes a first beam and a second beam, the first beam corresponding to a first source reference signal and a first channel or reference signal among two or more channels, and wherein the second beam corresponds to a second source reference signal and a second channel or reference signal among two or more channels. In some examples, the beam assembly 1045 may be configured or otherwise support elements for communicating with the UE using a first beam on a first channel and using a second beam on a second channel, wherein the first beam and the second beam comprise different beams oriented in substantially the same direction.

[0175] In some examples, the TCI status ID transmitter 1050 may be configured or otherwise supported to transmit information fields within a first TCI status message or a second TCI status message. The information fields include a TCI status identifier corresponding to the TCI status. The information fields include dedicated fields for indicating one or more common beams, common fields for indicating common uplink and downlink beam information, fields for indicating downlink beam information, fields for indicating uplink beam information, or any combination thereof.

[0176] In some examples, the source transmitter 1055 may be configured or otherwise supported to transmit one or more QCL information fields within a first TCI state information or a second TCI state information, the one or more QCL information fields indicating one or more source reference signals for QCL assumptions for two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof.

[0177] In some examples, each of the one or more source reference signals indicates one or more QCL types. In some examples, one or more QCL types are associated with a set of parameters including: Doppler shift, Doppler spread, average delay, delay spread, spatial reception parameters, uplink spatial relational information for spatial transmission parameters, uplink Doppler shift, uplink Doppler spread, uplink average delay, uplink delay spread, or any combination thereof.

[0178] In some examples, the power control transmitter 1060 may be configured or otherwise supported for transmitting, within the first TCI state information, a set of uplink power control parameters associated with a set of multiple uplink resources, wherein the set of uplink power control parameters includes a path loss reference signal, a target received power parameter, a path loss compensation factor, a closed-loop index, a power control group identifier, or any combination thereof.

[0179] In some examples, the timing transmitter 1065 may be configured or otherwise supported as an element for transmitting a set of timing advance parameters associated with a set of multiple uplink resources within the first TCI status information, wherein the set of timing advance parameters includes a timing advance group identifier, a timing advance value, or both.

[0180] In some examples, the codebook information transmitter 1070 may be configured or otherwise support a set of parameters associated with transmitting within a first TCI status information, either a codebook-based transmission over a set of multiple uplink resources, or a non-codebook-based transmission over a set of multiple uplink resources, or both, wherein the parameter set includes a probe reference signal resource indicator, a transport precoding matrix indicator, a transport rank indicator, or any combination thereof.

[0181] Figure 11 A diagram of a system 1100 including a device 1105 supporting beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals, according to various aspects of this disclosure, is shown. Device 1105 may be an example of device 805, device 905, or base station 105 as described herein, or may include components thereof. Device 1105 may wirelessly communicate with one or more base stations 105, UE 115, or any combination thereof. Device 1105 may include components for bidirectional voice and data communication, including components for transmitting and receiving communications, such as a communication manager 1120, a network communication manager 1110, a transceiver 1115, an antenna 1125, a memory 1130, a code 1135, a processor 1140, and an inter-station communication manager 1145. These components may be electronically communicated or otherwise coupled (e.g., operational ground, communication ground, functional ground, electronic ground, electrical ground) via one or more buses (e.g., bus 1150).

[0182] The network communication manager 1110 can manage communication with the core network 130 (e.g., via one or more wired backhaul links). For example, the network communication manager 1110 can manage the transmission of data communication to client devices (e.g., one or more UEs 115).

[0183] In some cases, device 1105 may include a single antenna 1125. However, in other cases, device 1105 may have more than one antenna 1125, which are capable of transmitting or receiving multiple wireless transmissions simultaneously. Transceiver 1115 may communicate bidirectionally via one or more antennas 1125, wired or wireless links as described herein. For example, transceiver 1115 may represent a wireless transceiver and may communicate bidirectionally with another wireless transceiver. Transceiver 1115 may also include a modem for modulating packets, providing modulated packets to one or more antennas 1125 for transmission, and demodulating packets received from one or more antennas 1125. Transceiver 1115, or transceiver 1115 and one or more antennas 1125, may be an example of transmitter 815, transmitter 915, receiver 810, receiver 910, or any combination thereof or components thereof as described herein.

[0184] Memory 1130 may include RAM and ROM. Memory 1130 may store computer-readable, computer-executable code 1135, which includes instructions that, when executed by processor 1140, cause device 1105 to perform the various functions described herein. Code 1135 may be stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, such as system memory or other types of memory. In some cases, code 1135 may not be directly executable by processor 1140, but may cause a computer (e.g., when compiled and executed) to perform the functions described herein. In some additional cases, memory 1130 may also contain a BIOS, which controls basic hardware or software operations, such as interaction with peripheral components or devices.

[0185] Processor 1140 may include intelligent hardware devices (e.g., general-purpose processors, DSPs, CPUs, microcontrollers, ASICs, FPGAs, programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic components, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof). In some cases, processor 1140 may be configured to operate a memory array using a memory controller. In other cases, the memory controller may be integrated into processor 1140. Processor 1140 may be configured to execute computer-readable instructions stored in memory (e.g., memory 1130) to cause device 1105 to perform various functions (e.g., functions or tasks supporting beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals). For example, device 1105 or components of device 1105 may include processor 1140 and memory 1130 coupled to processor 1140, processor 1140 and memory 1130 being configured to perform the various functions described herein.

[0186] Inter-site communication manager 1145 can manage communication with other base stations 105 and may include a controller or scheduler for cooperating with other base stations 105 to control communication with UE 115. For example, inter-site communication manager 1145 can coordinate the scheduling of transmissions to UE 115 to implement various interference mitigation techniques such as beamforming or joint transmission. In some examples, inter-site communication manager 1145 may provide an X2 interface within LTE / LTE-A wireless communication network technology to facilitate communication between base stations 105.

