Inter-cell multi-TRP operation for wireless networks

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, are configured to cause a user equipment to:

• receive, from a network node, transmission configuration index (TCI) states for a plurality of control resource sets (CORESETs), wherein the TCI states for the plurality of CORESETs are associated with a plurality of cells having different physical cell identities (PCIs) or associated with a plurality of cell groups, wherein the TCI states indicate Quasi Co-Location (QCL) characteristics to be used by the user equipment for receiving physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) associated with the plurality of cells with different PCIs or associated with the plurality of cell groups, wherein the plurality of cells or the plurality of cell groups include at least a serving cell and at least one another cell for the user equipment;
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• in a case that the user equipment has received a medium access control-control element (MAC-CE) indicating physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) TCI state activations for two different CORESETPoolIndex values, perform inter-cell multi-downlink control information (multi-DCI) based multi-transmission reception point (multi-TRP) operation with cells from the plurality of cells, or with cells from the plurality of cell groups.

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a user equipment from a network node, transmission configuration index (TCI) states for a plurality of control resource sets (CORESETs), wherein the TCI states for the plurality of CORESETs are associated with a plurality of cells having different physical cell identities (PCIs) or associated with a plurality of cell groups, wherein the TCI states indicate Quasi Co-Location (QCL) characteristics to be used by the user equipment for receiving physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) associated with the plurality of cells with different PCIs or associated with the plurality of cell groups, wherein the plurality of cells or the plurality of cell groups include at least a serving cell and at least one another cell for the user equipment;
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• in a case that the user equipment has received a medium access control-control element (MAC-CE) indicating physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) TCI state activations for two different CORESETPoolIndex values, performing, by the user equipment, inter-cell multi-downlink control information (multi-DCI) based multi-transmission reception point (multi-TRP) operation with cells from the plurality of cells, or with cells from the plurality of cell groups.