US 12,021,580 B2
Multi-transmission and receipt point (multi-TRP) enhancement
Yushu Zhang, Beijing (CN); Haitong Sun, Cupertino, CA (US); Wei Zeng, Cupertino, CA (US); Dawei Zhang, Cupertino, CA (US); Yuchul Kim, Cupertino, CA (US); Hong He, Cupertino, CA (US); Weidong Yang, San Diego, CA (US); Chunxuan Ye, San Diego, CA (US); Chunhai Yao, Beijing (CN); Oghenekome Oteri, San Diego, CA (US); Wei Zhang, Cupertino, CA (US); Jia Tang, Cupertino, CA (US); Tianyan Pu, Cupertino, CA (US); and Pengkai Zhao, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/130,450.
Application 18/130,450 is a division of application No. 17/175,231, filed on Feb. 12, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/CN2020/074962 (WO), filed on Feb. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0246673 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04B 7/022 (2017.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 7/022 (2013.01) [H04L 5/001 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a base station of a wireless network from a user equipment (UE) device, for each of one or more component carriers, an indication whether the UE device supports receiving data according to a multi-transmission and receiving points (multi-TRP) communication protocol using the component carrier;
determining, by the base station, and based on the indication, that the UE device supports receiving data according to the multi-TRP communication protocol using a first component carrier of the one or more component carriers;
responsive to determining that the UE device supports receiving data according by the UE device to the multi-TRP communication protocol using the first component carrier, allotting a first resource to the first component carrier,
wherein for each component carrier, the indication whether the UE device supports receiving data according to the multi-TRP communication protocol using the component carrier comprises:
a first data item, in a data structure FeatureSetDownlinkPerCC, indicating whether the UE device supports receiving data according to the multi-TRP communication protocol using the component carrier;
determining, by the base station, that the UE device does not support receiving data by according to the multi-TRP communication protocol using a second component carrier of the one or more component carriers; and
responsive to determining that the UE device does not support receiving data according to the multi-TRP communication protocol using the second component carrier, allotting a second resource to the second component carrier, the first resource is greater than the second resource.