Semi-persistent scheduling of multicast and broadcast services

Abstract

A wireless device receives one or more messages indicating: a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource of a first semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration associated with a multicast transmission, and a second PUCCH resource of a second SPS configuration associated with a unicast transmission. A transport block (TB) is received based on activation of the first SPS configuration. Based on the association of the TB with the first SPS configuration, feedback information of the TB is transmitted via the first PUCCH resource selected from the first PUCCH resource and the second PUCCH resource.

Description

[0001] Divisional application

[0002] This application is a divisional application of the Chinese invention patent application with application number 2021800781358, filed on November 19, 2021, and entitled “Semi-persistent Scheduling of Multicast and Broadcast Services”.

[0003] CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0004] This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 63 / 115,850, filed on November 19, 2020, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0005] Examples of several of the various embodiments of the present disclosure are described herein with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0006] Figure 1A and Figure 1B An exemplary mobile communication network is shown in which embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented.

[0007] Figure 2A and Figure 2B The New Radio (NR) user plane and control plane protocol stacks are shown separately.

[0008] Figure 3 Shown in Figure 2A Examples of services provided between the protocol layers of the NR user plane protocol stack.

[0009] Figure 4A Shows the flow Figure 2A Figure 2 shows an exemplary downlink data flow of the NR user plane protocol stack.

[0010] Figure 4B An exemplary format of a MAC subheader in a MAC PDU is shown.

[0011] Figure 5A and Figure 5B The mapping between logical channels, transport channels and physical channels for downlink and uplink are shown respectively.

[0012] Figure 6 is an example diagram showing RRC state transition of a UE.

[0013] Figure 7 An exemplary configuration of an NR frame into which OFDM symbols are grouped is shown.

[0014] Figure 8 An exemplary configuration of time slots in the time and frequency domain of an NR carrier is shown.

[0015] Fig. 9 An example of bandwidth adaptation using three configured BWPs for NR carriers is shown.

[0016] Fig. 10A Three carrier aggregation configurations with two component carriers are shown.

[0017] Fig. 10B An example of how aggregated cells may be configured into one or more PUCCH groups is shown.

[0018] Fig.11A An example of SS / PBCH block structure and location is shown.

[0019] Fig. 11B An example of CSI-RS mapped in the time and frequency domains is shown.

[0020] Fig. 12A and Fig. 12B Three examples of downlink and uplink beam management procedures are shown respectively.

[0021] Fig.13A , Fig. 13B and Fig. 13C A four-step contention-based random access procedure, a two-step contention-free random access procedure and another two-step random access procedure are shown respectively.

[0022] Fig.14A An example of a CORESET configuration for the bandwidth portion is shown.

[0023] Fig. 14B An example of CCE to REG mapping for DCI transmission on CORESET and PDCCH processing is shown.

[0024] Fig.15 An example of a wireless device in communication with a base station is shown.

[0025] Fig.16A , Fig. 16B , Fig. 16C and Fig.16D Exemplary structures for uplink and downlink transmissions are shown.

[0026] Fig.17A , Fig. 17B and Fig. 17C An example of a MAC subheader is shown according to some embodiments.

[0027] Fig.18A An example of a DL MAC PDU is shown according to some embodiments.

[0028] Fig.18BAn example of a UL MAC PDU is shown according to some embodiments.

[0029] Fig.19 Examples of multiple LCIDs for a downlink are shown according to some embodiments.

[0030] Fig. 20 Examples of multiple LCIDs for an uplink are shown according to some embodiments.

[0031] Fig.21A and Fig.21B An example of a SCell activation / deactivation MAC CE format according to some embodiments is shown.

[0032] Fig. 22 An example of BWP activation / deactivation on a SCell according to some embodiments is shown.

[0033] Fig.23A , Fig. 23B and Fig.23C Examples of configuration parameters for a MIB according to some embodiments are shown.

[0034] Fig.24 An example of RRC configuration for SIB1 messages according to some embodiments is shown.

[0035] Fig.25 An example of RRC configuration for a downlink BWP according to some embodiments is shown.

[0036] Fig.26 An example of RRC configuration of a search space according to some embodiments is shown.

[0037] Fig.27A and Fig.27B Examples of unicast, broadcast, and multicast transmissions are shown according to some embodiments.

[0038] Fig.28A and Fig.28B An example of MBS resource allocation according to some embodiments is shown.

[0039] Fig.29A , Fig.29B and Fig.29C Examples of various HARQ feedback types are shown according to some embodiments.

[0040] Fig. 30A and Fig. 30B Examples of retransmission types for MBS TBs according to some embodiments are shown.

[0041] Fig.31A and Fig.31BExamples of activation / deactivation of SPS configurations according to some embodiments are shown.

[0042] Fig.32A and Fig.32B Examples of activation / deactivation of SPS configurations according to some embodiments are shown.

[0043] Fig.33 An example of an MBS SPS configuration according to some embodiments is shown.

[0044] Fig.34 Examples of MBS SPS configuration and transmission according to some embodiments are shown.

[0045] Fig.35 An example of an MBS SPS configuration according to some embodiments is shown.

[0046] Fig.36 An example of a group common DCI activating an MBS SPS configuration according to some embodiments is shown.

[0047] Fig.37 An example of a UE-specific DCI activating an MBS SPS configuration according to some embodiments is shown. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0048] In the present disclosure, various embodiments are presented in the form of examples of how the disclosed technology can be implemented and / or how the disclosed technology can be practiced in environments and scenarios. It will be apparent to those skilled in the relevant art that various changes in form and detail can be made therein without departing from the scope of the present invention. In fact, after reading the specification, it will be apparent to those skilled in the relevant art how to implement alternative embodiments. The embodiments of the present invention should not be limited by any described exemplary embodiments. The embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Restrictions, features and / or elements from the disclosed exemplary embodiments can be combined to create additional embodiments within the scope of the present disclosure. Any figure highlighting functionality and advantages is provided only for illustrative purposes. The disclosed architecture is flexible and configurable enough so that it can be utilized in a manner different from that shown. For example, the actions listed in any flow chart can be reordered or only optionally used in certain embodiments.

[0049] Embodiments may be configured to operate as desired. For example, in a wireless device, a base station, a radio environment, a network, a combination of the above, etc., when certain criteria are met, the disclosed mechanism may be executed. Exemplary criteria may be based at least in part on, for example, wireless device or network node configuration, traffic load, initial system settings, packet size, traffic characteristics, a combination of the above, etc. When one or more criteria are met, various exemplary embodiments may be applied. Therefore, exemplary embodiments that selectively implement the disclosed protocol may be implemented.

[0050] A base station may communicate with a mixture of wireless devices. A wireless device and / or base station may support multiple technologies and / or multiple versions of the same technology. A wireless device may have certain specific capabilities, depending on the wireless device category and / or capabilities. When the present disclosure refers to a base station communicating with multiple wireless devices, the present disclosure may refer to a subset of the total wireless devices in the coverage area. For example, the present disclosure may refer to multiple wireless devices of a given LTE or 5G version with a given capability and in a given sector of a base station. The multiple wireless devices in the present disclosure may refer to a selected plurality of wireless devices, and / or a subset of the total wireless devices in the coverage area that perform according to the disclosed methods, etc. There may be multiple base stations or multiple wireless devices in the coverage area that may not comply with the disclosed methods, for example, these wireless devices or base stations may perform based on older versions of LTE or 5G technology.

[0051] In the present disclosure, "a" and "an" and similar phrases will be interpreted as "at least one" and "one or more". Similarly, any term ending with the suffix "(s)" will be interpreted as "at least one" and "one or more". In the present disclosure, the term "may" is interpreted as "may, for example". In other words, the term "may" indicates that the phrase after the term "may" is an example of a suitable possibility among multiple suitable possibilities that may or may not be used for one or more embodiments in various embodiments. As used herein, the terms "comprising" and "consisting of..." list one or more components of the element being described. The terms "comprising" and "including" are interchangeable and do not exclude that unlisted components are included in the element being described. In contrast, "consisting of..." provides a complete listing of the one or more components of the element being described. As used herein, the term "based on" should be interpreted as "based at least in part on" rather than, for example, "based only on". As used herein, the term "and / or" represents any possible combination of the listed elements. For example, “A, B and / or C” can mean A; B; C; A and B; A and C; B and C; or A, B and C.

[0052] If A and B are sets, and every element of A is also an element of B, then A is called a subset of B. In this specification, only non-empty sets and subsets are considered. For example, the possible subsets of B = {cell1, cell2} are: {cell1}, {cell2}, and {cell1, cell2}. The phrase "based on" (or equivalently "at least based on") indicates that the phrase after the term "based on" is an example of one of multiple suitable possibilities that may or may not be used for one or more different embodiments. The phrase "in response to" (or equivalently "at least in response to") indicates that the phrase after the phrase "in response to" is an example of one of multiple suitable possibilities that may or may not be used for one or more different embodiments. The phrase "depends on" (or equivalently "at least depends on") indicates that the phrase after the phrase "depends on" is an example of one of multiple suitable possibilities that may or may not be used for one or more different embodiments. The phrase "adopting / using" (or equivalently "at least adopting / using") indicates that the phrase after the phrase "adopting / using" is an example of one of multiple suitable possibilities that may or may not be used for one or more different embodiments.

[0053] The term configured may relate to the capabilities of a device, whether the device is in an operational state or a non-operational state. "Configured" may also mean a specific setting in a device that affects the operational characteristics of the device, whether the device is in an operational state or a non-operational state. In other words, hardware, software, firmware, registers, memory values, etc. may be "configured" within a device to provide specific characteristics to the device, whether the device is in an operational state or a non-operational state. Terms such as "a control message caused in a device" may mean that the control message has parameters that can be used to configure specific characteristics in the device or parameters that can be used to implement certain actions in the device, whether the device is in an operational state or a non-operational state.

[0054] In the present disclosure, a parameter (or equivalently referred to as a field or information element: IE) may include one or more information objects, and an information object may include one or more other objects. For example, if parameter (IE) N includes parameter (IE) M, and parameter (IE) M includes parameter (IE) K, and parameter (IE) K includes parameter (information element) J. Then, for example, N includes K, and N includes J. In an exemplary embodiment, when one or more messages include multiple parameters, it means that a parameter of the multiple parameters is in at least one of the one or more messages, but not necessarily in each of the one or more messages.

[0055] Many of the features set forth are described as optional, either by the use of "may" or by the use of parentheses. For the sake of brevity and readability, the present disclosure does not explicitly recite every permutation that can be obtained by selecting from the set of optional features. The present disclosure should be interpreted as explicitly disclosing all such permutations. For example, a system described as having three optional features can be embodied in seven different ways, i.e., having only one of the three possible features, having any two of the three possible features, or having three of the three possible features.

[0056] Many elements described in the disclosed embodiments can be implemented as modules.Modules are defined here as elements that perform defined functions and have defined interfaces to other elements.Modules described in the present disclosure can be implemented by hardware, software, firmware, wetware (for example, hardware with biological elements) in combination with hardware, or a combination thereof, all of which can be equivalent in behavior.For example, a module can be implemented as a software routine written in a computer language, which is configured to be executed by a hardware machine (such as, C, C++, Fortran, Java, Basic, Matlab, etc.) or a modeling / simulation program (such as, Simulink, Stateflow, GNU Octave or LabVIEWMathScript).It is possible to implement a module using physical hardware that incorporates discrete or programmable analog, digital and / or quantum hardware.Examples of programmable hardware include: computers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, application specific integrated circuits (ASICs); field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs); and complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs).Computers, microcontrollers, and microprocessors are programmed using languages ​​such as assembly, C, C++, etc. FPGAs, ASICs, and CPLDs are often programmed using a hardware description language (HDL), such as VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL) or Verilog, which configures the connections between less functional internal hardware blocks on the programmable device. The mentioned techniques are often used in combination to achieve the results of the functional blocks.

[0057] Figure 1A 1 shows an example of a mobile communication network 100 in which embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented. The mobile communication network 100 may be, for example, a public land mobile network (PLMN) operated by a network operator. Figure 1A As shown, the mobile communication network 100 includes a core network (CN) 102 , a radio access network (RAN) 104 , and wireless devices 106 .

[0058] The CN 102 may provide an interface to one or more data networks (DNs), such as a public DN (e.g., the Internet), a private DN, and / or an intra-carrier DN, for the wireless device 106. As part of the interface functionality, the CN 102 may set up an end-to-end connection between the wireless device 106 and the one or more DNs, authenticate the wireless device 106, and provide charging functionality.

[0059] The RAN 104 may connect the CN 102 to the wireless device 106 via radio communications over an air interface. As part of the radio communications, the RAN 104 may provide scheduling, radio resource management, and retransmission protocols. The direction of communication from the RAN 104 to the wireless device 106 over the air interface is referred to as downlink, while the direction of communication from the wireless device 106 to the RAN 104 over the air interface is referred to as uplink. Downlink transmissions may be separated from uplink transmissions using frequency division duplex (FDD), time division duplex (TDD), and / or some combination of the two duplex technologies.

[0060] The term "wireless device" may be used throughout this disclosure to mean and encompass any mobile or fixed (non-mobile) device that requires or can use wireless communication. For example, a wireless device may be a phone, a smartphone, a tablet, a computer, a laptop, a sensor, a meter, a wearable device, an Internet of Things (IoT) device, a vehicle roadside unit (RSU), a relay node, a car, and / or any combination thereof. The term "wireless device" encompasses other terms including user equipment (UE), user terminal (UT), access terminal (AT), mobile station, handset, wireless transmit and receive unit (WTRU), and / or wireless communication device.

[0061] The RAN 104 may include one or more base stations (not shown). The term "base station" may be used throughout this disclosure to mean and encompass: a Node B (associated with UMTS and / or 3G standards); an evolved Node B (eNB, associated with E-UTRA and / or 4G standards); a remote radio head (RRH); a baseband processing unit coupled to one or more RRHs; a repeater node or relay node used to extend the coverage area of ​​a donor node; a next generation evolved Node B (ng-eNB); a generation Node B (gNB, associated with NR and / or 5G standards); an access point (AP, associated with, for example, WiFi or any other suitable wireless communication standard); and / or any combination thereof. A base station may include at least one gNB central unit (gNB-CU) and at least one gNB distributed unit (gNB-DU).

[0062] The base stations included in the RAN 104 may include one or more sets of antennas for communicating with the wireless devices 106 over the air interface. For example, one or more of the base stations may include three sets of antennas to control three cells (or sectors) respectively. The size of the cell may be determined by the range at which a receiver (e.g., a base station receiver) can successfully receive transmissions from a transmitter (e.g., a wireless device transmitter) operating in the cell. The cells of the base stations may together provide radio coverage to the wireless devices 106 over a wide geographic area to support wireless device mobility.

[0063] In addition to three-sector sites, other implementations of the base station are possible. For example, one or more of the base stations in the RAN 104 may be implemented as a sectorized site with more or less than three sectors. One or more of the base stations in the RAN 104 may be implemented as an access point, a baseband processing unit coupled to several remote radio heads (RRHs), and / or a repeater or relay node for extending the coverage area of ​​a donor node. The baseband processing unit coupled to the RRH may be part of a centralized or cloud RAN architecture, where the baseband processing unit may be centralized in a baseband processing unit pool or virtualized. The repeater node may amplify and rebroadcast the radio signal received from the donor node. The relay node may perform the same / similar functions as the repeater node, but may decode the radio signal received from the donor node to eliminate noise before amplifying and rebroadcasting the radio signal.

[0064] The RAN 104 may be deployed as a homogeneous network of macrocell base stations with similar antenna types and similar high levels of transmit power. The RAN 104 may be deployed as a heterogeneous network. In a heterogeneous network, a small cell base station may be used to provide a small coverage area, such as a coverage area that overlaps with a relatively large coverage area provided by a macrocell base station. Small coverage areas may be provided in areas with high data traffic (or so-called "hot spots") or in areas where macrocell coverage is weak. Examples of small cell base stations include, in descending order of coverage area: microcell base stations, picocell base stations, and femtocell base stations or home base stations.

[0065] The Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) was established in 1998 to Figure 1A 3GPP provides global specification standardization for mobile communication networks similar to the mobile communication network 100 in the mobile communication network 100. To date, 3GPP has developed specifications for three generations of mobile networks: the third generation (3G) network known as the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), the fourth generation (4G) network known as the Long Term Evolution (LTE), and the fifth generation (5G) network known as the 5G System (5GS). Embodiments of the present disclosure are described with reference to the RAN of the 3GPP 5G network known as the Next Generation RAN (NG-RAN). These embodiments may be applicable to the RAN of other mobile communication networks, such as Figure 1A The RAN 104 in 5G networks, the RAN of early 3G and 4G networks, and those of yet-to-be-specified future networks (e.g., 3GPP 6G networks). The NG-RAN implements the 5G radio access technology known as New Radio (NR) and may be configured to implement 4G radio access technology or other radio access technologies, including non-3GPP radio access technologies.

[0066] Figure 1B Another exemplary mobile communication network 150 in which embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented is shown. The mobile communication network 150 may be, for example, a PLMN operated by a network operator. Figure 1B As shown in FIG. 1 , the mobile communication network 150 includes a 5G core network (5G-CN) 152, an NG-RAN 154, and UEs 156A and 156B (collectively referred to as UE 156). Figure 1A The corresponding components described are implemented and operate in the same or similar manner.

[0067] 5G-CN 152 provides an interface to one or more DNs, such as a public DN (e.g., the Internet), a private DN, and / or an operator's internal DN, to UE 156. As part of the interface function, 5G-CN 152 may set up an end-to-end connection between UE 156 and the one or more DNs, authenticate UE 156, and provide charging functions. Compared to the CN of the 3GPP 4G network, the basis of 5G-CN152 may be a service-based architecture. This means that the architecture of the nodes constituting 5G-CN 152 may be defined as network functions that provide services to other network functions via interfaces. The network functions of 5G-CN 152 may be implemented in several ways, including as network elements on dedicated or shared hardware, as software instances running on dedicated or shared hardware, or as virtualized functions instantiated on a platform (e.g., a cloud-based platform).

[0068] like Figure 1B As shown, 5G-CN 152 includes an access and mobility management function (AMF) 158A and a user plane function (UPF) 158B. For ease of explanation, Figure 1BThey are shown as one component AMF / UPF 158 in FIG. UPF 158B can act as a gateway between NG-RAN 154 and the one or more DNs. UPF 158B can perform functions such as: packet routing and forwarding, packet inspection and user plane policy rule enforcement, service usage reporting, uplink classification to support routing of service flows to the one or more DNs, user plane quality of service (QoS) processing (e.g., packet filtering, gating, uplink / downlink rate enforcement and uplink service verification), downlink packet buffering and downlink data notification triggering. UPF 158B can act as an anchor point for intra / inter-radio access technology (RAT) mobility, an external protocol (or packet) data unit (PDU) session point interconnected with the one or more DNs, and / or a fulcrum for supporting multi-host PDU sessions. UE 156 can be configured to receive services through a PDU session, which is a logical connection between the UE and the DN.

[0069] The AMF 158A may perform functions such as: non-access stratum (NAS) signaling termination, NAS signaling security, access stratum (AS) security control, inter-CN node signaling for mobility between 3GPP access networks, idle mode UE reachability (e.g., control and execution of paging retransmissions), registration area management, intra-system and inter-system mobility support, access authentication, access authorization including roaming rights verification, mobility management control (subscription and policy), network slicing support and / or session management function (SMF) selection. NAS may refer to functions operating between the CN and the UE, and AS may refer to functions operating between the UE and the RAN.

[0070] 5G-CN 152 may include Figure 1B . For example, 5G-CN 152 may include one or more of the following: session management function (SMF), NR repository function (NRF), policy control function (PCF), network exposure function (NEF), unified data management (UDM), application function (AF) and / or authentication server function (AUSF).

[0071] The NG-RAN 154 may connect the 5G-CN 152 to the UE 156 via radio communications over an air interface. The NG-RAN 154 may include: one or more gNBs, shown as gNB 160A and gNB 160B (collectively referred to as gNB 160); and / or one or more ng-eNBs, shown as ng-eNB 162A and ng-eNB 162B (collectively referred to as ng-eNB 162). The gNB 160 and ng-eNB 162 may be more generally referred to as base stations. The gNB 160 and ng-eNB 162 may include one or more groups of antennas for communicating with the UE 156 over an air interface. For example, one or more gNBs in the gNB 160 and / or one or more ng-eNBs in the ng-eNB 162 may include three groups of antennas to control three cells (or sectors), respectively. The cells of gNB 160 and ng-eNB 162 may together provide radio coverage to UE 156 over a wide geographic area to support UE mobility.

[0072] like Figure 1B As shown in FIG, gNB 160 and / or ng-eNB 162 may be connected to 5G-CN 152 via an NG interface and to other base stations via an Xn interface. The NG and Xn interfaces may be established using a direct physical connection and / or an indirect connection through an underlying transport network such as an Internet Protocol (IP) transport network. gNB 160 and / or ng-eNB 162 may be connected to UE 156 via a Uu interface. For example, Figure 1B As shown in FIG. 1 , gNB 160A may be connected to UE 156A via a Uu interface. NG, Xn, and Uu interfaces are associated with a protocol stack. The protocol stack associated with the interface may be composed of Figure 1B The network elements in a network are used to exchange data and signaling messages and may include two planes: a user plane and a control plane. The user plane may process data that the user is interested in. The control plane may process signaling messages that the network elements are interested in.

[0073] The gNB 160 and / or ng-eNB 162 may be connected to one or more AMF / UPF functions of the 5G-CN 152, such as the AMF / UPF 158, by means of one or more NG interfaces. For example, the gNB 160A may be connected to the UPF 158B of the AMF / UPF 158 by means of a NG user plane (NG-U) interface. The NG-U interface may provide delivery of user plane PDUs (e.g., non-guaranteed delivery) between the gNB 160A and the UPF 158B. The gNB 160A may be connected to the AMF 158A by means of a NG control plane (NG-C) interface. The NG-C interface may provide, for example, NG interface management, UE context management, UE mobility management, delivery of NAS messages, paging, PDU session management, and configuration delivery and / or warning message transmission.

[0074] The gNB 160 may provide NR user plane and control plane protocol terminations to the UE 156 via a Uu interface. For example, the gNB 160A may provide NR user plane and control plane protocol terminations to the UE 156A via a Uu interface associated with the first protocol stack. The ng-eNB 162 may provide Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) user plane and control plane protocol terminations to the UE 156 via a Uu interface, where E-UTRA refers to a 3GPP 4G radio access technology. For example, the ng-eNB 162B may provide E-UTRA user plane and control plane protocol terminations to the UE 156B via a Uu interface associated with the second protocol stack.

[0075] 5G-CN 152 is described as being configured to handle both NR and 4G radio access. One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that it is possible for NR to be connected to a 4G core network in a mode known as "non-standalone operation". In non-standalone operation, the 4G core network is used to provide (or at least support) control plane functions (e.g., initial access, mobility, and paging). Although Figure 1B Only one AMF / UPF 158 is shown in the figure, but a gNB or ng-eNB can be connected to multiple AMF / UPF nodes to provide redundancy and / or load sharing across the multiple AMF / UPF nodes.

[0076] As discussed, Figure 1B The interfaces between network elements in a network (e.g., Uu, Xn, and NG interfaces) may be associated with a protocol stack used by the network elements to exchange data and signaling messages. The protocol stack may include two planes: a user plane and a control plane. The user plane may process data of interest to the user, while the control plane may process signaling messages of interest to the network elements.

[0077] Figure 2A and Figure 2B Examples of NR user plane and NR control plane protocol stacks for the Uu interface between UE 210 and gNB 220 are shown, respectively. Figure 2A and Figure 2B The protocol stack shown in can be used with e.g. Figure 1B The protocol stacks of the Uu interface between UE156A and gNB 160A shown in are the same or similar.

[0078] Figure 2A An NR user plane protocol stack including five layers implemented in a UE 210 and a gNB 220 is shown. At the bottom of the protocol stack, a physical layer (PHY) 211 and 221 may provide transport services to higher layers of the protocol stack and may correspond to layer 1 of the open system interconnection (OSI) model. The next four protocols above the PHY 211 and 221 include a medium access control layer (MAC) 212 and 222, a radio link control layer (RLC) 213 and 223, a packet data convergence protocol layer (PDCP) 214 and 224, and a service data application protocol layer (SDAP) 215 and 225. Together, these four protocols may constitute layer 2 or the data link layer of the OSI model.

[0079] Figure 3 An example of services provided between protocol layers of the NR user plane protocol stack is shown. Figure 2A and Figure 3 Starting from the top of , SDAPs 215 and 225 can perform QoS flow processing. UE 210 can receive services through a PDU session, which can be a logical connection between UE 210 and a DN. A PDU session can have one or more QoS flows. The UPF of the CN (e.g., UPF 158B) can map IP packets to the one or more QoS flows of the PDU session based on QoS requirements (e.g., in terms of delay, data rate, and / or error rate). SDAPs 215 and 225 can perform mapping / demapping between the one or more QoS flows and one or more data radio bearers. The mapping / demapping between the QoS flows and the data radio bearers can be determined by the SDAP 225 at the gNB 220. The SDAP 215 at the UE 210 can learn the mapping between the QoS flows and the data radio bearers through reflective mapping or control signaling received from the gNB 220. For reflective mapping, the SDAP 225 at the gNB 220 may mark downlink packets with a QoS flow indicator (QFI), which may be observed by the SDAP 215 at the UE 210 to determine the mapping / demapping between QoS flows and data radio bearers.

[0080] The PDCP 214 and 224 may perform header compression / decompression to reduce the amount of data that needs to be transmitted over the air interface, may perform encryption / decryption to prevent unauthorized decoding of data transmitted over the air interface, and may perform integrity protection to ensure that control messages originate from the intended source. The PDCP 214 and 224 may perform retransmission of undelivered packets, in-sequence delivery and reordering of packets, and removal of duplicate received packets due to, for example, intra-gNB handovers. The PDCP 214 and 224 may perform packet repetition to increase the likelihood that a packet is received, and remove any duplicate packets at the receiver. Packet repetition may be applicable to services that require high reliability.

[0081] although Figure 3 Not shown, but PDCP 214 and 224 can perform mapping / de-mapping between split radio bearers and RLC channels in a dual connectivity scenario. Dual connectivity is a technology that allows a UE to connect to two cells or more generally to two cell groups: a primary cell group (MCG) and a secondary cell group (SCG). A split bearer is a split bearer when a single radio bearer (such as one of the radio bearers provided by PDCP 214 and 224 as a service to SDAP 215 and 225) is handled by a cell group in dual connectivity. PDCP 214 and 224 can map / demapped split radio bearers between RLC channels belonging to a cell group.

[0082] RLC 213 and 223 can perform segmentation, retransmission through automatic repeat request (ARQ), and removal of duplicate data units received from MAC 212 and 222, respectively. RLC 213 and 223 can support three transmission modes: transparent mode (TM); unacknowledged mode (UM); and acknowledged mode (AM). Based on the transmission mode in which the RLC is operating, the RLC can perform one or more of the functions described. RLC configuration can be based on each logical channel, independent of parameter sets and / or transmission time interval (TTI) duration. As shown in FIG. Figure 3 As shown in FIG. 1 , RLC 213 and 223 may provide RLC channels as services to PDCP 214 and 224, respectively.

