System and method for prioritizing channel state information reports

Abstract

A method for prioritizing channel state information reports, performed by a wireless device, is provided. The method includes: in response to determining that a plurality of channel state information reports, each separately scheduled for transmission, are to be transmitted in the same time slot as confirmation information indicating whether data was successfully or unsuccessfully received by the wireless device, determining to transmit a portion of the reports. The method also includes transmitting, by the wireless device, the portion of the channel state information and the confirmation information in the time slot. A method performed by a base station, a wireless device, and a base station are also provided.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to a method performed by a wireless device for prioritizing channel state information reports. The present disclosure also relates to a method performed by a base station, a wireless device, and a base station. Background Art

[0002] The next generation of mobile wireless communication systems (5G) or New Radio (NR) will support a diverse set of use cases and deployment scenarios. The latter include deployments at both low frequencies (hundreds of MHz) similar to today's LTE and very high frequencies (millimetre waves in tens of GHz).

[0003] Similar to LTE, NR will use OFDM in the downlink (i.e., from the network node, gNB, eNB, or base station to the user equipment, or UE). In the uplink (i.e., from the UE to the gNB), both DFT-spread OFDM and OFDM will be supported.

[0004] Therefore, the basic NR physical resources can be viewed as Figure 1 The time-frequency grid shown in , where each resource element corresponds to an OFDM subcarrier during one OFDM symbol interval. Resource allocation within a slot is described in terms of the number of resource blocks (RBs) in the frequency domain and OFDM symbols in the time domain. An RB corresponds to 12 consecutive subcarriers, and a slot consists of 14 OFDM symbols.

[0005] NR supports different subcarrier spacing values. The subcarrier spacing values ​​supported in NR (also called parameter sets) are given by Δf = (15 × 2 α )kHz, where α is a non-negative integer.

[0006] In the time domain, downlink and uplink transmissions in NR are organized into equally sized subframes similar to LTE, such as Figure 2 The subframe is further divided into time slots, and for (15×2 α )kHz parameter set, the number of time slots per subframe is 2 α+1 .

[0007] NR supports "slot-based" transmission. In each slot, the gNB transmits downlink control information (DCI) about which UE to transmit data to and on what resources in the current downlink slot. DCI is carried on the physical control channel (PDCCH) and data is carried on the physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH).

[0008] The PDCCH is typically transmitted in a control resource set (CORSET) in the first few OFDM symbols in each slot.The UE first decodes the PDCCH, and if successfully decoded, it decodes the corresponding PDSCH based on the decoded DCI in the PDCCH.

[0009] Uplink data transmission is also dynamically scheduled using the PDCCH. Similar to the downlink, the UE first decodes the uplink grant in the DCI carried by the PDCCH, and then transmits data over the Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) based on the decoded control information in the uplink grant, such as the modulation order, coding rate, uplink resource allocation, etc.

[0010] During network connection, each UE is assigned a unique C-RNTI (Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier). The CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) bits of the DCI attached to the UE are scrambled by the UE's C-RNTI, so the UE identifies its own DCI by checking the CRC bits of the DCI against the assigned C-RNTI.

[0011] The operation of PUCCHNR requires the transmission of various control information from the UE to the network. Examples of such uplink control information (UCI) are hybrid ARQ (HARQ) acknowledgments, channel state information (CSI), and scheduling requests (SRs). UCI can be transmitted in the following ways:

[0012] Transmitted at the end of a slot interval or on a separate control channel PUCCH that occurs during a slot interval

[0013] Multiplexed with data and transmitted on PUSCH ("UCI on PUSCH")

[0014] As shown in the table below, there are multiple formats defined for PUCCH that can be used to transmit control information.

[0015] Table 1: Possible PUCCH format definitions

[0016] PUCCH format Number of symbols in a time slot UCI digits 0 1–2 ≤2 1 4–14 ≤2 2 1–2 >2 3 4–14 >2 4 4–14 >2

[0017] PUCCH formats 0 and 2 are called short PUCCH formats because they are transmitted on only 1 or two OFDM symbols in a slot. PUCCH formats 1, 3, and 4 are called long PUCCH formats because they can be transmitted in up to 14 OFDM symbols (without slot aggregation) and even across multiple slots if PUCCH slot aggregation is configured. As shown in the table, both long and short PUCCH formats are subdivided according to the number of UCI bits they can contain.

[0018] A single slot may contain multiple transmissions of a single PUCCH format as well as multiple PUCCH formats that may or may not be transmitted by the same UE. For example, a slot spanning 14 OFDM symbols may contain a long PUCCH spanning 12 OFDM symbols followed by a short PUCCH spanning two OFDM symbols.

[0019] Different PUCCH formats are used for different purposes. PUCCH formats containing 2 bits or less can usually multiplex multiple UEs in the same time and frequency resources, where long PUCCH can multiplex more users than short PUCCH. PUCCH format 4 can multiplex multiple UEs, where each UE has more than 2 bits.

[0020] PUCCH resources The PUCCH resources used by a UE to transmit UCI may be defined by a physical resource block (PRB), an OFDM symbol, a sequence together with the cyclic shift and orthogonal cover code (OCC) they use. It should be noted that OCC, sequence and cyclic shift are applicable only to some PUCCH formats.

[0021] In any given timeslot, the UE may have to transmit one or more of the following.

[0022] HARQ Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK)

[0023] Channel State Information (CSI)

[0024] Scheduling Request (SR)

[0025] CSI information can be scheduled for periodic transmission, for example, every N time slots. SR is transmitted by the UE when it has some data to send. HARQ-ACK information is transmitted to confirm whether a PDSCH transmission in the downlink was successfully received. HARQ-ACK can consist of a single bit, which is used to acknowledge the entire transport block, or multiple bits, each of which represents a code block group (CBG), that is, the set of code blocks in the code block that includes the transport block.

[0026] Determination of PUCCH resources

[0027] The PUCCH resources used for each of the different types of UCI can generally be controlled by the gNB. This can be done through explicit resource assignment via semi-static configuration (RRC signaling) or dynamic signaling via Downlink Control Information (DCI) messages.

[0028] In addition, the UE can also implicitly determine the PUCCH resources. For example, the PUCCH resources can be determined based on the number of UCI bits to be transmitted in the time slot. The PUCCH resources for HARQ-ACK transmission of the scheduled PDSCH can also be implicitly determined by the control channel element (CCE) where the received control channel message (PDCCH) scheduling the PDSCH starts. This approach is used in LTE. This implicit resource determination can reduce the overhead caused by dynamic signaling and help avoid conflicts between PUCCH resources determined by different UEs for transmitting UCI.

[0029] Since the gNB typically knows the number of bits to be transmitted by the UE, or which resources are expected for autonomous transmissions by the UE, such as SR, the gNB knows the resources on which all UCI information must be received. There are certain error cases where a mismatch can occur between the UE and the gNB on the resources to be used for PUCCH transmission, for example, when some downlink assignments for PDSCH are missed. However, such mismatches occur with very low probability and can sometimes be handled by the gNB performing decoding on multiple hypothetical PUCCH resources.

[0030] CSI Report

[0031] The gNB uses channel state information (CSI) feedback to obtain DL CSI from the UE to determine how to transmit DL data to the UE via multiple antenna ports. CSI typically includes a channel rank indicator (RI), a precoding matrix indicator (PMI), and a channel quality indicator (CQI). RI indicates the number of data layers that can be transmitted simultaneously to the UE, PMI indicates the precoding matrix for the indicated data layer, and CQI indicates the modulation and coding rate achievable with the indicated rank and precoding matrix.

[0032] In NR, in addition to periodic and aperiodic CSI reporting as in LTE, semi-persistent CSI reporting is also supported. Therefore, the following three types of CSI reporting will be supported in NR:

[0033] Periodic CSI (P-CSI) reporting on PUCCH: CSI is reported periodically by the UE. Parameters such as period and slot offset are semi-statically configured by higher layer RRC signaling from the gNB to the UE.

[0034] Aperiodic CSI (A-CSI) reporting on PUSCH: This type of CSI reporting involves a single (i.e., one-time) CSI report by the UE, which is dynamically triggered by the gNB using DCI. Some of the parameters related to the configuration of aperiodic CSI reporting are semi-statically configured by RRC, but the triggering is dynamic.

[0035] Semi-persistent CSI (SP-CSI) reporting on PUCCH: Similar to periodic CSI reporting, semi-persistent CSI reporting has a period and slot offset that can be semi-statically configured. However, dynamic L2 control messages delivered via MAC CE are required to activate or deactivate SP-CSI reporting.

[0036] CSI framework in NR:

[0037] In NR, a UE may be configured with N ≥ 1 CSI reporting configurations (i.e., ReportConfigs), M ≥ 1 resource configurations (i.e., ResourceConfigs), and 1 CSI measurement configuration, where the CSI measurement configuration includes L ≥ 1 measurement links (i.e., MeasLinkConfigs). At least the following configuration parameters are signaled via RRC for CSI acquisition.

[0038] 1. N, M, and L are implicitly or explicitly indicated

[0039] 2. Each CSI reporting configuration must include at least the following:

[0040] - reported CSI parameter(s) such as RI, PMI, CQI

[0041] - CSI type, if Type I or Type II is reported

[0042] — Codebook configuration including codebook subset restriction

[0043] —Time domain behavior, such as P-CSI, SP-CSI or A-CSI

[0044] - Frequency granularity of CQI and PMI, such as wideband, partial band, or sub-band

[0045] — Measurement restriction configuration, such as RBs in the frequency domain and time slots in the time domain

[0046] 3. In each CSI-RS resource setting:

[0047] —Configuration of S≥1 (one or more) CSI-RS resource sets

[0048] —Configuration of Ks≥1 CSI-RS resources for each resource set s, including at least: mapping to REs, number of antenna ports, time domain behavior, etc.

[0049] —Time domain behavior: aperiodic, periodic, or semi-persistent

[0050] 4. In each of the L links in the CSI measurement setup:

[0051] —CSI report setting indication, resource setting indication, quantity to be measured (channel or interference)

[0052] —A CSI report setting can be linked to one or more resource settings

[0053] —Multiple CSI report settings can be linked to one resource setting

[0054] CSI reporting RRC configuration

[0055] In TS38.331 v1.0.1, the CSI reporting settings are configured as follows:

[0056]

[0057]

[0058]

[0059] CSI reporting on PUCCH

[0060] Multiple periodic and / or semi-persistent CSI reports on the PUCCH can be active simultaneously. Each such CSI report has an associated period and slot offset, as well as the PUCCH resource on which the CSI report is intended to be transmitted. If the PUCCH carrying the CSI report collides with a dynamically scheduled PUSCH transmission (in the time domain), the periodic / semi-persistent CSI report is piggybacked on the PUSCH.

[0061] Similarly, if a PUCCH carrying a CSI report collides with another PUCCH carrying dynamically scheduled HARQ-ACK or SR, the CSI report is usually piggybacked on the PUCCH resource carrying the HARQ-ACK / SR. Summary of the Invention

[0062] There is currently a challenge(s).

[0063] It is possible that several PUCCH-based CSI reports are configured to occur in the same time slot, so that more than one PUCCH transmission event corresponding to different configurations of CSI reporting will collide and overlap in time with a PUCCH transmission carrying HARQ-ACK or SR. In this case, the UE behavior is not clear.

[0064] Certain aspects of the present disclosure and embodiments thereof may provide solutions to these and other challenges.

[0065] According to the present invention, a method for prioritizing channel state information reports performed by a wireless device is provided. The method includes: in response to determining that multiple channel state information reports are to be transmitted in the same time slot as acknowledgment information, determining to transmit a portion of the reports, the multiple channel state information reports being each individually scheduled for transmission, the acknowledgment information indicating whether data was successfully or unsuccessfully received by the wireless device. The method also includes transmitting, by the wireless device, the portion of the channel state information and the acknowledgment information in the time slot.

[0066] According to the present invention, a method performed by a network node is also provided, the method comprising: receiving, by the network node, at least one prioritized channel state information report selected from a plurality of channel state information reports and confirmation information indicating whether data was successfully or unsuccessfully received by the wireless device in the same time slot from a wireless device, wherein the confirmation information and each of the plurality of channel state reports are separately scheduled for transmission by the wireless device in the same time slot.

[0067] According to the present invention, there is also provided a wireless device comprising a processing circuit and a memory containing instructions executable by the processing circuit, whereby the wireless device is configured to: in response to determining that multiple channel state information reports are to be transmitted in the same time slot as confirmation information, determine to transmit a portion of the reports, the multiple channel state information reports being each separately scheduled for transmission, the confirmation information indicating whether data was successfully or unsuccessfully received by the wireless device. The wireless device is further configured to: transmit, by the wireless device, the portion of the channel state information and the confirmation information in the time slot.

