Downlink data reception operation

A method, comprising:

• receiving Downlink Control Information (DCI) through more than one beam from more than one Transceiver Point (TRP);
• determining a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) specific transmission scheme for the received DCI, wherein the PDCCH specific transmission scheme is configured by an upper layer signaling, and wherein the PDCCH specific transmission scheme is one of a Single Frequency Network (SFN) scheme, a non-SFN scheme, and a hybrid scheme, wherein the DCI is transmitted using both SFN scheme and non-SFH scheme in the hybrid scheme;
• determining whether the received DCI indicates a Transmission Configuration Indicator (TCI) for PDSCH reception from the more than one TRP or not;
• and
• in accordance with a determination that the received DCI fails to indicate the TCI and that a scheduling offset is equal to or greater than a threshold and based on the determined PDCCH specific transmission scheme,
• determining that the PDSCH is to be transmitted by a single TRP of the more than one TRP, and
• selecting at least one TCI for the PDSCH reception from candidate TCIs configured for one or more Control Resource Sets (CORESETs) associated with the DCI, wherein selecting the at least one TCI is based on the one or more CORESETs with a lowest CORESET ID.

A user equipment (UE), comprising:

• a transceiver configured to communicate with a network;
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver and configured to:
• process, based on signaling received via more than one beam from more than one Transceiver Point (TRP), Downlink Control Information (DCI);
• determine a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission scheme for the received DCI, wherein the PDCCH specific transmission scheme is configured by an upper layer signaling, and wherein the PDCCH specific transmission scheme is one of a Single Frequency Network (SFN) scheme, a non-SFN scheme, and a hybrid scheme, wherein the DCI is transmitted using both SFN scheme and non-SFH scheme in the hybrid scheme;
• determine whether the received DCI indicates a Transmission Configuration Indicator (TCI) for PDSCH reception from the more than one TRP or not;
• and
• in accordance with a determination that the received DCI fails to indicate the TCI and that a scheduling offset is equal to or greater than a threshold and based on the determined PDCCH specific transmission scheme,
• determine that the PDSCH is to be transmitted by a single TRP of the more than one TRP, and
• select at least one TCI for the PDSCH reception from candidate TCIs configured for one or more Control Resource Sets (CORESETs) associated with the DCI, wherein selecting the at least one TCI is based on the one or more CORESETs with a lowest CORESET ID.