[0083] The MAC 212 and 222 may perform multiplexing / demultiplexing of logical channels and / or mapping between logical channels and transport channels. Multiplexing / demultiplexing may include multiplexing / demultiplexing data units belonging to one or more logical channels into / from a transport block (TB) delivered to / from the PHY 211 and 221. The MAC 222 may be configured to perform scheduling, scheduling information reporting, and priority handling between UEs with the aid of dynamic scheduling. Scheduling may be performed in the gNB 220 (at the MAC 222) for downlink and uplink. The MAC 212 and 222 may be configured to perform error correction by hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) (e.g., one HARQ entity per carrier in the case of carrier aggregation (CA)), priority handling between logical channels of the UE 210 with the aid of logical channel prioritization, and / or padding. The MAC 212 and 222 may support one or more parameter sets and / or transmission timings. In an example, mapping restrictions in the logical channel prioritization may control which parameter set and / or transmission timing may be used by a logical channel. like Figure 3 As shown, MAC 212 and 222 may provide logical channels as services to RLC 213 and 223 .

[0084] PHY 211 and 221 can perform mapping of transport channels to physical channels and digital and analog signal processing functions for sending and receiving information over the air interface. These digital and analog signal processing functions may include, for example, encoding / decoding and modulation / demodulation. PHY 211 and 221 can perform multi-antenna mapping. Figure 3 As shown in , PHY 211 and 221 may provide one or more transport channels as a service to MAC 212 and 222 .

[0085] Figure 4A An exemplary downlink data flow through the NR user plane protocol stack is shown. Figure 4A The downlink data flow of three IP packets (n, n+1, and m) flowing through the NR user plane protocol stack to generate two TBs at the gNB 220 is shown. The uplink data flow flowing through the NR user plane protocol stack can be the same as Figure 4A The downlink data flow is similar to that depicted in .

[0086] Figure 4A The downlink data flow of starts when SDAP 225 receives three IP packets from one or more QoS flows and maps the three packets to radio bearers. Figure 4A In the SDAP header (in Figure 4AThe data unit from / to a higher protocol layer is called a service data unit (SDU) of the lower protocol layer, and the data unit to / from a lower protocol layer is called a protocol data unit (PDU) of the higher protocol layer. Figure 4A As shown in , the data unit from SDAP 225 is the SDU of the lower protocol layer PDCP 224 and is the PDU of SDAP 225.

[0087] Figure 4A The remaining protocol layers in can perform their associated functions (e.g., Figure 3 ), add the corresponding headers, and forward their corresponding outputs to the next lower layer. For example, PDCP 224 may perform IP header compression and encryption, and forward its output to RLC 223. RLC 223 may optionally perform segmentation (e.g., Figure 4A 222) and forwards its output to MAC 222. MAC 222 may multiplex many RLC PDUs and may attach MAC subheaders to the RLC PDUs to form a transport block. In NR, MAC subheaders may be distributed throughout the MAC PDU, as shown in FIG. Figure 4A In LTE, the MAC subheader can be located entirely at the beginning of the MAC PDU. The NR MAC PDU structure can reduce processing time and associated latency because the MAC PDU subheader can be calculated before assembling the complete MAC PDU.

[0088] Figure 4B An exemplary format of a MAC subheader in a MAC PDU is shown. The MAC subheader includes: an SDU length field for indicating the length (e.g., in bytes) of the MAC SDU to which the MAC subheader corresponds; a logical channel identifier (LCID) field for identifying the logical channel from which the MAC SDU originates to assist in the demultiplexing process; a flag (F) for indicating the size of the SDU length field; and a reserved bit (R) field for future use.

[0089] Figure 4B Further shown is a MAC Control Element (CE) inserted into the MAC PDU by a MAC (such as MAC 223 or MAC 222). For example, Figure 4B Two MAC CEs are shown inserted into the MAC PDU. Figure 4B) and inserting a MAC CE at the end of a MAC PDU for uplink transmission. MAC CE may be used for in-band control signaling. Exemplary MAC CEs include: scheduling-related MAC CEs, such as buffer status reports and power headroom reports; activation / deactivation MAC CEs, such as those used for PDCP duplicate detection, channel state information (CSI) reporting, sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission, and activation / deactivation of previously configured components; discontinuous reception (DRX)-related MAC CEs; timing advance MAC CEs; and random access-related MAC CEs. A MAC subheader having a format similar to that described for a MAC SDU may be present before the MAC CE, and the MAC CE may be identified with a reserved value in the LCID field that indicates the type of control information included in the MAC CE.

[0090] Before describing the NR control plane protocol stack, the mapping between logical channels, transport channels, and physical channels and channel types is first described. One or more of these channels can be used to perform functions associated with the NR control plane protocol stack described later below.

[0091] Figure 5A and Figure 5B The mapping between logical channels, transport channels and physical channels is shown for downlink and uplink respectively. Information is passed through channels between RLC, MAC and PHY of the NR protocol stack. Logical channels can be used between RLC and MAC and can be classified as control channels that carry control and configuration information in the NR control plane, or as traffic channels that carry data in the NR user plane. Logical channels can be classified as dedicated logical channels dedicated to a specific UE, or as common logical channels that can be used by more than one UE. Logical channels can also be defined by the type of information they carry. The set of logical channels defined by NR includes, for example:

[0092] - Paging Control Channel (PCCH), which is used to carry paging messages used to page UEs whose location is unknown to the network at the cell level;

[0093] - Broadcast Control Channel (BCCH), which is used to carry system information messages in the form of a Master Information Block (MIB) and several System Information Blocks (SIBs), which can be used by UEs to obtain information about how a cell is configured and how it operates within the cell;

[0094] - Common Control Channel (CCCH), which is used to carry control messages and random access;

[0095] - a dedicated control channel (DCCH) used to carry control messages to / from a specific UE to configure the UE; and

[0096] - Dedicated Traffic Channel (DTCH), which is used to carry user data to / from a specific UE.

[0097] Transport channels are used between the MAC layer and the PHY layer and can be defined by how the information they carry is transmitted over the air interface. The set of transport channels defined by NR includes, for example:

[0098] - Paging Channel (PCH), which is used to carry paging messages originating from PCCH;

[0099] - Broadcast Channel (BCH), which is used to carry the MIB from the BCCH;

[0100] - Downlink Shared Channel (DL-SCH), which is used to carry downlink data and signaling messages, including SIBs from BCCH;

[0101] - Uplink Shared Channel (UL-SCH), which is used to carry uplink data and signaling messages; and

[0102] - Random Access Channel (RACH), which is used to allow a UE to contact the network without any previous scheduling.

[0103] The PHY may use physical channels to pass information between processing levels of the PHY. A physical channel may have a set of associated time-frequency resources for carrying information of one or more transport channels. The PHY may generate control information to support low-level operation of the PHY and provide control information to lower levels of the PHY via physical control channels (referred to as L1 / L2 control channels). The set of physical channels and physical control channels defined by NR includes, for example:

[0104] - Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH), which is used to carry the MIB from the BCH;

[0105] - Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), which is used to carry downlink data and signaling messages from DL-SCH and paging messages from PCH;

[0106] - Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), which is used to carry downlink control information (DCI), which may include downlink scheduling commands, uplink scheduling grants, and uplink power control commands;

[0107] - Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), which is used to carry uplink data and signaling messages from the UL-SCH, and in some cases uplink control information (UCI) as described below;

[0108] - Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), which is used to carry UCI, which may include HARQ acknowledgment, channel quality indicator (CQI), precoding matrix indicator (PMI), rank indicator (RI) and scheduling request (SR); and

[0109] - Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH), which is used for random access.

[0110] Similar to the physical control channel, the physical layer generates physical signals to support the lower-level operations of the physical layer. Figure 5A and Figure 5B As shown in , the physical layer signals defined by NR include: primary synchronization signal (PSS), secondary synchronization signal (SSS), channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), demodulation reference signal (DMRS), sounding reference signal (SRS) and phase tracking reference signal (PT-RS). These physical layer signals will be described in more detail below.

[0111] Figure 2B An exemplary NR control plane protocol stack is shown. Figure 2B As shown in , the NR control plane protocol stack may use the same / similar first four protocol layers as the exemplary NR user plane protocol stack. These four protocol layers include PHY 211 and 221, MAC 212 and 222, RLC 213 and 223, and PDCP 214 and 224. Instead of having SDAP 215 and 225 at the top of the stack as in the NR user plane protocol stack, the NR control plane protocol stack instead has radio resource control (RRC) 216 and 226 and NAS protocols 217 and 237 at the top of the NR control plane protocol stack.

[0112] The NAS protocols 217 and 237 may provide control plane functions between the UE 210 and the AMF 230 (e.g., AMF 158A) or more generally between the UE 210 and the CN. The NAS protocols 217 and 237 may provide control plane functions between the UE 210 and the AMF 230 via signaling messages referred to as NAS messages. There is no direct path between the UE 210 and the AMF 230 through which NAS messages may be transmitted. NAS messages may be transmitted using the AS of the Uu and NG interfaces. The NAS protocols 217 and 237 may provide control plane functions such as authentication, security, connection setup, mobility management, and session management.

[0113] The RRCs 216 and 226 may provide control plane functions between the UE 210 and the gNB 220 or more generally between the UE 210 and the RAN. The RRCs 216 and 226 may provide control plane functions between the UE 210 and the gNB 220 via signaling messages referred to as RRC messages. The RRC messages may be transported between the UE 210 and the RAN using signaling radio bearers and the same / similar PDCP, RLC, MAC, and PHY protocol layers. The MAC may multiplex control plane and user plane data into the same transport block (TB). The RRC 216 and 226 may provide control plane functions such as: broadcast of system information related to AS and NAS; paging initiated by CN or RAN; establishment, maintenance, and release of an RRC connection between UE 210 and RAN; security functions including key management; establishment, configuration, maintenance, and release of signaling radio bearers and data radio bearers; mobility functions; QoS management functions; UE measurement reporting and control of the reporting; detection of radio link failure (RLF) and recovery from radio link failure; and / or NAS messaging. As part of establishing an RRC connection, the RRC 216 and 226 may establish an RRC context, which may involve configuring parameters for communication between the UE 210 and the RAN.

[0114] Figure 6 is an example diagram showing the RRC state transition of the UE. The UE can Figure 1A The wireless device 106 depicted in Figure 2A and Figure 2B The UE 210 depicted in FIG. 1 and any other wireless device described in the present disclosure may be the same or similar. Figure 6 As shown in , the UE may be in at least one of three RRC states: RRC connected 602 (eg, RRC_CONNECTED), RRC idle 604 (eg, RRC_IDLE), and RRC inactive 606 (eg, RRC_INACTIVE).

[0115] In RRC connection 602, the UE has an established RRC context and may have at least one RRC connection with a base station. The base station may be similar to one of the following: Figure 1A The one or more base stations included in the RAN 104 depicted in FIG. Figure 1B One of the gNB 160 or ng-eNB 162 depicted in FIG. Figure 2A and Figure 2BgNB220 depicted in ; or any other base station described in the present disclosure. A base station connected to a UE may have an RRC context for the UE. The RRC context, referred to as the UE context, may include parameters for communication between the UE and the base station. These parameters may include, for example: one or more AS contexts; one or more radio link configuration parameters; bearer configuration information (e.g., involving data radio bearers, signaling radio bearers, logical channels, QoS flows and / or PDU sessions); security information; and / or PHY, MAC, RLC, PDCP and / or SDAP layer configuration information. When in RRC connection 602, the mobility of the UE may be managed by the RAN (e.g., RAN 104 or NG-RAN 154). The UE may measure signal levels (e.g., reference signal levels) from a serving cell and neighboring cells, and report these measurements to the base station currently serving the UE. The UE's serving base station may request handover to a cell of one of the neighboring base stations based on the reported measurements. The RRC state may transition from RRC connected 602 to RRC idle 604 via a connection release procedure 608 , or to RRC inactive 606 via a connection deactivation procedure 610 .

[0116] In RRC idle 604, an RRC context may not be established for the UE. In RRC idle 604, the UE may not have an RRC connection with a base station. When in RRC idle 604, the UE may be in a sleep state for most of the time (e.g., to save battery power). The UE may wake up periodically (e.g., once in each discontinuous reception cycle) to monitor paging messages from the RAN. The mobility of the UE may be managed by the UE through a procedure known as cell reselection. The RRC state may transition from RRC idle 604 to RRC connected 602 through a connection establishment procedure 612, which may involve a random access procedure, as discussed in more detail below.

[0117] In RRC Inactive 606, the previously established RRC context is maintained in the UE and the base station. This allows a quick transition to RRC Connected 602 with reduced signaling overhead compared to the transition from RRC Idle 604 to RRC Connected 602. While in RRC Inactive 606, the UE may be in a sleep state, and the mobility of the UE may be managed by the UE through cell reselection. The RRC state may transition from RRC Inactive 606 to RRC Connected 602 through a Connection Resumption Procedure 614, or to RRC Idle 604 through a Connection Release Procedure 616, which may be the same or similar to the Connection Release Procedure 608.

[0118] The RRC state may be associated with a mobility management mechanism. In RRC idle 604 and RRC inactive 606, mobility is managed by the UE through cell reselection. The purpose of mobility management in RRC idle 604 and RRC inactive 606 is to allow the network to notify the UE of an event via a paging message without broadcasting the paging message over the entire mobile communication network. The mobility management mechanism used in RRC idle 604 and RRC inactive 606 may allow the network to track the UE at a cell group level, so that the paging message may be broadcast over a cell in the cell group in which the UE currently resides instead of over the entire mobile communication network. The mobility management mechanism used for RRC idle 604 and RRC inactive 606 tracks the UE at a cell group level. These mobility management mechanisms may do so using groups of different granularities. For example, there may be three levels of cell grouping granularity: a single cell; a cell within a RAN area identified by a RAN area identifier (RAI); and a cell within a group of RAN areas referred to as tracking areas and identified by a tracking area identifier (TAI).

[0119] Tracking areas may be used to track UEs at the CN level. A CN (e.g., CN 102 or 5G-CN 152) may provide a list of TAIs associated with UE registration areas to a UE. If a UE moves through cell reselection to a cell associated with a TAI that is not included in the list of TAIs associated with a UE registration area, the UE may perform a registration update with the CN to allow the CN to update the UE's location and provide the UE with a new UE registration area.

[0120] The RAN area may be used to track the UE at the RAN level. For a UE in the RRC inactive 606 state, a RAN notification area may be assigned to the UE. The RAN notification area may include one or more cell identities, a list of RAIs, or a list of TAIs. In an example, a base station may belong to one or more RAN notification areas. In an example, a cell may belong to one or more RAN notification areas. If the UE moves to a cell not included in the RAN notification area assigned to the UE through cell reselection, the UE may perform a notification area update on the RAN to update the RAN notification area of ​​the UE.

[0121] The base station storing the RRC context for the UE or the last serving base station of the UE may be referred to as the anchor base station. The anchor base station may maintain the RRC context for the UE at least during the period of time that the UE remains in the RAN notification area of ​​the anchor base station and / or during the period of time that the UE remains in RRC inactivity 606.

[0122] gNBs, such as Figure 1BThe gNB 160 in the embodiment of the present invention can be divided into two parts: a central unit (gNB-CU) and one or more distributed units (gNB-DU). The gNB-CU can be coupled to one or more gNB-DUs using the F1 interface. The gNB-CU may include RRC, PDCP, and SDAP. The gNB-DU may include RLC, MAC, and PHY.

[0123] In NR, physical signals and physical channels (about Figure 5A and Figure 5B Discussed) can be mapped onto orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols. OFDM is a multi-carrier communication scheme that transmits data through F orthogonal subcarriers (or tones). Before transmission, the data can be mapped to a series of complex symbols called source symbols (e.g., M-quadrature amplitude modulation (M-QAM) symbols or M-phase shift keying (M-PSK) symbols) and divided into F parallel symbol streams. The F parallel symbol streams can be treated as if they are in the frequency domain and used as input to the inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) block that transforms them into the time domain. The IFFT block can take F source symbols at a time (one source symbol from each of the F parallel symbol streams), and use each source symbol to modulate the amplitude and phase of one of the F sinusoidal basis functions corresponding to the F orthogonal subcarriers. The output of the IFFT block can be F time domain samples representing the sum of the F orthogonal subcarriers. The F time domain samples can form a single OFDM symbol. After some processing (e.g., addition of a cyclic prefix) and up-conversion, the OFDM symbols provided by the IFFT block can be transmitted over the air interface at the carrier frequency. The F parallel symbol streams can be mixed using the FFT block before being processed by the IFFT block. This operation produces a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) precoded OFDM symbol and can be used by the UE in the uplink to reduce the peak to average power ratio (PAPR). The FFT block can be used to perform inverse processing on the OFDM symbol at the receiver to restore the data mapped to the source symbol.

[0124] Figure 7 An exemplary configuration of an NR frame into which OFDM symbols are grouped is shown. An NR frame may be identified by a system frame number (SFN). The SFN may be repeated with a period of 1024 frames. As shown, a NR frame may have a duration of 10 milliseconds (ms) and may include 10 subframes of duration 1 ms. A subframe may be divided into time slots that include, for example, 14 OFDM symbols per time slot.

[0125] The duration of a time slot may depend on the parameter set of the OFDM symbol used for the time slot. In NR, flexible parameter sets are supported to accommodate different cell deployments (e.g., cells with carrier frequencies below 1 GHz, up to cells with carrier frequencies in the mm-wave range). Parameter sets may be defined in terms of subcarrier spacing and cyclic prefix duration. For parameter sets in NR, the subcarrier spacing may be scaled up by powers of two from a baseline subcarrier spacing of 15 kHz, and the cyclic prefix duration may be scaled down by powers of two from a baseline cyclic prefix duration of 4.7 μs. For example, NR defines parameter sets with the following subcarrier spacing / cyclic prefix duration combinations: 15 kHz / 4.7 μs; 30 kHz / 2.3 μs; 60 kHz / 1.2 μs; 120 kHz / 0.59 μs; and 240 kHz / 0.29 μs.

[0126] A slot may have a fixed number of OFDM symbols (eg, 14 OFDM symbols). Parameter sets with higher subcarrier spacing have shorter slot durations and correspondingly more slots per subframe. Figure 7 The transmission structure of the time slot duration and each subframe time slot associated with the parameter set is shown (for ease of explanation, Figure 7 Parameter sets with subcarrier spacing of 240kHz are not shown in Figure 1). Subframes in NR can be used as a time reference independent of the parameter set, while slots can be used as the unit for scheduling uplink and downlink transmissions. To support low latency, scheduling in NR can be decoupled from the slot duration and start at any OFDM symbol and continue to transmit as many symbols as needed. These partial slot transmissions can be called mini-slots or sub-slot transmissions.

[0127] Figure 8 An exemplary configuration of a time slot in the time and frequency domain of an NR carrier is shown. The time slot includes a resource element (RE) and a resource block (RB). RE is the smallest physical resource in NR. RE spans one OFDM symbol in the time domain through one subcarrier in the frequency domain, such as Figure 8 As shown in Figure 1. RB spans twelve consecutive REs in the frequency domain, as Figure 8 As shown. The NR carrier can be limited to a width of 275RB or 275×12=3300 subcarriers. If this restriction is used, the NR carrier can be limited to 50MHz, 100MHz, 200MHz and 400MHz for subcarrier spacings of 15kHz, 30kHz, 60kHz and 120kHz, respectively, where the 400MHz bandwidth can be set based on the 400MHz bandwidth limit per carrier.

[0128] Figure 8A single parameter set is shown used across the entire bandwidth of the NR carrier. In other example configurations, multiple parameter sets may be supported on the same carrier.

[0129] NR may support wide carrier bandwidths (e.g., up to 400 MHz for a subcarrier spacing of 120 kHz). Not all UEs may be able to receive the full carrier bandwidth (e.g., due to hardware limitations). Moreover, receiving the full carrier bandwidth may be prohibitive in terms of UE power consumption. In an example, to reduce power consumption and / or for other purposes, the UE may adapt the size of the UE's receive bandwidth based on the amount of traffic the UE plans to receive. This is referred to as bandwidth adaptation.

[0130] NR defines bandwidth parts (BWPs) to support UEs that cannot receive the full carrier bandwidth and supports bandwidth adaptation. In an example, a BWP may be defined by a subset of contiguous RBs on a carrier. The UE may be configured (e.g., via the RRC layer) with one or more downlink BWPs and one or more uplink BWPs per serving cell (e.g., up to four downlink BWPs and up to four uplink BWPs per serving cell). At a given time, one or more of the configured BWPs for the serving cell may be active. The one or more BWPs may be referred to as the active BWP of the serving cell. When a serving cell is configured with a secondary uplink carrier, the serving cell may have one or more first active BWPs in the uplink carrier and one or more second active BWPs in the secondary uplink carrier.

[0131] For unpaired spectrum, a downlink BWP from a set of configured downlink BWPs may be linked with an uplink BWP from a set of configured uplink BWPs if the downlink BWP index of the downlink BWP is the same as the uplink BWP index of the uplink BWP. For unpaired spectrum, the UE may expect the center frequency of the downlink BWP to be the same as the center frequency of the uplink BWP.

[0132] For a downlink BWP in a set of configured downlink BWPs on a primary cell (PCell), the base station may configure a UE with one or more control resource sets (CORESETs) for at least one search space. A search space is a set of locations in the time and frequency domain where a UE can look for control information. A search space may be a UE-specific search space or a common search space (potentially usable by multiple UEs). For example, a base station may configure a common search space for a UE on a PCell or a primary secondary cell (PSCell) in an active downlink BWP.

[0133] For an uplink BWP in the set of configured uplink BWPs, the BS may configure one or more resource sets for one or more PUCCH transmissions for the UE. The UE may receive downlink receptions (e.g., PDCCH or PDSCH) in the downlink BWP according to the configured parameter set (e.g., subcarrier spacing and cyclic prefix duration) for the downlink BWP. The UE may transmit uplink transmissions (e.g., PUCCH or PUSCH) in the uplink BWP according to the configured parameter set (e.g., subcarrier spacing and cyclic prefix length of the uplink BWP).

[0134] One or more BWP indicator fields may be provided in downlink control information (DCI). The value of the BWP indicator field may indicate which BWP in a set of configured BWPs is the active downlink BWP for one or more downlink receptions. The value of the one or more BWP indicator fields may indicate the active uplink BWP for one or more uplink transmissions.

[0135] The base station may semi-statically configure a default downlink BWP for the UE within the set of configured downlink BWPs associated with the PCell. If the base station does not provide a default downlink BWP to the UE, the default downlink BWP may be the initial active downlink BWP. The UE may determine which BWP is the initial active downlink BWP based on the CORESET configuration obtained using the PBCH.

[0136] The base station may configure the BWP inactivity timer value for the PCell for the UE. The UE may start or restart the BWP inactivity timer at any appropriate time. For example, the UE may start or restart the BWP inactivity timer in the following circumstances: (a) when the UE detects a DCI indicating an active downlink BWP other than the default downlink BWP for paired spectrum operation; or (b) when the UE detects a DCI indicating an active downlink BWP or an active uplink BWP other than the default downlink BWP or uplink BWP for unpaired spectrum operation. If the UE does not detect the DCI within a time interval (e.g., 1 ms or 0.5 ms), the UE may run the BWP inactivity timer towards expiration (e.g., an increment from zero to the BWP inactivity timer value, or a decrement from the BWP inactivity timer value to zero). When the BWP inactivity timer expires, the UE may switch from the active downlink BWP to the default downlink BWP.

[0137] In an example, the base station may semi-statically configure the UE with one or more BWPs. The UE may switch the active BWP from the first BWP to the second BWP in response to receiving a DCI indicating that the second BWP is the active BWP and / or in response to expiration of a BWP inactivity timer (e.g., when the second BWP is the default BWP).

[0138] Downlink and uplink BWP switching can be performed independently in paired spectrum (where BWP switching refers to switching from a currently active BWP to a non-currently active BWP). In unpaired spectrum, downlink and uplink BWP switching can be performed simultaneously. Switching between configured BWPs can occur based on RRC signaling, DCI, expiration of a BWP inactivity timer, and / or initiation of random access.

[0139] Fig. 9 An example of bandwidth adaptation using three configured BWPs of an NR carrier is shown. A UE configured with the three BWPs can switch from one BWP to another at a switching point. Fig. 9 In the example shown, the BWPs include: BWP 902, which has a bandwidth of 40 MHz and a subcarrier spacing of 15 kHz; BWP 904, which has a bandwidth of 10 MHz and a subcarrier spacing of 15 kHz; and BWP 906, which has a bandwidth of 20 MHz and a subcarrier spacing of 60 kHz. BWP 902 may be the initial active BWP, and BWP 904 may be the default BWP. The UE may switch between BWPs at a switching point. Fig. 9 904. In the example of FIG. 906, the UE may switch from BWP 902 to BWP 904 at switch point 908. The switch at switch point 908 may occur for any suitable reason, such as in response to expiration of a BWP inactivity timer (indicating a switch to a default BWP) and / or in response to receiving a DCI indicating that BWP 904 is an active BWP. The UE may switch from active BWP 904 to BWP 906 at switch point 910 in response to receiving a DCI indicating that BWP 906 is an active BWP. The UE may switch from active BWP 906 to BWP 904 at switch point 912 in response to expiration of a BWP inactivity timer and / or in response to receiving a DCI indicating that BWP 904 is an active BWP. The UE may switch from active BWP 904 to BWP 902 at switch point 914 in response to receiving a DCI indicating that BWP 902 is an active BWP.

[0140] If the UE is configured for a secondary cell with a default downlink BWP and timer values ​​from the set of configured downlink BWPs, the UE procedures for switching the BWP on the secondary cell may be the same / similar to those on the primary cell. For example, the UE may use the timer values ​​and default downlink BWP for the secondary cell in the same / similar manner as the UE would use these values ​​for the primary cell.

[0141] To provide higher data rates, two or more carriers may be aggregated and transmitted to / from the same UE simultaneously using carrier aggregation (CA). The aggregated carriers in CA may be referred to as component carriers (CC). When CA is used, there are many serving cells for the UE, one serving cell per CC. CCs may have three configurations in the frequency domain.

[0142] Fig. 10A Three CA configurations with two CCs are shown. In the intra-band contiguous configuration 1002, the two CCs are aggregated in the same frequency band (Band A) and are located directly adjacent to each other in the frequency band. In the intra-band non-contiguous configuration 1004, the two CCs are aggregated in the same frequency band (Band A) and are separated by a gap in the frequency band. In the inter-band configuration 1006, the two CCs are located in the frequency bands (Band A and Band B).

[0143] In an example, up to 32 CCs may be aggregated. Aggregated CCs may have the same or different bandwidths, subcarrier spacings, and / or duplex schemes (TDD or FDD). A serving cell for a UE using CA may have a downlink CC. For FDD, one or more uplink CCs may optionally be configured for the serving cell. For example, the ability to aggregate more downlink carriers than uplink carriers may be useful when the UE has more data traffic in the downlink than in the uplink.

