US 11,671,979 B2
Techniques for indicating downlink control information in multicast/broadcast wireless communications
Le Liu, Fremont, CA (US); Alberto Rico Alvarino, San Diego, CA (US); Peter Gaal, San Diego, CA (US); Xiaoxia Zhang, San Diego, CA (US); Tao Luo, San Diego, CA (US); Prasad Reddy Kadiri, San Diego, CA (US); Ayan Sengupta, San Diego, CA (US); Kazuki Takeda, Tokyo (JP); and Umesh Phuyal, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/157,778.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/972,516, filed on Feb. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0250918 A1, Aug. 12, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04W 4/06 (2009.01); H04L 1/18 (2023.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04L 1/1812 (2023.01); H04W 72/044 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/23 (2023.01) [H04L 1/1812 (2013.01); H04W 4/06 (2013.01); H04W 72/044 (2013.01)] 80 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for wireless communication, comprising:
receiving downlink control information (DCI) from a network node;
decoding, based at least in part on a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) used to scramble the DCI, the DCI according to a DCI format defined for multicast and/or broadcast (MB) communications, wherein the DCI format includes one or more fields including one or more parameters for receiving the MB communications, wherein a size of the DCI format is the same as a size of a unicast DCI format defined for unicast physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) communications;
and
receiving, based on the one or more parameters, the MB communications.