Pdsch rate-matching in ntn

An apparatus for wireless communication at a network device, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
• transmit, to a user equipment (UE), an indication of a subset of one or more synchronization signal block (SSB) beams included in a set of SSB beams having one or more physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) resources reserved for potentially scheduling one or more system information blocks (SIBs) associated with the set of SSB beams;
• rate-match a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission around the one or more PDCCH resources associated with the indication of the subset of one or more SSB beams based on the one or more PDCCH resources being at least partially overlapped with resources of the PDSCH transmission;
• and
• transmit the PDSCH transmission to the UE based on the rate-matching of the PDSCH transmission around the one or more PDCCH resources associated with the indication of the subset of one or more SSB beams.

A method of wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• receiving an indication of a subset of one or more synchronization signal block (SSB) beams included in a set of SSB beams having one or more physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) resources reserved for potentially scheduling one or more system information blocks (SIBs) associated with the set of SSB beams;
• receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) associated with resources that overlap with at least a portion of the one or more PDCCH resources associated with the indication of the subset of one or more SSB beams;
• and
• rate-matching around the one or more PDCCH resources associated with the indication of the subset of one or more SSB beams for receiving the PDSCH.

A method of wireless communication at a network device, comprising:

• transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), an indication of a subset of one or more synchronization signal block (SSB) beams included in a set of SSB beams having one or more physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) resources reserved for potentially scheduling one or more system information blocks (SIBs) associated with the set of SSB beams;
• rate-matching a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission around the one or more PDCCH resources associated with the indication of the subset of one or more SSB beams based on the one or more PDCCH resources being at least partially overlapped with resources of the PDSCH transmission;
• and
• transmitting the PDSCH transmission to the UE based on the rate-matching of the PDSCH transmission around the one or more PDCCH resources associated with the indication of the subset of one or more SSB beams.