Rate matching of reference signal resources in multiple transmit receive point (TRP) scenarios

A method of wireless communication performed by a network entity, comprising:

• determining rate matching information for a user equipment (UE) to process a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission associated with a first quasi co-location (QCL) corresponding to a first transmission reception point (TRP), wherein a first set of non-zero power (NZP) reference signal (RS) resources is associated with a second QCL corresponding to a second TRP;
• and
• sending signaling to the UE of the rate matching information, wherein the rate matching information includes, for each of a plurality of cell-identifiers (IDs) or QCLs, a respective rate matching behavior for respective NZP RS resources associated with each respective cell-ID or QCL of the plurality of cell-IDs or QCLs.

A method of wireless communication performed by an apparatus, comprising:

• receiving signaling of rate matching information for processing a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission associated with a first quasi co-location (QCL) corresponding to a first transmission reception point (TRP), wherein a first set of non-zero power (NZP) reference signal (RS) resources is associated with a second QCL corresponding to a second TRP, wherein the rate matching information includes, for each of a plurality of cell identifiers (IDs) or QCLs, a respective rate matching behavior for respective NZP RS resources associated with each respective cell-ID or QCL of the plurality of cell-IDs or QCLs;
• and
• processing the PDSCH transmission, wherein the processing comprises determining whether or how to perform rate matching around the first set of NZP RS resources based on the rate matching information.