Method and apparatus for time alignment regarding multi-TRP in a wireless communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12563510-B2
Application number	US-202318140861-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 28, 2023
Priority date	May 5, 2022
Publication date	Feb 24, 2026
Grant date	Feb 24, 2026

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system receiving, from a network, a first signaling indicative of cell configuration of a cell, receiving, from the network, a second signaling indicative of switching a Special Cell (SpCell) of the UE to the cell or adding the cell as a serving cell, receiving, from the network, a third signaling indicative of a first time alignment information associated with the first Timing Advance Group (TAG), and in response to the second signaling: (1) switching the SpCell of the UE to the cell or adding the cell as the serving cell, (2) applying the first time alignment information on the first TAG, and (3) initiating a random access procedure on the cell when no time alignment information associated with the second TAG is in the third signaling.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method of a User Equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving, from a network, a first signaling indicative of cell configuration of a cell, wherein the cell is associated with a first Timing Advance Group (TAG) and a second TAG, and the first signaling indicates an association between the first TAG and a first Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state; receiving, from the network, a second signaling indicative of switching a Special Cell (SpCell) of the UE to the cell, the first TCI state, and a first time alignment information, wherein the second signaling comprises at least a Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE); and in response to the second signaling indicating the switching, the first TCI state, and the first time alignment information:
switching the SpCell of the UE to the cell or adding the cell as the serving cell; and
applying the first time alignment information on the first TAG based on the association between the first TAG and the first TCI state in the first signaling.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first time alignment information contains a timing advance.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the second signaling indicates the first TCI state via a TCI state identity (ID) of the first TCI state.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first TAG or a TAG ID of the first TAG is indicated by the first signaling.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first TAG is associated with a first Transmission Reception Point (TRP), a first Beam Failure Detection-Reference Signal (BFD-RS) set, a first TCI state ID, a first Control Resource Set (CORESET) pool index or a first Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) resource set of the cell, and the second TAG is associated with a second TRP, a second BFD-RS set, a second TCI state ID, a second CORESET pool index, or a second SRS resource set of the cell.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first signaling indicates a list of TCI states including the first TCI state.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE acquires a second time alignment information associated with the second TAG via a random access procedure.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE is configured to perform Uplink (UL) transmissions via a first TRP and a second TRP on the cell via the first signaling.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE performs multi-TRP operation on the cell with the first TCI state associated with the first TAG and a second TCI state associated with the second TAG after switching the SpCell of the UE to the cell.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE uses the first TCI state, indicated in the second signaling, for a mobility procedure to the cell.

11 . A User Equipment (UE), comprising:
a memory; and a processor operatively coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute program code to:
receive, from a network, a first signaling indicative of cell configuration of a cell, wherein the cell is associated with a first Timing Advance Group (TAG) and a second TAG, and the first signaling indicates an association between the first tag and a first Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state;
receive, from the network, a second signaling indicative of switching a Special Cell (SpCell) of the UE to the cell, the first TCI state, and a first time alignment information, wherein the second signaling comprises at least a Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE); and
in response to the second signaling indicating the switching, the first TCI state, and the first time alignment information:
switch the SpCell of the UE to the cell or adding the cell as the serving cell; and
apply the first time alignment information on the first TAG based on the association between the first TAG and the first TCI state in the first signaling.

12 . The UE of claim 11 , wherein the first time alignment information contains a timing advance.

13 . The UE of claim 11 , wherein the second signaling indicates the first TCI state via a TCI state Identity (ID) of the first TCI state.

14 . The UE of claim 11 , wherein the first TAG or a TAG ID of the first TAG is indicated by the first signaling.

15 . The UE of claim 11 , wherein the first TAG is associated with a first Transmission Reception Point (TRP), a first Beam Failure Detection-Reference Signal (BFD-RS) set, a first TCI state ID, a first Control Resource Set (CORESET) pool index or a first Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) resource set of the cell, and the second TAG is associated with a second TRP, a second BFD-RS set, a second TCI state ID, a second CORESET pool index, or a second SRS resource set of the cell.

16 . The UE of claim 11 , wherein the first signaling indicates a list of TCI states including the first TCI state.

17 . The UE of claim 11 , wherein the UE acquires a second time alignment information associated with the second TAG via a random access procedure.

18 . The UE of claim 11 , wherein the UE is configured to perform Uplink (UL) transmissions via a first TRP and a second TRP on the cell via the first signaling.

19 . The UE of claim 11 , wherein the UE uses the first TCI state, indicated in the second signaling, for a mobility procedure to the cell.

20 . The UE of claim 11 , wherein the UE performs multi-TRP operation on the cell with the first TCI state associated with the first TAG and a second TCI state associated with the second TAG after switching the SpCell of the UE to the cell.

Assignees

• Asus Technology Licensing Inc

Inventors

• Kung Yi-Hsuan
• Guo Yu-Hsuan

Classifications

• H04W74/0838

  using contention-free random access [CFRA] · CPC title

• H04W36/08

  Reselecting an access point · CPC title

• H04W74/0833

  Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access · CPC title

• H04W36/0069

  in case of dual connectivity, e.g. decoupled uplink/downlink · CPC title

• H04W56/0045

  compensating for timing error by altering transmission time · CPC title