US 12,206,605 B2
Selecting unified transmission states for multipoint operation using identified lists
Hong He, Cupertino, CA (US); Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US); Wei Zeng, San Diego, CA (US); Haitong Sun, Cupertino, CA (US); Ankit Bhamri, Bad Nauheim (DE); Chunxuan Ye, San Diego, CA (US); Sigen Ye, San Diego, CA (US); Oghenekome Oteri, San Diego, CA (US); Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, San Diego, CA (US); and Jie Cui, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/883,465.
Prior Publication US 2024/0048302 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)
CPC H04L 5/0035 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0053 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
by a user equipment (UE):
receiving, from a cellular network, configuration of a plurality of transmission control indication (TCI) states associated with a plurality of transmission and reception points (TRPs), the configuration comprising:
a first pair of lists, comprising:
a first list of TCI states; and
a second list of TCI states;
a second pair of lists, comprising:
a third list of TCI states; and
a fourth list of TCI states;
receiving, from the cellular network, a first message specific to the first pair of lists indicating a first subset of the plurality of TCI states;
determining, based on the first message, a first association between respective TCI codepoints and respective TCI states according to the first pair of lists;
receiving, from the cellular network, a second message indicating a first TCI codepoint;
selecting, based on the first TCI codepoint and the first association between respective TCI codepoints and respective TCI states:
a first TCI state from the first list; and
a second TCI state from the second list; and
communicating with the cellular network via the plurality of TRPs using the first TCI state and the second TCI state.