Designs for Multi-DCI Based Multi-TRP Operation

An apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to:

• process, based on signaling from a base station, one or more cell reference signal (CRS) rate matching patterns;
• determine a control resource set (CORESET) pool for each of the one or more CRS rate matching patterns;
• and
• apply the one or more CRS rate matching patterns to a CORESET for a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) based on the indication of the CORESET pool.

A user equipment (UE), comprising:

• a transceiver configured to connect to a first base station and a second base station over a same carrier in a multiple Downlink Control Information (multi-DCI) based multiple transmission and reception point (multi-TRP) configuration;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• process, based on signaling from a base station, one or more cell reference signal (CRS) rate matching patterns;
• determine a control resource set (CORESET) pool for each of the one or more CRS rate matching patterns;
• and
• apply the one or more CRS rate matching patterns to a CORESET for a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) based on the indication of the CORESET pool.

A method, comprising:

• processing, based on signaling from a base station, one or more cell reference signal (CRS) rate matching patterns;
• determining a control resource set (CORESET) pool for each of the one or more CRS rate matching patterns;
• and
• applying the one or more CRS rate matching patterns to a CORESET for a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) based on the indication of the CORESET pool.