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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2021
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices and computer storage media for communication. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a downlink control information (DCI) indicating a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state is transmitted from a network device to a terminal device. The terminal device applies, based on a first association, the TCI state for receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) which is scheduled by the DCI from the network device. The terminal device applies, based on a time threshold and a second association, the TCI state for receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmitted from the network device. As such, a common beam used for PDCCH and PDSCH, which is indicated by a common TCI state, can be updated and the updated beam can be applied for PDCCH and PDSCH transmission/reception in case of multi-TRP transmission.