# US 12,120,711 B2 · Scheduling broadcast or multicast communications for new radio > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,120,711 B2 - Document ID: US12120711B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/813,205 - Filed: 2022-07-18 - Published: 2022-11-03 - Granted: 2024-10-15 - Earliest claimed: 2019-08-02 - Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Applicants: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Inventors: Le Liu; Alberto Rico Alvarino; Kazuki Takeda; Xiaoxia Zhang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12120711B2 ## CPC - H04W 72/30: Resource management for broadcast services - H04L 1/1819: {with retransmission of additional or different redundancy} - H04L 1/1822: involving configuration of automatic repeat request [ARQ] with parallel processes - H04L 1/1854: {Scheduling and prioritising arrangements} - H04L 1/1864: {ARQ related signaling (H04L1/1607 takes precedence)} - H04L 1/189: {Transmission or retransmission of more than one copy of a message} - H04L 1/1896: {ARQ related signaling} - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04L 5/0092: {Indication of how the channel is divided} - H04W 72/046: {the resource being in the space domain, e.g. beams} - H04W 72/1268: of uplink data flows - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - H04W 72/53: based on regulatory allocation policies - H04W 76/11: Allocation or use of connection identifiers - H04L 2001/0093: {Point-to-multipoint} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a broadcast or a multicast (broadcast/multicast) scheduling configuration for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), the broadcast/multicast scheduling configuration identifying, for receiving broadcast/multicast communications, at least one of: a plurality of radio network temporary identifiers that are respectively associated with a plurality of beams, or one or more bandwidth parts. The UE may receive a broadcast/multicast communication associated with a broadcast/multicast control channel or a broadcast/multicast traffic channel via a physical downlink shared channel in accordance with the broadcast/multicast scheduling configuration for the PDCCH. Numerous other aspects are provided. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving a first downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a first broadcast or multicast (broadcast/multicast) communication, the first DCI being scrambled by a multicast radio network temporary identifier (M-RNTI) and indicating a first bandwidth part (BWP); receiving the first broadcast/multicast communication, the first broadcast/multicast communication being associated with a broadcast/multicast control channel via a first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in accordance with the first DCI, and the broadcast/multicast control channel being associated with the M-RNTI and the first BWP; receiving a second DCI scheduling a second broadcast/multicast communication, the second DCI being scrambled by another RNTI and indicating a second BWP; and receiving the second broadcast/multicast communication, the second broadcast/multicast communication being associated with a broadcast/multicast traffic channel via a second PDSCH in accordance with the second DCI, and the broadcast/multicast traffic channel being associated with the other RNTI and the second BWP. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the second DCI is scrambled by a group RNTI for the second broadcast/multicast communication. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the second broadcast/multicast communication is received in accordance with the second BWP. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first DCI indicates a control resource set (CORESET) configuration and a search space configuration. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the CORESET configuration indicates a beam configuration. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein one or more of the first broadcast/multicast communication or the second broadcast/multicast communication is received in accordance with the CORESET configuration and the search space configuration. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the M-RNTI corresponds to a particular beam. ### Claim 8 A method of wireless communication performed by a network entity, comprising: scheduling a first broadcast or multicast (broadcast/multicast) communication using a first downlink control information (DCI), the first DCI being scrambled by a multicast radio network temporary identifier (M-RNTI) and indicating a first bandwidth part (BWP); transmitting the first broadcast/multicast communication, the first broadcast/multicast communication being associated with a broadcast/multicast control channel via a first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in accordance with the first DCI, and the broadcast/multicast control channel being associated with the M-RNTI and the first BWP; scheduling a second broadcast/multicast communication using a second DCI, the second DCI being scrambled by another RNTI and indicating a second BWP; and transmitting the second broadcast/multicast communication, the second broadcast/multicast communication being associated with a broadcast/multicast traffic channel via a second PDSCH in accordance with the second DCI, and the broadcast/multicast traffic channel being associated with the other RNTI and the second BWP. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the second DCI is scrambled by a group RNTI for the second broadcast/multicast communication. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the second broadcast/multicast communication is received in accordance with the second BWP. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the first DCI indicates a control resource set (CORESET) configuration and a search space configuration. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the CORESET configuration indicates a beam configuration. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein one or more of the first broadcast/multicast communication or the second broadcast/multicast communication is transmitted in accordance with the CORESET configuration and the search space configuration. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the M-RNTI corresponds to a particular beam. ### Claim 15 A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising: at least one memory; and at least one processor communicatively coupled with the at least one memory, the at least one processor configured to cause the UE to: receive a first downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a first broadcast or multicast (broadcast/multicast) communication, the first DCI being scrambled by a multicast radio network temporary identifier (M-RNTI) and indicating a first bandwidth part (BWP); receive the first broadcast/multicast communication, the first broadcast/multicast communication being associated with a broadcast/multicast control channel via a first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in accordance with the first DCI, and the broadcast/multicast control channel being associated with the M-RNTI and the first BWP; receive a second DCI scheduling a second broadcast/multicast communication, the second DCI being scrambled by another RNTI and indicating a second BWP; and receive the second broadcast/multicast communication, the second broadcast/multicast communication being associated with a broadcast/multicast traffic channel via a second PDSCH in accordance with the second DCI, and the broadcast/multicast traffic channel being associated with the other RNTI and the second BWP. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The UE of claim 15, wherein the second DCI is scrambled by a group RNTI for the second broadcast/multicast communication. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The UE of claim 16, wherein a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) of the second DCI is scrambled by the group RNTI. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The UE of claim 15, wherein the second broadcast/multicast communication is received in accordance with the second BWP. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The UE of claim 15, wherein the first DCI indicates a control resource set (CORESET) configuration and a search space configuration. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The UE of claim 19, wherein the CORESET configuration indicates a beam configuration. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The UE of claim 19, wherein one or more of the first broadcast/multicast communication or the second broadcast/multicast communication is received in accordance with the CORESET configuration and the search space configuration. ### Claim 22 (depends on 15) The UE of claim 15, wherein the M-RNTI corresponds to a particular beam. ### Claim 23 (depends on 15) The UE of claim 15, wherein a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) of the first DCI is scrambled by the M-RNTI. ### Claim 24 A network entity for wireless communication, comprising: at least one memory; and at least one processor communicatively coupled with the at least one memory, the at least one processor configured to cause the network entity to: schedule a first broadcast or multicast (broadcast/multicast) communication using a first downlink control information (DCI), the first DCI being scrambled by a multicast radio network temporary identifier (M-RNTI) and indicating a first bandwidth part (BWP); transmit the first broadcast/multicast communication, the first broadcast/multicast communication being associated with a broadcast/multicast control channel via a first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in accordance with the first DCI, and the broadcast/multicast control channel being associated with the M-RNTI and the first BWP; schedule a second broadcast/multicast communication using a second DCI, the second DCI being scrambled by another RNTI and indicating a second BWP; and transmit the second broadcast/multicast communication, the second broadcast/multicast communication being associated with a broadcast/multicast traffic channel via a second PDSCH in accordance with the second DCI, and the broadcast/multicast traffic channel being associated with the other RNTI and the second BWP. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The network entity of claim 24, wherein the second DCI is scrambled by a group RNTI for the second broadcast/multicast communication. ### Claim 26 (depends on 24) The network entity of claim 24, wherein the second broadcast/multicast communication is received in accordance with the second BWP. ### Claim 27 (depends on 24) The network entity of claim 24, wherein the first DCI indicates a control resource set (CORESET) configuration and a search space configuration. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The network entity of claim 27, wherein the CORESET configuration indicates a beam configuration. ### Claim 29 (depends on 27) The network entity of claim 27, wherein one or more of the first broadcast/multicast communication or the second broadcast/multicast communication is transmitted in accordance with the CORESET configuration and the search space configuration. ### Claim 30 (depends on 24) The network entity of claim 24, wherein the M-RNTI corresponds to a particular beam.