[0144] When CA is used, one of the aggregated cells for the UE may be referred to as a primary cell (PCell). The PCell may be a serving cell to which the UE initially connects at RRC connection establishment, reestablishment and / or handover. The PCell may provide NAS mobility information and security input to the UE. The UE may have different PCells. In the downlink, the carrier corresponding to the PCell may be referred to as a downlink primary CC (DL PCC). In the uplink, the carrier corresponding to the PCell may be referred to as an uplink primary CC (UL PCC). Other aggregated cells for the UE may be referred to as secondary cells (SCells). In an example, the SCell may be configured after the PCell is configured for the UE. For example, the SCell may be configured via an RRC connection reconfiguration procedure. In the downlink, the carrier corresponding to the SCell may be referred to as a downlink secondary CC (DL SCC). In the uplink, the carrier corresponding to the SCell may be referred to as an uplink secondary CC (UL SCC).

[0145] The configured SCell for a UE can be activated and deactivated based on, for example, traffic and channel conditions. Deactivation of an SCell can mean stopping PDCCH and PDSCH reception on the SCell, and stopping PUSCH, SRS, and CQI transmission on the SCell. Figure 4B The MAC CE may be used to activate and deactivate the configured SCells. For example, the MAC CE may use a bitmap (e.g., one bit per SCell) to indicate which SCells (e.g., in a subset of configured SCells) are activated or deactivated for the UE. The configured SCells may be deactivated in response to the expiration of an SCell deactivation timer (e.g., one SCell deactivation timer per SCell).

[0146] The downlink control information of a cell (such as scheduling assignments and scheduling grants) can be transmitted on the cell corresponding to the assignment and grant, which is called self-scheduling. The DCI of a cell can be transmitted on another cell, which is called cross-carrier scheduling. Uplink control information for aggregated cells (e.g., HARQ confirmation and channel state feedback, such as CQI, PMI and / or RI) can be transmitted on the PUCCH of the PCell. For a large number of aggregated downlink CCs, the PUCCH of the PCell may become overloaded. The cell can be divided into multiple PUCCH groups.

[0147] Fig. 10B An example of how aggregated cells can be configured into one or more PUCCH groups is shown. PUCCH group 1010 and PUCCH group 1050 may include one or more downlink CCs, respectively. Fig. 10B, PUCCH group 1010 includes three downlink CCs: PCell 1011, SCell 1012, and SCell 1013. PUCCH group 1050 includes three downlink CCs: PCell 1051, SCell 1052, and SCell 1053 in this example. One or more uplink CCs may be configured as PCell 1021, SCell 1022, and SCell 1023. One or more other uplink CCs may be configured as primary Scell ​​(PSCell) 1061, SCell 1062, and SCell 1063. Uplink control information (UCI) related to the downlink CCs of PUCCH group 1010 (shown as UCI 1031, UCI 1032, and UCI 1033) may be transmitted in the uplink of PCell 1021. Uplink control information (UCI) related to the downlink CCs of PUCCH group 1050 (shown as UCI 1071, UCI 1072, and UCI 1073) may be transmitted in the uplink of PSCell 1061. In the example, if Fig. 10B If the aggregated cell depicted in FIG. 1 is not divided into PUCCH group 1010 and PUCCH group 1050 , a single uplink PCell transmits UCI associated with a downlink CC, and the PCell may become overloaded. By dividing the transmission of UCI between PCell 1021 and PSCell 1061 , overload can be prevented.

[0148] A physical cell ID and a cell index may be assigned to a cell comprising a downlink carrier and an optional uplink carrier. The physical cell ID or cell index may identify a downlink carrier and / or an uplink carrier of a cell, for example, depending on the context in which the physical cell ID is used. The physical cell ID may be determined using a synchronization signal transmitted on a downlink component carrier. The cell index may be determined using an RRC message. In the present disclosure, the physical cell ID may be referred to as a carrier ID, and the cell index may be referred to as a carrier index. For example, when the present disclosure relates to a first physical cell ID of a first downlink carrier, the present disclosure may mean that the first physical cell ID is used for a cell comprising the first downlink carrier. The same / similar concepts may apply, for example, to carrier activation. When the present disclosure indicates that a first carrier is activated, the present specification may mean that a cell comprising the first carrier is activated.

[0149] In CA, the multi-carrier nature of the PHY can be exposed to the MAC. In an example, the HARQ entity can operate on the serving cell. A transport block can be generated based on the assignment / grant of each serving cell. A transport block and potential HARQ retransmissions of the transport block can be mapped to a serving cell.

[0150] In the downlink, the base station may transmit (e.g., unicast, multicast and / or broadcast) one or more reference signals (RS) to the UE (e.g., PSS, SSS, CSI-RS, DMRS and / or PT-RS, such as Figure 5A In the uplink, the UE may transmit one or more RSs to the base station (e.g., DMRS, PT-RS, and / or SRS, as shown in FIG. Figure 5B ). The PSS and SSS may be transmitted by a base station and used by a UE to synchronize the UE with the base station. The PSS and SSS may be provided in a synchronization signal (SS) / physical broadcast channel (PBCH) block that includes the PSS, SSS, and PBCH. The base station may periodically transmit bursts of SS / PBCH blocks.

[0151] Fig.11A An example of the structure and location of SS / PBCH blocks is shown. A burst of SS / PBCH blocks may include one or more SS / PBCH blocks (e.g., 4 SS / PBCH blocks, such as Fig.11A As shown). Bursts may be transmitted periodically (e.g., every 2 frames or 20 ms). Bursts may be limited to half a frame (e.g., the first half frame with a duration of 5 ms). It should be understood that Fig.11A are examples, and these parameters (number of SS / PBCH blocks per burst, periodicity of bursts, burst position within a frame) may be configured based on, for example: the carrier frequency of the cell in which the SS / PBCH blocks are transmitted; a parameter set or subcarrier spacing for the cell; configuration by the network (e.g., using RRC signaling); or any other suitable factor. In an example, the UE may assume the subcarrier spacing of the SS / PBCH blocks based on the carrier frequency being monitored unless the radio network configures the UE to assume a different subcarrier spacing.

[0152] The SS / PBCH block may span one or more OFDM symbols in the time domain (e.g., 4 OFDM symbols, such as Fig.11A ) and may span one or more subcarriers in the frequency domain (e.g., 240 consecutive subcarriers). The PSS, SSS, and PBCH may have a common center frequency. The PSS may be transmitted first and may span, for example, 1 OFDM symbol and 127 subcarriers. The SSS may be transmitted after the PSS (e.g., two symbols later) and may span 1 OFDM symbol and 127 subcarriers. The PBCH may be transmitted after the PSS (e.g., spanning the next 3 OFDM symbols) and may span 240 subcarriers.

[0153] The UE may not know the location of the SS / PBCH blocks in the time and frequency domains (for example, when the UE is searching for cells). In order to find and select a cell, the UE may monitor the carrier of the PSS. For example, the UE may monitor the frequency position within the carrier. If the PSS is not found after a certain duration (for example, 20ms), the UE may search for the PSS at different frequency positions within the carrier, as indicated by the synchronization raster. If the PSS is found at a certain position in the time and frequency domains, the UE may determine the location of the SSS and PBCH based on the known structure of the SS / PBCH block, respectively. The SS / PBCH block may be a cell definition SS block (CD-SSB). In an example, a primary cell may be associated with a CD-SSB. The CD-SSB may be located on a synchronization raster. In an example, cell selection / search and / or reselection may be based on the CD-SSB.

[0154] The SS / PBCH block may be used by the UE to determine one or more parameters of the cell. For example, the UE may determine the physical cell identifier (PCI) of the cell based on the sequence of the PSS and SSS, respectively. The UE may determine the location of the frame boundary of the cell based on the location of the SS / PBCH block. For example, the SS / PBCH block may indicate that it has been transmitted according to a transmission pattern in which the SS / PBCH block in the transmission pattern is a known distance from the frame boundary.

[0155] The PBCH may use QPSK modulation and may use forward error correction (FEC). FEC may use polarity coding. One or more symbols spanned by the PBCH may carry one or more DMRS for demodulating the PBCH. The PBCH may include an indication of the current system frame number (SFN) of the cell and / or an SS / PBCH block timing index. These parameters may contribute to the time synchronization of the UE with the base station. The PBCH may include a master information block (MIB) for providing one or more parameters to the UE. The MIB may be used by the UE to locate the remaining minimum system information (RMSI) associated with the cell. The RMSI may include a system information block type 1 (SIB1). SIB1 may contain information required for the UE to access the cell. The UE may use one or more parameters of the MIB to monitor the PDCCH that may be used to schedule the PDSCH. The PDSCH may include SIB1. SIB1 may be decoded using the parameters provided in the MIB. The PBCH may indicate that SIB1 does not exist. Based on the PBCH indicating that SIB1 does not exist, the UE may point to a frequency. The UE may search for SS / PBCH blocks at the frequency to which the UE is pointing.

[0156] The UE may assume that one or more SS / PBCH blocks transmitted with the same SS / PBCH block index are quasi-co-located (QCLed) (e.g., having the same / similar Doppler spread, Doppler shift, average gain, average delay and / or spatial Rx parameters). The UE may not assume QCL for SS / PBCH block transmissions with different SS / PBCH block indices.

[0157] SS / PBCH blocks (e.g., those within a half-frame) may be transmitted in spatial directions (e.g., using different beams across the coverage area of ​​a cell). In an example, a first SS / PBCH block may be transmitted in a first spatial direction using a first beam, and a second SS / PBCH block may be transmitted in a second spatial direction using a second beam.

[0158] In an example, within a frequency range of a carrier, a base station may transmit multiple SS / PBCH blocks. In an example, a first PCI of a first SS / PBCH block of the multiple SS / PBCH blocks may be different from a second PCI of a second SS / PBCH block of the multiple SS / PBCH blocks. PCIs of SS / PBCH blocks transmitted in different frequency positions may be different or the same.

[0159] The CSI-RS may be transmitted by a base station and used by a UE to obtain channel state information (CSI). The base station may configure the UE with one or more CSI-RS for channel estimation or any other suitable purpose. The base station may configure the UE with one or more CSI-RSs of the same / similar CSI-RS. The UE may measure the one or more CSI-RSs. The UE may estimate the downlink channel state and / or generate a CSI report based on the measurement of the one or more downlink CSI-RSs. The UE may provide the CSI report to the base station. The base station may use the feedback provided by the UE (e.g., the estimated downlink channel state) to perform link adaptation.

[0160] The base station may semi-statically configure the UE with one or more CSI-RS resource sets. The CSI-RS resources may be associated with positions and periodicity in the time and frequency domains. The base station may selectively activate and / or deactivate CSI-RS resources. The base station may indicate to the UE that the CSI-RS resources in the CSI-RS resource set are activated and / or deactivated.

[0161] The base station can configure the UE to report CSI measurement values. The base station can configure the UE to provide CSI reports periodically, aperiodically, or semi-persistently. For periodic CSI reporting, the UE can be configured with the timing and / or period of multiple CSI reports. For aperiodic CSI reporting, the base station can request a CSI report. For example, the base station can command the UE to measure the configured CSI-RS resources and provide a CSI report related to the measurement value. For semi-persistent CSI reporting, the base station can configure the UE to transmit periodically and selectively activate or deactivate periodic reporting. The base station can configure the UE with a CSI-RS resource set and CSI reporting using RRC signaling.

[0162] The CSI-RS configuration may include one or more parameters indicating, for example, up to 32 antenna ports. The UE may be configured to employ the same OFDM symbol for downlink CSI-RS and control resource set (CORESET) when the downlink CSI-RS and CORESET are spatially QCLed and the resource elements associated with the downlink CSI-RS are outside the physical resource blocks (PRBs) configured for the CORESET. The UE may be configured to employ the same OFDM symbol for downlink CSI-RS and SS / PBCH blocks when the downlink CSI-RS and SS / PBCH blocks are spatially QCLed and the resource elements associated with the downlink CSI-RS are outside the PRBs configured for the SS / PBCH blocks.

[0163] Downlink DMRS can be transmitted by the base station and used by the UE for channel estimation. For example, the downlink DMRS can be used for consistent demodulation of one or more downlink physical channels (e.g., PDSCH). The NR network can support one or more variable and / or configurable DMRS modes for data demodulation. At least one downlink DMRS configuration can support a frontload DMRS mode. The frontload DMRS can be mapped on one or more OFDM symbols (e.g., one or two adjacent OFDM symbols). The base station can semi-statically configure the UE with the number (e.g., maximum number) of frontload DMRS symbols for PDSCH. The DMRS configuration can support one or more DMRS ports. For example, for single-user MIMO, the DMRS configuration can support up to eight orthogonal downlink DMRS ports per UE. For multi-user MIMO, the DMRS configuration can support up to 4 orthogonal downlink DMRS ports per UE. The radio network may (e.g., at least for CP-OFDM) support a common DMRS structure for downlink and uplink, where the DMRS position, DMRS pattern and / or scrambling sequence may be the same or different. The base station may transmit the downlink DMRS and the corresponding PDSCH using the same precoding matrix. The UE may use the one or more downlink DMRS to perform consistent demodulation / channel estimation on the PDSCH.

[0164] In an example, a transmitter (e.g., a base station) may use a precoder matrix for a portion of a transmission bandwidth. For example, the transmitter may use a first precoder matrix for a first bandwidth and a second precoder matrix for a second bandwidth. The first precoder matrix and the second precoder matrix may be different based on the first bandwidth being different from the second bandwidth. The UE may assume that the same precoding matrix is ​​used throughout a set of PRBs. The set of PRBs may be represented as a precoding resource block group (PRG).

[0165] The PDSCH may include one or more layers. The UE may assume that at least one symbol with DMRS is present on a layer in the one or more layers of the PDSCH. The higher layers may configure up to 3 DMRS for the PDSCH.

[0166] The downlink PT-RS may be transmitted by a base station and used by a UE for phase noise compensation. Whether a downlink PT-RS exists may depend on an RRC configuration. The presence and / or type of a downlink PT-RS may be configured based on a UE-specific configuration using a combination of RRC signaling and / or an association with one or more parameters for other purposes (e.g., a modulation and coding scheme (MCS)) that may be indicated by a DCI. When configured, the dynamic presence of a downlink PT-RS may be associated with one or more DCI parameters including at least an MCS. The NR network may support multiple PT-RS densities defined in the time / frequency domain. When present, the frequency domain density may be associated with at least one configuration of the scheduled bandwidth. The UE may use the same precoding for DMRS ports and PT-RS ports. The number of PT-RS ports may be less than the number of DMRS ports in the scheduled resources. The downlink PT-RS may be limited to the scheduled time / frequency duration of the UE. The downlink PT-RS may be transmitted on a symbol to facilitate phase tracking at the receiver.

[0167] The UE may transmit an uplink DMRS to a base station for channel estimation. For example, the base station may use the uplink DMRS to consistently demodulate one or more uplink physical channels. For example, the UE may transmit an uplink DMRS with a PUSCH and / or a PUCCH. The uplink DM-RS may span a frequency range similar to the frequency range associated with the corresponding physical channel. The base station may configure the UE with one or more uplink DMRS configurations. At least one DMRS configuration may support a front-load DMRS mode. The front-load DMRS may be mapped on one or more OFDM symbols (e.g., one or two adjacent OFDM symbols). One or more uplink DMRS may be configured to be transmitted at one or more symbols of the PUSCH and / or PUCCH. The base station may semi-statically configure the UE with the number (e.g., maximum number) of front-load DMRS symbols for the PUSCH and / or PUCCH, and the UE may use the front-load DMRS symbol to schedule a single-symbol DMRS and / or a dual-symbol DMRS. NR networks may support a common DMRS structure for downlink and uplink (e.g., for cyclic prefix orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (CP-OFDM)), where the DMRS positions, DMRS patterns, and / or scrambling sequences of the DMRS may be the same or different.

[0168] The PUSCH may include one or more layers, and the UE may transmit at least one symbol having a DMRS present on a layer in the one or more layers of the PUSCH. In an example, a higher layer may configure up to three DMRSs for the PUSCH.

[0169] Depending on the RRC configuration of the UE, an uplink PT-RS (which can be used by the base station for phase tracking and / or phase noise compensation) may or may not exist. The presence and / or type of the uplink PT-RS can be configured based on UE-specific configuration through a combination of RRC signaling and / or one or more parameters for other purposes (e.g., modulation and coding scheme (MCS)) indicated by the DCI. When configured, the dynamic presence of the uplink PT-RS can be associated with one or more DCI parameters including at least the MCS. The radio network can support multiple uplink PT-RS densities defined in the time / frequency domain. When present, the frequency domain density can be associated with at least one configuration of the scheduled bandwidth. The UE can use the same precoding for DMRS ports and PT-RS ports. The number of PT-RS ports can be less than the number of DMRS ports in the scheduled resources. For example, the uplink PT-RS can be limited to the scheduled time / frequency duration of the UE.

[0170] The UE may transmit an SRS to a base station for channel state estimation to support uplink channel-dependent scheduling and / or link adaptation. The SRS transmitted by the UE may allow the base station to estimate the uplink channel state at one or more frequencies. The scheduler at the base station may use the estimated uplink channel state to assign one or more resource blocks for uplink PUSCH transmission from the UE. The base station may semi-statically configure the UE with one or more SRS resource sets. For an SRS resource set, the base station may configure the UE with one or more SRS resources. The applicability of the SRS resource set may be configured by a higher layer (e.g., RRC) parameter. For example, when a higher layer parameter indicates beam management, the SRS resources in the SRS resource set in the one or more SRS resource sets (e.g., having the same / similar time domain behavior, periodic, aperiodic, etc.) may be transmitted at a certain time (e.g., at the same time). The UE may transmit one or more SRS resources in the SRS resource set. The NR network may support aperiodic, periodic, and / or semi-persistent SRS transmission. The UE may transmit SRS resources based on one or more trigger types, wherein the one or more trigger types may include higher layer signaling (e.g., RRC) and / or one or more DCI formats. In an example, at least one DCI format may be used for the UE to select at least one configured SRS resource set from one or more configured SRS resource sets. SRS trigger type 0 may refer to SRS triggered based on higher layer signaling. SRS trigger type 1 may refer to SRS triggered based on one or more DCI formats. In an example, when PUSCH and SRS are transmitted in the same time slot, the UE may be configured to transmit SRS after transmission of PUSCH and corresponding uplink DMRS.

[0171] The base station can semi-statically configure the UE using one or more SRS configuration parameters indicating at least one of the following: an SRS resource configuration identifier; the number of SRS ports; the time domain behavior of the SRS resource configuration (e.g., an indication of periodic, semi-persistent, or non-periodic SRS); time slot, mini-slot, and / or subframe level periodicity; time slots of periodic and / or non-periodic SRS resources; the number of OFDM symbols in the SRS resources; the start OFDM symbol of the SRS resources; SRS bandwidth; frequency hopping bandwidth; cyclic shift; and / or SRS sequence ID.

[0172] The antenna ports are defined such that the channel through which a symbol on the antenna port is communicated can be inferred from the channel through which another symbol on the same antenna port is communicated. If a first symbol and a second symbol are transmitted on the same antenna port, the receiver can infer the channel used to communicate the second symbol on the antenna port from the channel used to communicate the first symbol on the antenna port (e.g., fading gain, multipath delay, etc.). If one or more large-scale properties of the channel through which the first symbol on the first antenna port is communicated can be inferred from the channel through which the second symbol on the second antenna port is communicated, the first antenna port and the second antenna port can be referred to as quasi-co-located (QCLed). The one or more large-scale properties may include at least one of the following: delay spread; Doppler spread; Doppler shift; average gain; average delay; and / or spatial receive (Rx) parameters.

[0173] Channels using beamforming require beam management. Beam management may include beam measurement, beam selection, and beam indication. A beam may be associated with one or more reference signals. For example, a beam may be identified by one or more beamforming reference signals. The UE may perform downlink beam measurements and generate beam measurement reports based on downlink reference signals (e.g., channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS)). After setting up an RRC connection with a base station, the UE may perform a downlink beam measurement procedure.

[0174] Fig. 11B An example of a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) mapped in the time and frequency domain is shown. Fig. 11BThe squares shown in the figure may represent resource blocks (RBs) within the bandwidth of the cell. The base station may transmit one or more RRC messages including CSI-RS resource configuration parameters indicating one or more CSI-RS. One or more of the following parameters may be configured for the CSI-RS resource configuration through higher layer signaling (e.g., RRC and / or MAC signaling): CSI-RS resource configuration identity, number of CSI-RS ports, CSI-RS configuration (e.g., symbol and resource element (RE) positions in a subframe), CSI-RS subframe configuration (e.g., subframe position, offset and periodicity in a radio frame), CSI-RS power parameters, CSI-RS sequence parameters, code division multiplexing (CDM) type parameters, frequency density, transmission comb, quasi co-location (QCL) parameters (e.g., QCL-scramblingidentity, crs-portscount, mbsfn-subframeconfiglist, csi-rs-configZPid, qcl-csi-rs-configNZPid) and / or other radio resource parameters.

[0175] Fig. 11B The three beams shown may be configured for a UE in a UE-specific configuration. Fig. 11B Three beams (beam #1, beam #2, and beam #3) are illustrated in FIG. 1 , and more or fewer beams may be configured. CSI-RS 1101 may be allocated to beam #1, which may be transmitted in one or more subcarriers in the RB of the first symbol. CSI-RS 1102 may be allocated to beam #2, which may be transmitted in one or more subcarriers in the RB of the second symbol. CSI-RS 1103 may be allocated to beam #3, which may be transmitted in one or more subcarriers in the RB of the third symbol. By using frequency division multiplexing (FDM), a base station may use other subcarriers in the same RB (e.g., those subcarriers not used to transmit CSI-RS 1101) to transmit another CSI-RS associated with a beam of another UE. By using time domain multiplexing (TDM), a beam for a UE may be configured so that the beam for the UE uses symbols from beams of other UEs.

[0176] CSI-RS, such as Fig. 11BThose shown in (e.g., CSI-RS1101, 1102, 1103) may be transmitted by a base station and used by a UE for one or more measurement values. For example, a UE may measure a reference signal received power (RSRP) of a configured CSI-RS resource. The base station may configure the UE with a reporting configuration, and the UE may report the RSRP measurement value to the network (e.g., via one or more base stations) based on the reporting configuration. In the example, the base station may determine one or more transmission configuration indication (TCI) states including multiple reference signals based on the reported measurement results. In the example, the base station may indicate one or more TCI states to the UE (e.g., via RRC signaling, MAC CE, and / or DCI). The UE may receive a downlink transmission having a receive (Rx) beam determined based on the one or more TCI states. In the example, the UE may or may not have beam correspondence capability. If the UE has beam correspondence capability, the UE may determine the spatial domain filter of the transmission (Tx) beam based on the spatial domain filter of the corresponding Rx beam. If the UE does not have beam-corresponding capability, the UE may perform an uplink beam selection procedure to determine the spatial domain filter of the Tx beam. The UE may perform an uplink beam selection procedure based on one or more sounding reference signal (SRS) resources configured to the UE by the base station. The base station may select and indicate the uplink beam of the UE based on measurements of one or more SRS resources transmitted by the UE.

[0177] In the beam management procedure, the UE may assess (e.g., measure) the channel quality of one or more beam pair links, beam pair links including a transmit beam transmitted by a base station, and a receive beam received by the UE. Based on the assessment, the UE may transmit a beam measurement report indicating one or more beam pair quality parameters, the one or more beam pair quality parameters including, for example, one or more beam identifiers (e.g., beam index, reference signal index, etc.), RSRP, precoding matrix indicator (PMI), channel quality indicator (CQI) and / or rank indicator (RI).

[0178] Fig. 12AExamples of three downlink beam management procedures are shown: P1, P2, and P3. Procedure P1 can enable UE measurements of transmit (Tx) beams of a transmit reception point (TRP) (or multiple TRPs), for example to support selection of one or more base station Tx beams and / or UE Rx beams (shown as ovals in the top and bottom rows of P1, respectively). Beamforming at the TRP can include Tx beam sweeping for a set of beams (shown as ovals rotating in a counterclockwise direction indicated by dashed arrows in the top rows of P1 and P2). Beamforming at the UE can include Rx beam sweeping for a set of beams (shown as ovals rotating in a clockwise direction indicated by dashed arrows in the bottom rows of P1 and P3). Procedure P2 can be used to enable UE measurements of Tx beams of a TRP (shown as ovals rotating in a counterclockwise direction indicated by dashed arrows in the top row of P2). The UE and / or the base station may perform procedure P2 using a smaller beam set than the beam set used in procedure P1, or using a narrower beam than the beam used in procedure P1. This may be referred to as beam refinement. The UE may perform procedure P3 for Rx beam determination by using the same Tx beam at the base station and sweeping the Rx beam at the UE.

[0179] Fig. 12B Examples of three uplink beam management procedures are shown: U1, U2, and U3. Procedure U1 can be used to enable a base station to perform measurements on a UE's Tx beams, for example, to support selection of one or more UE Tx beams and / or base station Rx beams (shown as ovals in the top and bottom rows of U1, respectively). Beamforming at the UE can include, for example, Rx beam sweeping from a set of beams (shown as ovals rotating in a clockwise direction indicated by dashed arrows in the bottom rows of U1 and U3). Beamforming at the base station can include, for example, Rx beam sweeping from a set of beams (shown as ovals rotating in a counterclockwise direction indicated by dashed arrows in the top rows of U1 and U2). Procedure U2 can be used to enable a base station to adjust its Rx beam when the UE uses a fixed Tx beam. The UE and / or base station can perform procedure U2 using a smaller beam set than the beam set used in procedure P1, or using a narrower beam than the beam used in procedure P1. This may be referred to as beam refinement. The UE may perform procedure U3 to adjust its Tx beam when the base station uses a fixed Rx beam.

[0180] The UE may initiate a beam failure recovery (BFR) procedure based on detecting a beam failure. The UE may transmit a BFR request (e.g., preamble, UCI, SR, MAC CE, etc.) based on the initiation of the BFR procedure. The UE may detect a beam failure based on a determination that the quality of the beam-pair link of the associated control channel is unsatisfactory (e.g., having an error rate above an error rate threshold, a received signal power below a received signal power threshold, expiration of a timer, etc.).

[0181] The UE may measure the quality of a beam-to-link using one or more reference signals (RS), the one or more reference signals including one or more SS / PBCH blocks, one or more CSI-RS resources, and / or one or more demodulation reference signals (DMRS). The quality of a beam-to-link may be based on one or more of the following: a block error rate (BLER), an RSRP value, a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) value, a reference signal received quality (RSRQ) value, and / or a CSI value measured on an RS resource. The base station may indicate that the RS resource is quasi-co-located (QCLed) with one or more DM-RS of a channel (e.g., a control channel, a shared data channel, etc.). When the channel characteristics (e.g., Doppler shift, Doppler spread, average delay, delay spread, spatial Rx parameters, fading, etc.) from a transmission to the UE via the RS resource are similar or identical to the channel characteristics from a transmission to the UE via the channel, the RS resource and the one or more DMRS of the channel may be QCLed.