[0068] According to the present invention, a base station is also provided, which includes a processing circuit and a memory, wherein the memory contains instructions executable by the processing circuit, whereby the base station is configured to: receive, by a network node, from a wireless device in the same time slot, at least one prioritized channel state information report selected from a plurality of channel state information reports and confirmation information indicating whether data was successfully or unsuccessfully received by the wireless device, wherein the confirmation information and each of the plurality of channel state reports are separately scheduled for transmission by the wireless device in the same time slot.

[0069] Advantageously, embodiments of the present invention enable reliable transmission of acknowledgement information while also delivering prioritized channel state information reports.

[0070] In some examples, a set of priority rules depending on the CSI parameters of the colliding CSI reports may be defined such that only one CSI report is piggybacked on the PUCCH resources used for HARQ-ACK.

[0071] The CSI priority may be determined according to parameters in the CSI reporting configuration of each CSI report.

[0072] Certain embodiments may provide one or more of the following technical advantages.

[0073] HARQ-ACK is transmitted reliably while also delivering the highest priority CSI report according to the criteria without causing ambiguous UE behavior. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0074] The present embodiment will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

[0075] Figure 1 is an example of NR physical resources;

[0076] Figure 2 Showing the NR time domain structure with 15kHz subcarrier spacing;

[0077] Figure 3 A system for prioritizing channel state information reports according to an embodiment is shown;

[0078] Figure 4 A wireless device according to an embodiment is shown;

[0079] Figure 5 is a schematic block diagram of a wireless device according to an embodiment;

[0080] Figure 6 A method performed by a wireless device according to an embodiment is shown;

[0081] Figure 7 shows a network node according to an embodiment;

[0082] Figure 8 is a schematic block diagram of a network node according to an embodiment;

[0083] Figure 9 A method performed by a network node according to an embodiment is shown;

[0084] Figure 10 showing a wireless network;

[0085] Figure 11 UE is shown;

[0086] Figure 12 is a schematic block diagram illustrating a virtualization environment in which functionality implemented by some embodiments may be virtualized;

[0087] Figure 13 showing a telecommunications network;

[0088] Figure 14shows a host computer communicating with a user device via a base station according to some embodiments;

[0089] Figure 15 A method implemented in a communication system according to an embodiment is shown;

[0090] Figure 16 A method implemented in a communication system according to an embodiment is shown;

[0091] Figure 17 A method implemented in a communication system according to an embodiment is shown; and

[0092] Figure 18 A method implemented in a communication system according to an embodiment is shown. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0093] In one embodiment, Figure 3 One embodiment of a system 300 for prioritizing channel state information reports in accordance with various aspects described herein is shown. Figure 3 In the embodiment of the present invention, system 300 may include a network node 301 (e.g., a base station gNB) and a wireless device 311 (e.g., a UE). In one embodiment, network node 301 may be associated with a cell 303. In one example, a cell is a carrier in a sector of a base station. Wireless device 311 determines that a plurality of channel state information reports 321, 323 (each report separately scheduled for transmission) are separately scheduled for transmission in the same time slot 313 (or at least one symbol of a time slot 313) along with an acknowledgment 325 indicating whether data was successfully or unsuccessfully received by wireless device 311. In response, wireless device 311 determines to transmit a portion 327 of the plurality of channel state information reports 321, 323. Wireless device 311 then transmits the portion 327 of the reports 321, 323 and the acknowledgment 325 in the same time slot 313.

[0094] In another embodiment, the wireless device 311 selects the portion 327 of the reports 321, 323 based on a prioritization criterion. The prioritization criterion may be based on one or more of the following characteristics associated with the channel state information report: payload size, time domain behavior, transmission period, frequency granularity, type, channel quality, channel state information report parameters, channel state information report identifier, etc.

[0095] In one embodiment, the network node 301 receives at least one prioritized channel state information report 327 and an acknowledgment 325 indicating whether the data was successfully or unsuccessfully received by the wireless device 311 from the wireless device 311 in the same time slot 313. Furthermore, each report 321, 323 and acknowledgment 325 is separately scheduled for transmission by the wireless device in the same time slot 313.

[0096] exist Figure 3 In the embodiment, the network node 301 can be configured to support one or more communication systems, such as LTE, UMTS, GSM, NB-IoT, 5G New Radio (NR), etc., or any combination thereof. In addition, the network node 301 can be a base station, an access point, etc. In addition, the network node 301 can serve a wireless device 311. The wireless device 311 can be configured to support one or more communication systems, such as LTE, UMTS, GSM, NB-IoT, 5G New Radio (NR), etc., or any combination thereof.

[0097] Note that the above-described devices can perform the methods and any other processes described herein by implementing any functional components, modules, units, or circuits. In one embodiment, for example, the device includes corresponding circuits or circuit systems configured to perform the steps shown in the method diagram. In this regard, the circuits or circuit systems may include circuits and / or one or more microprocessors, along with memory, specifically designed to perform certain functional processes. For example, the circuits may include one or more microprocessors or microcontrollers, as well as other digital hardware, such as digital signal processors (DSPs), dedicated digital logic, and the like. The processing circuits may be configured to execute program code stored in a memory, which may include one or more types of memory, such as read-only memory (ROM), random access memory, cache memory, flash memory devices, optical storage devices, and the like. In several embodiments, the program code stored in the memory may include program instructions for executing one or more telecommunications and / or data communication protocols, as well as instructions for implementing one or more of the techniques described herein. In embodiments employing memory, the memory stores program code that, when executed by one or more processors, implements the techniques described herein.

[0098] For example, Figure 4 One embodiment of a wireless device 400 according to various embodiments described herein is shown. As shown, the wireless device 400 includes processing circuitry 410 and communication circuitry 420. The communication circuitry 420 (e.g., radio circuitry) is configured to transmit information to one or more other nodes and / or receive information from one or more other nodes, for example, via any communication technology. Such communication may occur via one or more antennas internal or external to the wireless device 400. The processing circuitry 410 is configured to perform the processes described above and / or below, such as by executing instructions stored in the memory 430. In this regard, the processing circuitry 410 may implement certain functional components, units, or modules.

[0099] Figure 5 The present invention illustrates a wireless network (e.g., Figure 3 and Figure 12Schematic block diagram of an embodiment of a wireless device 500 in a wireless network shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the wireless device 500 is, for example, connected via Figure 4 The various functional components, units, or modules are implemented by the processing circuit 410 in the software code and / or via software code. In one embodiment, these functional components, units, or modules, for example, for implementing the method(s) herein, may include, for example: a CSI transmission determination unit 511 for determining to transmit a portion of a plurality of channel state information reports in response to determining that the plurality of channel state information reports are to be transmitted in the same time slot as the confirmation information, the plurality of channel state information reports being each separately scheduled for transmission, the confirmation information indicating whether the data was successfully or unsuccessfully received by the wireless device; a CSI selection unit 513 for selecting a portion of the channel state information report according to a prioritization criterion; and a transmission unit 515 for transmitting, by the wireless device, the portion of the channel state information and the confirmation information in the time slot.

[0100] Figure 6 One embodiment of a method 600 performed by a wireless device according to various embodiments described herein is shown. Figure 6 In the present invention, method 600 may begin, for example, at block 601, where it includes determining to transmit a portion of a plurality of channel state information reports in response to determining that the reports are to be transmitted in the same time slot as an acknowledgment information, the plurality of channel state information reports each being separately scheduled for transmission, the acknowledgment information indicating whether data was successfully or unsuccessfully received by the wireless device. Furthermore, at block 603, method 600 may include selecting the portion of the channel state information report based on a prioritization criterion. Furthermore, at block 606, method 600 includes transmitting, by the wireless device, the portion of the channel state information and the acknowledgment information in the time slot.

[0101] Block 601 may include determining not to transmit at least one of a plurality of channel state information reports.

[0102] The prioritization criteria may be associated with a parameter of the channel state information report. The parameter may be the reported signal received power (RSRP). The prioritization criteria may depend on whether the channel state information report reports RSRP. Additionally or alternatively, the prioritization criteria may be associated with a channel state information report identifier. Additionally or alternatively, the prioritization criteria may be associated with the time domain behavior of the channel state information report.

[0103] Block 601 may include determining that each report is to be transmitted on at least one of the same symbols of a time slot on which acknowledgement information is also to be transmitted.

[0104] Each of the plurality of channel state information reports may be scheduled for transmission on a corresponding physical uplink control channel, PUCCH.

[0105] Each of the plurality of channel state information reports may be a periodic and / or semi-persistent channel state information report.

[0106] The confirmation information may be a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement HARQ-ACK.

[0107] Block 601 may include determining that at least two PUCCH resources, each conveying a respective one or more of the channel state information reports, overlap with a dynamically scheduled PUCCH conveying HARQ-ACK.

[0108] Figure 7 A network node 700 implemented according to various embodiments described herein is shown. As shown, network node 700 includes processing circuitry 710 and communication circuitry 720. Communication circuitry 720 is configured to transmit information to and / or receive information from one or more other nodes, for example, via any communication technology. Processing circuitry 710 is configured to perform the aforementioned processing, such as by executing instructions stored in memory 730. In this regard, processing circuitry 710 may implement certain functional components, units, or modules.

[0109] Figure 8 A network node 800 (eg, Figure 3 and Figure 12 As shown in the figure, the network node 800 is, for example, connected via Figure 7 The processing circuit 710 in the embodiment and / or the various functional components, units or modules are implemented via software code. In one embodiment, these functional components, units or modules, for example, for implementing the method(s) herein, may include, for example, a receiving unit 811 configured to receive, by a network node, from a wireless device in a same time slot, at least one prioritized channel state information report selected from a plurality of channel state information reports and confirmation information indicating whether data was successfully or unsuccessfully received by the wireless device. In addition, the confirmation information and each of the plurality of channel state information reports are separately scheduled for transmission by the wireless device in the same time slot.

[0110] Figure 9 FIG. 1 illustrates one embodiment of a method 900 performed by a network node for prioritizing channel state information reports according to various embodiments described herein. Figure 9In the method 900, at block 901, a network node receives, from a wireless device, at least one prioritized channel state information report and an acknowledgement message in the same time slot, the acknowledgement message indicating whether data was successfully or unsuccessfully received by the wireless device. Furthermore, the acknowledgement message and each of the plurality of channel state information reports are separately scheduled for transmission by the wireless device in the same time slot.

[0111] The method may also include, at block 902, separately scheduling a plurality of channel state information reports for transmission by a wireless device.

[0112] The at least one prioritized channel state information report may be selected from a plurality of channel state information reports based on a prioritization criterion.

[0113] The at least one prioritized channel state information report may be received based on a prioritization criterion.

[0114] The prioritization criterion may be associated with the time domain behavior of the channel state information report. Additionally or alternatively, the prioritization criterion may be associated with a parameter of the channel state information report. The parameter may be the reported signal received power (RSRP). Additionally or alternatively, the prioritization criterion may be associated with an identifier of the channel state information report.

[0115] Block 901 may include receiving on at least one symbol of a time slot.

[0116] Each of the plurality of channel state information reports may be scheduled for transmission on a corresponding physical uplink control channel, PUCCH.

[0117] The confirmation information may be a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement HARQ-ACK.

[0118] Those skilled in the art will also understand that the embodiments herein also include corresponding computer programs.

[0119] The computer program includes instructions that, when executed on at least one processor of a device, cause the device to perform any of the above-mentioned corresponding processes. In this regard, the computer program may include one or more code modules corresponding to the above-mentioned components or units.

[0120] The embodiment also includes a carrier embodying such a computer program. The carrier may include one of an electronic signal, an optical signal, a radio signal or a computer-readable storage medium.

[0121] In this regard, embodiments herein also include a computer program product stored on a non-transitory computer-readable (storage or recording) medium and comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor of a device, cause the device to perform as described above.

[0122] The embodiment also includes a computer program product, which includes a program code portion for performing the steps of any embodiment herein when the computer program product is executed by a computing device. The computer program product can be stored on a computer readable recording medium.

[0123] Additional embodiments will now be described. For illustrative purposes, at least some of these embodiments may be described as applicable in certain contexts and / or wireless network types, but these embodiments are similarly applicable in other contexts and / or wireless network types not explicitly described.

[0124] A UE may be configured with multiple periodic and / or semi-persistent CSI reports on the PUCCH such that they occur in the same time slot. In some cases, the PUCCH resources for the corresponding reports may conflict, i.e., overlap in time. When this happens, the transmission may be dropped so that only one of the conflicting CSI reports is transmitted, or alternatively, one transmission may be piggybacked onto another so that only a single physical channel is transmitted on which the multiple CSI reports are mapped. Which reports should be dropped and which should be transmitted may depend on a priority order that sorts the differently configured reports from low to high priority.

