Quasi co-location for physical downlink control channel
By indicating that a PDCCH in wireless communication systems is associated with QCL parameters from a source other than a TRS, the method addresses the challenge of scaling QCL in wireless communication systems, improving performance and reducing overhead.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- PCT/CN2023/117411
- Authority / Receiving Office
- WO · WO
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2023-09-07
- Publication Date
- 2025-03-13
AI Technical Summary
Existing wireless communication systems face challenges in scaling quasi co-location (QCL) of physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) with tracking reference signals (TRS), particularly in scenarios like dynamic point selection and single-frequency networks, due to increased complexity and overhead.
The method involves indicating that a PDCCH is associated with QCL parameters derived from a source other than a TRS, allowing for PDCCH grouping and flexible quasi co-location, thereby reducing the overhead of TCI state configuration.
This approach improves performance and reduces overhead in challenging scenarios by enabling flexible PDCCH quasi co-location without relying on TRS, thus enhancing scalability and operational efficiency.
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Abstract
Description
QUASI CO-LOCATION FOR PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL
[0001] FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE
[0002] Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication and to techniques and apparatuses for quasi co-location for a physical downlink control channel.
[0003] DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART
[0004] Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide various telecommunication services such as telephony, video, data, messaging, and broadcasts. Typical wireless communication systems may employ multiple-access technologies capable of supporting communication with multiple users by sharing available system resources (for example, bandwidth, transmit power, etc. ) . Examples of such multiple-access technologies include code division multiple access (CDMA) systems, time division multiple access (TDMA) systems, frequency division multiple access (FDMA) systems, orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) systems, single-carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) systems, time division synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA) systems, and Long Term Evolution (LTE) . LTE / LTE-Advanced is a set of enhancements to the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) mobile standard promulgated by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) .
[0005] A wireless network may include one or more network nodes that support communication for wireless communication devices, such as a user equipment (UE) or multiple UEs. A UE may communicate with a network node via downlink communications and uplink communications. “Downlink” (or “DL” ) refers to a communication link from the network node to the UE, and “uplink” (or “UL” ) refers to a communication link from the UE to the network node. Some wireless networks may support device-to-device communication, such as via a local link (e.g., a sidelink (SL) , a wireless local area network (WLAN) link, and / or a wireless personal area network (WPAN) link, among other examples) .
[0006] These multiple access technologies have been adopted in various telecommunication standards to provide a common protocol that enables different UEs to communicate on a municipal, national, regional, or global level. New Radio (NR) , which also may be referred to as 5G, is a set of enhancements to the LTE mobile standard promulgated by the 3GPP. NR is designed to better support mobile broadband internet access by improving spectral efficiency, lowering costs, improving services, making use of new spectrum, and better integrating with other open standards using orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) with a cyclic prefix (CP) (CP-OFDM) on the downlink, using CP-OFDM or single-carrier frequency division multiplexing (SC-FDM) (also known as discrete Fourier transform spread OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM) ) on the uplink, as well as supporting beamforming, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna technology, and carrier aggregation.SUMMARY
[0007] In some aspects, a method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving an indication that a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is associated with one or more quasi co-location (QCL) parameters derived from a source other than a tracking reference signal (TRS) ; and receiving the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters.
[0008] In some aspects, a method of wireless communication performed by a network node includes transmitting an indication that a PDCCH is associated with one or more QCL parameters derived from a source other than a TRS; and transmitting the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters.
[0009] In some aspects, an apparatus for wireless communication at a UE includes one or more memories; and one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, configured to cause the UE to: receive an indication that a PDCCH is associated with one or more QCL parameters derived from a source other than a TRS; and receive the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters.
[0010] In some aspects, an apparatus for wireless communication at a network node includes one or more memories; and one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, configured to cause the network node to: transmit an indication that a PDCCH is associated with one or more QCL parameters derived from a source other than a TRS; and transmit the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters.
[0011] In some aspects, a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication includes one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a UE, cause the UE to: receive an indication that a PDCCH is associated with one or more QCL parameters derived from a source other than a TRS; and receive the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters.
[0012] In some aspects, a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication includes one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a network node, cause the network node to: transmit an indication that a PDCCH is associated with one or more QCL parameters derived from a source other than a TRS; and transmit the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters.
[0013] In some aspects, an apparatus for wireless communication includes means for receiving an indication that a PDCCH is associated with one or more QCL parameters derived from a source other than a TRS; and means for receiving the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters.
[0014] In some aspects, an apparatus for wireless communication includes means for transmitting an indication that a PDCCH is associated with one or more QCL parameters derived from a source other than a TRS; and means for transmitting the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters.
[0015] Aspects generally include a method, apparatus, system, computer program product, non-transitory computer-readable medium, user equipment, base station, network entity, network node, wireless communication device, and / or processing system as substantially described herein with reference to and as illustrated by the drawings.
[0016] The foregoing has outlined rather broadly the features and technical advantages of examples according to the disclosure in order that the detailed description that follows may be better understood. Additional features and advantages will be described hereinafter. The conception and specific examples disclosed may be readily utilized as a basis for modifying or designing other structures for carrying out the same purposes of the present disclosure. Such equivalent constructions do not depart from the scope of the appended claims. Characteristics of the concepts disclosed herein, both their organization and method of operation, together with associated advantages will be better understood from the following description when considered in connection with the accompanying figures. Each of the figures is provided for the purposes of illustration and description, and not as a definition of the limits of the claims.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0017] So that the above-recited features of the present disclosure can be understood in detail, a more particular description, briefly summarized above, may be had by reference to aspects, some of which are illustrated in the appended drawings. It is to be noted, however, that the appended drawings illustrate only certain typical aspects of this disclosure and are therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope, for the description may admit to other equally effective aspects. The same reference numbers in different drawings may identify the same or similar elements.
[0018] Fig. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a wireless network, in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0019] Fig. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a network node in communication with a user equipment (UE) in a wireless network, in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0020] Fig. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example disaggregated base station architecture, in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0021] Fig. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of physical channels and reference signals in a wireless network, in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0022] Fig. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of using beams for communications between a network node and a UE, in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0023] Fig. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of separate transmission configuration indicator (TCI) and an example of unified TCI indication, in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0024] Fig. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of signaling associated with indication of quasi co-location (QCL) parameters for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) QCLed with a source other than a tracking reference signal (TRS) , in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0025] Fig. 8 is a diagram illustrating examples of QCL determination for a control resource set configured without any TCI states, in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0026] Fig. 9 is a diagram illustrating examples of resetting a TCI profile based at least in part on a TCI activation command, in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0027] Figs. 10 and 11 are diagrams illustrating examples of resetting a QCL parameter in accordance with an indication to reset the QCL parameter.
[0028] Fig. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of QCL relationships between PDCCHs and physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) , in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0029] Fig. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of QCL relationships between PDCCHs and PDSCHs, in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0030] Fig. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example process performed, for example, at a UE or an apparatus of a UE, in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0031] Fig. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example process performed, for example, at a network node or an apparatus of a network node, in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0032] Fig. 16 is a diagram of an example apparatus for wireless communication, in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0033] Fig. 17 is a diagram of an example apparatus for wireless communication, in accordance with the present disclosure.DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0034] A UE may receive a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in accordance with a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state. A TCI state may indicate a source reference signal, and may indicate a set of quasi co-location (QCL) parameters. The TCI state indicates that the QCL parameters, to be used to receive the PDCCH, should be derived from the source reference signal. TCI states enable communication using beamforming and compensation for time and frequency drift, such as by compensating for Doppler shift and spread (that is, frequency drift) and delay (that is, time drift) . For example, by referring to the source reference signal, which has presumably propagated through a similar channel to which the PDCCH is expected, the UE can compensate for the effects of the channel on the PDCCH, thereby improving reception performance for the PDCCH. As an example, a UE may derive a Doppler shift QCL parameter (in terms of frequency, such as X hertz) from a source reference signal and may use the Doppler shift QCL parameter to receive a PDCCH that is QCLed with the source reference signal.
[0035] In some deployments, the PDCCH (such as a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) of the PDCCH) is quasi co-located (QCLed) with a tracking reference signal (TRS) . However, quasi co-locating (QCLing) the PDCCH with the TRS may pose challenges in certain scenarios. For example, QCLing the PDCCH to the TRS is not particularly scalable and friendly to multiple radio head (e.g., multiple transmission reception point (TRP) operation, particularly for dynamic point selection (DPS) and for single-frequency network (SFN) or non-coherent joint transmission (NCJT) among coordinated multipoint (CoMP) nodes. For example, for DPS, different PDCCHs can be transmitted from different TRPs. Assuming N candidate TRPs, N TRSs and TCI states are needed, which is difficult to scale. As another example, for SFN or NCJT CoMP, different PDCCHs are transmitted from different subset of TRPs. For a PDCCH from a given subset of M TRPs, each DMRS port may be associated with all of the M TRPs or TCI states. Assuming N candidate TRPs and a maximum M of TRPs for a single PDCCH transmission, Either N TRSs / TCI states together with the signaling mechanism to indicate M out of N TCI states may be implemented (e.g., a network may configure N TRSs / TCI states and subsequent signaling may indicate iTCI states out of the N TCI states which are supported) , or TRSs / TCI states are needed, where each TRP is associated with a subset of TRPs. Hence, either the UE needs to support a large number of indicated TCI states (e.g., indicated by medium access control control element (MAC CE) ) for the TRP or the subset of TRPs that are transmitting to the UE (which increases the UE complexity and requires complicated signaling especially for M>2 in the context of SFN or NCJT) , or the MAC-CE may change the indicated TCI state, which has additional latency and overhead.
[0036] Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to indication of QCL parameters. Some aspects more specifically relate to indication of QCL parameters for a PDCCH. In some aspects, a UE may receive an indication that a PDCCH is associated with one or more QCL parameters derived from a source other than a TRS. For example, the PDCCH may be QCLed with one or more other PDCCHs or with a PDSCH. In some aspects, the QCL parameters of the PDCCH may be implemented using PDCCH grouping, in which a group of PDCCHs share QCL parameters (e.g., are QCLed with one another) . In some aspects, the indication that the PDCCH is associated with one or more QCL parameters derived from a source other than a TRS may include a control resource set (CORESET) configuration that is not associated with any TCI state, or a search space configuration of a search space in a CORESET that is not associated with any TCI state.
[0037] Aspects of the present disclosure can be used to realize one or more of the following potential advantages. In some aspects, by QCLing a PDCCH with a source other than a TRS, performance can be improved and overhead of TCI state configuration can be reduced in challenging scenarios such as SFN or NCJT. By implementing the quasi co-location of the PDCCH using PDCCH grouping, flexibility of PDCCH quasi co-location is improved. By providing the indication that the PDCCH is associated with one or more QCL parameters derived from a source other than a TRS via a CORESET configuration or a search space configuration, overhead is reduced relative to dynamic signaling approaches.
[0038] Furthermore, in some scenarios (such as a large resource block (RB) allocation or a high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) regime) and especially in non-beamformed frequency ranges such as Frequency Range 1, the DMRS channel estimation performance degradation due to not having the QCL properties from a TRS may not be significant. For example, the UE may obtain the delay and Doppler properties from the PDCCH DMRS directly, and can potentially use these properties for future PDCCHs. This enables the operation in which at least some of the PDCCHs are not QCLed with a TRS. Instead, those PDCCHs can be QCLed with each other. Hence, the UE can start to build a QCL profile for those PDCCHs and refine the QCL profile further as the UE receives more such PDCCHs over time without the need for separate transmission of a TRS (thereby reducing overhead) . As a result, the performance degradation of DMRS channel estimation (due to not being QCLed with a TRS) is alleviated once a number of such PDCCHs are received. At the same time, other PDCCHs (e.g., a non-UE dedicated PDCCH or a PDCCH from a serving TRP) may be still QCLed with a TRS. Some techniques described herein provide indication of whether a PDCCH is QCLed with a TRS or not, thereby enabling differentiation of whether the PDCCH is QCLed with the TRS and enabling simultaneous implementation of PDCCHs that are QCLed with TRSs and PDCCHs that are not QCLed with TRSs.
[0039] Various aspects of the disclosure are described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings. This disclosure may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to any specific structure or function presented throughout this disclosure. Rather, these aspects are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art. One skilled in the art should appreciate that the scope of the disclosure is intended to cover any aspect of the disclosure disclosed herein, whether implemented independently of or combined with any other aspect of the disclosure. For example, an apparatus may be implemented or a method may be practiced using any number of the aspects set forth herein. In addition, the scope of the disclosure is intended to cover such an apparatus or method which is practiced using other structure, functionality, or structure and functionality in addition to or other than the various aspects of the disclosure set forth herein. It should be understood that any aspect of the disclosure disclosed herein may be embodied by one or more elements of a claim.
[0040] Several aspects of telecommunication systems will now be presented with reference to various apparatuses and techniques. These apparatuses and techniques will be described in the following detailed description and illustrated in the accompanying drawings by various blocks, modules, components, circuits, steps, processes, algorithms, or the like (collectively referred to as “elements” ) . These elements may be implemented using hardware, software, or combinations thereof. Whether such elements are implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system.
[0041] While aspects may be described herein using terminology commonly associated with a 5G or New Radio (NR) radio access technology (RAT) , aspects of the present disclosure can be applied to other RATs, such as a 3G RAT, a 4G RAT, and / or a RAT subsequent to 5G (e.g., 6G) .
[0042] Fig. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a wireless network 100. The wireless network 100 may be or may include elements of a 5G (for example, NR) network or a 4G (for example, Long Term Evolution (LTE) ) network, among other examples. The wireless network 100 may include one or more network nodes 110 (shown as a network node 110a, a network node 110b, a network node 110c, and a network node 110d) , a UE 120 or multiple UEs 120 (shown as a UE 120a, a UE 120b, a UE 120c, a UE 120d, and a UE 120e) , or other entities. A network node 110 is an example of a network node that communicates with UEs 120. As shown, a network node 110 may include one or more network nodes. For example, a network node 110 may be an aggregated network node, meaning that the aggregated network node is configured to utilize a radio protocol stack that is physically or logically integrated within a single RAN node (for example, within a single device or unit) . As another example, a network node 110 may be a disaggregated network node (sometimes referred to as a disaggregated base station) , meaning that the network node 110 is configured to utilize a protocol stack that is physically or logically distributed among two or more nodes (such as one or more central units (CUs) , one or more distributed units (DUs) , or one or more radio units (RUs) ) .
[0043] In some examples, a network node 110 is or includes a network node that communicates with UEs 120 via a radio access link, such as an RU. In some examples, a network node 110 is or includes a network node that communicates with other network nodes 110 via a fronthaul link or a midhaul link, such as a DU. In some examples, a network node 110 is or includes a network node that communicates with other network nodes 110 via a midhaul link or a core network via a backhaul link, such as a CU. In some examples, a network node 110 (such as an aggregated network node 110 or a disaggregated network node 110) may include multiple network nodes, such as one or more RUs, one or more CUs, and / or one or more DUs. A network node 110 may include, for example, an NR base station, an LTE base station, a Node B, an eNB (for example, in 4G) , a gNB (for example, in 5G) , an access point, or a TRP, a DU, an RU, a CU, a mobility element of a network, a core network node, a network element, a network equipment, a RAN node, or a combination thereof. In some examples, the network nodes 110 may be interconnected to one another or to one or more other network nodes 110 in the wireless network 100 through various types of fronthaul, midhaul, and / or backhaul interfaces, such as a direct physical connection, an air interface, or a virtual network, using any suitable transport network.
[0044] In some examples, a network node 110 may provide communication coverage for a particular geographic area. In the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) , the term “cell” can refer to a coverage area of a network node 110 or a network node subsystem serving this coverage area, depending on the context in which the term is used. A network node 110 may provide communication coverage for a macro cell, a pico cell, a femto cell, or another type of cell. A macro cell may cover a relatively large geographic area (for example, several kilometers in radius) and may allow unrestricted access by UEs 120 with service subscriptions. A pico cell may cover a relatively small geographic area and may allow unrestricted access by UEs 120 with service subscription. A femto cell may cover a relatively small geographic area (for example, a home) and may allow restricted access by UEs 120 having association with the femto cell (for example, UEs 120 in a closed subscriber group (CSG) ) . A network node 110 for a macro cell may be referred to as a macro network node. A network node 110 for a pico cell may be referred to as a pico network node. A network node 110 for a femto cell may be referred to as a femto network node or an in-home network node. In the example shown in Fig. 1, the network node 110a may be a macro network node for a macro cell 102a, the network node 110b may be a pico network node for a pico cell 102b, and the network node 110c may be a femto network node for a femto cell 102c. A network node may support one or multiple (for example, three) cells. In some examples, a cell may not necessarily be stationary, and the geographic area of the cell may move according to the location of a network node 110 that is mobile (for example, a mobile network node) .
[0045] In some aspects, the terms “base station” or “network node” may refer to an aggregated base station, a disaggregated base station, an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node, a relay node, or one or more components thereof. For example, in some aspects, “base station” or “network node” may refer to a CU, a DU, an RU, a Near-Real Time (Near-RT) RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) , or a Non-Real Time (Non-RT) RIC, or a combination thereof. In some aspects, the terms “base station” or “network node” may refer to one device configured to perform one or more functions, such as those described herein in connection with the network node 110. In some aspects, the terms “base station” or “network node” may refer to a plurality of devices configured to perform the one or more functions. For example, in some distributed systems, each of a quantity of different devices (which may be located in the same geographic location or in different geographic locations) may be configured to perform at least a portion of a function, or to duplicate performance of at least a portion of the function, and the terms “base station” or “network node” may refer to any one or more of those different devices. In some aspects, the terms “base station” or “network node” may refer to one or more virtual base stations or one or more virtual base station functions. For example, in some aspects, two or more base station functions may be instantiated on a single device. In some aspects, the terms “base station” or “network node” may refer to one of the base station functions and not another. In this way, a single device may include more than one base station.
[0046] The wireless network 100 may include one or more relay stations. A relay station is a network node that can receive a transmission of data from an upstream node (for example, a network node 110 or a UE 120) and send a transmission of the data to a downstream node (for example, a UE 120 or a network node 110) . A relay station may be a UE 120 that can relay transmissions for other UEs 120. In the example shown in Fig. 1, the network node 110d (for example, a relay network node) may communicate with the network node 110a (for example, a macro network node) and the UE 120d in order to facilitate communication between the network node 110a and the UE 120d. A network node 110 that relays communications may be referred to as a relay station, a relay base station, a relay network node, a relay node, or a relay, among other examples.
[0047] The wireless network 100 may be a heterogeneous network that includes network nodes 110 of different types, such as macro network nodes, pico network nodes, femto network nodes, or relay network nodes. These different types of network nodes 110 may have different transmit power levels, different coverage areas, or different impacts on interference in the wireless network 100. For example, macro network nodes may have a high transmit power level (for example, 5 to 40 watts) whereas pico network nodes, femto network nodes, and relay network nodes may have lower transmit power levels (for example, 0.1 to 2 watts) .