[0182] The network (e.g., gNB and / or ng-eNB of the network) and / or the UE may initiate a random access procedure. A UE in RRC_IDLE state and / or RRC_INACTIVE state may initiate a random access procedure to request a connection setup to the network. The UE may initiate a random access procedure from the RRC_CONNECTED state. The UE may initiate a random access procedure to request uplink resources (e.g., uplink transmission for SR when there are no available PUCCH resources) and / or to obtain uplink timing (e.g., when the uplink synchronization state is not synchronized). The UE may initiate a random access procedure to request one or more system information blocks (SIBs) (e.g., other system information, such as SIB2, SIB3, etc.). The UE may initiate a random access procedure for a beam failure recovery request. The network may initiate a random access procedure for handover and / or for establishing time alignment for SCell addition.

[0183] Fig.13A A four-step contention-based random access procedure is shown.Before initiating the procedure, the base station may transmit a configuration message 1310 to the UE. Fig.13AThe procedure shown includes the transmission of four messages: Msg 1 1311, Msg 2 1312, Msg3 1313, and Msg 4 1314. Msg 1 1311 may include and / or be referred to as a preamble (or random access preamble). Msg2 1312 may include and / or be referred to as a random access response (RAR).

[0184] The configuration message 1310 may be transmitted, for example, using one or more RRC messages. The one or more RRC messages may indicate one or more random access channel (RACH) parameters to the UE. The one or more RACH parameters may include at least one of the following: general parameters for one or more random access procedures (e.g., RACH-configGeneral); cell-specific parameters (e.g., RACH-ConfigCommon); and / or dedicated parameters (e.g., RACH-configDedicated). The base station may broadcast or multicast the one or more RRC messages to one or more UEs. The one or more RRC messages may be UE-specific (e.g., dedicated RRC messages transmitted to the UE in the RRC_CONNECTED state and / or the RRC_INACTIVE state). The UE may determine the time-frequency resources and / or uplink transmission power for transmitting Msg 1 1311 and / or Msg 3 1313 based on the one or more RACH parameters. Based on the one or more RACH parameters, the UE may determine the reception timing and downlink channel for receiving Msg 2 1312 and Msg 4 1314.

[0185] The one or more RACH parameters provided in the configuration message 1310 may indicate one or more physical RACH (PRACH) opportunities that can be used to transmit Msg 11311. The one or more PRACH opportunities may be predefined. The one or more RACH parameters may indicate one or more available sets of one or more PRACH opportunities (e.g., prach-ConfigIndex). The one or more RACH parameters may indicate an association between: (a) one or more PRACH opportunities, and (b) one or more reference signals. The one or more RACH parameters may indicate an association between: (a) one or more preambles, and (b) one or more reference signals. The one or more reference signals may be SS / PBCH blocks and / or CSI-RS. For example, the one or more RACH parameters may indicate the number of SS / PBCH blocks mapped to the PRACH opportunity and / or the number of preambles mapped to the SS / PBCH block.

[0186] The one or more RACH parameters provided in the configuration message 1310 may be used to determine the uplink transmission power of Msg 1 1311 and / or Msg3 1313. For example, the one or more RACH parameters may indicate a reference power for preamble transmission (e.g., a received target power and / or an initial power for preamble transmission). There may be one or more power offsets indicated by the one or more RACH parameters. For example, the one or more RACH parameters may indicate: a power ramp step size; a power offset between SSB and CSI-RS; a power offset between transmissions of Msg 1 1311 and Msg 3 1313; and / or a power offset value between preamble groups. The one or more RACH parameters may indicate one or more thresholds based on which the UE may determine at least one reference signal (e.g., SSB and / or CSI-RS) and / or uplink carrier (e.g., a normal uplink (NUL) carrier and / or a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier).

[0187] Msg 1 1311 may include one or more preamble transmissions (e.g., a preamble transmission and one or more preamble retransmissions). The RRC message may be used to configure one or more preamble groups (e.g., group A and / or group B). The preamble group may include one or more preambles. The UE may determine the preamble group based on the path loss measurement value and / or the size of Msg 3 1313. The UE may measure the RSRP of one or more reference signals (e.g., SSB and / or CSI-RS) and determine at least one reference signal having an RSRP above an RSRP threshold (e.g., rsrp-ThresholdSSB and / or rsrp-ThresholdCSI-RS). For example, if the association between the one or more preambles and the at least one reference signal is configured by the RRC message, the UE may select at least one preamble associated with the one or more reference signals and / or the selected preamble group.

[0188] The UE may determine the preamble based on the one or more RACH parameters provided in the configuration message 1310. For example, the UE may determine the preamble based on a path loss measurement, an RSRP measurement, and / or the size of Msg 3 1313. As another example, the one or more RACH parameters may indicate: a preamble format; a maximum number of preamble transmissions; and / or one or more thresholds for determining one or more preamble groups (e.g., group A and group B). The base station may use the one or more RACH parameters to configure an association between one or more preambles and one or more reference signals (e.g., SSB and / or CSI-RS) for the UE. If the association is configured, the UE may determine the preamble included in Msg 1 1311 based on the association. Msg 1 1311 may be transmitted to the base station via one or more PRACH opportunities. The UE may use one or more reference signals (e.g., SSB and / or CSI-RS) for selecting a preamble and for determining a PRACH opportunity. One or more RACH parameters (eg, ra-ssb-OccasionMskIndex and / or ra-OccasionList) may indicate an association between a PRACH opportunity and the one or more reference signals.

[0189] If no response is received after the preamble transmission, the UE may perform a preamble retransmission. The UE may increase the uplink transmission power for the preamble retransmission. The UE may select the initial preamble transmission power based on the path loss measurement and / or the target received preamble power configured by the network. The UE may determine to retransmit the preamble and may ramp up the uplink transmission power. The UE may receive one or more RACH parameters (e.g., PREAMBLE_POWER_RAMPING_STEP) indicating the ramp-up step size for the preamble retransmission. The ramp-up step size may be the amount of incremental increase in the uplink transmission power for retransmission. If the UE determines the same reference signal (e.g., SSB and / or CSI-RS) as the previous preamble transmission, the UE may ramp up the uplink transmission power. The UE may count the number of preamble transmissions and / or retransmissions (e.g., PREAMBLE_TRANSMISSION_COUNTER). For example, if the number of preamble transmissions exceeds a threshold (eg, preambleTransMax) configured by the one or more RACH parameters, the UE may determine that the random access procedure is not successfully completed.

[0190] Msg 2 1312 received by the UE may include a RAR. In some scenarios, Msg 2 1312 may include multiple RARs corresponding to multiple UEs. Msg 2 1312 may be received after or in response to the transmission of Msg 1 1311. Msg 2 1312 may be scheduled on the DL-SCH and indicated on the PDCCH using a random access RNTI (RA-RNTI). Msg 2 1312 may indicate that Msg 1 1311 is received by the base station. Msg 2 1312 may include a time alignment command that may be used by the UE to adjust the transmission timing of the UE, a scheduling grant for transmitting Msg 3 1313, and / or a temporary cell RNTI (TC-RNTI). After transmitting the preamble, the UE may start a time window (e.g., ra-ResponseWindow) to monitor the PDCCH of Msg 2 1312. The UE may determine when to start the time window based on the PRACH opportunity used by the UE to transmit the preamble. For example, the UE may start a time window of one or more symbols after the last symbol of the preamble (e.g., at the first PDCCH opportunity starting from the end of the preamble transmission). The one or more symbols may be determined based on a parameter set. The PDCCH may be in a common search space (e.g., Type1-PDCCH common search space) configured by an RRC message. The UE may identify the RAR based on a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI). The RNTI may be used depending on one or more events that initiate a random access procedure. The UE may use a random access RNTI (RA-RNTI). The RA-RNTI may be associated with the PRACH opportunity in which the UE transmits the preamble. For example, the UE may determine the RA-RNTI based on: an OFDM symbol index; a time slot index; a frequency domain index; and / or a UL carrier indicator of a PRACH opportunity. Examples of RA-RNTIs may be as follows:

[0191] RA-RNTI=1+s_id+14×t_id+14×80×f_id+14×80×8×ul_carrier_id

[0192] Wherein s_id may be the index of the first OFDM symbol of the PRACH opportunity (e.g., 0≤s_id<14), t_id may be the index of the first time slot of the PRACH opportunity in the system frame (e.g., 0≤t_id<80), f_id may be the index of the PRACH opportunity in the frequency domain (e.g., 0≤f_id<8), and ul_carrier_id may be the UL carrier used for preamble transmission (e.g., 0 for a NUL carrier and 1 for a SUL carrier).

[0193] The UE may transmit Msg 3 1313 in response to successfully receiving Msg 2 1312 (e.g., using the resources identified in Msg 2 1312). Msg 3 1313 may be used, for example, Fig.13A Contention resolution in a contention-based random access procedure as shown in . In some scenarios, multiple UEs may transmit the same preamble to a base station, and the base station may provide a RAR corresponding to the UE. If the multiple UEs interpret the RAR as corresponding to themselves, a conflict may occur. Contention resolution (e.g., using Msg 3 1313 and Msg 4 1314) may be used to increase the likelihood that a UE does not mistakenly use the identity of another UE. To perform contention resolution, the UE may include a device identifier in Msg 3 1313 (e.g., if a C-RNTI is assigned, the TC-RNTI included in Msg 2 1312 and / or any other suitable identifier).

[0194] Msg 4 1314 may be received after or in response to the transmission of Msg 3 1313. If a C-RNTI is included in Msg 3 1313, the base station will address the UE on the PDCCH using the C-RNTI. If a unique C-RNTI of the UE is detected on the PDCCH, it is determined that the random access procedure is successfully completed. If a TC-RNTI is included in Msg 3 1313 (e.g., if the UE is in an RRC_IDLE state or is not otherwise connected to the base station), Msg 4 1314 will be received using the DL-SCH associated with the TC-RNTI. If the MAC PDU is successfully decoded and the MAC PDU includes a UE contention resolution identity MAC CE that matches or otherwise corresponds to the CCCH SDU sent (e.g., transmitted) in Msg 3 1313, the UE may determine that contention resolution is successful and / or the UE may determine that the random access procedure is successfully completed.

[0195] The UE may be configured with a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier and a normal uplink (NUL) carrier. Initial access (e.g., a random access procedure) may be supported in an uplink carrier. For example, a base station may configure two separate RACH configurations for the UE: one for the SUL carrier and the other for the NUL carrier. For random access in a cell configured with a SUL carrier, the network may indicate which carrier (NUL or SUL) to use. For example, if the measured quality of one or more reference signals is below a broadcast threshold, the UE may determine the SUL carrier. The uplink transmissions (e.g., Msg1 1311 and / or Msg 3 1313) of the random access procedure may remain on the selected carrier. In one or more cases, the UE may switch uplink carriers during the random access procedure (e.g., between Msg 1 1311 and Msg 3 1313). For example, the UE may determine and / or switch an uplink carrier for Msg 1 1311 and / or Msg 3 1313 based on channel clarity assessment (eg, listen before talk).

[0196] Fig. 13B The two-step contention-free random access procedure is shown. Fig.13A Similar to the four-step contention-based random access procedure shown, the base station may transmit a configuration message 1320 to the UE before the procedure is initiated. The configuration message 1320 may be similar to the configuration message 1310 in some aspects. Fig. 13B The procedure shown includes the transmission of two messages: Msg 1 1321 and Msg 2 1322. Msg 1 1321 and Msg 2 1322 may be similar in some respects to Fig.13A As shown in Msg 1 1311 and Msg 2 1312. Fig.13A and Fig. 13B It will be appreciated that the contention-free random access procedure may not include messages similar to Msg 3 1313 and / or Msg 4 1314 .

[0197] Can be initiated for beam failure recovery, other SI requests, SCell addition and / or handover Fig. 13B For example, the base station may indicate or assign a preamble to be used for Msg 1 1321 to the UE. The UE may receive an indication of the preamble (eg, ra-PreambleIndex) from the base station via PDCCH and / or RRC.

[0198] After transmitting the preamble, the UE may start a time window (e.g., ra-ResponseWindow) to monitor the PDCCH for the RAR. In the case of a beam failure recovery request, the base station may configure the UE with a separate time window and / or a separate PDCCH in the search space indicated by the RRC message (e.g., recoverySearchSpaceId). The UE may monitor PDCCH transmissions addressed to the Cell RNTI (C-RNTI) on the search space. Fig. 13B In the contention-free random access procedure shown, the UE may determine that the random access procedure is successfully completed after or in response to the transmission of Msg 1 1321 and the reception of the corresponding Msg 2 1322. For example, if the PDCCH transmission is addressed to the C-RNTI, the UE may determine that the random access procedure is successfully completed. For example, if the UE receives a RAR including a preamble identifier corresponding to a preamble transmitted by the UE and / or the RAR includes a MAC sub-PDU with a preamble identifier, the UE may determine that the random access procedure is successfully completed. The UE may determine that the response is an indication of a confirmation of the SI request.

[0199] Fig. 13C Another two-step random access procedure is shown. Fig.13A and Fig. 13B Similar to the random access procedure shown, the base station may transmit a configuration message 1330 to the UE before the procedure is initiated. Configuration message 1330 may be similar to configuration message 1310 and / or configuration message 1320 in some aspects. Fig. 13C The procedure shown includes the transmission of two messages: Msg A 1331 and Msg B 1332.

[0200] Msg A 1331 may be transmitted by the UE in an uplink transmission. Msg A 1331 may include one or more transmissions of a preamble 1341 and / or one or more transmissions of a transport block 1342. Transport block 1342 may include Fig.13A The transmission block 1342 may include UCI (e.g., SR, HARQ ACK / NACK, etc.). The UE may receive Msg B 1332 after or in response to the transmission of Msg A 1331. Msg B 1332 may include the same content as the content of Msg 3 1313 shown in FIG. Fig.13A and Fig. 13B Msg 2 1312 (eg, RAR) and / or Fig.13A The content of Msg 4 1314 shown is similar and / or identical.

[0201] The UE can initiate a call for licensed spectrum and / or unlicensed spectrum. Fig. 13C The UE may determine whether to initiate a two-step random access procedure based on one or more factors. The one or more factors may be: the radio access technology being used (e.g., LTE, NR, etc.); whether the UE has a valid TA; the cell size; the RRC state of the UE; the type of spectrum (e.g., licensed vs. unlicensed); and / or any other suitable factors.

[0202] The UE may determine the radio resources and / or uplink transmission power of the preamble 1341 and / or the transport block 1342 included in the Msg A 1331 based on the two-step RACH parameters included in the configuration message 1330. The RACH parameters may indicate the modulation and coding scheme (MCS), time-frequency resources, and / or power control of the preamble 1341 and / or the transport block 1342. The time-frequency resources (e.g., PRACH) used for transmission of the preamble 1341 and the time-frequency resources (e.g., PUSCH) used for transmission of the transport block 1342 may be multiplexed using FDM, TDM, and / or CDM. The RACH parameters may enable the UE to determine the reception timing and downlink channel for monitoring and / or receiving the Msg B 1332.

[0203] The transmission block 1342 may include data (e.g., delay-sensitive data), an identifier of the UE, security information, and / or device information (e.g., an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI)). The base station may transmit Msg B 1332 as a response to Msg A 1331. Msg B 1332 may include at least one of the following: a preamble identifier; a timing high-level command; a power control command; an uplink grant (e.g., a radio resource assignment and / or MCS); a UE identifier for contention resolution; and / or an RNTI (e.g., a C-RNTI or a TC-RNTI). The UE may determine that the two-step random access procedure is successfully completed if the following conditions exist: the preamble identifier in Msg B 1332 matches the preamble transmitted by the UE; and / or the identifier of the UE in Msg B 1332 matches the identifier of the UE in Msg A 1331 (e.g., transmission block 1342).

[0204] The UE and the base station may exchange control signaling. The control signaling may be referred to as L1 / L2 control signaling and may originate from the PHY layer (e.g., layer 1) and / or the MAC layer (e.g., layer 2). The control signaling may include downlink control signaling transmitted from the base station to the UE and / or uplink control signaling transmitted from the UE to the base station.

[0205] Downlink control signaling may include: downlink scheduling assignment; uplink scheduling grant indicating uplink radio resources and / or transport format; time slot format information; preemption indication; power control command; and / or any other suitable signaling. The UE may receive downlink control signaling in a payload transmitted by the base station on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). The payload transmitted on the PDCCH may be referred to as downlink control information (DCI). In some scenarios, the PDCCH may be a group common PDCCH (GC-PDCCH) common to a group of UEs.

[0206] The base station may attach one or more cyclic redundancy check (CRC) parity bits to the DCI to facilitate detection of transmission errors. When the DCI is intended for a UE (or a group of UEs), the base station may scramble the CRC parity bits with an identifier of the UE (or an identifier of the group of UEs). Scrambling the CRC parity bits with the identifier may include a Modulo-2 addition (or an exclusive OR operation) of the identifier value and the CRC parity bits. The identifier may include a 16-bit value of a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI).

[0207] DCI can be used for different purposes. The purpose can be indicated by the type of RNTI used to scramble the CRC parity bits. For example, a DCI with CRC parity bits scrambled with a paging RNTI (P-RNTI) can indicate paging information and / or system information change notification. The P-RNTI can be predefined as hexadecimal "FFFE". A DCI with CRC parity bits scrambled with a system information RNTI (SI-RNTI) can indicate a broadcast transmission of system information. The SI-RNTI can be predefined as hexadecimal "FFFF". A DCI with CRC parity bits scrambled with a random access RNTI (RA-RNTI) can indicate a random access response (RAR). A DCI with CRC parity bits scrambled with a cell RNTI (C-RNTI) can indicate a dynamically scheduled unicast transmission and / or the triggering of a PDCCH ordered random access. A DCI with CRC parity bits scrambled with a temporary cell RNTI (TC-RNTI) can indicate contention resolution (e.g., similar to Fig.13AThe other RNTIs configured by the base station to the UE may include: a configured scheduling RNTI (CS-RNTI), a transmission power control PUCCH RNTI (TPC-PUCCH-RNTI), a transmission power control PUSCH RNTI (TPC-PUSCH-RNTI), a transmission power control SRS RNTI (TPC-SRS-RNTI), an interruption RNTI (INT-RNTI), a slot format indication RNTI (SFI-RNTI), a semi-persistent CSI RNTI (SP-CSI-RNTI), a modulation and coding scheme cell RNTI (MCS-C-RNTI), etc.

[0208] Depending on the purpose and / or content of the DCI, the base station may transmit DCI with one or more DCI formats. For example, DCI format 0_0 may be used for scheduling of PUSCH in a cell. DCI format 0_0 may be a fallback DCI format (e.g., with a compact DCI payload). DCI format 0_1 ​​may be used for scheduling of PUSCH in a cell (e.g., with a larger DCI payload than DCI format 0_0). DCI format 1_0 may be used for scheduling of PDSCH in a cell. DCI format 1_0 may be a fallback DCI format (e.g., with a compact DCI payload). DCI format 1_1 may be used for scheduling of PDSCH in a cell (e.g., with a larger DCI payload than DCI format 1_0). DCI format 2_0 may be used to provide a slot format indication to a UE group. DCI format 2_1 may be used to notify a UE group of physical resource blocks and / or OFDM symbols, where the UE may assume that no transmission to the UE is expected. DCI format 2_2 may be used to transmit a transmission power control (TPC) command for PUCCH or PUSCH. DCI formats 2_3 may be used to transmit a set of TPC commands for SRS transmission by one or more UEs. DCI formats for new functions may be defined in future releases. DCI formats may have different DCI sizes, or may share the same DCI size.

[0209] After scrambling the DCI with the RNTI, the base station may process the DCI with channel coding (e.g., polarity coding), rate matching, scrambling, and / or QPSK modulation. The base station may map the coded and modulated DCI on resource elements used for and / or configured for PDCCH. Based on the payload size of the DCI and / or the coverage of the base station, the base station may transmit the DCI via a PDCCH occupying multiple consecutive control channel elements (CCEs). The number of consecutive CCEs (referred to as the aggregation level) may be 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, and / or any other suitable number. CCE may include the number of resource element groups (REGs) (e.g., 6). REG may include a resource block in an OFDM symbol. The mapping of the coded and modulated DCI on the resource elements may be based on the mapping of CCEs and REGs (e.g., CCE to REG mapping).

[0210] Fig.14A An example of a CORESET configuration for a bandwidth portion is shown. A base station may transmit DCI via a PDCCH on one or more control resource sets (CORESETs). A CORESET may include time-frequency resources in which a UE attempts to decode DCI using one or more search spaces. A base station may configure a CORESET in the time-frequency domain. Fig.14A In the example of FIG. 1401 , the first CORESET 1401 and the second CORESET 1402 appear at the first symbol in the time slot. The first CORESET 1401 overlaps the second CORESET 1402 in the frequency domain. The third CORESET 1403 appears at the third symbol in the time slot. The fourth CORESET 1404 appears at the seventh symbol in the time slot. The CORESETs may have different numbers of resource blocks in the frequency domain.

[0211] Fig. 14B An example of CCE to REG mapping for DCI transmission on CORESET and PDCCH processing is shown. The CCE to REG mapping can be an interlaced mapping (e.g., for the purpose of providing frequency diversity) or a non-interlaced mapping (e.g., for the purpose of facilitating interference coordination and / or frequency selective transmission of control channels). The base station can perform different or the same CCE to REG mapping for different CORESETs. A CORESET can be associated with the CCE to REG mapping through RRC configuration. A CORESET can be configured with antenna port quasi-co-location (QCL) parameters. The antenna port QCL parameters can indicate the QCL information of the demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for PDCCH reception in the CORESET.

[0212] The base station may transmit an RRC message including configuration parameters of one or more CORESETs and one or more search space sets to the UE. The configuration parameters may indicate an association between a search space set and a CORESET. The search space set may include a set of PDCCH candidates formed by CCEs at a given aggregation level. The configuration parameters may indicate: the number of PDCCH candidates to be monitored for each aggregation level; the PDCCH monitoring period and the PDCCH monitoring type; one or more DCI formats to be monitored by the UE; and / or whether the search space set is a common search space set or a UE-specific search space set. The set of CCEs in the common search space set may be predefined and known to the UE. The set of CCEs in the UE-specific search space set may be configured based on the UE's identity (e.g., C-RNTI).

[0213] like Fig. 14B As shown, the UE may determine the time-frequency resources of the CORESET based on the RRC message. The UE may determine the CCE to REG mapping of the CORESET based on the configuration parameters of the CORESET (e.g., interlaced or non-interlaced and / or mapping parameters). The UE may determine the number of search space sets configured on the CORESET based on the RRC message (e.g., up to 10). The UE may monitor a set of PDCCH candidates according to the configuration parameters of the search space set. The UE may monitor a set of PDCCH candidates in one or more CORESETs for detecting one or more DCIs. Monitoring may include decoding one or more PDCCH candidates in the set of PDCCH candidates according to the monitored DCI format. Monitoring may include decoding the DCI content of one or more PDCCH candidates, which have possible (or configured) PDCCH positions, possible (or configured) PDCCH formats (e.g., the number of CCEs, the number of PDCCH candidates in the common search space, and / or the number of PDCCH candidates in the UE-specific search space) and possible (or configured) DCI formats. Decoding may be referred to as blind decoding. The UE may determine that the DCI is valid for the UE in response to a CRC check (e.g., scrambled bits of the CRC parity bits of the DCI matching the RNTI value). The UE may process the information contained in the DCI (e.g., scheduling assignments, uplink grants, power control, time slot format indications, downlink preemption, etc.).

[0214] The UE may transmit uplink control signaling (e.g., uplink control information (UCI)) to the base station. The uplink control signaling transmission may include a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) confirmation for the received DL-SCH transport block. The UE may transmit the HARQ confirmation after receiving the DL-SCH transport block. The uplink control signaling may include channel state information (CSI) indicating the channel quality of the physical downlink channel. The UE may transmit the CSI to the base station. Based on the received CSI, the base station may determine the transmission format parameters (e.g., including multiple antennas and beamforming schemes) for downlink transmission. The uplink control signaling may include a scheduling request (SR). The UE may transmit an SR indicating that uplink data is available for transmission to the base station. The UE may transmit UCI (e.g., HARQ confirmation (HARQ-ACK), CSI report, SR, etc.) via a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). The UE may transmit uplink control signaling via PUCCH using one of several PUCCH formats.

[0215] There may be five PUCCH formats, and the UE may determine the PUCCH format based on the size of the UCI (e.g., the number of uplink symbols for UCI transmission and the number of UCI bits). PUCCH format 0 may have a length of one or two OFDM symbols and may include two or fewer bits. If the transmission exceeds one or two symbols and the number of HARQ-ACK information bits (HARQ-ACK / SR bits) with positive or negative SR is one or two, the UE may use PUCCH format 0 to transmit the UCI in the PUCCH resource. PUCCH format 1 may occupy between four and fourteen OFDM symbols and may include two or fewer bits. If four or more symbols are transmitted and the number of HARQ-ACK / SR bits is one or two, the UE may use PUCCH format 1. PUCCH format 2 may occupy one or two OFDM symbols and may include more than two bits. If the transmission exceeds one or two symbols and the number of UCI bits is two or more, the UE may use PUCCH format 2. PUCCH format 3 may occupy between four and fourteen OFDM symbols and may include more than two bits. If four or more symbols are transmitted, the number of UCI bits is two or more, and the PUCCH resources do not include orthogonal cover codes, the UE may use PUCCH format 3. PUCCH format 4 may occupy between four and fourteen OFDM symbols and may include more than two bits. If four or more symbols are transmitted, the number of UCI bits is two or more, and the PUCCH resources include orthogonal cover codes, the UE may use PUCCH format 4.

[0216] The base station may transmit configuration parameters of multiple PUCCH resource sets to the UE using, for example, an RRC message. The multiple PUCCH resource sets (e.g., up to four sets) may be configured on the uplink BWP of the cell. The PUCCH resource set may be configured with: a PUCCH resource set index; multiple PUCCH resources having PUCCH resources identified by a PUCCH resource identifier (e.g., pucch-Resourceid); and / or multiple (e.g., maximum number) UCI ​​information bits that the UE may transmit using one of the multiple PUCCH resources in the PUCCH resource set. When multiple PUCCH resource sets are configured, the UE may select one of the multiple PUCCH resource sets (e.g., HARQ-ACK, SR, and / or CSI) based on the total bit length of the UCI information bits. If the total bit length of the UCI information bits is two or less, the UE may select the first PUCCH resource set with a PUCCH resource set index equal to "0". If the total bit length of the UCI information bits is greater than two and less than or equal to the first configured value, the UE may select a second PUCCH resource set having a PUCCH resource set index equal to "1". If the total bit length of the UCI information bits is greater than the first configured value and less than or equal to the second configured value, the UE may select a third PUCCH resource set having a PUCCH resource set index equal to "2". If the total bit length of the UCI information bits is greater than the second configured value and less than or equal to a third value (e.g., 1406), the UE may select a fourth PUCCH resource set having a PUCCH resource set index equal to "3".

[0217] After determining a PUCCH resource set from a plurality of PUCCH resource sets, the UE may determine PUCCH resources for UCI (HARQ-ACK, CSI, and / or SR) transmission from the PUCCH resource set. The UE may determine the PUCCH resources based on a PUCCH resource indicator in a DCI (e.g., a DCI format 1_0 or a DCI for 1_1) received on the PDCCH. The three-bit PUCCH resource indicator in the DCI may indicate one PUCCH resource in eight PUCCH resources in the PUCCH resource set. Based on the PUCCH resource indicator, the UE may use the PUCCH resources indicated by the PUCCH resource indicator in the DCI to transmit UCI (HARQ-ACK, CSI, and / or SR).