[0187] According to the examples disclosed herein, the communication manager 1120 may support wireless communication at a base station. For example, the communication manager 1120 may be configured or otherwise supported to support elements for determining common beam information for a set of multiple uplink resources and a set of multiple downlink resources. The communication manager 1120 may be configured or otherwise supported to support elements for configuring two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof to which TCI states are applied based on the common beam information, wherein the two or more channels include two or more uplink channels indicated in first TCI state information or two or more downlink channels indicated in second TCI state information, wherein the TCI state corresponds to one or more source reference signals associated with a QCL assumption for the two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof. The communication manager 1120 may be configured or otherwise supported to support elements for transmitting to the UE a message including first TCI state information and second TCI state information different from the first TCI state information, wherein the first TCI state information is associated with a set of multiple uplink resources, and wherein the second TCI state information is associated with a set of multiple downlink resources.

[0188] By including or configuring the communication manager 1120 according to the examples described herein, the device 1105 can support technologies for reducing processing, reducing network or signaling overhead, reducing latency, or more efficient communication, as well as other benefits.

[0189] In some examples, the communication manager 1120 may be configured to perform various operations (e.g., receive, monitor, transmit) using or in cooperation with transceiver 1115, one or more antennas 1125, or any combination thereof. Although the communication manager 1120 is shown as a separate component, in some examples, one or more functions described with reference to the communication manager 1120 may be supported or executed by processor 1140, memory 1130, code 1135, or any combination thereof. For example, code 1135 may include instructions executable by processor 1140 to cause device 1105 to perform various aspects of beam indication for multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals as described herein, or processor 1140 and memory 1130 may be otherwise configured to perform or support such operations.

[0190] Figure 12 A flowchart illustrating a method 1200 for beam indication of multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals, according to various aspects of this disclosure, is shown. Operation of method 1200 can be implemented by a UE or its components as described herein. For example, operation of method 1200 can be implemented by, as described in reference... Figures 1 to 7The UE 115 described is used to perform this function. In some examples, the UE can execute a set of instructions to control the functional units of the UE to perform the described function. Alternatively, the UE can use dedicated hardware to perform aspects of the described function.

[0191] At 1205, the method may include: receiving a message including first TCI status information and second TCI status information different from the first TCI status information, wherein the first TCI status information is associated with a set of multiple uplink resources, and wherein the second TCI status information is associated with a set of multiple downlink resources. The operation at 1205 can be performed according to examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation at 1205 may be determined by reference to... Figure 6 The beam indicator manager 625 described is used to perform this.

[0192] At 1210, the method may include: identifying two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof, to which a TCI state is to be applied, the two or more channels including two or more uplink channels indicated in a first TCI state information or two or more downlink channels indicated in a second TCI state information, wherein the TCI state corresponds to one or more source reference signals associated with a QCL assumption for the two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof. The operation of 1210 may be performed according to examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of 1210 may be determined by reference to... Figure 6 The TCI State Manager 630 described is used for execution.

[0193] At 1215, the method may include: determining common beam information for a set of multiple uplink resources or a set of multiple downlink resources based on applying TCI states to two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof. The operation of 1215 can be performed according to examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of 1215 may be determined by reference to... Figure 6 The beam manager 635 described is used to perform this.

[0194] Figure 13 A flowchart illustrating a method 1300 for beam indication of multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals, according to various aspects of this disclosure, is shown. Operation of method 1300 can be implemented by a UE or its components as described herein. For example, operation of method 1300 can be implemented by, as described in reference... Figures 1 to 7 The UE 115 described is used to perform this function. In some examples, the UE can execute a set of instructions to control the functional units of the UE to perform the described function. Alternatively, the UE can use dedicated hardware to perform aspects of the described function.

[0195] At 1305, the method may include: receiving a message including first TCI status information and second TCI status information different from the first TCI status information, wherein the first TCI status information is associated with a set of multiple uplink resources, and wherein the second TCI status information is associated with a set of multiple downlink resources. The operation at 1305 can be performed according to examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation at 1305 may be determined by reference to... Figure 6 The beam indicator manager 625 described is used to perform this.

[0196] At 1310, the method may include: identifying two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof, to which a TCI state is to be applied, the two or more channels including two or more uplink channels indicated in a first TCI state information or two or more downlink channels indicated in a second TCI state information, wherein the TCI state corresponds to one or more source reference signals associated with a QCL assumption for the two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof. The operation of 1310 may be performed according to examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of 1310 may be determined by reference to... Figure 6 The TCI State Manager 630 described is used for execution.

[0197] At 1315, the method may include: determining common beam information for a set of multiple uplink resources or a set of multiple downlink resources based on applying TCI states to two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof. The operation of 1315 can be performed according to examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of 1315 may be determined by reference to... Figure 6 The beam manager 635 described is used to perform this.

[0198] At 1320, the method may include: determining, based on the TCI state, the association of the same source reference signal with a QCL assumption for each of two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof, wherein the common beam information includes a common beam corresponding to the same source reference signal. The operation of 1320 can be performed according to examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of 1320 may be determined by reference to... Figure 6 The source reference signal manager 640 is used for execution.

[0199] At 1325, the method may include: using a common beam to communicate with a base station on two or more channels. The operation of 1325 can be performed according to examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of 1325 may be derived from references... Figure 6The beamforming component 645 is described to perform this action.

[0200] Figure 14 A flowchart illustrating a method 1400 for beam indication of multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals, according to various aspects of this disclosure, is shown. Operation of method 1400 can be implemented by a UE or its components as described herein. For example, operation of method 1400 can be implemented by, as described in reference... Figures 1 to 7 The UE 115 described is used to perform this function. In some examples, the UE can execute a set of instructions to control the functional units of the UE to perform the described function. Alternatively, the UE can use dedicated hardware to perform aspects of the described function.

[0201] At 1405, the method may include: receiving a message including first TCI status information and second TCI status information different from the first TCI status information, wherein the first TCI status information is associated with a set of multiple uplink resources, and wherein the second TCI status information is associated with a set of multiple downlink resources. The operation at 1405 can be performed according to examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation at 1405 may be determined by reference to... Figure 6 The beam indicator manager 625 described is used to perform this.

[0202] At 1410, the method may include: identifying two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof, to which a TCI state is to be applied, the two or more channels including two or more uplink channels indicated in a first TCI state information or two or more downlink channels indicated in a second TCI state information, wherein the TCI state corresponds to one or more source reference signals associated with a QCL assumption for the two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof. The operation of 1410 may be performed according to examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of 1410 may be determined by reference to... Figure 6 The TCI State Manager 630 described is used for execution.