[0125] A case of particular interest is when two or more PUCCH resources, each conveying one or more CSI reports, overlap in a timeslot with a dynamically scheduled PUCCH conveying HARQ-ACK. In this case, the UE may transmit UCI on the PUCCH resource in that timeslot, which includes the CSI report and possibly the SR in addition to the HARQ-ACK information. In the case where multiple CSI reports correspond to different CSI report configurations, for PUCCH resources where HARQ-ACK collides, it may be desirable to piggyback only one of the CSI reports conveyed by the PUCCH resource, otherwise the reliability of the HARQ-ACK may be jeopardized. In the embodiments of this document, which CSI report is piggybacked is determined according to a priority rule. Non-prioritized CSI reports may be discarded for that PUCCH transmission, and the corresponding report may be deferred to the next corresponding transmission opportunity.

[0126] In some embodiments, the priority rule depends on the CSI payload size, so that CSI reports with smaller CSI payloads have priority over CSI reports with larger CSI payloads, so that CSI reports that can be received more reliably are processed first. Alternatively, CSI reports with larger payload sizes have priority over CSI reports with smaller payload sizes, so that CSI reports with the most content have priority.

[0127] In other embodiments, the priority rules depend on the time domain behavior of the CSI reporting, such as defined by the reportConfigType IE, so that semi-continuous reporting has priority over periodic reporting, thereby giving priority to reports that already require dynamic L2 activation signaling through MAC CE over reports that only require RRC L3 activation.

[0128] In yet other embodiments, the priority rules depend on the periodicity of the CSI reports, such that CSI reports transmitted with a longer periodicity have priority over CSI reports transmitted with a shorter periodicity, thereby allowing the transmission of reports that, if discarded, would require the gNB to wait longer. Alternatively, CSI reports with a shorter periodicity are prioritized, allowing CSI content that may be shorter-lived to be prioritized and transmitted. For example, the periodicity can be determined by the reportSlotConfig IE.

[0129] In other embodiments, the priority rules depend on the frequency granularity of the report. For example, whether wideband CQI / PMI is used (as can be defined by cqi-FormatIndicator and pmi-FormatIndicator). In some such embodiments, CSI reports with wideband CQI and / or PMI are prioritized so that coarser CSI content that can be used more reliably in the case of poor channel estimation quality at the UE is prioritized. Alternatively, CSI reports with sub-band PMI and / or CQI are prioritized so that finer granularity CSI that relays the most CSI content is prioritized.

[0130] In yet other embodiments, the priority rule depends on the CSI type, such as type I or type II, which can be identified by codebookConfigIE. In this case, type I CSI may have priority over type II CSI because type I CSI is typically used for fallback transmission.

[0131] In further embodiments, CSI reports configured with the lowest BLER target (eg, using the BLER-Target IE) for CQI calculation purposes are prioritized so that CSI intended for the most reliable transmission is delivered.

[0132] In a further embodiment, the priority rules depend on the reported CSI parameter, as defined by the reportQuantityIE. For example, a report including a beam report as given by reportQuantity=cri-RSRP or reportQuantity=cri has priority over other content because the beam report indicates which analog beamforming to use, while other CSI content indicates digital precoding and / or link adaptation, which generally depends on which analog beamforming to use.

[0133] In yet other embodiments, the priority rules depend on a unique reportConfigId, such that reports with smaller or larger IDs have priority. The benefit of utilizing this approach is that there will never be any ambiguity around which report has priority, since two reports can never have the same reportConfigId.

[0134] In some embodiments, any of the rules described by the above embodiments may be used in conjunction with each other. For example, a rule list {Rule #1, Rule #2, ...} may be used. In a first step, the priority order of the two CSI reports is determined by Rule #1. If Rule #1 does not assign different priorities to the two reports (e.g., if the two reports have the same periodicity, the same CSI payload size, etc.), the priority is determined by Rule #2 as a second step, and so on. For example, in one embodiment, the priority may be determined first by which CSI report has the longest periodicity, and secondly by which CSI report has the lowest reportConfigId. Since reportConfigId is unique, this rule list can always unambiguously assign different priorities to any possible set of CSI reports, which is the desired effect.

[0135] While the subject matter described herein may be implemented in any suitable type of system using any suitable components, the embodiments disclosed herein are directed to wireless networks such as Figure 10 For simplicity, Figure 101006, network nodes 1060 and 1060b, and WDs 1010, 1010b, and 1010c are depicted. In practice, a wireless network may further include any additional components suitable for supporting communication between wireless devices or between a wireless device and another communication device, such as a landline telephone, a service provider, or any other network node or end device. Of the components shown, network node 1060 and wireless device (WD) 1010 are depicted with additional detail. A wireless network may provide communication and other types of services to one or more wireless devices, facilitating the wireless devices to access and / or use services provided by or via the wireless network.

[0136] A wireless network may include and / or interface with any type of communication, telecommunication, data, cellular and / or radio network or other similar type of system. In some embodiments, a wireless network may be configured to operate according to a particular standard or other type of predefined rules or procedures. Thus, particular embodiments of a wireless network may implement communication standards such as Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), Long Term Evolution (LTE), Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT), and / or other suitable 2G, 3G, 4G, or 5G standards; Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) standards such as IEEE 802.11 standards; and / or any other suitable wireless communication standards such as Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMax), Bluetooth, Z-Wave, and / or ZigBee standards.

[0137] The network 1006 may include one or more backhaul networks, core networks, IP networks, public switched telephone networks (PSTNs), packet data networks, optical networks, wide area networks (WANs), local area networks (LANs), wireless local area networks (WLANs), wired networks, wireless networks, metropolitan area networks, and other networks that enable communication between devices.

[0138] The network node 1060 and the WD 1010 include various components described in more detail below. These components work together to provide network node and / or wireless device functionality, such as providing wireless connectivity in a wireless network. In various embodiments, a wireless network may include any number of wired or wireless networks, network nodes, base stations, controllers, wireless devices, relay stations, and / or any other components or systems that facilitate or participate in the transfer of data and / or signals via a wired or wireless connection.

[0139] As used herein, a network node refers to a device that is capable of, configured, arranged and / or operable to communicate directly or indirectly with a wireless device and / or with other network nodes or devices in a wireless network to enable and / or provide wireless access to the wireless device and / or perform other functions (e.g., management) in the wireless network. Examples of network nodes include, but are not limited to, access points (APs) (e.g., radio access points), base stations (BSs) (e.g., radio base stations, node Bs, evolved node Bs (eNBs), and NR node Bs (gNBs)). Base stations can be classified based on the amount of coverage they provide (or, in other words, their transmit power levels), and may then also be referred to as femto base stations, pico base stations, micro base stations, or macro base stations. A base station may be a relay node or a relay donor node that controls a relay. A network node may also include one or more (or all) parts of a distributed radio base station, such as a centralized digital unit and / or a remote radio unit (RRU), sometimes referred to as a remote radio head (RRH). Such a remote radio unit may or may not be integrated with an antenna as a radio device with an integrated antenna. Parts of a distributed radio base station may also be referred to as nodes in a distributed antenna system (DAS). Still further examples of network nodes include multi-standard radio (MSR) equipment (such as an MSR BS), a network controller (such as a radio network controller (RNC) or a base station controller (BSC)), a base transceiver station (BTS), a transmission point, a transmission node, a multi-cell / multicast coordination entity (MCE), a core network node (e.g., MSC, MME), an O&M node, an OSS node, a SON node, a positioning node (e.g., E-SMLC), and / or an MDT. As another example, a network node may be a virtual network node, as described in more detail below. However, more generally, a network node may represent any suitable device (or group of devices) that is capable of, configured, arranged, and / or operable to implement and / or provide a wireless device with access to a wireless network or to provide a service to a wireless device that has accessed the wireless network.

[0140] exist Figure 10 In FIG, the network node 1060 includes a processing circuit 1070, a device readable medium 1080, an interface 1090, an auxiliary device 1084, a power supply 1086, a power circuit 1087, and an antenna 1062. Figure 10The network node 1060 shown in the example wireless network of FIG can represent a device including the illustrated combination of hardware components, but other embodiments can include network nodes with different combinations of components. It is understood that the network node includes any suitable combination of hardware and / or software required to perform the tasks, features, functions, and methods disclosed herein. In addition, although the components of the network node 1060 are depicted as a single box within a larger box or nested within multiple boxes, in reality, the network node can include multiple different physical components that make up the single illustrated component (e.g., the device readable medium 1080 can include multiple separate hard drives and multiple RAM modules).

[0141] Similarly, network node 1060 may be comprised of multiple physically separate components (e.g., a NodeB component and an RNC component, or a BTS component and a BSC component, etc.), each of which may have its own corresponding components. In some cases where network node 1060 includes multiple separate components (e.g., a BTS component and a BSC component), one or more of the separate components may be shared across multiple network nodes. For example, a single RNC may control multiple NodeBs. In such a case, each unique NodeB and RNC pair may be considered a single, separate network node in some instances. In some embodiments, network node 1060 may be configured to support multiple radio access technologies (RATs). In such embodiments, some components may be duplicated (e.g., separate device-readable storage media 1080 for different RATs), and some components may be reused (e.g., RATs may share the same antenna 1062). Network node 1060 may also include multiple sets of the various illustrated components for different wireless technologies integrated into network node 1060, such as, for example, GSM, WCDMA, LTE, NR, WiFi, or Bluetooth wireless technologies. These wireless technologies may be integrated into the same or different chips or chipsets and other components within network node 1060 .

[0142] The processing circuitry 1070 is configured to perform any determinations, calculations, or similar operations (e.g., certain obtaining operations) described herein as being provided by the network node. These operations performed by the processing circuitry 1070 may include processing information obtained by the processing circuitry 1070, such as by converting the obtained information into other information, comparing the obtained information or the converted information with information stored in the network node, and / or performing one or more operations based on the obtained information or the converted information and making determinations as a result of the processing.

[0143] The processing circuitry 1070 may include a combination of one or more of a microprocessor, a controller, a microcontroller, a central processing unit, a digital signal processor, an application specific integrated circuit, a field programmable gate array, or any other suitable computing device, resource, or combination of hardware, software, and / or encoded logic operable to provide network node 1060 functionality, alone or in conjunction with other network node 1060 components (such as device-readable medium 1080). For example, the processing circuitry 1070 may execute instructions stored in the device-readable medium 1080 or in a memory within the processing circuitry 1070. Such functionality may include providing any of the various wireless features, functions, or benefits discussed herein. In some embodiments, the processing circuitry 1070 may include a system-on-chip (SOC).

[0144] In some embodiments, processing circuitry 1070 may include one or more of radio frequency (RF) transceiver circuitry 1072 and baseband processing circuitry 1074. In some embodiments, radio frequency (RF) transceiver circuitry 1072 and baseband processing circuitry 1074 may be on separate chips (or chipsets), boards, or units (such as a radio unit and a digital unit). In alternative embodiments, some or all of RF transceiver circuitry 1072 and baseband processing circuitry 1074 may be on the same chip, chipset, board, or unit.

[0145] In certain embodiments, some or all of the functionality described herein as being provided by a network node, base station, eNB, or other such network device may be performed by processing circuit 1070 executing instructions stored in memory within processing circuit 1070 or on device-readable medium 1080. In alternative embodiments, some or all of the functionality may be provided by processing circuit 1070, such as in a hardwired manner, without executing instructions stored on a separate or discrete device-readable medium. In any of those embodiments, processing circuit 1070 can be configured to perform the described functionality, regardless of whether or not executing instructions stored on a device-readable storage medium. The benefits provided by such functionality are not limited to processing circuit 1070 alone or to other components of network node 1060, but are enjoyed by network node 1060 as a whole and / or generally by end users and wireless networks.

[0146] Device-readable medium 1080 may include any form of volatile or non-volatile computer-readable memory, including, but not limited to, permanent storage, solid-state memory, remotely mounted memory, magnetic media, optical media, random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), mass storage media (e.g., a hard disk), removable storage media (e.g., a flash drive, a compact disk (CD), or a digital video disk (DVD)), and / or any other volatile or non-volatile, non-transitory device-readable and / or computer-executable memory device that stores information, data, and / or instructions that can be used by processing circuit 1070. Device-readable medium 1080 may store any suitable instructions, data, or information, including computer programs, software, applications including one or more of logic, rules, code, tables, etc., and / or other instructions that can be executed by processing circuit 1070 and utilized by network node 1060. Device-readable medium 1080 may be used to store any computations performed by processing circuit 1070 and / or any data received via interface 1090. In some embodiments, the processing circuit 1070 and the device readable medium 1080 may be considered integrated.