[0048] A network controller 130 may couple to or communicate with a set of network nodes 110 and may provide coordination and control for these network nodes 110. The network controller 130 may communicate with the network nodes 110 via a backhaul communication link or a midhaul communication link. The network nodes 110 may communicate with one another directly or indirectly via a wireless or wireline backhaul communication link. In some aspects, the network controller 130 may be a CU or a core network device, or may include a CU or a core network device.
[0049] The UEs 120 may be dispersed throughout the wireless network 100, and each UE 120 may be stationary or mobile. A UE 120 may include, for example, an access terminal, a terminal, a mobile station, or a subscriber unit. A UE 120 may be a cellular phone (for example, a smart phone) , a personal digital assistant (PDA) , a wireless modem, a wireless communication device, a handheld device, a laptop computer, a cordless phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a tablet, a camera, a gaming device, a netbook, a smartbook, an ultrabook, a medical device, a biometric device, a wearable device (for example, a smart watch, smart clothing, smart glasses, a smart wristband, smart jewelry (for example, a smart ring or a smart bracelet) ) , an entertainment device (for example, a music device, a video device, or a satellite radio) , a vehicular component or sensor, a smart meter / sensor, industrial manufacturing equipment, a global positioning system device, a UE function of a network node, or any other suitable device that is configured to communicate via a wireless or wired medium.
[0050] Some UEs 120 may be considered machine-type communication (MTC) or evolved or enhanced machine-type communication (eMTC) UEs. An MTC UE or an eMTC UE may include, for example, a robot, an unmanned aerial vehicle, a remote device, a sensor, a meter, a monitor, or a location tag, that may communicate with a network node, another device (for example, a remote device) , or some other entity. Some UEs 120 may be considered Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices, or may be implemented as NB-IoT (narrowband IoT) devices. Some UEs 120 may be considered a Customer Premises Equipment. A UE 120 may be included inside a housing that houses components of the UE 120, such as processor components or memory components. In some examples, the processor components and the memory components may be coupled together. For example, the processor components (for example, one or more processors) and the memory components (for example, a memory) may be operatively coupled, communicatively coupled, electronically coupled, or electrically coupled.
[0051] In general, any number of wireless networks 100 may be deployed in a given geographic area. Each wireless network 100 may support a particular RAT and may operate on one or more frequencies. A RAT may be referred to as a radio technology or an air interface. A frequency may be referred to as a carrier or a frequency channel. Each frequency may support a single RAT in a given geographic area in order to avoid interference between wireless networks of different RATs. In some cases, NR or 5G RAT networks may be deployed.
[0052] In some examples, two or more UEs 120 (for example, shown as UE 120a and UE 120e) may communicate directly using one or more sidelink channels (for example, without using a network node 110 as an intermediary to communicate with one another) . For example, the UEs 120 may communicate using peer-to-peer (P2P) communications, device-to-device (D2D) communications, a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) protocol (for example, which may include a vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) protocol, a vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) protocol, or a vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P) protocol) , or a mesh network. In such examples, a UE 120 may perform scheduling operations, resource selection operations, or other operations described elsewhere herein as being performed by the network node 110.
[0053] Devices of the wireless network 100 may communicate using the electromagnetic spectrum, which may be subdivided by frequency or wavelength into various classes, bands, or channels. For example, devices of the wireless network 100 may communicate using one or more operating bands. In 5G NR, two initial operating bands have been identified as frequency range designations FR1 (410 MHz –7.125 GHz) and FR2 (24.25 GHz –52.6 GHz) . Although a portion of FR1 is greater than 6 GHz, FR1 is often referred to (interchangeably) as a “Sub-6 GHz” band in various documents and articles. A similar nomenclature issue sometimes occurs with regard to FR2, which is often referred to (interchangeably) as a “millimeter wave” band in documents and articles, despite being different from the extremely high frequency (EHF) band (30 GHz –300 GHz) which is identified by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) as a “millimeter wave” band.
[0054] The frequencies between FR1 and FR2 are often referred to as mid-band frequencies. Recent 5G NR studies have identified an operating band for these mid-band frequencies as frequency range designation FR3 (7.125 GHz –24.25 GHz) . Frequency bands falling within FR3 may inherit FR1 characteristics or FR2 characteristics, and thus may effectively extend features of FR1 or FR2 into mid-band frequencies. In addition, higher frequency bands are currently being explored to extend 5G NR operation beyond 52.6 GHz. For example, three higher operating bands have been identified as frequency range designations FR4a or FR4-1 (52.6 GHz –71 GHz) , FR4 (52.6 GHz –114.25 GHz) , and FR5 (114.25 GHz –300 GHz) . Each of these higher frequency bands falls within the EHF band.
[0055] With these examples in mind, unless specifically stated otherwise, the term “sub-6 GHz, ” if used herein, may broadly represent frequencies that may be less than 6 GHz, may be within FR1, or may include mid-band frequencies. Further, unless specifically stated otherwise, the term “millimeter wave, ” if used herein, may broadly represent frequencies that may include mid-band frequencies, may be within FR2, FR4, FR4-a or FR4-1, or FR5, or may be within the EHF band. It is contemplated that the frequencies included in these operating bands (for example, FR1, FR2, FR3, FR4, FR4-a, FR4-1, or FR5) may be modified, and techniques described herein are applicable to those modified frequency ranges.
[0056] In some aspects, the UE 120 may include a communication manager 140. As described in more detail elsewhere herein, the communication manager 140 may receive an indication that a PDCCH is associated with one or more QCL parameters derived from a source other than a TRS; and receive the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters. Additionally, or alternatively, the communication manager 140 may perform one or more other operations described herein.
[0057] In some aspects, the network node 110 may include a communication manager 150. As described in more detail elsewhere herein, the communication manager 150 may transmit an indication that a PDCCH is associated with one or more QCL parameters derived from a source other than a TRS; and transmit the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters. Additionally, or alternatively, the communication manager 150 may perform one or more other operations described herein.
[0058] As indicated above, Fig. 1 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from what is described with regard to Fig. 1.
[0059] Fig. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example 200 of a network node 110 in communication with a UE 120 in a wireless network 100. The network node 110 may be equipped with a set of antennas 234a through 234t, such as T antennas (T ≥ 1) . The UE 120 may be equipped with a set of antennas 252a through 252r, such as R antennas (R ≥ 1) . The network node 110 of example 200 includes one or more radio frequency components, such as antennas 234 and a modem 232. In some examples, a network node 110 may include an interface, a communication component, or another component that facilitates communication with the UE 120 or another network node. Some network nodes 110 may not include radio frequency components that facilitate direct communication with the UE 120, such as one or more CUs, or one or more DUs.
[0060] At the network node 110, a transmit processor 220 may receive data, from a data source 212, intended for the UE 120 (or a set of UEs 120) . The transmit processor 220 may select one or more modulation and coding schemes (MCSs) for the UE 120 using one or more channel quality indicators (CQIs) received from that UE 120. The network node 110 may process (for example, encode and modulate) the data for the UE 120 using the MCS (s) selected for the UE 120 and may provide data symbols for the UE 120. The transmit processor 220 may process system information (for example, for semi-static resource partitioning information (SRPI) ) and control information (for example, CQI requests, grants, or upper layer signaling) and provide overhead symbols and control symbols. The transmit processor 220 may generate reference symbols for reference signals (for example, a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) or a DMRS) and synchronization signals (for example, a primary synchronization signal (PSS) or a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) ) . A transmit (TX) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) processor 230 may perform spatial processing (for example, precoding) on the data symbols, the control symbols, the overhead symbols, or the reference symbols, if applicable, and may provide a set of output symbol streams (for example, T output symbol streams) to a corresponding set of modems 232 (for example, T modems) , shown as modems 232a through 232t. For example, each output symbol stream may be provided to a modulator component (shown as MOD) of a modem 232. Each modem 232 may use a respective modulator component to process a respective output symbol stream (for example, for OFDM) to obtain an output sample stream. Each modem 232 may further use a respective modulator component to process (for example, convert to analog, amplify, filter, or upconvert) the output sample stream to obtain a downlink signal. The modems 232a through 232t may transmit a set of downlink signals (for example, T downlink signals) via a corresponding set of antennas 234 (for example, T antennas) , shown as antennas 234a through 234t.
[0061] At the UE 120, a set of antennas 252 (shown as antennas 252a through 252r) may receive the downlink signals from the network node 110 or other network nodes 110 and may provide a set of received signals (for example, R received signals) to a set of modems 254 (for example, R modems) , shown as modems 254a through 254r. For example, each received signal may be provided to a demodulator component (shown as DEMOD) of a modem 254. Each modem 254 may use a respective demodulator component to condition (for example, filter, amplify, downconvert, or digitize) a received signal to obtain input samples. Each modem 254 may use a demodulator component to further process the input samples (for example, for OFDM) to obtain received symbols. A MIMO detector 256 may obtain received symbols from the modems 254, may perform MIMO detection on the received symbols if applicable, and may provide detected symbols. A receive processor 258 may process (for example, demodulate and decode) the detected symbols, may provide decoded data for the UE 120 to a data sink 260, and may provide decoded control information and system information to a controller / processor 280. The term “controller / processor” may refer to one or more controllers, one or more processors, or a combination thereof. A channel processor may determine a reference signal received power (RSRP) parameter, a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) parameter, a reference signal received quality (RSRQ) parameter, or a CQI parameter, among other examples. In some examples, one or more components of the UE 120 may be included in a housing 284.
[0062] The network controller 130 may include a communication unit 294, a controller / processor 290, and a memory 292. The network controller 130 may include, for example, one or more devices in a core network. The network controller 130 may communicate with the network node 110 via the communication unit 294.
[0063] One or more antennas (for example, antennas 234a through 234t or antennas 252a through 252r) may include, or may be included within, one or more antenna panels, one or more antenna groups, one or more sets of antenna elements, or one or more antenna arrays, among other examples. An antenna panel, an antenna group, a set of antenna elements, or an antenna array may include one or more antenna elements (within a single housing or multiple housings) , a set of coplanar antenna elements, a set of non-coplanar antenna elements, or one or more antenna elements coupled to one or more transmission or reception components, such as one or more components of Fig. 2.
[0064] On the uplink, at the UE 120, a transmit processor 264 may receive and process data from a data source 262 and control information (for example, for reports that include RSRP, RSSI, RSRQ, or CQI) from the controller / processor 280. The transmit processor 264 may generate reference symbols for one or more reference signals. The symbols from the transmit processor 264 may be precoded by a TX MIMO processor 266 if applicable, further processed by the modems 254 (for example, for DFT-s-OFDM or CP-OFDM) , and transmitted to the network node 110. In some examples, the modem 254 of the UE 120 may include a modulator and a demodulator. In some examples, the UE 120 includes a transceiver. The transceiver may include any combination of the antenna (s) 252, the modem (s) 254, the MIMO detector 256, the receive processor 258, the transmit processor 264, or the TX MIMO processor 266. The transceiver may be used by a processor (for example, the controller / processor 280) and the memory 282 to perform aspects of any of the processes described herein (e.g., with reference to Figs. 4-17) .
[0065] At the network node 110, the uplink signals from UE 120 or other UEs may be received by the antennas 234, processed by the modem 232 (for example, a demodulator component, shown as DEMOD, of the modem 232) , detected by a MIMO detector 236 if applicable, and further processed by a receive processor 238 to obtain decoded data and control information sent by the UE 120. The receive processor 238 may provide the decoded data to a data sink 239 and provide the decoded control information to the controller / processor 240. The network node 110 may include a communication unit 244 and may communicate with the network controller 130 via the communication unit 244. The network node 110 may include a scheduler 246 to schedule one or more UEs 120 for downlink or uplink communications. In some examples, the modem 232 of the network node 110 may include a modulator and a demodulator. In some examples, the network node 110 includes a transceiver. The transceiver may include any combination of the antenna (s) 234, the modem (s) 232, the MIMO detector 236, the receive processor 238, the transmit processor 220, or the TX MIMO processor 230. The transceiver may be used by a processor (for example, the controller / processor 240) and the memory 242 to perform aspects of any of the processes described herein (e.g., with reference to Figs. 4-17) .
[0066] In some aspects, the controller / processor 280 may be a component of a processing system. A processing system may generally be a system or a series of machines or components that receives inputs and processes the inputs to produce a set of outputs (which may be passed to other systems or components of, for example, the UE 120) . For example, a processing system of the UE 120 may be a system that includes the various other components or subcomponents of the UE 120.
[0067] The processing system of the UE 120 may interface with one or more other components of the UE 120, may process information received from one or more other components (such as inputs or signals) , or may output information to one or more other components. For example, a chip or modem of the UE 120 may include a processing system, a first interface to receive or obtain information, and a second interface to output, transmit, or provide information. In some examples, the first interface may be an interface between the processing system of the chip or modem and a receiver, such that the UE 120 may receive information or signal inputs, and the information may be passed to the processing system. In some examples, the second interface may be an interface between the processing system of the chip or modem and a transmitter, such that the UE 120 may transmit information output from the chip or modem. A person having ordinary skill in the art will readily recognize that the second interface also may obtain or receive information or signal inputs, and the first interface also may output, transmit, or provide information.
[0068] In some aspects, the controller / processor 240 may be a component of a processing system. A processing system may generally be a system or a series of machines or components that receives inputs and processes the inputs to produce a set of outputs (which may be passed to other systems or components of, for example, the network node 110) . For example, a processing system of the network node 110 may be a system that includes the various other components or subcomponents of the network node 110.
[0069] The processing system of the network node 110 may interface with one or more other components of the network node 110, may process information received from one or more other components (such as inputs or signals) , or may output information to one or more other components. For example, a chip or modem of the network node 110 may include a processing system, a first interface to receive or obtain information, and a second interface to output, transmit, or provide information. In some examples, the first interface may be an interface between the processing system of the chip or modem and a receiver, such that the network node 110 may receive information or signal inputs, and the information may be passed to the processing system. In some examples, the second interface may be an interface between the processing system of the chip or modem and a transmitter, such that the network node 110 may transmit information output from the chip or modem. A person having ordinary skill in the art will readily recognize that the second interface also may obtain or receive information or signal inputs, and the first interface also may output, transmit, or provide information.
[0070] The controller / processor 240 of the network node 110, the controller / processor 280 of the UE 120, or any other component (s) of Fig. 2 may perform one or more techniques associated with QCL indication, as described in more detail elsewhere herein. For example, the controller / processor 240 of the network node 110, the controller / processor 280 of the UE 120, or any other component (s) (or combinations of components) of Fig. 2 may perform or direct operations of, for example, process 1400 of Fig. 14, process 1500 of Fig. 15, and / or other processes as described herein. The memory 242 and the memory 282 may store data and program codes for the network node 110 and the UE 120, respectively. In some examples, the memory 242 and the memory 282 may include a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions (for example, code or program code) for wireless communication. For example, the one or more instructions, when executed (for example, directly, or after compiling, converting, or interpreting) by one or more processors of the network node 110 or the UE 120, may cause the one or more processors, the UE 120, or the network node 110 to perform or direct operations of, for example, process 1400 of Fig. 14, process 1500 of Fig. 15, and / or other processes as described herein. In some examples, executing instructions may include running the instructions, converting the instructions, compiling the instructions, and / or interpreting the instructions, among other examples.
[0071] In some aspects, the user equipment (UE) includes means for receiving an indication that a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is associated with one or more quasi co-location (QCL) parameters derived from a source other than a tracking reference signal (TRS) ; and / or means for receiving the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters. The means for the user equipment (UE) to perform operations described herein may include, for example, one or more of communication manager 140, antenna 252, modem 254, MIMO detector 256, receive processor 258, transmit processor 264, TX MIMO processor 266, controller / processor 280, or memory 282.
[0072] In some aspects, the network node includes means for transmitting an indication that a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is associated with one or more quasi co-location (QCL) parameters derived from a source other than a tracking reference signal (TRS) ; and / or means for transmitting the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters. The means for the network node to perform operations described herein may include, for example, one or more of communication manager 150, transmit processor 220, TX MIMO processor 230, modem 232, antenna 234, MIMO detector 236, receive processor 238, controller / processor 240, memory 242, or scheduler 246.
[0073] While blocks in Fig. 2 are illustrated as distinct components, the functions described above with respect to the blocks may be implemented in a single hardware, software, or combination component or in various combinations of components. For example, the functions described with respect to the transmit processor 264, the receive processor 258, and / or the TX MIMO processor 266 may be performed by or under the control of the controller / processor 280.
[0074] In some aspects, an individual processor may perform all of the functions described as being performed by the one or more processors. In some aspects, one or more processors may collectively perform a set of functions. For example, a first set of (one or more) processors of the one or more processors may perform a first function described as being performed by the one or more processors, and a second set of (one or more) processors of the one or more processors may perform a second function described as being performed by the one or more processors. The first set of processors and the second set of processors may be the same set of processors or may be different sets of processors. Reference to “one or more processors” should be understood to refer to any one or more of the processors described in connection with Fig. 2. Reference to “one or more memories” should be understood to refer to any one or more memories of a corresponding device, such as the memory described in connection with Fig. 2. For example, functions described as being performed by one or more memories can be performed by the same subset of the one or more memories or different subsets of the one or more memories.
[0075] As indicated above, Fig. 2 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from what is described with regard to Fig. 2.
[0076] Deployment of communication systems, such as 5G NR systems, may be arranged in multiple manners with various components or constituent parts. In a 5G NR system, or network, a network node, a network entity, a mobility element of a network, a RAN node, a core network node, a network element, a base station, or a network equipment may be implemented in an aggregated or disaggregated architecture. For example, a base station (such as a Node B (NB) , an evolved NB (eNB) , an NR base station, a 5G NB, an access point (AP) , a TRP, or a cell, among other examples) , or one or more units (or one or more components) performing base station functionality, may be implemented as an aggregated base station (also known as a standalone base station or a monolithic base station) or a disaggregated base station. “Network entity” or “network node” may refer to a disaggregated base station, or to one or more units of a disaggregated base station (such as one or more CUs, one or more DUs, one or more RUs, or a combination thereof) .
[0077] An aggregated base station (e.g., an aggregated network node) may be configured to utilize a radio protocol stack that is physically or logically integrated within a single RAN node (for example, within a single device or unit) . A disaggregated base station (e.g., a disaggregated network node) may be configured to utilize a protocol stack that is physically or logically distributed among two or more units (such as one or more CUs, one or more DUs, or one or more RUs) . In some examples, a CU may be implemented within a network node, and one or more DUs may be co-located with the CU, or alternatively, may be geographically or virtually distributed throughout one or multiple other network nodes. The DUs may be implemented to communicate with one or more RUs. Each of the CU, DU, and RU also can be implemented as virtual units, such as a virtual central unit (VCU) , a virtual distributed unit (VDU) , or a virtual radio unit (VRU) , among other examples.