[0203] At 1415, the method may include: determining common beam information for a set of multiple uplink resources or a set of multiple downlink resources based on applying TCI states to two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof. The operation at 1415 can be performed according to examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation at 1415 may be determined by reference to... Figure 6 The beam manager 635 described is used to perform this.

[0204] At 1420, the method may include: determining, based on the TCI state, the association of different source reference signals with QCL assumptions for each of two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof, wherein common beam information includes a first beam and a second beam, the first beam corresponding to a first source reference signal and a first channel or reference signal among the two or more channels, and wherein the second beam corresponds to a second source reference signal and a second channel or reference signal among the two or more channels. The operation at 1420 can be performed according to examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation at 1420 may be determined by reference to... Figure 6 The source reference signal manager 640 is used for execution.

[0205] At 1425, the method may include: communicating with a base station using a first beam on a first channel and using a second beam on a second channel, wherein the first beam and the second beam comprise different beams oriented in substantially the same direction. Operation 1425 can be performed according to examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of operation 1425 may be derived from references... Figure 6 The beamforming component 645 is described to perform this action.

[0206] Figure 15 A flowchart illustrating a method 1500 for beam indication of multiple uplink or downlink channels and reference signals, according to various aspects of this disclosure, is shown. Operation of method 1500 can be implemented by a base station or its components as described herein. For example, operation of method 1500 can be implemented by... Figures 1 to 3 The base station 105 described in sections 8 to 11 is used to perform this function. In some examples, the base station may execute a set of instructions to control the functional units of the base station to perform the described functions. Alternatively, the base station may use dedicated hardware to perform aspects of the described functions.

[0207] At 1505, the method may include: determining common beam information for a set of multiple uplink resources and a set of multiple downlink resources. The operation at 1505 can be performed according to examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation at 1505 may be determined by reference to... Figure 10 The beam manager 1025 described is used to perform this.

[0208] At 1510, the method may include: configuring two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof to which TCI states are to be applied, based on common beam information, wherein the two or more channels include two or more uplink channels indicated in a first TCI state information or two or more downlink channels indicated in a second TCI state information, wherein the TCI state corresponds to one or more source reference signals associated with a QCL assumption for the two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof. The operation of 1510 can be performed according to examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of 1510 may be determined by reference to... Figure 10 The TCI State Manager 1030 described is used for execution.

[0209] At 1515, the method may include: sending a message to the UE including first TCI state information and second TCI state information different from the first TCI state information, wherein the first TCI state information is associated with a set of multiple uplink resources, and wherein the second TCI state information is associated with a set of multiple downlink resources. The operation at 1515 can be performed according to examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation at 1515 may be determined by reference to... Figure 10 The described beam instruction transmitter 1035 is to perform.

[0210] The following provides a summary of various aspects of this disclosure:

[0211] Aspect 1: A method for wireless communication at a UE, comprising: receiving a message including first transmission configuration indicator state information and second transmission configuration indicator state information different from the first transmission configuration indicator state information, wherein the first transmission configuration indicator state information is associated with a plurality of uplink resources, and wherein the second transmission configuration indicator state information is associated with a plurality of downlink resources; identifying two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof to which transmission configuration indicator states are to be applied, the two or more channels including two or more uplink channels indicated in the first transmission configuration indicator state information or two or more downlink channels indicated in the second transmission configuration indicator state information, wherein the transmission configuration indicator states correspond to one or more source reference signals associated with a quasi-co-location assumption for the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof; and determining common beam information for the plurality of uplink resources or the plurality of downlink resources based at least in part on applying the transmission configuration indicator states to the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof.

[0212] Aspect 2: The method according to aspect 1 further includes: determining, at least in part, based on the state of the transmission configuration indicator, that the same source reference signal is associated with the quasi-co-location assumption for each of the two or more channels, or the reference signal, or any combination thereof, wherein the common beam information includes a common beam corresponding to the same source reference signal; and using the common beam to communicate with the base station on the two or more channels.

[0213] Aspect 3: The method according to any one of Aspects 1 to 2 further comprises: determining, at least in part, based on the state of the transmission configuration indicator, that different source reference signals are associated with the quasi-co-location assumption for each of the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof, wherein the common beam information includes a first beam and a second beam, the first beam corresponding to a first source reference signal and a first channel of the two or more channels or a first reference signal of the reference signals, and wherein the second beam corresponds to a second source reference signal and a second channel of the two or more channels or a second reference signal of the reference signals; and communicating with a base station using the first beam on the first channel and using the second beam on the second channel, wherein the first beam and the second beam comprise different beams oriented in substantially the same direction.

[0214] Aspect 4: The method according to any one of Aspects 1 to 3 further includes: identifying the transport configuration indicator state at least in part based on an information field, the information field including a transport configuration indicator state identifier corresponding to the transport configuration indicator state, wherein the information field is within the first transport configuration indicator state information or within the second transport configuration indicator state information.

[0215] Aspect 5: According to the method of aspect 4, wherein the information field includes a dedicated field for indicating one or more common beams, a common field for indicating common uplink and downlink beam information, a field for indicating downlink beam information, a field for indicating uplink beam information, or any combination thereof.

[0216] Aspect 6: The method according to any one of Aspects 1 to 5 further includes: identifying the one or more source reference signals at least in part based on one or more quasi-colocation information fields, wherein the one or more quasi-colocation information fields are indicated within the first transmission configuration indicator status information or the second transmission configuration indicator status information.

[0217] Aspect 7: The method according to any one of Aspects 1 to 6, wherein each of the one or more source reference signals indicates one or more quasi-co-location types, the one or more quasi-co-location types being associated with a set of parameters including: Doppler shift, Doppler spread, average delay, delay spread, spatial reception parameters, uplink spatial relational information for spatial transmission parameters, uplink Doppler shift, uplink Doppler spread, uplink average delay, uplink delay spread, or any combination thereof.

[0218] Aspect 8: The method according to aspect 7 further includes: determining that the one or more source reference signals indicate the one or more quasi-colocation types, or the parameter set, or a combination of both, wherein the quasi-colocation assumption for the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof, is at least partially based on the determination.