[0147] Interface 1090 is used for wired or wireless communication of signaling and / or data between network node 1060, network 1006, and / or WD 1010. As shown, interface 1090 includes port(s) / terminal(s) 1094 for transmitting and receiving data to and from network 1006 via a wired connection, for example. Interface 1090 also includes radio front-end circuitry 1092, which can be coupled to antenna 1062 or, in some embodiments, be part of antenna 1062. Radio front-end circuitry 1092 includes filter 1098 and amplifier 1096. Radio front-end circuitry 1092 can be connected to antenna 1062 and processing circuitry 1070. Radio front-end circuitry can be configured to condition signals transmitted between antenna 1062 and processing circuitry 1070. Radio front-end circuitry 1092 can receive digital data to be transmitted to other network nodes or WDs via a wireless connection. The radio front-end circuit 1092 can use a combination of filters 1098 and / or amplifiers 1096 to convert the digital data into a radio signal with appropriate channel and bandwidth parameters. The radio signal can then be transmitted via the antenna 1062. Similarly, when data is received, the antenna 1062 can collect the radio signal, which is then converted into digital data by the radio front-end circuit 1092. The digital data can be passed to the processing circuit 1070. In other embodiments, the interface may include different components and / or different combinations of components.

[0148] In certain alternative embodiments, the network node 1060 may not include a separate radio front-end circuitry 1092, and instead, the processing circuitry 1070 may include the radio front-end circuitry and may be connected to the antenna 1062 without the separate radio front-end circuitry 1092. Similarly, in some embodiments, all or some of the RF transceiver circuitry 1072 may be considered part of the interface 1090. In still other embodiments, the interface 1090 may include one or more ports or terminals 1094, the radio front-end circuitry 1092, and the RF transceiver circuitry 1072 as part of a radio unit (not shown), and the interface 1090 may communicate with the baseband processing circuitry 1074, which is part of the digital unit (not shown).

[0149] Antenna 1062 may include one or more antennas or antenna arrays configured to transmit and / or receive wireless signals. Antenna 1062 may be coupled to radio front-end circuitry 1090 and may be any type of antenna capable of wirelessly transmitting and receiving data and / or signals. In some embodiments, antenna 1062 may include one or more omnidirectional, sectored, or flat panel antennas operable to transmit / receive radio signals between, for example, 2 GHz and 66 GHz. Omnidirectional antennas can be used to transmit / receive radio signals in any direction, sectored antennas can be used to transmit / receive radio signals from devices within a specific area, and flat panel antennas may be line-of-sight antennas for transmitting / receiving radio signals in a relatively straight line. In some instances, using more than one antenna may be referred to as MIMO. In some embodiments, antenna 1062 may be separate from network node 1060 and may be connectable to network node 1060 via an interface or port.

[0150] Antenna 1062, interface 1090 and / or processing circuit 1070 can be configured to perform any receiving operation and / or certain obtaining operations described herein as being performed by a network node. Any information, data and / or signal can be received from a wireless device, another network node and / or any other network equipment. Similarly, antenna 1062, interface 1090 and / or processing circuit 1070 can be configured to perform any transmitting operation described herein as being performed by a network node. Any information, data and / or signal can be transmitted to a wireless device, another network node and / or any other network equipment.

[0151] The power circuit 1087 may include or be coupled to power management circuitry and is configured to supply power to the components of the network node 1060 for performing the functionality described herein. The power circuit 1087 may receive power from a power source 1086. The power source 1086 and / or the power circuit 1087 may be configured to provide power to the various components of the network node 1060 in a form suitable for the respective components (e.g., at the voltage and current levels required by each respective component). The power source 1086 may be included in the power circuit 1087 and / or the network node 1060 or external to the power circuit 1087 and / or the network node 1060. For example, the network node 1060 may be connectable to an external power source (e.g., an electrical outlet) via an input circuit or interface (such as a cable), whereby the external power source supplies power to the power circuit 1087. As another example, the power source 1086 may include a power source in the form of a battery or battery pack that is connected to or integrated into the power circuit 1087. The battery may provide backup power if the external power source fails. Other types of power sources, such as photovoltaics, may also be used.

[0152] Alternative embodiments of network node 1060 may include, in addition to Figure 10 , which may be responsible for providing certain aspects of the functionality of the network node, including any functionality described herein and / or any functionality necessary to support the subject matter described herein. For example, the network node 1060 may include a user interface device to allow information to be input into the network node 1060 and to allow information to be output from the network node 1060. This may allow a user to perform diagnostics, maintenance, repair, and other management functions on the network node 1060.

[0153] As used herein, a wireless device (WD) refers to a device capable of, configured to, arranged to, and / or operable to wirelessly communicate with a network node and / or other wireless devices. Unless otherwise indicated, the term WD is used interchangeably herein with a user equipment (UE). Wireless communication may involve the use of electromagnetic waves, radio waves, infrared waves, and / or other types of signals suitable for transmitting information through the air to transmit and / or receive wireless signals. In some embodiments, a WD may be configured to transmit and / or receive information without direct human interaction. For example, a WD may be designed to transmit information to a network according to a predetermined schedule when triggered by an internal or external event, or in response to a request from the network. Examples of WD include, but are not limited to, smartphones, mobile phones, cellular phones, voice over IP (VoIP) phones, wireless local loop phones, desktop computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), wireless cameras, game consoles or devices, music storage devices, playback devices, wearable terminal devices, wireless endpoints, mobile stations, tablets, laptop computers, laptop embedded devices (LEEs), laptop mounted devices (LMEs), smart devices, wireless client equipment (CPEs), vehicle-mounted wireless terminal devices, and the like. For example, by implementing 3GPP standards for sidelink communication, vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I), and vehicle-to-everything (V2X), a WD can support device-to-device (D2D) communication, and in this case, the WD can be referred to as a D2D communication device. As another specific example, in the context of the Internet of Things (IoT), a WD can represent a machine or other device that performs monitoring and / or measurement and transmits the results of such monitoring and / or measurement to another WD and / or network node. In this case, the WD can be a machine-to-machine (M2M) device, which can be referred to as an MTC device in the 3GPP context. As a specific example, a WD can be a UE that implements the 3GPP Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) standard. Specific examples of such machines or devices include sensors, metering devices (such as power meters), industrial machinery, household or personal appliances (e.g., refrigerators, televisions, etc.), and personal wearable devices (e.g., watches, fitness trackers, etc.). In other cases, a WD can represent a vehicle or other device capable of monitoring and / or reporting its operating status or other functions associated with its operation. As described above, the WD may represent an endpoint of a wireless connection, in which case the device may be referred to as a wireless terminal. In addition, as described above, the WD may be mobile, in which case it may also be referred to as a mobile device or a mobile terminal.

[0154] As shown, wireless device 1010 includes antenna 1011, interface 1014, processing circuitry 1020, device-readable medium 1030, user interface device 1032, auxiliary device 1034, power supply 1036, and power circuitry 1037. WD 1010 may include multiple sets of one or more of the illustrated components for different wireless technologies supported by WD 1010, such as, for example, GSM, WCDMA, LTE, NR, WiFi, WiMAX, NB-IoT, or Bluetooth wireless technologies, to name a few. These wireless technologies may be integrated into the same or different chips or chipsets as other components within WD 1010.

[0155] Antenna 1011 may include one or more antennas or antenna arrays configured to transmit and / or receive wireless signals and is connected to interface 1014. In certain alternative embodiments, antenna 1011 may be separate from WD 1010 and connectable to WD 1010 via an interface or port. Antenna 1011, interface 1014, and / or processing circuit 1020 may be configured to perform any receiving or transmitting operation described herein as being performed by a WD. Any information, data, and / or signal may be received from a network node and / or another WD. In some embodiments, the radio front-end circuit and / or antenna 1011 may be considered an interface.

[0156] As shown, interface 1014 includes radio front-end circuitry 1012 and antenna 1011. Radio front-end circuitry 1012 includes one or more filters 1018 and an amplifier 1016. Radio front-end circuitry 1014 is connected to antenna 1011 and processing circuitry 1020 and is configured to condition signals passed between antenna 1011 and processing circuitry 1020. Radio front-end circuitry 1012 may be coupled to antenna 1011 or be part of antenna 1011. In some embodiments, WD 1010 may not include a separate radio front-end circuitry 1012; instead, processing circuitry 1020 may include radio front-end circuitry and be connected to antenna 1011. Similarly, in some embodiments, some or all of RF transceiver circuitry 1022 may be considered part of interface 1014. Radio front-end circuitry 1012 may receive digital data to be transmitted via a wireless connection to other network nodes or WDs. Radio front-end circuitry 1012 may use a combination of filters 1018 and / or amplifiers 1016 to convert the digital data into a radio signal with appropriate channel and bandwidth parameters. The radio signal may then be transmitted via antenna 1011. Similarly, when data is received, antenna 1011 may collect the radio signal, which may then be converted into digital data by radio front-end circuitry 1012. The digital data may be passed to processing circuitry 1020. In other embodiments, the interface may include different components and / or different combinations of components.

[0157] The processing circuit 1020 may include a microprocessor, a controller, a microcontroller, a central processing unit, a digital signal processor, an application specific integrated circuit, a field programmable gate array, or any other suitable computing device, resource, or a combination of hardware, software, and / or encoded logic operable to provide WD 1010 functionality, alone or in conjunction with other WD 1010 components (such as device-readable medium 1030). Such functionality may include providing any of the various wireless features or benefits discussed herein. For example, the processing circuit 1020 may execute instructions stored in the device-readable medium 1030 or in memory within the processing circuit 1020 to provide the functionality disclosed herein.

[0158] As shown, processing circuitry 1020 includes one or more of RF transceiver circuitry 1022, baseband processing circuitry 1024, and application processing circuitry 1026. In other embodiments, the processing circuitry may include different components and / or different combinations of components. In some embodiments, processing circuitry 1020 of WD 1010 may include an SOC. In some embodiments, RF transceiver circuitry 1022, baseband processing circuitry 1024, and application processing circuitry 1026 may be on separate chips or chipsets. In alternative embodiments, part or all of baseband processing circuitry 1024 and application processing circuitry 1026 may be combined into a single chip or chipset, and RF transceiver circuitry 1022 may be on a separate chip or chipset. In still other alternative embodiments, part or all of RF transceiver circuitry 1022 and baseband processing circuitry 1024 may be on the same chip or chipset, and application processing circuitry 1026 may be on a separate chip or chipset. In yet other alternative embodiments, part or all of RF transceiver circuitry 1022, baseband processing circuitry 1024, and application processing circuitry 1026 may be combined in the same chip or chipset. In some embodiments, RF transceiver circuitry 1022 may be part of interface 1014. RF transceiver circuitry 1022 may condition RF signals for processing circuitry 1020.

[0159] In certain embodiments, some or all of the functionality described herein as being performed by the WD may be provided by processing circuitry 1020 executing instructions stored on device-readable medium 1030, which in certain embodiments may be a computer-readable storage medium. In alternative embodiments, some or all of the functionality may be provided by processing circuitry 1020, such as in a hardwired manner, without executing instructions stored on a separate or discrete device-readable storage medium. In any of those specific embodiments, processing circuitry 1020 can be configured to perform the described functionality regardless of whether instructions stored on a device-readable storage medium are executed. The benefits provided by such functionality are not limited to processing circuitry 1020 alone or to other components of WD 1010, but are enjoyed by WD 1010 as a whole and / or generally by end users and wireless networks.

[0160] The processing circuit 1020 may be configured to perform any determinations, calculations, or similar operations (e.g., certain acquisition operations) described herein as being performed by the WD. These operations performed by the processing circuit 1020 may include processing information obtained by the processing circuit 1020, such as by converting the obtained information into other information, comparing the obtained information or the converted information with information stored by the WD 1010, and / or performing one or more operations based on the obtained information or the converted information and making determinations as a result of the processing.

[0161] Device-readable medium 1030 may be operable to store computer programs, software, applications including one or more of logic, rules, code, tables, etc., and / or other instructions executable by processing circuit 1020. Device-readable medium 1030 may include computer memory (e.g., random access memory (RAM) or read-only memory (ROM)), mass storage media (e.g., a hard disk), removable storage media (e.g., a compact disk (CD) or digital video disk (DVD)), and / or any other volatile or non-volatile, non-transitory device-readable and / or computer-executable memory device that stores information, data, and / or instructions that may be used by processing circuit 1020. In some embodiments, processing circuit 1020 and device-readable medium 1030 may be considered integrated.

