Rate matching for non-coherent joint-transmission with dynamic spectrum sharing

A network node configured to communicate with a user equipment (UE) the network node comprising processing circuitry, the processing circuitry configured to cause the network node to:

• transmit at least one physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) of at least two PDSCHs;
• a first PDSCH of the at least two PDSCHs being associated with a first set of cell-specific reference signal (CRS) patterns and a second PDSCH of the at least two PDSCHs being associated with a second set of CRS patterns;
• and
• wherein the first PDSCH is rate matched around resource elements associated with the first set of CRS patterns and the first PDSCH is scheduled by a first downlink control information (DCI) received in a first control resource set (CORESET) associated with the first set of CRS patterns;
• and
• wherein the second PDSCH is assumed by the UE to be rate matched around resource elements associated with the second set of CRS patterns and the second PDSCH is scheduled by a second DCI received in a second CORESET associated with the second set of CRS patterns, the first CORESET being different from the second CORESET value.

A method implemented in a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

• receiving at least two physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs);
• a first PDSCH of the at least two PDSCHs being associated with a first set of cell-specific reference signal (CRS) patterns, and a second PDSCH of the at least two PDSCHs being associated with a second set of CRS patterns;
• wherein the first PDSCH is assumed by the UE to be rate matched around resource elements associated with the first set of CRS patterns and the first PDSCH is scheduled by a first downlink control information (DCI) received in a first control resource set (CORESET) associated with the first set of CRS patterns;
• and
• wherein the second PDSCH is assumed by the UE to be rate matched around resource elements associated with the second set of CRS patterns and the second PDSCH is scheduled by a second DCI received in a second CORESET associated with the second set of CRS patterns, the first CORESET being different from the second CORESET.

A user equipment (UE) configured to communicate with a network node, the user equipment comprising processing circuitry, the processing circuitry configured to cause the user equipment to:

• receive at least two physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs);
• a first PDSCH of the at least two PDSCHs being associated with a first set of cell-specific reference signal (CRS) patterns, and a second PDSCH of the at least two PDSCHs being associated with a second set of CRS patterns;
• wherein the first PDSCH is assumed by the UE to be rate matched around resource elements associated with the first set of CRS patterns and the first PDSCH is scheduled by a first downlink control information (DCI) received in a first control resource set (CORESET) associated with the first set of CRS patterns;
• and
• wherein the second PDSCH is assumed by the UE to be rate matched around resource elements associated with the second set of CRS patterns and the second PDSCH is scheduled by a second DCI received in a second CORESET associated with the second set of CRS patterns, the first CORESET being different from the second CORESET.