[0078] Base station-type operation or network design may consider aggregation characteristics of base station functionality. For example, disaggregated base stations may be utilized in an IAB network, an open radio access network (O-RAN (such as the network configuration sponsored by the O-RAN Alliance) ) , or a virtualized radio access network (vRAN, also known as a cloud radio access network (C-RAN) ) to facilitate scaling of communication systems by separating base station functionality into one or more units that can be individually deployed. A disaggregated base station may include functionality implemented across two or more units at various physical locations, as well as functionality implemented for at least one unit virtually, which can enable flexibility in network design. The various units of the disaggregated base station can be configured for wired or wireless communication with at least one other unit of the disaggregated base station.
[0079] Fig. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example disaggregated base station architecture 300, in accordance with the present disclosure. The disaggregated base station architecture 300 may include a CU 310 that can communicate directly with a core network 320 via a backhaul link, or indirectly with the core network 320 through one or more disaggregated control units (such as a Near-RT RIC 325 via an E2 link, or a Non-RT RIC 315 associated with a Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) Framework 305, or both) . A CU 310 may communicate with one or more DUs 330 via respective midhaul links, such as through F1 interfaces. Each of the DUs 330 may communicate with one or more RUs 340 via respective fronthaul links. Each of the RUs 340 may communicate with one or more UEs 120 via respective radio frequency (RF) access links. In some implementations, a UE 120 may be simultaneously served by multiple RUs 340.
[0080] Each of the units, including the CUs 310, the DUs 330, the RUs 340, as well as the Near-RT RICs 325, the Non-RT RICs 315, and the SMO Framework 305, may include one or more interfaces or be coupled with one or more interfaces configured to receive or transmit signals, data, or information (collectively, signals) via a wired or wireless transmission medium. Each of the units, or an associated processor or controller providing instructions to one or multiple communication interfaces of the respective unit, can be configured to communicate with one or more of the other units via the transmission medium. In some examples, each of the units can include a wired interface, configured to receive or transmit signals over a wired transmission medium to one or more of the other units, and a wireless interface, which may include a receiver, a transmitter or transceiver (such as a RF transceiver) , configured to receive or transmit signals, or both, over a wireless transmission medium to one or more of the other units.
[0081] In some aspects, the CU 310 may host one or more higher layer control functions. Such control functions can include radio resource control (RRC) functions, packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) functions, or service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) functions, among other examples. Each control function can be implemented with an interface configured to communicate signals with other control functions hosted by the CU 310. The CU 310 may be configured to handle user plane functionality (for example, Central Unit –User Plane (CU-UP) functionality) , control plane functionality (for example, Central Unit –Control Plane (CU-CP) functionality) , or a combination thereof. In some implementations, the CU 310 can be logically split into one or more CU-UP units and one or more CU-CP units. A CU-UP unit can communicate bidirectionally with a CU-CP unit via an interface, such as the E1 interface when implemented in an O-RAN configuration. The CU 310 can be implemented to communicate with a DU 330, as necessary, for network control and signaling.
[0082] Each DU 330 may correspond to a logical unit that includes one or more base station functions to control the operation of one or more RUs 340. In some aspects, the DU 330 may host one or more of a radio link control (RLC) layer, a medium access control (MAC) layer, and one or more high physical (PHY) layers depending, at least in part, on a functional split, such as a functional split defined by the 3GPP. In some aspects, the one or more high PHY layers may be implemented by one or more modules for forward error correction (FEC) encoding and decoding, scrambling, and modulation and demodulation, among other examples. In some aspects, the DU 330 may further host one or more low PHY layers, such as implemented by one or more modules for a fast Fourier transform (FFT) , an inverse FFT (iFFT) , digital beamforming, or physical random access channel (PRACH) extraction and filtering, among other examples. Each layer (which also may be referred to as a module) can be implemented with an interface configured to communicate signals with other layers (and modules) hosted by the DU 330, or with the control functions hosted by the CU 310.
[0083] Each RU 340 may implement lower-layer functionality. In some deployments, an RU 340, controlled by a DU 330, may correspond to a logical node that hosts RF processing functions or low-PHY layer functions, such as performing an FFT, performing an iFFT, digital beamforming, or PRACH extraction and filtering, among other examples, based on a functional split (for example, a functional split defined by the 3GPP) , such as a lower layer functional split. In such an architecture, each RU 340 can be operated to handle over the air (OTA) communication with one or more UEs 120. In some implementations, real-time and non-real-time aspects of control and user plane communication with the RU (s) 340 can be controlled by the corresponding DU 330. In some scenarios, this configuration can enable each DU 330 and the CU 310 to be implemented in a cloud-based RAN architecture, such as a vRAN architecture.
[0084] The SMO Framework 305 may be configured to support RAN deployment and provisioning of non-virtualized and virtualized network elements. For non-virtualized network elements, the SMO Framework 305 may be configured to support the deployment of dedicated physical resources for RAN coverage requirements, which may be managed via an operations and maintenance interface (such as an O1 interface) . For virtualized network elements, the SMO Framework 305 may be configured to interact with a cloud computing platform (such as an open cloud (O-Cloud) platform 390) to perform network element life cycle management (such as to instantiate virtualized network elements) via a cloud computing platform interface (such as an O2 interface) . Such virtualized network elements can include, but are not limited to, CUs 310, DUs 330, RUs 340, non-RT RICs 315, and Near-RT RICs 325. In some implementations, the SMO Framework 305 can communicate with a hardware aspect of a 4G RAN, such as an open eNB (O-eNB) 311, via an O1 interface. Additionally, in some implementations, the SMO Framework 305 can communicate directly with each of one or more RUs 340 via a respective O1 interface. The SMO Framework 305 also may include a Non-RT RIC 315 configured to support functionality of the SMO Framework 305.
[0085] The Non-RT RIC 315 may be configured to include a logical function that enables non-real-time control and optimization of RAN elements and resources, Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning (AI / ML) workflows including model training and updates, or policy-based guidance of applications / features in the Near-RT RIC 325. The Non-RT RIC 315 may be coupled to or communicate with (such as via an A1 interface) the Near-RT RIC 325. The Near-RT RIC 325 may be configured to include a logical function that enables near-real-time control and optimization of RAN elements and resources via data collection and actions over an interface (such as via an E2 interface) connecting one or more CUs 310, one or more DUs 330, or both, as well as an O-eNB, with the Near-RT RIC 325.
[0086] In some implementations, to generate AI / ML models to be deployed in the Near-RT RIC 325, the Non-RT RIC 315 may receive parameters or external enrichment information from external servers. Such information may be utilized by the Near-RT RIC 325 and may be received at the SMO Framework 305 or the Non-RT RIC 315 from non-network data sources or from network functions. In some examples, the Non-RT RIC 315 or the Near-RT RIC 325 may be configured to tune RAN behavior or performance. For example, the Non-RT RIC 315 may monitor long-term trends and patterns for performance and employ AI / ML models to perform corrective actions through the SMO Framework 305 (such as reconfiguration via an O1 interface) or via creation of RAN management policies (such as A1 interface policies) .
[0087] As indicated above, Fig. 3 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from what is described with regard to Fig. 3.
[0088] Fig. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example 400 of physical channels and reference signals in a wireless network, in accordance with the present disclosure. As shown in Fig. 4, downlink channels and downlink reference signals may carry information from a network node 110 to a UE 120, and uplink channels and uplink reference signals may carry information from a UE 120 to a network node 110.
[0089] As shown, a downlink channel may include a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) that carries downlink control information (DCI) , a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) that carries downlink data, or a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) that carries system information, among other examples. In some aspects, PDSCH communications may be scheduled by PDCCH communications. As further shown, an uplink channel may include a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) that carries uplink control information (UCI) , a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) that carries uplink data, or a physical random access channel (PRACH) used for initial network access, among other examples. In some aspects, the UE 120 may transmit acknowledgement (ACK) or negative acknowledgement (NACK) feedback (e.g., ACK / NACK feedback or ACK / NACK information) in UCI on the PUCCH and / or the PUSCH.
[0090] As further shown, a downlink reference signal may include a synchronization signal block (SSB) , a channel state information (CSI) reference signal (CSI-RS) , a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) , a positioning reference signal (PRS) , a tracking reference signal (TRS) , or a phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) , among other examples. As also shown, an uplink reference signal may include a sounding reference signal (SRS) , a DMRS, or a PTRS, among other examples.
[0091] An SSB may carry information used for initial network acquisition and synchronization, such as a primary synchronization signal (PSS) , a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) , a PBCH, and a PBCH DMRS. An SSB is sometimes referred to as a synchronization signal / PBCH (SS / PBCH) block. In some aspects, the network node 110 may transmit multiple SSBs on multiple corresponding beams, and the SSBs may be used for beam selection.
[0092] A CSI-RS may carry information used for downlink channel estimation (e.g., downlink CSI acquisition) , which may be used for scheduling, link adaptation, or beam management, among other examples. The network node 110 may configure a set of CSI-RSs for the UE 120, and the UE 120 may measure the configured set of CSI-RSs. Based at least in part on the measurements, the UE 120 may perform channel estimation and may report channel estimation parameters to the network node 110 (e.g., in a CSI report) , such as a channel quality indicator (CQI) , a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) , a CSI-RS resource indicator (CRI) , a layer indicator (LI) , a rank indicator (RI) , or a reference signal received power (RSRP) , among other examples. The network node 110 may use the CSI report to select transmission parameters for downlink communications to the UE 120, such as a number of transmission layers (e.g., a rank) , a precoding matrix (e.g., a precoder) , a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) , or a refined downlink beam (e.g., using a beam refinement procedure or a beam management procedure) , among other examples.
[0093] A DMRS may carry information used to estimate a radio channel for demodulation of an associated physical channel (e.g., PDCCH, PDSCH, PBCH, PUCCH, or PUSCH) . The design and mapping of a DMRS may be specific to a physical channel for which the DMRS is used for estimation. DMRSs are UE-specific, can be beamformed, can be confined in a scheduled resource (e.g., rather than transmitted on a wideband) , and can be transmitted only when necessary. As shown, DMRSs are used for both downlink communications and uplink communications.
[0094] A PTRS may carry information used to compensate for oscillator phase noise. Typically, the phase noise increases as the oscillator carrier frequency increases. Thus, PTRS can be utilized at high carrier frequencies, such as millimeter wave frequencies, to mitigate phase noise. The PTRS may be used to track the phase of the local oscillator and to enable suppression of phase noise and common phase error (CPE) . As shown, PTRSs are used for both downlink communications (e.g., on the PDSCH) and uplink communications (e.g., on the PUSCH) .
[0095] A PRS may carry information used to enable timing or ranging measurements of the UE 120 based on signals transmitted by the network node 110 to improve observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) positioning performance. For example, a PRS may be a pseudo-random Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) sequence mapped in diagonal patterns with shifts in frequency and time to avoid collision with cell-specific reference signals and control channels (e.g., a PDCCH) . In general, a PRS may be designed to improve detectability by the UE 120, which may need to detect downlink signals from multiple neighboring network nodes in order to perform OTDOA-based positioning. Accordingly, the UE 120 may receive a PRS from multiple cells (e.g., a reference cell and one or more neighbor cells) , and may report a reference signal time difference (RSTD) based on OTDOA measurements associated with the PRSs received from the multiple cells. In some aspects, the network node 110 may then calculate a position of the UE 120 based on the RSTD measurements reported by the UE 120.
[0096] An SRS may carry information used for uplink channel estimation, which may be used for scheduling, link adaptation, precoder selection, or beam management, among other examples. The network node 110 may configure one or more SRS resource sets for the UE 120, and the UE 120 may transmit SRSs on the configured SRS resource sets. An SRS resource set may have a configured usage, such as uplink CSI acquisition, downlink CSI acquisition for reciprocity-based operations, uplink beam management, among other examples. The network node 110 may measure the SRSs, may perform channel estimation based at least in part on the measurements, and may use the SRS measurements to configure communications with the UE 120.
[0097] A TRS may be implemented as a type of CSI-RS. For example, a CSI-RS may be configured as a TRS by including a parameter (e.g., “trs-Info” ) that indicates the CSI-RS is to be used as a TRS. A TRS may be used to track and compensate for time and frequency deviations in downlink data transmissions. A TRS may differ from a DMRS in that a DMRS is typically included in a specific downlink channel (e.g., a PDSCH) , whereas a TRS may be transmitted on a CSI-RS resource configured for TRS transmission. In some aspects, a DMRS of a PDCCH may be QCLed with a TRS with regard to a Doppler shift parameter, a Doppler spread parameter, an average delay parameter, a delay spread parameter, or a combination thereof (e.g., QCL Type-Aparameters) , either directly or indirectly. Additional description of the definitions of QCL parameters for PDCCHs is provided below.
[0098] As indicated above, Fig. 4 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from what is described with regard to Fig. 4.
[0099] Fig. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example 500 of using beams for communications between a network node and a UE, in accordance with the present disclosure. As shown in Fig. 5, a network node 110 and a UE 120 may communicate with one another.
[0100] The network node 110 may transmit to UEs 120 located within a coverage area of the network node 110. The network node 110 and the UE 120 may be configured for beamformed communications, where the network node 110 may transmit in the direction of the UE 120 using a directional network node (NN) transmit beam (e.g., a base station transmit beam) , and the UE 120 may receive the transmission using a directional UE receive beam. Each NN transmit beam may have an associated beam ID, beam direction, or beam symbols, among other examples. The network node 110 may transmit downlink communications via one or more NN transmit beams 505.
[0101] The UE 120 may attempt to receive downlink transmissions via one or more UE receive beams 510, which may be configured using different beamforming parameters at receive circuitry of the UE 120. The UE 120 may identify a particular NN transmit beam 505, shown as NN transmit beam 505-A, and a particular UE receive beam 510, shown as UE receive beam 510-A, that provide relatively favorable performance (for example, that have a best channel quality of the different measured combinations of NN transmit beams 505 and UE receive beams 510) . In some examples, the UE 120 may transmit an indication of which NN transmit beam 505 is identified by the UE 120 as a preferred NN transmit beam, which the network node 110 may select for transmissions to the UE 120. The UE 120 may thus attain and maintain a beam pair link (BPL) with the network node 110 for downlink communications (for example, a combination of the NN transmit beam 505-A and the UE receive beam 510-A) , which may be further refined and maintained in accordance with one or more established beam refinement procedures.
[0102] A downlink beam, such as an NN transmit beam 505 or a UE receive beam 510, may be associated with a TCI state. A TCI state may indicate a directionality or a characteristic of the downlink beam, such as one or more QCL properties (sometimes referred to as QCL parameters) of the downlink beam. A QCL property may include, for example, a Doppler shift, a Doppler spread, an average delay, a delay spread, or spatial receive parameters, among other examples. In some examples, each NN transmit beam 505 may be associated with an SSB, and the UE 120 may indicate a preferred NN transmit beam 505 by transmitting uplink transmissions in resources of the SSB that are associated with the preferred NN transmit beam 505. A particular SSB may have an associated TCI state (for example, for an antenna port or for beamforming) . The network node 110 may, in some examples, indicate a downlink NN transmit beam 505 based at least in part on antenna port QCL properties that may be indicated by the TCI state. A TCI state may be associated with one downlink reference signal set (for example, an SSB and an aperiodic, periodic, or semi-persistent CSI-RS) for different QCL types (for example, QCL types for different combinations of Doppler shift, Doppler spread, average delay, delay spread, or spatial receive parameters, among other examples) . In cases where the QCL type indicates spatial receive parameters, the QCL type may correspond to analog receive beamforming parameters of a UE receive beam 510 at the UE 120. Thus, the UE 120 may select a corresponding UE receive beam 510 from a set of BPLs based at least in part on the network node 110 indicating an NN transmit beam 505 via a TCI indication.
[0103] The network node 110 may maintain a set of activated TCI states for downlink shared channel transmissions and a set of activated TCI states for downlink control channel transmissions. The set of activated TCI states for downlink shared channel transmissions may correspond to beams that the network node 110 uses for downlink transmission on a PDSCH. The set of activated TCI states for downlink control channel communications may correspond to beams that the network node 110 may use for downlink transmission on a PDCCH or in a CORESET. The UE 120 may also maintain a set of activated TCI states for receiving the downlink shared channel transmissions and the CORESET transmissions. If a TCI state is activated for the UE 120, then the UE 120 may have one or more antenna configurations based at least in part on the TCI state, and the UE 120 may not need to reconfigure antennas or antenna weighting configurations. In some examples, the set of activated TCI states (for example, activated PDSCH TCI states and activated CORESET TCI states) for the UE 120 may be configured by a configuration message, such as an RRC message.
[0104] Similarly, for uplink communications, the UE 120 may transmit in the direction of the network node 110 using a directional UE transmit beam, and the network node 110 may receive the transmission using a directional NN receive beam. Each UE transmit beam may have an associated beam ID, beam direction, or beam symbols, among other examples. The UE 120 may transmit uplink communications via one or more UE transmit beams 515.
[0105] The network node 110 may receive uplink transmissions via one or more NN receive beams 520 (e.g., BS receive beams) . The network node 110 may identify a particular UE transmit beam 515, shown as UE transmit beam 515-A, and a particular NN receive beam 520, shown as NN receive beam 520-A, that provide relatively favorable performance (for example, that have a best channel quality of the different measured combinations of UE transmit beams 515 and NN receive beams 520) . In some examples, the network node 110 may transmit an indication of which UE transmit beam 515 is identified by the network node 110 as a preferred UE transmit beam, which the network node 110 may select for transmissions from the UE 120. The UE 120 and the network node 110 may thus attain and maintain a BPL for uplink communications (for example, a combination of the UE transmit beam 515-A and the NN receive beam 520-A) , which may be further refined and maintained in accordance with one or more established beam refinement procedures. An uplink beam, such as a UE transmit beam 515 or an NN receive beam 520, may be associated with a spatial relation. A spatial relation may indicate a directionality or a characteristic of the uplink beam, similar to one or more QCL properties, as described above.
[0106] The network node 110 may provide the UE 120 with a configuration of TCI states that indicate or correspond to beams that may be used by the UE 120, such as for receiving one or more communications via a physical channel. In some aspects, up to 128 TCI states can be RRC configured in a PDSCH configuration, where a TCI state identifier (Id) can be used to configure a corresponding TCI state for a PDCCH, a PDSCH, and / or a CSI-RS. For the PDCCH, up to 64 TCI states can be RRC configured (based on the TCI state config in PDSCH-config) per CORESET. A MAC-CE can activate one of the configured TCI states for a given CORESET. The indicated TCI state for the CORESET may be used to transmit and receive a PDCCH in that CORESET.
