Partial control resource set handling

A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

• at least one processor coupled with at least one memory and configured to cause the UE to:
• receive an indication of an initial downlink bandwidth for the UE;
• receive, via a master information block (MIB), configuration information for a control resource set (CORESET) associated with physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring for initial access, wherein the configuration information indicates a frequency domain resource allocation for the CORESET, and wherein the frequency domain resource allocation for the CORESET is at least partially outside of the initial downlink bandwidth;
• receive an indication of an action to be performed by the UE when the frequency domain resource allocation for the CORESET is at least partially outside of the initial downlink bandwidth, wherein the action includes at least one of modifying a resource mapping of the CORESET or modifying the initial downlink bandwidth;
• and
• receive one or more PDCCH messages associated with the CORESET based at least in part on performing the action.

A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

• at least one processor coupled with at least one memory and configured to cause the UE to:
• receive an indication of an initial downlink bandwidth for the UE;
• receive, via a master information block (MIB), configuration information for a control resource set (CORESET) associated with physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring for initial access, wherein the configuration information indicates a frequency domain resource allocation for the CORESET, and wherein the frequency domain resource allocation for the CORESET is at least partially outside of the initial downlink bandwidth;
• reduce a quantity of resource blocks associated with the frequency domain resource allocation for the CORESET based at least in part on a quantity of available resource blocks in the initial downlink bandwidth;
• and
• receive one or more PDCCH messages based at least in part on monitoring the CORESET from a starting resource block of the CORESET, wherein the starting resource block is based at least in part on reducing the quantity of resource blocks associated with the frequency domain resource allocation for the CORESET.

A base station for wireless communication, comprising:

• at least one processor coupled with at least one memory and configured to cause the base station to:
• transmit, to a user equipment (UE), an indication of an initial downlink bandwidth for the UE;
• transmit, to the UE via a master information block (MIB), configuration information for a control resource set (CORESET) associated with physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring for initial access, wherein the configuration information indicates a frequency domain resource allocation for the CORESET, and wherein the frequency domain resource allocation for the CORESET is at least partially outside of the initial downlink bandwidth;
• transmit, to the UE, an indication of the action to be performed by the UE when the frequency domain resource allocation for the CORESET is at least partially outside of the initial downlink bandwidth, wherein the action includes at least one of modifying the resource mapping of the CORESET or modifying the initial downlink bandwidth;
• and
• transmit, to the UE, one or more PDCCH messages associated with the CORESET based at least in part on indicating the action.

A base station for wireless communication, comprising:

• at least one processor coupled with at least one memory and configured to cause the base station to:
• transmit, to a user equipment (UE), an indication of an initial downlink bandwidth for the UE;
• transmit, to the UE via a master information block (MIB), configuration information for a control resource set (CORESET) associated with physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring for initial access, wherein the configuration information indicates a frequency domain resource allocation for the CORESET, and wherein the frequency domain resource allocation for the CORESET is at least partially outside of the initial downlink bandwidth;
• and
• transmit an indication of an action to be performed by the UE when the frequency domain resource allocation for the CORESET is at least partially outside of the initial downlink bandwidth, wherein the action is associated with identifying a starting resource block of the CORESET that is outside of the initial downlink bandwidth and wherein the action includes at least one of:
• reducing a quantity of resource blocks associated with the frequency domain resource allocation for the CORESET based at least in part on a quantity of available resource blocks in the initial downlink bandwidth;
• identifying the starting resource block of the CORESET using common resource block index values and a resource block offset indicated by the configuration information;
• or
• identifying the starting resource block of the CORESET based at least in part on virtually extending resource block indices associated with the initial downlink bandwidth.

