| CPC 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 first list of transmission control indication (TCI) states associated with a plurality of transmission and reception points (TRPs), the first list of TCI states comprising at least four downlink or bi-directional TCI states;
receiving, from the cellular network, a first message indicating a first plurality of TCI states of the first list of TCI states, the first message comprising a first plurality of fields, wherein respective fields of the first plurality of fields indicate respective numbers of TCI states of the first plurality of TCI states associated with respective TCI codepoints;
receiving, from the cellular network, a second message indicating a value of a first TCI codepoint;
based on the value of first TCI codepoint and a first field of the first plurality of fields corresponding to the first TCI codepoint:
determining a number of TCI states associated with the value of the first TCI codepoint based on the first field; and
selecting, a first subset of TCI states for a downlink communication, the first subset of TCI states including the number of TCI states associated with the value of the first TCI codepoint; and
receiving, from the cellular network, the downlink communication according to the second message, said receiving comprising:
receiving, from a first TRP of the plurality of TRPs using a first TCI state of the first subset of TCI states; and
receiving, from a second TRP of the plurality of TRPs using a second TCI state of the first subset of TCI states.
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