CPC H04B 7/022 (2013.01) [H04L 5/001 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
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.
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