Method and device in nodes used for wireless communication

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12413937-B2
Application number	US-202318120439-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 13, 2023
Priority date	Mar 16, 2021
Publication date	Sep 9, 2025
Grant date	Sep 9, 2025

Abstract

A first node receives a first signaling. The first signaling comprises a first index and a second index, a first serving cell is identified by the first index, and a first Control Resource Set (CORESET) in the first serving cell is identified by the second index; a first TCI state set is configured to the first serving cell, and the first signaling is used to activate a first TCI state out of the first TCI state set; the first CORESET is associated with the first TCI state; the first signaling is applied to each serving cell in a target cell set; when the first CORESET satisfies a first condition, the target cell is a first cell set; when the first CORESET does not satisfy the first condition, the target cell set is a second cell set; the first condition comprises: being related to a non-unicast channel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A first node for wireless communications, comprising:
a first receiver, receiving a first signaling;
wherein the first signaling comprises a first index and a second index, a first serving cell is identified by the first index, and a first Control Resource Set (CORESET) in the first serving cell is identified by the second index; a first TCI state set is configured to the first serving cell, and the first signaling is used to activate a first TCI state out of the first TCI state set; the first CORESET is associated with the first TCI state; the first signaling is applied to each serving cell in a target cell set, and the target cell set at least comprises the first serving cell; when the first CORESET satisfies a first condition, the target cell is a first cell set; when the first CORE SET does not satisfy the first condition, the target cell set is a second cell set; the first condition comprises: being related to a non-unicast channel; the first cell set comprises at least one serving cell, the second cell set comprises at least one serving cell, the first index is a non-negative integer, and the second index is a non-negative integer.

2. The first node according to claim 1 , wherein a first given cell is a serving cell in the first cell set, a first given CORESET in the first given cell is identified by the second index, and the first given CORESET satisfies the first condition; a second given cell is any serving cell in the second cell set, a second given CORESET in the second given cell is identified by the second index, and the second given CORESET does not satisfy the first condition.

3. The first node according to claim 1 , wherein the first cell set consists of at least one serving cell in a reference cell set, the second cell set consists of at least one serving cell in the reference cell set, and the reference cell set comprises N serving cells, N being a positive integer greater than 1; N CORESETs are respectively CORESETs identified by the second index among the N serving cells; whether the N CORESETs respectively satisfy the first condition is used to determine at least one of the first cell set or the second cell set out of the reference cell set;
or, the first cell set consists of at least one serving cell in the reference cell set, the second cell set consists of at least one serving cell in the reference cell set, and the reference cell set comprises N serving cells, N being a positive integer greater than 1; N CORESETs are respectively CORESETs identified by the second index among the N serving cells; whether the N CORESETs respectively satisfy the first condition is used to determine at least one of the first cell set or the second cell set out of the reference cell set; each of NI CORESET(s) in the N CORESETs satisfies the first condition, the N1 CORESET(s) respectively belong to NI serving cell(s) in the reference cell set, N1 being a positive integer less than N; the second cell set comprises all serving cells other than the N1 serving cell(s) in the reference cell set; the first cell set comprises the reference cell set, or, the first cell set comprises the N1 serving 1 cell(s).

4. The first node according to claim 1 , the meaning of the phrase that “the first signaling is applied to each serving cell in a target cell set” comprises: a given cell is any serving cell in the target cell set, a given CORESET is a CORESET identified by the second index in the given cell, and a given TCI state set is configured to the given cell; the first signaling is used to indicate a third index, and the first TCI state in the first serving cell is identified by the third index; the first signaling is used to activate a given TCI state out of the given TCI state set, and the given TCI state in the given cell is identified by the third index, the third index being a non-negative integer; the given CORESET is associated with the given TCI state.

5. The first node according to claim 1 ,
comprising: a first transmitter, transmitting a first signal in a first time unit; the first receiver monitoring a first-type channel in the first CORESET; wherein the first signal is used to indicate that the first signaling is correctly received, and the first time unit is used to determine a second time unit; starting from the second time unit, the first TCI state is used to determine antenna port Quasi Co-Location (QCL) of the first-type channel in the first CORESET;
or, comprising: the first transmitter, transmitting the first signal in the first time unit; the first receiver receiving a second signaling in the first CORESET; the first receiver receiving a second signal; wherein the first signal is used to indicate that the first signaling is correctly received, time-domain resources occupied by the second signaling are not earlier than the second time unit, and the first time unit is used to determine the second time unit; the first signaling is used to activate a first TCI state subset out of the first TCI state set, and the first TCI state subset at least comprises the first TCI state; the second signaling is used to indicate a second TCI state out of the first TCI state subset, and the second TCI state is used to determine antenna port Quasi Co-Location (QCL) of the second signal.

6. A second node for wireless communications, comprising:
a second transmitter, transmitting a first signaling;
wherein the first signaling comprises a first index and a second index, a first serving cell is identified by the first index, and a first CORESET in the first serving cell is identified by the second index; a first TCI state set is configured to the first serving cell, and the first signaling is used to activate a first TCI state out of the first TCI state set; the first CORESET is associated with the first TCI state; the first signaling is applied to each serving cell in a target cell set, and the target cell set at least comprises the first serving cell; when the first CORESET satisfies a first condition, the target cell is a first cell set; when the first CORESET does not satisfy the first condition, the target cell set is a second cell set; the first condition comprises: being related to a non-unicast channel; the first cell set comprises at least one serving cell, the second cell set comprises at least one serving cell, the first index is a non-negative integer, and the 2 second index is a non-negative integer.

7. The second node according to claim 6 , wherein a first given cell is a serving cell in the first cell set, a first given CORESET in the first given cell is identified by the second index, and the first given CORESET satisfies the first condition; a second given cell is any serving cell in the second cell set, a second given CORESET in the second given cell is identified by the second index, and the second given CORESET does not satisfy the first condition.

8. The second node according to claim 6 , wherein the first cell set consists of at least one serving cell in a reference cell set, the second cell set consists of at least one serving cell in the reference cell set, and the reference cell set comprises N serving cells, N being a positive integer greater than 1: N CORESETs are respectively CORESETs identified by the second index among the N serving cells: whether the N CORESETs respectively satisfy the first condition is used to determine at least one of the first cell set or the second cell set out of the reference cell set:
or, the first cell set consists of at least one serving cell in the reference cell set, the second cell set consists of at least one serving cell in the reference cell set, and the reference cell set comprises N serving cells, N being a positive integer greater than 1: N CORESETs are respectively CORESETs identified by the second

Assignees

• Wu Lu
• Shanghai Codus Tech Company Limited

Inventors

• Wu Lu

Classifications

• H04L5/0048

  Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091) · CPC title

• H04L5/0023

  Time-frequency-space · CPC title

• H04W72/00

  Local resource management · CPC title

• H04W24/02

  Arrangements for optimising operational condition · CPC title

• H04W72/04

  Wireless resource allocation · CPC title