[0162] The user interface device 1032 can provide components that allow a human user to interact with the WD 1010. This interaction can take many forms, such as visual, auditory, tactile, etc. The user interface device 1032 can be operable to generate output to the user and allow the user to provide input to the WD 1010. The type of interaction can vary depending on the type of user interface device 1032 installed in the WD 1010. For example, if the WD 1010 is a smartphone, the interaction can be performed via a touch screen; if the WD 1010 is a smart meter, the interaction can be performed through a screen that provides usage information (e.g., the number of gallons used) or a speaker that provides an audible alarm (e.g., if smoke is detected). The user interface device 1032 can include input interfaces, devices, and circuits, as well as output interfaces, devices, and circuits. The user interface device 1032 is configured to allow information to be input into the WD 1010 and is connected to the processing circuit 1020 to allow the processing circuit 1020 to process the input information. The user interface device 1032 may include, for example, a microphone, a proximity sensor or other sensor, a key / button, a touch display, one or more cameras, a USB port, or other input circuitry. The user interface device 1032 is also configured to allow information to be output from the WD 1010 and to allow the processing circuit 1020 to output information from the WD 1010. The user interface device 1032 may include, for example, a speaker, a display, a vibration circuit, a USB port, a headphone jack, or other output circuitry. Using one or more input and output interfaces, devices, and circuitry of the user interface device 1032, the WD 1010 may communicate with an end user and / or a wireless network and allow them to benefit from the functionality described herein.

[0163] Auxiliary devices 1034 are operable to provide more specialized functionality not typically performed by a WD. This may include specialized sensors for taking measurements for various purposes, interfaces for additional types of communication such as wired communication, etc. The inclusion and types of components of auxiliary devices 1034 may vary depending on the embodiment and / or circumstances.

[0164] In some embodiments, power source 1036 may take the form of a battery or battery pack. Other types of power sources may also be used, such as an external power source (e.g., an electrical outlet), a photovoltaic device, or a power cell. WD 1010 may further include a power circuit 1037 for delivering power from power source 1036 to various parts of WD 1010 that require power from power source 1036 to perform any functionality described or indicated herein. In some embodiments, power circuit 1037 may include power management circuitry. Power circuit 1037 may additionally or alternatively be operable to receive power from an external power source; in this case, WD 1010 may be connectable to an external power source (such as an electrical outlet) via an input circuit or interface (such as a power cable). In some embodiments, power circuit 1037 may also be operable to deliver power from the external power source to power source 1036. For example, this may be used to charge power source 1036. Power circuit 1037 may perform any formatting, conversion, or other modifications to the power from power source 1036 to make it suitable for the respective components of WD 1010 being powered.

[0165] Figure 11 One embodiment of a UE according to various aspects described herein is illustrated. As used herein, a user equipment or UE may not necessarily have a user in the sense of a human user who owns and / or operates the associated device. Instead, a UE may represent a device that is intended to be sold to or operated by a human user, but that may not be, or may not initially be, associated with a particular human user (e.g., a smart sprinkler controller). Alternatively, a UE may represent a device that is not intended to be sold to or operated by an end user, but that may be associated with or operated for the benefit of a user (e.g., a smart meter). UE 1100 may be any UE identified by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), including an NB-IoT UE, a Machine Type Communication (MTC) UE, and / or an enhanced MTC (eMTC) UE. As Figure 11 The UE 1100 illustrated in FIG is an example of a WD configured to communicate in accordance with one or more communication standards promulgated by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), such as 3GPP's GSM, UMTS, LTE, and / or 5G standards. As previously mentioned, the terms WD and UE may be used interchangeably. Thus, although Figure 11 It is a UE, but the components discussed in this article are also applicable to WD, and vice versa.

[0166] exist Figure 11 In the embodiment, UE 1100 includes a processing circuit 1101, which is operatively coupled to an input / output interface 1105, a radio frequency (RF) interface 1109, a network connection interface 1111, a memory 1115 including a random access memory (RAM) 1117, a read-only memory (ROM) 1119, and a storage medium 1121, a communication subsystem 1131, a power supply 1133, and / or any other components or any combination thereof. The storage medium 1121 includes an operating system 1123, an application 1125, and data 1127. In other embodiments, the storage medium 1121 may include other similar types of information. Some UEs may utilize Figure 11 All components shown in the figure may be used, or only a subset of the components may be used. The degree of integration between components may vary from one UE to another. In addition, some UEs may contain multiple instances of components, such as multiple processors, memories, transceivers, transmitters, receivers, etc.

[0167] exist Figure 11 , processing circuitry 1101 may be configured to process computer instructions and data. Processing circuitry 1101 may be configured to implement any sequential state machine operable to execute machine instructions stored in memory as a machine-readable computer program, such as one or more hardware-implemented state machines (e.g., in discrete logic, FPGAs, ASICs, etc.); programmable logic together with appropriate firmware; one or more stored program, general-purpose processors, such as microprocessors or digital signal processors (DSPs), together with appropriate software; or any combination of the foregoing. For example, processing circuitry 1101 may include two central processing units (CPUs). Data may be information in a form suitable for use by a computer.

[0168] In the depicted embodiment, the input / output interface 1105 can be configured to provide a communication interface to an input device, an output device, or both. The UE 1100 can be configured to use an output device via the input / output interface 1105. The output device can use the same type of interface port as the input device. For example, a USB port can be used to provide input to and output from the UE 1100. The output device can be a speaker, a sound card, a video card, a display, a monitor, a printer, an actuator, a transmitter, a smart card, another output device, or any combination thereof. The UE 1100 can be configured to use an input device via the input / output interface 1105 to allow a user to capture information into the UE 1100. The input device can include a touch-sensitive or presence-sensitive display, a camera (e.g., a digital camera, a digital video camera, a webcam, etc.), a microphone, a sensor, a mouse, a trackball, a directional pad, a trackpad, a scroll wheel, a smart card, etc. The presence-sensitive display can include a capacitive or resistive touch sensor to sense input from the user. For example, the sensor can be an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a tilt sensor, a force sensor, a magnetometer, a light sensor, a proximity sensor, another similar sensor, or any combination thereof. For example, the input device can be an accelerometer, a magnetometer, a digital camera, a microphone, and a light sensor.

[0169] exist Figure 11 In the embodiment of the present invention, the RF interface 1109 can be configured to provide a communication interface to the RF components (such as transmitters, receivers and antennas). The network connection interface 1111 can be configured to provide a communication interface to the network 1143a. The network 1143a can cover wired and / or wireless networks, such as a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a computer network, a wireless network, a telecommunications network, another similar network or any combination thereof. For example, the network 1143a can include a Wi-Fi network. The network connection interface 1111 can be configured to include a receiver and a transmitter interface for communicating with one or more other devices through a communication network according to one or more communication protocols (such as Ethernet, TCP / IP, SONET, ATM, etc.). The network connection interface 1111 can implement receiver and transmitter functionality suitable for a communication network link (e.g., optical, electrical, etc.). The transmitter and receiver functions can share circuit components, software or firmware, or alternatively can be implemented separately.

[0170] RAM 1117 can be configured to interface with processing circuit 1101 via bus 1102 to provide storage or caching of data or computer instructions during the execution of software programs such as operating systems, applications, and device drivers. ROM 1119 can be configured to provide computer instructions or data to processing circuit 1101. For example, ROM 1119 can be configured to store unchanged low-level system code or data for basic system functions stored in non-volatile memory, basic system functions such as basic input and output (I / O), startup, or receiving keystrokes from a keyboard. Storage medium 1121 can be configured to include memory, such as RAM, ROM, programmable read-only memory (PROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), magnetic disk, optical disk, floppy disk, hard disk, removable cassette tape, or flash drive. In one example, storage medium 1121 can be configured to include operating system 1123, application 1125 (such as a web browser application, widget or gadget engine, or another application), and data file 1127. The storage medium 1121 may store any of a variety of operating systems or combinations of operating systems for use by the UE 1100 .

[0171] Storage medium 1121 can be configured to include multiple physical drive units, such as a redundant array of independent disks (RAID), a floppy disk drive, flash memory, a USB flash drive, an external hard drive, a thumb drive, a pen drive, a key drive, a high-density digital versatile disk (HD-DVD) optical drive, an internal hard drive, a Blu-ray disc drive, a holographic digital data storage (HDDS) optical drive, an external mini dual in-line memory module (DIMM), synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), an external micro-DIMM SDRAM, smart card memory (such as a subscriber identity module or a removable user identity (SIM / RUIM) module), other memory, or any combination thereof. Storage medium 1121 can allow UE 1100 to access computer-executable instructions, applications, etc. stored on a temporary or non-transitory storage medium to download or upload data. An article of manufacture, such as one utilizing a communication system, can be tangibly embodied in storage medium 1121, which can include device-readable media.

[0172] exist Figure 11In the embodiment, processing circuit 1101 can be configured to communicate with network 1143b using communication subsystem 1131. Network 1143a and network 1143b can be the same network(s) or different networks(s). Communication subsystem 1131 can be configured to include one or more transceivers for communicating with network 1143b. For example, communication subsystem 1131 can be configured to include one or more transceivers for communicating with network 1143b according to one or more communication protocols (such as IEEE 802.11, CDMA, WCDMA, GSM, LTE, UTRAN, WiMax, etc.) with one or more remote transceivers of another device capable of wireless communication (such as another WD, UE, or a base station of a radio access network (RAN)). Each transceiver can include a transmitter 1133 and / or a receiver 1135 to respectively implement transmitter or receiver functionality (e.g., frequency allocation, etc.) suitable for a RAN link. In addition, the transmitter 1133 and receiver 1135 of each transceiver can share circuit components, software, or firmware, or alternatively can be implemented separately.

[0173] In the illustrated embodiment, the communication functions of the communication subsystem 1131 may include data communication, voice communication, multimedia communication, short-range communication such as Bluetooth, near-field communication, location-based communication such as using a global positioning system (GPS) to determine location, another similar communication function, or any combination thereof. For example, the communication subsystem 1131 may include cellular communication, Wi-Fi communication, Bluetooth communication, and GPS communication. The network 1143b may include a wired and / or wireless network, such as a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a computer network, a wireless network, a telecommunications network, another similar network, or any combination thereof. For example, the network 1143b may be a cellular network, a Wi-Fi network, and / or a near-field network. The power supply 1113 may be configured to provide alternating current (AC) or direct current (DC) power to the components of the UE 1100.

[0174] The features, benefits, and / or functionality described herein may be implemented in one of the components of UE 1100 or divided across multiple components of UE 1100. In addition, the features, benefits, and / or functionality described herein may be implemented using any combination of hardware, software, or firmware. In one example, the communication subsystem 1131 may be configured to include any of the components described herein. In addition, the processing circuit 1101 may be configured to communicate with any such components via the bus 1102. In another example, any of such components may be represented by program instructions stored in a memory that, when executed by the processing circuit 1101, perform the corresponding functions described herein. In another example, the functionality of any of such components may be divided between the processing circuit 1101 and the communication subsystem 1131. In another example, the non-computationally intensive functions of any of such components may be implemented using software or firmware, and the computationally intensive functions may be implemented using hardware.

[0175] Figure 12 1 is a schematic block diagram of a virtualized environment 1200 in which the functionality implemented by some embodiments may be virtualized. In this context, virtualization means creating a virtual version of a device or apparatus, which may include a virtualized hardware platform, storage, and networking resources. As used herein, virtualization may be applied to a node (e.g., a virtualized base station or a virtualized radio access node) or apparatus (e.g., a UE, a wireless device, or any other type of communication apparatus) or component thereof, and involves an implementation in which at least a portion of functionality (e.g., via one or more applications, components, functions, virtual machines, or containers executed on one or more physical processing nodes in one or more networks) is implemented as one or more virtual components.

[0176] In some embodiments, some or all of the functionality described herein may be implemented as virtual components executed by one or more virtual machines implemented in one or more virtual environments 1200 hosted by one or more of the hardware nodes 1230. Additionally, in embodiments where the virtual nodes are not radio access nodes or do not require radio connectivity (e.g., core network nodes), then the network nodes may be fully virtualized.

[0177] These functions may be implemented by one or more applications 1220 (alternatively referred to as software instances, virtual appliances, network functions, virtual nodes, virtual network functions, etc.) operable to implement some of the features, functions, and / or benefits of some embodiments disclosed herein. The applications 1220 run in a virtualized environment 1200, which provides hardware 1230 including processing circuitry 1260 and memory 1290. The memory 1290 contains instructions 1295 executable by the processing circuitry 1260, whereby the applications 1220 are operable to provide one or more of the features, benefits, and / or functions disclosed herein.

