QUALCOMM Incorporated
Multi-link new radio (NR)-physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) design

Abstract:

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications and, more particularly, multi-link PDCCH monitoring. A UE may receive signaling configuring it to operate in at least one of a set of different modes of monitoring beam-pair links, wherein each beam-pair link comprises a transmit beam configured to be used by a base station (BS) for beamformed transmissions and a corresponding receive beam used by the UE. The UE may monitor at least two or more beam-pair links for downlink control channel transmissions based, at least in part, on the received signaling, and may transmit feedback to the BS based, at least in part, on the monitored beam-pair links.