US 11,812,454 B2
Slot aggregation in single frequency network
Tianyang Bai, Somerville, NJ (US); Wooseok Nam, San Diego, CA (US); Kiran Venugopal, Raritan, NJ (US); Sungwoo Park, Seoul (KR); Tao Luo, San Diego, CA (US); and Junyi Li, Fairless Hills, PA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on May 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/320,092.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/044,694, filed on Jun. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0410146 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 72/53 (2023.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 72/044 (2023.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/53 (2023.01) [H04W 72/046 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a base station, comprising:
memory; and
at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
configure a user equipment (UE) to receive multiple repetitions of a transmission using a slot aggregation, wherein the multiple repetitions include at least one single frequency network (SFN) operation and at least one non-SFN operation;
indicate, to the UE, one or more beams used for each repetition of the transmission; and
transmit the multiple repetitions of the transmission based on the at least one SFN operation, the at least one non-SFN operation, and the one or more beams indicated to the UE, wherein the at least one SFN operation uses more than one beams.