[0218] Fig.15 An example of a wireless device 1502 communicating with a base station 1504 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown. The wireless device 1502 and the base station 1504 may be part of a mobile communication network, such as Figure 1A The mobile communication network 100 shown, Figure 1B The mobile communication network 150 shown or any other communication network. Fig.15 Only one wireless device 1502 and one base station 1504 are shown in FIG. 1 , but it should be understood that the mobile communication network may include more than one UE and / or more than one base station, which have the same Fig.15 Configurations the same or similar to those shown.

[0219] The base station 1504 may connect the wireless device 1502 to a core network (not shown) by radio communication via an air interface (or radio interface) 1506. The direction of communication from the base station 1504 to the wireless device 1502 over the air interface 1506 is referred to as downlink, while the direction of communication from the wireless device 1502 to the base station 1504 over the air interface is referred to as uplink. Downlink transmissions may be separated from uplink transmissions using FDD, TDD, and / or some combination of the two duplexing techniques.

[0220] In the downlink, data to be sent from base station 1504 to wireless device 1502 may be provided to processing system 1508 of base station 1504. The data may be provided to processing system 1508 via, for example, a core network. In the uplink, data to be sent from wireless device 1502 to base station 1504 may be provided to processing system 1518 of wireless device 1502. Processing system 1508 and processing system 1518 may implement layer 3 and layer 2 OSI functions to process data for transmission. Layer 2 may include, for example, information about Figure 2A , Figure 2B , Figure 3 and Figure 4A Layer 3 may include the following: Figure 2B RRC layer.

[0221] After processing by processing system 1508, data to be transmitted to wireless device 1502 may be provided to transmission processing system 1510 of base station 1504. Similarly, after processing by processing system 1518, data to be transmitted to base station 1504 may be provided to transmission processing system 1520 of wireless device 1502. Transmission processing system 1510 and transmission processing system 1520 may implement layer 1 OSI functions. Layer 1 may include information about Figure 2A , Figure 2B , Figure 3 and Figure 4A For transmission processing, the PHY layer may perform, for example, forward error correction coding of transport channels, interleaving, rate matching, mapping of transport channels to physical channels, modulation of physical channels, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) or multi-antenna processing, etc.

[0222] At base station 1504, receive processing system 1512 may receive uplink transmissions from wireless device 1502. At wireless device 1502, receive processing system 1522 may receive downlink transmissions from base station 1504. Receive processing system 1512 and receive processing system 1522 may implement layer 1 OSI functions. Layer 1 may include information about Figure 2A , Figure 2B , Figure 3 and Figure 4A For reception processing, the PHY layer may perform, for example, error detection, forward error correction decoding, deinterleaving, demapping of transport channels to physical channels, demodulation of physical channels, MIMO or multi-antenna processing, etc.

[0223] like Fig.15 As shown, the wireless device 1502 and the base station 1504 may include multiple antennas. The multiple antennas may be used to perform one or more MIMO or multi-antenna techniques, such as spatial multiplexing (e.g., single-user MIMO or multi-user MIMO), transmit / receive diversity, and / or beamforming. In other examples, the wireless device 1502 and / or the base station 1504 may have a single antenna.

[0224] Processing system 1508 and processing system 1518 may be associated with memory 1514 and memory 1524, respectively. Memory 1514 and memory 1524 (e.g., one or more non-transitory computer-readable media) may store computer program instructions or codes that may be executed by processing system 1508 and / or processing system 1518 to perform one or more of the functions discussed herein. Fig.15 Not shown, transmit processing system 1510, transmit processing system 1520, receive processing system 1512, and / or receive processing system 1522 may be coupled to a memory (e.g., one or more non-transitory computer-readable media) storing computer program instructions or code that may be executed to perform one or more of their respective functions.

[0225] The processing system 1508 and / or the processing system 1518 may include one or more controllers and / or one or more processors. The one or more controllers and / or one or more processors may include, for example, a general purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), a microcontroller, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA) and / or other programmable logic device, discrete gate and / or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, on-board units, or any combination thereof. The processing system 1508 and / or the processing system 1518 may perform at least one of the following: signal encoding / processing, data processing, power control, input / output processing, and / or any other functions that may enable the wireless device 1502 and the base station 1504 to operate in a wireless environment.

[0226] The processing system 1508 and / or the processing system 1518 may be connected to one or more peripheral devices 1516 and one or more peripheral devices 1526, respectively. The one or more peripheral devices 1516 and the one or more peripheral devices 1526 may include software and / or hardware that provides features and / or functionality, such as a speaker, a microphone, a keyboard, a display, a touch pad, a power supply, a satellite transceiver, a universal serial bus (USB) port, a hands-free headset, a frequency modulation (FM) radio unit, a media player, an Internet browser, an electronic control unit (e.g., for a motor vehicle), and / or one or more sensors (e.g., an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a temperature sensor, a radar sensor, a lidar sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, a light sensor, a camera, etc.). The processing system 1508 and / or the processing system 1518 may receive user input data from the one or more peripheral devices 1516 and / or the one or more peripheral devices 1526 and / or provide user output data to the one or more peripheral devices. The processing system 1518 in the wireless device 1502 can receive power from the power source and / or can be configured to distribute power to other components in the wireless device 1502. The power source can include one or more power sources, such as batteries, solar cells, fuel cells, or any combination thereof. The processing system 1508 and / or the processing system 1518 can be connected to the GPS chipset 1517 and the GPS chipset 1527, respectively. The GPS chipset 1517 and the GPS chipset 1527 can be configured to provide the geographical location information of the wireless device 1502 and the base station 1504, respectively.

[0227] Fig.16AAn exemplary structure for uplink transmission is shown. The baseband signal representing the physical uplink shared channel can perform one or more functions. The one or more functions may include at least one of the following: scrambling; modulating scrambled bits to generate complex-valued symbols; mapping complex-valued modulated symbols to one or several transmission layers; transform precoding to generate complex-valued symbols; precoding of complex-valued symbols; mapping of precoded complex-valued symbols to resource elements; generating a complex-valued time-domain single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) or CP-OFDM signal for an antenna port; and the like. In the example, when transform precoding is enabled, an SC-FDMA signal for uplink transmission can be generated. In the example, when transform precoding is not enabled, the uplink transmission can be performed by Fig.16A Generate a CP-OFDM signal for uplink transmission. These functions are shown as examples, and it is contemplated that other mechanisms may be implemented in various embodiments.

[0228] Fig. 16B An exemplary structure for modulation and up-conversion of a baseband signal to a carrier frequency is shown. The baseband signal may be a complex-valued SC-FDMA or CP-OFDM baseband signal and / or a complex-valued physical random access channel (PRACH) baseband signal for an antenna port. Filtering may be employed prior to transmission.

[0229] Fig. 16C An exemplary structure for downlink transmission is shown. A baseband signal representing a physical downlink channel may perform one or more functions. The one or more functions may include: scrambling coded bits in a codeword to be transmitted on a physical channel; modulating the scrambled bits to generate complex-valued modulation symbols; mapping the complex-valued modulation symbols onto one or several transmission layers; precoding of complex-valued modulation symbols on layers for transmission on antenna ports; mapping complex-valued modulation symbols for antenna ports to resource elements; generating complex-valued time-domain OFDM signals for antenna ports; and the like. These functions are shown as examples, and it is contemplated that other mechanisms may be implemented in various embodiments.

[0230] Fig.16D Another exemplary structure for modulation and up-conversion of a baseband signal to a carrier frequency is shown. The baseband signal may be a complex valued OFDM baseband signal at an antenna port. Filtering may be employed prior to transmission.

[0231] The wireless device may receive one or more messages (e.g., RRC messages) including configuration parameters of multiple cells (e.g., primary cells, secondary cells) from a base station. The wireless device may communicate with at least one base station (e.g., two or more base stations in dual connectivity) via the multiple cells. The one or more messages (e.g., as part of the configuration parameters) may include parameters for configuring the wireless device at the physical layer, MAC layer, RLC layer, PCDP layer, SDAP layer, and RRC layer. For example, the configuration parameters may include parameters for configuring physical layer and MAC layer channels, bearers, and the like. For example, the configuration parameters may include parameters indicating values ​​of timers for the physical layer, MAC layer, RLC layer, PCDP layer, SDAP layer, RRC layer, and / or communication channels.

[0232] Once started, a timer can start running and continue running until it stops or until it expires. If the timer is not running, it can be started, or if it is running, it can be restarted. A timer can be associated with a value (e.g., a timer can start or restart from a certain value, or can start from zero and expire once it reaches the value). The duration of a timer may not be updated until the timer stops or expires (e.g., due to BWP switching). A timer can be used for a time period / window of a measurement process. When the specification refers to implementations and procedures related to one or more timers, it should be understood that there are multiple ways to implement the one or more timers. For example, it should be understood that one or more of the multiple ways of implementing the timer can be used for a time period / window of a measurement procedure. For example, a random access response window timer can be used to measure a time window for receiving a random access response. In an example, instead of the start and expiration of the random access response window timer, the time difference between two timestamps can be used. When the timer is restarted, the measurement process of the time window can be restarted. Other exemplary embodiments can be provided to restart the measurement of the time window.

[0233] The base station may transmit one or more MAC PDUs to the wireless device. In an example, the MAC PDU may be a bit string that is length byte aligned (e.g., aligned to a multiple of eight bits). In an example, the bit string may be represented by a table, wherein the most significant bit is the leftmost bit of the first row of the table, and the least significant bit is the rightmost bit of the last row of the table. More generally, the bit string may be read from left to right and then in the order in which the lines are read. In an example, the bit order of the parameter fields within the MAC PDU is represented by the first and most significant bit in the leftmost bit and the last and least significant bit in the rightmost bit.

[0234] In an example, the MAC SDU may be a bit string whose length is byte-aligned (e.g., aligned to a multiple of eight bits). In an example, the MAC SDU may be included in the MAC PDU starting from the first bit. The MAC CE may be a bit string whose length is byte-aligned (e.g., aligned to a multiple of eight bits). The MAC subheader may be a bit string whose length is byte-aligned (e.g., aligned to a multiple of eight bits). In an example, the MAC subheader may be placed directly in front of the corresponding MAC SDU, MAC CE, or padding. The MAC entity may ignore the value of the reserved bit in the DL MAC PDU.

[0235] In an example, a MAC PDU may include one or more MAC subPDUs. A MAC subPDU in the one or more MAC subPDUs may include: only a MAC subheader (including padding); a MAC subheader and a MAC SDU; a MAC subheader and a MAC CE; a MAC subheader and padding, or a combination thereof. A MAC SDU may have a variable size. A MAC subheader may correspond to a MAC SDU, a MAC CE, or padding.

[0236] In an example, when the MAC subheader corresponds to a MAC SDU, a variable-size MAC CE, or padding, the MAC subheader may include: an R field having a one-bit length; an F field having a one-bit length; an LCID field having a multi-bit length; an L field having a multi-bit length, or a combination thereof.

[0237] Fig.17A An example of a MAC subheader having an R field, an F field, an LCID field, and an L field is shown. Fig.17A In an exemplary MAC subheader of , the LCID field may be six bits in length and the L field may be eight bits in length. Fig. 17B An example of a MAC subheader having an R field, an F field, an LCID field, and an L field is shown. Fig. 17B In the exemplary MAC subheader shown in , the length of the LCID field may be six bits, and the length of the L field may be sixteen bits. When the MAC subheader corresponds to a fixed-size MAC CE or padding, the MAC subheader may include: an R field having a length of two bits and an LCID field having a length of multiple bits. Fig. 17C An example of a MAC subheader having an R field and an LCID field is shown. Fig. 17C In the exemplary MAC subheader shown in , the LCID field may be six bits in length and the R field may be two bits in length.

[0238] Fig.18AAn example of a DL MAC PDU is shown. Multiple MAC CEs (such as MAC CE 1 and 2) may be placed together. A MAC subPDU including a MAC CE may be placed before a MAC subPDU including a MAC SDU or a MAC subPDU including padding. Fig.18B An example of a UL MAC PDU is shown. Multiple MAC CEs (such as MAC CE 1 and 2) may be placed together. In an embodiment, a MAC subPDU including a MAC CE may be placed after all MAC subPDUs including a MAC SDU. Additionally, a MAC subPDU may be placed before a MAC subPDU including padding.

[0239] In an example, a MAC entity of a base station may transmit one or more MAC CEs to a MAC entity of a wireless device. Fig.19 An example of multiple LCIDs that may be associated with one or more MAC CEs is shown. The one or more MAC CEs may include at least one of the following: SP ZP CSI-RS resource set activation / deactivation MAC CE; PUCCH spatial relation activation / deactivation MAC CE; SP SRS activation / deactivation MAC CE; SP CSI reporting on PUCCH activation / deactivation MAC CE; TCI status indication of UE-specific PDCCH MAC CE; TCI status indication of UE-specific PDSCH MAC CE; aperiodic CSI triggering status subselection MAC CE; SP CSI-RS / CSI-IM resource set activation / deactivation MAC CE; UE contention resolution identity MAC CE; timing advance command MAC CE; DRX command MAC CE; long DRX command MAC CE; SCell activation / deactivation MAC CE (1 octet); SCell activation / deactivation MAC CE (4 octets); and / or duplicate activation / deactivation MAC CE. In an example, a MAC CE, such as a MAC CE transmitted by a MAC entity of a base station to a MAC entity of a wireless device, may have an LCID in a MAC subheader corresponding to the MAC CE. Different MAC CEs may have different LCIDs in a MAC subheader corresponding to the MAC CE. For example, an LCID given by 111011 in a MAC subheader may indicate that the MAC CE associated with the MAC subheader is a long DRX command MAC CE.

[0240] In an example, a MAC entity of a wireless device may transmit one or more MAC CEs to a MAC entity of a base station. Fig. 20An example of one or more MAC CEs is shown. The one or more MAC CEs may include at least one of the following: a short buffer status report (BSR) MAC CE; a long BSR MAC CE; a C-RNTI MAC CE; a configured grant confirmation MAC CE; a single-entry PHR MAC CE; a multi-entry PHR MAC CE; a short truncated BSR; and / or a long truncated BSR. In the example, the MAC CE may have an LCID in a MAC subheader corresponding to the MAC CE. Different MAC CEs may have different LCIDs in the MAC subheader corresponding to the MAC CE. For example, the LCID given by 111011 in the MAC subheader may indicate that the MAC CE associated with the MAC subheader is a short truncated command MAC CE.

[0241] In carrier aggregation (CA), two or more component carriers (CCs) may be aggregated. A wireless device may receive or transmit simultaneously on one or more CCs using the techniques of CA depending on the capabilities of the wireless device. In an embodiment, a wireless device may support CA for contiguous CCs and / or for non-contiguous CCs. CCs may be organized into cells. For example, CCs may be organized into a primary cell (PCell) and one or more secondary cells (SCells). When configured with CA, a wireless device may have an RRC connection with a network. During RRC connection establishment / reestablishment switching, the cell that provides NAS mobility information may be a serving cell. During the RRC connection establishment / switching procedure, the cell that provides security input may be a serving cell. In an example, a serving cell may represent a PCell. In an example, a base station may transmit one or more messages including configuration parameters of multiple one or more SCells to a wireless device depending on the capabilities of the wireless device.

[0242] When configured with CA, the base station and / or wireless device may employ an activation / deactivation mechanism of SCell to improve battery or power consumption of the wireless device. When the wireless device is configured with one or more SCells, the base station may activate or deactivate at least one of the one or more SCells. After the configuration of the SCell, the SCell may be deactivated immediately unless the SCell state associated with the SCell is set to "activated" or "dormant".

[0243] The wireless device may activate / deactivate the SCell in response to receiving the SCell activation / deactivation MAC CE. In an example, the base station may transmit one or more messages including an SCell timer (e.g., sCellDeactivationTimer) to the wireless device. In an example, the wireless device may deactivate the SCell in response to expiration of the SCell timer.

[0244] When the wireless device receives an SCell activation / deactivation MAC CE to activate the SCell, the wireless device may activate the SCell. In response to activating the SCell, the wireless device may perform operations including: SRS transmission on the SCell; CQI / PMI / RI / CRI reporting for the SCell; PDCCH monitoring on the SCell; PDCCH monitoring for the SCell; and / or PUCCH transmission on the SCell. In response to activating the SCell, the wireless device may start or restart a first SCell timer (e.g., sCellDeactivationTimer) associated with the SCell. The wireless device may start or restart the first SCell timer in a time slot when an SCell activation / deactivation MAC CE to activate the SCell has been received. In an example, in response to activating the SCell, the wireless device may (re)initialize one or more suspended configured uplink grants of a configured grant type 1 associated with the SCell according to a stored configuration. In an example, in response to activating the SCell, the wireless device may trigger a PHR.

[0245] When the wireless device receives an SCell activation / deactivation MAC CE to deactivate the activated SCell, the wireless device may deactivate the activated SCell. In an example, when the first SCell timer (e.g., sCellDeactivationTimer) associated with the activated SCell expires, the wireless device may deactivate the activated SCell. In response to deactivating the activated SCell, the wireless device may stop the first SCell timer associated with the activated SCell. In an example, in response to deactivating the activated SCell, the wireless device may clear one or more configured downlink assignments and / or one or more configured uplink grants of the configured uplink grant type 2 associated with the activated SCell. In an example, in response to deactivating the activated SCell, the wireless device may: suspend one or more configured uplink grants of the configured uplink grant type 1 associated with the activated SCell; and / or clear the HARQ buffer associated with the activated SCell.

[0246] When the SCell is deactivated, the wireless device may not perform operations including: transmitting SRS on the SCell; reporting CQI / PMI / RI / CRI for the SCell; transmitting on the UL-SCH on the SCell; transmitting on the RACH on the SCell; monitoring at least one first PDCCH on the SCell; monitoring at least one second PDCCH for the SCell; and / or transmitting PUCCH on the SCell. When at least one first PDCCH on the activated SCell indicates an uplink grant or a downlink assignment, the wireless device may restart a first SCell timer (e.g., sCellDeactivationTimer) associated with the activated SCell. In an example, when at least one second PDCCH on a serving cell (e.g., a PCell or SCell configured with a PUCCH, i.e., a PUCCH SCell) that schedules the activated SCell indicates an uplink grant or a downlink assignment for the activated SCell, the wireless device may restart a first SCell timer (e.g., sCellDeactivationTimer) associated with the activated SCell. In an example, when the SCell is deactivated, if there is an ongoing random access procedure on the SCell, the wireless device may abort the ongoing random access procedure on the SCell.

[0247] Fig.21A An example of an octet SCell activation / deactivation MAC CE is shown. Fig.19 The first MAC PDU subheader of the SCell activation / deactivation MAC CE (shown as '111010' in FIG. 1 ) may identify an octet SCell activation / deactivation MAC CE. The octet SCell activation / deactivation MAC CE may have a fixed size. The octet SCell activation / deactivation MAC CE may include a single octet. The single octet may include a first number of C fields (e.g., seven) and a second number of R fields (e.g., one). Fig.21B An example of a four-octet SCell activation / deactivation MAC CE is shown. Fig.19 The second MAC PDU subheader of the MAC PDU (e.g., '111001' shown in ) may identify a four-octet SCell activation / deactivation MAC CE. The four-octet SCell activation / deactivation MAC CE may have a fixed size. The four-octet SCell activation / deactivation MAC CE may include four octets. The four octets may include a third number of C fields (e.g., 31) and a fourth number of R fields (e.g., 1).

[0248] exist Fig.21A and / or Fig.21B In the example, if the SCell with SCell index i has been configured, the Ci field can indicate the activation / deactivation status of the SCell with SCell index i. In the example, when the Ci field is set to one, the SCell with SCell index i can be activated. In the example, when the Ci field is set to zero, the SCell with SCell index i can be deactivated. In the example, if there is no SCell configured with SCell index i, the wireless device can ignore the Ci field. Fig.21A and Fig.21B In the , the R field can indicate a reserved bit. The R field can be set to zero.

[0249] The base station may configure the wireless device with an uplink (UL) bandwidth part (BWP) and a downlink (DL) BWP to enable bandwidth adaptation (BA) on the PCell. If carrier aggregation is configured, the base station may further configure the wireless device with at least a DL BWP (i.e., there may be no UL BWP in the UL) to enable BA on the SCell. For the PCell, the initial active BWP may be the first BWP for initial access. For the SCell, the first active BWP may be the second BWP configured for the wireless device to operate on the SCell when the SCell is activated. In a paired spectrum (e.g., FDD), the base station and / or the wireless device may switch the DL BWP and the UL BWP independently. In an unpaired spectrum (e.g., TDD), the base station and / or the wireless device may switch the DLBWP and the UL BWP simultaneously.

[0250] In an example, the base station and / or the wireless device may switch the BWP between configured BWPs via DCI or a BWP inactivity timer. When the BWP inactivity timer is configured for a serving cell, the base station and / or the wireless device may switch the active BWP to a default BWP in response to the expiration of the BWP inactivity timer associated with the serving cell. The default BWP may be configured by the network. In an example, for an FDD system, when configured with a BA, one UL BWP and one DL BWP for each uplink carrier may be active at a certain time in an active serving cell. In an example, for a TDD system, one DL / UL BWP pair may be active at a certain time in an active serving cell. Operating on the one UL BWP and the one DL BWP (or the one DL / UL pair) may improve wireless device battery consumption. BWPs other than the one active UL BWP and the one active DL BWP on which the wireless device may operate may be deactivated. On a deactivated BWP, the wireless device may: not monitor the PDCCH; and / or not transmit on the PUCCH, PRACH, and UL-SCH.

[0251] In an example, a serving cell may be configured with up to a first number (e.g., four) of BWPs. In an example, for an activated serving cell, there may be an active BWP at any point in time. In an example, BWP switching for a serving cell may be used to simultaneously activate an inactive BWP and deactivate an active BWP. In an example, BWP switching may be controlled by a PDCCH indicating a downlink assignment or an uplink grant. In an example, BWP switching may be controlled by a BWP inactivity timer (e.g., bwp-InactivityTimer). In an example, BWP switching may be controlled by a MAC entity in response to initiating a random access procedure. When adding a SpCell or activating an SCell, a BWP may initially be active without receiving a PDCCH indicating a downlink assignment or an uplink grant. The active BWP for a serving cell may be indicated by RRC and / or PDCCH. In an example, for unpaired spectrum, a DL BWP may be paired with a UL BWP, and BWP switching may be common to both UL and DL.

[0252] Fig. 22An example of BWP switching on a cell (e.g., a PCell or an SCell) is shown. In the example, a wireless device may receive at least one RRC message from a base station, the at least one RRC message including parameters of the cell and one or more BWPs associated with the cell. The RRC message may include: an RRC connection reconfiguration message (e.g., RRCReconfiguration); an RRC connection reestablishment message (e.g., RRCRestablishment); and / or an RRC connection setup message (e.g., RRCSetup). Among the one or more BWPs, at least one BWP may be configured as a first active BWP (e.g., BWP 1) and one BWP may be configured as a default BWP (e.g., BWP 0). The wireless device may receive a command (e.g., an RRC message, a MAC CE, or a DCI) to activate the cell in an nth time slot. The wireless device may start a cell deactivation timer (e.g., sCellDeactivationTimer) and start a CSI-related action for the cell, and / or start a CSI-related action for the first active BWP of the cell. The wireless device may start monitoring the PDCCH on BWP 1 in response to activating the cell.

[0253] In an example, in response to receiving a DCI indicating a DL assignment on BWP 1, the wireless device may restart a BWP inactivity timer (e.g., bwp-InactivityTimer) starting at the mth time slot. When the BWP inactivity timer expires, the wireless device may switch back to a default BWP (e.g., BWP 0) as the active BWP at the sth time slot. When sCellDeactivationTimer expires, the wireless device may deactivate the cell and / or stop the BWP inactivity timer.

[0254] In an example, the MAC entity may apply normal operations to the active BWP of an activated serving cell configured with a BWP, including: transmitting on UL-SCH; transmitting on RACH; monitoring PDCCH; transmitting PUCCH; receiving DL-SCH; and / or (re)initializing any suspended configured uplink grants of configured grant type 1 according to the stored configuration (if any).

[0255] In an example, on an inactive BWP for each activated service cell configured with a BWP, the MAC entity may: not transmit on UL-SCH; not transmit on RACH; not monitor PDCCH; not transmit PUCCH; not transmit SRS, not receive DL-SCH; clear any configured downlink assignments and configured uplink grants of configured grant type 2; and / or suspend any configured uplink grants of configured type 1.

[0256] In an example, if the MAC entity receives a PDCCH for a BWP switch of a serving cell while a random access procedure associated with this serving cell is not in progress, the wireless device may perform a BWP switch to the BWP indicated by the PDCCH. In an example, if the bandwidth part indicator field is configured in DCI format 1_1, the bandwidth part indicator field value may indicate an active DL BWP for DL ​​reception from a configured DL BWP set. In an example, if the bandwidth part indicator field is configured in DCI format 0_1, the bandwidth part indicator field value may indicate an active UL BWP for UL transmission from a configured UL BWP set.

[0257] In an example, for the primary cell, a default DL BWP among the configured DL BWPs may be provided to the wireless device via a higher layer parameter Default-DL-BWP. If a default DL BWP is not provided to the wireless device via the higher layer parameter Default-DL-BWP, the default DL BWP is the initial active DL BWP. In an example, a timer value for the primary cell may be provided to the wireless device via a higher layer parameter bwp-InactivityTimer. If configured, the wireless device may increment the timer (if running) at intervals of every 1 millisecond for frequency range 1 or every 0.5 millisecond for frequency range 2, if during the interval, the wireless device fails to detect DCI format 1_1 for paired spectrum operation, or if the wireless device fails to detect DCI format 1_1 or DCI format 0_1 ​​for unpaired spectrum operation.

[0258] In an example, if the wireless device is configured for a secondary cell having a higher layer parameter Default-DL-BWP indicating a default DL BWP among the configured DL BWPs, and the wireless device is configured with a higher layer parameter bwp-InactivityTimer indicating a timer value, the wireless device procedure on the secondary cell can be the same as the wireless device procedure on the primary cell using the timer value for the secondary cell and the default DL BWP for the secondary cell.

[0259] In an example, if the wireless device is configured with a first active DL BWP on a secondary cell or carrier via a higher layer parameter Active-BWP-DL-SCell and a first active UL BWP via a higher layer parameter Active-BWP-UL-SCell, the wireless device may use the indicated DL BWP and the indicated UL BWP on the secondary cell as the corresponding first active DL BWP and first active ULBWP on the secondary cell or carrier.