[0219] Aspect 9: The method according to any one of Aspects 1 to 8 further comprises: determining that a source reference signal in one or more source reference signals corresponds to a plurality of quasi-colocation assumptions for the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof, wherein the quasi-colocation assumptions for the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof are at least partially based on the determination.

[0220] Aspect 10: The method according to any one of aspects 1 to 9 further includes: identifying the location of each of the one or more source reference signals, the location being indicated within the first transmission configuration indicator status information or the second transmission configuration indicator status information, wherein the location is based at least in part on an indication of a serving cell identifier, or a bandwidth portion identifier, or both.

[0221] Aspect 11: The method according to any one of Aspects 1 to 10 further comprises: determining the transmission configuration indicator state for the two or more channels, or the reference signal, or any combination thereof, indicating a plurality of beams, wherein a first set of source reference signals from the one or more source reference signals indicates a first beam among the plurality of beams, a first channel among the two or more channels, a first reference signal among the reference signals, or any combination thereof, and wherein a second set of source reference signals from the one or more source reference signals indicates a second beam among the plurality of beams, a second channel among the two or more channels, a second reference signal among the reference signals, or any combination thereof, the second set of source reference signals being different from the first set of source reference signals.

[0222] Aspect 12: The method according to any one of Aspects 1 to 11 further includes: identifying a set of power control parameters associated with the plurality of uplink resources, the set of power control parameters being identified within the first transmission configuration indicator state information, wherein the set of power control parameters includes a path loss reference signal, a target received power parameter, a path loss compensation factor, a closed-loop index, a power control group identifier, or any combination thereof; and applying the set of power control parameters to uplink transmissions at least in part based on the transmission configuration indicator state.

[0223] Aspect 13: The method according to aspect 12 further includes: determining that the transmission configuration indicator state indicates two or more beams for the uplink transmission, wherein a first subset of the power control parameter set is applied to a first beam of the two or more beams, and a second subset of the power control parameter set is applied to a second beam of the two or more beams.

[0224] Aspect 14: The method according to any one of Aspects 1 to 13 further includes: identifying a set of timing advance parameters associated with the plurality of uplink resources, the set of timing advance parameters being identified within the first transmission configuration indicator status information, wherein the set of timing advance parameters includes a timing advance group identifier, a timing advance value, or both; and applying the set of timing advance parameters to uplink transmissions based at least in part on the transmission configuration indicator status.

[0225] Aspect 15: The method according to aspect 14 further includes: determining that the transmission configuration indicator status indicates two or more beams for the uplink transmission, wherein a first subset of the timing advance parameter set is applied to a first beam of the two or more beams, and a second subset of the timing advance parameter set is applied to a second beam of the two or more beams.

[0226] Aspect 16: The method according to any one of Aspects 1 to 15 further comprises: identifying a set of parameters associated with a codebook-based transmission on the plurality of uplink resources, or a non-codebook-based transmission on the plurality of uplink resources, or both, the set of parameters being identified within the first transmission configuration indicator state information, wherein the set of parameters includes a probe reference signal resource indicator, a transmission precoding matrix indicator, a transmission rank indicator, or any combination thereof; and applying the set of parameters to the uplink transmission based at least in part on the transmission configuration indicator state.

[0227] Aspect 17: The method according to aspect 16 further includes: determining that the transmission configuration indicator state indicates two or more beams, the two or more channels, or the reference signal, or any combination thereof for the uplink transmission, wherein a first subset of the parameter set is applied to a first beam of the two or more beams, and a second subset of the parameter set is applied to a second beam of the two or more beams.

[0228] Aspect 18: The method according to any one of Aspects 1 to 17 further includes: identifying one or more antenna panel identifiers associated with a corresponding antenna panel of the UE, the one or more antenna panel identifiers being identified within the first transmission configuration indicator state information, wherein the corresponding antenna panel of the UE is associated with transmission on the same or different channels in the two or more uplink channels based at least in part on the transmission configuration indicator state.

[0229] Aspect 19: The method according to any one of Aspects 1 to 18, wherein each of the two or more channels is associated with a corresponding demodulation reference signal indicated in the first transmission configuration indicator status information or the second transmission configuration indicator status information; and the one or more source reference signals include a synchronization signal block, a channel state information reference signal, a probe reference signal, a positioning reference signal, a reference signal associated with a physical random access channel, a demodulation reference signal associated with a physical downlink control channel, a demodulation reference signal associated with a physical downlink shared channel, a demodulation reference signal associated with a physical uplink shared channel, a demodulation reference signal associated with a physical uplink control channel, or any combination thereof.

[0230] Aspect 20: A method for wireless communication for a base station, comprising: determining common beam information for a plurality of uplink resources and a plurality of downlink resources; configuring, at least in part, two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof, to which a transmission configuration indicator state is to be applied, based on the common beam information, the two or more channels including two or more uplink channels indicated in first transmission configuration indicator state information or two or more downlink channels indicated in second transmission configuration indicator state information, wherein the transmission configuration indicator state corresponds to one or more source reference signals associated with a quasi-co-location assumption for the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof; and sending to a UE a message including the first transmission configuration indicator state information and second transmission configuration indicator state information different from the first transmission configuration indicator state information, wherein the first transmission configuration indicator state information is associated with the plurality of uplink resources, and wherein the second transmission configuration indicator state information is associated with the plurality of downlink resources.

[0231] Aspect 21: The method according to aspect 20 further includes: configuring the same source reference signal for the quasi-co-location assumption for each of the two or more channels, or the reference signal, or any combination thereof, based at least in part on the transmission configuration indicator state, wherein the common beam information includes a common beam corresponding to the same source reference signal; and using the common beam to communicate with the UE on the two or more channels.

[0232] Aspect 22: The method according to any one of Aspects 20 to 21 further comprises: configuring different source reference signals for the quasi-co-location assumption for each of the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof, based at least in part on the transmission configuration indicator state, wherein the common beam information includes a first beam and a second beam, the first beam corresponding to a first source reference signal and a first channel of the two or more channels or a first reference signal of the reference signals, and wherein the second beam corresponds to a second source reference signal and a second channel of the two or more channels or a second reference signal of the reference signals; and communicating with the UE using the first beam on the first channel and using the second beam on the second channel, wherein the first beam and the second beam comprise different beams oriented in substantially the same direction.