[0178] The virtualized environment 1200 includes general-purpose or specialized network hardware devices 1230, which include a collection of one or more processors or processing circuits 1260, which may be commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) processors, specialized application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), or any other type of processing circuit, including digital or analog hardware components or specialized processors. Each hardware device may include memory 1290-1, which may be non-persistent memory for temporarily storing software or instructions 1295 executed by the processing circuits 1260. Each hardware device may include one or more network interface controllers (NICs) 1270, also known as network interface cards, which include physical network interfaces 1280. Each hardware device may also include a non-transitory, persistent, machine-readable storage medium 1290-2 having stored therein instructions and / or software 1295 executable by the processing circuits 1260. The software 1295 may include any type of software, including software for instantiating one or more virtualization layers 1250 (also known as hypervisors), software for executing virtual machines 1240, and software that enables them to perform the functions, features and / or benefits described in conjunction with some of the embodiments described herein.

[0179] The virtual machines 1240 include virtual processing, virtual memory, virtual networking or interfaces, and virtual storage, and can be run by corresponding virtualization layers 1250 or hypervisors. Different embodiments of instances of the virtual device 1220 can be implemented on one or more of the virtual machines 1240, and the implementation can be done in different ways.

[0180] During operation, processing circuitry 1260 executes software 1295 to instantiate a hypervisor or virtualization layer 1250, which may sometimes be referred to as a virtual machine monitor (VMM). Virtualization layer 1250 may present to virtual machines 1240 a virtual operating platform that appears to be networked hardware.

[0181] like Figure 12As shown, hardware 1230 can be a standalone network node with common or specific components. Hardware 1230 can include antenna 1225 and can implement some functions via virtualization. Alternatively, hardware 1230 can be part of a larger hardware cluster (e.g., such as in a data center or customer premises equipment (CPE)), where many hardware nodes work together and are managed via management and orchestration (MANO) 1210, which also oversees the lifecycle management of application 1220.

[0182] Hardware virtualization is sometimes referred to as Network Function Virtualization (NFV). NFV can be used to consolidate many network device types onto industry-standard high-volume server hardware, physical switching equipment, and physical storage devices, which can be located in data centers and customer premises.

[0183] In the context of NFV, a virtual machine 1240 can be a software implementation of a physical machine that runs programs as if they were executing on a physical, non-virtualized machine. Each of the virtual machines 1240 and the portion of the hardware 1230 on which it executes, whether dedicated to that virtual machine and / or shared with other virtual machines 1240, forms a separate virtual network element (VNE).

[0184] Still in the context of NFV, a virtual network function (VNF) is responsible for handling specific network functions running in one or more virtual machines 1240 on top of the hardware networking infrastructure 1230 and corresponds to Figure 12 Application 1220.

[0185] In some embodiments, one or more radio units 1220, each including one or more transmitters 1222 and one or more receivers 1221, may be coupled to one or more antennas 1225. Radio units 1220 may communicate directly with hardware nodes 1230 via one or more appropriate network interfaces, and may be used in combination with virtual components to provide radio capabilities to virtual nodes, such as radio access nodes or base stations.

[0186] In some embodiments, some signaling may be accomplished using a control system 1223 , which may alternatively be used for communications between the hardware node 1230 and the radio unit 1220 .

[0187] Figure 13 A telecommunications network is shown connected to a host computer via an intermediate network according to some embodiments. In particular, reference is made to Figure 13According to an embodiment, a communication system includes a telecommunications network 1310, such as a 3GPP-type cellular network, which includes an access network 1311 (such as a radio access network) and a core network 1314. The access network 1311 includes a plurality of base stations 1312a, 1312b, 1312c, such as NBs, eNBs, gNBs, or other types of wireless access points, each defining a corresponding coverage area 1313a, 1313b, 1313c. Each base station 1312a, 1312b, 1312c can be connected to the core network 1314 via a wired or wireless connection 1315. A first UE 1391 located in the coverage area 1313c is configured to wirelessly connect to, or be paged by, the corresponding base station 1312c. A second UE 1392 in the coverage area 1313a can wirelessly connect to the corresponding base station 1312a. Although multiple UEs 1391 , 1392 are shown in this example, the disclosed embodiments are equally applicable to situations where a single UE is in the coverage area or a single UE is connecting to the corresponding base station 1312 .

[0188] The telecommunications network 1310 itself is connected to a host computer 1330, which may be embodied in the hardware and / or software of a standalone server, a cloud-enabled server, a distributed server, or as processing resources in a server farm. The host computer 1330 may be under the ownership or control of a service provider, or may be operated by or on behalf of the service provider. Connections 1321 and 1322 between the telecommunications network 1310 and the host computer 1330 may extend directly from the core network 1314 to the host computer 1330, or may be via an optional intermediate network 1320. The intermediate network 1320 may be one or a combination of more than one of a public, private, or managed network; the intermediate network 1320, if present, may be a backbone network or the Internet; in particular, the intermediate network 1320 may include two or more subnets (not shown).

[0189] Figure 13The communication system as a whole enables connectivity between connected UEs 1391, 1392 and a host computer 1330. This connectivity can be described as an over-the-top (OTT) connection 1350. The host computer 1330 and the connected UEs 1391, 1392 are configured to communicate data and / or signaling via the OTT connection 1350, using the access network 1311, the core network 1314, any intermediate networks 1320, and possibly additional infrastructure (not shown) as intermediaries. The OTT connection 1350 can be transparent in the sense that the participating communication devices through which the OTT connection 1350 passes are unaware of the routing of uplink and downlink communications. For example, the base station 1312 may not be informed or need not be informed of the past routing of incoming downlink communications, where data originating from the host computer 1330 is to be forwarded (e.g., handed over) to the connected UE 1391. Similarly, base station 1312 need not be aware of the future routing of outgoing uplink communications originating from UE 1391 toward host computer 1330 .

[0190] According to the embodiment, reference will now be made to Figure 14 Example implementations of the UE, base station, and host computer discussed in the previous paragraphs are described. Figure 14 14. The host computer is shown communicating with the user equipment via a base station via a partially wireless connection according to some embodiments. In the communication system 1400, the host computer 1410 includes hardware 1415, which includes a communication interface 1416, which is configured to establish and maintain a wired or wireless connection for the interface with the different communication devices of the communication system 1400. The host computer 1410 further includes a processing circuit 1418, which may have storage and / or processing capabilities. In particular, the processing circuit 1418 may include one or more programmable processors, application specific integrated circuits, field programmable gate arrays, or a combination of these (not shown) suitable for executing instructions. The host computer 1410 further includes software 1411, which is stored in the host computer 1410 or accessible by the host computer 1410 and executable by the processing circuit 1418. The software 1411 includes a host application 1412. The host application 1412 may be operable to provide services to a remote user, such as a UE 1430 connected via an OTT connection 1450 terminating at the UE 1430 and the host computer 1410. In providing services to the remote user, the host application 1412 may provide user data transmitted using the OTT connection 1450.

[0191] The communication system 1400 further includes a base station 1420, which is provided in the telecommunications system and includes hardware 1425 that enables it to communicate with the host computer 1410 and the UE 1430. The hardware 1425 may include a communication interface 1426 for establishing and maintaining wired or wireless connections with different communication devices of the communication system 1400, and for establishing and maintaining connections with other devices located in the coverage area ( Figure 14 The communication interface 1426 may be configured to facilitate a connection 1460 to the host computer 1410. The connection 1460 may be direct, or it may be through a core network (e.g., a telecommunications system) of the telecommunications system. Figure 14 The base station 1420 may also include a processor 1428 (not shown) and / or one or more intermediate networks external to the telecommunications system. In the illustrated embodiment, the hardware 1425 of the base station 1420 further includes processing circuitry 1428, which may include one or more programmable processors, application specific integrated circuits, field programmable gate arrays, or a combination of these (not shown) suitable for executing instructions. The base station 1420 further includes software 1421 stored internally or accessible via an external connection.

[0192] The communication system 1400 also includes the aforementioned UE 1430. Its hardware 1435 may include a radio interface 1437 configured to establish and maintain a wireless connection 1470 with a base station serving the coverage area in which the UE 1430 is currently located. The hardware 1435 of the UE 1430 may also include processing circuitry 1438, which may include one or more programmable processors, application-specific integrated circuits, field-programmable gate arrays, or a combination of these (not shown) suitable for executing instructions. The UE 1430 also includes software 1431, which is stored in or accessible by the UE 1430 and is executable by the processing circuitry 1438. The software 1431 includes a client application 1432. The client application 1432 may be operable to provide services to human or non-human users via the UE 1430 with the support of the host computer 1410. In host computer 1410, a host application 1412 executing can communicate with a client application 1432 executing via an OTT connection 1450 terminating at UE 1430 and host computer 1410. When providing a service to a user, client application 1432 can receive request data from host application 1412 and provide user data in response to the request data. OTT connection 1450 can transmit both the request data and the user data. Client application 1432 can interact with the user to generate the user data it provides.

[0193] Notice, Figure 14The host computer 1410, base station 1420, and UE 1430 shown may each be similar to or identical to Figure 13 The host computer 1330, one of the base stations 1312a, 1312b, 1312c and one of the UEs 1391, 1392. That is, the internal workings of these entities may be as follows: Figure 14 shown, and independently, the surrounding network topology can be Figure 13 network topology.

[0194] exist Figure 14 In FIG, OTT connection 1450 has been abstractly drawn to illustrate communication between host computer 1410 and UE 1430 via base station 1420, without explicitly mentioning any intermediate devices and the precise routing of messages through these devices. The network infrastructure can determine the routing, which can be configured to hide the routing from UE 1430, the service provider operating host computer 1410, or both. While OTT connection 1450 is active, the network infrastructure can further make decisions that dynamically change the routing (e.g., based on network reconfiguration or load balancing considerations).

[0195] The wireless connection 1470 between the UE 1430 and the base station 1420 is in accordance with the teachings of the embodiments described throughout this disclosure. One or more of the various embodiments improves the performance of an OTT service provided to the UE 1430 using the OTT connection 1450, where the wireless connection 1470 forms the last leg.

[0196] A measurement process may be provided for the purpose of monitoring data rate, latency, and other factors improved by one or more embodiments. Optional network functionality may also be provided for reconfiguring the OTT connection 1450 between the host computer 1410 and the UE 1430 in response to changes in measurement results. The measurement process and / or network functionality for reconfiguring the OTT connection 1450 may be implemented in the software 1411 and hardware 1415 of the host computer 1410, or in the software 1431 and hardware 1435 of the UE 1430, or both. In embodiments, sensors (not shown) may be deployed in or associated with the communication device through which the OTT connection 1450 passes. The sensors may participate in the measurement process by providing values ​​of the monitored quantities exemplified above, or by providing values ​​of other physical quantities from which the software 1411, 1431 can calculate or estimate the monitored quantities. Reconfiguration of the OTT connection 1450 may include message formats, retransmission settings, preferred routing, and the like. The reconfiguration need not affect the base station 1420 and may be unknown or imperceptible to the base station 1420. Such processes and functionality may be known and practiced in the art. In some embodiments, the measurements may involve proprietary UE signaling, thereby facilitating host computer 1410 to measure throughput, propagation time, latency, etc. The measurements may be implemented by software 1411 and 1431 causing messages, particularly empty or "dummy" messages, to be transmitted using OTT connection 1450 while it monitors propagation time, errors, etc.

[0197] Figure 15 is a flow chart illustrating a method implemented in a communication system according to one embodiment. The communication system includes a host computer, a base station and a UE, which may be a reference Figure 13 and 14 To simplify this disclosure, only the Figure 15 Reference is made to the accompanying drawings. In step 1510, the host computer provides user data. In sub-step 1511 of step 1510 (which may be optional), the host computer provides the user data by executing a host application. In step 1520, the host computer initiates a transmission carrying the user data to the UE. In step 1530 (which may be optional), in accordance with the teachings of the embodiments described throughout this disclosure, the base station transmits the user data carried in the transmission initiated by the host computer to the UE. In step 1540 (which may also be optional), the UE executes a client application associated with the host application executed by the host computer.

[0198] Figure 16 is a flow chart illustrating a method implemented in a communication system according to one embodiment. The communication system includes a host computer, a base station and a UE, which may be a reference Figure 13 and 14To simplify this disclosure, only the Figure 16 Reference is made to the accompanying drawings. At step 1610 of the method, a host computer provides user data. In an optional sub-step (not shown), the host computer provides the user data by executing a host application. At step 1620, the host computer initiates a transmission carrying the user data to the UE. According to the teachings of the embodiments described throughout this disclosure, the transmission may be through a base station. At step 1630 (which may be optional), the UE receives the user data carried in the transmission.