[0107] For example, the network node 110 may indicate (for example, using DCI) an activated TCI state to the UE 120, which the UE 120 may use to generate a beam for receiving one or more communications via the physical channel. A beam indication may be, or may include, a TCI state information element, a beam identifier (ID) , spatial relation information, a TCI state ID, a closed loop index, a panel ID, a TRP ID, and / or an SRS set ID, among other examples. A TCI state information element (sometimes referred to as a TCI state herein) may indicate particular information associated with a beam. For example, the TCI state information element may indicate a TCI state identification (for example, a tci-StateID) , a QCL type (for example, a qcl-Type1, qcl-Type2, qcl-TypeA, qcl-TypeB, qcl-TypeC, or a qcl-TypeD, among other examples) , a cell identification (for example, a ServCellIndex) , a bandwidth part identification (bwp-Id) , or a reference signal identification, such as a CSI-RS identification (for example, an NZP-CSI-RS-ResourceId or an SSB-Index, among other examples) . Spatial relation information may similarly indicate information associated with an uplink beam.
[0108] The beam indication may be a joint or separate DL / UL beam indication in a unified TCI framework. In a unified TCI framework, the network may support common TCI state ID update and activation, which may provide common QCL and / or common UL transmission spatial filters across a set of configured component carriers. This type of beam indication may apply to intra-band CA, as well as to joint DL / UL and separate DL / UL beam indications. The common TCI state ID may imply that one reference signal determined according to the TCI state (s) indicated by a common TCI state ID is used to provide QCL Type-D indication and to determine UL transmission spatial filters across the set of configured CCs.
[0109] A TCI state of a unified TCI framework may be indicated by DCI. When the indication is applied, the indication may remain the same (e.g., in effect) for the applicable channels and / or signals until another DCI format 1_1 / 1_2 indicates a different TCI state. An application time for the TCI state may be defined as the first slot that is at least Y symbols (where Y is RRC-configured based on a UE capability) after the last symbol of a PUCCH carrying a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgment in response to the DCI. The indication can be for the downlink, or for both the downlink and the uplink, depending on whether a separate or joint downlink / uplink TCI state is configured. The indication can be applied for multiple downlink channels or signals (PDSCH, PDCCH, CSI-RS) and / or multiple UL channels or signals (PUSCH, PUCCH, SRS) .
[0110] In some examples, the network may support a layer 1 (L1) -based beam indication using at least UE-specific (unicast) DCI to indicate joint or separate DL / UL beam indications that may be selected from active TCI states. In some examples, DCI formats 1_1 and / or 1_2 may be used for beam indication. The network node 110 may include a support mechanism for the UE 120 to acknowledge successful decoding of a beam indication. For example, the acknowledgment / negative acknowledgment of the PDSCH scheduled by the DCI carrying the beam indication may also be used as an acknowledgement for the DCI.
[0111] In some examples, a DMRS of a PDCCH may be QCLed with a TRS with regard to a set of QCL TypeA parameters (i.e., Doppler shift, Doppler spread, average delay, delay spread) , either directly or indirectly. For example, the TCI state of the PDCCH may have a source reference signal (RS) of either a TRS or a CSI-RS resource. In the latter case (CSI-RS) , the TCI state of the CSI-RS may have a source RS that is a TRS. In the latter case, then, the TRS may be referred to as the root source RS of the PDCCH.
[0112] As indicated above, Fig. 5 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from what is described with respect to Fig. 5.
[0113] Fig. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example 600 of separate TCI and an example 605 of unified TCI indication, in accordance with the present disclosure. In example 600 and 605, a slot length is shown, for example, by reference number 610. Example 600 and 605 relate to indication of a TCI state for a CORESET, and thus for a PDCCH received in the CORESET. For the purposes of Fig. 6, assume that a TCI activation command (e.g., a MAC-CE indicating TCI sate identifiers to activate) has previously activated at least two TCI states. The CORESET may be associated with (e.g., configured with) a TCI state list that includes a number of TCI states and corresponding TCI state identifiers, and the at least two TCI states may be activated from the TCI state list.
[0114] As shown by reference number 615, a UE (e.g., UE 120) may receive a MAC-CE indicating a TCI state a CORESET (CORESET X) . A PUCCH carrying a HARQ-Ack for the MAC-CE is shown by reference number 620. As shown by reference number 625, the indicated TCI state may be applied after Z slots, where Z may be configurable or indicated to the UE. For example, the UE may receive a PDCCH in CORESET X using the indicated TCI state starting Z slots after transmitting the PUCCH.
[0115] As shown by reference number 630, in a unified TCI framework shown by example 605, the UE may receive DCI (e.g., DCI format 1_1 or 1_2) . The DCI may or may not schedule a PDSCH. The DCI may include a TCI field. A codepoint (e.g., value) of the TCI field may indicate an active TCI state. For example, each codepoint (e.g., potential value) of the TCI field in DCI format 1_1 or 1_2 may be mapped to one active TCI state by a MAC-CE. For the PDCCH, whether or not to follow the indicated unified TCI state may be configured per CORESET.
[0116] As shown by reference number 635, the UE may transmit a PUCCH carrying a HARQ-Ack for the DCI. As shown by reference number 640, the UE may apply the indicated TCI state Y symbols after transmission of the PUCCH, where Y is configurable. For example, the indicated TCI state may be applied to downlink channels or signals, uplink channels or signals, or both (depending on a type of the TCI field codepoint) .
[0117] As indicated above, Fig. 6 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from what is described with regard to Fig. 6.
[0118] Fig. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example 700 of signaling associated with indication of QCL parameters for a PDCCH QCLed with a source other than a TRS, in accordance with the present disclosure. Example 700 includes a UE 120 and a network node 110. In the course of describing Fig. 7, reference will be made to Figs. 8-13. After describing a Figure, of Figs. 8-13, the description will return to Fig. 7 unless indicated otherwise.
[0119] As shown, the network node 110 may transmit, and the UE 120 may receive, configuration information 705. For example, the network node 110 may transmit the configuration information 705 via RRC signaling, MAC signaling, DCI, or a combination thereof.
[0120] In some aspects, the configuration information 705 may include a CORESET configuration. Additionally, or alternatively, the configuration information 705 may include a search space (SS) configuration. In some aspects, the indication 710 (described below) may comprise the CORESET configuration or the SS configuration. For example, the indication 710 may comprise a CORESET configuration that is not configured with any TCI state (for example, the CORESET configuration may omit a field that indicates a TCI state such as a TCI state list, or may not include any TCI state identifiers in the field) . As another example, the indication 710 may comprise an SS configuration that configures an SS (or SS set) in a CORESET that is not configured with any TCI state. In some aspects, if the UE 120 is configured with a CORESET that is not configured with any TCI states, the UE may assume a DMRS port for PDCCHs, occurring in SSs included in the CORESET, is not QCLed with a TRS.
[0121] As used herein, “QCLed with” may be synonymous with “shares one or more QCL parameters with. ” For example, a first signal that is QCLed with a second signal may have one or more QCL parameters that are quasi co-located with one or more QCL parameters of the second signal. A first QCL parameter may be quasi co-located with a second QCL parameter if the first QCL parameter and the second QCL parameter have the same value, such as if the first QCL parameter is derived from the second QCL parameter or vice versa, or if the first QCL parameter and the second QCL parameter are derived from a same QCL parameter or source signal. Reference to a first channel having a QCL relationship with a second channel may indicate that the first channel is QCLed with the second channel.
[0122] In some aspects, the CORESET configuration or the SS configuration may indicate a group index. A group index may generally be used to indicate PDCCHs and / or PDSCHs that are QCLed with one another. For example, a PDCCH that is associated with a same group index as another channel (aPDCCH or a PDSCH) may use a same set of QCL parameters as the other channel. In some aspects, PDCCHs in any CORESET associated with a given group index have a same set of QCL parameters. In some aspects, PDCCHs in any SS or SS set associated with a given group index have a same set of QCL parameters. A CORESET may be associated with a group index if signaling (e.g., a CORESET configuration that configures the CORESET, or signaling separate from the CORESET configuration) indicates the group index in association with the CORESET. For example, the group index may be configured per CORESET. In this case, multiple CORESETs (each not configured with any TCI state) may be configured for the UE 120. Each group (e.g., each group index) may include one or more CORESETs not configured with any TCI states. An SS or SS set may be associated with a group index if an SS configuration that configures the SS or SS set, or signaling separate from the SS configuration, indicates the group index in association with the SS or SS set. For example, the group index may be configured per SS set. In this case, one CORESET not configured with any TCI states may be configured and the SS sets associated with the CORESET (e.g., configured to occur in the CORESET) can be configured into multiple groups (each group corresponding to a different group index) . Each group of the multiple groups may include one or more search space sets.
[0123] In some aspects, the UE 120 may receive, and the network node 110 may transmit, signaling indicating a group index associated with a CORESET configuration (or a CORESET) or an SS configuration (or an SS or SS set) . For example, the signaling may include DCI (e.g., group-common DCI) or a MAC-CE. In some aspects, the signaling may explicitly indicate the group index. For example, the group index may be included in group common DCI or a MAC-CE (e.g., per CORESET or per SS set) . In some aspects, the signaling may implicitly indicate the group index. For example, if a same index (e.g., a same group index or a same TCI state identifier, if an existing MAC-CE is reused) is indicated for different CORESETs, the CORESETs may belong to the same group.
[0124] Fig. 8 is a diagram illustrating examples 800, 805, and 810 of QCL determination for a CORESET configured without any TCI states, in accordance with the present disclosure. In example 800, a CORESET 815 is configured without any TCI states. Therefore, a PDCCH 820 in the CORESET 815 is QCLed with a PDCCH 825 in the CORESET 815.
[0125] In example 805, a first CORESET 830 is configured with a first group index (X1) and a second CORESET 835 is configured with a second group index (X2) . Therefore, PDCCHs 840 and 845 in the first CORESET 830 are QCLed with one another. Furthermore, PDCCHs 850 and 855 in the second CORESET 835 are QCLed with another.
[0126] In example 810, a first SS 860 (SS1) is configured with a first group index (group 1) and a second SS 865 (SS2) is configured with a second group index. Both SSs 860 and 865 are in a same CORESET that is not configured with any TCI states. In this example, a PDCCH 870 is QCLed with a PDCCH 880 in the first SS 860 because the first SS 860 is configured with the first group index, and a PDCCH 875 is QCLed with a PDCCH 885 in the second SS 865 because the second SS 865 is configured with the second group index. If the first SS 860 and the second SS 865 were both configured as part of the same group, then the PDCCHs 870, 875, 880, and 885 may all be QCLed with one another.
[0127] As indicated above, Fig. 8 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from what is described with regard to Fig. 8.
[0128] Returning to Fig. 7, as mentioned above, in some aspects, a group may be dedicated for PDCCHs that are not QCLed with other PDCCHs or with a TRS. In this example, if other groups (e.g., for PDCCHs QCLed with one another) are not implemented, the UE 120 may assume, for a PDCCH in a CORESET that is not configured with any TCI states, that a DMRS port for PDCCH is not associated (e.g., QCLed) with a TRS. Furthermore, the UE 120 may assume that no QCL relationship exists between PDCCHs in the dedicated group. In some aspects, a CORESET configuration or an SS configuration may indicate whether one or more QCL parameters of a PDCCH, in the CORESET or the SS, are QCLed with other PDCCHs received in the CORESET or the SS (where the PDCCH and the other PDCCHs are not QCLed with a TRS) . For example, the network node 110 may configure two CORESETs without any TCI states. For each of the two CORESETs, the network node 110 may configure whether PDCCHs in the CORESET are QCLed with each other, such as via RRC signaling. For example, the network node 110 may configure a first CORESET such that PDCCHs in the first CORESET are not QCLed with one another, and may configure a second CORESET such that PDCCHs in the second CORESET are QCLed with one another.
[0129] In some aspects, the network node 110 may configure a CORESET without any TCI states, and may configure two groups of SS sets within the CORESET. For each group of SS sets, the network node 110 may configure whether PDCCHs monitored in the group of SS sets are QCLed with one another. In some aspects, the number of CORESETs not configured with any TCI states, or the number of SS set groups, may be greater than two. For example, different CORESETs and different SS set groups may be configured as part of different groups for the purpose of QCL determination.
[0130] In some aspects, the configuration information 705 (or other signaling) may indicate one or more QCL parameters derived from a source other than a TRS. For example, the network node 110 may transmit, and the UE 120 may receive, information indicating which QCL parameters are to be derived from the source other than the TRS. Additionally, or alternatively, the network node 110 may transmit, and the UE 120 may receive, information indicating which QCL parameters are to be derived from the TRS. For example, a first subset of a set of QCL parameters (e.g., a set of TypeA QCL parameters, such as Doppler shift, Doppler spread, average delay, or delay spread) may be derived from the source other than the TRS (such as another PDCCH, a PDSCH, or a DMRS of the PDCCH) , and a second subset of the set of QCL parameters may be derived from the TRS. As a first example, if the first subset is {average delay, delay spread} , the UE 120 may assume that multiple PDCCHs are QCLed with each other with regard to delay properties and may not derive delay properties from a TRS, but may derive Doppler properties from the TRS. This can be used in case of Doppler pre-compensation, such as in a case where a TRS is transmitted by a first TRP and the multiple PDCCHs are transmitted by a second TRP that pre-compensates for Doppler effect. Hence, the TRS can still be used for those PDCCHs for Doppler properties, but the TRS is not used for delay properties. As a second example, if the first subset is {Doppler shift, Doppler spread} , the UE 120 may assume the multiple PDCCHs are QCLed with each other with respect to Doppler properties, and may derive delay properties from a TRS. This can be used in the case of delay pre-compensation, for example, if the TRS is transmitted by the first TRP and the multiple PDCCHs are transmitted by the second TRP which pre-compensates delay. In this scenario, the TRS can still be used for the PDCCHs to derive delay properties, and may not be used for Doppler properties.
[0131] As shown, the UE may receive or identify an indication 710 that a PDCCH is associated with (e.g., configured with, to be received using) one or more QCL parameters derived from a source other than a TRS. For example, the PDCCH may not be associated with a TCI state that indicates a TRS as a source reference signal for the one or more QCL parameters. In some aspects, the one or more QCL parameters may include all QCL Type-Aparameters (e.g., Doppler shift, Doppler spread, delay spread, average delay) . In some other aspects, the one or more QCL parameters may include a subset of QCL Type-Aparameters.
[0132] In some aspects, the configuration information 705 or the indication 710 may indicate that the PDCCH and one or more other PDCCHs belong to a group. For example, the configuration information 705 or the indication 710 may indicate a group index. Examples of these groups are provided below.
[0133] In some aspects, all PDCCHs (e.g., on a given component carrier) that are not QCLed with a TRS are QCLed with one another. This may be referred to as a single-group approach. In this approach, the UE 120 may maintain a single QCL profile for the PDCCHs at a given time. In some aspects, the UE 120 may separately maintain one or more QCL profiles associated with one or more TRSs for receiving PDCCHs QCLed to the one or more TRSs. In some aspects, the single QCL profile may be reset, as described in connection with the signaling 720.
[0134] In some aspects, a set of PDCCHs may be QCLed with one another if the set of PDCCHs belong to a same group. For example, PDCCHs may be QCLed with one another only if the PDCCHs belong to the same group. In some aspects, there may not be a QCL relationship between PDCCHs in different groups. This may be useful if multiple TRPs (without an associated TRS being configured to the UE 120) can transmit to the UE 120 while the UE 120 maintains the QCL parameters. For example, the UE 120 may maintain the QCL parameters for a given TRP according to one or more previous PDCCHs received from the same TRP. Thus, the UE 120 does not have to reset the QCL parameters every time that the TRP changes. In this example, different TRPs may be associated with different group indexes, such that the UE 120 maintains a respective QCL profile for each group index (and thus each TRP) . For example, the UE 120 may maintain N different QCL profiles for N groups (in addition to any QCL profiles associated with one or more TRSs that are separate from the N groups) .
[0135] In some aspects, a group may be a dedicated group for PDCCHs that are not QCLed with any other PDCCH or a TRS. This group may correspond to self-contained or one-shot QCL PDCCHs. In some aspects, the source may be a DMRS of the PDCCH. For example, the one or more QCL parameters may not be QCLed with QCL parameters of any other PDCCH. In this case, the one or more QCL parameters may be derived from the DMRS of the PDCCH (e.g., the PDCCHs may be QCLed or have a QCL relationship with the DMRS of the PDCCH) . For example, the QCL parameters for DMRS channel estimation for such a PDCCH may be obtained from the DMRS itself without relying on a TRS or any DMRS of a previously detected PDCCH. In some aspects, the UE 120 may not maintain any QCL profile for this group. In some aspects, a PDCCH may be either QCLed with a TRS, or may belong to the group and may not be QCLed with any TRS or PDCCH. In some aspects, PDCCHs that are QCLed with one another may be associated with one or more first groups, and PDCCHs that are not QCLed with any TRS or PDCCH may belong to a second group. In this example, PDCCHs QCLed with a TRS may belong to a third group.
[0136] In some aspects, the indication 710 may comprise a TCI activation command. For example, the indication 710 may comprise a TCI activation MAC-CE for the PDCCH. In some aspects, the TCI activation command may indicate a TCI state identifier for a CORESET. For example, a TCI activation MAC-CE may include a number of bits that are used to indicate a TCI state identifier, and the number of bits may be capable of indicating a larger number of TCI state identifiers than can be configured for a CORESET. In this case, whether a PDCCH in the CORESET is QCLed with a TRS may be configured per CORESET, as described elsewhere herein.
[0137] In some aspects, the TCI activation command may indicate a TCI state identifier for a CORESET that is not configured in a TCI state list associated with the CORESET. Thus, the TCI state identifier may be associated with the CORESET, and the CORESET may be associated with the TCI state identifier (since the TCI state identifier is indicated for the CORESET) . PDCCHs received in the CORESET may be associated with the TCI state identifier (since the TCI state identifier for a PDCCH may be determined based at least in part on the TCI state identifier associated with the CORESET in which the PDCCH is detected) . By indicating the TCI state identifier that is not configured in the TCI state list, the TCI activation command may indicate that PDCCH receptions in the CORESET are QCLed with a source other than a TRS (e.g., that a DMRS antenna port associated with PDCCH receptions in the CORESET is not QCLed with any RS, and / or that PDCCH receptions in the CORESET are QCLed with one another) . For example, when a TCI state identifier that is not configured in a tci-StatesPDCCH-ToAddList for a CORESET is indicated for the CORESET by the TCI activation MAC-CE, the UE 120 may assume that the DMRS antenna port associated with PDCCH receptions in the CORESET is not QCLed with any RS, and may assume that PDCCH receptions in the CORESET are QCLed with each other (e.g., one or more QCL parameters of a PDCCH may be QCLed with a set of QCL parameters of one or more other PDCCHs in the CORESET associated with the TCI state identifier) . If the UE 120 receives the activation MAC CE (indicating a TCI state identifier not configured in the tci-StatesPDCCH-ToAddList of the CORESET) , the activation MAC-CE may be applied Y slots after acknowledgement of the activation MAC-CE.
