# US 12,003,459 B2 · Method and apparatus for transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state activation and deactivation

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- Number: US 12,003,459 B2
- Document ID: US12003459B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/401,884
- Filed: 2021-08-13
- Published: 2022-02-03
- Granted: 2024-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2019-02-15
- Assignees: Zte Corporation
- Applicants: ZTE Corporation
- Inventors: Shujuan Zhang; Zhaohua Lu; Yu Ngok Li; Chuangxin Jiang; Zhen He
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12003459B2

## CPC

- H04L 5/0055: {Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK (for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861)}
- H04L 1/08: by repeating transmission, e.g. Verdan system {(H04L1/1858 and H04L1/189 take precedence)}
- H04L 1/1671: {the supervisory signal being transmitted together with control information}
- H04L 1/1812: Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ]
- H04L 1/1861: {Physical mapping arrangements (for ACK signaling see also H04L5/0053)}
- H04L 1/20: using signal quality detector
- H04L 5/003: {Arrangements for allocating sub-channels of the transmission path}
- H04L 5/0035: {Resource allocation in a cooperative multipoint environment}
- H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals}
- H04W 72/0446: Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
- H04W 72/20: Control channels or signalling for resource management
- H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
- H04L 5/001: {the frequencies being arranged in component carriers}
- H04L 5/0057: {Physical resource allocation for CQI}
- H04L 5/0091: {Signalling for the administration of the divided path, e.g. signalling of configuration information}
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

Provided are an information transmission method and apparatus. The method includes acquiring, according to one of a second type of information or a third type of information, the other one of the second type of information or the third type of information; or transmitting one piece of first signaling information including the second type of information and the third type of information. The second type of information includes at least one of a downlink control channel resource group, an uplink control channel resource group, a process number set, a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state group, a spatial relation information group or an antenna group.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An information determination method performed by a wireless communication device, comprising:
receiving a signaling message comprising first information and second information, wherein:
the first information comprises a downlink control channel resource group identifier (ID);
the second information comprises a table of a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) indication field value corresponding to downlink control information (DCI); and
the second information corresponds to the first information;
determining, according to the second information, whether hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) codebooks corresponding to the first information with different indexes are combined; and
in response to determining that the HARQ-ACK codebooks corresponding to the first information with the different indexes are combined:
connecting, according to the different indexes, the HARQ-ACK codebooks corresponding to the different indexes,
inputting the connected HARQ-ACK codebook to a channel encoder,
encoding the connected HARQ-ACK codebook, and
feeding back the encoded HARQ-ACK codebook in one uplink control resource.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The information determination method according to claim 1, wherein:
the TCI indication field value being 1 indicates a corresponding TCI state being activated; and
the TCI indication field value being 0 indicates the corresponding TCI state being deactivated.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The information determination method according to claim 1, wherein:
the signaling message comprises a medium access control-control element (MAC-CE) command.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The information determination method according to claim 1, wherein:
the downlink control channel resource group comprises one or more control resource sets (CORESET).

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The information determination method according to claim 1, wherein connecting, according to the different indexes, the HARQ-ACK codebooks corresponding to the different indexes comprises:
in response to the first information being with two indexes, connecting the HARQ-ACK codebook corresponding to the first information with index 0 followed by the HARQ-ACK codebook corresponding to the first information with index 1.

### Claim 6

A wireless communication device comprising:
a memory storing instructions; and
a processor in communication with the memory, wherein, when the processor executes the instructions, the processor is configured to cause the wireless communication device to:
receiving a signaling message comprising first information and second information, wherein:
the first information comprises a downlink control channel resource group identifier (ID);
the second information comprises a table of a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) indication field value corresponding to downlink control information (DCI); and
the second information corresponds to the first information;
determining, according to the second information, whether hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) codebooks corresponding to the first information with different indexes are combined; and
in response to determining that the HARQ-ACK codebooks corresponding to the first information with the different indexes are combined:
connecting, according to the different indexes, the HARQ-ACK codebooks corresponding to the different indexes,
inputting the connected HARQ-ACK codebook to a channel encoder,
encoding the connected HARQ-ACK codebook, and
feeding back the encoded HARQ-ACK codebook in one uplink control resource.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The wireless communication device according to claim 6, wherein:
the TCI indication field value being 1 indicates a corresponding TCI state being activated; and
the TCI indication field value being 0 indicates the corresponding TCI state being deactivated.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The wireless communication device according to claim 6, wherein:
the downlink control channel resource group comprises one or more control resource sets (CORESET).

### Claim 9 (depends on 6)

The wireless communication device according to claim 6, wherein, when the processor is configured to cause the wireless communication device to connect, according to the different indexes, the HARQ-ACK codebooks corresponding to the different indexes, the processor is configured to cause the wireless communication device to:
in response to the first information being with two indexes, connect the HARQ-ACK codebook corresponding to the first information with index 0 followed by the HARQ-ACK codebook corresponding to the first information with index 1.