[0199] Figure 17 is a flow chart illustrating a method implemented in a communication system according to one embodiment. The communication system includes a host computer, a base station and a UE, which may be a reference Figure 13 and 14 To simplify this disclosure, only the Figure 17 Reference is made to the accompanying drawings. In step 1710 (which may be optional), the UE receives input data provided by the host computer. Additionally or alternatively, in step 1720, the UE provides user data. In sub-step 1721 of step 1720 (which may be optional), the UE provides user data by executing a client application. In sub-step 1711 of step 1710 (which may be optional), the UE reacts to the received input data provided by the host computer and executes the client application that provides user data. When providing user data, the executed client application may further take into account user input received from the user. Regardless of the specific manner in which the user data is provided, in sub-step 1730 (which may be optional), the UE initiates transmission of the user data to the host computer. In step 1740 of the method, in accordance with the teachings of the embodiments described throughout this disclosure, the host computer receives user data transmitted from the UE.

[0200] Figure 18 is a flow chart illustrating a method implemented in a communication system according to one embodiment. The communication system includes a host computer, a base station and a UE, which may be a reference Figure 13 and 14 To simplify this disclosure, only the Figure 18 Reference is made to the accompanying drawings. At step 1810 (which may be optional), in accordance with the teachings of the embodiments described throughout this disclosure, the base station receives user data from the UE. At step 1820 (which may be optional), the base station initiates a transmission of the received user data to the host computer. At step 1830 (which may be optional), the host computer receives the user data carried in the transmission initiated by the base station.

[0201] Any appropriate steps, methods, features, functions or benefits disclosed herein may be performed by one or more functional units or modules of one or more virtual devices. Each virtual device may include a certain number of these functional units. These functional units may be implemented via processing circuits and other digital hardware, and the processing circuits may include one or more microprocessors or microcontrollers, and the digital hardware may include a digital signal processor (DSP), dedicated digital logic, and the like. The processing circuit may be configured to execute program code stored in a memory, and the memory may include one or more types of memory, such as a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a cache memory, a flash memory device, an optical storage device, and the like. The program code stored in the memory includes program instructions for executing one or more telecommunications and / or data communication protocols, and instructions for implementing one or more technologies described herein. In some implementations, according to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a processing circuit may be used to cause the corresponding functional unit to perform the corresponding function.

[0202] In general, all terms used herein will be interpreted according to their ordinary meanings in the relevant technical field, unless a different meaning is clearly given and / or implied from the context in which it is used. All references to one / an / this element, device, assembly, part, step, etc. will be interpreted as referring to at least one instance of this element, device, assembly, part, step, etc., unless otherwise clearly stated. The steps of any method disclosed herein are not necessarily performed in the exact order disclosed, unless a step is clearly described as after or before another step, and / or implies that a step must be after or before another step. In any appropriate case, any feature of any embodiment disclosed herein may be applied to any other embodiment. Similarly, any advantage of any embodiment in the embodiment may be applied to any other embodiment, and vice versa. Other purposes, features and advantages of the attached embodiments will be apparent from this description.

[0203] The term "unit" has a conventional meaning in the field of electronics, electrical devices and / or electronic devices, and may include, for example, electrical and / or electronic circuits, devices, modules, processors, memories, logical solid-state and / or discrete devices, computer programs or instructions for performing corresponding tasks, processes, calculations, output and / or display functions, etc., such as those described herein.

[0204] Some of the embodiments contemplated herein are described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, other embodiments are included within the scope of the subject matter disclosed herein. The disclosed subject matter should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided by way of example to convey the scope of the subject matter to those skilled in the art.

[0205] According to an embodiment, a method for prioritizing channel state information reports performed by a wireless device includes: determining to transmit a portion of a plurality of channel state information reports in response to determining that a plurality of channel state information reports are to be transmitted in the same time slot as acknowledgment information, the plurality of channel state information reports each being individually scheduled for transmission, the acknowledgment information indicating whether data was successfully or unsuccessfully received by the wireless device. The method also includes transmitting, by the wireless device, the portion of the channel state information and the acknowledgment information in the time slot.

[0206] The determining to transmit the portion may include determining not to transmit at least one of the plurality of channel state information reports.

[0207] The determining to transmit the portion may include selecting the portion of the channel state information report based on a prioritization criterion.

[0208] The prioritization criteria may be associated with a payload size of a channel state information report.

[0209] The prioritization criteria may be associated with the time domain behavior of the channel state information reports.

[0210] The prioritization criterion may be associated with a periodicity of channel state information reporting.

[0211] The prioritization criteria may be associated with a frequency granularity of channel state information reporting.

[0212] The prioritization criteria may be associated with a type of channel state information.

[0213] The prioritization criteria may be associated with channel quality information associated with or indicated by a channel state information report.

[0214] Channel quality may correspond to a block error rate.

[0215] The prioritization criteria may be associated with parameters of a channel state information report.

[0216] The prioritization criterion is associated with an identifier of a channel state information report.

[0217] The determination that the report is to be transmitted in the same time slot as the confirmation information may be associated with a reporting rule or a default transmission that does not restrict the transmission of multiple channel state information reports that are each individually scheduled for transmission.

[0218] The determining to transmit the portion may include determining that each report is to be transmitted with acknowledgement information on at least one symbol of a time slot.

[0219] The method may also include providing user data; and forwarding the user data to the host computer via transmission to the network node.

[0220] According to an embodiment, a method for prioritizing channel state information reports performed by a network node includes: receiving, by the network node, at least one prioritized channel state information report and confirmation information indicating whether data was successfully or unsuccessfully received by the wireless device from a wireless device in the same time slot, wherein each report and confirmation information is separately scheduled for transmission by the wireless device in the same time slot.

[0221] The at least one prioritized channel state information report may be selected from a plurality of channel state information reports.

[0222] The at least one prioritized channel state information report may be selected from a plurality of channel state information reports based on a prioritization criterion.

[0223] The prioritization criteria may be associated with a payload size of a channel state information report.

[0224] The prioritization criteria may be associated with the time domain behavior of the channel state information reports.

[0225] The prioritization criterion may be associated with a periodicity of channel state information reporting.

[0226] The prioritization criteria may be associated with a frequency granularity of channel state information reporting.

[0227] The prioritization criteria may be associated with a type of channel state information.

[0228] The prioritization criteria may be associated with channel quality information associated with or indicated by a channel state information report.

[0229] Channel quality information may include block error rate.

[0230] The prioritization criteria may be associated with parameters of a channel state information report.

[0231] The prioritization criterion is associated with an identifier of a channel state information report.

[0232] The receiving may be performed on at least one symbol of the time slot.

[0233] The method may also include obtaining user data and forwarding the user data to the host computer or the wireless device.

[0234] According to an embodiment, the wireless device is configured to perform any of the steps performed by the wireless device described above.

[0235] According to an embodiment, a wireless device includes: a processing circuit configured to perform any of the steps performed by the wireless device described above; and a power supply circuit configured to supply power to the wireless device.

[0236] According to an embodiment, the wireless device comprises a processing circuit and a memory containing instructions executable by the processing circuit, whereby the wireless device is configured to perform any of the steps performed by the wireless device described above.

[0237] According to an embodiment, a user equipment (UE) includes: an antenna configured to transmit and receive wireless signals; and a radio front-end circuit connected to the antenna and a processing circuit and configured to condition the signals transmitted between the antenna and the processing circuit; the processing circuit is configured to perform any of the steps performed by the above-mentioned wireless device; an input interface connected to the processing circuit and configured to allow information to be input into the UE for processing by the processing circuit; an output interface connected to the processing circuit and configured to output information that has been processed by the processing circuit from the UE; and a battery connected to the processing circuit and configured to supply power to the UE.

[0238] According to an embodiment, the computer program comprises instructions which, when executed by at least one processor of a wireless device, cause the wireless device to perform the steps performed by the wireless device described above.

[0239] According to an embodiment, the computer program is embodied by a carrier, wherein the carrier is one of an electronic signal, an optical signal, a radio signal or a computer-readable storage medium.

[0240] According to an embodiment, the base station is configured to perform any of the steps performed by the base station described above.

[0241] According to an embodiment, a base station comprises: a processing circuit configured to perform any of the steps performed by the base station described above; and a power supply circuit configured to supply power to the wireless device.

[0242] According to an embodiment, the base station comprises: a processing circuit and a memory containing instructions executable by the processing circuit, whereby the base station is configured to perform any of the steps performed by the base station described above.

[0243] According to an embodiment, the computer program comprises instructions which, when executed by at least one processor of a base station, cause the base station to perform the steps performed by the base station described above.

[0244] According to an embodiment, the computer program is embodied by a carrier, wherein the carrier is one of an electronic signal, an optical signal, a radio signal or a computer-readable storage medium.

[0245] According to an embodiment, a communication system includes a host computer comprising: processing circuitry configured to provide user data; and a communication interface configured to forward the user data to a cellular network for transmission to a user equipment (UE), wherein the cellular network includes a base station having a radio interface and processing circuitry, the processing circuitry of the base station being configured to perform any of the steps performed by the above-mentioned base station.

[0246] The communication system may also include a base station.

[0247] The communication system may further include a UE, wherein the UE is configured to communicate with the base station.

[0248] The processing circuitry of the host computer may be configured to execute a host application, thereby providing user data; and the UE may include processing circuitry configured to execute a client application associated with the host application.

[0249] According to an embodiment, there is a method implemented in a communication system including a host computer, a base station, and a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: at the host computer, providing user data; and at the host computer, initiating a transmission carrying the user data to the UE via a cellular network including the base station, wherein the base station performs any of the steps performed by the above-mentioned base station.

[0250] The method may further include: transmitting, at the base station, user data.

[0251] The user data may be provided at the host computer by executing a host application, the method further comprising executing a client application associated with the host application at the UE.

[0252] According to an embodiment, a user equipment (UE) is configured to communicate with a base station, the UE comprising a radio interface and a processing circuit configured to perform any of the embodiments above.

[0253] According to an embodiment, a communication system including a host computer includes: processing circuitry configured to provide user data; and a communication interface configured to forward the user data to a cellular network for transmission to a user equipment (UE), wherein the UE includes a radio interface and processing circuitry, components of the UE being configured to perform any of the steps performed by the wireless device described above.

[0254] The cellular network may also include base stations configured to communicate with the UEs.

[0255] The processing circuitry of the host computer may be configured to execute a host application, thereby providing user data; and the processing circuitry of the UE is configured to execute a client application associated with the host application.

[0256] According to an embodiment, there is a method implemented in a communication system including a host computer, a base station, and a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: at the host computer, providing user data; and at the host computer, initiating a transmission carrying the user data to the UE via a cellular network including the base station, wherein the UE performs any of the steps performed by the wireless device described above.

[0257] The method may further include: receiving, at the UE, user data from the base station.

[0258] According to an embodiment, a communication system comprising a host computer comprises: a communication interface configured to receive user data originating from a transmission from a user equipment (UE) to a base station, wherein the UE comprises a radio interface and a processing circuit, the processing circuit of the UE being configured to perform any of the steps performed by the wireless device described above.

[0259] The communication system may also include a UE.

[0260] The communication system may further include a base station, wherein the base station includes a radio interface configured to communicate with the UE and a communication interface configured to forward user data carried by transmissions from the UE to the base station to the host computer.

[0261] The processing circuitry of the host computer may be configured to execute a host application; and the processing circuitry of the UE is configured to execute a client application associated with the host application, thereby providing user data.

[0262] The processing circuitry of the host computer may be configured to execute a host application, thereby providing the request data; and the processing circuitry of the UE is configured to execute a client application associated with the host application, thereby providing the user data in response to the request data.

[0263] According to an embodiment, there is a method implemented in a communication system including a host computer, a base station, and a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: at the host computer, receiving user data transmitted from the UE to the base station, wherein the UE performs any of the steps performed by the above-mentioned wireless device.

[0264] The method may further include: providing, at the UE, the user data to the base station.

[0265] The method may further include: executing, at the UE, a client application to provide user data to be transmitted; and executing, at the host computer, a host application associated with the client application.

[0266] The method may further include executing a client application at the UE; and receiving input data to the client application at the UE, providing the input data at a host computer by executing a host application associated with the client application, wherein the client application provides user data to be transmitted in response to the input data.

[0267] According to an embodiment, there is a communication system comprising a host computer, the host computer comprising a communication interface configured to receive user data originating from a transmission from a user equipment (UE) to a base station, wherein the base station comprises a radio interface and processing circuitry, the processing circuitry of the base station being configured to perform any of the steps performed by the base station described above.

[0268] The communication system may also include a base station.

[0269] The communication system may further include a UE, wherein the UE is configured to communicate with the base station.

[0270] The processing circuitry of the host computer may be configured to execute a host application; the UE is configured to execute a client application associated with the host application, thereby providing user data to be received by the host computer.

[0271] According to an embodiment, there is a method implemented in a communication system including a host computer, a base station, and a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: receiving, at the host computer, from the base station user data originating from a transmission that the base station has received from the UE, wherein the UE performs any of the steps performed by the wireless device described above.

