Techniques for reporting predicted interference to enable advanced link adaptation

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus for conducting wireless communication are described. In some cases, a user equipment (UE) may receive a first control message instructing the UE to report predicted interference for multiple resources via a single interference report. Therefore, the UE can predict the interference associated with the multiple resources based on the received control message, and can determine the payload size, payload structure, or both of the interference report based at least in part on the predicted interference. Thus, the UE can transmit the interference report based on the determined payload size, the determined payload structure, or both.

Description

[0001] Cross-references

[0002] This patent application claims the benefit of U.S. Patent Application No. 18 / 784,183, filed July 25, 2024, entitled “TECHNIQUES FOR REPORTING PREDICTED INTERFERENCE TO ENABLE ADVANCED LINK ADAPTATIONS”, filed February 20, 2024, entitled “TECHNIQUES FOR REPORTING PREDICTED INTERFERENCE TO ENABLE ADVANCED LINK ADAPTATIONS”, each of which is assigned to the assignee of this application, and each of which is expressly incorporated herein by reference. Technical Field

[0003] The following discussion relates to wireless communications, including techniques for reporting predicted interference to enable advanced link adaptation. Background Technology

[0004] Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide various types of communication content, such as voice, video, packet data, message sending and receiving, and broadcasting. These systems can support communication with multiple users by sharing available system resources (e.g., time, frequency, and power). Examples of such multiple access systems include fourth-generation (4G) systems (such as Long Term Evolution (LTE) systems, LTE-A Advanced (LTE-A) systems, or LTE-A Pro systems) and fifth-generation (5G) systems (which may be referred to as New Radio (NR) systems). These systems may employ technologies such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal FDMA (OFDMA), or Discrete Fourier Transform Extended Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (DFT-S-OFDM). A wireless multiple access communication system may include one or more base stations, each supporting wireless communication for communication devices, which may be referred to as User Equipment (UE). Summary of the Invention

[0005] The described techniques relate to improved methods, systems, devices, and apparatuses for supporting advanced link adaptation techniques for reporting predicted interference. Generally, the techniques described herein enable user equipment (UE) to determine the payload size, payload structure, or both of interference reports based on predicted interference. For example, the UE may receive a first control message instructing the UE to report predicted interference for multiple resources via a single interference report. Therefore, the UE can predict interference associated with multiple resources based on the received control message and determine the payload size, payload structure, or both of the interference report based on the predicted interference. Thus, the UE can send an interference report based on the determined payload size, determined payload structure, or both.

[0006] A method for wireless communication by a UE is described. The method may include: receiving a first control message instructing the UE to report predicted interference for a set of multiple resources via a single interference report; predicting interference associated with the set of multiple resources based on receiving the first control message; determining a payload size, a payload structure, or both of the interference report based on the predicted interference; and transmitting the interference report according to the determined payload size, the determined payload structure, or both.

[0007] A UE for wireless communication is described. The UE may include: one or more memories storing processor-executable code; and one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories. The one or more processors may be able to operate individually or jointly to execute the code so that the UE: receives a first control message instructing the UE to report predicted interference for a set of multiple resources via a single interference report; predicts interference associated with the set of multiple resources based on the received first control message; determines a payload size, a payload structure, or both of the interference report based on the predicted interference; and transmits the interference report according to the determined payload size, the determined payload structure, or both.

[0008] Another UE for wireless communication is described. The UE may include: components for receiving a first control message instructing the UE to report predicted interference to a set of multiple resources via a single interference report; components for predicting interference associated with the set of multiple resources based on the received first control message; components for determining the payload size, payload structure, or both of the interference report based on the predicted interference; and components for transmitting the interference report according to the determined payload size, determined payload structure, or both.

[0009] A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication is described. The code may include instructions executable by one or more processors to: receive a first control message instructing the UE to report predicted interference against a set of multiple resources via a single interference report; predict interference associated with the set of multiple resources based on the received first control message; determine, based on the predicted interference, the payload size of the interference report, the payload structure of the interference report, or both; and transmit the interference report according to the determined payload size, the determined payload structure, or both.

[0010] In some examples of the methods, UEs, and nontransitory computer-readable media described herein, determining the payload size, the payload structure, or both may include operations, features, components, or instructions for: updating the first payload size to a second payload size, updating the first payload structure to a second payload structure, updating the first number of the set of multiple resources to a second number of the set of multiple resources, or any combination thereof, based on predicted interference, wherein sending the interference report based on the determined payload size, the determined payload structure, or both includes: and sending the interference report based on the update, based on the second payload size, the second payload structure, the second number of the set of multiple resources, or any combination thereof.

[0011] The methods described herein, UEs, and some examples of nontransitory computer-readable media may also include operations, features, components, or instructions for sending a second control message indicating the second payload size, the second payload structure, the second number of the set of multiple resources, or any combination thereof, based on the update, wherein sending the interference report based on the second payload size, the second payload structure, the second number of the set of multiple resources, or any combination thereof may be based on sending the second control message.

[0012] In some examples of the methods described herein, UEs, and non-transitory computer-readable media, the second control message may be a MAC-CE message.

[0013] In some examples of the methods, UEs, and nontransitory computer-readable media described herein, the first control message indicates a first payload size, and the method, apparatus, and nontransitory computer-readable media may also include operations, features, components, or instructions for: sending a first interference report based on the first payload size, the first payload structure, the first number of the set of multiple resources, or any combination thereof; receiving a second control message indicating a second payload size, a second payload structure, the second number of the set of multiple resources, or any combination thereof, based on sending the first interference report, wherein determining the payload size, the payload structure, or both includes; and updating the first payload size to the second payload size, updating the first payload structure to the second payload structure, updating the first number of the set of multiple resources to the second number of the set of multiple resources, or any combination thereof, based on receiving the second control message.

[0014] The methods described herein, UEs, and some examples of nontransitory computer-readable media may also include operations, features, components, or instructions for sending a request via the first interference report to update the first payload size to the second payload size, update the first payload structure to the second payload structure, update the first number of the set of multiple resources to the second number of the set of multiple resources, or any combination thereof, wherein receiving the second control message may be based on sending the first interference report.

[0015] In some examples of the methods, UEs, and nontransitory computer-readable media described herein, sending the interference report based on a determined payload size, a determined payload structure, or both may include operations, features, components, or instructions for sending the interference report based on receiving a second control message, according to the second payload size, the second payload structure, the second number of the set of multiple resources, or any combination thereof.

[0016] In some examples of the methods described herein, UEs, and non-transitory computer-readable media, the second control message may be a MAC-CE message, a DCI message, or an RRC message.

[0017] In some examples of the methods, UEs, and nontransitory computer-readable media described herein, determining the payload size, the payload structure, or both may include operations, features, components, or instructions for: determining, based on the first payload size, to send a first subset of predicted interference associated with a first subset of the set of multiple resources via the interference report, wherein sending the interference report based on the determined payload size, the determined payload structure, or both includes: sending the interference report indicating the first subset of predicted interference associated with the first subset of the set of multiple resources based on the first payload size; and sending a second control message indicating a second subset of predicted interference associated with a second subset of the set of multiple resources based on the determined payload size, the determined payload structure, or both.

[0018] In some examples of the methods, UEs, and nontransitory computer-readable media described herein, determining the payload size, the payload structure, or both may include operations, features, components, or instructions for adjusting the payload structure based on the first number of the resource relative to the second number of the set of multiple resources.

[0019] In some examples of the methods, UEs, and nontransitory computer-readable media described herein, adjusting the payload structure may include operations, features, components, or instructions for: inputting NULL into a subset of a set of multiple fields based on the first number of the resource exceeding the second number of the set of multiple resources.

[0020] In some examples of the methods, UEs, and nontransitory computer-readable media described herein, adjusting the payload structure may include operations, features, components, or instructions for adjusting the number of bits in a set of bits used to report predicted interference for each resource in the set of multiple resources, based on the first number of the resource relative to the second number of the set of multiple resources.

[0021] In some examples of the methods, UEs, and nontransitory computer-readable media described herein, determining the payload size, payload structure, or both may include operations, features, components, or instructions for selecting a reporting resource from a set of multiple reporting resources based on the predicted interference and based on the corresponding payload size, corresponding payload structure, or both associated with the selected reporting resource.

[0022] In some examples of the methods, UEs, and nontransitory computer-readable media described herein, the predicted interference can be reported by time duration, by frequency, by spatial resources, or any combination thereof.

[0023] In some examples of the methods, UEs, and nontransitory computer-readable media described herein, sending the interference report may include operations, features, components, or instructions for sending the interference report indicating a set of multiple groups associated with the predicted interference, wherein each of the multiple groups in the set may be associated with a subset of the predicted interference.

[0024] In the methods described herein, and in some examples of UEs and nontransitory computer-readable media, each of the multiple groups in this set may be associated with a starting resource and a length.

[0025] A method for wireless communication by a network entity is described. The method may include: sending a first control message to a UE instructing the UE to report predicted interference against a set of multiple resources via a single interference report; determining the payload size, the payload structure, or both of the interference report; and receiving the interference report based on the determined payload size, the determined payload structure, or both.

[0026] A network entity for wireless communication is described. The network entity may include: one or more memories storing processor-executable code; and one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories. The one or more processors may be able to operate individually or jointly to execute the code so that the network entity: sends a first control message to a UE instructing the UE to report predicted interference against a set of multiple resources via a single interference report; determines the payload size, payload structure, or both of the interference report; and receives the interference report based on the determined payload size, determined payload structure, or both.

[0027] Another network entity for wireless communication is described. This network entity may include: components for sending a first control message to a UE instructing the UE to report predicted interference against a set of multiple resources via a single interference report; components for determining the payload size, payload structure, or both of the interference report; and components for receiving the interference report based on the determined payload size, determined payload structure, or both.

[0028] A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication is described. The code may include instructions executable by one or more processors to: send a first control message to a UE instructing the UE to report predicted interference against a set of multiple resources via a single interference report; determine the payload size, payload structure, or both of the interference report; and receive the interference report based on the determined payload size, determined payload structure, or both.

[0029] In some examples of the methods, network entities, and nontransitory computer-readable media described herein, the first control message indicates a first payload size, and the method, apparatus, and nontransitory computer-readable media may also include operations, features, components, or instructions for: receiving a second control message indicating a second payload size, a second payload structure, a second number of the set of multiple resources, or any combination thereof, wherein determining the payload size, the payload structure, or both may be based on receiving the second control message, and wherein receiving the interference report includes: and receiving the interference report based on the second payload size, the second payload structure, the second number of the set of multiple resources, or any combination thereof may be based on receiving the second control message.

[0030] In some examples of the methods, network entities, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, the second control message may be a MAC-CE message.

[0031] In some examples of the methods, network entities, and nontransitory computer-readable media described herein, the first control message indicates a first payload size, and the method, apparatus, and nontransitory computer-readable media may also include operations, features, components, or instructions for receiving a first interference report based on the first payload size, the first payload structure, the first number of the set of multiple resources, or any combination thereof, wherein determining the payload size, the payload structure, or both includes: updating the first payload size to a second payload size, updating the first payload structure to a second payload structure, updating the first number of the set of multiple resources to a second number of the set of multiple resources, or any combination thereof, based on receiving the first interference report; and sending a second control message indicating the second payload size, the second payload structure, the second number of the set of multiple resources, or any combination thereof, based on the update.

[0032] Some examples of the methods, network entities, and nontransitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, components, or instructions for receiving requests via the first interference report to update the first payload size to the second payload size, update the first payload structure to the second payload structure, update the first number of the set of multiple resources to the second number of the set of multiple resources, or any combination thereof, wherein sending the second control message may be based on sending the first interference report.

[0033] In some examples of the methods, network entities, and nontransitory computer-readable media described herein, receiving the interference report based on a determined payload size, a determined payload structure, or both may include operations, features, components, or instructions for receiving the interference report based on sending a second control message, according to the second payload size, the second payload structure, the second number of the set of multiple resources, or any combination thereof.

[0034] In some examples of the methods, network entities, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, the second control message may be a MAC-CE message, a DCI message, or an RRC message.

[0035] In some examples of the methods, network entities, and nontransitory computer-readable media described herein, receiving the interference report based on a determined payload size, a determined payload structure, or both may include operations, features, components, or instructions for receiving the interference report, which indicates a first subset of predicted interference associated with a first subset of the set of multiple resources, based on the first payload size.

[0036] Some examples of the methods, network entities, and nontransitory computer-readable media described herein may also include operations, features, components, or instructions for receiving a second control message indicating a second subset of predicted interference associated with a second subset of the set of multiple resources, based on receiving an interference report indicating a first subset of predicted interference associated with a first subset of the set of multiple resources.

[0037] In some examples of the methods, network entities, and nontransitory computer-readable media described herein, the set of multiple resources exceeds the threshold set of multiple resources associated with the interference report.

[0038] In some examples of the methods, network entities, and nontransitory computer-readable media described herein, receiving the interference report based on a determined payload size, a determined payload structure, or both may include operations, features, components, or instructions for receiving the interference report based on an adjusted payload structure of a first number of the resource relative to a second number of the set of multiple resources.

[0039] In some examples of the methods, network entities, and nontransitory computer-readable media described herein, receiving the interference report according to the adjusted payload structure may include operations, features, components, or instructions for receiving NULL values ​​via a subset of the set of multiple fields based on the first number of the resource exceeding the second number of the set of multiple resources.