[0233] Aspect 23: The method according to any one of Aspects 20 to 22 further includes: transmitting an information field within the first transmission configuration indicator status information or within the second transmission configuration indicator status information, the information field including a transmission configuration indicator status identifier corresponding to the transmission configuration indicator status, wherein the information field includes a dedicated field for indicating one or more common beams, a common field for indicating common uplink and downlink beam information, a field for indicating downlink beam information, a field for indicating uplink beam information, or any combination thereof.

[0234] Aspect 24: The method according to any one of aspects 20 to 23 further includes: transmitting one or more quasi-colocation information fields within the first transmission configuration indicator status information or within the second transmission configuration indicator status information, the one or more quasi-colocation information fields indicating the one or more source reference signals for the quasi-colocation assumption of the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof.

[0235] Aspect 25: The method according to any one of Aspects 20 to 24, wherein each of the one or more source reference signals indicates one or more quasi-co-location types, the one or more quasi-co-location types being associated with a set of parameters including: Doppler shift, Doppler spread, average delay, delay spread, spatial reception parameters, uplink spatial relational information for spatial transmission parameters, uplink Doppler shift, uplink Doppler spread, uplink average delay, uplink delay spread, or any combination thereof.

[0236] Aspect 26: The method according to any one of Aspects 20 to 25 further includes: transmitting, within the first transmission configuration indicator status information, a set of uplink power control parameters associated with the plurality of uplink resources, wherein the set of uplink power control parameters includes a path loss reference signal, a target received power parameter, a path loss compensation factor, a closed-loop index, a power control group identifier, or any combination thereof.

[0237] Aspect 27: The method according to any one of Aspects 20 to 26 further includes: sending a set of timing advance parameters associated with the plurality of uplink resources within the first transmission configuration indicator status information, wherein the set of timing advance parameters includes a timing advance group identifier, a timing advance value, or both.

[0238] Aspect 28: The method according to any one of Aspects 20 to 27 further includes: transmitting, within the first transmission configuration indicator status information, a set of parameters associated with codebook-based transmissions on the plurality of uplink resources, or non-codebook-based transmissions on the plurality of uplink resources, or both, wherein the set of parameters includes a probe reference signal resource indicator, a transmission precoding matrix indicator, a transmission rank indicator, or any combination thereof.

[0239] Aspect 29: An apparatus for wireless communication at a UE, comprising: a processor; a memory coupled to the processor; and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to perform the method according to any one of aspects 1 to 19.

[0240] Aspect 30: An apparatus for wireless communication at a UE, comprising at least one unit for performing the method according to any one of aspects 1 to 19.

[0241] Aspect 31: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication at a UE, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to perform the method according to any one of aspects 1 to 19.

[0242] Aspect 32: An apparatus for wireless communication at a base station, comprising: a processor; a memory coupled to the processor; and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to perform the method according to any one of aspects 20 to 28.

[0243] Aspect 33: An apparatus for wireless communication at a base station, comprising at least one unit for performing the method according to any one of aspects 20 to 28.

[0244] Aspect 34: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication at a base station, said code including instructions executable by a processor to perform the method according to any one of aspects 20 to 28.

[0245] It should be noted that the methods described in this paper describe possible implementations, and the operations and steps can be rearranged or otherwise modified, and other implementations are possible. Furthermore, aspects from two or more methods can be combined.

[0246] While aspects of LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, or NR systems may be described for illustrative purposes, and the terms LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, or NR may be used extensively in the description, the techniques described herein apply beyond LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, or NR networks. For example, the techniques described can be applied to a variety of other wireless communication systems, such as Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, Flash-OFDM, and other systems and radio technologies not explicitly mentioned herein.

[0247] The information and signals described herein can be represented using any of a variety of different techniques and methods. For example, the data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, and chips mentioned throughout the description may be represented by voltage, current, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or particles, light fields or particles, or any combination thereof.

[0248] The various illustrative blocks and components described herein can be implemented or performed using a general-purpose processor, DSP, ASIC, CPU, FPGA, or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware component, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described herein. The general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but alternatively, the processor may be any processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. The processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices (e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, multiple microprocessors, one or more microprocessors combined with a DSP core, or any other such configuration).

[0249] The functions described herein can be implemented using hardware, software executed by a processor, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented using software executed by a processor, the functions can be stored as one or more instructions or code on or transmitted through a computer-readable medium. Other examples and implementations are within the scope of this disclosure and the appended claims. For example, due to the nature of software, the functions described herein can be implemented using software executed by a processor, hardware, firmware, hardwiring, or any combination of these. Features implementing the functions can also be physically located in various locations, including being distributed such that different parts of the functions are implemented in different physical locations.

[0250] Computer-readable media includes both non-transitory computer storage media and communication media, with communication media encompassing any medium that facilitates the transfer of computer programs from one place to another. Non-transitory storage media can be any available medium accessible by a general-purpose computer or a special-purpose computer. By way of example, and not limitation, non-transitory computer-readable media can include RAM, ROM, electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), flash memory, compressed optical disc (CD) ROM or other optical disc storage, disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other non-transitory medium that can be used to carry or store desired units of program code in the form of instructions or data structures, and accessible by a general-purpose or special-purpose computer, or a general-purpose or special-purpose processor. Furthermore, any connection is appropriately referred to as computer-readable media. For example, if software is transmitted from a website, server, or other remote source using coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL), or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave, then coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL, or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave are included within the definition of computer-readable media. As used herein, disks and optical discs include CDs, laser discs, optical discs, digital multifunction discs (DVDs), floppy disks, and Blu-ray discs, wherein disks typically copy data magnetically, while optical discs use lasers to copy data optically. The combinations described above are also included within the scope of computer-readable media.