[0272] The method may further include: receiving, at the base station, user data from the UE.

[0273] The method may further include initiating, at the base station, transmission of the received user data to a host computer.

[0274] At least some of the following abbreviations may be used in this disclosure. If there is an inconsistency between an abbreviation, then how it was used above shall take precedence. If listed multiple times below, the first listing shall take precedence over any subsequent listing(s).

[0275] Abbreviations explain

[0276] CBG Code Block Group

[0277] CSI Channel State Information

[0278] HARQ Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request

[0279] MCS modulation and coding scheme

[0280] MIMO Multiple Input Multiple Output

[0281] PDSCH Physical Shared Data Channel

[0282] PUCCH Physical Uplink Control Channel

[0283] PUSCH Physical Uplink Shared Channel

[0284] SR Scheduling Request

[0285] UCI Uplink Control Information

[0286] 1x RTT CDMA2000 1x radio transmission technology

[0287] 3GPP Third Generation Partnership Project

[0288] 5G fifth generation

[0289] ABS Almost Blank Subframe

[0290] ARQ Automatic Repeat Request

[0291] AWGN Additive White Gaussian Noise

[0292] BCCH Broadcast Control Channel

[0293] BCH Broadcast Channel

[0294] Carrier Aggregation (CA)

[0295] CC carrier component

[0296] CCCH SDU Common Control Channel SDU

[0297] CDMA Code Division Multiple Access

[0298] CGI Cell Global Identifier

[0299] CIR Channel Impulse Response

[0300] CP Cyclic Prefix

[0301] CPICH Common Pilot Channel

[0302] CPICH Ec / No CPICH received energy per chip divided by power density in the frequency band

[0303] CQI Channel Quality Information

[0304] C-RNTI Cell RNTI

[0305] CSI Channel State Information

[0306] DCCH Dedicated Control Channel

[0307] DL Downlink

[0308] DM demodulation

[0309] DMRS Demodulation Reference Signal

[0310] DRX Discontinuous Reception

[0311] DTX Discontinuous Transmission

[0312] DTCH Dedicated Traffic Channel

[0313] DUT Device Under Test

[0314] E-CID Enhanced Cell-ID (positioning method)

[0315] E-SMLC Evolved Service Mobile Location Center

[0316] ECGI Evolved CGI

[0317] eNB E-UTRAN NodeB

[0318] ePDCCH Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel

[0319] E-SMLC Evolved Serving Mobile Location Center

[0320] E-UTRA Evolved UTRA

[0321] E-UTRAN Evolved UTRAN

[0322] FDD Frequency Division Duplex

[0323] FFS needs further study

[0324] GERAN GSM EDGE Radio Access Network

[0325] Base stations in gNB NR

[0326] GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System

[0327] GSM Global System for Mobile Communications

[0328] HARQ Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request

[0329] HO Handover

[0330] HSPA High Speed ​​Packet Access

[0331] HRPD High Rate Packet Data

[0332] LOS sight

[0333] LPP LTE Positioning Protocol

[0334] LTE Long Term Evolution

[0335] MAC Media Access Control

[0336] MBMS Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service

[0337] MBSFN Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service Single Frequency Network

[0338] MBSFNABS MBSFN Almost Blank Subframes

[0339] MDT Minimized Drive Test

[0340] MIB Master Information Block

[0341] MME Mobility Management Entity

[0342] MSC Mobile Switching Center

[0343] NPDCCH Narrowband Physical Downlink Control Channel

[0344] NR New Radio

[0345] OCNG OFDMA channel noise generator

[0346] OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing

[0347] OFDMA Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access

[0348] OSS Operation Support System

[0349] OTDOA Observed Time Difference of Arrival

[0350] O&M Operations and Maintenance

[0351] PBCH Physical Broadcast Channel

[0352] P-CCPCH Primary Common Control Physical Channel

[0353] PCell Primary Cell

[0354] PCFICH Physical Control Format Indicator Channel

[0355] PDCCH Physical Downlink Control Channel

[0356] PDP Power Delay Profile

[0357] PDSCH Physical Downlink Shared Channel

[0358] PGW Packet Gateway

[0359] PHICH Physical Hybrid ARQ Indicator Channel

[0360] PLMN Public Land Mobile Network

[0361] PMI Precoder Matrix Indicator

[0362] PRACH Physical Random Access Channel

[0363] PRS Positioning Reference Signal

[0364] PSS Primary Synchronization Signal

[0365] PUCCH Physical Uplink Control Channel

[0366] PUSCH Physical Uplink Shared Channel

[0367] RACH Random Access Channel

[0368] QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

[0369] RAN Radio Access Network

[0370] RAT Radio Access Technology

[0371] RLM Radio Link Management

[0372] RNC Radio Network Controller

[0373] RNTI Radio Network Temporary Identifier

[0374] RRC Radio Resource Control

[0375] RRM Radio Resource Management

[0376] RS reference signal

[0377] RSCP Received Signal Code Power

[0378] RSRP Reference Symbol Received Power or Reference Signal Received Power

[0379] RSRQ Reference Signal Received Quality or Reference Symbol Received Quality

[0380] RSSI Received Signal Strength Indicator

[0381] RSTD Reference Signal Time Difference

[0382] SCH Synchronization Channel

[0383] SCell Secondary Cell

[0384] SDU Service Data Unit

[0385] SFN System Frame Number

[0386] SGW Service Gateway

[0387] SI System Information

[0388] SIB System Information Block

[0389] SNR signal-to-noise ratio

[0390] SON self-optimizing network

[0391] SS synchronization signal

[0392] SSS Secondary synchronization signal

[0393] TDD Time Division Duplex

[0394] TDOA Time Difference of Arrival

[0395] TOA (Time of Arrival)

[0396] TSS three-level synchronization signal

[0397] TTI Transmission Time Interval

[0398] UE User Equipment

[0399] UL Uplink

[0400] UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

[0401] USIM Universal Subscriber Identity Module

[0402] UTDOA Uplink Time Difference of Arrival

[0403] UTRA Universal Terrestrial Radio Access

[0404] UTRAN Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network

[0405] WCDMA Wide CDMA

[0406] WLAN Wide Area Network

Claims

1. A method, performed by a wireless device, for prioritizing channel state information reports, comprising: determining to transmit one of the plurality of Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH)-based Channel State Information (CSI) reports in response to determining that a plurality of PUCCH-based Channel State Information (CSI) reports will temporally overlap with a PUCCH transmission carrying acknowledgment information in the same time slot, the plurality of PUCCH-based CSI reports each being separately scheduled for transmission, the acknowledgment information indicating whether data was successfully or unsuccessfully received by the wireless device, wherein the PUCCH-based CSI report to be transmitted is selected according to a plurality of priority rules, wherein a first rule of the plurality of priority rules is associated with a time domain behavior of the PUCCH-based CSI reports such that semi-persistent CSI reports take precedence over periodic CSI reports, and wherein another rule of the plurality of rules is associated with a reportConfigID of the PUCCH-based CSI reports such that, when the first rule of the plurality of priority rules assigns the same priority to each of the PUCCH-based CSI reports, a CSI report with a lower reportConfigID takes precedence over a CSI report with a higher reportConfigID; and The selected channel state information report and the acknowledgement information are transmitted by the wireless device in a PUCCH transmission in the time slot.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein The determining to transmit one of the plurality of PUCCH-based CSI reports includes determining not to transmit at least one of the plurality of PUCCH-based CSI reports.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: Another one of the priority rules is associated with a parameter of a PUCCH-based CSI report, wherein the parameter is a report signal received power (RSRP).

4. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: The determining to transmit one of the plurality of PUCCH-based CSI reports includes determining that each PUCCH-based CSI report will be transmitted on at least one same symbol of the same time slot, and the confirmation information will also be transmitted on the same time slot.

5. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: Each of the plurality of PUCCH-based CSI reports is scheduled for transmission on a corresponding PUCCH.

6. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: Each of the plurality of PUCCH-based CSI reports is a periodic and / or semi-persistent channel state information report.

7. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: The confirmation information is a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement HARQ-ACK.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein: The determining to transmit one of the plurality of PUCCH-based CSI reports includes determining that at least two PUCCH resources, each conveying a corresponding one or more CSI reports among the CSI reports, overlap with a dynamically scheduled PUCCH conveying HARQ-ACK.

9. A method performed by a network node, the method comprising: Receiving, by the network node, at least one prioritized PUCCH-based CSI report selected from a plurality of Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH)-based Channel State Information (CSI) reports in a PUCCH transmission from a wireless device in the same time slot, and confirmation information indicating whether the wireless device successfully or unsuccessfully received data, wherein the confirmation information and each of the plurality of PUCCH-based CSI reports are separately scheduled for transmission by the wireless device in the same time slot that overlaps in time, wherein the at least one prioritized PUCCH-based CSI report is selected from the plurality of PUCCH-based CSI reports based on a plurality of priority rules The method of claim 1 , wherein a first rule of the plurality of priority rules is associated with a time domain behavior of the PUCCH-based CSI reporting such that semi-persistent CSI reporting takes precedence over periodic CSI reporting, and wherein another rule of the plurality of rules is associated with a reportConfigID of the PUCCH-based CSI reporting such that when the first rule of the plurality of priority rules assigns the same priority to each of the PUCCH-based CSI reports, a CSI report with a lower reportConfigID takes precedence over a CSI report with a higher reportConfigID.

10. The method according to claim 9, further comprising: The plurality of PUCCH-based CSI reports are separately scheduled for transmission by the wireless device.

11. The method according to claim 9 or 10, wherein: The at least one prioritized PUCCH-based CSI report is received based on the plurality of priority rules.

12. The method according to claim 9 or 10, wherein: Another rule among the plurality of priority rules is associated with a parameter of a PUCCH-based CSI report, wherein the parameter is a report signal received power (RSRP).

13. The method according to claim 9 or 10, wherein: The receiving is performed on at least one symbol of the time slot.

14. The method according to claim 9 or 10, wherein: Each of the plurality of PUCCH-based CSI reports is scheduled for transmission on a corresponding physical uplink control channel, PUCCH.

15. The method according to claim 9 or 10, wherein: The confirmation information is a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement HARQ-ACK.

16. A wireless device comprising: processing circuitry and memory, the memory containing instructions executable by the processing circuitry, whereby the wireless device is configured to: determining to transmit one of the plurality of Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH)-based Channel State Information (CSI) reports in response to determining that a plurality of PUCCH-based Channel State Information (CSI) reports will temporally overlap with a PUCCH transmission carrying acknowledgment information in the same time slot, the plurality of PUCCH-based CSI reports each being separately scheduled for transmission, the acknowledgment information indicating whether data was successfully or unsuccessfully received by the wireless device, wherein the wireless device is configured to select one of the PUCCH-based CSI reports according to a plurality of priority rules, wherein a first rule of the priority rules is associated with a time domain behavior of the PUCCH-based CSI reports such that semi-persistent CSI reports are prioritized over periodic CSI reports, and wherein another rule of the plurality of rules is associated with a reportConfigID of the PUCCH-based CSI reports such that, when the first rule of the plurality of priority rules assigns the same priority to each of the PUCCH-based CSI reports, a CSI report with a lower reportConfigID is prioritized over a CSI report with a higher reportConfigID; and The selected CSI report and the acknowledgement information are transmitted by the wireless device in a PUCCH transmission in the time slot.

17. A base station, comprising: processing circuitry and memory, the memory containing instructions executable by the processing circuitry, whereby the base station is configured to: Receiving, by a network node, at least one prioritized PUCCH-based CSI report selected from a plurality of Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH)-based Channel State Information (CSI) reports and an acknowledgment indicating whether data was successfully or unsuccessfully received by the wireless device in a PUCCH transmission in the same time slot from a wireless device, wherein the acknowledgment and each of the plurality of PUCCH-based CSI reports are separately scheduled for transmission by the wireless device in the same time slot that overlaps in time, wherein the at least one prioritized PUCCH-based CSI report is selected from the plurality of PUCCH-based CSI reports based on a plurality of priority rules H CSI report, wherein a first rule of the plurality of priority rules is associated with a time domain behavior of the PUCCH-based CSI report such that semi-persistent CSI reporting takes precedence over periodic CSI reporting, and wherein another rule of the plurality of rules is associated with a reportConfigID of the PUCCH-based CSI report such that when the first rule of the plurality of priority rules assigns the same priority to each of the PUCCH-based CSI reports, a CSI report with a lower reportConfigID takes precedence over a CSI report with a higher reportConfigID.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a program comprising instructions, which, when executed by at least one processor of a wireless device, causes the wireless device to perform the steps of claim 1 or 2.

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