[0040] In some examples of the methods, network entities, and nontransitory computer-readable media described herein, receiving the interference report according to the adjusted payload structure may include operations, features, components, or instructions for receiving the interference report indicating predicted interference, wherein the number of bits in the set of multiple bits used to report predicted interference for each resource in the set of multiple resources may be adjusted based on the first number of the resource relative to the second number in the set of multiple resources.

[0041] In some examples of the methods, network entities, and nontransitory computer-readable media described herein, the first control message indicates association with a set of multiple payload sizes, a set of multiple payload structures, or a set of multiple reporting resources associated with both.

[0042] In some examples of the methods, network entities, and nontransitory computer-readable media described herein, the predicted interference can be reported by time duration, by frequency, by spatial resources, or any combination thereof.

[0043] In some examples of the methods, network entities, and nontransitory computer-readable media described herein, receiving the interference report may include operations, features, components, or instructions for receiving the interference report indicating a set of multiple groups associated with the predicted interference, wherein each of the multiple groups in the set may be associated with a subset of the predicted interference.

[0044] In some examples of the methods, network entities, and nontransitory computer-readable media described herein, each of the multiple groups in this set may be associated with an initial resource and a length. Attached Figure Description

[0045] Figure 1An example of a wireless communication system supported by one or more aspects of this disclosure for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation is shown.

[0046] Figure 2 An example of a wireless communication system supported by one or more aspects of this disclosure for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation is shown.

[0047] Figure 3 An example of an interference reporting payload, supported by one or more aspects of this disclosure, for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation is shown.

[0048] Figure 4 An example of a wireless communication system supported by one or more aspects of this disclosure for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation is shown.

[0049] Figure 5 An example of a timing diagram supporting one or more aspects of this disclosure for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation is shown.

[0050] Figure 6 An example of a process flow for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation, supported by one or more aspects of this disclosure, is shown.

[0051] Figure 7 and Figure 8 A block diagram of an apparatus for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation, according to one or more aspects of this disclosure, is shown.

[0052] Figure 9 A block diagram of a communication manager supporting one or more aspects of this disclosure for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation is shown.

[0053] Figure 10 A diagram is shown of a system including a device that supports techniques for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation, according to one or more aspects of this disclosure.

[0054] Figure 11 and Figure 12 A block diagram of an apparatus for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation, according to one or more aspects of this disclosure, is shown.

[0055] Figure 13 A block diagram of a communication manager supporting one or more aspects of this disclosure for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation is shown.

[0056] Figure 14 A diagram is shown of a system including a device that supports techniques for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation, according to one or more aspects of this disclosure.

[0057] Figure 15 and Figure 16 A flowchart illustrating a method for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation, based on one or more aspects of this disclosure, is shown. Detailed Implementation

[0058] In some wireless communication systems, user equipment (UE) can report interference to a network entity, enabling the network entity to schedule the UE in a manner that mitigates or avoids interference. However, there may be a delay between the first time the UE measures and reports interference and the second time the network entity uses the interference measurement in the UE's scheduling, causing the interference experienced by the UE to vary between the first and second times. That is, the interference reported by the UE at the first time may differ from the interference experienced by the UE at the second time, making the scheduling of the UE by the network entity based on the reported interference ineffective in mitigating or avoiding interference, thus degrading system performance. Therefore, the UE can report predicted interference for future resources to enable advanced resource allocation techniques at the network entity and allow the network entity to use enhanced link adaptation algorithms. However, in some cases, the predicted interference may vary significantly across subbands, beams, time slots, or any combination thereof (e.g., the variation may exceed a threshold), while in other cases, the predicted interference may not vary significantly across subbands, beams, time slots, or any combination thereof (e.g., the variation may not exceed a threshold). Therefore, the payload of an interference report indicating predicted interference can vary depending on whether there are significant or insignificant changes in the predicted interference. Thus, in some cases, network entities can configure the UE to report predicted interference over a large window of future resources; however, this can lead to increased overhead. Conversely, network entities can configure the UE to report predicted interference over a small window of future resources (e.g., a single future resource); however, this may not allow network entities to perform advanced link adaptation techniques (e.g., the reporting may be insufficient). Therefore, in some cases, the UE may send multiple interference reports indicating predicted interference. However, sending multiple interference reports can increase complexity and latency.

[0059] Therefore, the techniques described herein enable a UE to report predicted interference via a single interference report by adjusting or updating the interference report's payload size, the interference report's payload structure, or both. For example, in some cases, a network entity can configure the UE to report predicted interference using a single interference report with a fixed payload size. Thus, the UE can autonomously update the payload size, payload structure, the number of future resources to be reported, or any combination thereof, and can send an instruction to the network entity for the updated payload size, updated payload structure, updated number of future resources to be reported, or any combination thereof. Additionally or alternatively, the UE can send an interference report based on a fixed payload size, and the network entity can update the payload size, payload structure, number of future resources to be reported, or any combination thereof based on the predicted interference (e.g., in a first interference report). That is, the network entity can send an instruction to the UE for the updated payload size, updated payload structure, updated number of future resources to be reported, or any combination thereof. Alternatively or additionally, if the fixed payload size is insufficient to report the predicted interference, the UE may use the fixed payload size to send an interference report including a first part of the predicted interference, and send a control message including a second part of the predicted interference based on the updated payload size.

[0060] Additionally or alternatively, the UE may modify the structure of the interference report. For example, in some cases, the network entity may configure the UE to report predicted interference using a single interference report with a fixed payload size, and if the fixed payload size includes more fields than are required to report predicted interference for a number of future resources, the UE may report NULL on fields where no predicted interference is found. Additionally or alternatively, the UE may change the encoding, quantization, or both of the predicted interference based on the number of future resources. Additionally or alternatively, the network entity may configure the UE to have multiple reporting resources, each associated with a different payload size, a different structure, or both. Thus, the UE may select a reporting resource from multiple reporting resources based on the predicted interference. In some cases, the UE may report predicted interference for each time interval (e.g., slot, symbol), each frequency interval (e.g., subband, resource block (RB)), each spatial resource (e.g., beam), or any combination thereof. Additionally or alternatively, the UE may group future resources and report predicted interference for each group of future resources.

[0061] The aspects of this disclosure are first described in the context of a wireless communication system. The aspects of this disclosure are then described in the context of interference reporting payloads, timing diagrams, and process flows. The aspects of this disclosure are further illustrated by apparatus diagrams, system diagrams, and flowcharts relating to techniques for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation, and are described with reference to these diagrams.

[0062] Figure 1 An example of a wireless communication system 100 supporting techniques for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation, according to one or more aspects of this disclosure, is shown. The wireless communication system 100 may include one or more devices, such as one or more network devices (e.g., network entity 105), one or more UEs 115, and a core network 130. In some examples, the wireless communication system 100 may be a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, an Advanced LTE (LTE-A) network, an LTE-A Pro network, a New Radio (NR) network, or a network operating under other systems and radio technologies, including future systems and radio technologies not explicitly mentioned herein.

[0063] Network entity 105 may be distributed across a geographical area to form wireless communication system 100, and may include devices employing different forms or having different capabilities. In various examples, network entity 105 may be referred to as a network element, mobility element, radio access network (RAN) node, or network equipment, etc. In some examples, network entity 105 and UE 115 may wirelessly communicate via communication link 125 (e.g., a radio frequency (RF) access link). For example, network entity 105 may support coverage area 110 (e.g., a geographical coverage area) within which UE 115 and network entity 105 may establish communication link 125. Coverage area 110 may be an example of a geographical area within which network entity 105 and UE 115 may support the transmission of signals according to one or more radio access technologies (RATs).

[0064] UE 115 can be distributed throughout the coverage area 110 of wireless communication system 100, and each UE 115 can be stationary or mobile, or stationary and mobile at different times. UE 115 can be devices in different forms or with different capabilities. Figure 1 Some example UE 115s are illustrated herein. The UE 115 described herein may be able to support, for example, Figure 1 Various types of devices (e.g., other wireless communication devices, including UE 115 network entity 105) in the wireless communication system 100 shown communicate with each other.

[0065] As described herein, a node in the wireless communication system 100 (which may be referred to as a network node or wireless node) may be a network entity 105 (e.g., any network entity described herein), a UE 115 (e.g., any UE described herein), a network controller, apparatus, device, computing system, one or more components, or another suitable processing entity configured to perform any of the techniques described herein. For example, a node may be UE 115. As another example, a node may be network entity 105. As another example, a first node may be configured to communicate with a second node or a third node. In one aspect of this example, the first node may be UE 115, the second node may be network entity 105, and the third node may be UE 115. In another aspect of this example, the first node may be UE 115, the second node may be network entity 105, and the third node may be network entity 105. In other aspects of this example, the first node, the second node, and the third node may be different from these examples. Similarly, references to UE 115, network entity 105, device, equipment, computing system, etc., may include disclosures of UE 115, network entity 105, device, equipment, computing system, etc., as nodes. For example, a disclosure that UE 115 is configured to receive information from network entity 105 also discloses that a first node is configured to receive information from a second node.

[0066] In some examples, network entity 105 may communicate with core network 130, communicate with each other, or both. For example, network entity 105 may communicate with core network 130 via backhaul communication link 120 (e.g., according to S1, N2, N3, or other interface protocols). In some examples, network entity 105 may communicate with each other directly (e.g., directly between network entities 105) or indirectly (e.g., via core network 130) via backhaul communication link 120 (e.g., according to X2, Xn, or other interface protocols). In some examples, network entity 105 may communicate with each other via midhaul communication link 162 (e.g., according to midhaul interface protocol) or fronthaul communication link 168 (e.g., according to fronthaul interface protocol) or any combination thereof. The backhaul communication link 120, midhaul communication link 162, or fronthaul communication link 168 may be one or more wired links (e.g., electrical links, fiber optic links) or one or more wireless links (e.g., radio links, wireless optical links), etc., or various combinations thereof, or may include one or more wired links (e.g., electrical links, fiber optic links) or one or more wireless links (e.g., radio links, wireless optical links), etc., or various combinations thereof. UE 115 may communicate with the core network 130 via communication link 155.

[0067] One or more network entities or network equipment in network entity 105 described herein may include or be referred to as base station 140 (e.g., transceiver base station, radio base station, NR base station, access point, radio transceiver, NodeB, eNodeB (eNB), next-generation NodeB or gigabit NodeB (any of which may be referred to as gNB), 5G NB, next-generation eNB (ng-eNB), home NodeB, home eNodeB or other suitable terms). In some examples, network entity 105 (e.g., base station 140) may be implemented in an aggregated (e.g., monolithic, standalone) base station architecture that may be configured to utilize a protocol stack that is physically or logically integrated within a single network entity (e.g., network entity 105 or a single RAN node, such as base station 140).

[0068] In some examples, network entity 105 may be implemented in a decomposed architecture (e.g., a decomposed base station architecture, a decomposed RAN architecture) that can be configured to utilize protocol stacks physically or logically distributed across multiple network entities (e.g., network entity 105) such as an Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) network, an Open RAN (O-RAN) (e.g., a network configuration sponsored by the O-RAN Alliance), or a Virtualized RAN (vRAN) (e.g., a Cloud RAN (C-RAN)). For example, network entity 105 may include one or more of the following: a Central Unit (CU) such as CU 160, a Distributed Unit (DU) such as DU 165, a Radio Unit (RU) such as RU 170, a RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) such as RIC 175 (e.g., a near real-time RIC (near RTRIC), a non-real-time RIC (non-RT RIC)), a Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) system such as SMO system 180, or any combination thereof. RU 170 may also be referred to as a radio headend, intelligent radio headend, remote radio headend (RRH), remote radio unit (RRU), or transmit / receive point (TRP). One or more components of network entity 105 in a decomposed RAN architecture may be co-located, or one or more components of network entity 105 may be located in distributed locations (e.g., separate physical locations). In some examples, one or more network entities in network entity 105 of a decomposed RAN architecture may be implemented as virtual units (e.g., virtual CU (VCU), virtual DU (VDU), virtual RU (VRU)).

[0069] The functional splitting among CU 160, DU 165, and RU 170 is flexible and can support different functionalities depending on which functions (e.g., network layer functions, protocol layer functions, baseband functions, RF functions, or any combination thereof) are performed at CU 160, DU 165, or RU 170. For example, a protocol stack functional splitting can be used between CU 160 and DU 165, allowing CU 160 to support one or more layers of the protocol stack, and DU 165 to support one or more different layers of the protocol stack. In some examples, CU 160 can host higher protocol layer (e.g., Layer 3 (L3), Layer 2 (L2)) functionalities and signaling (e.g., Radio Resource Control (RRC), Serving Data Adaptation Protocol (SDAP), Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP)). CU 160 (e.g., one or more CUs) can connect to DU 165 (e.g., one or more DUs) or RU 170 (e.g., one or more RUs) or some combination thereof, and DU 165, RU 170, or both can host lower protocol layers, such as Layer 1 (L1) (e.g., Physical (PHY) layer) or L2 (e.g., Radio Link Control (RLC) layer, Medium Access Control (MAC) layer) functionality and signaling, and can each be at least partially controlled by CU 160. Additionally or alternatively, a functional split of the protocol stack can be employed between DU 165 and RU 170, such that DU 165 can support one or more layers of the protocol stack, and RU 170 can support one or more different layers of the protocol stack. DU 165 can (e.g., via one or more different RUs, such as RU 170) support one or more different cells. In some cases, functional decomposition between CU 160 and DU 165, or between DU 165 and RU 170, can be performed within the protocol layer (e.g., some functions of the protocol layer can be performed by one of CU 160, DU 165, or RU 170, while other functions of the protocol layer can be performed by a different one of CU 160, DU 165, or RU 170). CU 160 can be further functionally decomposed into CU control plane (CU-CP) functions and CU user plane (CU-UP) functions. CU 160 can be connected to DU 165 via midhaul communication link 162 (e.g., F1, F1-c, F1-u), and DU 165 can be connected to RU 170 via fronthaul communication link 168 (e.g., open fronthaul (FH) interface). In some examples, the midhaul communication link 162 or the fronthaul communication link 168 may be implemented based on the interfaces (e.g., channels) between the layers of the protocol stack, which are supported by corresponding network entities (e.g., one or more network entities in network entity 105) that communicate via such communication links.