[0138] In some aspects, in the case of a single-group configuration (described above in connection with groups) , whether a DMRS antenna port of a PDCCH is QCLed with a source of an indicated TCI state identifier of a corresponding CORESET (e.g., that includes the PDCCH) depends on whether the indicated TCI state identifier is configured in tci-StatesPDCCH-ToAddList in the CORESET. For example, if the indicate TCI state identifier is not configured in tci-StatesPDCCH-ToAddList, the UE 120 may assume that the PDCCH is not QCLed with the source of the indicated TCI state identifier. As another example, if the indicate TCI state identifier is not configured in tci-StatesPDCCH-ToAddList, the UE 120 may assume that the PDCCH is not QCLed with the source of the indicated TCI state identifier.
[0139] In some aspects, the TCI state identifier (that is not configured in a TCI state list associated with a CORESET indicated by a TCI activation command) may be associated with a group index. In some aspects, the TCI activation command may indicate the group index. In some aspects, a group index may be associated with a TCI state identifier based at least in part on a rule or an RRC configuration. For example, the TCI state identifiers that are not configured in the tci-StatesPDCCH-ToAddList in a CORESET may be divided into multiple groups based at least in part on a rule, where the rule is based at least in part on an order of the remaining TCI state identifiers. Continuing the example, if the TCI state identifiers 1-32 are configured in the tci-StatesPDCCH-ToAddList in a CORESET, then TCI state identifiers 33-128 may be divided this into multiple groups (e.g., 4 groups, where TCI state identifiers 33-56 belong to a first group, TCI state identifiers 57-80 belong to a second group, TCI state identifiers 81-104 belong to a third group, and TCI state identifiers 105-128 belong to a fourth group) . In some aspects, an association between TCI state identifiers and group indexes can be configured by RRC signaling (such as the configuration information 705 or other RRC signaling) . For example, a set of TCI state identifiers (e.g., each TCI state identifier) that are configured for PDSCHs but not configured in the tci-StatesPDCCH-ToAddList in a CORESET may be configured with a corresponding group index. As another example, a set of TCI state identifiers (e.g., each TCI state identifier) that are not configured in the tci-StatesPDCCH-ToAddList in a CORESET may be configured with a corresponding group index.
[0140] In some aspects, such as in the case of a dedicated group for PDCCHs that are not QCLed with other PDCCHs or RSs, a particular TCI state identifier not configured in a TCI state list for a CORESET (e.g., the tci-StatesPDCCH-ToAddList) can be used to indicate that PDCCHs in the CORESET are not QCLed with any other PDCCH or any TRS. For example, the particular TCI state identifier may be a lowest TCI state identifier that is not configured in the TCI state list of the CORESET. As another example, the particular TCI state identifier may be a lowest TCI state identifier that is not configured in the TCI state list of the CORESET and that is configured in a TCI state list of a PDSCH (e.g., in a parameter tci-StatesToAddModList in PDSCH-Config) . In some aspects, if the particular TCI state identifier is indicated by the TCI activation command, the UE 120 may assume that PDCCHs in the CORESET are not QCLed with any other PDCCH or any TRS. Furthermore, if a TCI state identifier not configured in the tci-StatesPDCCH-ToAddList of the CORESET, other than the specific TCI state identifier, is indicated by the TCI activation command, the UE 120 may assume that the PDCCH in the CORESET is not QCLed with any TRS and that the PDCCHs in the CORESET are QCLed with one another. In some aspects, when multiple group indexes are implemented, one of the group indexes may be for the dedicated group of PDCCHs.
[0141] In some aspects, the UE 120 may reset a QCL parameter based at least in part on the TCI activation command. For example, upon receiving a second TCI activation command including an indication of an updated TCI state identifier for a CORESET (e.g., relative to a first TCI activation command for the CORESET) , when the TCI state identifier is not configured in the TCI state list of the CORESET (e.g., tci-StatesPDCCH-ToAddList) , the UE 120 may reset the QCL profile of the CORESET (e.g., PDCCHs in the CORESET occurring after an application time of the second TCI activation command may not be QCLed with any PDCCH occurring before the application time) . In some aspects, the QCL profile may be reset for a particular group. For example, the QCL profile may be reset per group. Within a same group, if an updated TCI state identifier is indicated, the UE 120 may reset the QCL profile within the same group. For example, PDCCHs occurring after the application time and associated with the group may not be QCLed with any prior PDCCH in the same group. In this case, resetting within the same group may be possible. In some aspects, multiple TCI states may be associated with a same group. If an updated TCI state identifier in the same group is indicated and the updated TCI state identifier is not configured in the TCI state list (e.g., tci-StatesPDCCH-ToAddList) of the CORESET, the UE 120 may assume a PDCCH in the CORESET is QCLed with prior PDCCHs in the same group. In this case, TRP switching may be possible across different groups.
[0142] In some aspects, a MAC-CE (e.g., the TCI activation command, a MAC-CE that indicates a group index, or the like) may indicate to reset a QCL profile. For example, the MAC-CE may indicate to reset the QCL profile for a given group index and / or CORESET. The UE 120 may reset the QCL profile according to the MAC-CE.
[0143] Fig. 9 is a diagram illustrating examples 900 and 902 of resetting a TCI profile based at least in part on a TCI activation command, in accordance with the present disclosure. A slot length in Fig. 9 is shown by reference number 904. MAC-CEs (e.g., indications of TCI states for CORESETs, such as TCI activation commands indicating the TCI states) are shown by a diagonal fill. PUCCHs carrying HARQ acknowledgments regarding the MAC-CEs are shown by a dotted fill. In examples 900 and 902, TCI states with identifiers of X1 and X2 are not configured in a TCI state list of a CORESET A or a CORESET B, and are configured with a same group index. Example 900 relates to a case where the UE 120 resets the QCL profile of a CORESET upon receiving an updated TCI state identifier that is not configured in the TCI state list of the CORESET. Example 902 relates to a case where the UE 120 assumes PDCCHs of a same group index are QCLed with one another if a TCI state identifier associated with the group index and not configured in a TCI state list of the CORESET is received.
[0144] In example 900, as shown by reference number 906, the UE 120 may receive a MAC-CE (e.g., a TCI activation command) indicating TCI state X1 for CORESET A. As shown by reference number 908, the UE 120 may transmit a PUCCH carrying a HARQ-ACK for the MAC-CE. As shown by reference number 910, an application time of the MAC-CE may occur Y symbols after transmission of the PUCCH. Thus, in a time window 912, PDCCHs in CORESET A (which was indicated by the MAC-CE) or in one or more CORESETs in a same group as CORESET A may not be QCLed with a TRS, and may be QCLed with each other.
[0145] As shown by reference number 914, the UE 120 may receive a second MAC-CE (e.g., a second TCI activation command) indicating TCI state X2 for CORESET A. As shown by reference number 916, the UE 120 may transmit a PUCCH carrying a HARQ-ACK for the second MAC-CE. As shown by reference number 918, an application time of the second MAC-CE may occur Y symbols after transmission of the PUCCH shown by reference number 916. In a time window 920, PDCCHs on CORESET A (as indicated by the second MAC-CE) or in one or more CORESETs in a same group as CORESET A may not be QCLed with a TRS and may be QCLed with each other. Furthermore, PDCCHs in the time window 920 may not be QCLed with prior PDCCHs (such as in or prior to the time window 912) since a different TCI state identifier was indicated in the second MAC-CE relative to the MAC-CE shown by reference number 906.
[0146] As shown by reference number 922, the UE 120 may receive a third MAC-CE (e.g., a third TCI activation command) indicating a TCI state identifier that is configured in a TCI state list for CORESET A. As shown by reference number 924, the UE 120 may transmit a PUCCH carrying a HARQ-ACK for the third MAC-CE. As shown by reference number 926, an application time of the third MAC-CE may occur Y symbols after transmission of the PUCCH shown by reference number 924. In a time window 928, PDCCHs may be QCLed with a TRS.
[0147] In example 902, as shown by reference number 930, the UE 120 may receive a MAC-CE (e.g., a TCI activation command) indicating TCI state X1 for CORESET A. As shown by reference number 932, the UE 120 may transmit a PUCCH carrying a HARQ-ACK for the MAC-CE. As shown by reference number 934, an application time of the MAC-CE may occur Y symbols after transmission of the PUCCH. Thus, in a time window 936, PDCCHs in CORESET A (which was indicated by the MAC-CE) may not be QCLed with a TRS, and may be QCLed with each other.
[0148] As shown by reference number 938, the UE 120 may receive a second MAC-CE (e.g., a second TCI activation command) indicating TCI state X2 for CORESET B. As shown by reference number 940, the UE 120 may transmit a PUCCH carrying a HARQ-ACK for the second MAC-CE. As shown by reference number 942, an application time of the second MAC-CE may occur Y symbols after transmission of the PUCCH shown by reference number 940. In a time window 944, PDCCHs on CORESET B (as indicated by the second MAC-CE) may not be QCLed with a TRS and may be QCLed with each other. Furthermore, PDCCHs on CORESET B in the time window 944 may be QCLed with prior and current PDCCHs (such as in the time window 936) in CORESET A since a TCI state identifier (X2) included in the same group as the TCI state identifier (X1) for the CORESET A was indicated.
[0149] As shown by reference number 946, the UE 120 may receive a third MAC-CE (e.g., a third TCI activation command) indicating a TCI state identifier that is configured in a TCI state list for CORESET A and CORESET B. As shown by reference number 948, the UE 120 may transmit a PUCCH carrying a HARQ-ACK for the third MAC-CE. As shown by reference number 950, an application time of the third MAC-CE may occur Y symbols after transmission of the PUCCH shown by reference number 948. In a time window 952, PDCCHs on CORESET A or CORESET B may be QCLed with a TRS.
[0150] As indicated above, Fig. 9 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from what is described with regard to Fig. 9.
[0151] Returning to Fig 7, in some aspects, the UE 120 may identify the indication 710. For example, the UE 120 may determine the indication 710 (e.g., the indication 710 may be implicit in the configuration information 705 or may be determined by the UE 120 according to the configuration information 705) . In some aspects, the UE 120 may determine (e.g., assume) that multiple PDCCHs are QCled with one another without being QCLed with a TRS based at least in part on one or more conditions. The one or more conditions are provided below. In some aspects, the indication 710 may indicate that the one or more QCL parameters are QCLed with a set of QCL parameters of one or more other PDCCHs, without being QCLed with the TRS, based at least in part on the PDCCH and the one or more other PDCCHs being in a same component carrier. In some aspects, the indication 710 may indicate that the one or more QCL parameters are QCLed with a set of QCL parameters of one or more other PDCCHs, without being QCLed with the TRS, based at least in part on the PDCCH and the one or more other PDCCHs being in a same band (e.g., on different component carriers of the same band) . In some aspects, the indication 710 may indicate that the one or more QCL parameters are QCLed with a set of QCL parameters of one or more other PDCCHs, without being QCLed with the TRS, based at least in part on the PDCCH and the one or more other PDCCHs being UE-dedicated PDCCHs (e.g., PDCCHs that are directed to the UE 120 and not to a group of UEs such as a PDCCH in a common CORESET) . In some aspects, the indication 710 may indicate that the one or more QCL parameters are QCLed with a set of QCL parameters of one or more other PDCCHs, without being QCLed with the TRS, based at least in part on an aggregation level of the PDCCH and the one or more other PDCCHs satisfying a first threshold. In some aspects, the indication 710 may indicate that the one or more QCL parameters are QCLed with a set of QCL parameters of one or more other PDCCHs, without being QCLed with the TRS, based at least in part on a number of symbols in which the PDCCH or the one or more other PDCCHs are detected satisfying a second threshold. In some aspects, the UE 120 may receive, and the network node 110 may transmit, information indicating the first threshold or the second threshold.
[0152] In some aspects, the indication 710 may comprise a TCI state that is associated with no source downlink reference signal. For example, the configuration information 705 may configure the TCI state that is associated with no source reference signal. The TCI state may be associated with no source reference signal if the TCI state does not include information identifying a source reference signal, or if the information identifying the source reference signal has a value indicating that the TCI state is associated with no source reference signal. This may be referred to as a floating TCI state.
[0153] In some aspects, the one or more QCL parameters may be QCLed with a set of QCL parameters of a PDSCH. For example, based at least in part on a unified TCI framework, PDCCH and PDSCHs in a same time window may be QCLed with each other (and not with a TRS) . In some aspects, the PDCCH may schedule the PDSCH. In this example, the one or more QCL parameters may be QCLed with the set of QCL parameters of the PDSCH based at least in part on the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH. Additionally, or alternatively, the one or more QCL parameters may be QCLed with the set of QCL parameters of the PDSCH based at least in part on the PDCCH and the PDSCH belonging to the same group. Two channels may belong to the same group if the two channels are configured or otherwise associated with a same group index (e.g., a group index corresponding to the group) . In some aspects, a floating TCI state may be used to indicate that the PDCCH is QCLed with the PDSCH, as described above. In some aspects, multiple floating TCI states may be configured, where each floating TCI state may be configured with at least one of a group index, or an indication that the floating TCI state corresponds to a dedicated group for PDCCHs that are not QCLed with any other PDCCH, PDSCH, or TRS. In the unified TCI context, a MAC-CE or DCI (which may or may not be a scheduling DCI of the PDSCH, and may for example be a beam indication DCI) may indicate a TCI state to be applied. In such examples, an application time of the MAC-CE or DCI may be defined with regard to a number of symbols or slots after a HARQ-ACK associated with the PDSCH carrying the MAC-CE or associated with the DCI is transmitted. If the indicated TCI state is associated with a source downlink RS such as a TRS) , the PDCCH may be QCLed with a TRS after the application time. If the TCI state is a floating TCI state (with no associated downlink RS) , the PDCCHs and PDSCHs after the application time may not be QCLed with a TRS. If the TCI state is not associated with a dedicated group for PDCCHs or PDSCHs that are not QCLed with any other PDCCH / PDSCH / RS (described elsewhere herein) , all PDCCHs (in a CORESET configured to use unified TCI states) after the application time may be QCLed with each other, all PDSCHs after the application time may be QCLed with each other, and all PDCCHs and PDSCHs may also be QCLed with each other (until a different TCI state is indicated) . Otherwise, the PDCCHs / PDSCHs may not be QCLed with each other (and may not be QCLed with a TRS) after the application time until a different TCI state is indicated.
[0154] In some aspects, a PDCCH scheduling a PDSCH may be QCLed with the PDSCH, and the PDSCH and the PDCCH may not be QCLed with a TRS. For example, PDSCHs that are scheduled by PDCCHs that are QCLed with each other may also be QCLed with one another. In some aspects, whether the scheduling PDCCHs and scheduled PDSCHs are QCLed with one another may be configured per CORESET (in a CORESET configuration) or an SS set (in an SS configuration) . In some aspects, QCL bundling may configured for PDCCHs only (e.g., only PDCCHs may be QCLed with one another) . In some aspects, QCL bundling may be configured for PDSCHs only (e.g., only PDSCHs may be QCLed with one another) . In some aspects, QCL bundling may be configured across PDCCH and PDSCH (e.g., PDSCHs and PDCCHs may be QCLed with one another) . In some aspects, a combination of the above QCL bundling options may be implemented.
[0155] In some aspects, PDSCHs and PDCCHs may be QCLed with one another based at least in part on a group index. For example, a PDSCH associated with a group index may be QCLed with a PDCCH that is also associated with the group index. If a reset of a QCL parameter is indicated for the PDCCH or the PDSCH, the reset may be applied to both the PDCCH and the PDSCH.
[0156] As shown by reference number 715, the network node 110 may transmit, and the UE 120 may receive, the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters. For example, the network node 110 may transmit, and the UE 120 may receive, the PDCCH using one or more QCL parameters derived from a source other than a TRS. The source may include, for example, another PDCCH, a DMRS of the PDCCH, or a PDSCH. In some aspects, the UE 120 may receive the PDCCH using one or more QCL parameters derived from a TRS.
[0157] As shown, in some aspects, the network node 110 may transmit, and the UE 120 may receive, signaling 720 indicating to reset the one or more QCL parameters. In some aspects, the signaling 720 may include a TCI activation command (e.g., MAC-CE) , as described in more detail above. In some aspects, the signaling 720 may include a group-common message such as a group-common DCI or a group-common MAC-CE. In some aspects, a bit in group-common message may indicate whether or not to reset the one or more QCL parameters. For example, a first value of the bit may indicate to reset the one or more QCL parameters and a second value of the bit may indicate not to reset the one or more QCL parameters. As another example, a toggled value of the bit (relative to a previous value of the bit) may indicate to reset the one or more QCL parameters. If the group common message is received, the UE 120 may reset the one or more QCL parameters at a next PDCCH, monitored in a SS of a CORESET not configured with any TCI states, that is at least X symbols or slots after an end of the group common PDCCH.
[0158] In some aspects, a MAC-CE (such as a TCI activation command or another MAC-CE) may indicate to reset the one or more QCL parameters. For example, the UE 120 may reset the one or more QCL parameters if a MAC-CE that indicates a TCI state for a CORESET not configured with any TCI states is received. The UE 120 may reset the one or more QCL parameters Y symbols or slots after transmitting a PUCCH acknowledging the MAC-CE.
[0159] In some aspects, the UE 120 may reset one or more QCL parameters in association with a group index. For example, if the group index is configured per CORESET, the UE 120 may reset the one or more QCL parameters per group of CORESETs. If the indication to reset the one or more QCL parameters is a TCI activation command MAC-CE indicating a particular CORESET, the UE 120 may reset the one or more QCL parameters if the MAC-CE indicates a TCI state for any CORESET not configured with any TCI states in a same group as the particular CORESET. If the group index is configured per SS set, the UE 120 may reset the one or more QCL parameters per group of SS sets. For example, If the indication to reset the one or more QCL parameters is a TCI activation command MAC-CE indicating a particular CORESET, an association between the group index of a group of SS sets and a TCI state identifier (in the MAC-CE) may be predefined or configured.
[0160] As shown, in some aspects, the UE 120 may receive another PDCCH 725 using an updated value of the one or more QCL parameters in accordance with the signaling 720. For example, the UE 120 may reset the one or more QCL parameters in accordance with the signal 720. Resetting a QCL parameter may include resetting a QCL profile and / or deriving an updated QCL parameter from a source associated with the PDCCH 725 (e.g., a TRS or a different signal or channel) .
[0161] Figs. 10 and 11 are diagrams illustrating examples 1000, 1005, 1100, and 1105 of resetting a QCL parameter in accordance with an indication to reset the QCL parameter.
[0162] In Fig. 10, CORESETs associated with a first group are shown by a diagonal fill. CORESETs associated with a second group are shown by a dotted fill. As shown by reference number 1010, the UE 120 may receive, and the network node 110 may transmit, group-common DCI indicating to reset a QCL parameter for a CORESET 1015 (associated with the first group) . The CORESET 1015 occurs periodically. The UE 120 may reset the QCL parameter at a time 1020, after an application time 1025. Thus, a PDCCH 1030 in the CORESET 1015 may not be QCLed with a PDCCH 1035 in the CORESET 1015, even though the PDCCH 1030 is associated with a same group as the PDCCH 1035. This facilitates transmission of the PDCCH 1030 by a different TRP than the PDCCH 1035. Thus, the PDCCH 1030 may not be QCLed with any previous PDCCH received in the same group of CORESETs or SS sets.
