US 12,075,402 B2
Scheduling a user equipment as part of a group
Haitong Sun, Cupertino, CA (US); Chunhai Yao, Beijing (CN); Chunxuan Ye, San Diego, CA (US); Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US); Hong He, San Jose, CA (US); Jie Cui, San Jose, CA (US); Oghenekome Oteri, San Diego, CA (US); Sigen Ye, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US); Wei Zeng, Saratoga, CA (US); Weidong Yang, San Diego, CA (US); Yang Tang, San Jose, CA (US); and Yushu Zhang, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/593,421
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/107231
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/027379, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0304012 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 72/12 (2023.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/044 (2023.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 72/1263 (2023.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 72/1263 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0051 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/046 (2013.01); H04W 72/0466 (2013.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
at a user equipment (UE):
receiving a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) associated with a group of UEs, the group of UEs including the UE;
receiving a signal from one of a cell on which the UE is currently camped or a cell to which the UE is currently connected, the signal scrambled by the RNTI and including control information;
decoding the signal using the RNTI to obtain the control information, wherein the control information comprises scheduling information for a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH); and
receiving, from the cell, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) on the scheduled PDSCH, wherein the MAC CE indicates a change to the PDSCH transmission configuration indicator (TCI) table for the group of UEs.