[0070] In some wireless communication systems (e.g., wireless communication system 100), the infrastructure and spectrum resources for radio access can support wireless backhaul link capabilities to supplement wired backhaul connections, thereby providing an IAB network architecture (e.g., to core network 130). In some cases, in an IAB network, one or more network entities in network entity 105 (e.g., network entity 105 or IAB node 104) may be partially controlled by each other. IAB node 104 may be referred to as a donor entity or IAB donor. DU 165 or RU 170 may be partially controlled by CU 160 associated with network entity 105 or base station 140 (such as a donor network entity or donor base station). One or more donor entities (e.g., IAB donors) may communicate with one or more additional devices (e.g., IAB node 104) via supported access and backhaul links (e.g., backhaul communication link 120). IAB node 104 may include an IAB mobile terminal (IAB-MT) controlled (e.g., scheduled) by one or more DUs (e.g., DU 165) of a coupled IAB donor. The IAB-MT may be equipped with a separate set of antennas for relaying communication with UE 115, or may share the same antennas (e.g., those of RU 170) for access to IAB node 104 via DU 165 of IAB node 104. (e.g., referred to as a virtual IAB-MT (vIAB-MT)). In some examples, IAB node 104 may include one or more DUs (e.g., DU 165) that support communication links with additional entities (e.g., IAB node 104, UE 115) within a relay chain or configuration (e.g., downstream) of the access network. In such cases, one or more components of the decomposed RAN architecture (e.g., IAB node 104 or a component within IAB node 104) may be configured to operate according to the techniques described herein.

[0071] When the techniques described herein are applied in the context of a decomposed RAN architecture, one or more components of the decomposed RAN architecture may be configured to support the tests described herein. For example, some operations described as being performed by UE 115 or network entity 105 (e.g., base station 140) may additionally or alternatively be performed by one or more components of the decomposed RAN architecture (e.g., components such as IAB node, DU 165, CU 160, RU 170, RIC 175, SMO system 180).

[0072] UE 115 may include or be referred to as a mobile device, wireless device, remote device, handheld device, or subscriber device, or any other suitable term, wherein "device" may also be referred to as a cell, station, terminal, or client, etc. UE 115 may also include or be referred to as a personal electronic device, such as a cellular phone, personal digital assistant (PDA), tablet computer, laptop computer, or personal computer. In some examples, UE 115 may include or be referred to as a wireless local loop (WLL) station, Internet of Things (IoT) device, Internet of Everything (IoE) device, or machine-type communication (MTC) device, etc., which may be implemented in various objects such as appliances, vehicles, or meters.

[0073] The UE 115 described herein can communicate with various types of devices, such as the UE 115 which sometimes operates as a relay, as well as network entity 105 and network equipment including macro eNBs or gNBs, small cell eNBs or gNBs, or relay base stations, etc. Figure 1 As shown.

[0074] UE 115 and network entity 105 can wirelessly communicate with each other via communication link 125 (e.g., one or more access links) using resources associated with one or more carriers. The term "carrier" can refer to a set of RF spectrum resources having a defined PHY layer structure for supporting communication link 125. For example, a carrier for communication link 125 may include a portion of the RF spectrum band (e.g., a bandwidth portion (BWP)) operating according to one or more PHY layer channels for a given RAT (e.g., LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, NR). Each PHY layer channel may carry acquisition signaling (e.g., synchronization signals, system information), control signaling coordinating operation for the carrier, user data, or other signaling. Wireless communication system 100 can support communication with UE 115 using carrier aggregation or multi-carrier operation. Depending on the carrier aggregation configuration, UE 115 may be configured with multiple downlink component carriers and one or more uplink component carriers. Carrier aggregation can be used in conjunction with both frequency division duplex (FDD) component carriers and time division duplex (TDD) component carriers. Communication between network entity 105 and other devices can refer to communication between these devices and any part of network entity 105 (e.g., entity, sub-entity). For example, the terms “send,” “receive,” or “communicate” when referring to network entity 105 can refer to any part of the RAN’s network entity 105 (e.g., base station 140, CU 160, DU 165, RU 170) communicating with another device (e.g., directly or via one or more other network entities, such as one or more network entities in network entity 105).

[0075] The signal waveform transmitted via a carrier may include multiple subcarriers (e.g., using multi-carrier modulation (MCM) techniques, such as orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) or discrete Fourier transform extended OFDM (DFT-S-OFDM)). In a system employing MCM, a resource element may refer to a resource of one symbol period (e.g., the duration of one modulation symbol) and one subcarrier, where the symbol period and subcarrier spacing may be inversely related. The number of bits carried by each resource element may depend on the modulation scheme (e.g., the order of the modulation scheme, the decoding rate of the modulation scheme, or both), such that a relatively high number of resource elements (e.g., in the transmission duration) and a relatively high modulation scheme order correspond to a relatively high communication rate. Wireless communication resources may refer to a combination of RF spectrum resources, temporal resources, and spatial resources (e.g., spatial layers or beams), and the use of multiple spatial resources may increase the data rate or data integrity used for communication with UE 115.

[0076] The time interval for network entity 105 or UE 115 can be expressed as a multiple of a basic time unit, such as the sampling period. seconds, in response This can represent the supported subcarrier spacing, while The supported Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) size can be represented. Time intervals for communication resources can be organized according to radio frames, each with a specified duration (e.g., 10 milliseconds (ms)). Each radio frame can be identified by a System Frame Number (SFN) (e.g., ranging from 0 to 1023).

[0077] Each frame may include multiple consecutively numbered subframes or time slots, and each subframe or time slot may have the same duration. In some examples, a frame may (e.g., in the time domain) be divided into subframes, and each subframe may also be divided into a certain number of time slots. Alternatively, each frame may include a variable number of time slots, and the number of time slots may depend on the subcarrier spacing. Each time slot may include a certain number of symbol periods (e.g., depending on the length of the cyclic prefix appended to each symbol period). In some wireless communication systems, such as wireless communication system 100, time slots may be further divided into multiple micro-time slots associated with one or more symbols. Excluding the cyclic prefix, each symbol period may be associated with one or more (e.g., The duration of a symbol period is associated with a (number) sampling period. The duration of a symbol period can depend on the subcarrier spacing or the operating frequency band.

[0078] A subframe, time slot, micro-time slot, or symbol can be the smallest scheduling unit of the wireless communication system 100 (e.g., in the time domain) and can be referred to as a transmission time interval (TTI). In some examples, the duration of the TTI (e.g., the number of symbol periods in the TTI) can be variable. Additionally or alternatively, the smallest scheduling unit of the wireless communication system 100 can be dynamically selected (e.g., in a burst of shortened TTIs (sTTIs)).

[0079] Depending on the technology, carriers can be used to multiplex physical channels for communication. One or more of Time Division Multiplexing (TDM), Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM), or hybrid TDM-FDM techniques can be used, for example, to multiplex physical control channels and physical data channels for signaling via a downlink carrier. The control region (e.g., control resource set (CORESET)) of the physical control channel can be defined by a set of symbol periods and can extend across the system bandwidth of the carrier or a subset of that bandwidth. One or more control regions (e.g., CORESET) can be configured for a set of UEs 115. For example, one or more UEs in UE 115 can monitor or search for control regions to obtain control information based on one or more search space sets, and each search space set can include one or more control channel candidates in one or more aggregation levels arranged in a concatenated manner. The aggregation level of control channel candidates can refer to the amount of control channel resources (e.g., control channel elements (CCEs)) associated with coded information for a control information format having a given payload size. The search space set may include a common search space set configured to transmit control information to UE 115 (e.g., one or more UEs) or a UE-specific search space set configured to transmit control information to UE 115 (e.g., a particular UE).

[0080] In some examples, network entity 105 (e.g., base station 140, RU 170) may be mobile, and thus provide communication coverage to mobile coverage areas (such as coverage area 110). In some examples, coverage areas 110 associated with different technologies (e.g., different coverage areas) may overlap, but coverage areas 110 (e.g., different coverage areas) may be supported by the same network entity (e.g., network entity 105). In some other examples, overlapping coverage areas (such as coverage area 110) associated with different technologies may be supported by different network entities (e.g., network entity 105). The wireless communication system 100 may include, for example, a heterogeneous network in which different types of network entities 105 support communication in coverage areas 110 (e.g., different coverage areas) using the same or different RATs.

[0081] Wireless communication system 100 may be configured to support ultra-reliable communication or low-latency communication, or various combinations thereof. For example, wireless communication system 100 may be configured to support ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC). UE 115 may be designed to support ultra-reliable, low-latency, or critical functions. Ultra-reliable communication may include private or group communication and may be supported by one or more services, such as push-to-talk, video, or data. Support for ultra-reliable, low-latency functions may include prioritizing services, and such services may be used for public safety or general business applications. The terms “ultra-reliable,” “low-latency,” and “ultra-reliable low-latency” are used interchangeably herein.

[0082] In some examples, UE 115 may be configured to support direct communication with other UEs (e.g., one or more UEs in UE 115) via a device-to-device (D2D) communication link (such as D2D communication link 135) (e.g., according to a peer-to-peer (P2P), D2D, or sidelink protocol). In some examples, one or more UEs 115 in a group performing D2D communication may be within the coverage area 110 of network entity 105 (e.g., base station 140, RU 170), which may support aspects of such D2D communication configured (e.g., scheduled by network entity 105). In some examples, one or more UEs 115 in such a group may be outside the coverage area 110 of network entity 105, or may otherwise be unable or not configured to receive transmissions from network entity 105. In some examples, a group of UEs 115 communicating via D2D communication can support a one-to-many (1:M) system, in which each UE 115 transmits to one or more UEs within the group. In some examples, network entity 105 can facilitate the scheduling of resources used for D2D communication. In some other examples, D2D communication can be performed between UEs 115 without involving network entity 105.

[0083] Core network 130 provides user authentication, access authorization, tracking, Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity, and other access, routing, or mobility functions. Core network 130 can be an evolved packet core (EPC) or a 5G core (5GC), which may include at least one control plane entity (e.g., a Mobility Management Entity (MME), Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF)) for managing access and mobility, and at least one user plane entity (e.g., a Serving Gateway (S-GW), Packet Data Network (PDN) Gateway (P-GW), or User Plane Function (UPF)) for routing packets or interconnecting to external networks. The control plane entity manages non-access stratum (NAS) functions, such as mobility, authentication, and bearer management of UE 115 served by network entity 105 (e.g., base station 140) associated with core network 130. User IP packets can be delivered through the user plane entity, which provides IP address allocation and other functions. The user plane entity may connect to one or more network operator IP services 150. IP services 150 may include access to the Internet, intranets, IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), or packet-switched streaming services.

[0084] Wireless communication system 100 can operate using one or more frequency bands in the range of 300 MHz to 300 GHz. Generally, the area from 300 MHz to 3 GHz is referred to as the Ultra High Frequency (UHF) band or decimeter band because the wavelength range is approximately one decimeter to one meter in length. UHF waves may be blocked or redirected by buildings and environmental features (which may be referred to as clusters), but these waves are sufficient to penetrate structures so that macrocells can provide service to UE 115 located indoors. Compared to communication using smaller frequencies and longer wavelengths in the High Frequency (HF) or Very High Frequency (VHF) portions of the spectrum below 300 MHz, communication using UHF waves can be associated with smaller antennas and shorter ranges (e.g., less than 100 km).

[0085] Wireless communication system 100 may utilize both licensed and unlicensed RF spectrum bands. For example, wireless communication system 100 may employ Licensed Assisted Access (LAA), LTE-Unlicensed (LTE-U) RAT, or NR technology using unlicensed frequency bands (such as the 5 GHz Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) band). When operating with unlicensed RF spectrum, devices such as network entity 105 and UE 115 may employ carrier sensing for collision detection and avoidance. In some examples, operation using unlicensed frequency bands may be based on carrier aggregation configurations combined with component carriers operating with licensed frequency bands (e.g., LAA). Operation using unlicensed spectrum may include downlink transmission, uplink transmission, P2P transmission, or D2D transmission, etc.

[0086] Network entity 105 (e.g., base station 140, RU 170) or UE 115 may be equipped with multiple antennas that can be used to employ techniques such as transmit diversity, receive diversity, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication, or beamforming. The antennas of network entity 105 or UE 115 may be located within one or more antenna arrays or antenna panels, which can support MIMO operation or transmit or receive beamforming. For example, one or more base station antennas or antenna arrays may be co-located at an antenna assembly (such as an antenna tower). In some examples, the antennas or antenna arrays associated with network entity 105 may be located at different geographical locations. Network entity 105 may include an antenna array having a collection of multiple rows and columns of antenna ports that network entity 105 can use to support beamforming for communication with UE 115. Similarly, UE 115 may include one or more antenna arrays that can support various MIMO or beamforming operations. Additionally or alternatively, the antenna panel may support RF beamforming for signals transmitted via the antenna ports.