A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• receiving an indication of an initial downlink bandwidth for the UE;
• receiving, via a master information block (MIB), configuration information for a control resource set (CORESET) associated with physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring for initial access, wherein the configuration information indicates a frequency domain resource allocation for the CORESET, and wherein the frequency domain resource allocation for the CORESET is at least partially outside of the initial downlink bandwidth;
• and
• receiving one or more PDCCH messages associated with the CORESET based at least in part on modifying a resource mapping of the CORESET, the modification of the resource mapping of the CORESET including:
• performing control channel element (CCE) to resource element group (REG) mapping using a quantity of available resource blocks, or a quantity of available CCEs, in the initial downlink bandwidth;
• modifying a control channel element (CCE) to resource element group (REG) mapping type to a non-interleaving mapping type;
• or
• modifying a frequency range associated with the initial downlink bandwidth to include the frequency domain resource allocation for the CORESET in accordance with receiving a synchronization signal block (SSB) associated with the PDCCH monitoring for initial access.

A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• receiving an indication of an initial downlink bandwidth for the UE;
• receiving, via a master information block (MIB), configuration information for a control resource set (CORESET) associated with physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring for initial access, wherein the configuration information indicates a frequency domain resource allocation for the CORESET, and wherein the frequency domain resource allocation for the CORESET is at least partially outside of the initial downlink bandwidth;
• receiving an indication of an action to be performed by the UE when the frequency domain resource allocation for the CORESET is at least partially outside of the initial downlink bandwidth, wherein the action includes at least one of modifying a resource mapping of the CORESET or modifying the initial downlink bandwidth;
• and
• receiving one or more PDCCH messages associated with the CORESET based at least in part on performing the action.

A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• receiving an indication of an initial downlink bandwidth for the UE;
• receiving, via a master information block (MIB), configuration information for a control resource set (CORESET) associated with physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring for initial access, wherein the configuration information indicates a frequency domain resource allocation for the CORESET, and wherein the frequency domain resource allocation for the CORESET is at least partially outside of the initial downlink bandwidth;
• reducing a quantity of resource blocks associated with the frequency domain resource allocation for the CORESET based at least in part on a quantity of available resource blocks in the initial downlink bandwidth;
• and
• receiving one or more PDCCH messages based at least in part on monitoring the CORESET from a starting resource block of the CORESET, wherein the starting resource block is based at least in part on reducing the quantity of resource blocks associated with the frequency domain resource allocation for the CORESET.

A method of wireless communication performed by a base station, comprising:

• transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), an indication of an initial downlink bandwidth for the UE;
• transmitting, to the UE via a master information block (MIB), configuration information for a control resource set (CORESET) associated with physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring for initial access, wherein the configuration information indicates a frequency domain resource allocation for the CORESET, and wherein the frequency domain resource allocation for the CORESET is at least partially outside of the initial downlink bandwidth;
• transmitting, to the UE, an indication of the action to be performed by the UE when the frequency domain resource allocation for the CORESET is at least partially outside of the initial downlink bandwidth, wherein the action includes at least one of modifying the resource mapping of the CORESET or modifying the initial downlink bandwidth;
• and
• transmitting, to the UE, one or more PDCCH messages associated with the CORESET based at least in part on indicating the action.

A method of wireless communication performed by a base station, comprising:

• transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), an indication of an initial downlink bandwidth for the UE;
• transmitting, to the UE via a master information block (MIB), configuration information for a control resource set (CORESET) associated with physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring for initial access, wherein the configuration information indicates a frequency domain resource allocation for the CORESET, and wherein the frequency domain resource allocation for the CORESET is at least partially outside of the initial downlink bandwidth;
• and
• transmitting an indication of an action to be performed by the UE when the frequency domain resource allocation for the CORESET is at least partially outside of the initial downlink bandwidth, wherein the action is associated with identifying a starting resource block of the CORESET that is outside of the initial downlink bandwidth and wherein the action includes at least one of:
• reducing a quantity of resource blocks associated with the frequency domain resource allocation for the CORESET based at least in part on a quantity of available resource blocks in the initial downlink bandwidth;
• identifying the starting resource block of the CORESET using common resource block index values and a resource block offset indicated by the configuration information;
• or
• identifying the starting resource block of the CORESET based at least in part on virtually extending resource block indices associated with the initial downlink bandwidth.