Multi-TRP Beam Indication Using TCI State
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240064725A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-22

    申请号:US18474692

    申请日:2023-09-26

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04W72/046 H04L5/0035 H04W72/232

    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to configured to use multiple beams for transmission or reception. The UE receives, from a base station, at least one medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) that indicates multiple activated transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states, receives, from the base station, at least one downlink control information (DCI) indicating a subset of TCI states of the multiple activated TCI states, wherein the MAC CE and the DCI are part of a TCI configuration, and wherein the subset of TCI states corresponds to multiple transmission and reception points (TRPs) of a wireless network, maps the subset of TCI states to the corresponding multiple TRPs based on the TCI configuration and selects a beam used for transmission or reception based on one mapped TCI state of the mapped subset of TCI states.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY ENHANCEMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20240063877A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-22

    申请号:US17593294

    申请日:2021-06-07

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    CPC classification number: H04B7/0695 H04B17/328

    Abstract: Systems and methods for beam failure recovery (BFR) are disclosed herein. A user equipment (UE) receives downlink (DL) reference signal(s) on corresponding beam(s) from a base station. The UE performs beam failure detection (BFD) on such beams used for user data to determine whether a beam failure has occurred, and candidate beam detection (CBD) on such beams not used for user data to identify candidate beams for recovering from the beam failure. The BFD and the CBD are based on both uplink (UL) channel performance considerations and DL channel performance considerations, as determined using the DL reference signal(s), such that a beam failure may be determined in the UL, the DL, or both, and a candidate beam may be identified for UL, DL, or both. The UE sends a beam failure recovery request BFRQ with this information to the base station, and the system changes beams accordingly.

    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT SIGNALING FOR MULTI-PUSCH AND MULTI-PDSCH SCHEDULING

    公开(公告)号:US20240040582A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-01

    申请号:US17593302

    申请日:2021-05-10

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    CPC classification number: H04W72/232 H04W72/12 H04L1/1854 H04L1/1887

    Abstract: Systems and methods disclosed herein relate to acknowledgement signaling sent by a user equipment (UE) in response to downlink control information (DCI) received from a base station that schedules the use of multiple physical uplink control channels (multi-PUSCH) or multiple physical downlink control channels (multi-PDSCH). Acknowledgement signaling may inform the base station that DCI scheduling the multi-PUSCH/multi-PDSCH was received (or not), so that the base station may reclaim those scheduled resources in the case that the UE remains unaware of them. Methods for performing this signaling include, e.g., the use of HARQ-ACK codebooks (whether in a semi-static or dynamic manner), and aperiodic sounding reference signals (A-SRS). Embodiments involving such DCI received across multiple component carriers of different serving cells of the UE are contemplated. Acknowledgment signaling according to multi-PUSCH/multi-PDSCH subgroups, monitoring windows, acknowledgment signaling enablement/disablement, and the use of DCI to trigger acknowledgment signaling are also discussed.

    MECHANISMS FOR LAYER 1 (L1) MEASUREMENTS ON NEIGHBOR CELL

    公开(公告)号:US20240015615A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-11

    申请号:US17440117

    申请日:2021-03-29

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04W36/00835 H04W36/0085

    Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for implementing mechanisms for performing L1-RSRP (Layer 1 Reference Signal Received Power) measurements and/or L1-SINR (Layer 1 Signal-to-Noise and Interference Ratio) measurements on a neighbor cell. For example, some aspects of this disclosure relate to an electronic device. The electronic device includes a transceiver configured to communicate with a serving cell and a neighbor cell and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The processor determines a measurement period for a Layer 1 (L1) measurement on the neighbor cell and receives, using the transceiver, a resource from the neighbor cell during the measurement period. The processor further performs the L1 measurement on the neighbor cell using the received resource from the neighbor cell.

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