[0087] Beamforming (also known as spatial filtering, directional transmission, or directional reception) is a signal processing technique that can be used at a transmitting or receiving device (e.g., network entity 105, UE 115) to shape or guide an antenna beam (e.g., a transmit beam, a receive beam) along a spatial path between the transmitting and receiving devices. Beamforming can be achieved by combining signals transmitted via antenna elements of an antenna array such that some signals propagating along a specific orientation relative to the antenna array experience constructive interference, while other signals experience destructive interference. Adjustments to the signals transmitted via the antenna elements may include applying amplitude shifts, phase shifts, or both to the signals carried via the antenna elements associated with the device. The adjustments associated with each of these antenna elements may be defined by a beamforming weight set associated with a specific orientation (e.g., relative to the antenna array of the transmitting or receiving device or relative to some other orientation).

[0088] In some cases, the wireless communication system 200 may support UE 115 reporting predicted interference via a single interference report by adjusting or updating the payload size, payload structure, or both of the interference report. For example, in some cases, network entity 105 may configure UE 115 to report predicted interference using a single interference report with a fixed payload size. Therefore, UE 115 may autonomously update the payload size, payload structure, number of future resources to be reported, or any combination thereof, and may send an indication to network entity 105 of the updated payload size, updated payload structure, updated number of future resources to be reported, or any combination thereof. Additionally or alternatively, UE 115 may use a fixed payload size to send the interference report, and network entity 105 may update the payload size, payload structure, number of future resources to be reported, or any combination thereof based on the predicted interference (e.g., in a first interference report). That is, network entity 105 may send an indication to UE 115 of the updated payload size, updated payload structure, updated number of future resources to be reported, or any combination thereof. Additionally or alternatively, if the fixed payload size is insufficient to report the predicted interference, UE 115 may use the fixed payload size to send an interference report that includes a first part of the predicted interference and a control message that includes a second part of the predicted interference.

[0089] Additionally or alternatively, UE 115 may modify the structure of the interference report. For example, in some cases, network entity 105 may configure UE 115 to report predicted interference using a single interference report with a fixed payload size, and if the fixed payload size includes more fields than are required to report predicted interference for a number of future resources, UE 115 may report NULL on fields where no predicted interference is found. Additionally or alternatively, UE 115 may change the encoding, quantization, or both of the predicted interference based on the number of future resources. Additionally or alternatively, network entity 105 may configure UE 115 to have multiple reporting resources, each associated with a different payload size, a different structure, or both. Therefore, UE 115 may select a reporting resource from multiple reporting resources based on the predicted interference. In some cases, UE 115 may report predicted interference for each time interval (e.g., slot, symbol), each frequency interval (e.g., subband, RB), each spatial resource (e.g., beam), or any combination thereof. Additionally or alternatively, UE115 may group future resources and report predicted interference for each group of future resources.

[0090] Figure 2Examples of wireless communication systems 200 supporting techniques for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation according to one or more aspects of this disclosure are shown. In some cases, wireless communication system 200 may implement or be implemented by aspects of wireless communication system 100. For example, wireless communication system 200 may include one or more UEs 115 (e.g., UE 115-a) and one or more network entities 105 (e.g., network entity 105-a), which may be examples of corresponding devices as described herein.

[0091] In some wireless communication systems (such as wireless communication system 200), variations in interference experienced by UE 115 (such as UE 115-a), network entity 105 (such as network entity 105-a), or both may affect the performance of wireless communication system 200 (e.g., a 5G system). Therefore, to support interference mitigation, UE 115-a may report measured interference to network entity 105-a so that network entity 105-a can schedule UE 115-a in a manner that mitigates or avoids interference. However, there may be a delay between the first time UE 115-a measures and reports interference and the second time network entity 105-a schedules UE 115-a based on the reported interference, causing the interference experienced by UE 115-a to vary between the first and second times. In other words, the interference reported by UE 115-a at the first time may be different from the interference experienced by UE 115-a at the second time (for example, it may be inaccurate at the second time, and the interference may change), which makes the scheduling of UE 115-a by network entity 105-a ineffective in mitigating or avoiding interference, thereby reducing system performance.

[0092] Therefore, UE 115-a can report predicted interference for future resources 215 to enable advanced resource allocation techniques at network entity 105-a and allow network entity 105-a to use enhanced link adaptation algorithms. That is, one or more parameters (e.g., configuration parameters) at neighboring network entity 105 may affect the temporal, frequency, spatial, or any combination thereof correlation of interference (e.g., inter-cell interference) observed by UE 115-a. For example, the interference experienced (e.g., observed) by UE 115-a and changes in interference may be based on the scheduling behavior of network entity 105, such as scheduling type (e.g., proportional fairness, round-robin), the number of active UEs 115, the type of service at neighboring network entity 105, resource utilization (e.g., load), beam management, channel changes (e.g., channel changes between interfering network entity 105 and UE 115-a), or any combination thereof. Therefore, UE 115-a (e.g., and / or network entity 105-a) can observe interference (e.g., interference patterns) on previous resources, enabling UE 115-a (e.g., and / or network entity 105-a) to predict interference on future resources 215, thereby enabling advanced scheduling techniques. In some cases (e.g., since the interference patterns observed at UE 115-a are based on many factors), UE 115-a can utilize machine learning models (e.g., artificial intelligence) to predict interference for future resources 215. That is, the machine learning model can learn from changes in interference patterns on previous resources to achieve interference prediction for future resources 215.

[0093] In some cases, the wireless communication system 200 may implement one or more enhancements at UE 115-a, network entity 105-a, or both based on predicted interference (e.g., from a machine learning model). For example, the scheduler (e.g., link adaptive) at network entity 105-a may perform scheduler enhancements such that the scheduler excludes resources predicted (e.g., expected) to have high interference (e.g., threshold interference level) from resource allocation, and may perform modulation and decoding scheme (MCS) adaptation or rank adaptation or both based on predicted interference, which may increase system throughput and energy savings at network entity 105-a. Additionally or alternatively, the radio frequency (e.g., digital) front-end at UE 115-a may perform front-end enhancements such that the radio frequency front-end performs automatic gain control (AGC) gain state prediction based on predicted interference, and may activate or deactivate additional receive blocks (e.g., front-end linearization, additional filters, etc.) or both based on predicted interference. Additionally or alternatively, UE 115-a can perform Demback enhancements, enabling UE 115-a to perform autocorrelation matrix analysis on the advanced receiver based on predicted interference. Prediction (e.g., smoothing) can be used to select one or more receiver algorithms (e.g., signal-to-noise ratio (SINR)) or both based on predicted interference. Additionally or alternatively, UE 115-a may perform channel state feedback (CSF) enhancements, enabling UE 115-a to reduce overhead associated with interference measurement resources based on predicted interference, and to adjust channel state information (CSI) prediction and compression (e.g., and channel prediction) or both based on predicted interference. Such enhancements at UE 115-a can result in improved reliability and power savings at UE 115-a.

[0094] In some cases, interference variations may be greater than channel variations (e.g., especially for beamforming channels). Therefore, predicting the autocorrelation matrix... To implement advanced scheduling techniques and advanced reference signaling designs, the overall throughput and latency of the wireless communication system 200 can be increased (e.g., enhanced). Additionally, the interference report from UE 115-a to network entity 105-a implements an advanced resource allocation strategy at network entity 105-a and an enhanced link adaptation algorithm. For example, network entity 105-a can schedule UE 115-a and adapt the MCS and transmission rank based on predicted interference. That is, network entity 105-a can adapt the MCS to predicted interference (e.g., increasing user-aware throughput (UPT) gain compared to conventional scheduling techniques) and can avoid scheduling UE 115-a on resources expected to have high interference (e.g., interference above a threshold).

[0095] To implement advanced scheduling and link adaptation strategies, as described above, UE 115-a can report predicted interference on multiple future resources 215 (e.g., time slots, subbands, beams). However, in some cases, the predicted interference may vary significantly across subbands, beams, time slots, or any combination thereof (e.g., exceeding a threshold variance), while in other cases, the predicted interference may not vary significantly across subbands, beams, time slots, or any combination thereof (e.g., failing to exceed a threshold variance). Therefore, the payload of the interference report 210 indicating the predicted interference may vary depending on whether there is significant variation in the predicted interference or insignificant variation (e.g., and the environment of UE 115-a). Therefore, in some cases (e.g., to implement advanced link adaptation techniques for significant variations), network entity 105-a may configure UE 115-a to report predicted interference over a large window of future resources 215; however, this can result in increased overhead. Conversely (e.g., to reduce signaling overhead), network entity 105-a may configure UE 115-a to report predicted interference on a small window (e.g., a single future resource 215) of future resource 215, regardless of interference changes. However, this may not allow network entity 105-a to perform advanced link adaptation techniques (e.g., the report may be insufficient for significant changes in predicted interference). Therefore, in some cases, UE 115-a may send multiple interference reports 210 indicating predicted interference to achieve adaptive payload of the interference reports 210. However, sending multiple interference reports 210 may increase complexity and latency.

[0096] Therefore, the techniques described herein enable UE 115-a to report predicted interference via a single interference report 210 by adjusting or updating the payload size, payload structure, or both of the interference report 210, thereby reducing reporting overhead, complexity, latency, and supporting efficient interference prediction reporting for advanced link adaptation techniques. For example, UE 115-a may receive a control message 205-a that instructs (e.g., configures) UE 115-a to report predicted interference via a single interference report 210 (e.g., a CSI report) with a fixed payload size (e.g., and a fixed payload structure). Additionally, in some cases, control message 205-a may indicate a set of future resources 215 (e.g., future physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources) for UE 115-a to report predicted interference. Therefore, UE115-a can proactively update the payload size, structure, or both of the interference report 210 based on predicted interference (e.g., changes in interference fluctuations) to enable adaptive (e.g., intelligent) scheduling and link adaptation performed by network entity 105-a.

[0097] In other words, UE 115-a can send an interference report 210-a with a fixed payload size, indicating predicted interference for a pre-configured number of future resources 215. For example, the pre-configured number of future resources 215 could be three future resources 215, allowing UE 115-a to send an interference report 210-a indicating predicted interference for future resources 215-a, 215-b, and 215-c. Additionally, UE 115-a can send a control message 205-b (e.g., a Media Access Control-Control Element (MAC-CE)) to network entity 105-a indicating an updated payload size, an updated payload structure, or both. The updated payload structure may indicate an updated number of future resources 215 for its reported interference, and one or more parameters associated with the predicted interference report (e.g., quantization, decoding, and packetization of future resources 215). Therefore, UE 115-a may send an interference report 210-b based on the updated payload size, the updated payload structure, or both, which indicates predicted interference for future resources 215-d, 215-e, and 215-f.

[0098] In some cases, UE 115-a may continue to update the payload size, payload structure, or both after each pre-configured number of future resources 215 (e.g., based on predicted interference reported in interference report 210-b). For example, UE 115-a may send additional control message 205 after the second update of the payload size, payload structure, or both in interference report 210-b, and may send additional interference report 210 based on the newly updated payload size, newly updated payload structure, or both, indicating predicted interference for future resources 215-g, 215-h, and 215-i (e.g., not depicted). In some other cases, UE 115-a may determine not to update the payload size, payload structure, or both after sending interference report 210-b (e.g., based on the predicted interference reported in interference report 210-b), such that UE 115-a sends an additional interference report indicating predicted interference for future resources 215-g, 215-h, and 215-i based on the same payload size, the same payload structure, or both associated with interference report 210-b.

[0099] Additionally or alternatively, network entity 105-a may indicate to UE 115-a an update of payload size, payload structure, or both based on predicted interference. For example, UE 115-a may receive control message 205-a instructing UE 115-a to report predicted interference via a single interference report 210 (e.g., a CSI report) with a fixed payload size (e.g., and a fixed payload structure). Additionally, in some cases, control message 205-a may instruct UE 115-a to report a set of future resources 215 for which predicted interference is expected, such as future resources 215-a, 215-b, 215-c, and 215-d. Thus, UE 115-a may send an interference report 210-a indicating predicted interference for future resources 215-a, 215-b, 215-c, and 215-d based on a fixed payload size. Additionally, network entity 105-a may send a control message 205-c indicating an updated payload size, an updated payload structure, or both, based on the predicted interference reported in interference report 210-a (e.g., network entity 105-a's observation of the predicted interference), such that UE 115-a may send an interference report 210-b indicating predicted interference for future resources 215-e, 215-f, 215-g, and 215-h based on the updated payload size, updated payload structure, or both. In such a case, UE 115-a may report predicted interference for future resources 215-e, 215-f, 215-g, and 215-h based on the control message 205-c indicating that UE 115-a should report predicted interference for the four future resources 215.

[0100] In some cases, the updated payload size, updated payload structure, or both indicated to UE 115-a via control message 205-b may be based on a recommendation or request from UE 115-a. That is, UE 115-a may send control message 205-b (e.g., MAC-CE) requesting an updated payload size, updated payload structure, or both, such that control message 205-c may include an acknowledgment or confirmation of the updated payload size, updated payload structure, or both.