[0260] In an example, a set of PDCCH candidates to be monitored by a wireless device may be defined in terms of a PDCCH search space set. The search space set includes a CSS set or a USS set. The wireless device monitors PDCCH candidates in one or more of the following search space sets: Type0-PDCCH CSS set configured by pdcch-ConfigSIB1 in MIB or by searchSpaceSIB1 in PDCCH-ConfigCommon or by searchSpaceZero in PDCCH-ConfigCommon for a DCI format with a CRC scrambled by the SI-RNTI on the primary cell of the MCG; Type0A-PDCCH CSS set configured by searchSpaceOtherSystemInformation in PDCCH-ConfigCommon for a DCI format with a CRC scrambled by the SI-RNTI on the primary cell of the MCG; Type1-PDCCH CSS set configured by ra-SearchSpace in PDCCH-ConfigCommon for a DCI format with a CRC scrambled by the RA-RNTI, MsgB-RNTI or TC-RNTI on the primary cell; Type2-PDCCH configured by pagingSearchSpace in PDCCH-ConfigCommon for a DCI format with a CRC scrambled by the P-RNTI on the primary cell of the MCG CSS set; Type3-PDCCH CSS set configured by SearchSpace with searchSpaceType=common in PDCCH-Config for DCI format with CRC scrambled by INT-RNTI, SFI-RNTI, TPC-PUSCH-RNTI, TPC-PUCCH-RNTI, TPC-SRS-RNTI, CI-RNTI or PS-RNTI and only for primary cell, C-RNTI, MCS-C-RNTI or CS-RNTI; and USS set configured by SearchSpace with searchSpaceType=ue-Specific in PDCCH-Config for DCI format with CRC scrambled by C-RNTI, MCS-C-RNTI, SP-CSI-RNTI, CS-RNTI(s), SL-RNTI, SL-CS-RNTI or SL-L-CS-RNTI.

[0261] In an example, the wireless device determines the PDCCH monitoring occasion on the active DL BWP based on one or more PDCCH configuration parameters including: PDCCH monitoring period, PDCCH monitoring offset, and PDCCH monitoring pattern within a time slot. For search space sets (SSs), if The wireless device determines that the number is n f The number in the frame There is a PDCCH monitoring opportunity in the time slot. is the number of time slots in the time frame of the configuration parameter set μ. s k is the slot offset indicated in the PDCCH configuration parameter. s is the PDCCH monitoring period indicated in the PDCCH configuration parameter. s PDCCH candidates in the continuous time slot monitoring search space set, from time slot Start, and for the next k s -T s The PDCCH candidates of the search space set s are not monitored in consecutive time slots. In the example, the USS at CCE aggregation level L∈{1,2,4,8,16} is defined by the PDCCH candidate set of CCE aggregation level L.

[0262] In the example, for the search space set s associated with CORESETp, it corresponds to the carrier indicator field value n. CI In terms of the active DL BWP of the serving cell, the wireless device determines the time slot corresponding to PDCCH candidates in the search space set in f The CCE index of aggregation level L is Where, for any CSS, For USS, For p mod3 = 0, Y p,-1 =n RNTI ≠0,A p =39827, for pmod3 = 1, A p =39829, for p mod3 = 2, A p =39839, and D = 65537; i = 0, *, L-1; N CCE,p is the number of CCEs, numbered from 0 to N CCE,p -1 in CORESETp; if the wireless device is configured with the carrier indicator field via the CrossCarrierSchedulingConfig of the serving cell on which it monitors the PDCCH, then n CI is the Carrier Indicator field value; otherwise, for any CSS, including n CI=0; in i is the wireless device configured for n CI The number of PDCCH candidates monitored at the aggregation level L of the search space set s of the corresponding serving cell; for any CSS, for is the number of all configurations of CCE aggregation level L for search space set s CI Value The maximum value of RNTI The RNTI value is C-RNTI.

[0263] In an example, a wireless device may monitor a set of PDCCH candidates based on configuration parameters of a search space set including multiple search spaces (SSs). The wireless device may monitor a set of PDCCH candidates in one or more CORESETs for detecting one or more DCIs. Monitoring may include decoding one or more PDCCH candidates in the set of PDCCH candidates based on the monitored DCI format. Monitoring may include decoding DCI content of one or more PDCCH candidates having possible (or configured) PDCCH positions, possible (or configured) PDCCH formats (e.g., the number of CCEs, the number of PDCCH candidates in a common SS, and / or the number of PDCCH candidates in a UE-specific SS), and possible (or configured) DCI formats. Decoding may be referred to as blind decoding.

[0264] Fig.23A An example of configuration parameters of a master information block (MIB) of a cell (e.g., PCell) is shown. In the example, based on receiving a primary synchronization signal (PSS) and / or a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), the wireless device can receive the MIB via the PBCH. The configuration parameters of the MIB may include six bits of the system frame number (SFN) (systemFrameNumber), a subcarrier spacing indication (subCarrierSpacingCommon), a frequency domain offset in the number of subcarriers between the SSB and the entire resource block grid (ssb-SubcarrierOffset), an indication indicating whether the cell is barred (cellBarred), a DMRS position indication indicating the position of the DMRS (dmrs-TypeA-Position), parameters of the CORESET and SS of the PDCCH including the common CORESET (pdcch-ConfigSIB1), a common search space, and necessary PDCCH parameters.

[0265] In an example, pdcch-ConfigSIB1 may include a first parameter (e.g., controlResourceSetZero) indicating a common ControlResourceSet (CORESET) with ID #0 (e.g., CORESET #0) of the initial BWP of the cell. controlResourceSetZero may be an integer between 0 and 15. Each integer between 0 and 15 may identify a configuration of CORESET #0. Fig. 23B An example of the configuration of CORESET#0 is shown. Fig. 23B As shown, based on the value of the integer of controlResourceSetZero, the wireless device can determine the SSB and CORESET#0 multiplexing mode, the number of RBs of CORESET#0, the number of symbols of CORESET#0, and the RB offset of CORESET#0.

[0266] In an example, pdcch-ConfigSIB1 may include a second parameter (e.g., searchSpaceZero) common search space with ID#0 (e.g., SS#0) of the initial BWP of the cell. searchSpaceZero may be an integer between 0 and 15. Each integer between 0 and 15 may identify the configuration of SS#0. Fig.23C An example of the configuration of SS#0 is shown. Fig.23C As shown, based on the value of the integer of searchSpaceZero, the wireless device can determine one or more parameters (e.g., O, M) for time slot determination for PDCCH monitoring, the first symbol index for PDCCH monitoring and / or the number of search spaces per time slot.

[0267] In an example, based on receiving the MIB, the wireless device may monitor the PDCCH via SS#0 of CORESET#0 for receiving DCI scheduling system information block 1 (SIB1). The wireless device may receive the DCI with a CRC scrambled with a system information radio network temporary identifier (SI-RNTI) dedicated to receiving SIB1.

[0268] Fig.24 An example of RRC configuration parameters of a system information block (SIB) is shown. A SIB (e.g., SIB1) may contain information relevant in evaluating whether a wireless device is allowed to access a cell and may define the scheduling of other system information. A SIB may contain radio resource configuration information common to all wireless devices and prohibition information applied to unified access control. In an example, a base station may transmit one or more SIB information to a wireless device (or multiple wireless devices). Fig.24As shown, the parameters of the one or more SIB information may include: one or more parameters of cell selection related to the serving cell (e.g., cellSelectionInfo), one or more configuration parameters of the serving cell (e.g., represented by ServingCellConfigCommonSIB IE), and one or more other parameters. The ServingCellConfigCommonSIB IE may include at least one of the following: a common downlink parameter of the serving cell (e.g., represented by DownlinkConfigCommonSIB IE), a common uplink parameter of the serving cell (e.g., represented by UplinkConfigCommonSIB IE), and other parameters.

[0269] In an example, the DownlinkConfigCommonSIB IE may include parameters for the initial downlink BWP for the serving (eg, SpCell) cell. The parameters for the initial downlink BWP may be included in the BWP-DownlinkCommon IE (eg, Fig.25 ). BWP-DownlinkCommon IE can be used to configure the common parameters of the downlink BWP of the serving cell. The base station can configure locationAndBandwidth so that the initial downlink BWP contains the entire CORESET#0 of the serving cell in the frequency domain. The wireless device can apply locationAndBandwidth (e.g., determine the frequency location of the signal described by the locationAndBandwidth) when receiving this field, but it maintains CORESET#0 until after receiving RRCSetup / RRCResume / RRCReestablishment.

[0270] In an example, the UplinkConfigCommonSIB IE may include parameters for the initial uplink BWP for a serving cell (e.g., SpCell). The parameters for the initial uplink BWP may be included in the BWP-UplinkCommon IE. The BWP-UplinkCommon IE may be used to configure common parameters for the uplink BWP. The common parameters for the uplink BWP are "cell-specific". The base station may ensure the necessary alignment with corresponding parameters of other wireless devices. Common parameters for the initial bandwidth portion of the PCell may be provided via system information. For all other serving cells, the base station may provide common parameters via dedicated signaling.

[0271] Fig.25An example of RRC configuration parameters (e.g., BWP-DownlinkCommon IE) in a downlink BWP of a serving cell is shown. The base station may transmit one or more configuration parameters of a downlink BWP (e.g., an initial downlink BWP) of a serving cell to a wireless device (or multiple wireless devices). Fig.25 As shown, one or more configuration parameters of the downlink BWP may include: one or more common BWP parameters of the downlink BWP, one or more cell-specific parameters of the PDCCH of the downlink BWP (for example, represented by the pdcch-ConfigCommon IE), one or more cell-specific parameters of the PDSCH of the BWP (for example, represented by the pdsch-ConfigCommon IE), and one or more other parameters. The pdcch-ConfigCommon IE may include parameters of COESET#0 (for example, controlResourceSetZero), which can be used in any common or UE-specific search space. The value of controlResourceSetZero can be interpreted like the corresponding bit in the MIB pdcch-ConfigSIB1. The pdcch-ConfigCommon IE may include parameters of an additional common control resource set (for example, represented by commonControlResourceSet), which can be configured and used for any common or UE-specific search space. If the network configures this field, it uses a ControlResourceSetId other than 0 for this ControlResourceSet. The parameters of the control resource set can be as follows: Fig.25 The network configures the commonControlResourceSet in SIB1 so that it is included in the bandwidth of CORESET#0. The pdcch-ConfigCommon IE may include parameters for a list of additional common search spaces (e.g., represented by commonSearchSpaceList). The parameters of the search space may be based on Fig.26 The pdcch-ConfigCommon IE may indicate, from the list of search spaces, a search space for paging (e.g., pagingSearchSpace), a search space for a random access procedure (e.g., ra-SearchSpace), a search space for SIB1 messages (e.g., searchSpaceSIB1), a common search space #0 (e.g., searchSpaceZero), and one or more other search spaces.

[0272] like Fig.25As shown, a control resource set (CORESET) can be associated with a CORESET index (e.g., ControlResourceSetId). A CORESET index with a value of 0 can identify a common CORESET configured in the MIB and in ServingCellConfigCommon (controlResourceSetZero) and cannot be used in the ControlResourceSet IE. CORESET indexes with other values ​​can identify a CORESET configured by dedicated signaling or in SIB1. controlResourceSetId is unique among the BWPs of the serving cell. A CORESET can be associated with a coresetPoolIndex indicating an index of a CORESET pool of the CORESET. A CORESET can be associated with a duration parameter (e.g., duration) that indicates the continuous duration of the CORESET in a number of symbols. In the example, Fig.25 As shown, the configuration parameters of the CORESET may include at least one of the following: a frequency resource indication (e.g., frequencyDomainResources), a CCE-REG mapping type indicator (e.g., cce-REG-MappingType), multiple TCI states, an indicator indicating whether TCI is present in the DCI, etc. The frequency resource indication comprising several bits (e.g., 45 bits) indicates frequency domain resources, each bit of the indication corresponds to a group of 6 RBs, where the grouping starts from the first RB group in the BWP of the cell (e.g., SpCell, SCell). The first (leftmost / most significant) bit corresponds to the first RB group in the BWP, and so on. A bit set to 1 indicates that the RB group corresponding to the bit belongs to the frequency domain resources of the CORESET. The bits corresponding to a group of RBs that are not fully contained in the BWP in which the CORESET is configured are set to zero.

[0273] Fig.26An example of a configuration of a search space (e.g., SearchSpace IE) is shown. In the example, one or more search space configuration parameters of the search space may include at least one of the following: a search space ID (searchSpaceId), a control resource set ID (controlResourceSetId), a monitoring slot period and offset parameter (monitoringSlotPeriodicityAndOffset), a search space duration value (Duration), a monitoring symbol indication (monitoringSymbolsWithinSlot), the number of candidates for the aggregation level (nrofCandidates), and / or an SS type (searchSpaceType) indicating a common SS type or a UE-specific SS type. The monitoring slot period and offset parameter may indicate a time slot (e.g., in a radio frame) and a time slot offset (e.g., related to the start of a radio frame) for PDCCH monitoring. The monitoring symbol indication may indicate which symbol(s) of a time slot the wireless device may monitor for PDCCH on the SS. The control resource set ID may identify a control resource set on which the SS may be located.

[0274] In an embodiment, a base station may transmit or a wireless device may receive TBs scheduled in a unicast transmission, a broadcast transmission, a multicast transmission, or a combination thereof. Fig.27A and Fig.27B Examples of unicast transmissions, broadcast transmissions, and multicast transmissions are shown according to some embodiments.

[0275] like Fig.27A As shown in , a first wireless device (e.g., WD1) can receive a transport block (TB) dedicated to the first wireless device and / or scheduled by a DCI with a first UE-specific RNTI (e.g., C-RNTI, CS-RNTI, MCS-C-RNTI, etc.) from a base station. Fig.27A In the example shown, the second wireless device (e.g., WD2, WD3, WD4, etc.) may not receive the TB dedicated to the first wireless device because the second wireless device is not configured with the first UE-specific RNTI. In the example, the TB dedicated to the wireless device can be referred to as a unicast TB. The PDSCH carrying the TB dedicated to the wireless device can be referred to as a unicast PDSCH. The PDCCH (or DCI) that schedules the dedicated TB can be referred to as a unicast PDCCH (or unicast DCI). In the example, the transmission of the TB to the wireless device and scheduling by the unicast DCI can improve the security and flexibility of the scheduling.

[0276] like Fig.27AAs shown, a wireless device may receive a multicast TB (or groupcast TB) of a multicast service (e.g., MBS) from a base station, which may be received by a group of wireless devices (e.g., WD2, WD3, WD4, etc.) within the coverage of the base station. In order to receive the multicast TB, the group of wireless devices may be allocated / configured with a group-specific RNTI (e.g., G-RNTI or SC-RNTI, or MBS-RNTI). Based on the configured group-specific RNTI, the group of wireless devices may monitor the PDCCH to receive a DCI with a CRC scrambled by the group-specific RNTI, and the DCI schedules the multicast TB. In the example, a wireless device (e.g., WD1) that is not configured with a group-specific RNTI may not receive the multicast TB. In the example, the MBS may carry messages for applications, including at least one of the following: V2X, public safety, live video (e.g., concerts or sports), IOT software updates, industry applications, etc. An MBS that carries one type of application data may be defined as an MBS session. Different MBS sessions may be used for different applications. A wireless device interested in an MBS provided by a base station may indicate to the base station that the wireless device is interested in the MBS service. The base station may accordingly transmit to the wireless device an MBS configuration parameter including an RNTI dedicated to receiving a DCI that schedules an MBS TB. By assigning a dedicated RNTI to a wireless device receiving an MBS, the base station may know which wireless device or how many wireless devices have subscribed to the MBS. MBS is different from a broadcast message, in which the base station does not know which wireless device or how many wireless devices are receiving the broadcast message. In an example, a network operator may determine an MBS transmission strategy or a pricing strategy based on the number of subscribers to the MBS by using multicast / groupcast scheduling.

[0277] like Fig.27B As shown, a wireless device can receive a broadcast TB from a base station, which can be received by any wireless device within the coverage of the base station. The broadcast TB may include a system information message, a paging information message, etc. In the example, when receiving broadcast system information or paging information, any wireless device in the cell can monitor the PDCCH to receive a DCI with a CRC scrambled by a predefined RNTI (e.g., a SI-RNTI with a predefined value of "FFFF" in hexadecimal, or a P-RNTI with a predefined value of "FFFF" in hexadecimal, etc.). Since the RNTI for receiving the DCI for scheduling broadcast messages is known to any wireless device in the cell (e.g., by being set to a predefined value), any wireless device can receive the broadcast message. In the example, by transmitting system information or paging messages scheduled by broadcast scheduled DCI to a group of wireless devices, the base station can improve the signaling efficiency of the base station.

[0278] In an embodiment, a base station may transmit an MBS TB to a group of wireless devices via a BWP of a plurality of BWPs of a cell.

[0279] Fig.28A and Fig.28B An example of MBS configuration when multiple BWPs are configured in a cell according to some embodiments is shown.

[0280] like Fig.28A As shown, a BWP for transmitting an MBS TB (e.g., which may be referred to as an MBS BWP in the present disclosure) may be configured separately and / or independently from a BWP for transmitting a unicast TB and / or a broadcast TB (e.g., which may be referred to as a unicast BWP in the present disclosure). The MBS BWP in the present disclosure may be defined as a BWP of a cell, on which an MBS PDCCH / PDSCH may be transmitted. The unicast BWP in the present disclosure may be defined as a BWP of a cell, on which a unicast PDCCH / PDSCH (and / or a broadcast PDCCH / PDSCH) may be transmitted.

[0281] In an example, a base station may transmit one or more RRC messages including configuration parameters of a cell to a wireless device, the cell including multiple BWPs. One or more RRC messages may indicate that a first set of multiple BWPs is dedicated as a unicast BWP (e.g., BWP n, BWP m, etc., for unicast PDCCH / PDSCH transmission, or broadcast system information transmission, or broadcast paging message transmission). In an example, one or more RRC messages may indicate that a second set of multiple BWPs is dedicated as an MBS BWP (e.g., BWPx, BWP y, etc., for MBS PDCCH / PDSCH transmission). In an embodiment, different MBSs (e.g., V2X, public safety, live video, IOT software updates, industry applications, etc.) targeting different groups of wireless devices may be configured on different BWPs. MBSBWP may be used to transmit different MBS TBs associated with different MBS configurations (e.g., V2X, public safety, live video, IOT software updates, industry applications, etc.). In an example, configuring a separate BWP for MBS from a unicast BWP may improve system throughput and reduce scheduling restrictions / impacts on unicast PDSCH scheduling. In an embodiment, to support a separate BWP configured with MBS, a wireless device may be required to support multiple active BWPs in a cell.

[0282] like Fig.28BAs shown, the frequency resources for transmitting MBS TBs may be configured within a BWP for transmitting unicast TBs and / or broadcast TBs. The frequency resources configured in the BWP may be resource blocks common to a group of wireless devices configured with MBS. The BWP may be the initial BWP of a cell, or the first active BWP configured on a cell. The BWP may be any BWP, except the dormant BWP of the cell. In an implementation scheme, multiple frequency resource blocks within a unicast BWP may be dedicated to transmitting MBS PDCCH / PDSCH to a group of wireless devices. In an example, the number of frequency resource blocks (or a set of frequency resource blocks) and the position of the number of frequency resource blocks within the BWP may be configured by the base station in one or more RRC messages. One or more RRC messages may further indicate configuration parameters of a PDCCH for MBS (e.g., referred to as an MBS PDCCH), wherein the MBS PDCCH may carry a DCI with a CRC scrambled by an MBS-specific RNTI (e.g., MBS-RNTI, SC-RNTI, G-RNTI, etc.). The configuration parameters may indicate the frequency resource allocation and time domain allocation of the search space and / or CORESET for receiving the MBS PDCCH within the bandwidth of the unicast BWP. In an example, the frequency resource allocation and time domain allocation of the search space and / or CORESET may be based on Fig.25 and / or Fig.26 to implement this using the example of

[0283] In an embodiment, different MBSs targeting different groups of wireless devices may be configured on different sets of frequency resource blocks within a unicast BWP. Fig.28B As shown, frequency resource blocks for MBS can be allocated on different unicast BWPs. In an example, configuring frequency resources for MBS within a unicast BWP can simplify the implementation of the wireless device and reduce the power consumption of the wireless device. In an example, by supporting the configuration of frequency resources for MBS within a unicast BWP, the wireless device can be required to support a single active BWP in a cell.

[0284] In an example, the base station and / or the wireless device may perform HARQ retransmissions based on various HARQ feedback types. The various HARQ feedback types may include transmitting an ACK in response to successful decoding and transmitting a NACK in response to unsuccessful decoding (referred to as ACK / NACK feedback in this disclosure). The various HARQ feedback types may include transmitting a NACK in response to unsuccessful decoding, or not transmitting an ACK in response to successful decoding (referred to as NACK-only feedback in this disclosure). The various HARQ feedback types may include no feedback, regardless of whether the wireless device successfully decodes the MBS TB (referred to as no ACK / NACK feedback in this disclosure). Fig.29A , Fig.29B and Fig.29CExamples of various HARQ feedback types are shown according to some embodiments.

[0285] Fig.29A An example of HARQ retransmission based on ACK / NACK feedback according to some embodiments is shown. Fig.29A As shown, the wireless device may receive a first MBS TB (first MBS TB). The wireless device may receive the first MBS TB based on receiving a DCI having a CRC scrambled by an MBS-specific RNTI (e.g., MBS-RNTI). The wireless device may receive the DCI in a search space of a BWP of a cell (e.g., dedicated to an MBS session, or shared with a unicast transmission). The wireless device may attempt to decode the first MBS TB based on the MBS-RNTI. The wireless device may determine that decoding of the first MBS TB was unsuccessful. In response to unsuccessful decoding of the first MBS TB, the wireless device may transmit a HARQ negative acknowledgment (or HARQ NACK) to the base station, indicating that the wireless device did not successfully decode the first MBS TB. Based on the received HARQ NACK, the base station may retransmit the first MBS TB ( Fig.29A not shown).

[0286] like Fig.29A As shown, the wireless device may receive a second MBS TB (second MBS TB). The wireless device may attempt to decode the second MBS TB based on the MBS-RNTI. The wireless device may determine that the decoding of the second MBS TB is successful. In response to successfully decoding the second MBS TB, the wireless device may transmit a HARQ positive confirmation (or HARQ ACK) to the base station, indicating that the wireless device successfully decoded the second MBS TB. Based on the received HARQ ACK, the base station may determine that the wireless device correctly received the second MBS TB. The base station may transmit a new MBS TB (e.g., a third MBS TB) to the wireless device ( Fig.29A not shown). Fig.29A The example can improve the transmission robustness of HARQ feedback. However, Fig.29A The example of may consume more uplink resources, increase power consumption of the wireless device, and / or increase uplink interference to other wireless devices because the wireless device transmits HARQ feedback every time the wireless device successfully or unsuccessfully decodes a TB.

[0287] Fig.29B An example of HARQ retransmission based on NACK-only feedback according to some embodiments is shown. Fig.29BAs shown, the wireless device may receive a first MBS TB (first MBS TB). The wireless device may attempt to decode the first MBS TB based on the MBS-RNTI. The wireless device may determine that decoding of the first MBS TB is unsuccessful. In response to the unsuccessful decoding of the first MBS TB, the wireless device may transmit a HARQ NACK to the base station, indicating that the wireless device did not successfully decode the first MBS TB. Based on the received HARQ NACK, the base station may retransmit the first MBS TB to the wireless device ( Fig.29A not shown).

[0288] like Fig.29B As shown, the wireless device may receive a second MBS TB (second MBS TB). The wireless device may attempt to decode the second MBS TB based on the MBS-RNTI. The wireless device may determine that decoding the second MBS TB is successful. In response to successfully decoding the second MBS TB, the wireless device may not transmit a HARQ ACK to the base station. Based on not receiving the HARQ ACK or NACK, the base station may determine that the wireless device correctly received the second MBS TB. The base station may transmit a new MBS TB (e.g., a third MBS TB) to the wireless device ( Fig.29B not shown). Fig.29B Examples of may reduce resource allocation for feedback, reduce power consumption of the wireless device, and / or reduce uplink interference to other wireless devices because the wireless device transmits HARQ feedback only when the wireless device does not successfully decode a TB. Fig.29B The example may reduce the transmission robustness of HARQ feedback.

[0289] Fig.29C An example of HARQ retransmission based on no ACK / NACK feedback according to some embodiments is shown. Fig.29C As shown, the wireless device may receive a first MBS TB (first MBS TB). The wireless device may attempt to decode the first MBS TB based on the MBS-RNTI. The wireless device may determine that decoding of the first MBS TB is unsuccessful. In response to the unsuccessful decoding of the first MBS TB, the wireless device may not transmit a HARQ NACK to the base station, indicating that the wireless device did not successfully decode the first MBS TB.

[0290] like Fig.29C As shown, the wireless device may receive a second MBS TB (second MBS TB). The wireless device may attempt to decode the second MBS TB based on the MBS-RNTI. The wireless device may determine that decoding the second MBS TB is successful. In response to successfully decoding the second MBS TB, the wireless device may not transmit a HARQ ACK to the base station. Fig.29CExamples of may reduce resource allocation for feedback, reduce power consumption of the wireless device, and / or reduce uplink interference to other wireless devices because the wireless device does not transmit any feedback regardless of whether the wireless device successfully or unsuccessfully decodes the TB. Fig.29C The example of may reduce downlink throughput because the base station may blindly transmit the MBS TB with a certain number (fixed or configured) of repetitions even if all wireless devices have successfully decoded the MBS TB.

[0291] In an example, a wireless device may receive one or more TBs of an MBS session from a base station. An MBS session may require a higher QoS than a periodic broadcast message. An MBS session including V2X application data may require lower latency transmission than a periodic broadcast message. An MBS session including IOT industry application data may require higher reliability than a periodic broadcast message. An MBS session including live video application data may require higher throughput and higher reliability than a periodic broadcast message, etc.

[0292] In order to meet the QoS requirement of the transmission of MBS TB, when the wireless device subscribed to the MBS session does not successfully receive the MBS TB, the base station can apply the HARQ mechanism to retransmit the MBS TB. The base station can retransmit the MBS TB in unicast transmission or multicast transmission.

[0293] Fig. 30A and Fig. 30B Examples of unicast retransmission of an MBS TB and multicast retransmission of an MBS TB according to some embodiments are shown.

[0294] like Fig. 30A As shown, when subscribing to an MBS session, the wireless device may receive an initial transmission of an MBS TB (or TBs). The wireless device may receive the initial transmission based on receiving a DCI with a CRC scrambled by an MBS-RNTI associated with the MBS session. The wireless device may receive the DCI while the wireless device is monitoring the PDCCH on a search space (associated with a CORESET) configured for the MBS session. The wireless device may attempt to decode the MBS TB based on the MBS-RNTI. The wireless device may not successfully decode the TB (e.g., with an incorrect CRC check). The wireless device may buffer received data for the TB based on not successfully decoding the TB.

[0295] like Fig. 30AAs shown, the wireless device may transmit a HARQ NACK indicating that the wireless device did not successfully decode the TB. The base station may transmit a second DCI with a CRC scrambled by the MBS-RNTI based on the received HARQ NACK. The second DCI may indicate a retransmission of the MBS TB. The second DCI is transmitted to a group of wireless devices subscribed to the MBS session. The retransmission of the MBS TB is for the group of wireless devices. Based on transmitting the HARQ NACK, the wireless device may monitor the PDCCH on the search space configured for the MBS session to receive a second DCI indicating the retransmission of the MBS TB. The wireless device may receive the retransmitted MBS TB based on receiving the second DCI. The wireless device may combine the initially received data and the newly received data of the MBS TB. The wireless device may attempt to decode the combined data of the MBS TB based on the MBS-RNTI.

