Method for Beam Mapping

A method, comprising:

• obtaining, with a user equipment, a first configuration from a network element, the first configuration comprising multiple beam mapping patterns for mapping at least two beams to at least two physical uplink shared channel repetitions, wherein one or more beam mapping patterns are associated with at least one time domain resource assignment option;
• obtaining an indication of a time domain resource assignment for a physical uplink shared channel repetition operation from the network element;
• checking whether one or more beam mapping patterns are associated with the indicated time domain resource assignment;
• and
• if one beam mapping pattern is associated with the indicated time domain resource assignment, using said one beam mapping pattern for mapping said at least two physical uplink shared channel repetitions;
• or else
• selecting, from the multiple beam mapping patterns associated with the indicated time domain resource assignment, one beam mapping pattern for mapping said at least two physical uplink shared channel repetitions according to predefined criteria.

An apparatus, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
• obtain a first configuration from a network element, the first configuration comprising multiple beam mapping patterns for mapping at least two beams to at least two physical uplink shared channel repetitions, wherein one or more beam mapping patterns are associated with at least one time domain resource assignment option;
• obtain an indication of a time domain resource assignment for a physical uplink shared channel repetition operation from the network element;
• check whether one or more beam mapping patterns are associated with the indicated time domain resource assignment;
• and
• if one beam mapping pattern is associated with the indicated time domain resource assignment, use said one beam mapping pattern for mapping said at least two physical uplink shared channel repetitions;
• or
• else select, from the multiple beam mapping patterns associated with the indicated time domain resource assignment, one beam mapping pattern for mapping said at least two physical uplink shared channel repetitions according to predefined criteria.

An apparatus, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
• provide a user equipment with a first configuration comprising multiple beam mapping patterns for mapping at least two beams to at least two physical uplink shared channel repetitions, wherein one or more beam mapping patterns are associated with at least one time domain resource assignment option;
• and
• provide the user equipment with an indication of a time domain resource assignment for allocating network resources for a physical uplink shared channel repetition operation.