[0101] Additionally or alternatively, UE 115-a may receive control message 205-a instructing UE 115-a to report predicted interference for a set of future resources 215 via a single interference report 210 (e.g., a CSI report) having a fixed payload size (e.g., and a fixed payload structure), and if the fixed payload size is insufficient to transmit predicted interference for the set of future resources 215, UE 115-a may use additional control message 205 to report the remaining predicted interference. That is, for example, UE 115-a may receive control message 205-a instructing UE 115-a to use a single interference report 210 having a fixed payload size to report predicted interference for future resources 215-a, 215-b, 215-c, 215-d, and 215-e. However, a fixed payload size may be insufficient to report predicted interference for future resources 215-a, 215-b, 215-c, 215-d, and 215-e (e.g., a sufficient representation of predicted interference fluctuations). Therefore, UE 115-a may send an interference report 210-a indicative of predicted interference for future resources 215-a, 215-b, and 215-c based on a fixed payload size, and may send a control message 205-b indicative of predicted interference for future resources 215-d and 215-e based on an updated payload size. In another example, UE 115-a may be configured to report predicted interference on 10 future resources 215 using interference report 210 (e.g., uplink control information (UCI)), such that UE 115-a may report predicted interference on additional future resources 215 via control message 205 (e.g., MAC-CE).

[0102] Although the predicted interference (e.g., predicted interference information) is described in the context, this should not be considered a limitation of this disclosure. In this regard, it may be determined based on the predicted interference power, the predicted SINR, the predicted autocorrelation matrix (e.g., Further classification of the interference in the prediction is performed using methods such as […].

[0103] Figure 3Examples of interference reporting payloads 300 (e.g., interference reporting payloads 300-a, 300-b, and 300-c) supporting techniques for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation, according to one or more aspects of this disclosure, are shown. In some examples, the interference reporting payload 300 may be implemented by or by aspects of wireless communication system 100, wireless communication system 200, or both. For example, the interference reporting payload 300 may be implemented by one or more UEs 115 and one or more network entities 105, which may be examples of corresponding devices as described herein.

[0104] As previously described, in some cases, UE 115 may adjust or update the payload structure of the interference report to enable UE 115 to report predicted interference for one or more future resources via a single interference report. For example, UE 115 may receive a control message instructing UE 115 to report predicted interference 315 via a single interference report having (e.g., adjusted to) a fixed payload size. Therefore, UE 115 may measure predicted interference 315 for one or more future resources and report predicted interference 315 via a single interference report having a fixed payload size, wherein UE 115 may adjust the payload structure of the interference report based on the number of one or more future resources. Thus, UE 115 may indicate the number of one or more future resources with predicted interference 315 via the interference report (e.g., in the payload). That is, the interference report may include a resource indication 305 indicating the number of one or more future resources, an identifier (ID) 305 associated with each of the one or more future resources, and the predicted interference 315 associated with each ID 310.

[0105] In some cases, a fixed payload size may be associated with a threshold number of disturbances reported for future resources (e.g., a fixed payload size may be associated with a default payload structure that can be adjusted by UE 115). For example, a fixed payload size may be associated with a predicted disturbance 315 reported for four future resources (e.g., disturbances supporting the reporting of predicted disturbances for four future resources). Therefore, in some cases, UE 115 may send a disturbance reporting payload 300-a indicating the predicted disturbances 315 for four future resources (e.g., UE 115 may predict four variations in the predicted disturbances 315 and thus utilize all fields in the disturbance reporting payload 300-a). In such cases, the interference reporting payload 300-a may indicate, via resource indication 305-a, a predicted interference 315 for four future resources, including a first future resource indicated by ID 310-a, a second future resource indicated by ID 310-b, a third future resource indicated by ID 310-c, and a fourth future resource indicated by ID 310-d. Additionally, the interference reporting payload 300-a may indicate a predicted interference 315-a associated with ID 310-a (e.g., the first future resource), a predicted interference 315-b associated with ID 310-b (e.g., the second future resource), a predicted interference 315-c associated with ID 310-c (e.g., the third future resource), and a predicted interference 315-d associated with ID 310-d (e.g., the fourth future resource).

[0106] In some cases, the fixed payload size may be greater than the number of one or more future resources 315 with predicted interference. That is, the threshold number of future resources associated with the fixed payload size may be greater than the number of one or more future resources reported by UE 115. Therefore, in some cases, one or more fields associated with the fixed payload size (e.g., the CSI field) may not be used by UE 115, and UE 115 may enter (e.g., report) an indication 315 for unpredicted interference in each field (e.g., each unused field), such as an indication for NULL 320. For example, the fixed payload size may be associated with reporting predicted interference 315 for four future resources (e.g., may include multiple fields for reporting predicted interference for four future resources), and UE 115 may send an interference reporting payload 300-b indicating predicted interference 315 for two future resources (e.g., UE 115 may predict two variations in the predicted interference 315 and thus utilize a portion of the fields in the interference reporting payload 300-b). In such cases, the interference reporting payload 300-b may indicate, via resource indication 305-b, a predicted interference 305 for two future resources, including a fifth future resource indicated by ID 310-e and a fifth future resource indicated by ID 310-f. Additionally, the interference reporting payload 300-b may indicate a predicted interference 315-e (e.g., a fourth future resource) associated with ID 310-e and a predicted interference 315-f (e.g., a fifth future resource) associated with ID 310-f. Furthermore, UE 115 may enter NULL 320-a, NULL 320-b, NULL 320-c, and NULL320-d in four fields not used by UE 115 (e.g., fields without ID 310 or interference 315).

[0107] In some cases, the fixed payload size may be greater than the number of one or more future resources with predicted interference 315, allowing UE 115 to modify (e.g., adjust or update) the encoding, quantization, or both of the predicted interference 315 based on the number of one or more future resources. In other words, UE 115 may modify the number of bits used to report the predicted interference 315 for each of the one or more future resources. For example, a fixed payload size may be associated with reporting predicted interference 315 for four future resources (e.g., the number of bits in each field of the fixed payload is based on the reported predicted interference 315 for four future resources), and UE 115 may send an interference reporting payload 300-c indicating predicted interference 315 for two future resources (e.g., UE 115 may predict two variations in the predicted interference 315), allowing UE 115 to modify the encoding, quantization, or both of the predicted interference 315 for the two future resources. In such cases, the interference reporting payload 300-c may indicate, via resource indication 305-c, a predicted interference 315 for two future resources, including a seventh future resource indicated by ID 310-g and an eighth future resource indicated by ID 310-h. Additionally, the interference reporting payload 300-c may indicate a predicted interference 315-g associated with ID 310-g (e.g., the seventh future resource) and a predicted interference 315-h associated with ID 310-h (e.g., the eighth future resource), wherein the number of bits used to report the predicted interference 315-g and the number of bits used to report the predicted interference 315-h are increased (e.g., doubled) based on the UE 115 reporting predicted interference 315 for two future resources (e.g., instead of four future resources).

[0108] In some cases, the mapping between the encoding, quantization, or both of the predicted interference and the number of future resources associated with the predicted interference 315 can be pre-configured at UE 115 (e.g., based on one or more normalization rules). Additionally or alternatively, the mapping between the encoding, quantization, or both of the predicted interference 315 and the number of future resources associated with the predicted interference 315 can be indicated by network entity 105. That is, network entity 105 can send control messages (e.g., RRC, MAC-CE, DCI) indicating the mapping between the encoding, quantization, or both of the predicted interference 315 and the number of future resources associated with the predicted interference.

[0109] Although described in the context of interference 315 in reporting a prediction of the number of one or more future resources that is less than a threshold number of future resources associated with a fixed payload size, this should not be construed as a limitation of this disclosure. In this respect, UE 115 may reduce the number of bits used to report interference 315 for each of the one or more future resources based on the fact that the number of one or more future resources is greater than the threshold number of future resources associated with a fixed payload size.

[0110] Figure 4 An example of a wireless communication system 400 supporting techniques for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation, according to one or more aspects of this disclosure, is shown. In some cases, the wireless communication system 400 may implement aspects of or be implemented by wireless communication system 100, wireless communication system 200, interference reporting payload 300, or any combination thereof. For example, the wireless communication system 400 may include one or more UEs 115 (e.g., UE 115-b) and one or more network entities 105 (e.g., network entity 105-b), which may be examples of corresponding devices as described herein.

[0111] In some cases, to enable UE 115 (such as UE 115-b) to report predicted interference for one or more future resources via a single interference report 410, network entity 105 (such as network entity 105-b) may configure UE 115 with multiple uplink reporting resources 415 (e.g., PUCCH resources), wherein each of the multiple uplink reporting resources 415 is associated with a different payload size, a different payload structure, or both. For example, network entity 105-b may send a control message 405 (e.g., MAC-CE, RRC, DCI) to UE 115-b instructing (e.g., assigning) multiple uplink reporting resources 415, including uplink reporting resource 415-a, uplink reporting resource 415-b, and uplink reporting resource 415-c, for UE 115-b to report predicted interference. In such cases, each of uplink reporting resources 415-a, 415-b, and 415-c may be associated with a different payload size, a different payload structure, or both. For example, uplink reporting resource 415-a may be associated with a first payload size, uplink reporting resource 415-b may be associated with a second payload size, and uplink reporting resource 415-c may be associated with a third payload size, wherein the first payload size is smaller than the third payload size, and the third payload size is smaller than the second payload size.

[0112] Therefore, UE 115-b can predict interference on one or more future resources (e.g., measure predicted interference, generate predicted interference, determine predicted interference), and can determine the payload size associated with (e.g., required) reporting the predicted interference based on the predicted interference (e.g., based on fluctuations in the predicted interference). Therefore, UE 115-b can select one of uplink reporting resources 415-a, 415-b, and 415-c based on the determined payload size (e.g., the predicted interference payload). In other words, UE 115-b can compare the determined payload size with a first payload size, a second payload size, and a third payload size to determine which uplink reporting resource 415 to use to send an indication of the predicted interference (e.g., an interference report). Therefore, UE 115-b can report the predicted interference via the selected uplink reporting resource 415 (e.g., with a payload size that satisfies the determined payload).

[0113] Figure 5 An example of a timing diagram 500 supporting techniques for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation, according to one or more aspects of this disclosure, is shown. In some cases, timing diagram 500 may implement aspects of wireless communication system 100, wireless communication system 200, interference reporting payload 300, wireless communication system 400, or any combination thereof, or may be implemented by these aspects. For example, timing diagram 500 may include one or more UEs 115 and one or more network entities 105, which may be examples of corresponding devices as described herein.

[0114] In some cases, to enable UE 115 to report predicted interference for one or more future resources via a single interference report, UE 115 may report predicted interference on a group-based basis. That is, UE 115 may report predicted interference on grouped resources to reduce reporting overhead. For example, UE 115 may measure (e.g., generate, determine) predicted interference 505 on multiple time resources (e.g., time slots, symbols), multiple frequency resources (e.g., subbands, resource blocks), multiple spatial resources (e.g., beams), or any combination thereof, and may group the predicted interference into groups 515. In other words, UE 115 may group time resources, frequency resources, spatial resources, or any combination thereof into multiple groups 515 based on predicted interference.

[0115] Therefore, UE 115 may report the number of groups 515 (e.g., predicted interference groups) and the predicted interference associated with each group 515. In such cases, UE 115 may report the starting resource (e.g., starting timeslot 510, starting subband, starting beam) and length (e.g., in units of timeslots, subbands, beams) or ending resource associated with each group 515 (e.g., each resource group). Additionally or alternatively, UE 115 may report the predicted interference associated with each group based on the average predicted interference. That is, UE 115 may predict the interference associated with each resource (e.g., time, frequency, space) in group 515 and may average the predicted interference over the resources in group 515 to determine the average predicted interference for group 515. In some examples, UE 115 may group resources such that the predicted interference associated with each resource in group 515 is within a threshold tolerance of the average predicted interference for group 515.

[0116] For example, such as Figure 5 As depicted, UE 115 can identify predicted interference 505 on multiple time slots (e.g., time resources) and can divide the predicted interference 505 into five groups (e.g., based on variations in the predicted interference 505), including group 515-a, group 515-b, group 515-c, group 515-d, and group 515-d. Therefore, UE 115 can report the start time slot 510 and length (e.g., in units of time slots) or end time slot associated with each group 515, as well as a subset of the predicted interference 505 associated with each group 515. For example, UE 115 may transmit indications of the length of the starting timeslot 510-a and 10 timeslots associated with group 515-a, the length of the starting timeslot 510-b and 11 timeslots associated with group 515-b, the length of the starting timeslot 510-c and 16 timeslots associated with group 515-c, the length of the starting timeslot 510-d and 9 timeslots associated with group 515-d, and the length of the starting timeslot 510-e and 11 timeslots associated with group 515-e. Additionally, UE 115 may transmit indications of predicted interference 505-a associated with group 515-a, predicted interference 505-b associated with group 515-b, predicted interference 505-c associated with group 515-c, predicted interference 505-d associated with group 515-d, and predicted interference 505-e associated with group 515-e.

[0117] Additionally or alternatively, UE 115 may report predicted interference 505 for each time resource, each frequency resource, each space resource, or any combination thereof.

