QUALCOMM Incorporated
CONTROL CHANNEL OVERLAP HANDLING FOR SYSTEMS WITH LARGE SUBCARRIER SPACING

Abstract:

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to techniques for applying a beam switch interruption time across one or more active component carriers. In some cases a UE may be able to detect an actual overlap condition in which two physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) monitoring occasions with different beam parameters overlap in time or a soft overlap condition in which a distance between the two PDCCH monitoring occasions in time is less than a threshold value; and to apply a prioritization rule to determine which of the PDCCH monitoring occasions to monitor for PDCCHs in response to detect the actual overlap or a soft overlap (e.g., almost immediately in contact in time or the gap is very small compared to the slot size).