Simultaneous multi-panel transmission of multiple codewords

Abstract

1. A method performed by a base station (BS) in a radio access network (RAN), the method including: receiving uplink (UL) reference signals (RS) transmitted from each of a plurality of transmit / receive points (TRPs), each UL RS being received at each of the plurality of TRPs from each of a plurality of panels; determining a channel quality indicator (CQI) for each of the received UL RSs; selecting a respective panel from the plurality of panels for each of the plurality of TRPs based on the determined CQI for each of the received UL RSs; and transmitting a codeword and the determined respective panel for each of the plurality of TRPs, the codeword for each of the plurality of TRPs having a priority based on the determined CQI for each of the received UL RSs.