[0118] Figure 6 An example of a process flow 600 supporting techniques for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation, according to one or more aspects of this disclosure, is shown. In some cases, process flow 600 may implement aspects of or be implemented by aspects of wireless communication system 100, wireless communication system 200, interference reporting payload 300, wireless communication system 400, timing diagram 500, or any combination thereof. For example, process flow 600 may include one or more UEs 115 (e.g., UE 115-c) and one or more network entities 105 (e.g., network entity 105-c), which may be examples of corresponding devices as described herein.

[0119] At 605, UE 115-c may receive from network entity 105-c a first control message instructing the UE to report predicted interference for a set of resources (e.g., future resources) via a single interference report. In some cases, the first control message may indicate a first payload size (e.g., number of bits), a first payload structure (e.g., number of fields, a first number of resources to report predicted interference, encoding, quantization, etc.), or any combination thereof. In some cases, the first payload size may be associated with a first number of bits used to report predicted interference.

[0120] At 610, UE 115-c can predict interference associated with a set of resources (e.g., measure the predicted interference) based on the receipt of the first control message.

[0121] In some cases, at 615, UE 115-c may send a first interference report indicating predicted interference based on a first payload size, a first payload structure, or both. In some cases, the first interference report may include a request to update the first payload size to a second payload size, update the first payload structure to a second payload structure, or both.

[0122] In some cases, at 620, UE 115-c may receive a second control message (e.g., MAC-CE message, RRC message, DCI message) from network entity 105-c, at least in part, based on sending a first interference report, indicating a second payload size, a second payload structure (e.g., a second number of resource sets), or both. That is, network entity 105-c may update the first payload size to a second payload size, update the first payload structure to a second payload structure, or both, based on the predicted interference indicated in the first interference report. In some cases, network entity 105-c may send the second control message based on a request included in the first interference report.

[0123] At 625, UE 115-c may determine the payload size, payload structure, or both of the second interference report based on predicted interference. For example, in some cases, UE 115-c may update the first payload size (e.g., autonomously) to a third payload size, update the first payload structure to a third payload structure, or both, based on predicted interference. In some cases, UE 115-c may update the first payload structure to a third payload structure based on a first number of resources associated with the first payload size relative to a second number of resources associated with predicted interference (e.g., a second number of resource sets). In some cases, UE 115-c may add NULL to a subset of the field based on the first number of resources associated with the first payload size exceeding the second number of resources associated with predicted interference. In some other cases, UE 115-c may adjust the number of bits used to report predicted interference for each resource in the resource set based on the first number of resources relative to the second number of resources (e.g., adjusting from the first number of bits).

[0124] In some cases, UE 115-c may update the first payload size to a third payload size, update the first payload structure to a third payload structure, or both, based on selecting a reporting resource from among multiple reporting resources configured for UE 115-c, wherein the selected reporting resource is associated with the third payload structure, the third payload size, or both.

[0125] Additionally or alternatively, UE 115-c may update the first payload size to the second payload size, update the first payload structure to the second payload structure, or both, based on the second control message.

[0126] In some cases, UE 115-c may determine to send a first subset of the predicted interference in the second interference report and a second subset of the predicted interference in the fourth control message. Therefore, UE 115-a may update the first payload size to the second payload size, update the first payload structure to the second payload structure, or both, for the fourth control message.

[0127] In some cases, at 630, UE 115-c may send a third control message (e.g., a MAC-CE message) to network entity 105-c indicating the third payload size, third payload structure, or both, based on updating the first payload size to the third payload size, updating the first payload structure to the third payload structure, or both, according to predicted interference.

[0128] At 635, UE 115-c may send a second interference report to network entity 105-c. In some cases, the second interference report may be based on predicted interference (e.g., measured at 610) and may be reported based on a second payload size, a second payload structure, or both. In some other cases, the second interference report may be based on additional predicted interference and reported based on a second payload size, a second payload structure, or both (e.g., updated by network entity 105-c).

[0129] In some cases (e.g., based on determining that predicted interference is to be transmitted in subsets), UE 115-c may transmit a first subset of predicted interference associated with a first subset of the set of resources via a second interference report based on a first payload size, and may at 640 transmit a fourth control message indicating a second subset of the set of resources based on transmitting a second interference report indicating a first subset of predicted interference associated with a first subset of the set of resources (e.g., based on a second payload size, a second payload structure, or both).

[0130] In some cases, predicted disturbances can be reported per time duration (e.g., time resource), per frequency (e.g., frequency resource), per spatial resource, or any combination thereof.

[0131] In some cases, a second interference report may indicate multiple groups associated with the predicted interference, where each of the multiple groups is associated with a subset of the predicted interference. In such cases, each group may be associated with a starting resource, an ending resource, a length, or any combination thereof.

[0132] Figure 7 A block diagram 700 of a device 705 supporting techniques for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation, according to one or more aspects of this disclosure, is shown. Device 705 may be an example of various aspects of UE 115 as described herein. Device 705 may include a receiver 710, a transmitter 715, and a communication manager 720. Device 705, or one or more components of device 705 (e.g., receiver 710, transmitter 715, communication manager 720), may include at least one processor that may be coupled to at least one memory to individually or jointly support or implement the described techniques. Each of these components may communicate with each other (e.g., via one or more buses).

[0133] Receiver 710 may provide components for receiving information (such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof) associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels related to techniques used to report predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation). The information may be delivered to other components of device 705. Receiver 710 may utilize a single antenna or a collection of antennas.

[0134] Transmitter 715 may provide components for transmitting signals generated by other components of device 705. For example, transmitter 715 may transmit information (such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof) associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels related to techniques for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation). In some examples, transmitter 715 may be co-located with receiver 710 in a transceiver module. Transmitter 715 may utilize a single antenna or a collection of multiple antennas.

[0135] The communication manager 720, receiver 710, transmitter 715, or various combinations or components thereof may be examples of components used to perform various aspects of the techniques described herein for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation. For example, the communication manager 720, receiver 710, transmitter 715, or various combinations or components thereof may be able to perform one or more of the functions described herein.

[0136] In some examples, the communication manager 720, receiver 710, transmitter 715, or various combinations or components thereof may be implemented in hardware (e.g., in communication management circuitry). The hardware may include at least one of the following: a processor, digital signal processor (DSP), central processing unit (CPU), application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), field-programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, microcontroller, discrete gate or transistor logic component, discrete hardware component, or any combination thereof, configured as or otherwise individually or collectively to support components for performing the functions described herein. In some examples, at least one processor and at least one memory coupled to said at least one processor may be configured to perform one or more of the functions described herein (e.g., instructions stored in at least one memory are executed individually or collectively by one or more processors).

[0137] Additionally or alternatively, the communication manager 720, receiver 710, transmitter 715, or various combinations or components thereof may be implemented in code executed by at least one processor (e.g., referred to as processor executable code) (e.g., implemented as communication management software or firmware). If implemented in code executed by at least one processor, the functionality of the communication manager 720, receiver 710, transmitter 715, or various combinations or components thereof may be performed by any combination of a general-purpose processor, DSP, CPU, ASIC, FPGA, microcontroller, or these or other programmable logic devices (e.g., configured as or otherwise individually or jointly to support components for performing the functions described in this disclosure).

[0138] In some examples, the communication manager 720 may be configured to use a receiver 710, a transmitter 715, or both, or otherwise cooperate with them to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, acquiring, monitoring, outputting, transmitting). For example, the communication manager 720 may receive information from the receiver 710, transmit information to the transmitter 715, or integrate with the receiver 710, the transmitter 715, or both to acquire information, output information, or perform various other operations as described herein.

[0139] The communication manager 720 may support wireless communication according to examples disclosed herein. For example, the communication manager 720 may be capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for receiving a first control message instructing the UE to report predicted interference for a set of multiple resources via a single interference report. The communication manager 720 may be capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for predicting interference associated with a set of multiple resources based on the received first control message. The communication manager 720 may be capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for determining the payload size, payload structure, or both of the interference report based on the predicted interference. The communication manager 720 may be capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for transmitting the interference report based on the determined payload size, the determined payload structure, or both.

[0140] By including or configuring a communication manager 720 according to an example as described herein, device 705 (e.g., controlling receiver 710, transmitter 715, communication manager 720 or a combination thereof or at least one processor otherwise coupled to them) can support techniques for reporting predicted interference using a single interference report, which enable reduced processing, lower power consumption, more efficient use of communication resources, and other advantages.

[0141] Figure 8A block diagram 800 of a device 805 supporting techniques for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation, according to one or more aspects of this disclosure, is shown. Device 805 may be an example of aspects of device 705 or UE 115 as described herein. Device 805 may include a receiver 810, a transmitter 815, and a communication manager 820. Device 805 or one or more components of device 805 (e.g., receiver 810, transmitter 815, communication manager 820) may include at least one processor that may be coupled to at least one memory to support the described techniques. Each of these components may communicate with each other (e.g., via one or more buses).

[0142] Receiver 810 may provide components for receiving information (such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof) associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels, and control channels associated with techniques used to report predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation). The information may be delivered to other components of device 805. Receiver 810 may utilize a single antenna or a collection of antennas.

[0143] Transmitter 815 may provide components for transmitting signals generated by other components of device 805. For example, transmitter 815 may transmit information (such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof) associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels related to techniques for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation). In some examples, transmitter 815 may be co-located with receiver 810 in a transceiver module. Transmitter 815 may utilize a single antenna or a collection of multiple antennas.

[0144] Device 805 or its various components may be examples of parts for performing various aspects of techniques for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation as described herein. For example, communication manager 820 may include configuration component 825, prediction component 830, reporting component 835, or any combination thereof. Communication manager 820 may be examples of aspects of communication manager 720 as described herein. In some examples, communication manager 820 or its various components may be configured to use receiver 810, transmitter 815, or both, or otherwise cooperate with them to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, acquiring, monitoring, outputting, transmitting). For example, communication manager 820 may receive information from receiver 810, transmit information to transmitter 815, or be integrated in combination with receiver 810, transmitter 815, or both to acquire information, output information, or perform various other operations as described herein.

[0145] Communication manager 820 may support wireless communication according to examples disclosed herein. Configuration component 825 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for receiving a first control message instructing the UE to report predicted interference for a set of multiple resources via a single interference report. Prediction component 830 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for predicting interference associated with a set of multiple resources based on the received first control message. Reporting component 835 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for determining the payload size, payload structure, or both of the interference report based on the predicted interference. Reporting component 835 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for transmitting the interference report based on the determined payload size, determined payload structure, or both.

[0146] Figure 9 A block diagram 900 of a communication manager 920 supporting techniques for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation, according to one or more aspects of this disclosure, is shown. The communication manager 920 may be an example of aspects of the communication manager 720, communication manager 820, or both as described herein. The communication manager 920 or its various components may be examples of parts for performing various aspects of the techniques for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation, as described herein. For example, the communication manager 920 may include a configuration component 925, a prediction component 930, a reporting component 935, a feedback component 940, a request component 945, or any combination thereof. Each of these components, or its components or sub-components (e.g., one or more processors, one or more memories), may communicate directly or indirectly with each other (e.g., via one or more buses).

[0147] The communication manager 920 may support wireless communication according to examples disclosed herein. The configuration component 925 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for receiving a first control message instructing the UE to report predicted interference for a set of multiple resources via a single interference report. The prediction component 930 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for predicting interference associated with a set of multiple resources based on the received first control message. The reporting component 935 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for determining the payload size, payload structure, or both of the interference report based on the predicted interference. In some examples, the reporting component 935 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for transmitting an interference report based on the determined payload size, determined payload structure, or both.

[0148] In some examples, to support the determination of payload size, payload structure, or both, the reporting component 935 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for updating a first payload size to a second payload size, a first payload structure to a second payload structure, a first number of sets of multiple resources to a second number of sets of multiple resources, or any combination thereof, based on predicted interference. Sending an interference report based on the determined payload size, determined payload structure, or both includes the following. In some examples, to support the determination of payload size, payload structure, or both, the reporting component 935 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for sending interference reports based on updates according to a second payload size, a second payload structure, a second number of sets of multiple resources, or any combination thereof.

[0149] In some examples, the feedback component 940 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for sending a second control message based on an update, indicating a second payload size, a second payload structure, a second number of sets of multiple resources, or any combination thereof, wherein interference reports are sent based on the second control message according to the second payload size, the second payload structure, the second number of sets of multiple resources, or any combination thereof.

[0150] In some examples, the second control message is a Media Access Control (MAC)-Control Element (MAC-CE) message.

[0151] In some examples, the first control message indicates a first payload size, and the reporting component 935 is capable, configured, or operable to support components for sending a first interference report based on the first payload size, a first payload structure, a first number of sets of multiple resources, or any combination thereof. In some examples, the first control message indicates a first payload size, and the configuration component 925 is capable, configured, or operable to support components for receiving a second control message indicating a second payload size, a second payload structure, a second number of sets of multiple resources, or any combination thereof, based on the sending of the first interference report, wherein determining the payload size, payload structure, or both includes the following. In some examples, the first control message indicates a first payload size, and the reporting component 935 is capable, configured, or operable to support components for updating the first payload size to a second payload size, updating the first payload structure to a second payload structure, updating the first number of sets of multiple resources to a second number of sets of multiple resources, or any combination thereof, based on receiving the second control message.

[0152] In some examples, the request component 945 is capable of, configured to, or able to operate to support a component for sending a request via a first interference report to update a first payload size to a second payload size, update a first payload structure to a second payload structure, update a first number of sets of multiple resources to a second number of sets of multiple resources, or any combination thereof, wherein receiving a second control message is based on sending the first interference report.

