US 12,149,459 B2
Technologies for reliable physical data channel reception in wireless communications
Chunhai Yao, Beijing (CN); Chunxuan Ye, San Diego, CA (US); Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US); Haijing Hu, Beijing (CN); Haitong Sun, Irvine, CA (US); Hong He, Cupertino, CA (US); Huaning Niu, San Jose, CA (US); Oghenekome Oteri, San Diego, CA (US); Sigen Ye, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US); Wei Zeng, San Diego, CA (US); Weidong Yang, San Diego, CA (US); Yuqin Chen, Shenzhen (CN); and Yushu Zhang, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/438,556
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 15, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/121201
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 13, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/077352, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0303073 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04L 1/08 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/06 (2009.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)
CPC H04L 5/0012 (2013.01) [H04L 1/08 (2013.01); H04L 5/0051 (2013.01); H04W 4/06 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)] 17 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
memory to store information; and
processing circuitry coupled with the memory and configured to interoperate with the memory to:
receive multiple repetitions of a physical channel as part of wireless communications within a wireless network, wherein at least one repetition of the multiple repetitions is a specified type of repetition that is continuous across a slot boundary between a first slot and a second slot in which the at least one repetition is received;
perform a channel estimation using reference signals from at least two different repetitions of the multiple repetitions for the channel estimation; and
provide information to a base station prior to performing the channel estimation, wherein the information indicates to the base station that the UE is capable of performing the channel estimation using the reference signals from at least two different repetitions of the multiple repetitions for the channel estimation,
wherein the channel estimation is performed responsive to joint-repetition channel estimation being enabled by the base station responsive to the information.