MIMO Enhancement with CORESET Pools for Flexible Multi-TRP Scheduling

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current wireless communication standards, such as LTE and 5G-NR, restrict the out-of-order delivery of Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), and Downlink Acknowledgment/Negative Acknowledgment (DL ACK/NACK) transmissions, limiting the flexibility and efficiency of multi-TRP operations.

Innovation Solution

A user equipment (UE) is configured to receive multiple control resource set (CORESET) pools, allowing it to determine the scheduling of PDSCH, PUSCH, and DL ACK/NACK based on predetermined rules, enabling flexible timing relationships between these channels, even when multiple Downlink Control Information (DCIs) end at the same or different symbols.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If current wireless communication standards (LTE and 5G-NR) are used to restrict out-of-order delivery of PDSCH, PUSCH, and DL ACK/NACK transmissions, then system stability and simplicity are maintained, but flexibility and efficiency of multi-TRP operations are limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveflexibility of multi-TRP operationsVSAvoidscheduling complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the scheduling control by introducing separate CORESET pools (first and second CORESET pools) that can be independently configured and managed. Each CORESET pool can have its own scheduling rules and timing relationships, allowing flexible out-of-order delivery of PDSCH, PUSCH, and ACK/NACK without requiring complete reconfiguration of the entire scheduling system. This segmentation enables multi-TRP operations to achieve flexibility while maintaining manageable complexity through modular control structures.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Productivity

If multiple DCIs end at the same or different symbols with flexible timing relationships, then throughput and latency performance are improved, but determination of channel scheduling becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvethroughput performanceVSAvoidscheduling determination difficulty
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces predetermined rules as intermediary mechanisms that automatically determine the timing relationships between PDSCH, PUSCH, and ACK/NACK when multiple DCIs end at the same or different symbols. These rules act as mediators that resolve scheduling conflicts and determine channel delivery timing without requiring complex real-time calculations or additional signaling overhead. The predetermined rules enable the system to achieve high throughput and low latency performance while keeping the determination process manageable through standardized decision logic.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Productivity

If out-of-order delivery of PDSCH, PUSCH, and DL ACK/NACK is restricted, then system simplicity is maintained, but efficiency of multi-TRP operations is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveefficiency of multi-TRP operationsVSAvoidoperational simplicity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic scheduling capabilities that allow the system to adaptively determine the delivery order of PDSCH, PUSCH, and ACK/NACK based on current network conditions, TRP configurations, and service requirements. Through the introduction of multiple CORESET pools with independent timing relationships and predetermined rules for resolving timing conflicts, the system achieves operational simplicity through standardized dynamic decision-making processes while enabling high efficiency in multi-TRP operations through flexible out-of-order delivery.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS12355514B2MIMO enhancement capability design
Publication Date: 2025.07.08 APPLE INC
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AI summary

Apparatuses, systems, and methods for multi-TRP by a UE, including out of order delivery of PDSCH, PUSCH, and/or DL ACK/NACK. The UE may receive, from a base station, a configuration that may include multiple control resource set (CORESET) pools and each CORESET pool may be associated with an index value. The UE may determine that at least two DCIs of the multiple DCIs end at a common symbol and determine, based on one or more predetermined rules, when the UE may be scheduled to receive PDSCHs, transmit PUSCHs, and/or transmit ACK/NACKs from CORESETs associated with the at least two DCIs.