Downlink Reception Across Multiple TRPs With Overlapping CORESET Pools

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing wireless communication systems face challenges in managing overlapping reference signals and downlink signals with different spatial quasi-co-location assumptions, leading to inefficiencies and potential interference.

Innovation Solution

A method for a wireless device to determine overlapping reference signals and downlink signals with different control resource set pool indices and drop at least one of them based on these indices, ensuring efficient signal management.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the wireless device receives both overlapping reference signals and downlink signals with different spatial quasi-co-location assumptions, then signal diversity is improved, but interference and processing complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesignal diversityVSAvoidinterference
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by making the signal reception behavior dependent on the specific coreset pool index configuration. The wireless device selectively applies different spatial quasi-co-location assumptions based on whether the first and second coreset pool indices are the same or different, allowing optimal signal processing for each specific case while avoiding unnecessary interference

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of assuming signals with different coreset pool indices can be received simultaneously, the patent inverts the approach by dropping one of the overlapping signals when the indices differ. This inversion prevents interference by prioritizing one signal over the other based on the index comparison

Inventive Principle:
Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

2Quantity of substance

If the wireless device processes all overlapping signals simultaneously, then signal completeness is improved, but processing complexity and power consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesignal completenessVSAvoidprocessing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and identifies the specific condition causing processing complexity - the overlap of signals with different coreset pool indices. By detecting this condition and selectively dropping one of the overlapping signals, the device reduces processing complexity while maintaining signal completeness for the non-overlapping case

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies partial action by not processing all overlapping signals simultaneously. Instead, it processes only the necessary signal based on the coreset pool index comparison, avoiding the excessive processing of redundant or interfering signals while maintaining adequate signal completeness

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentEP4138329B1Downlink reception in multiple transmission and reception points
Publication Date: 2026.03.04 BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO LTD
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AI summary

A method for a wireless device of a wireless communication network is described herein. In accordance with one embodiment, the method incudes determining - by the wireless device - that a reference signal associated with a first control resource set (coreset) pool index overlaps in time with a downlink signal associated with a second coreset pool index; and, based on the first coreset pool index and the second coreset pool index being different, dropping at least one of: the reference signal; and the downlink signal. Moreover, a corresponding method for a base station, a respective wireless device and a respective base station as well as related systems and devices are described herein.