# US 12,192,978 B2 · Beam management and beam indication in radio systems > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,192,978 B2 - Document ID: US12192978B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/129,583 - Filed: 2023-03-31 - Published: 2023-09-28 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2019-02-13 - Assignees: Ofinno, LLC - Applicants: Ofinno, LLC - Inventors: Kai Xu; Esmael Hejazi Dinan; Hua Zhou; Alireza Babaei; Hyoungsuk Jeon; Ali Cagatay Cirik; Kyungmin Park; Nazanin Rastegardoost - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12192978B2 ## CPC - H04W 72/046: {the resource being in the space domain, e.g. beams} - H04B 7/0626: {Channel coefficients, e.g. channel state information [CSI]} - H04B 7/06952: {Selecting one or more beams from a plurality of beams, e.g. beam training, management or sweeping} - H04B 7/06966: {using beam correspondence; using channel reciprocity, e.g. downlink beam training based on uplink sounding reference signal [SRS]} - 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 27/2607: {Cyclic extensions} - H04W 8/24: Transfer of terminal data - H04W 56/001: {Synchronization between nodes} - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - H04W 76/27: Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states - H04W 80/02: Data link layer protocols - H04W 76/15: Setup of multiple wireless link connections - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A wireless device receives configuration parameters, of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), indicating a timing gap threshold between a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and the PUCCH. The wireless device receives one or more messages indicating a downlink transmission configuration indication (TCI) and an uplink TCI. The wireless device transmits uplink control information via the PUCCH using a spatial domain transmission filter, wherein the spatial domain transmission filter is based on one of the downlink TCI or the uplink TCI in response to a comparison between the timing gap threshold and a timing gap between a PDSCH resource and a PUCCH resource. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: receiving, by a wireless device, configuration parameters, of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), indicating a timing gap threshold between a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and the PUCCH; receiving one or more messages indicating: a downlink transmission configuration indication (TCI); and an uplink TCI; and transmitting uplink control information via the PUCCH using a spatial domain transmission filter, wherein the spatial domain transmission filter is based on one of the downlink TCI or the uplink TCI in response to a comparison between the timing gap threshold and a timing gap between a PDSCH resource and a PUCCH resource. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the spatial domain transmission filter is further based on the downlink TCI in response to the timing gap being less than the timing gap threshold. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the spatial domain transmission filter is further based on the uplink TCI in response to the timing gap being equal to the timing gap threshold. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the spatial domain transmission filter is further based on the uplink TCI in response to the timing gap being greater than the timing gap threshold. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein: the configuration parameters further indicate a set of RSs comprising a first RS and a second RS; and the method further comprises receiving a medium access control control element (MAC CE) to activate the set of RSs. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein: the downlink TCI indicates the first RS of the set of RSs; and the uplink TCI indicates the second RS of the set of RSs. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the set of RSs comprises one or more of: a synchronization signal (SS)/physical broadcast channel (PBCH) block (SSB); a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS); or a sounding reference signal (SRS). ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving the one or more messages comprises receiving downlink control information from a common search space or a user equipment (UE) specific search space of a control resource set (CORSET). ### Claim 9 A wireless device comprising: one or more processors; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to: receive configuration parameters, of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), indicating a timing gap threshold between a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and the PUCCH; receive one or more messages indicating: a downlink transmission configuration indication (TCI); and an uplink TCI; and transmit uplink control information via the PUCCH using a spatial domain transmission filter, wherein the spatial domain transmission filter is based on one of the downlink TCI or the uplink TCI in response to a comparison between the timing gap threshold and a timing gap between a PDSCH resource and a PUCCH resource. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The wireless device of claim 9, wherein the spatial domain transmission filter is further based on the downlink TCI in response to the timing gap being less than the timing gap threshold. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The wireless device of claim 9, wherein the spatial domain transmission filter is further based on the uplink TCI in response to the timing gap being equal to the timing gap threshold. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The wireless device of claim 9, wherein the spatial domain transmission filter is further based on the uplink TCI in response to the timing gap being greater than the timing gap threshold. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The wireless device of claim 9, wherein: the configuration parameters further indicate a set of RSs comprising a first RS and a second RS; and the instructions further cause the wireless device to receive a medium access control control element (MAC CE) to activate the set of RSs. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The wireless device of claim 13, wherein: the downlink TCI indicates the first RS of the set of RSs; and the uplink TCI indicates the second RS of the set of RSs. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The wireless device of claim 13, wherein the set of RSs comprises one or more of: a synchronization signal (SS)/physical broadcast channel (PBCH) block (SSB); a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS); or a sounding reference signal (SRS). ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The wireless device of claim 9, wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to receive downlink control information from a common search space or a user equipment (UE) specific search space of a control resource set (CORSET). ### Claim 17 A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: receive configuration parameters, of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), indicating a timing gap threshold between a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and the PUCCH; receive one or more messages indicating: a downlink transmission configuration indication (TCI); and an uplink TCI; and transmit uplink control information via the PUCCH using a spatial domain transmission filter, wherein the spatial domain transmission filter is based on one of the downlink TCI or the uplink TCI in response to a comparison between the timing gap threshold and a timing gap between a PDSCH resource and a PUCCH resource. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the spatial domain transmission filter is further based on the downlink TCI in response to the timing gap being less than the timing gap threshold. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the spatial domain transmission filter is further based on the uplink TCI in response to the timing gap being equal to the timing gap threshold. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the spatial domain transmission filter is further based on the uplink TCI in response to the timing gap being greater than the timing gap threshold.