[0153] In some examples, in order to support sending interference reports based on a determined payload size, a determined payload structure, or both, the reporting component 935 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for sending interference reports based on a second control message received, according to a second payload size, a second payload structure, a second number of sets of multiple resources, or any combination thereof.

[0154] In some examples, the second control message is a MAC-CE message, a DCI message, or an RRC message.

[0155] In some examples, to support the determination of payload size, payload structure, or both, the reporting component 935 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for determining a first subset of predicted interference associated with a first subset of a set of multiple resources via interference reporting based on a first payload size, wherein sending an interference report based on the determined payload size, determined payload structure, or both includes the following: In some examples, to support the determination of payload size, payload structure, or both, the reporting component 935 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for sending an interference report indicating a first subset of predicted interference associated with a first subset of a set of multiple resources based on a first payload size. In some examples, to support the determination of payload size, payload structure, or both, the reporting component 935 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for sending a second control message indicating a second subset of predicted interference associated with a second subset of a set of multiple resources based on the determined payload size, determined payload structure, or both.

[0156] In some examples, to support the determination of payload size, payload structure, or both, the reporting component 935 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for adjusting the payload structure based on a first number of resources relative to a second number of a set of multiple resources.

[0157] In some examples, to support adjustments to the payload structure, the reporting component 935 is capable of, can be configured to, or is operable to support components for inputting NULL into a subset of a set of multiple fields based on a first number of resources exceeding a second number of sets of multiple resources.

[0158] In some examples, to support adjustments to the payload structure, the reporting component 935 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support adjustments to the number of bits in a set of multiple bits used to report predicted interference for each of the multiple resources, based on a first number of resources relative to a second number of the set of multiple resources.

[0159] In some examples, to support the determination of payload size, payload structure, or both, the reporting component 935 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a component for selecting a reporting resource from a set of multiple reporting resources based on predicted disturbances and based on the corresponding payload size, corresponding payload structure, or both associated with the selected reporting resource.

[0160] In some examples, predicted disturbances are reported by time duration, by frequency, by spatial resources, or any combination thereof.

[0161] In some examples, to support the transmission of interference reports, the reporting component 935 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for transmitting interference reports that indicate a set of multiple groups associated with predicted interference, wherein each group in the set of multiple groups is associated with a subset of the predicted interference.

[0162] In some examples, each group in a set of multiple groups is associated with a starting resource and a length.

[0163] Figure 10A diagram of a system 1000 including device 1005 supporting techniques for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation, according to one or more aspects of this disclosure, is shown. Device 1005 may be an example of device 705, device 805, or UE 115 as described herein, or may include components thereof. Device 1005 may communicate with one or more other devices (e.g., network entity 105, UE 115, or any combination thereof) (e.g., wirelessly). Device 1005 may include components for bidirectional voice and data communication, including components for transmitting and receiving communications, such as a communication manager 1020, an input / output (I / O) controller (e.g., I / O controller 1010), a transceiver 1015, one or more antennas 1025, at least one memory 1030, code 1035, and at least one processor 1040. These components may communicate electronically or be coupled in other ways (e.g., operational ground, communication ground, functional ground, electronic ground, electrical ground) via one or more buses (e.g., bus 1045).

[0164] I / O controller 1010 manages the input and output signals of device 1005. I / O controller 1010 can also manage peripheral devices not integrated into device 1005. In some cases, I / O controller 1010 may represent a physical connection or port to an external peripheral device. In some cases, I / O controller 1010 may utilize an operating system such as iOS. ® ANDROID ® MS-DOS ® MS-WINDOWS ® OS / 2 ® UNIX ® LINUX ® Alternatively, the I / O controller 1010 may represent or interact with a modem, keyboard, mouse, touchscreen, or similar device. In some cases, the I / O controller 1010 may be implemented as part of one or more processors, such as at least one processor 1040. In some cases, a user may interact with the device 1005 via the I / O controller 1010 or via hardware components controlled by the I / O controller 1010.

[0165] In some cases, device 1005 may include a single antenna. However, in other cases, device 1005 may have more than one antenna, which may be capable of concurrently transmitting or receiving multiple wireless transmissions. Transceiver 1015 may communicate bidirectionally via one or more antennas 1025 using a wired or wireless link as described herein. For example, transceiver 1015 may represent a wireless transceiver and may communicate bidirectionally with another wireless transceiver. Transceiver 1015 may also include a modem for: modulating packets; providing the modulated packets to one or more antennas 1025 for transmission; and demodulating packets received from one or more antennas 1025. Transceiver 1015, or transceiver 1015 and one or more antennas 1025, may be an example of transmitter 715, transmitter 815, receiver 710, receiver 810, or any combination thereof or component thereof as described herein.

[0166] At least one memory 1030 may include random access memory (RAM) and read-only memory (ROM). At least one memory 1030 may store computer-readable code, computer-executable code, or processor-executable code, such as code 1035. Code 1035 may include instructions that, when executed by at least one processor 1040, cause device 1005 to perform the various functions described herein. Code 1035 may be stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, such as system memory or another type of memory. In some cases, code 1035 may not be directly executable by at least one processor 1040, but may enable a computer (e.g., when compiled and executed) to perform the functions described herein. In some cases, at least one memory 1030 may include a basic I / O system (BIOS), etc., which controls basic hardware or software operations, such as interaction with peripheral components or devices.

[0167] At least one processor 1040 may include one or more intelligent hardware devices (e.g., one or more general-purpose processors, one or more DSPs, one or more central processing units (CPUs), one or more graphics processing units (GPUs), one or more neural processing units (NPUs) (also known as neural network processors or deep learning processors (DLPs)), one or more microcontrollers, one or more ASICs, one or more FPGAs, one or more programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic, one or more discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof). In some cases, at least one processor 1040 may be configured to use a memory controller to operate a memory array. In some other cases, the memory controller may be integrated into at least one processor 1040. At least one processor 1040 may be configured to execute computer-readable instructions stored in memory (e.g., at least one memory 1030) to cause device 1005 to perform various functions (e.g., functions or tasks supporting techniques for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation). For example, device 1005 or components thereof may include at least one processor 1040 and at least one memory 1030 coupled to or coupled to the at least one processor 1040, wherein the at least one processor 1040 and at least one memory 1030 are configured to perform the various functions described herein. In some examples, at least one processor 1040 may include multiple processors, and at least one memory 1030 may include multiple memories. One or more of the multiple processors may be coupled to one or more of the multiple memories, which may be configured individually or collectively to perform the various functions described herein. In some examples, at least one processor 1040 may be a component of a processing system, which may refer to a system of machines (such as a series of machines), circuits (including, for example, one or both of processor circuitry (which may include at least one processor 1040) and memory circuitry (which may include at least one memory 1030)) or components that receive or obtain input and process the input to produce, generate, or obtain a set of outputs. The processing system may be configured to perform one or more of the functions described herein. For example, at least one processor 1040 or a processing system including at least one processor 1040 may be configured, configured to, or operated to cause device 1005 to perform one or more of the functions described herein. Furthermore, as described herein, “configured to,” “configurable to,” and “operable to” may be used interchangeably and may be associated with the ability to perform one or more of the functions described herein when executing code 1035 (e.g., processor-executable code) stored in at least one memory 1030 or otherwise.

[0168] The communication manager 1020 may support wireless communication according to examples disclosed herein. For example, the communication manager 1020 may be capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for receiving a first control message instructing the UE to report predicted interference for a set of multiple resources via a single interference report. The communication manager 1020 may be capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for predicting interference associated with a set of multiple resources based on the received first control message. The communication manager 1020 may be capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for determining the payload size, payload structure, or both of the interference report based on the predicted interference. The communication manager 1020 may be capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for transmitting the interference report based on the determined payload size, the determined payload structure, or both.

[0169] By including or configuring a communication manager 1020 according to an example as described herein, device 1005 can support techniques for reporting predicted interference using a single interference report. These techniques enable improved communication reliability, reduced latency, improved and reduced processing-related user experience, reduced power consumption, more efficient use of communication resources, improved coordination between devices, increased battery life, and improved utilization of processing power, among other benefits.

[0170] In some examples, the communication manager 1020 may be configured to use or otherwise coordinate with the transceiver 1015, one or more antennas 1025, or any combination thereof to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, monitoring, transmitting). Although the communication manager 1020 is illustrated as a separate component, in some examples, one or more functions described with reference to the communication manager 1020 may be supported or executed by at least one processor 1040, at least one memory 1030, code 1035, or any combination thereof. For example, code 1035 may include instructions that can be executed by at least one processor 1040 to cause the device 1005 to perform various aspects of the techniques described herein for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation, or at least one processor 1040 and at least one memory 1030 may be otherwise configured to perform or support such operations individually or jointly.

[0171] Figure 11A block diagram 1100 of a device 1105 supporting techniques for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation, according to one or more aspects of this disclosure, is shown. Device 1105 may be an example of aspects of network entity 105 as described herein. Device 1105 may include receiver 1110, transmitter 1115, and communication manager 1120. Device 1105, or one or more components of device 1105 (e.g., receiver 1110, transmitter 1115, communication manager 1120), may include at least one processor that may be coupled to at least one memory to individually or jointly support or implement the described techniques. Each of these components may communicate with each other (e.g., via one or more buses).

[0172] Receiver 1110 may provide components for acquiring (e.g., receiving, determining, identifying) information (such as user data, control information, or any combination thereof (e.g., I / Q samples, symbols, packets, protocol data units, service data units)) associated with various channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels, channels associated with a protocol stack). The information may be delivered to other components of device 1105. In some examples, receiver 1110 may support acquiring information by receiving signals via one or more antennas. Additionally or alternatively, receiver 1110 may support acquiring information by receiving signals via one or more wired (e.g., electrical, fiber optic) interfaces, wireless interfaces, or any combination thereof.

[0173] Transmitter 1115 may provide components for outputting (e.g., transmitting, providing, conveying, transmitting) information generated by other components of device 1105. For example, transmitter 1115 may output information associated with various channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels, channels associated with a protocol stack), such as user data, control information, or any combination thereof (e.g., I / Q samples, symbols, packets, protocol data units, service data units). In some examples, transmitter 1115 may support outputting information by transmitting signals via one or more antennas. Additionally or alternatively, transmitter 1115 may support outputting information by transmitting signals via one or more wired (e.g., electrical, fiber optic) interfaces, wireless interfaces, or any combination thereof. In some examples, transmitter 1115 and receiver 1110 may be co-located in a transceiver, which may include or be coupled to a modem.

[0174] The communication manager 1120, receiver 1110, transmitter 1115, or various combinations or components thereof may be examples of components used to perform various aspects of the techniques described herein for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation. For example, the communication manager 1120, receiver 1110, transmitter 1115, or various combinations or components thereof may be able to perform one or more of the functions described herein.

[0175] In some examples, the communication manager 1120, receiver 1110, transmitter 1115, or various combinations or components thereof may be implemented in hardware (e.g., in communication management circuitry). The hardware may include at least one of a processor, DSP, CPU, ASIC, FPGA, or other programmable logic device, microcontroller, discrete gate or transistor logic unit, discrete hardware component, or any combination thereof, configured as or otherwise individually or collectively to support components for performing the functions described herein. In some examples, at least one processor and at least one memory coupled to said at least one processor may be configured to perform one or more of the functions described herein (e.g., instructions stored in at least one memory are executed individually or collectively by one or more processors).

[0176] Additionally or alternatively, the communication manager 1120, receiver 1110, transmitter 1115, or various combinations or components thereof may be implemented in code executed by at least one processor (e.g., referred to as processor executable code) (e.g., implemented as communication management software or firmware). If implemented in code executed by at least one processor, the functionality of the communication manager 1120, receiver 1110, transmitter 1115, or various combinations or components thereof may be performed by any combination of a general-purpose processor, DSP, CPU, ASIC, FPGA, microcontroller, or these or other programmable logic devices (e.g., configured as or otherwise individually or jointly to support components for performing the functions described in this disclosure).

[0177] In some examples, the communication manager 1120 may be configured to use the receiver 1110, the transmitter 1115, or both, or otherwise cooperate with them to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, acquiring, monitoring, outputting, transmitting). For example, the communication manager 1120 may receive information from the receiver 1110, transmit information to the transmitter 1115, or be integrated with the receiver 1110, the transmitter 1115, or both to acquire information, output information, or perform various other operations as described herein.

[0178] The communication manager 1120 may support wireless communication according to examples disclosed herein. For example, the communication manager 1120 may be capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for sending a first control message to the UE instructing the UE to report predicted interference for a set of multiple resources via a single interference report. The communication manager 1120 may be capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for determining the payload size, payload structure, or both of the interference report. The communication manager 1120 may be capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for receiving interference reports based on the determined payload size, the determined payload structure, or both.

[0179] By including or configuring a communication manager 1120 according to an example as described herein, device 1105 (e.g., controlling receiver 1110, transmitter 1115, communication manager 1120, or a combination thereof, or at least one processor otherwise coupled to them) can support techniques for reporting predicted interference using a single interference report, which enable reduced processing, lower power consumption, and more efficient use of communication resources, among other benefits.