[0163] As shown by reference number 1040, the UE 120 may receive, and the network node 110 may transmit, a MAC-CE indicating to reset a QCL parameter for a CORESET 1045 (associated with the first group) . The UE 120 may reset the QCL parameter at a time 1050, after an application time 1055. Thus, a PDCCH 1060 in the CORESET 1045 may not be QCLed with a PDCCH 1065 in the CORESET 1045, even though the PDCCH 1060 is associated with a same group as the PDCCH 1065. This facilitates transmission of the PDCCH 1060 by a different TRP than the PDCCH 1065. Thus, the PDCCH 1060 may not be QCLed with any previous PDCCH received in the same group of CORESETs or SS sets.
[0164] In Fig. 11, SS sets associated with a first group are shown by a diagonal fill. SS sets associated with a second group are shown by a dotted fill. As shown by reference number 1110, the UE 120 may receive, and the network node 110 may transmit, group-common DCI indicating to reset a QCL parameter for a SS set 1115 (associated with the first group) . The UE 120 may reset the QCL parameter at a time 1120, after an application time 1125. Thus, a PDCCH 1130 in the SS set 1115 may not be QCLed with a PDCCH 1135 in the SS set 1115, even though the PDCCH 1130 is associated with a same group as the PDCCH 1135, which facilitates transmission of the PDCCH 1130 by a different TRP than the PDCCH 1135. Thus, the PDCCH 1130 may not be QCLed with any previous PDCCH received in the same group of SS sets.
[0165] As shown by reference number 1140, the UE 120 may receive, and the network node 110 may transmit, a MAC-CE indicating to reset a QCL parameter for a SS set 1145 (associated with the first group) . The UE 120 may reset the QCL parameter at a time 1150, after an application time 1155. Thus, a PDCCH 1160 in the SS set 1145 may not be QCLed with a PDCCH 1165 in the SS set 1145, even though the PDCCH 1160 is associated with a same group as the PDCCH 1165 which facilitates transmission of the PDCCH 1160 by a different TRP than the PDCCH 1165. Thus, the PDCCH 1160 may not be QCLed with any previous PDCCH received in the same group of SS sets.
[0166] As indicated above, Figs. 10 and 11 are provided as examples. Other examples may differ from what is described with regard to Figs. 10 and 11.
[0167] Fig. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example 1200 of QCL relationships between PDCCHs and PDSCHs, in accordance with the present disclosure. In example 1200, DCI received on a PDCCH with a first group index (0) is shown by a diagonal fill. DCI received on a PDCCH with a second group index (1) is shown by a diamond fill. PDSCHs scheduled by the DCI with the first group index are shown by white dotted fill on a black background. PDSCHs scheduled by the DCI with the second group index are shown by black dotted fill on a white background. A given instance of DCI schedules a PDSCH immediately following the given instance of DCI. For example, the DCI shown by reference number 1210 schedules the PDSCH shown by reference number 1220.
[0168] As shown by reference number 1230, the DCI with the first group index may be QCLed with one another, since the PDCCHs corresponding to the DCI with the first group index are QCLed (due to being associated with a same group index) . As shown by reference number 1240, the DCI with the second group index may be QCLed with one another, since the PDCCHs corresponding to the DCI with the second group index are QCLed (due to being associated with a same group index) .
[0169] As shown, each DCI is QCLed with a corresponding PDSCH scheduled by each DCI. For example, the DCI shown by reference number 1210 is QCLed with the PDSCH shown by reference number 1220. As shown by reference number 1250, the PDSCHs scheduled by the DCI with the first group index are QCLed with one another because these PDSCHs are QCLed with the corresponding DCI and the corresponding DCI (received on PDCCHs with the first group index) are QCLed with one another. Similarly, as shown by reference number 1260, the PDSCHs scheduled by the DCI with the second group index are QCLed with one another because these PDSCHs are QCLed with the corresponding DCI and the corresponding DCI (received on PDCCHs with the second group index) are QCLed with one another.
[0170] As indicated above, Fig. 12 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from what is described with regard to Fig. 12.
[0171] Fig. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example 1300 of QCL relationships between PDCCHs and PDSCHs, in accordance with the present disclosure. In example 1300, DCI received on a PDCCH with a first group index (0) is shown by a diagonal fill. DCI received on a PDCCH with a second group index (1) is shown by a diamond fill. PDSCHs scheduled by the DCI with the first group index are shown by white dotted fill on a black background. PDSCHs scheduled by the DCI with the second group index are shown by black dotted fill on a white background. A given instance of DCI schedules a PDSCH immediately following the given instance of DCI. For example, the DCI shown by reference number 1310 schedules the PDSCH shown by reference number 1320.
[0172] Each DCI is associated with a group index (which may be indicated by a MAC CE or configured for a CORESET or SS set in which the DCI is received) . Each DCI includes a group index that indicates the group index associated with the scheduled PDSCH. Each DCI also includes a reset indicator that indicates whether a corresponding QCL parameter should be reset for the scheduled PDSCH. A value of “0” indicates that QCL parameters for the group index indicated by the DCI should not be reset. A value of “1” indicates that QCL parameters for the group index associated with the DCI should be reset. Alternatively, a toggled value (e.g., from 0 to 1or vice versa) indicates that QCL parameter for the group index indicated by the DCI should be reset. An untoggled value may indicate that QCL parameter for the group index indicated by the DCI should not be reset. As shown by reference number 1330, a first set of DCI (e.g., PDCCHs carrying DCI) and PDSCHs are QCLed with one another due to being associated with the first group index. As shown by reference number 1340, a second set of DCI (e.g., PDCCHs carrying DCI) and PDSCHs are QCLed with one another due to being associated with the second group index.
[0173] As shown by reference number 1350, a DCI may include an indication to reset QCL parameters associated with the first group index. Therefore, at reference number 1360, the first group index’s QCL parameters are reset (for both PDCCHs and PDSCHs associated with the first group index) . At this point, the PDSCH shown by reference number 1370 is QCLed with the PDCCH shown by reference number 1380. As shown by reference number 1380, a DCI may include an indication to reset QCL parameters associated with the second group index. Therefore, a set of PDSCHs and PDCCHs associated with the second group index are QCLed with one another and not QCLed with any previous PDCCH or PDSCH associated with the second group index, as shown by reference number 1390.
[0174] As indicated above, Fig. 13 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from what is described with regard to Fig. 13.
[0175] Fig. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example process 1400 performed, for example, at a UE or an apparatus of a UE, in accordance with the present disclosure. Example process 1400 is an example where the apparatus or the UE (e.g., UE 120) performs operations associated with quasi co-location for physical downlink control channel.
[0176] As shown in Fig. 14, in some aspects, process 1400 may include receiving an indication that a PDCCH is associated with one or more QCL parameters derived from a source other than a TRS (block 1410) . For example, the UE (e.g., using reception component 1602 and / or communication manager 1606, depicted in Fig. 16) may receive an indication that a PDCCH is associated with one or more QCL parameters derived from a source other than a TRS, as described above, for example, with regard to reference number 710 of Fig. 7.
[0177] As further shown in Fig. 14, in some aspects, process 1400 may include receiving the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters (block 1420) . For example, the UE (e.g., using reception component 1602 and / or communication manager 1606, depicted in Fig. 16) may receive the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters, as described above, for example, with regard to reference number 715 of Fig. 7.
[0178] Process 1400 may include additional aspects, such as any single aspect or any combination of aspects described below and / or in connection with one or more other processes described elsewhere herein.
[0179] In a first aspect, the one or more QCL parameters are quasi co-located with a set of QCL parameters of one or more other PDCCHs or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) , wherein the one or more QCL parameters include at least one of a Doppler shift, a Doppler spread, an average delay, or a delay spread.
[0180] In a second aspect, alone or in combination with the first aspect, process 1400 includes receiving signaling indicating the one or more QCL parameters.
[0181] In a third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first and second aspects, the one or more QCL parameters are one or more first QCL parameters, and wherein receiving the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters further comprises receiving the PDCCH using the one or more first QCL parameters and one or more second QCL parameters derived from the TRS.
[0182] In a fourth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through third aspects, the one or more QCL parameters are quasi co-located with a set of QCL parameters of one or more other PDCCHs based at least in part on the PDCCH and the one or more other PDCCHs belonging to a particular group.
[0183] In a fifth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through fourth aspects, all PDCCHs that have QCL relationships with sources other than the TRS belong to the particular group.
[0184] In a sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through fifth aspects, the particular group is a first group, and wherein the UE is configured with a second group of PDCCHs having one or more second QCL parameters different than the one or more QCL parameters of the first group.
[0185] In a seventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through sixth aspects, the one or more QCL parameters are not quasi co-located with QCL parameters of any other PDCCH and are derived from a demodulation reference signal of the PDCCH.
[0186] In an eighth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through seventh aspects, the indication that the PDCCH is associated with one or more QCL parameters derived from the source other than the TRS comprises a control resource set (CORESET) configuration that is not configured with any transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state or a search space (SS) configuration of an SS in a CORESET that is not configured with any TCI state, wherein the PDCCH is in the CORESET or the SS.
[0187] In a ninth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through eighth aspects, the CORESET configuration that is not configured with any TCI state further comprises a group index associated with the CORESET, wherein PDCCHs in any CORESET associated with the group index have a same set of QCL parameters.
[0188] In a tenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through ninth aspects, the SS configuration of the SS in the CORESET that is not configured with any TCI state further comprises a group index associated with the SS, wherein PDCCHs the any SS set associated with the group index have a same set of QCL parameters.
[0189] In an eleventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through tenth aspects, process 1400 includes receiving signaling indicating a group index associated with the CORESET configuration or the SS configuration.
[0190] In a twelfth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through eleventh aspects, the CORESET configuration or the SS configuration indicates whether the one or more QCL parameters of a first PDCCH, in the CORESET or the SS, are quasi co-located with other PDCCHs in the CORESET or the SS, wherein the first PDCCH and the other PDCCHs are not quasi co-located with the TRS.
[0191] In a thirteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through twelfth aspects, process 1400 includes receiving signaling indicating to reset the one or more QCL parameters, and receiving another PDCCH using an updated value of the one or more QCL parameters in accordance with the signaling.
[0192] In a fourteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through thirteenth aspects, the indication that the PDCCH is associated with the one or more QCL parameters derived from the source other than the TRS comprises a TCI activation command that indicates a TCI state identifier for a control resource set (CORESET) , wherein the TCI state identifier is not configured in the TCI state list associated with the CORESET.
[0193] In a fifteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through fourteenth aspects, the one or more QCL parameters of the PDCCH are quasi co-located with a set of QCL parameters of one or more other PDCCHs in the CORESET associated with the TCI state identifier.
[0194] In a sixteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through fifteenth aspects, a group index is associated with the TCI state identifier based on a rule or a radio resource control configuration.
[0195] In a seventeenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through sixteenth aspects, a group index associated with the TCI state identifier is indicated in the TCI activation command.
[0196] In an eighteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through seventeenth aspects, process 1400 includes receiving a second TCI activation command indicating a second TCI state identifier that is not associated with the TCI state list for the CORESET, and resetting the one or more QCL parameters for PDCCHs received in the CORESET after an application time of the second TCI activation command, wherein the second TCI state identifier and the TCI state identifier are associated with a same group index.
[0197] In a nineteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through eighteenth aspects, process 1400 includes receiving a second TCI activation command indicating a second TCI state identifier that is not associated with the TCI state list for the CORESET, wherein the one or more QCL parameters for PDCCHs received in the CORESET after an application time of the second TCI activation command are quasi co-located with one or more previous PDCCHs, received in the CORESET, that are associated with one or more TCI state identifiers associated with a same group index as the second TCI state identifier.
[0198] In a twentieth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through nineteenth aspects, the TCI activation command indicates whether to reset the one or more QCL parameters for PDCCHs in the CORESET after an application time of the TCI activation command.
[0199] In a twenty-first aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through twentieth aspects, the indication indicates that the one or more QCL parameters are quasi co-located with a set of QCL parameters of one or more other PDCCHs without being quasi co-located with the TRS based at least in part on at least one of the PDCCH and the one or more other PDCCHs being in a same component carrier, the PDCCH and the one or more other PDCCHs being in a same band, the PDCCH and the one or more other PDCCHs being UE-dedicated PDCCHs, an aggregation level of the PDCCH and the one or more other PDCCHs satisfying a first threshold, or a number of symbols in which the PDCCH or the one or more other PDCCHs are detected satisfying a second threshold.
[0200] In a twenty-second aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through twenty-first aspects, process 1400 includes receiving information indicating the first threshold or the second threshold.
[0201] In a twenty-third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through twenty-second aspects, the indication comprises a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state that is associated with no source downlink reference signal.
[0202] In a twenty-fourth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through twenty-third aspects, the one or more QCL parameters are quasi co-located with a set of QCL parameters of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) .
[0203] In a twenty-fifth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through twenty-fourth aspects, the one or more QCL parameters are quasi co-located with the set of QCL parameters of the PDSCH based at least in part on the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH.
[0204] In a twenty-sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through twenty-fifth aspects, the one or more QCL parameters are quasi co-located with the set of QCL parameters of PDSCH based at least in part on the PDCCH and the PDSCH belonging to a same group.
[0205] Although Fig. 14 shows example blocks of process 1400, in some aspects, process 1400 may include additional blocks, fewer blocks, different blocks, or differently arranged blocks than those depicted in Fig. 14. Additionally, or alternatively, two or more of the blocks of process 1400 may be performed in parallel.
[0206] Fig. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example process 1500 performed, for example, at a network node or an apparatus of a network node, in accordance with the present disclosure. Example process 1500 is an example where the apparatus or the network node (e.g., network node 110) performs operations associated with quasi co-location for physical downlink control channel.
[0207] As shown in Fig. 15, in some aspects, process 1500 may include transmitting an indication that a PDCCH is associated with one or more QCL parameters derived from a source other than a TRS (block 1510) . For example, the network node (e.g., using transmission component 1704 and / or communication manager 1706, depicted in Fig. 17) may transmit an indication that a PDCCH is associated with one or more QCL parameters derived from a source other than a TRS, as described above, for example, with regard to reference number 710 of Fig. 7.
[0208] As further shown in Fig. 15, in some aspects, process 1500 may include transmitting the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters (block 1520) . For example, the network node (e.g., using transmission component 1704 and / or communication manager 1706, depicted in Fig. 17) may transmit the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters, as described above, for example, with regard to reference number 715 of Fig. 7.
[0209] Process 1500 may include additional aspects, such as any single aspect or any combination of aspects described below and / or in connection with one or more other processes described elsewhere herein.
[0210] In a first aspect, the one or more QCL parameters are quasi co-located with a set of QCL parameters of one or more other PDCCHs or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) , wherein the one or more QCL parameters include at least one of a Doppler shift, a Doppler spread, an average delay, or a delay spread.
[0211] In a second aspect, alone or in combination with the first aspect, process 1500 includes transmitting signaling indicating the one or more QCL parameters.
[0212] In a third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first and second aspects, the one or more QCL parameters are one or more first QCL parameters, and wherein transmitting the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters further comprises transmitting the PDCCH using the one or more first QCL parameters and one or more second QCL parameters derived from the TRS.
[0213] In a fourth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through third aspects, transmitting the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters further comprises transmitting the PDCCH according to the one or more QCL parameters, wherein the one or more QCL parameters are quasi co-located with a set of QCL parameters of one or more other PDCCHs based at least in part on the PDCCH and the one or more other PDCCHs belonging to a particular group.
[0214] In a fifth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through fourth aspects, all PDCCHs that have QCL relationships with sources other than the TRS belong to the particular group.
[0215] In a sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through fifth aspects, the particular group is a first group, and wherein process 1400 further comprises configuring a second group of PDCCHs having one or more second QCL parameters different than the one or more QCL parameters of the first group.
[0216] In a seventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through sixth aspects, the one or more QCL parameters are not quasi co-located with QCL parameters of any other PDCCH and are derived from a demodulation reference signal of the PDCCH.
[0217] In an eighth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through seventh aspects, the indication that the PDCCH is associated with one or more QCL parameters derived from the source other than the TRS comprises a control resource set (CORESET) configuration that is not configured with any transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state or a search space (SS) configuration of an SS in a CORESET that is not configured with any TCI state, wherein the PDCCH is received in the CORESET or the SS.
[0218] In a ninth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through eighth aspects, the CORESET configuration that is not configured with any TCI state further comprises a group index associated with the CORESET, wherein PDCCHs in any CORESET associated with the group index have a same set of QCL parameters.
[0219] In a tenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through ninth aspects, the SS configuration of the SS in the CORESET that is not configured with any TCI state further comprises a group index associated with the SS, wherein PDCCHs in any SS set associated with the group index have a same set of QCL parameters.
[0220] In an eleventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through tenth aspects, process 1500 includes receiving signaling indicating a group index associated with the CORESET configuration or the SS configuration.
[0221] In a twelfth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through eleventh aspects, the CORESET configuration or the SS configuration indicates whether the one or more QCL parameters of a first PDCCH, received in the CORESET or the SS, are quasi co-located with other PDCCHs in the CORESET or the SS, wherein the first PDCCH and the other PDCCHs are not quasi co-located with the TRS.
[0222] In a thirteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through twelfth aspects, process 1500 includes transmitting signaling indicating to reset the one or more QCL parameters, and transmitting another PDCCH using an updated value of the one or more QCL parameters in accordance with the signaling.
[0223] In a fourteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through thirteenth aspects, the indication that the PDCCH is associated with the one or more QCL parameters derived from the source other than the TRS comprises a TCI activation command that indicates a TCI state identifier for a control resource set (CORESET) , wherein the TCI state identifier is not configured in the TCI state list associated with the CORESET.
[0224] In a fifteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through fourteenth aspects, the one or more QCL parameters of the PDCCH are quasi co-located with a set of QCL parameters of one or more other PDCCHs in the CORESET associated with the TCI state identifier.
[0225] In a sixteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through fifteenth aspects, a group index is associated with the TCI state identifier based on a rule or a radio resource control configuration.
[0226] In a seventeenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through sixteenth aspects, a group index associated with the TCI state identifier is indicated in the TCI activation command.
[0227] In an eighteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through seventeenth aspects, process 1500 includes transmitting a second TCI activation command indicating a second TCI state identifier that is not associated with the TCI state list for the CORESET, and resetting the one or more QCL parameters for PDCCHs in the CORESET after an application time of the second TCI activation command, wherein the second TCI state identifier and the TCI state identifier are associated with a same group index.