[0251] As used herein (including in the claims), the word "or" in a list of items (e.g., a list of items ending with a phrase such as "at least one of" or "one or more of") indicates an inclusive list, such that a list of at least one of A, B, or C means A or B or C or AB or AC or BC or ABC (i.e., A and B and C). Furthermore, as used herein, the phrase "based on" should not be construed as a reference to a closed set of conditions. For example, an example step described as "based on condition A" could be based on both condition A and condition B without departing from the scope of this disclosure. In other words, as used herein, the phrase "based on" should be interpreted in the same way as the phrase "at least partially based on".

[0252] In the accompanying drawings, similar components or features may have the same reference numerals. Furthermore, various components of the same type can be distinguished by a dash and a second reference numeral following the reference numeral, used to differentiate between similar components. If only the first reference numeral is used in the specification, the description applies to any one of the similar components having the same first reference numeral, without regard to the second reference numeral or other subsequent reference numerals.

[0253] This document describes exemplary configurations in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, and does not represent all examples that can be implemented or that are within the scope of the claims. The term "example" as used herein means "serving as an example, instance, or illustration," and not "preferred" or "advantageous over other examples." The detailed description includes specific details for the purpose of providing an understanding of the described techniques. However, these techniques can be implemented without these specific details. In some cases, known structures and devices are shown in block diagram form to avoid obscuring the concepts of the described examples.

[0254] The description herein is provided to enable those skilled in the art to implement or use the present disclosure. Various modifications to the present disclosure will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein can be applied to other variations without departing from the scope of the disclosure. Therefore, the present disclosure is not limited to the examples and designs described herein, but is to be given the broadest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims

1. A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising: Receive a message including one or more first transmission configuration indicator status information and one or more second transmission configuration indicator status information different from the one or more first transmission configuration indicator status information, wherein the one or more first transmission configuration indicator status information is associated with a plurality of uplink resources, and wherein the one or more second transmission configuration indicator status information is associated with a plurality of downlink resources; A corresponding transmission configuration indicator state is applied to each of two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof, the corresponding transmission configuration indicator state corresponding to one or more first transmission configuration indicator state information or one or more second transmission configuration indicator state information, wherein each transmission configuration indicator state indicates a corresponding beam for uplink transmission, a corresponding set of power control parameters associated with the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof, and a set of timing advance parameters, and wherein a first subset of the timing advance parameter set is applied to a first beam in the corresponding beam, and a second subset of the timing advance parameter set is applied to a second beam in the corresponding beam; and Common beam information for the plurality of uplink resources or the plurality of downlink resources is determined at least in part based on applying the corresponding transmission configuration indicator state to each of the two or more channels, or the reference signal, or any combination thereof.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: The same source reference signal is determined to be associated with a quasi-co-location assumption for each of the two or more channels, or the reference signal, or any combination thereof, based at least in part on the state of the corresponding transmission configuration indicator, wherein the common beam information includes a common beam corresponding to the same source reference signal; and The common beam is used to communicate with network devices on the two or more channels.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: The different source reference signals are determined, at least in part, based on the corresponding transmission configuration indicator states, to be associated with a quasi-co-location assumption for each of the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof, wherein the common beam information includes a first beam and a second beam, the first beam corresponding to a first source reference signal and a first channel of the two or more channels or a first reference signal of the reference signals, and wherein the second beam corresponds to a second source reference signal and a second channel of the two or more channels or a second reference signal of the reference signals; and Communicating with a network device using the first beam on the first channel and using the second beam on the second channel, wherein the first beam and the second beam comprise different beams oriented in a first direction.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: The corresponding transport configuration indicator state is identified at least in part based on an information field, the information field including a transport configuration indicator state identifier corresponding to the corresponding transport configuration indicator state, wherein the information field is within one or more first transport configuration indicator state information or within one or more second transport configuration indicator state information.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein, The information fields include dedicated fields for indicating one or more common beams, common fields for indicating common uplink and downlink beam information, fields for indicating downlink beam information, fields for indicating uplink beam information, or any combination thereof.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: The identification of one or more source reference signals associated with a quasi-colocation assumption for the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof, is based at least in part on one or more quasi-colocation information fields, wherein the one or more quasi-colocation information fields are indicated within one or more first transmission configuration indicator status information or one or more second transmission configuration indicator status information.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein: Each of the one or more source reference signals indicates one or more quasi-co-location types, and The one or more quasi-co-location types are associated with a set of parameters including: Doppler shift, Doppler spread, average delay, delay spread, spatial reception parameters, uplink spatial relational information for spatial transmission parameters, uplink Doppler shift, uplink Doppler spread, uplink average delay, uplink delay spread, or any combination thereof.

8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising: The determination that the one or more source reference signals indicate the one or more quasi-colocation types, or the parameter set, or a combination of both, wherein the quasi-colocation assumption for the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof, is based at least in part on the determination that the one or more source reference signals indicate the one or more quasi-colocation types, or the parameter set, or a combination of both.

9. The method according to claim 6, further comprising: The determination that a source reference signal among the one or more source reference signals corresponds to a plurality of quasi-colocation assumptions for the two or more channels, or the reference signal, or any combination thereof, wherein the quasi-colocation assumptions for the two or more channels, or the reference signal, or any combination thereof, are at least in part based on the determination that the source reference signal among the one or more source reference signals corresponds to the plurality of quasi-colocation assumptions for the two or more channels, or the reference signal, or any combination thereof.

10. The method of claim 6, further comprising: Identify the location of each of the one or more source reference signals, the location being indicated within one or more first transmission configuration indicator status information or one or more second transmission configuration indicator status information, wherein the location is at least partially based on an indication of a serving cell identifier, or a bandwidth portion identifier, or both.

11. The method of claim 6, further comprising: The corresponding transmission configuration indicator state for each of the two or more channels, or the reference signal, or any combination thereof, indicates a plurality of beams, wherein a first set of source reference signals from the one or more source reference signals indicates a first beam among the plurality of beams, a first channel among the two or more channels, a first reference signal among the reference signals, or any combination thereof, and wherein a second set of source reference signals from the one or more source reference signals indicates a second beam among the plurality of beams, a second channel among the two or more channels, a second reference signal among the reference signals, or any combination thereof, the second set of source reference signals being different from the first set of source reference signals.

