Methods and apparatuses for physical uplink shared channel beamforming and pathloss reference indication in a wireless communications network

A user equipment (UE) comprising a processor and a memory containing instructions executable by the processor, whereby said UE is operative to:

• receive, from a network node, a first higher layer configuration that associates a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) or a PUSCH grant with a control resource set pool index, wherein the control resource set pool index is a higher layer parameter in a configuration of at least one control resource set (CORESET), wherein the CORESET comprises resources on which a PDCCH is transmitted from the network node;
• receive, from the network node, a second higher layer configuration that associates at least one PUCCH resource with said control resource set pool index;
• and
• obtain at least one of a spatial relation and a pathloss reference RS for the PUSCH, from at least one of the spatial relation and pathloss reference RS of a PUCCH resource associated with said control resource set pool index.

A method performed by a network node, the method comprising:

• transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a first higher layer configuration that associates a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) or a PUSCH grant with a control resource set pool index, wherein the control resource set pool index is a higher layer parameter in a configuration of at least one control resource set CORESET) wherein the CORESET comprises resources on which a PDCCH is transmitted from the network node;
• transmitting, to said UE, a second higher layer configuration that associates at least one physical uplink channel (PUCCH) resource with said control resource set pool index;
• and
• receiving at least one PUSCH, from said UE, with at least one of a spatial relation and a pathloss reference RS obtained by said UE from the spatial relation and/or pathloss reference RS, of a PUCCH resource associated with said control resource set pool index.

A network node comprising a processor and a memory containing instructions executable by the processor, whereby said network node is operative to:

• transmit, to a user equipment (UE), a first higher layer configuration that associates a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) or a PUSCH grant with a control resource set pool index, wherein the control resource set pool index is a higher layer parameter in a configuration of at least one control resource set CORESET) wherein the CORESET comprises resources on which a PDCCH is transmitted from the network node;
• transmit, to said UE, a second higher layer configuration that associates at least one physical uplink channel (PUCCH) resource with said control resource set pool index;
• and
• receive at least one PUSCH, from said UE, with at least one of a spatial relation and a pathloss reference RS obtained by said UE from the spatial relation and/or pathloss reference RS, of a PUCCH resource associated with said control resource set pool index.