[0296] In an example, the wireless device may successfully decode the combined data.The wireless device may deliver the decoded MAC PDU contained in the MBS TB to the decomposition and demultiplexing entity of the wireless device.

[0297] In an example, the wireless device may not successfully decode the combined data. Based on not successfully decoding the combined data, the wireless device may determine to request a retransmission based on the examples of the above embodiments.

[0298] Retransmission of MBS TBs in multicast transmission may increase signaling overhead, for example, when multiple wireless devices subscribed to an MBS session request retransmission of the MBS TB in response to the MBS TB being unsuccessfully decoded by the multiple wireless devices. Retransmission of MBS TBs in multicast transmission may reduce multicast transmission throughput because the base station may retransmit the MBS TB in the multicast transmission if there is at least one wireless device among the multiple wireless devices that did not correctly decode the MBS TB.

[0299] Fig. 30B An example of a unicast retransmission of an MBS TB according to some embodiments is shown. When subscribing to an MBS session, the wireless device may receive an initial transmission of an MBS TB (or TBs). The wireless device may receive the initial transmission based on receiving a DCI with a CRC scrambled by an MBS-RNTI associated with the MBS session. The wireless device may receive the DCI while the wireless device is monitoring the PDCCH on a search space (associated with a CORESET) configured for the MBS session. The wireless device may attempt to decode the MBS TB based on the MBS-RNTI. The wireless device may unsuccessfully decode the TB. The wireless device may buffer received data for the TB based on unsuccessfully decoding the TB.

[0300] like Fig. 30BAs shown, the wireless device may transmit a HARQ NACK indicating that the wireless device did not successfully decode the TB. The base station may transmit a second DCI with a CRC scrambled by the C-RNTI based on the received HARQ NACK. The second DCI may indicate a retransmission of the MBS TB in a unicast transmission. The second DCI is transmitted exclusively to the wireless device (rather than to a second wireless device other than the wireless device). The retransmission of the MBS TB scheduled by the second DCI is transmitted exclusively for the wireless device. The wireless device may receive the retransmitted MBS TB based on receiving the second DCI. The wireless device may combine the initially received data and the newly received data of the MBS TB. The wireless device may attempt to decode the combined data of the MBS TB.

[0301] In an example, the wireless device may successfully decode the combined data.The wireless device may deliver the decoded MAC PDU contained in the MBS TB to the decomposition and demultiplexing entity of the wireless device.

[0302] In an example, the wireless device may not successfully decode the combined data. Based on not successfully decoding the combined data, the wireless device may determine to request a retransmission based on the examples of the above embodiments.

[0303] Retransmission of MBS TBs in unicast transmission can improve multicast transmission throughput because the base station transmits a new MBS TB at each multicast transmission opportunity (or does not perform retransmission of old MBS TBs). Retransmission of MBS TBs in unicast transmission can increase signaling overhead, for example, when multiple wireless devices subscribed to an MBS session request retransmission of the MBS TB and the base station can retransmit the MBS TB to each of the multiple wireless devices separately.

[0304] In an example, a base station may periodically transmit a transport block to a wireless device via a PDSCH resource, for example, without associating a PDCCH with each transport block in the transport block. In the present disclosure, without associating a PDCCH with each transport block in the transport block, the periodic transmission of a transport block may be referred to as semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) in the present disclosure. The base station may allocate downlink resources (e.g., for initial HARQ transmission) to the wireless device by indicating configuration parameters of the SPS via an RRC message. The configuration parameters may include: a periodicity value (e.g., periodicity) of a configured downlink assignment, an RNTI (e.g., cs-RNTI) for activation, deactivation, and retransmission of the SPS; the number of configured HARQ processes of the SPS (e.g., nrofHARQ-Processes); a HARQ offset (harq-ProcID-Offset) of a HARQ process of the SPS; an SPS configuration index (e.g., SPSconfig-index) identifying the SPS; and the like.

[0305] In an example, based on the SPS configured by the RRC message, the base station may activate the SPS by transmitting a first DCI addressed to the CS-RNTI of the wireless device to the wireless device via the PDCCH. Downlink assignment parameters (e.g., frequency resource allocation, time resource allocation, TCI indication, MCS level, etc.) may be reused according to a period defined by the RRC (implicitly, or without receiving another DCI) until deactivated. In an example, the base station may transmit a second DCI indicating the deactivation of the SPS to the wireless device, wherein the second DCI is addressed to the CS-RNTI of the wireless device.

[0306] In an example, the base station may configure the SPS for each serving cell and each BWP. In the same BWP, multiple assignments may be activated simultaneously. The activation and deactivation of the SPS are independent between serving cells. The wireless device may be indicated by the PDCCH of the SPS with a downlink assignment. The wireless device may store the downlink assignment based on L1 signaling (e.g., DCI) indicating the activation of the SPS. The wireless device may clear the downlink assignment based on L1 signaling (e.g., DCI) indicating the deactivation of the SPS. In an example, when the SPS is released by the upper layer, all corresponding configurations may be released.

[0307] In an example, for SPS activation or SPS release / deactivation, the wireless device may verify the SPS assignment PDCCH (or DCI) in response to the RNTI of the DCI being CRC-scrambled by the CS-RNTI and one or more DCI fields being set to a predefined value. The one or more DCI fields may include: a new data indicator (NDI) field, a downlink feedback indicator (DFI) flag field, or a PDSCH to HARQ feedback timing indicator field. In one embodiment, for SPS activation or SPS release / deactivation, the wireless device may verify the SPS assignment PDCCH in the following cases: the CRC of the DCI is CRC-scrambled with the CS-RNTI provided by the cs-RNTI; the NDI field of the DCI of the transport block (e.g., an enabled transport block) is set to '0'; if present in the DCI format, the DFI flag field is set to '0'; and if the verification is for SPS activation and if the PDSCH to HARQ feedback timing indicator field of the DCI format is present, the PDSCH to HARQ feedback timing indicator field does not provide an inapplicable value from dl-DataToUL-ACK.

[0308] In an example, in response to determining verification of the SPS assignment PDCCH (e.g., based on the exemplary embodiments described above), if a single configuration of the SPS PDSCH is provided to the wireless device, the wireless device may configure the SPS PDSCH according to Fig.31A Verify the DCI format for SPS activation. Fig.31A If all fields of the DCI format are set, the wireless device can determine that the verification of the DCI format has been achieved. In an example, the wireless device can Fig.31B Verify the DCI format for SPS release / deactivation. Fig.31B If all fields of the DCI format are set, the wireless device can determine that the verification of the DCI format is achieved.

[0309] In an example, in response to determining verification of the SPS assignment PDCCH, if more than one configuration of the SPS PDSCH is provided to the wireless device, the wireless device may Fig.32A Verify the DCI format for SPS activation. In an example, the value of the HARQ process number field of the DCI format may indicate the activation of the corresponding SPS PDSCH configuration with the same value as the value provided by SPSconfig-index. Fig.32A If the RV field of the DCI format is set as shown, the wireless device can determine that the verification of the DCI format is achieved.

[0310] In an example, when more than one configuration of SPS PDSCH is configured, if SPS-ReleaseStateList is provided to the wireless device, the value of the HARQ process number field in the DCI format may indicate the corresponding entry of the SPS release of one or more SPS PDSCH configurations. Fig.32B If all fields of the DCI format are set, the wireless device can determine that the verification of the DCI format is achieved.

[0311] In an example, when more than one configuration of SPS PDSCH is configured, if the wireless device is not provided with SPS-ReleaseStateList, the value of the HARQ process number field in the DCI format may indicate the release of the corresponding SPS PDSCH configuration having the same value as the value provided by SPSconfig-index. Fig.32B If all fields of the DCI format are set, the wireless device can determine that the verification of the DCI format is achieved.

[0312] In an example, if the verification is achieved, the wireless device regards the information of the DCI format as a valid activation or a valid release of the SPS. If the verification is not achieved, the wireless device discards all the information of the DCI format.

[0313] In an example, if verification of SPS activation is achieved, the wireless device may determine based on the DCI format that the downlink assignment may be periodically reused (e.g., without receiving another DCI). The wireless device may determine that the Nth downlink assignment occurs at (numberOfSlotsPerFrame×SFN+time slot number in the frame)=[(numberOfSlotsPerFrame×SFN 开始时间 +Time Slot 开始时间 )+N×periodicity×numberOfSlotsPerFrame / 10]modulo(1024×numberOfSlotsPerFrame), where SFN 开始时间 and time slot 开始时间 are the system frame number (SFN) and the timeslot of the first transmission of the PDSCH, respectively, in which the configured downlink assignments are (re)initialized.

[0314] In an example, a wireless device can determine a HARQ process ID associated with an SPS activated by a DCI based on: the time slot number at which DL transmission starts in the downlink resources of a downlink assignment associated with the SPS, a HARQ process offset (e.g., harq-ProcID-Offset), the number of time slots per frame, the number of HARQ processes configured for the SPS; or the periodicity of the SPS.

[0315] In an example, when harq-ProcID-Offset is not configured, the wireless device can determine the HARQ process ID associated with the time slot where the DL transmission starts, which is derived from the following equation: HARQ Process ID = [floor(CURRENT_slot×10 / (numberOfSlotsPerFrame×periodicity))] modulo nrofHARQ-Processes, where CURRENT_slot = [(SFN×numberOfSlotsPerFrame)+time slot number in the frame] and numberOfSlotsPerFrame refers to the total number of consecutive time slots per frame.

[0316] In an example, when harq-ProcID-Offset is configured, the wireless device can determine the HARQ process ID associated with the time slot where the DL transmission starts, which is derived from the following equation: HARQ Process ID = [floor(CURRENT_slot×10 / (numberOfSlotsPerFrame×periodicity))] modulo nrofHARQ-Processes+harq-ProcID-Offset, where CURRENT_slot = [(SFN×numberOfSlotsPerFrame)+time slot number in the frame] and numberOfSlotsPerFrame refers to the total number of consecutive time slots per frame.

[0317] In an example, for a configured downlink assignment associated with an SPS, if configured and activated, the wireless device may receive a transport block via the PDSCH according to the configured downlink assignment in the PDSCH duration of the configured downlink assignment. The wireless device may deliver the received transport block to the HARQ entity of the wireless device. The wireless device may set the HARQ process ID determined based on the above implementation to the HARQ process ID associated with the PDSCH duration. The wireless device may indicate the presence of the configured downlink assignment and deliver HARQ information (e.g., NDI, transport block size (TBS), RV, or HARQ process ID) to the HARQ entity of the wireless device. The wireless device may process the TB in the HARQ process associated with the HARQ process ID through the HARQ entity.

[0318] In the prior art, when SPS is configured and activated by DCI with CRC scrambled by CS-RNTI, the wireless device can periodically receive TB via the configured downlink assignment of SPS. Different wireless devices may be configured with different SPS configurations. In the present disclosure, an SPS dedicated to a specific wireless device may be referred to as a unicast SPS. The TB associated with the unicast SPS is scrambled by the C-RNTI dedicated to the specific wireless device. The CS-RNTI is dedicatedly assigned to a specific wireless device for activation, deactivation or retransmission of the SPS. The configured downlink assignment is dedicatedly allocated to a specific wireless device.

[0319] In the NR system, when MBS is configured, the base station can activate the group common SPS and periodically transmit multicast TBs via the configured downlink assignment of the group common SPS. In the present disclosure, the group common SPS of the MBS may be referred to as MBSSPS. Unlike the unicast TB of the unicast SPS, the multicast TB may be scrambled by the group common RNTI and transmitted to a group of wireless devices configured with the group common RNTI. The base station may activate the group common SPS based on the RNTI dedicated to the activation / deactivation of the group common SPS. The configured downlink assignment of the group common SPS is used to transmit multicast TBs to the group of wireless devices.

[0320] In the prior art, a base station may transmit configuration parameters (e.g., periodicity, number of HARQ processes, HARQ process offset, etc.) of multiple SPSs for unicast transmission to a wireless device in an RRC message. The configuration parameters of multiple SPSs are included in the dedicated (i.e., UE-specific) parameters of the downlink BWP of the cell. In order to support MBS SPS, the base station may indicate one or more SPSs of multiple SPSs (e.g., usually configured for unicast transmission on BWP) as one or more group common SPSs (or hereinafter referred to as MBS SPSs) for MBS. Sharing the same SPS pool (e.g., the multiple SPSs configured above) for unicast transmission and MBS transmission may increase the complexity of scheduling of the base station and / or increase the complexity of HARQ process management at the wireless device. In an example, the configuration parameters of the SPS configuration (for unicast transmission) of the first wireless device may be configured independently or separately from the configuration parameters of the second wireless device. By using the prior art, the first wireless device may determine the HARQ process ID of the multicast TB received via the PDSCH opportunity of the group common SPS, which is different from the HARQ process ID of the second wireless device. For the same multicast TB of the same PDSCH opportunity via a group common SPS, different HARQ process IDs may result in less efficient retransmissions by the base station, because the base station will be required to retransmit the multicast TB to the first wireless device by using the first HARQ process ID, and to retransmit to the second wireless device separately by using the second HARQ process ID. Therefore, there is a need to improve the SPS configuration of MBS to improve retransmission efficiency.

[0321] In an exemplary embodiment, the base station may transmit a first SPS configuration for an MBS session and a second SPS configuration for unicast transmission separately and / or using different SPS configuration parameters (eg, PUCCH resource indication, SPS configuration index, HARQ feedback, etc.).

[0322] In an exemplary embodiment, the MBS SPS configuration may be indicated in a group-common RRC message. The base station may transmit the MBS SPS configuration to a group of wireless devices in a group-common RRC message. The group-common RRC message may be scheduled by a group-common DCI and may be scrambled by a group-common RNTI. By receiving a group-common RRC message including configuration parameters for the MBS SPS configuration, the group of wireless devices may determine the same HARQ process ID of the multicast TB via a multicast PDSCH opportunity. The base station may be enabled to retransmit (if a HARQ NACK is received from multiple wireless devices) the multicast TB via a multicast PDSCH resource based on the same HARQ process ID. The exemplary embodiment described below may improve the system throughput of a multicast system. For example, by retransmitting a multicast TB based on the same HARQ process ID, the base station does not need to use different HARQ process IDs to separately retransmit the multicast TB to multiple corresponding wireless devices in the group of wireless devices.

[0323] In an exemplary embodiment, the MBS SPS configuration may be indicated in an RRC message that is different from the unicast SPS configuration. The base station may transmit a first RRC message (e.g., a common RRC message) that configures a group of wireless devices to configure a group common SPS. The base station may transmit a second RRC message (e.g., a UE-specific RRC message) that configures a unicast SPS for a specific wireless device. The group common SPS may be configured separately and / or independently from the unicast SPS. The exemplary embodiment may improve the system throughput of the multicast system and / or reduce the signaling overhead of the SPS configuration of the MBS.

[0324] In an exemplary embodiment, the MBS SPS configuration may be indicated in a combination of a common RRC message and a UE-specific RRC message. The base station may transmit the first configuration parameters of the MBS SPS to a group of wireless devices via a multicast RRC message. The first configuration parameter may include group common parameters of the MBS SPS (e.g., periodicity, number of HARQ processes, HARQ process offset, MCS table indication, beam indication, CSI report configuration, etc.). The base station may transmit the second configuration parameters of the MBS SPS to a specific wireless device in the group of wireless devices via a unicast (or UE-specific) RRC message. The second configuration parameter may include UE-specific parameters of the MBS SPS (e.g., PUCCH resource indication for transmission of UCI, including HARQ feedback and / or CSI report, HARQ codebook indication, etc.). A specific wireless device may apply the UE-specific parameters and group common parameters of the MBS SPS to receive MBS TBs and / or transmit UCI. The exemplary embodiment may improve the system throughput of the multicast system and / or reduce the signaling overhead of the SPS configuration of the MBS.

[0325] In an exemplary embodiment, the base station may configure PUCCH resources (and / or HARQ codebook indications) associated with an MBS SPS for a wireless device via a unicast RRC message. The PUCCH resources (and / or HARQ codebook indications) of the MBS SPS may be configured separately from the PUCCH resources (and / or HARQ codebook indications) of the unicast SPS. In the example, unlike the PUCCH resources of the unicast SPS, the PUCCH resources of the MBS SPS may be shared among multiple wireless devices configured with the MBS SPS. The base station may receive multiple HARQ feedbacks from a group of wireless devices. The exemplary embodiment may enable the base station to identify which wireless device(s) have transmitted HARQ feedback, and thereby improve HARQ feedback transmission efficiency (e.g., by sharing the same PUCCH resources between multiple wireless devices for HARQ feedback of TBs associated with the MBS SPS).

[0326] In an exemplary embodiment, the base station may configure the configuration parameters of the MBS SPS for a group of wireless devices via a multicast RRC message. The base station may update (e.g., with a new parameter value) one or more of the configuration parameters of the MBS SPS via a unicast RRC message dedicated to a specific wireless device. The exemplary embodiment may increase signaling overhead and improve system throughput of the MBS system.

[0327] Fig.33 An example of an SPS configuration according to some embodiments is shown. In the example, the base station may transmit a first RRC message ( ) including configuration parameters of the MBS to a wireless device (or a group of wireless devices including the wireless device). Fig.33 The first RRC message in the message).

[0328] In an exemplary embodiment, the first RRC message may be transmitted in a multicast (or broadcast) transmission. In the present disclosure, an RRC message transmitted in a multicast transmission may be referred to as a multicast RRC message. The first RRC message may be transmitted to a group of wireless devices via PDSCH resources. The first RRC message may be scheduled by a group common DCI having a CRC scrambled by a group common RNTI (e.g., SI-RNTI or MBS dedicated RNTI). The first RRC message may be included in one or more system messages (e.g., SIB1, SIB2, SIB3, etc.). The first RRC message may be included in an MBS dedicated multicast message via a logical channel dedicated to MBS (e.g., a multicast control channel, MCCH). Based on the above with respect to Figure 5A The described exemplary embodiments implement various logical channels. Group-common DCI may be transmitted to a group of wireless devices (eg, configured with a group-common RNTI).

[0329] In an exemplary embodiment, the first RRC message may include configuration parameters for the MBS. The configuration parameters may indicate an MBS-specific RNTI (e.g., MBS-RNTI, G-RNTI, SC-RNTI, etc.) for the MBS. The configuration parameters may indicate a common frequency resource ( Fig.33 MBS frequency resources in) and / or PDCCH configuration (e.g., Fig.33 Common frequency resources and PDCCH configuration can be based on the above relative Fig.28A and / or Fig.28B The configuration parameter may indicate the PUCCH resource of the MBS (eg, Fig.33 The PUCCH resource may be used for the transmission of UCI associated with the MBS (e.g., CSI report, HARQ-ACK feedback, etc.). The configuration parameter may indicate the RS (e.g., SSB / CSI-RS) of the MBS and / or the CSI report ( Fig.33 The RS can be used by the group of wireless devices to measure CSI. The wireless device can transmit the CSI report of the MBS based on the RS and the measurement. The configuration parameter can indicate the beam information or transmission configuration indication (TCI) ( Fig.33 The wireless device may receive the multicast TB via the multicast PDSCH resource of the MBS by determining the spatial domain reception filter parameters based on the beam information or TCI (indicating the reference RS).

[0330] like Fig.33 As shown, the configuration parameters of the MBS may include parameters of one or more SPS configurations of the MBS. In the present disclosure, the SPS configuration of the MBS may be referred to as the MBS SPS configuration (or MBS SPS). The parameters of the MBS SPS configuration may include a periodicity value (e.g., periodicity) of the configured downlink assignment of the MBS SPS, an RNTI (e.g., mbs-cs-RNTI, g-cs-RNTI, etc.) used for activation, deactivation, and retransmission of the MBS SPS; the number of HARQ processes configured for the MBS SPS (e.g., nrofHARQ-Processes); the HARQ offset (harq-ProcID-Offset) of the HARQ process of the MBS SPS; an SPS configuration index (e.g., SPSconfig-index) identifying the MBS SPS; and the like.

[0331] In an exemplary embodiment, the parameters of the MBS SPS configuration may include one or more PUCCH resources for HARQ-ACK feedback received by the PDSCH of the MBS SPS. The one or more PUCCH resources may be shared among a group of wireless devices configured with an MBS-specific RNTI. In an example, a first wireless device in the group of wireless devices may be allocated (e.g., implicitly) one or more PUCCH resources that are the same as a second wireless device in the group of wireless devices. In an example, a first wireless device in the group of wireless devices may be allocated (e.g., implicitly) a first PUCCH resource in the one or more PUCCH resources. The first PUCCH resource may be orthogonal to (or different from) a second PUCCH resource allocated to a second wireless device in the group of wireless devices.

[0332] In an exemplary embodiment, the parameters of the MBS SPS configuration may include a HARQ codebook index for PDSCH reception of the MBS SPS. The HARQ codebook index may be shared among a group of wireless devices configured with an MBS-specific RNTI. In an example, a first wireless device in the group of wireless devices may be assigned (e.g., implicitly) the same HARQ codebook index as a second wireless device in the group of wireless devices.

[0333] In an exemplary embodiment, the base station may transmit a second RRC message ( Fig.33 The second RRC message may be transmitted to the wireless device specifically for transmission. An RRC message transmitted specifically to a specific wireless device may be referred to as a unicast RRC message, as opposed to a multicast RRC message transmitted to a group of wireless devices.

[0334] In an exemplary embodiment, Fig.33As shown, the second RRC message may include configuration parameters indicating unicast BWP configuration and CORESET / SS configuration, unicast PDSCH resource configuration, unicast PUCCH resource configuration, unicast RS configuration, and CSI report configuration. The second RRC message may indicate parameters of multiple unicast SPS configurations. The parameters of the unicast SPS configuration may include a periodicity value (e.g., periodicity) of the downlink assignment of the configuration of the unicast SPS, an RNTI (e.g., cs-RNTI, etc.) used for activation, deactivation, and retransmission of the unicast SPS; the number of HARQ processes configured for the unicast SPS (e.g., nrofHARQ-Processes); the HARQ offset (harq-ProcID-Offset) of the HARQ process of the unicast SPS; or an SPS configuration index (e.g., SPSconfig-index) identifying the unicast SPS. The parameters of the unicast SPS configuration may include PUCCH resources for HARQ-ACK feedback of PDSCH reception of the unicast SPS. The PUCCH resources configured for unicast SPS may be assigned exclusively to the wireless device, e.g., not shared with other wireless devices. The parameters of the unicast SPS configuration may include a HARQ codebook index for PDSCH reception of the unicast SPS. The HARQ codebook index for PDSCH reception of the unicast SPS may be configured separately and / or independently from the HARQ codebook index for PDSCH reception of the MBS SPS.

[0335] In an exemplary embodiment, the parameters of the MBS SPS may be configured independently and / or separately from the parameters of the unicast SPS. The SPS configuration index of the MBS SPS may not be shared with the SPS configuration index of the unicast SPS. In the example, the MBS with SPS configuration index 1 is not the same as the unicast SPS with SPS configuration index 1, although the two SPS configuration indexes are the same.

[0336] Fig.33 An exemplary embodiment of the invention may enable a base station to transmit an MBS SPS configuration in a group common RRC message. In an example, a base station may transmit a unicast RRC message of the MBS SPS configuration to each wireless device in a group of wireless devices configured with MBS. An exemplary embodiment may reduce the signaling overhead of the MBS SPS configuration.

[0337] Based on the exemplary embodiment, by receiving a group common RRC message including the configuration parameters of the MBS SPS configuration, a group of wireless devices can determine the same HARQ process ID of the multicast TB via the multicast PDSCH opportunity. Otherwise, based on the prior art in which the SPS configuration is transmitted via a unicast RRC message and is separately configured for different wireless devices, the HARQ Id calculated based on the UE-specific SPS parameters may be different for different wireless devices. This may cause retransmission errors of MBS TBs based on different HARQ IDs. By implementing Fig.33 In an exemplary embodiment, the base station may be enabled to retransmit (if HARQ NACK is received from multiple wireless devices) a multicast TB via a multicast PDSCH resource for a group of wireless devices based on the same HARQ process ID. The exemplary embodiment may improve the system throughput of the multicast system.

[0338] Fig.34 FIG. 4 shows an exemplary group common configuration SPS of an MBS according to some embodiments. In the example, a base station may send a message to a group of wireless devices (e.g., Fig.34 The base station may transmit a multicast RRC message to the group of wireless devices based on the group common DCI.

[0339] In an exemplary embodiment, the multicast RRC message may be based on the above with respect to Fig.33 The exemplary embodiments described herein are implemented as described herein. The group-common DCI may be a DCI with a CRC scrambled with an RNTI (eg, SI-RNTI or MBS-specific RNTI) known by (or configured to) the group of wireless devices.

[0340] In an exemplary embodiment, based on receiving the group common DCI, the group of wireless devices may receive a multicast RRC message. The multicast RRC message may include configuration parameters of the MBS SPS. The group of wireless devices may periodically receive the multicast TB via the configured downlink assignment of the MBS SPS. For example, when based on Fig.36 and / or Fig.37 When the MBS SPS is activated, the group of wireless devices may periodically receive the multicast TB via the configured downlink assignments of the MBS SPS.

[0341] In an exemplary embodiment, the base station may send a signal to a first wireless device (eg, Fig.34 UE1 in the transmission schedules the first unicast RRC message (eg, Fig.34 The first UE-specific DCI (e.g., the first unicast RRC message in Fig.34The message includes a first unicast SPS configuration on the BWP of the cell (e.g., Fig.34 The first UE-specific DCI may be a DCI having a CRC scrambled by a UE-specific RNTI (e.g., C-RNTI, MCS-C-RNTI, CS-RNTI, etc.) that identifies the first wireless device. The first UE-specific DCI may be transmitted exclusively to the first wireless device. The first unicast RRC message may be transmitted exclusively to the first wireless device. For example, when based on Fig.31A , Fig.31B , Fig.32A and / or Fig.32B When the first unicast SPS is activated, the first wireless device may periodically receive unicast TBs via the configured downlink assignments of the first unicast SPS.

[0342] In an exemplary embodiment, the base station may send a signal to a second wireless device (eg, Fig.34 UE2 in the transmission schedules a second unicast RRC message (eg, Fig.34 A second UE-specific DCI (e.g., a second unicast RRC message in Fig.34 The second UE-specific DCI in the message includes a second unicast SPS configuration on the BWP of the cell (e.g., Fig.34 The second UE-specific DCI may be a DCI with a CRC scrambled by a UE-specific RNTI (e.g., C-RNTI, MCS-C-RNTI, CS-RNTI, etc.) that identifies the second wireless device. Different wireless devices may be identified by different UE-specific RNTIs. The second UE-specific DCI may be transmitted exclusively to the second wireless device. The second unicast RRC message may be transmitted exclusively to the second wireless device. For example, when based on Fig.31A , Fig.31B , Fig.32A and / or Fig.32B When the second unicast SPS is activated, the second wireless device may periodically receive unicast TBs via the configured downlink assignments of the second unicast SPS.