12. The method according to claim 6, wherein: Each of the two or more channels is associated with a corresponding demodulation reference signal indicated in one or more first transmission configuration indicator status information or one or more second transmission configuration indicator status information; and The one or more source reference signals include synchronization signal blocks, channel state information reference signals, probe reference signals, positioning reference signals, reference signals associated with physical random access channels, demodulation reference signals associated with physical downlink control channels, demodulation reference signals associated with physical downlink shared channels, demodulation reference signals associated with physical uplink shared channels, demodulation reference signals associated with physical uplink control channels, or any combination thereof.

13. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: Identify the corresponding power control parameter set associated with the two or more channels, or the reference signal, or any combination thereof, the corresponding power control parameter set being identified within the one or more first transmission configuration indicator status information, wherein the corresponding power control parameter set includes a path loss reference signal, a target received power parameter, a path loss compensation factor, a closed-loop index, a power control group identifier, or any combination thereof; and The corresponding set of power control parameters is applied to uplink transmissions based at least in part on the state of the corresponding transmission configuration indicator.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising: The corresponding transmission configuration indicator status is determined to indicate two or more beams for the uplink transmission, wherein a first subset of the power control parameter set is applied to the first beam of the two or more beams, and a second subset of the power control parameter set is applied to the second beam of the two or more beams.

15. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: Identify the timing advance parameter set, which is associated with the plurality of uplink resources and is identified within one or more first transmission configuration indicator status information, wherein the timing advance parameter set includes a timing advance group identifier, a timing advance value, or both; and The timing advance parameter set is applied to the uplink transmission based at least in part on the state of the corresponding transmission configuration indicator.

16. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: Identify a set of parameters associated with codebook-based transmissions on the plurality of uplink resources, or non-codebook-based transmissions on the plurality of uplink resources, or both, said parameter set being identified within one or more first transmission configuration indicator status information, wherein said parameter set includes a probe reference signal resource indicator, a transmission precoding matrix indicator, a transmission rank indicator, or any combination thereof; and The parameter set is applied to uplink transmissions based at least in part on the state of the transmission configuration indicator.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising: The corresponding transmission configuration indicator status is determined to indicate two or more beams, the two or more channels, or the reference signal, or any combination thereof, for the uplink transmission, wherein a first subset of the parameter set is applied to a first beam of the two or more beams, and a second subset of the parameter set is applied to a second beam of the two or more beams.

18. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: Identify one or more antenna panel identifiers associated with a corresponding antenna panel of the UE, the one or more antenna panel identifiers being identified within one or more first transmission configuration indicator status information, wherein the corresponding antenna panel of the UE is associated with transmitting on the same or different channels among two or more uplink channels indicated within the one or more first transmission configuration indicator status information, at least in part based on the corresponding transmission configuration indicator status.

19. A method for wireless communication at a network device, comprising: Determine common beam information for multiple uplink resources and multiple downlink resources; At least in part, based on the common beam information, two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof, to which corresponding transmission configuration indicator states are to be applied are configured, the two or more channels including two or more uplink channels indicated in one or more first transmission configuration indicator state information or two or more downlink channels indicated in one or more second transmission configuration indicator state information, wherein each transmission configuration indicator state in the corresponding transmission configuration indicator states indicates a corresponding beam for uplink transmission, a corresponding set of power control parameters associated with the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof, and a set of timing advance parameters, and wherein a first subset of the timing advance parameter set is applied to a first beam in the corresponding beam, and a second subset of the timing advance parameter set is applied to a second beam in the corresponding beam; and Send a message to a user equipment (UE) including one or more first transmission configuration indicator status information and one or more second transmission configuration indicator status information different from the one or more first transmission configuration indicator status information, wherein the one or more first transmission configuration indicator status information is associated with the plurality of uplink resources, and wherein the one or more second transmission configuration indicator status information is associated with the plurality of downlink resources.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising: The same source reference signal is configured for each of the two or more channels, or the reference signal, or any combination thereof, based at least in part on the corresponding transmission configuration indicator state, wherein the common beam information includes a common beam corresponding to the same source reference signal; and The common beam is used to communicate with the UE on the two or more channels.

21. The method of claim 19, further comprising: At least in part, based on the corresponding transmission configuration indicator state, different source reference signals are configured for the quasi-co-location assumption for each of the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof, wherein the common beam information includes a first beam and a second beam, the first beam corresponding to a first source reference signal and a first channel of the two or more channels or a first reference signal of the reference signals, and wherein the second beam corresponds to a second source reference signal and a second channel of the two or more channels or a second reference signal of the reference signals; and The UE communicates using the first beam on the first channel and the second beam on the second channel, wherein the first beam and the second beam comprise different beams oriented in a first direction.

22. The method of claim 19, further comprising: Information fields are sent within one or more first transmission configuration indicator status information or within one or more second transmission configuration indicator status information. The information fields include a transmission configuration indicator status identifier corresponding to the corresponding transmission configuration indicator status. The information fields include a dedicated field for indicating one or more common beams, a common field for indicating common uplink and downlink beam information, a field for indicating downlink beam information, a field for indicating uplink beam information, or any combination thereof.

23. The method of claim 19, further comprising: One or more quasi-colocation information fields are transmitted within one or more first transmission configuration indicator status information or within one or more second transmission configuration indicator status information, the one or more quasi-colocation information fields indicating one or more source reference signals for the quasi-colocation assumption of the two or more channels, or the reference signal, or any combination thereof.

24. The method according to claim 23, wherein: Each of the one or more source reference signals indicates one or more quasi-co-location types, and The one or more quasi-co-location types are associated with a set of parameters including: Doppler shift, Doppler spread, average delay, delay spread, spatial reception parameters, uplink spatial relational information for spatial transmission parameters, uplink Doppler shift, uplink Doppler spread, uplink average delay, uplink delay spread, or any combination thereof.

25. The method of claim 19, further comprising: Within the status information of one or more first transmission configuration indicators, the corresponding set of power control parameters associated with the two or more channels, or the reference signal, or any combination thereof, is transmitted, wherein the corresponding set of power control parameters includes a path loss reference signal, a target received power parameter, a path loss compensation factor, a closed-loop index, a power control group identifier, or any combination thereof.

