US 11,943,777 B2
Determining a default uplink (UL) transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state
Kiran Venugopal, Raritan, NJ (US); Yan Zhou, San Diego, CA (US); Tianyang Bai, Somerville, NJ (US); Tao Luo, San Diego, CA (US); and Junyi Li, Franklin Park, NJ (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 18, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/126,820.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/951,721, filed on Dec. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0195626 A1, Jun. 24, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/51 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/23 (2023.01) [H04L 5/0048 (2013.01); H04W 72/51 (2023.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of wireless communications by a User Equipment (UE), comprising:
determining, based on one or more rules, at least one of a default uplink beam or default path loss reference signal (PL RS) to use for an uplink transmission in the absence of a signaled uplink transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state for the uplink transmission; and
sending the uplink transmission in accordance with the determination.