[0228] In a nineteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through eighteenth aspects, process 1500 includes transmitting a second TCI activation command indicating a second TCI state identifier that is not associated with the TCI state list for the CORESET, wherein the one or more QCL parameters for PDCCHs in the CORESET after an application time of the second TCI activation command are quasi co-located with one or more previous PDCCHs, in the CORESET, that are associated with one or more TCI state identifiers associated with a same group index as the second TCI state identifier.
[0229] In a twentieth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through nineteenth aspects, the TCI activation command indicates whether to reset the one or more QCL parameters for PDCCHs in the CORESET after an application time of the TCI activation command.
[0230] In a twenty-first aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through twentieth aspects, the indication indicates that the one or more QCL parameters are quasi co-located with a set of QCL parameters of one or more other PDCCHs without being quasi co-located with the TRS based at least in part on at least one of the PDCCH and the one or more other PDCCHs being in a same component carrier, the PDCCH and the one or more other PDCCHs being in a same band, the PDCCH and the one or more other PDCCHs being UE-dedicated PDCCHs, an aggregation level of the PDCCH and the one or more other PDCCHs satisfying a first threshold, or a number of symbols in which the PDCCH or the one or more other PDCCHs are detected satisfying a second threshold.
[0231] In a twenty-second aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through twenty-first aspects, process 1500 includes transmitting information indicating the first threshold or the second threshold.
[0232] In a twenty-third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through twenty-second aspects, the indication comprises a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state that is associated with no source downlink reference signal.
[0233] In a twenty-fourth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through twenty-third aspects, the one or more QCL parameters are quasi co-located with a set of QCL parameters of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) .
[0234] In a twenty-fifth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through twenty-fourth aspects, the one or more QCL parameters are quasi co-located with the set of QCL parameters of the PDSCH based at least in part on the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH.
[0235] In a twenty-sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through twenty-fifth aspects, the one or more QCL parameters are quasi co-located with the set of QCL parameters of PDSCH based at least in part on the PDCCH and the PDSCH belonging to a same group.
[0236] Although Fig. 15 shows example blocks of process 1500, in some aspects, process 1500 may include additional blocks, fewer blocks, different blocks, or differently arranged blocks than those depicted in Fig. 15. Additionally, or alternatively, two or more of the blocks of process 1500 may be performed in parallel.
[0237] Fig. 16 is a diagram of an example apparatus 1600 for wireless communication, in accordance with the present disclosure. The apparatus 1600 may be a UE, or a UE may include the apparatus 1600. In some aspects, the apparatus 1600 includes a reception component 1602, a transmission component 1604, and / or a communication manager 1606, which may be in communication with one another (for example, via one or more buses and / or one or more other components) . In some aspects, the communication manager 1606 is the communication manager 140 described in connection with Fig. 1. As shown, the apparatus 1600 may communicate with another apparatus 1608, such as a UE or a network node (such as a CU, a DU, an RU, or a base station) , using the reception component 1602 and the transmission component 1604.
[0238] In some aspects, the apparatus 1600 may be configured to perform one or more operations described herein in connection with Figs. 3-13. Additionally, or alternatively, the apparatus 1600 may be configured to perform one or more processes described herein, such as process 1400 of Fig. 14, process 1500 of Fig. 15, or a combination thereof. In some aspects, the apparatus 1600 and / or one or more components shown in Fig. 16 may include one or more components of the UE described in connection with Fig. 2. Additionally, or alternatively, one or more components shown in Fig. 16 may be implemented within one or more components described in connection with Fig. 2. Additionally, or alternatively, one or more components of the set of components may be implemented at least in part as software stored in one or more memories. For example, a component (or a portion of a component) may be implemented as instructions or code stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium and executable by one or more controllers or one or more processors to perform the functions or operations of the component.
[0239] The reception component 1602 may receive communications, such as reference signals, control information, data communications, or a combination thereof, from the apparatus 1608. The reception component 1602 may provide received communications to one or more other components of the apparatus 1600. In some aspects, the reception component 1602 may perform signal processing on the received communications (such as filtering, amplification, demodulation, analog-to-digital conversion, demultiplexing, deinterleaving, de-mapping, equalization, interference cancellation, or decoding, among other examples) , and may provide the processed signals to the one or more other components of the apparatus 1600. In some aspects, the reception component 1602 may include one or more antennas, one or more modems, one or more demodulators, one or more MIMO detectors, one or more receive processors, one or more controllers / processors, one or more memories, or a combination thereof, of the UE described in connection with Fig. 2.
[0240] The transmission component 1604 may transmit communications, such as reference signals, control information, data communications, or a combination thereof, to the apparatus 1608. In some aspects, one or more other components of the apparatus 1600 may generate communications and may provide the generated communications to the transmission component 1604 for transmission to the apparatus 1608. In some aspects, the transmission component 1604 may perform signal processing on the generated communications (such as filtering, amplification, modulation, digital-to-analog conversion, multiplexing, interleaving, mapping, or encoding, among other examples) , and may transmit the processed signals to the apparatus 1608. In some aspects, the transmission component 1604 may include one or more antennas, one or more modems, one or more modulators, one or more transmit MIMO processors, one or more transmit processors, one or more controllers / processors, one or more memories, or a combination thereof, of the UE described in connection with Fig. 2. In some aspects, the transmission component 1604 may be co-located with the reception component 1602 in one or more transceivers.
[0241] The communication manager 1606 may support operations of the reception component 1602 and / or the transmission component 1604. For example, the communication manager 1606 may receive information associated with configuring reception of communications by the reception component 1602 and / or transmission of communications by the transmission component 1604. Additionally, or alternatively, the communication manager 1606 may generate and / or provide control information to the reception component 1602 and / or the transmission component 1604 to control reception and / or transmission of communications.
[0242] The reception component 1602 may receive an indication that a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is associated with one or more quasi co-location (QCL) parameters derived from a source other than a tracking reference signal (TRS) . The reception component 1602 may receive the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters.
[0243] The reception component 1602 may receive signaling indicating the one or more QCL parameters.
[0244] The reception component 1602 may receive signaling indicating a group index associated with the CORESET configuration or the SS configuration.
[0245] The reception component 1602 may receive signaling indicating to reset the one or more QCL parameters receiving another PDCCH using an updated value of the one or more QCL parameters in accordance with the signaling.
[0246] The reception component 1602 may receive a second TCI activation command indicating a second TCI state identifier that is not associated with the TCI state list for the CORESET.
[0247] The communication manager 1606 may reset the one or more QCL parameters for PDCCHs received in the CORESET after an application time of the second TCI activation command, wherein the second TCI state identifier and the TCI state identifier are associated with a same group index.
[0248] The reception component 1602 may receive a second TCI activation command indicating a second TCI state identifier that is not associated with the TCI state list for the CORESET, wherein the one or more QCL parameters for PDCCHs received in the CORESET after an application time of the second TCI activation command are quasi co-located with one or more previous PDCCHs, received in the CORESET, that are associated with one or more TCI state identifiers associated with a same group index as the second TCI state identifier.
[0249] The reception component 1602 may receive information indicating the first threshold or the second threshold.
[0250] The number and arrangement of components shown in Fig. 16 are provided as an example. In practice, there may be additional components, fewer components, different components, or differently arranged components than those shown in Fig. 16. Furthermore, two or more components shown in Fig. 16 may be implemented within a single component, or a single component shown in Fig. 16 may be implemented as multiple, distributed components. Additionally, or alternatively, a set of (one or more) components shown in Fig. 16 may perform one or more functions described as being performed by another set of components shown in Fig. 16.
[0251] Fig. 17 is a diagram of an example apparatus 1700 for wireless communication, in accordance with the present disclosure. The apparatus 1700 may be a network node, or a network node may include the apparatus 1700. In some aspects, the apparatus 1700 includes a reception component 1702, a transmission component 1704, and / or a communication manager 1706, which may be in communication with one another (for example, via one or more buses and / or one or more other components) . In some aspects, the communication manager 1706 is the communication manager 150 described in connection with Fig. 1. As shown, the apparatus 1700 may communicate with another apparatus 1708, such as a UE or a network node (such as a CU, a DU, an RU, or a base station) , using the reception component 1702 and the transmission component 1704.
[0252] In some aspects, the apparatus 1700 may be configured to perform one or more operations described herein in connection with Figs. 4-13. Additionally, or alternatively, the apparatus 1700 may be configured to perform one or more processes described herein, such as process 1400 of Fig. 14, process 1500 of Fig. 15, or a combination thereof. In some aspects, the apparatus 1700 and / or one or more components shown in Fig. 17 may include one or more components of the network node described in connection with Fig. 2. Additionally, or alternatively, one or more components shown in Fig. 17 may be implemented within one or more components described in connection with Fig. 2. Additionally, or alternatively, one or more components of the set of components may be implemented at least in part as software stored in one or more memories. For example, a component (or a portion of a component) may be implemented as instructions or code stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium and executable by one or more controllers or one or more processors to perform the functions or operations of the component.
[0253] The reception component 1702 may receive communications, such as reference signals, control information, data communications, or a combination thereof, from the apparatus 1708. The reception component 1702 may provide received communications to one or more other components of the apparatus 1700. In some aspects, the reception component 1702 may perform signal processing on the received communications (such as filtering, amplification, demodulation, analog-to-digital conversion, demultiplexing, deinterleaving, de-mapping, equalization, interference cancellation, or decoding, among other examples) , and may provide the processed signals to the one or more other components of the apparatus 1700. In some aspects, the reception component 1702 may include one or more antennas, one or more modems, one or more demodulators, one or more MIMO detectors, one or more receive processors, one or more controllers / processors, one or more memories, or a combination thereof, of the network node described in connection with Fig. 2. In some aspects, the reception component 1702 and / or the transmission component 1704 may include or may be included in a network interface. The network interface may be configured to obtain and / or output signals for the apparatus 1700 via one or more communications links, such as a backhaul link, a midhaul link, and / or a fronthaul link.
[0254] The transmission component 1704 may transmit communications, such as reference signals, control information, data communications, or a combination thereof, to the apparatus 1708. In some aspects, one or more other components of the apparatus 1700 may generate communications and may provide the generated communications to the transmission component 1704 for transmission to the apparatus 1708. In some aspects, the transmission component 1704 may perform signal processing on the generated communications (such as filtering, amplification, modulation, digital-to-analog conversion, multiplexing, interleaving, mapping, or encoding, among other examples) , and may transmit the processed signals to the apparatus 1708. In some aspects, the transmission component 1704 may include one or more antennas, one or more modems, one or more modulators, one or more transmit MIMO processors, one or more transmit processors, one or more controllers / processors, one or more memories, or a combination thereof, of the network node described in connection with Fig. 2. In some aspects, the transmission component 1704 may be co-located with the reception component 1702 in one or more transceivers.
[0255] The communication manager 1706 may support operations of the reception component 1702 and / or the transmission component 1704. For example, the communication manager 1706 may receive information associated with configuring reception of communications by the reception component 1702 and / or transmission of communications by the transmission component 1704. Additionally, or alternatively, the communication manager 1706 may generate and / or provide control information to the reception component 1702 and / or the transmission component 1704 to control reception and / or transmission of communications.
[0256] The transmission component 1704 may transmit an indication that a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is associated with one or more quasi co-location (QCL) parameters derived from a source other than a tracking reference signal (TRS) . The transmission component 1704 may transmit the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters.
[0257] The transmission component 1704 may transmit signaling indicating the one or more QCL parameters.
[0258] The reception component 1702 may receive signaling indicating a group index associated with the CORESET configuration or the SS configuration.
[0259] The transmission component 1704 may transmit signaling indicating to reset the one or more QCL parameters transmitting another PDCCH using an updated value of the one or more QCL parameters in accordance with the signaling.
[0260] The transmission component 1704 may transmit a second TCI activation command indicating a second TCI state identifier that is not associated with the TCI state list for the CORESET.
[0261] The communication manager 1706 may reset the one or more QCL parameters for PDCCHs in the CORESET after an application time of the second TCI activation command, wherein the second TCI state identifier and the TCI state identifier are associated with a same group index.
[0262] The transmission component 1704 may transmit a second TCI activation command indicating a second TCI state identifier that is not associated with the TCI state list for the CORESET, wherein the one or more QCL parameters for PDCCHs in the CORESET after an application time of the second TCI activation command are quasi co-located with one or more previous PDCCHs, in the CORESET, that are associated with one or more TCI state identifiers associated with a same group index as the second TCI state identifier.
[0263] The transmission component 1704 may transmit information indicating the first threshold or the second threshold.
[0264] The number and arrangement of components shown in Fig. 17 are provided as an example. In practice, there may be additional components, fewer components, different components, or differently arranged components than those shown in Fig. 17. Furthermore, two or more components shown in Fig. 17 may be implemented within a single component, or a single component shown in Fig. 17 may be implemented as multiple, distributed components. Additionally, or alternatively, a set of (one or more) components shown in Fig. 17 may perform one or more functions described as being performed by another set of components shown in Fig. 17.
[0265] The following provides an overview of some Aspects of the present disclosure:
[0266] Aspect 1: A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) , comprising: receiving an indication that a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is associated with one or more quasi co-location (QCL) parameters derived from a source other than a tracking reference signal (TRS) ; and receiving the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters.
[0267] Aspect 2: The method of Aspect 1, wherein the one or more QCL parameters are quasi co-located with a set of QCL parameters of one or more other PDCCHs or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) , wherein the one or more QCL parameters include at least one of: a Doppler shift, a Doppler spread, an average delay, or a delay spread.
[0268] Aspect 3: The method of Aspect 1, further comprising receiving signaling indicating the one or more QCL parameters.
[0269] Aspect 4: The method of any of Aspects 1-3, wherein the one or more QCL parameters are one or more first QCL parameters, and wherein receiving the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters further comprises receiving the PDCCH using the one or more first QCL parameters and one or more second QCL parameters derived from the TRS.
[0270] Aspect 5: The method of any of Aspects 1-4, wherein receiving the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters further comprises receiving the PDCCH according to the one or more QCL parameters, wherein the one or more QCL parameters are quasi co-located with a set of QCL parameters of one or more other PDCCHs based at least in part on the PDCCH and the one or more other PDCCHs belonging to a particular group.
[0271] Aspect 6: The method of Aspect 5, wherein all PDCCHs that have QCL relationships with sources other than the TRS belong to the particular group.
[0272] Aspect 7: The method of Aspect 5, wherein the particular group is a first group, and wherein the UE is configured with a second group of PDCCHs having one or more second QCL parameters different than the one or more QCL parameters of the first group.
[0273] Aspect 8: The method of any of Aspects 1-7, wherein the one or more QCL parameters are not quasi co-located with QCL parameters of any other PDCCH and are derived from a demodulation reference signal of the PDCCH.
[0274] Aspect 9: The method of any of Aspects 1-8, wherein the indication that the PDCCH is associated with one or more QCL parameters derived from the source other than the TRS comprises a control resource set (CORESET) configuration that is not configured with any transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state or a search space (SS) configuration of an SS in a CORESET that is not configured with any TCI state, wherein the PDCCH is received in the CORESET or the SS.
[0275] Aspect 10: The method of Aspect 9, wherein the CORESET configuration that is not configured with any TCI state further comprises a group index associated with the CORESET, wherein PDCCHs received in any CORESET associated with the group index have a same set of QCL parameters.
[0276] Aspect 11: The method of Aspect 9, wherein the SS configuration of the SS in the CORESET that is not configured with any TCI state further comprises a group index associated with the SS, wherein PDCCHs received in the any SS set associated with the group index have the a same set of QCL parameters.
[0277] Aspect 12: The method of Aspect 9, further comprising: receiving signaling indicating a group index associated with the CORESET configuration or the SS configuration.
[0278] Aspect 13: The method of Aspect 9, wherein the CORESET configuration or the SS configuration indicates whether the one or more QCL parameters of a first PDCCH, received in the CORESET or the SS, are quasi co-located with other PDCCHs received in the CORESET or the SS, wherein the first PDCCH and the other PDCCHs are not quasi co-located with the TRS.
[0279] Aspect 14: The method of any of Aspects 1-13, further comprising receiving signaling indicating to reset the one or more QCL parameters; and receiving another PDCCH using an updated value of the one or more QCL parameters in accordance with the signaling.
[0280] Aspect 15: The method of any of Aspects 1-14, wherein the indication that the PDCCH is associated with the one or more QCL parameters derived from the source other than the TRS comprises a TCI activation command that indicates a TCI state identifier for a control resource set (CORESET) , wherein the TCI state identifier is not configured in the TCI state list associated with the CORESET.
[0281] Aspect 16: The method of Aspect 15, wherein the one or more QCL parameters of the PDCCH are quasi co-located with a set of QCL parameters of one or more other PDCCHs received in the CORESET associated with the TCI state identifier.
[0282] Aspect 17: The method of Aspect 15, wherein a group index is associated with the TCI state identifier based on a rule or a radio resource control configuration.
[0283] Aspect 18: The method of Aspect 15, wherein a group index associated with the TCI state identifier is indicated in the TCI activation command.
[0284] Aspect 19: The method of Aspect 15, further comprising: receiving a second TCI activation command indicating a second TCI state identifier that is not associated with the TCI state list for the CORESET; and resetting the one or more QCL parameters for PDCCHs received in the CORESET after an application time of the second TCI activation command, wherein the second TCI state identifier and the TCI state identifier are associated with a same group index.
[0285] Aspect 20: The method of Aspect 15, further comprising: receiving a second TCI activation command indicating a second TCI state identifier that is not associated with the TCI state list for the CORESET, wherein the one or more QCL parameters for PDCCHs received in the CORESET after an application time of the second TCI activation command are quasi co-located with one or more previous PDCCHs, received in the CORESET, that are associated with one or more TCI state identifiers associated with a same group index as the second TCI state identifier.
[0286] Aspect 21: The method of Aspect 15, wherein the TCI activation command indicates whether to reset the one or more QCL parameters for PDCCHs in the CORESET after an application time of the TCI activation command.
[0287] Aspect 22: The method of any of Aspects 1-21, wherein the indication indicates that the one or more QCL parameters are quasi co-located with a set of QCL parameters of one or more other PDCCHs without being quasi co-located with the TRS based at least in part on at least one of: the PDCCH and the one or more other PDCCHs being in a same component carrier, the PDCCH and the one or more other PDCCHs being in a same band, the PDCCH and the one or more other PDCCHs being UE-dedicated PDCCHs, an aggregation level of the PDCCH and the one or more other PDCCHs satisfying a first threshold, or a number of symbols in which the PDCCH or the one or more other PDCCHs are detected satisfying a second threshold.
[0288] Aspect 23: The method of Aspect 22, further comprising receiving information indicating the first threshold or the second threshold.
[0289] Aspect 24: The method of any of Aspects 1-23, wherein the indication comprises a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state that is associated with no source downlink reference signal.
[0290] Aspect 25: The method of any of Aspects 1-24, wherein the one or more QCL parameters are quasi co-located with a set of QCL parameters of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) .
[0291] Aspect 26: The method of Aspect 25, wherein the one or more QCL parameters are quasi co-located with the set of QCL parameters of the PDSCH based at least in part on the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH.