[0343] By achieving Fig.34 In an exemplary embodiment, a base station may transmit a multicast RRC message for configuring a group common SPS for a group of wireless devices and / or transmit a unicast RRC message for configuring a unicast SPS for a specific wireless device. The exemplary embodiment may improve the system throughput of the multicast system and / or reduce the signaling overhead of the SPS configuration of the MBS.

[0344] Fig.35An example SPS configuration of an MBS according to some embodiments is shown. In the example, the base station may transmit configuration parameters of the MBS SPS to the wireless device on the BWP of the cell. The configuration parameters may include a first parameter (e.g., Fig.35 ) and the second parameter (e.g. Fig.35 UE-specific parameters in ).

[0345] In an exemplary embodiment, the base station may transmit a multicast RRC message (eg, Fig.35 The multicast RRC message may include a first parameter (or group common parameter) of the MBS SPS. Different wireless devices in the group of wireless devices may receive the same multicast RRC message including the same group common parameter of the MBS SPS. The multicast RRC message may be based on Fig.33 and / or Fig.34 This is achieved by means of the exemplary embodiments of the present invention.

[0346] like Fig.35 As shown, the first parameter of the MBS SPS may include a periodic value of a downlink assignment of the MBS SPS configuration (eg, Fig.35 periodicity or SPS period in the MBS SPS); RNTI for activation, deactivation and / or retransmission of the MBS SPS (e.g., mbs-cs-RNTI, g-cs-RNTI, etc.); MCS table indication of the MBS SPS; one or more HARQ configuration parameters of the HARQ process of the MBS SPS ( Fig.35 ); an SPS configuration index (e.g., SPSconfig-index) identifying the MBS SPS; and / or one or more beam / TCI configurations. The one or more HARQ configuration parameters may include a HARQ process offset for the MBS SPS and / or the number of HARQ processes for the MBS SPS. The one or more HARQ configuration parameters may also include a HARQ feedback type indication, which indicates whether ACK / NACK HARQ feedback is enabled for the MBS SPS, whether only NACK HARQ feedback is enabled for the MBS SPS, or whether HARQ feedback is disabled for the MBS SPS. ACK / NACK HARQ feedback, only NACK HARQ feedback, or disabled HARQ feedback may be based on the above with respect to Fig.29A , Fig.29B or Fig.29C The exemplary embodiments described are implemented.

[0347] In the example, the first parameter of the MBS SPS may not include a PUCCH resource configuration parameter of the MBS SPS. The PUCCH resource configuration parameter of the MBS SPS may not exist in the first parameter of the first RRC message. The first parameter of the MBS SPS may not include a HARQ codebook index indication of the MBS SPS. The HARQ codebook index indication of the MBS SPS may not exist in the first parameter of the first RRC message.

[0348] In an exemplary embodiment, the base station may transmit a unicast RRC message ( ) including the second parameter (or UE-specific parameter) of the MBS SPS to the wireless device. Fig.35 The unicast RRC message may include configuration parameters of multiple SPSs, each SPS being associated with an SPS configuration index. One of the multiple SPSs having the same SPS configuration index as the MBS SPS may be the MBS SPS. Other SPSs of the multiple SPSs having SPS configuration indexes different from the MBS SPS may be unicast SPSs. Different wireless devices in the group of wireless devices may receive different UE-specific RRC messages including different UE-specific parameters of the MBS SPS. The unicast RRC message may be based on Fig.34 This is achieved by means of the exemplary embodiments of the present invention.

[0349] like Fig.35 As shown, the second parameter of the MBS SPS may include one or more PUCCH resource configuration parameters for HARQ feedback (and / or CSI reporting) of the MBS TB of the MBS SPS. For HARQ feedback of the MBS TB of the MBS SPS (and / or for CSI reporting), one or more PUCCH resource configuration parameters may indicate a UE-specific PUCCH resource among multiple UE-specific PUCCH resources configured on the BWP of the cell. Through the UE-specific parameters of the MBS SPS, different wireless devices may be indicated with different PUCCH resources for HARQ feedback of the MBS TB of the MBS SPS (and / or with different PUCCH resources for CSI reporting). Based on the UE-specific RRC message, the configuration of the PUCCH resources for HARQ feedback and / or CSI reporting of the MBS SPS may allow the base station to configure different PUCCH resources for different wireless devices.

[0350] like Fig.35As shown, the second parameter of the MBS SPS may include a UE-specific HARQ codebook indication of the HARQ feedback of the MBS TB of the MBS SPS. For a corresponding HARQ-ACK codebook in a plurality of HARQ-ACK codebooks associated with the wireless device, for the MBS SPS PDSCH and HARQ ACK / NACK feedback released by the MBS SPS PDSCH, the UE-specific HARQ codebook indication may indicate a HARQ-ACK codebook index. Through the UE-specific parameters of the MBS SPS, different wireless devices may be indicated with different HARQ codebook indications of the HARQ feedback of the MBS TB of the MBS SPS.

[0351] In an example, the second parameter of the MBS SPS may include a UE-specific HARQ feedback type indication for HARQ feedback of an MBS TB of the MBS SPS. For MBS SPS PDSCH and / or HARQ ACK / NACK feedback of an MBS SPS PDSCH release, the UE-specific HARQ codebook indication may indicate a HARQ feedback type among multiple HARQ feedback types. The multiple HARQ feedback types may include: a first HARQ feedback type indicating that the wireless device transmits positive HARQ (HARQ ACK) feedback in response to the MBS TB being successfully decoded, or transmits negative HARQ (HARQ NACK) feedback in response to the MBS TB being unsuccessfully decoded; a second HARQ feedback type indicating that the wireless device transmits HARQ NACK feedback in response to the MBS TB being unsuccessfully decoded, or skips transmitting HARQ ACK feedback in response to the MBS TB being successfully decoded; and a third feedback type indicating that the wireless device skips transmission of HARQ feedback regardless of whether the MBS TB is successfully decoded. Different wireless devices may be indicated with different HARQ feedback type indications for HARQ feedback of the MBS TB of the MBS SPS through the UE-specific parameters of the MBS SPS.

[0352] In some embodiments, by configuring UE-specific PUCCH resources (e.g., UE-specific HARQ codebook indication and / or UE-specific HARQ feedback type indication) associated with MBS SPS via a unicast RRC message, the base station can receive multiple HARQ feedbacks from a group of wireless devices that do not interfere with each other. In addition, the base station can receive multiple CSI reports that do not interfere with each other via different PUCCH resources and from a group of wireless devices. The exemplary embodiment can enable the base station to identify which wireless device(s) transmitted the HARQ feedback (and / or CSI report), and thus improve the HARQ feedback (and / or CSI report) transmission efficiency.

[0353] In some embodiments, it can be combined with Fig.33 , Fig.34 and / or Fig.35 The example described above can improve signaling overhead and flexibly indicate MBS SPS configuration parameters. In the example, the base station can transmit the configuration parameters of MBS SPS to a group of wireless devices via a multicast RRC message. The configuration parameters can be based on Fig.33 The exemplary implementation scheme is implemented, wherein the configuration parameters may include: MBS SPS configuration parameters, MBS PUCCH resource configuration parameters, MBS RS and CSI report configuration parameters, MBS beam / TCI configuration parameters, MBS frequency resource configuration parameters, MBS CORESET / SS configuration parameters, HARQ feedback type indication, or a combination thereof.

[0354] In an example, the base station may rewrite one or more configuration parameters configured by the multicast RRC message by transmitting a unicast RRC message. In an example, the base station may transmit a unicast RRC message including configuration parameters of the MBS SPS with an SPS configuration index identifying the MBS SPS. The configuration parameters of the unicast RRC message may not change (or may remain unchanged) the group common parameters of the MBS SPS. The group common parameters of the MBS SPS may include: at least one of the SPS period, the number of HARQ processes, the HARQ process offset, the MCS table indication, the PDSCH aggregation factor indication, or the HARQ feedback type indication. The configuration parameters of the unicast RRC message may change the UE-specific parameters of the MBS SPS. The UE-specific parameters of the MBS SPS may include: at least one of the PUCCH resource indication, the HARQ codebook indication, or the HARQ feedback type indication.

[0355] In an exemplary embodiment, based on receiving the unicast RRC message and the multicast RRC message for MBS SPS configuration, the wireless device may apply the group common parameters of the MBS SPS received in the multicast RRC message and the UE-specific parameters of the MBS SPS received in the UE-specific RRC message.

[0356] In an exemplary embodiment, when a unicast RRC message and a multicast RRC message include different parameter values ​​for the same configuration parameters of the MBS SPS configuration (e.g., PUCCH resource indication, HARQ codebook indication, beam / TCI indication, HARQ feedback type indication, etc.), the wireless device may apply the parameter values ​​of the configuration parameters included in the unicast RRC message and / or ignore the parameter values ​​of the same configuration parameters included in the multicast RRC message.

[0357] In an example, the parameter value of applying the configuration parameter may include, if the configuration parameter is a PUCCH resource indicator, transmitting UCI (e.g., HARQ feedback and / or CSI report) via the PUCCH resource indicated by the PUCCH resource indicator. The parameter value of applying the configuration parameter may include, if the configuration parameter is a HARQ codebook indication, transmitting UCI via the HARQ codebook indicated by the HARQ codebook indication. The parameter value of applying the configuration parameter may include, if the configuration parameter is a beam / TCI indication, receiving an MBS TB with a beam or TCI based on the beam / TCI indication. The parameter value of applying the configuration parameter may include, if the configuration parameter is a HARQ feedback type indication, transmitting HARQ feedback based on the HARQ feedback type indicated by the HARQ feedback type indication.

[0358] In an exemplary embodiment, when a unicast RRC message and a multicast RRC message include different parameter values ​​for the same configuration parameter of the MBS SPS configuration, the wireless device may apply the parameter value of the configuration parameter included in the multicast RRC message and / or ignore the parameter value of the same configuration parameter included in the unicast RRC message.

[0359] In an exemplary embodiment, when a unicast RRC message and a multicast RRC message include different parameter values ​​of the same configuration parameter of the MBS SPS configuration, the wireless device may apply the parameter value of the configuration parameter included in the unicast RRC message or in the multicast RRC message based on an indication from the base station.

[0360] In an example, the unicast RRC message may not include one or more configuration parameters of the MBS SPS, or the one or more configuration parameters of the MBS SPS may not be present in the unicast RRC message. In response to a multicast RRC message including parameter values ​​of configuration parameters of the MBS SPS and a unicast RRC message not including parameter values ​​of the same configuration parameters of the MBS SPS, the wireless device may apply the parameter values ​​of the configuration parameters of the MBS SPS included in the multicast RRC message.

[0361] In an example, the multicast RRC message may not include one or more configuration parameters of the MBS SPS, or the one or more configuration parameters of the MBS SPS may not be present in the multicast RRC message. In response to a multicast RRC message that does not include a parameter value for a configuration parameter of the MBS SPS and a unicast RRC message that includes a parameter value for the same configuration parameter of the MBS SPS, the wireless device may apply the parameter value for the configuration parameter of the MBS SPS included in the unicast RRC message.

[0362] Based on the exemplary embodiment, the base station can configure the configuration parameters of the MBS SPS for a group of wireless devices via a multicast RRC message, and can flexibly update one or more of the configuration parameters of the MBS SPS via a unicast RRC message dedicated to a specific wireless device (e.g., using a new parameter value). The exemplary embodiment can reduce signaling overhead and improve the system throughput of the MBS system.

[0363] Fig.36 1 shows an example SPS configuration and transmission of an MBS SPS TB according to some embodiments. In an example, a base station can send a message to a group of wireless devices (e.g., Fig.36 The configuration parameters of the MBS SPS configuration are transmitted to UE1 and UE2 in the RRC message. The configuration parameters via the RRC message can be based on the above with respect to Fig.33 , Fig.34 , Fig.35 and combinations thereof to achieve the exemplary embodiments described.

[0364] like Fig.36 As shown, the base station may transmit a group-common DCI to the group of wireless devices via a PDCCH resource. The group-common DCI may indicate activation of one of the MBS SPS configurations. The base station may indicate activation of one of the MBS SPS configurations based on a group-common DCI scrambled by a CRC dedicated to the activation / deactivation RNTI (e.g., MBS CS-RNTI, etc.) of the MBS SPS configuration and / or one or more DCI fields of the group-common DCI set to a predefined value. The wireless device may verify the group-common DCI for activation or deactivation of the MBS SPS based on the RNTI dedicated to the activation / deactivation of the MBS SPS configuration ( Fig.36 not shown).

[0365] In an exemplary embodiment, the one or more DCI fields for activation / deactivation of MBS SPS configuration may include: NDI field, DFI flag field (if present), PDSCH to HARQ feedback timing indicator field, RV field, or a combination thereof. For SPS activation or SPS release / deactivation of MBS SPS, the wireless device may, based on the above with respect to Fig.31A and / or Fig.32A The exemplary embodiment is described to verify SPS assignment of PDCCH.

[0366] In an example, if the verification is achieved, the wireless device regards the information of the DCI format as a valid activation or a valid release of the MBS SPS. If the verification is not achieved, the wireless device discards all the information of the DCI format.

[0367] In an example, if verification of MBS SPS activation is achieved, the wireless device (eg, Fig.36 UE1 and / or UE2 in the wireless device may determine based on the DCI format that the downlink assignment may be periodically reused for transmission of different MBS TBs (e.g., the first MBS TB, the second MBS TB, the third MBS TB, etc.). The wireless device may determine that the Nth downlink assignment occurs at (numberOfSlotsPerFrame×SFN+time slot number in the frame)=

[0368] [(numberOfSlotsPerFrame×SFN 开始时间 +Time Slot 开始时间 )+N×periodicity×numberOfSlotsPerFrame / 10]modulo(1024×numberOfSlotsPerFrame), where SFN 开始时间 and time slot 开始时间 The timeslot of the first transmission of SFN and PDSCH, respectively, where the configured downlink assignments are (re)initialized.In an exemplary embodiment, Periodicity may be included in the group common parameters of the MBS SPS.

[0369] In an example, the wireless device may determine a HARQ process ID associated with an MBS SPS activated by a DCI format based on: a time slot number at which DL transmission starts in a downlink resource assigned by a downlink associated with the MBS SPS; a HARQ process offset (e.g., harq-ProcID-Offset), if configured; a number of time slots per frame; a number of HARQ processes configured for the MBS SPS (e.g., nrofHARQ-Processes); and / or a periodicity (e.g., periodicity) of the MBS SPS. In an example, the HARQ process offset, periodicity, and / or the number of HARQ processes may be included in a group common parameter of the MBS SPS.

[0370] In an example, when harq-ProcID-Offset is not configured, the wireless device can determine the HARQ process ID associated with the time slot where the DL transmission starts, which is derived from the following equation: HARQ Process ID = [floor(CURRENT_slot×10 / (numberOfSlotsPerFrame×periodicity))] modulo nrofHARQ-Processes, where CURRENT_slot = [(SFN×numberOfSlotsPerFrame)+time slot number in the frame] and numberOfSlotsPerFrame can refer to the total number of consecutive time slots per frame.

[0371] In an example, when harq-ProcID-Offset is configured, the wireless device can determine the HARQ process ID associated with the time slot where the DL transmission starts, which is derived from the following equation: HARQ Process ID = [floor(CURRENT_slot×10 / (numberOfSlotsPerFrame×periodicity))]modulo nrofHARQ-Processes+harq-ProcID-Offset, where CURRENT_slot = [(SFN×numberOfSlotsPerFrame)+time slot number in the frame] and numberOfSlotsPerFrame can refer to the total number of consecutive time slots per frame.

[0372] In an example, for a configured downlink assignment associated with an MBS SPS, if configured and activated, the wireless device may receive a transport block via PDSCH according to the configured downlink assignment in the PDSCH duration of the configured downlink assignment and deliver it to the HARQ entity of the wireless device. The wireless device may set the HARQ process ID determined based on the above implementation to the HARQ process ID associated with the PDSCH duration. The wireless device may indicate the presence of the configured downlink assignment and deliver HARQ information (NDI, TBS, RV, and HARQ process ID) to the HARQ entity of the wireless device. The wireless device may process the TB in the HARQ entity.

[0373] like Fig.36As shown, UE1 and UE2 may separately and / or independently decode MBS TBs (e.g., a first MBS TB, a second MBS TB, etc.). UE1 may generate first HARQ information (e.g., ACK or NACK) based on its decoding of the MBS TB. UE2 may generate second HARQ information (e.g., ACK or NACK) based on its decoding of the MBS TB. Based on the PUCCH resources configured for MBS SPS, UE1 and UE2 may communicate via the same PUCCH resources configured for MBS SPS, for example, based on the above description with respect to Fig.33 In the example, UE1 and UE2 can transmit separate HARQ information via different PUCCH resources configured for different UEs, such as based on the above with respect to Fig.35 The base station may determine whether retransmission of the MBS TB is required based on signal detection on the same PUCCH resource. Similarly, based on the HARQ codebook index configured for the MBS SPS, UE1 and UE2 may be in the same HARQ codebook determined by the HARQ codebook index, for example, based on the above description with respect to Fig.33 In the exemplary embodiment described above, UE1 and UE2 may be in different HARQ codebooks determined by different HARQ codebook indices, for example, based on the above with respect to Fig.35 The exemplary embodiment described herein is used to transmit separate HARQ information. The base station may determine whether retransmission of an MBS TB is required based on the signal received in the HARQ codebook.

[0374] based on Fig.36 In an exemplary embodiment, the wireless device may receive a group-common DCI that activates an MBS SPS configured by a group-common RRC message. The wireless device may periodically receive multiple MBS TBs via a configured downlink assignment of the activated MBS SPS configuration. The exemplary embodiment may improve the downlink signaling overhead of SPS configuration and activation.

[0375] Fig.37 An example MBS SPS configuration and transmission of an MBS SPS TB according to some embodiments is shown. In an example, a base station may send a message to a group of wireless devices (e.g., Fig.37 The configuration parameters of the MBS SPS configuration are transmitted to UE1 and UE2 in the RRC message. The configuration parameters via the RRC message can be based on the above with respect to Fig.33 , Fig.34 , Fig.35 or a combination thereof.

[0376] like Fig.37 As shown, the base station can transmit a first UE-specific DCI (e.g., a first UE-specific DCI) to a first wireless device (e.g., UE1) via a first PDCCH resource. The first UE-specific DCI can indicate the activation of one of the MBS SPS configurations in the MBS SPS configurations. The base station can indicate the activation of one of the MBS SPS configurations in the MBS SPS configurations based on the first UE-specific DCI scrambled by a CRC dedicated to the first wireless device and a first RNTI (e.g., CS-RNTI, etc.) for activation / deactivation of the MBS SPS configuration and / or one or more DCI fields of the first UE-specific DCI set to a predefined value. For activation or deactivation of MBS SPS ( Fig.37 ), the first wireless device may be based on the above relative to Fig.31A and / or Fig.32A The exemplary embodiments are described to verify the first UE-specific DCI.

[0377] like Fig.37 As shown, the base station may transmit a second UE-specific DCI (e.g., a second UE-specific DCI) to a second wireless device (e.g., UE2) via a second PDCCH resource. The second UE-specific DCI may indicate activation of an MBS SPS in the MBS SPS configuration that is the same as the MBS SPS activated for the first wireless device by the first UE-specific DCI. The base station may indicate activation of one of the MBS SPS configurations in the MBS SPS configuration based on a second UE-specific DCI scrambled by a CRC and / or one or more DCI fields of the second UE-specific DCI set to a predefined value that is CRC-scrambled by a second RNTI (e.g., CS-RNTI, etc.) dedicated to the second wireless device and used for activation / deactivation of the MBS SPS configuration. For activation or deactivation of the MBS SPS ( Fig.37 ), the second wireless device may be based on the above relative to Fig.31A and / or Fig.32A An exemplary embodiment is described to verify the second UE-specific DCI.

[0378] like Fig.37 As shown, based on receiving UE-specific DCI activating the same MBS SPS (in the same time interval or in different time intervals), the first wireless device and the second wireless device can periodically receive the same multiple MBS TBs via the configured downlink assignments of the activated MBS SPS configuration. The exemplary embodiment can flexibly enable the activation / deactivation of MBS SPS for different wireless devices.

[0379] In some embodiments, the wireless device may receive one or more RRC messages including parameters of an SPS configuration on a BWP of a cell based on the first set of public identifiers, wherein the parameters include: a periodicity of the SPS configuration; and a number of HARQ processes configured by the SPS. The wireless device may receive a transport block scrambled with a second set of public identifiers and a downlink assignment configured via the SPS for a HARQ process identified by a HARQ process identifier determined based on at least one of the following: a downlink assignment, a periodicity of the SPS configuration, and a number of HARQ processes.

[0380] In some embodiments, the one or more RRC messages may indicate that the SPS configuration is associated with the MBS session.The one or more RRC messages may indicate a second set of common identifiers for the MBS session.

[0381] In some embodiments, the wireless device may receive a group-common DCI that schedules one or more RRC messages. The group-common DCI may be associated with CRC bits scrambled by a first group-common identifier.

[0382] In some embodiments, the first set of public identifiers may be system information radio network temporary identifiers (SI-RNTIs).The first set of public identifiers may be MBS-specific RNTIs.

[0383] In some embodiments, the wireless device may receive one or more second RRC messages including second parameters of a second SPS configuration on the BWP based on the first wireless device specific identifier, wherein the second parameters include: a second periodicity of the second SPS configuration and a second number of HARQ processes. The first wireless device specific identifier may be different from the first group of common identifiers. The wireless device may receive a second transport block scrambled with the second wireless device specific identifier and via a downlink assignment of the second SPS configuration for a second HARQ process identified by a second HARQ process identifier determined based on at least one of the following: a second downlink assignment, a second periodicity of the SPS configuration, or a second number of HARQ processes. The second wireless device specific identifier may be different from the second group of common identifiers.

[0384] In some embodiments, the downlink assignment may include PDSCH resources.The downlink assignment may include a time slot in a frame.

[0385] In some embodiments, one or more RRC messages may include a HARQ offset value associated with the SPS configuration.

[0386] In some embodiments, the wireless device may receive a DCI indicating activation of an SPS configuration. The DCI may include a downlink assignment. The DCI may be associated with a CRC scrambled by a third group of public identifiers. The wireless device may verify the DCI for activation of the SPS configuration based on at least one of the following: a third group of public identifiers; an NDI value of the DCI; or a HARQ feedback timing indication of the DCI.

[0387] In some embodiments, the wireless device may receive a DCI indicating activation of an SPS configuration. The DCI may include a downlink assignment. The DCI may be associated with a CRC scrambled by a wireless device specific identifier. The wireless device may verify the DCI for activation of the SPS configuration based on at least one of the following: a wireless device specific identifier; an NDI value of the DCI; or a HARQ feedback timing indication of the DCI.

[0388] In some embodiments, for HARQ feedback of an MBS TB, the parameter may include an HARQ feedback type indication indicating one of a plurality of HARQ feedback types. The plurality of HARQ feedback types may include: a first HARQ feedback type indicating that the wireless device transmits positive HARQ feedback in response to the MBS TB being successfully decoded, or transmits negative HARQ feedback in response to the MBS TB being unsuccessfully decoded; a second HARQ feedback type indicating that the wireless device transmits negative HARQ feedback in response to the MBS TB being unsuccessfully decoded, or skips transmitting positive HARQ feedback in response to the MBS TB being successfully decoded; and a third feedback type indicating that the wireless device skips transmission of HARQ feedback regardless of whether the MBS TB is successfully decoded.

[0389] In some embodiments, the second group common identifier may include a group common RNTI associated with the MBS session.

[0390] In some embodiments, the one or more RRC messages may include: a first configuration parameter of a search space associated with the MBS session, and a second configuration parameter of a control resource set associated with the MBS session.The wireless device may receive a DCI indicating activation of the SPS configuration via the search space associated with the control resource set.

[0391] In some embodiments, the transport block may be transmitted to a group of wireless devices configured with an MBS session.The transport block may be scrambled with a second set of public identifiers associated with the MBS session.

[0392] In some embodiments, the wireless device may receive one or more first RRC messages including first parameters of the SPS configuration based on the first identifier, wherein the first parameters include: the periodicity of the SPS configuration; and the number of HARQ processes. The wireless device may receive one or more second RRC messages including an uplink resource indicator associated with the SPS configuration based on the second identifier. The wireless device may receive a transport block via a downlink assignment of the SPS configuration based on the periodicity and the number of HARQ processes. The wireless device may transmit HARQ feedback for the transport block via an uplink resource determined based on the uplink resource indicator.

Claims

1. A method, comprising: Receiving, by the wireless device, a multicast transport block TB from a base station based on receiving group common downlink control information DCI indicating activation of a semi-persistent scheduling SPS for a multicast and broadcast service MBS, wherein configuration parameters of the SPS include a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement HARQ-ACK codebook index; and Feedback for the multicast TB is transmitted in a HARQ-ACK codebook of the HARQ-ACK codebook indicated by the HARQ-ACK codebook index. 2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, by the wireless device from the base station, a radio resource control message including configuration parameters of the SPS.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein: The radio resource control message includes an MBS configuration parameter indicating a common frequency resource of the MBS; and The SPS is configured on common frequency resources including one or more resource blocks RB within a bandwidth part BWP of a cell.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the wireless device receives in a common frequency resource of the BWP: the set-common DCI; and The multicast TB.

5. The method of any one of claims 3 to 4, wherein a total number of one or more RBs used for common frequency resources is less than a total number of RBs of the BWP.

6. The method of any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein determining, by the wireless device, that the group-common DCI indicates activation of the SPS is based on: Cyclic Redundancy Check CRC bits of the group common DCI scrambled by the group common Radio Network Temporary Identifier RNTI; and The value of the Redundancy Version RV field of the group-common DCI is set to a predefined value. 7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein an SPS configuration index of an SPS from among a plurality of SPSs configured for the MBS is indicated by a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number of the group common DCI.

8. A method comprising: Transmitting, by the base station, a multicast transport block TB to the wireless device based on receiving group common downlink control information DCI indicating activation of a semi-persistent scheduling SPS for a multicast and broadcast service MBS, wherein configuration parameters of the SPS include a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement HARQ-ACK codebook index; and Feedback for the multicast TB is received in a HARQ-ACK codebook of the HARQ-ACK codebook indicated by the HARQ-ACK codebook index.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising sending, by the base station to the wireless device, a radio resource control message including configuration parameters of the SPS.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein: The radio resource control message includes an MBS configuration parameter indicating a common frequency resource of the MBS; and The SPS is configured on common frequency resources including one or more resource blocks RB within a bandwidth part BWP of a cell.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the base station transmits in a common frequency resource of the BWP: the set-common DCI; and The multicast TB.

12. The method of any one of claims 8 to 11, wherein the group common DCI indicates activation of the SPS based on: Cyclic Redundancy Check CRC bits of the group common DCI scrambled by the group common Radio Network Temporary Identifier RNTI; and The value of the Redundancy Version RV field of the group-common DCI is set to a predefined value. 13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein an SPS configuration index of an SPS from among a plurality of SPSs configured for the MBS is indicated by a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number of the group common DCI.

14. An apparatus comprising: one or more processors; and A memory storing instructions, which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 13.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions, which, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the device to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 13.

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