# US 12,010,707 B2 · Methods and apparatuses for transmitting and receiving control signaling, and method for determining information > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,010,707 B2 - Document ID: US12010707B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/147,039 - Filed: 2022-12-28 - Published: 2023-06-22 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2018-02-26 - Assignees: Zte Corporation - Applicants: Zte Corporation - Inventors: Shujuan Zhang; Yu Ngok Li; Bo Gao; Chuangxin Jiang; Nan Zhang; Hao Wu; Zhaohua Lu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12010707B2 ## CPC - H04L 5/0094: {Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated} - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - H04L 5/0023: {Time-frequency-space} - H04L 5/0048: {Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091)} - H04L 5/0051: {of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal} - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04L 5/0078: {Timing of allocation} - H04W 72/0446: Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames - H04W 72/046: {the resource being in the space domain, e.g. beams} - H04W 72/20: Control channels or signalling for resource management - H04W 72/56: based on priority criteria - H04L 5/001: {the frequencies being arranged in component carriers} - H04L 5/005: {of common pilots, i.e. pilots destined for multiple users or terminals} - 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 methods and apparatuses for transmitting and receiving control signaling and for determining information. The method include determining second information according to first information, where the second information includes at least one of the following: the number N of bits used in first control signaling to notify a first transmission parameter, a correspondence mapping table between an index value referenced by the first transmission parameter in the first control signaling and the value of the first transmission parameter, the type of the first transmission parameter notified by a predetermined indication field in the first control signaling, or position information of the bits used in the first control signaling to notify the first transmission parameter; and where the first information includes a relationship between a transmission time interval between the first control signaling and a first signal and a predetermined threshold K, where N and K are non-negative integers; and transmitting the first control signaling. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for receiving control signaling and for determining information, comprising: receiving a first signal and a first physical dynamical control signaling scheduling the first signal, wherein the first signal includes a first aperiodic downlink measurement reference signal, a first time interval between the first signal and the first physical dynamical control signaling being less than a predetermined threshold X1; receiving a second signal and a second physical dynamical control signaling scheduling the second signal, wherein the second signal includes a second aperiodic downlink measurement reference signal, a second time interval between the second signal and the second physical dynamical control signaling being greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold X2, and wherein the first signal and the second signal are received at a same time-domain symbol; and determining a quasi co-location (QCL) parameter of the first signal based on a QCL parameter of the second signal. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the QCL parameter of the first signal is not acquired according to a QCL parameter of a specified control resource set (CORESET). ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state pool associated with the first signal contains at least one TCI state and wherein a QCL parameter corresponding to a reference signal, RS, set in the at least one TCI state comprises a spatial receiver parameter. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the second signal is a downlink data channel signal, a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state pool associated the second signal contains at least one TCI state, wherein a spatial receiver parameter is not configured in the at least one TCI state. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the second signal further comprises at least one of following signals: a downlink synchronization signal, a periodic downlink demodulation reference signal, or a downlink control channel signal. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first signal and the second signal are not received at a same time-domain symbol, and the QCL parameter of the first signal is acquired according to a QCL parameter of a specified CORESET. ### Claim 7 A method for transmitting control signaling, comprising: transmitting a first signal and a first physical dynamical control signaling scheduling the first signal, wherein the first signal includes a first aperiodic downlink measurement reference signal, a first time interval between the first signal and the first physical dynamical control signaling being less than a predetermined threshold X1; and transmitting a second signal and a second physical dynamical control signaling scheduling the second signal, wherein the second signal includes a second aperiodic downlink measurement reference signal, a second time interval between the second signal and the second physical dynamical control signaling being greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold X2, and wherein the first signal and the second signal are transmitted at a same time-domain symbol, a QCL parameter of the first signal being based on a QCL parameter of the second signal. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the QCL parameter of the first signal is not determined according to a QCL parameter of a specified CORESET. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein a TCI state pool associated with the first signal contains at least one TCI state and wherein a QCL parameter corresponding to a reference signal, RS, set in the at least one TCI state comprises a spatial receiver parameter. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the second signal is a downlink data channel signal, a TCI state pool associated the second signal contains at least one TCI state, wherein a spatial receiver parameter is not configured in the at least one TCI state. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the first signal and the second signal are not transmitted at a same time-domain symbol, and the QCL parameter of the first signal is determined according to a QCL parameter of a specified CORESET. ### Claim 12 An apparatus for receiving control signaling and for determining information, the apparatus comprising a processor, the processor being configured to: receive a first signal and a first physical dynamical control signaling scheduling the first signal, wherein the first signal includes a first aperiodic downlink measurement reference signal, a first time interval between the first signal and the first physical dynamical control signaling being less than a predetermined threshold X1; receive a second signal and a second physical dynamical control signaling scheduling the second signal, wherein the second signal includes a second aperiodic downlink measurement reference signal, a second time interval between the second signal and the second physical dynamical control signaling being greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold X2, and wherein the first signal and the second signal are received at a same time-domain symbol; and determining a quasi co-location (QCL) parameter of the first signal based on a QCL parameter of the second signal. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the QCL parameter of the first signal is not acquired according to a QCL parameter of a specified control resource set (CORESET). ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12, wherein a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state pool associated with the first signal contains at least one TCI state and wherein a QCL parameter corresponding to a reference signal, RS, set in the at least one TCI state comprises a spatial receiver parameter. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the second signal is a downlink data channel signal, a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state pool associated the second signal contains at least one TCI state, wherein a spatial receiver parameter is not configured in the at least one TCI state. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the second signal further comprises at least one of following signals: a downlink synchronization signal, a periodic downlink demodulation reference signal, or a downlink control channel signal. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the first signal and the second signal are not received at a same time-domain symbol, and the QCL parameter of the first signal is acquired according to a QCL parameter of a specified CORESET.