[0292] Aspect 27: The method of Aspect 25, wherein the one or more QCL parameters are quasi co-located with the set of QCL parameters of PDSCH based at least in part on the PDCCH and the PDSCH belonging to a same group.
[0293] Aspect 28: A method of wireless communication performed by a network node, comprising: transmitting an indication that a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is associated with one or more quasi co-location (QCL) parameters derived from a source other than a tracking reference signal (TRS) ; and transmitting the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters.
[0294] Aspect 29: The method of Aspect 28, wherein the one or more QCL parameters are quasi co-located with a set of QCL parameters of one or more other PDCCHs or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) , wherein the one or more QCL parameters include at least one of: a Doppler shift, a Doppler spread, an average delay, or a delay spread.
[0295] Aspect 30: The method of any of Aspects 28-29, further comprising transmitting signaling indicating the one or more QCL parameters.
[0296] Aspect 31: The method of any of Aspects 28-30, wherein the one or more QCL parameters are one or more first QCL parameters, and wherein transmitting the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters further comprises transmitting the PDCCH using the one or more first QCL parameters and one or more second QCL parameters derived from the TRS.
[0297] Aspect 32: The method of any of Aspects 28-31, wherein transmitting the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters further comprises transmitting the PDCCH according to the one or more QCL parameters, wherein the one or more QCL parameters are quasi co-located with a set of QCL parameters of one or more other PDCCHs based at least in part on the PDCCH and the one or more other PDCCHs belonging to a particular group.
[0298] Aspect 33: The method of Aspect 32, wherein all PDCCHs that have QCL relationships with sources other than the TRS belong to the particular group.
[0299] Aspect 34: The method of Aspect 32, wherein the particular group is a first group, and wherein the method further comprises configuring a second group of PDCCHs having one or more second QCL parameters different than the one or more QCL parameters of the first group.
[0300] Aspect 35: The method of any of Aspects 28-34, wherein the one or more QCL parameters are not quasi co-located with QCL parameters of any other PDCCH and are derived from a demodulation reference signal of the PDCCH.
[0301] Aspect 36: The method of any of Aspects 28-35, wherein the indication that the PDCCH is associated with one or more QCL parameters derived from the source other than the TRS comprises a control resource set (CORESET) configuration that is not configured with any transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state or a search space (SS) configuration of an SS in a CORESET that is not configured with any TCI state, wherein the PDCCH is received in the CORESET or the SS.
[0302] Aspect 37: The method of Aspect 36, wherein the CORESET configuration that is not configured with any TCI state further comprises a group index associated with the CORESET, wherein PDCCHs in any CORESET associated with the group index have a same set of QCL parameters.
[0303] Aspect 38: The method of Aspect 36, wherein the SS configuration of the SS in the CORESET that is not configured with any TCI state further comprises a group index associated with the SS, wherein PDCCHs in any SS set associated with the group index have a same set of QCL parameters.
[0304] Aspect 39: The method of Aspect 36, further comprising: receiving signaling indicating a group index associated with the CORESET configuration or the SS configuration.
[0305] Aspect 40: The method of Aspect 36, wherein the CORESET configuration or the SS configuration indicates whether the one or more QCL parameters of a first PDCCH, received in the CORESET or the SS, are quasi co-located with other PDCCHs in the CORESET or the SS, wherein the first PDCCH and the other PDCCHs are not quasi co-located with the TRS.
[0306] Aspect 41: The method of any of Aspects 28-40, further comprising transmitting signaling indicating to reset the one or more QCL parameters; and transmitting another PDCCH using an updated value of the one or more QCL parameters in accordance with the signaling.
[0307] Aspect 42: The method of any of Aspects 28-41, wherein the indication that the PDCCH is associated with the one or more QCL parameters derived from the source other than the TRS comprises a TCI activation command that indicates a TCI state identifier for a control resource set (CORESET) , wherein the TCI state identifier is not configured in the TCI state list associated with the CORESET.
[0308] Aspect 43: The method of Aspect 42, wherein the one or more QCL parameters of the PDCCH are quasi co-located with a set of QCL parameters of one or more other PDCCHs in the CORESET associated with the TCI state identifier.
[0309] Aspect 44: The method of Aspect 42, wherein a group index is associated with the TCI state identifier based on a rule or a radio resource control configuration.
[0310] Aspect 45: The method of Aspect 42, wherein a group index associated with the TCI state identifier is indicated in the TCI activation command.
[0311] Aspect 46: The method of Aspect 42, further comprising: transmitting a second TCI activation command indicating a second TCI state identifier that is not associated with the TCI state list for the CORESET; and resetting the one or more QCL parameters for PDCCHs in the CORESET after an application time of the second TCI activation command, wherein the second TCI state identifier and the TCI state identifier are associated with a same group index.
[0312] Aspect 47: The method of Aspect 42, further comprising: transmitting a second TCI activation command indicating a second TCI state identifier that is not associated with the TCI state list for the CORESET, wherein the one or more QCL parameters for PDCCHs in the CORESET after an application time of the second TCI activation command are quasi co-located with one or more previous PDCCHs, in the CORESET, that are associated with one or more TCI state identifiers associated with a same group index as the second TCI state identifier.
[0313] Aspect 48: The method of Aspect 42, wherein the TCI activation command indicates whether to reset the one or more QCL parameters for PDCCHs in the CORESET after an application time of the TCI activation command.
[0314] Aspect 49: The method of any of Aspects 28-48, wherein the indication indicates that the one or more QCL parameters are quasi co-located with a set of QCL parameters of one or more other PDCCHs without being quasi co-located with the TRS based at least in part on at least one of: the PDCCH and the one or more other PDCCHs being in a same component carrier, the PDCCH and the one or more other PDCCHs being in a same band, the PDCCH and the one or more other PDCCHs being UE- dedicated PDCCHs, an aggregation level of the PDCCH and the one or more other PDCCHs satisfying a first threshold, or a number of symbols in which the PDCCH or the one or more other PDCCHs are detected satisfying a second threshold.
[0315] Aspect 50: The method of Aspect 49, further comprising transmitting information indicating the first threshold or the second threshold.
[0316] Aspect 51: The method of any of Aspects 28-50, wherein the indication comprises a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state that is associated with no source downlink reference signal.
[0317] Aspect 52: The method of any of Aspects 28-51, wherein the one or more QCL parameters are quasi co-located with a set of QCL parameters of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) .
[0318] Aspect 53: The method of Aspect 52, wherein the one or more QCL parameters are quasi co-located with the set of QCL parameters of the PDSCH based at least in part on the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH.
[0319] Aspect 54: The method of Aspect 52, wherein the one or more QCL parameters are quasi co-located with the set of QCL parameters of PDSCH based at least in part on the PDCCH and the PDSCH belonging to a same group.
[0320] Aspect 55: An apparatus for wireless communication at a device, the apparatus comprising one or more processors; one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors; and instructions stored in the one or more memories and executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to perform the method of one or more of Aspects 1-54.
[0321] Aspect 56: An apparatus for wireless communication at a device, the apparatus comprising one or more memories and one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories, the one or more processors configured to cause the device to perform the method of one or more of Aspects 1-54.
[0322] Aspect 57: An apparatus for wireless communication, the apparatus comprising at least one means for performing the method of one or more of Aspects 1-54.
[0323] Aspect 58: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication, the code comprising instructions executable by one or more processors to perform the method of one or more of Aspects 1-54.
[0324] Aspect 59: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication, the set of instructions comprising one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the device to perform the method of one or more of Aspects 1-54.
[0325] Aspect 60: A device for wireless communication, the device comprising a processing system that includes one or more processors and one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors, the processing system configured to cause the device to perform the method of one or more of Aspects 1-54.
[0326] Aspect 61: An apparatus for wireless communication at a device, the apparatus comprising one or more memories and one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories, the one or more processors individually or collectively configured to cause the device to perform the method of one or more of Aspects 1-54.
[0327] The foregoing disclosure provides illustration and description but is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the aspects to the precise forms disclosed. Modifications and variations may be made in light of the above disclosure or may be acquired from practice of the aspects.
[0328] As used herein, the term “component” is intended to be broadly construed as hardware, firmware, or a combination of hardware and software. As used herein, a processor is implemented in hardware, firmware, or a combination of hardware and software. As used herein, the phrase “based on” is intended to be broadly construed to mean “based at least in part on. ” As used herein, “satisfying a threshold” may, depending on the context, refer to a value being greater than the threshold, greater than or equal to the threshold, less than the threshold, less than or equal to the threshold, equal to the threshold, or not equal to the threshold, among other examples. As used herein, a phrase referring to “at least one of” a list of items refers to any combination of those items, including single members. As an example, “at least one of: a, b, or c” is intended to cover: a, b, c, a + b, a + c, b + c, and a + b + c.
[0329] Also, as used herein, the articles “a” and “an” are intended to include one or more items and may be used interchangeably with “one or more. ” Further, as used herein, the article “the” is intended to include one or more items referenced in connection with the article “the” and may be used interchangeably with “the one or more. ” Furthermore, as used herein, the terms “set” and “group” are intended to include one or more items (for example, related items, unrelated items, or a combination of related and unrelated items) , and may be used interchangeably with “one or more. ” Where only one item is intended, the phrase “only one” or similar language is used. Also, as used herein, the terms “has, ” “have, ” “having, ” and similar terms are intended to be open-ended terms that do not limit an element that they modify (for example, an element “having” A also may have B) . Further, as used herein, the term “or” is intended to be inclusive when used in a series and may be used interchangeably with “and / or, ” unless explicitly stated otherwise (for example, if used in combination with “either” or “only one of” ) .
[0330] The various illustrative logics, logical blocks, modules, circuits and algorithm processes described in connection with the aspects disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware, computer software, or combinations of both. The interchangeability of hardware and software has been described generally, in terms of functionality, and illustrated in the various illustrative components, blocks, modules, circuits and processes described herein. Whether such functionality is implemented in hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system.
[0331] The hardware and data processing apparatus used to implement the various illustrative logics, logical blocks, modules and circuits described in connection with the aspects disclosed herein may be implemented or performed with a general purpose single-or multi-chip processor, a digital signal processor (DSP) , an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) , a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described herein. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor, or any conventional processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. A processor also may be implemented as a combination of computing devices, for example, a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration. In some aspects, particular processes and methods may be performed by circuitry that is specific to a given function.
[0332] In one or more aspects, the functions described may be implemented in hardware, digital electronic circuitry, computer software, firmware, including the structures disclosed in this specification and their structural equivalents thereof, or in any combination thereof. Aspects of the subject matter described in this specification also can be implemented as one or more computer programs (such as one or more modules of computer program instructions) encoded on a computer storage media for execution by, or to control the operation of, a data processing apparatus.
[0333] If implemented in software, the functions may be stored on or transmitted over as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium. The processes of a method or algorithm disclosed herein may be implemented in a processor-executable software module which may reside on a computer-readable medium. Computer-readable media includes both computer storage media and communication media including any medium that can be enabled to transfer a computer program from one place to another. A storage media may be any available media that may be accessed by a computer. By way of example, and not limitation, such computer-readable media may include RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that may be used to store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that may be accessed by a computer. Also, any connection can be properly termed a computer-readable medium. Disk and disc, as used herein, includes compact disc (CD) , laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc (DVD) , floppy disk, and Blu-ray disc where disks usually reproduce data magnetically, while discs reproduce data optically with lasers. Combinations of the media described herein should also be included within the scope of computer-readable media. Additionally, the operations of a method or algorithm may reside as one or any combination or set of codes and instructions on a machine readable medium and computer-readable medium, which may be incorporated into a computer program product.
[0334] Various modifications to the aspects described in this disclosure may be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other aspects without departing from the spirit or scope of this disclosure. Thus, the claims are not intended to be limited to the aspects shown herein, but are to be accorded the widest scope consistent with this disclosure, the principles and the novel features disclosed herein.
[0335] Additionally, a person having ordinary skill in the art will readily appreciate, the terms “upper” and “lower” are sometimes used for ease of describing the figures, and indicate relative positions corresponding to the orientation of the figure on a properly oriented page, and may not reflect the proper orientation of any device as implemented.
[0336] Certain features that are described in this specification in the context of separate aspects also can be implemented in combination in a single aspect. Conversely, various features that are described in the context of a single aspect also can be implemented in multiple aspects separately or in any suitable subcombination. Moreover, although features may be described as acting in certain combinations and even initially claimed as such, one or more features from a claimed combination can in some cases be excised from the combination, and the claimed combination may be directed to a subcombination or variation of a subcombination.
[0337] Similarly, while operations are depicted in the drawings in a particular order, this should not be understood as requiring that such operations be performed in the particular order shown or in sequential order, or that all illustrated operations be performed, to achieve desirable results. Further, the drawings may schematically depict one more example processes in the form of a flow diagram. However, other operations that are not depicted can be incorporated in the example processes that are schematically illustrated. For example, one or more additional operations can be performed before, after, simultaneously, or between any of the illustrated operations. In certain circumstances, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous. Moreover, the separation of various system components in the aspects described should not be understood as requiring such separation in all aspects, and it should be understood that the described program components and systems can generally be integrated together in a single software product or packaged into multiple software products. Additionally, other aspects are within the scope of the following claims. In some cases, the actions recited in the claims can be performed in a different order and still achieve desirable results.
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1.An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) , comprising:one or more memories; andone or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, individually or collectively configured to cause the UE to:receive an indication that a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is associated with one or more quasi co-location (QCL) parameters derived from a source other than a tracking reference signal (TRS) ; andreceive the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters.2.The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more QCL parameters are quasi co-located with a set of QCL parameters of one or more other PDCCHs or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) , wherein the one or more QCL parameters include at least one of:a Doppler shift,a Doppler spread,an average delay, ora delay spread.3.The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively configured to cause the UE to receive signaling indicating the one or more QCL parameters.4.The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more QCL parameters are one or more first QCL parameters, and wherein the one or more processors, to cause the UE to receive the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters, are individually or collectively configured to cause the UE to receive the PDCCH using the one or more first QCL parameters and one or more second QCL parameters derived from the TRS.5.The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more QCL parameters are quasi co-located with a set of QCL parameters of one or more other PDCCHs based at least in part on the PDCCH and the one or more other PDCCHs belonging to a particular group.6.The apparatus of claim 5, wherein all PDCCHs that have QCL relationships with sources other than the TRS belong to the particular group.7.The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the particular group is a first group, and wherein the UE is configured with a second group of PDCCHs having one or more second QCL parameters different than the one or more QCL parameters of the first group.8.The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more QCL parameters are not quasi co-located with QCL parameters of any other PDCCH and are derived from a demodulation reference signal of the PDCCH.9.The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the indication that the PDCCH is associated with one or more QCL parameters derived from the source other than the TRS comprises a control resource set (CORESET) configuration that is not configured with any transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state or a search space (SS) configuration of an SS in a CORESET that is not configured with any TCI state, wherein the PDCCH is received in the CORESET or the SS.10.The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the CORESET configuration that is not configured with any TCI state further comprises a group index associated with the CORESET, wherein PDCCHs received in any CORESET associated with the group index have a same set of QCL parameters.11.The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively configured to cause the UE to:receive signaling indicating a group index associated with the CORESET configuration or the SS configuration.12.The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively configured to cause the UE to receive signaling indicating to reset the one or more QCL parameters; andreceive another PDCCH using an updated value of the one or more QCL parameters in accordance with the signaling.13.The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the indication that the PDCCH is associated with the one or more QCL parameters derived from the source other than the TRS comprises a TCI activation command that indicates a TCI state identifier for a control resource set (CORESET) , wherein the TCI state identifier is not configured in a TCI state list associated with the CORESET.14.The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the indication indicates that the one or more QCL parameters are quasi co-located with a set of QCL parameters of one or more other PDCCHs without being quasi co-located with the TRS based at least in part on at least one of:the PDCCH and the one or more other PDCCHs being in a same component carrier,the PDCCH and the one or more other PDCCHs being in a same band,the PDCCH and the one or more other PDCCHs being UE-dedicated PDCCHs,an aggregation level of the PDCCH and the one or more other PDCCHs satisfying a first threshold, ora number of symbols in which the PDCCH or the one or more other PDCCHs are detected satisfying a second threshold.15.The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively configured to cause the UE to receive information indicating the first threshold or the second threshold.16.The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the indication comprises a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state that is associated with no source downlink reference signal.17.The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more QCL parameters are quasi co-located with a set of QCL parameters of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) .18.An apparatus for wireless communication at a network node, comprising:one or more memories; andone or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, individually or collectively configured to cause the network node to:transmit an indication that a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is associated with one or more quasi co-location (QCL) parameters derived from a source other than a tracking reference signal (TRS) ; andtransmit the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters.19.The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively configured to cause the network node to transmit signaling indicating the one or more QCL parameters.20.The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the one or more QCL parameters are not quasi co-located with QCL parameters of any other PDCCH and are derived from a demodulation reference signal of the PDCCH.21.The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the indication that the PDCCH is associated with one or more QCL parameters derived from the source other than the TRS comprises a control resource set (CORESET) configuration that is not configured with any transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state or a search space (SS) configuration of an SS in a CORESET that is not configured with any TCI state, wherein the PDCCH is received in the CORESET or the SS.22.The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the indication that the PDCCH is associated with the one or more QCL parameters derived from the source other than the TRS comprises a TCI activation command that indicates a TCI state identifier for a control resource set (CORESET) , wherein the TCI state identifier is not configured in a TCI state list associated with the CORESET.23.The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the indication comprises a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state that is associated with no source downlink reference signal.24.A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) , comprising:receiving an indication that a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is associated with one or more quasi co-location (QCL) parameters derived from a source other than a tracking reference signal (TRS) ; andreceiving the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters.25.The method of claim 24, wherein the one or more QCL parameters are quasi co-located with a set of QCL parameters of one or more other PDCCHs or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) , wherein the one or more QCL parameters include at least one of:a Doppler shift,a Doppler spread,an average delay, ora delay spread.26.The method of claim 24, further comprising receiving signaling indicating the one or more QCL parameters.27.The method of claim 24, wherein the one or more QCL parameters are one or more first QCL parameters, and wherein receiving the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters further comprises receiving the PDCCH using the one or more first QCL parameters and one or more second QCL parameters derived from the TRS.28.A method of wireless communication performed by a network node, comprising:transmitting an indication that a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is associated with one or more quasi co-location (QCL) parameters derived from a source other than a tracking reference signal (TRS) ; andtransmitting the PDCCH in accordance with the one or more QCL parameters.29.The method of claim 28, wherein the one or more QCL parameters are quasi co-located with a set of QCL parameters of one or more other PDCCHs or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) , wherein the one or more QCL parameters include at least one of:a Doppler shift,a Doppler spread,an average delay, ora delay spread.30.The method of claim 28, further comprising transmitting signaling indicating the one or more QCL parameters.
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