26. The method of claim 19, further comprising: A set of timing advance parameters associated with the plurality of uplink resources is sent within one or more first transmission configuration indicator status information, wherein the set of timing advance parameters includes a timing advance group identifier, a timing advance value, or both.

27. The method of claim 19, further comprising: Send within one or more first transmission configuration indicator status information a set of parameters associated with codebook-based transmissions on the plurality of uplink resources, or non-codebook-based transmissions on the plurality of uplink resources, or both, wherein the set of parameters includes a probe reference signal resource indicator, a transmission precoding matrix indicator, a transmission rank indicator, or any combination thereof.

28. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising: One or more processors; One or more memories coupled to the one or more processors; as well as Instructions, which are stored in the one or more memories and are executable by the one or more processors, cause the device to perform the following operations: Receive a message including one or more first transmission configuration indicator status information and one or more second transmission configuration indicator status information different from the one or more first transmission configuration indicator status information, wherein the one or more first transmission configuration indicator status information is associated with a plurality of uplink resources, and wherein the one or more second transmission configuration indicator status information is associated with a plurality of downlink resources; A corresponding transmission configuration indicator state is applied to each of two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof, the corresponding transmission configuration indicator state corresponding to one or more first transmission configuration indicator state information or one or more second transmission configuration indicator state information, wherein each transmission configuration indicator state indicates a corresponding beam for uplink transmission, a corresponding set of power control parameters associated with the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof, and a set of timing advance parameters, and wherein a first subset of the timing advance parameter set is applied to a first beam in the corresponding beam, and a second subset of the timing advance parameter set is applied to a second beam in the corresponding beam; and Common beam information for the plurality of uplink resources or the plurality of downlink resources is determined at least in part based on applying the corresponding transmission configuration indicator state to each of the two or more channels, or the reference signal, or any combination thereof.

29. The apparatus according to claim 28, wherein, The instructions may also be executed by the one or more processors to cause the device to perform the method according to any one of claims 2 to 18.

30. An apparatus for wireless communication at a network device, comprising: One or more processors; One or more memories coupled to the one or more processors; as well as Instructions, which are stored in the one or more memories and are executable by the one or more processors, cause the device to perform the following operations: Determine common beam information for multiple uplink resources and multiple downlink resources; At least in part, based on the common beam information, two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof, to which corresponding transmission configuration indicator states are to be applied are configured, the two or more channels including two or more uplink channels indicated in one or more first transmission configuration indicator state information or two or more downlink channels indicated in one or more second transmission configuration indicator state information, wherein each transmission configuration indicator state in the corresponding transmission configuration indicator states indicates a corresponding beam for uplink transmission, a corresponding set of power control parameters associated with the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof, and a set of timing advance parameters, and wherein a first subset of the timing advance parameter set is applied to a first beam in the corresponding beam, and a second subset of the timing advance parameter set is applied to a second beam in the corresponding beam; and Send a message to a user equipment (UE) including one or more first transmission configuration indicator status information and one or more second transmission configuration indicator status information different from the one or more first transmission configuration indicator status information, wherein the one or more first transmission configuration indicator status information is associated with the plurality of uplink resources, and wherein the one or more second transmission configuration indicator status information is associated with the plurality of downlink resources.

31. The apparatus according to claim 30, wherein, The instructions may also be executed by the one or more processors to cause the device to perform the method according to any one of claims 19 to 27.

32. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising: One or more processors; One or more memories coupled to the one or more processors; as well as Instructions, which are stored in the one or more memories and can be executed by the one or more processors, cause the UE to perform the following operations: A message is received, the message including one or more first transmission configuration indicator status information and one or more second transmission configuration indicator status information different from the one or more first transmission configuration indicator status information, wherein the one or more first transmission configuration indicator status information is associated with multiple uplink resources, and wherein the one or more second transmission configuration indicator status information is associated with multiple downlink resources; A corresponding transmission configuration indicator state is applied to each of two or more channels, or reference signals, or any combination thereof, the corresponding transmission configuration indicator state corresponding to one or more first transmission configuration indicator state information or one or more second transmission configuration indicator state information, wherein each transmission configuration indicator state indicates a set of power control parameters associated with the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof, and wherein, at least in part based on the corresponding transmission configuration indicator state, different source reference signals are associated with a quasi-co-location assumption for each of the two or more channels, or the reference signals, or any combination thereof; At least in part, based on the application of the corresponding transmission configuration indicator state to each of the two or more channels, or the reference signal, or any combination thereof, common beam information for the plurality of uplink resources or the plurality of downlink resources is determined, the common beam information including a first beam and a second beam, the first beam corresponding to a first source reference signal and a first channel of the two or more channels or a first reference signal of the reference signals, and wherein the second beam corresponds to a second source reference signal and a second channel of the two or more channels or a second reference signal of the reference signals; and Communicating with network devices using the first beam and the second beam on the two or more channels, wherein communicating with network devices includes communicating with network devices using the first beam on the first channel and using the second beam on the second channel.

33. The UE according to claim 32, wherein, The instructions can be executed by the one or more processors to cause the UE to perform the following operations: Identify the set of power control parameters associated with the two or more channels, or the reference signal, or any combination thereof, the set of power control parameters being identified within the one or more first transmission configuration indicator status information, wherein the set of power control parameters includes a path loss reference signal, a target received power parameter, a path loss compensation factor, a closed-loop index, a power control group identifier, or any combination thereof; and The power control parameter set is applied to uplink transmissions based at least in part on the state of the corresponding transmission configuration indicator.

34. The UE according to claim 32, wherein, The instructions can be executed by the one or more processors to cause the UE to perform the following operations: The corresponding transport configuration indicator state is identified at least in part based on an information field, the information field including a corresponding transport configuration indicator state identifier corresponding to the corresponding transport configuration indicator state, wherein the information field is within one or more first transport configuration indicator state information or within one or more second transport configuration indicator state information.

35. An apparatus for wireless communication at a UE, comprising a unit for performing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 18.

36. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication at a UE, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to perform the method according to any one of claims 1 to 18.

37. An apparatus for wireless communication at a network device, comprising a unit for performing the method according to any one of claims 19 to 27.

38. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication at a network device, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to perform the method according to any one of claims 19 to 27.

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