Patent ID: 11888778
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 17:
18. An apparatus for wireless communication, the apparatus comprising:
a transmitter; and
a receiver configured to receive a first transmission during a first time slot and to receive a second transmission during a second time slot that is after the first time slot, wherein the first transmission includes first data and a first demodulation reference signal (DMRS) associated with the first data, wherein the second transmission includes second data and a second DMRS associated with the second data, and wherein the receiver is further configured to perform, based on an indication included in one or more of the first transmission or the second transmission, a joint channel estimation operation using the first DMRS and the second DMRS, wherein the indication includes a first DMRS group identifier, and wherein the joint channel estimation operation is to be performed based on one or more DMRS associated with the first DMRS group identifier.