Data transmission reliability with multiple downlink control information signals

A method for wireless communication at a network device, comprising:

• receiving an indication of a capability of a user equipment (UE) to receive a plurality of downlink control information (DCIs) associated with a transport block and associated with a same feedback process that corresponds to an acknowledgement information transmission occasion, the acknowledgement information transmission occasion occurring after a plurality of data channels for the transport block;
• transmitting a first DCI of the plurality of DCIs scheduling the transport block, the first DCI transmitted in a first control resource set of a first group of control resource sets;
• transmitting a second DCI of the plurality of DCIs scheduling the transport block, the second DCI transmitted in a second control resource set of a second group of control resource sets;
• transmitting, according to the first DCI, a first data signal on a first data channel of the plurality of data channels;
• transmitting, according to the second DCI, a second data signal on a second data channel of the plurality of data channels;
• and
• receiving, from the UE based at least in part on the received indication of the capability, acknowledgement information associated with the transport block.

An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• a processor,
• memory coupled with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• transmit an indication of a capability of the UE to receive a plurality of downlink control information (DCIs) associated with a transport block and associated with a same feedback process that corresponds to an acknowledgement information transmission occasion, the acknowledgement information transmission occasion occurring after a plurality of data channels for the transport block;
• receive a first DCI and a second DCI that schedule the transport block, the first DCI received in a first control resource set of a first group of control resource sets and the second DCI received in a second control resource set of a second group of control resource sets, the first DCI and the second DCI of the plurality of DCIs;
• attempt to decode the transport block on data channel resources indicated by both the received first DCI and the received second DCI;
• and
• transmit, during the acknowledgement information transmission occasion, acknowledgement information associated with the transport block based at least in part on the attempted decoding.

An apparatus for wireless communication at a network device, comprising:

• a processor,
• memory coupled with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• receive an indication of a capability of a user equipment (UE) to receive a plurality of downlink control information (DCIs) associated with a transport block and associated with a same feedback process that corresponds to an acknowledgement information transmission occasion, the acknowledgement information transmission occasion occurring after a plurality of data channels;
• transmit a first DCI of the plurality of DCIs scheduling the transport block, the first DCI transmitted in a first control resource set of a first group of control resource sets;
• transmit a second DCI of the plurality of DCIs scheduling the transport block, the second DCI transmitted in a second control resource set of a second group of control resource sets;
• transmit, according to the first DCI, a first data signal on a first data channel of the plurality of data channels;
• transmit, according to the second DCI, a second data signal on a second data channel of the plurality of data channels;
• and
• receive, from the UE based at least in part on the received indication of the capability, acknowledgement information associated with the transport block.