[0180] Figure 12 A block diagram 1200 of a device 1205 supporting techniques for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation, according to one or more aspects of this disclosure, is shown. Device 1205 may be an example of aspects of device 1105 or network entity 105 as described herein. Device 1205 may include a receiver 1210, a transmitter 1215, and a communication manager 1220. Device 1205 or one or more components of device 1205 (e.g., receiver 1210, transmitter 1215, communication manager 1220) may include at least one processor that may be coupled to at least one memory to support the described techniques. Each of these components may communicate with each other (e.g., via one or more buses).

[0181] Receiver 1210 may provide components for acquiring (e.g., receiving, determining, identifying) information (such as user data, control information, or any combination thereof (e.g., I / Q samples, symbols, packets, protocol data units, service data units)) associated with various channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels, channels associated with a protocol stack). The information may be delivered to other components of device 1205. In some examples, receiver 1210 may support acquiring information by receiving signals via one or more antennas. Additionally or alternatively, receiver 1210 may support acquiring information by receiving signals via one or more wired (e.g., electrical, fiber optic) interfaces, wireless interfaces, or any combination thereof.

[0182] Transmitter 1215 may provide components for outputting (e.g., transmitting, providing, conveying, transmitting) information generated by other components of device 1205. For example, transmitter 1215 may output information associated with various channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels, channels associated with a protocol stack), such as user data, control information, or any combination thereof (e.g., I / Q samples, symbols, packets, protocol data units, service data units). In some examples, transmitter 1215 may support outputting information by transmitting signals via one or more antennas. Additionally or alternatively, transmitter 1215 may support outputting information by transmitting signals via one or more wired (e.g., electrical, fiber optic) interfaces, wireless interfaces, or any combination thereof. In some examples, transmitter 1215 and receiver 1210 may be co-located in a transceiver, which may include or be coupled to a modem.

[0183] Device 1205 or its various components may be examples of parts for performing various aspects of techniques for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation as described herein. For example, communication manager 1220 may include configuration component 1225, reporting adjustment component 1230, reporting component 1235, or any combination thereof. Communication manager 1220 may be examples of aspects of communication manager 1120 as described herein. In some examples, communication manager 1220 or its various components may be configured to use receiver 1210, transmitter 1215, or both, or otherwise cooperate with them to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, acquiring, monitoring, outputting, transmitting). For example, communication manager 1220 may receive information from receiver 1210, transmit information to transmitter 1215, or be integrated in combination with receiver 1210, transmitter 1215, or both to acquire information, output information, or perform various other operations as described herein.

[0184] Communication manager 1220 may support wireless communication according to examples disclosed herein. Configuration component 1225 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for sending a first control message to the UE instructing the UE to report predicted interference for a set of multiple resources via a single interference report. Reporting adjustment component 1230 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for determining the payload size, payload structure, or both of the interference report. Reporting component 1235 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for receiving interference reports based on the determined payload size, determined payload structure, or both.

[0185] Figure 13A block diagram 1300 of a communication manager 1320 supporting techniques for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation, according to one or more aspects of this disclosure, is shown. The communication manager 1320 may be an example of aspects of the communication manager 1120, communication manager 1220, or both as described herein. The communication manager 1320 or its various components may be examples of components for performing various aspects of the techniques for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation, as described herein. For example, the communication manager 1320 may include a configuration component 1325, a reporting adjustment component 1330, a reporting component 1335, a feedback component 1340, or any combination thereof. Each of these components, or its components or sub-components (e.g., one or more processors, one or more memories), may communicate directly or indirectly with each other (e.g., via one or more buses). Communication may include communication within protocol layers of a protocol stack, communication associated with logical channels of the protocol stack (e.g., between protocol layers of the protocol stack, within devices, components, or virtualization components associated with network entity 105, between devices, components, or virtualization components associated with network entity 105), or any combination thereof.

[0186] Communication manager 1320 may support wireless communication according to examples disclosed herein. Configuration component 1325 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for sending a first control message to the UE instructing the UE to report predicted interference for a set of multiple resources via a single interference report. Reporting adjustment component 1330 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for determining the payload size, payload structure, or both of the interference report. Reporting component 1335 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for receiving interference reports based on the determined payload size, determined payload structure, or both.

[0187] In some examples, the first control message indicates a first payload size, and configuration component 1325 is capable, configured, or operable to support components for receiving a second control message indicating a second payload size, a second payload structure, a second number of sets of multiple resources, or any combination thereof, wherein determining the payload size, payload structure, or both is based on receiving the second control message, and wherein receiving an interference report includes... In some examples, the first control message indicates a first payload size, and reporting component 1335 is capable, configured, or operable to support components for receiving an interference report based on receiving the second control message according to the second payload size, the second payload structure, a second number of sets of multiple resources, or any combination thereof.

[0188] In some examples, the second control message is a MAC-CE message.

[0189] In some examples, the first control message indicates a first payload size, and the reporting component 1335 is capable, configured, or operable to support components for receiving a first interference report based on the first payload size, a first payload structure, a first number of sets of multiple resources, or any combination thereof, wherein determining the payload size, payload structure, or both includes the following. In some examples, the first control message indicates a first payload size, and the reporting adjustment component 1330 is capable, configured, or operable to support components for updating the first payload size to a second payload size, updating the first payload structure to a second payload structure, updating the first number of sets of multiple resources to a second number of sets of multiple resources, or any combination thereof, based on the receipt of a first interference report. In some examples, the first control message indicates a first payload size, and the configuration component 1325 is capable, configured, or operable to support components for sending a second control message indicating a second payload size, a second payload structure, a second number of sets of multiple resources, or any combination thereof, based on an update.

[0190] In some examples, the feedback component 1340 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for receiving requests via a first interference report to update a first payload size to a second payload size, update a first payload structure to a second payload structure, update a first number of sets of multiple resources to a second number of sets of multiple resources, or any combination thereof, wherein sending a second control message is based on sending the first interference report.

[0191] In some examples, in order to support receiving interference reports based on a determined payload size, a determined payload structure, or both, the reporting component 1335 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for receiving interference reports based on the transmission of a second control message, according to a second payload size, a second payload structure, a second number of sets of multiple resources, or any combination thereof.

[0192] In some examples, the second control message is a Media Access Control (MAC)-Control Element (MAC-CE) message, a DCI message, or an RRC message.

[0193] In some examples, in order to support receiving interference reports based on a determined payload size, a determined payload structure, or both, the reporting component 1335 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for receiving interference reports that indicate a first subset of predicted interference associated with a first subset of a set of multiple resources, based on a first payload size.

[0194] In some examples, configuration component 1325 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a component for receiving a second control message indicating a second subset of predicted interference associated with a second subset of the set of multiple resources, based on an interference report indicating a first subset of predicted interference associated with a first subset of a set of multiple resources.

[0195] In some examples, the set of multiple resources exceeds the threshold set of multiple resources associated with the interference report.

[0196] In some examples, in order to support receiving interference reports based on a determined payload size, a determined payload structure, or both, the reporting component 1335 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for receiving interference reports based on a first number of resources relative to a second number of a set of multiple resources, according to an adjusted payload structure.

[0197] In some examples, in order to support receiving interference reports based on the adjusted payload structure, the reporting component 1335 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a component for receiving NULL values ​​via a subset of a set of multiple fields based on a first number of resources exceeding a second number of a set of multiple resources.

[0198] In some examples, in order to support receiving interference reports based on an adjusted payload structure, the reporting component 1335 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for receiving interference reports indicating predicted interference, wherein the number of bits in the set of multiple bits for reporting predicted interference for each of a set of multiple resources is adjusted based on a first number of resources relative to a second number of the set of multiple resources.

[0199] In some examples, the first control message indicates that it is associated with a set of multiple payload sizes, a set of multiple payload structures, or a set of multiple reporting resources associated with both.

[0200] In some examples, predicted disturbances are reported by time duration, by frequency, by spatial resources, or any combination thereof.

[0201] In some examples, to support receiving interference reports, the reporting component 1335 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for receiving interference reports that indicate a set of multiple groups associated with predicted interference, wherein each of the multiple groups is associated with a subset of the predicted interference.

[0202] In some examples, each group in a set of multiple groups is associated with a starting resource and a length.

[0203] Figure 14A diagram of a system 1400 including device 1405 supporting techniques for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation, according to one or more aspects of this disclosure, is shown. Device 1405 may be an example of device 1105, device 1205, or network entity 105 as described herein, or may include components thereof. Device 1405 may communicate with other network devices or network equipment, such as network entity 105, UE 115, or any combination thereof. Communication may include communication via one or more wired interfaces, one or more wireless interfaces, or any combination thereof. Device 1405 may include components supporting output and acquisition of communication, such as a communication manager 1420, a transceiver 1410, one or more antennas 1415, at least one memory 1425, code 1430, and at least one processor 1435. These components may communicate electronically or otherwise (e.g., operative ground, communicative ground, functional ground, electronic ground, electrical ground) via one or more buses (e.g., bus 1440).

[0204] Transceiver 1410 may support bidirectional communication via a wired link, a wireless link, or both, as described herein. In some examples, transceiver 1410 may include a wired transceiver and be capable of bidirectional communication with another wired transceiver. Additionally or alternatively, in some examples, transceiver 1410 may include a wireless transceiver and be capable of bidirectional communication with another wireless transceiver. In some examples, device 1405 may include one or more antennas 1415 that are capable of (e.g., concurrently) transmitting or receiving wireless transmissions. Transceiver 1410 may also include a modem for modulating signals to provide modulated signals for transmission (e.g., via one or more antennas 1415, via a wired transmitter), for receiving modulated signals (e.g., from one or more antennas 1415, from a wired receiver), and for demodulating signals. In some embodiments, transceiver 1410 may include one or more interfaces, such as one or more interfaces coupled to one or more antennas 1415 configured to support various receive or acquire operations, or one or more interfaces coupled to one or more antennas 1415 configured to support various transmit or output operations, or combinations thereof. In some embodiments, transceiver 1410 may include one or more processors or one or more memory components or configured to be coupled to such processors or memory components, which are operable to perform or support operations based on received or acquired information or signals, or to generate information or other signals for transmission or other output, or any combination thereof. In some embodiments, transceiver 1410, or transceiver 1410 and one or more antennas 1415, or transceiver 1410 and one or more antennas 1415 and one or more processors or one or more memory components (e.g., at least one processor 1435, at least one memory 1425, or both) may be included in a chip or chip assembly mounted in device 1405. In some examples, transceiver 1410 may be able to operate to support communication via one or more communication links (e.g., communication link 125, backhaul communication link 120, midhaul communication link 162, and fronthaul communication link 168).

[0205] At least one memory 1425 may include RAM, ROM, or any combination thereof. At least one memory 1425 may store computer-readable code, computer-executable code, or processor-executable code, such as code 1430. Code 1430 may include instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of at least one processor 1435, cause device 1405 to perform the various functions described herein. Code 1430 may be stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, such as system memory or another type of memory. In some cases, code 1430 may not be directly executable by one of the processors of at least one processor 1435, but may cause a computer (e.g., when compiled and executed) to perform the functions described herein. In some cases, at least one memory 1425 may include a BIOS, etc., which controls basic hardware or software operation, such as interaction with peripheral components or devices. In some examples, at least one processor 1435 may include multiple processors, and at least one memory 1425 may include multiple memories. One or more of a plurality of processors may be coupled to one or more of a plurality of memories, which may be configured individually or collectively to perform the various functions described herein (e.g., as part of a processing system).

[0206] At least one processor 1435 may include one or more intelligent hardware devices (e.g., one or more general-purpose processors, one or more DSPs, one or more central processing units (CPUs), one or more graphics processing units (GPUs), one or more neural processing units (NPUs) (also known as neural network processors or deep learning processors (DLPs)), one or more microcontrollers, one or more ASICs, one or more FPGAs, one or more programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic, one or more discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof). In some cases, at least one processor 1435 may be configured to use a memory controller to operate a memory array. In some other cases, the memory controller may be integrated into one or more processors in at least one processor 1435. At least one processor 1435 may be configured to execute computer-readable instructions stored in memory (e.g., one or more memories in at least one memory 1425) to cause device 1405 to perform various functions (e.g., functions or tasks supporting techniques for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation). For example, device 1405 or components thereof may include at least one processor 1435 and at least one memory 1425 coupled to one or more of the at least one processor 1435, the at least one processor 1435 and the at least one memory 1425 being configured to perform the various functions described herein. The at least one processor 1435 may be an example of a cloud computing platform (e.g., one or more physical nodes and supporting software such as an operating system, virtual machine, or container instance) that may (e.g., by executing code 1430) host functions for performing the functions of device 1405. The at least one processor 1435 may be any one or more suitable processors capable of executing scripts or instructions of one or more software programs stored in device 1405 (such as within one or more memories in the at least one memory 1425). In some examples, the at least one processor 1435 may include multiple processors, and the at least one memory 1425 may include multiple memories. One or more of the multiple processors may be coupled to one or more of the multiple memories, the multiple memories being configured individually or collectively to perform the various functions described herein. In some examples, at least one processor 1435 may be a component of a processing system, which may refer to a system of machines (such as a series of machines), circuits (including, for example, one or both of processor circuitry (which may include at least one processor 1435) and memory circuitry (which may include at least one memory 1425)) or components that receive or obtain input and process the input to produce, generate or obtain a set of outputs. The processing system may be configured to perform one or more of the functions described herein.For example, at least one processor 1435 or a processing system including at least one processor 1435 may be configured, configured to, or operated to cause the device 1405 to perform one or more of the functions described herein. Furthermore, as described herein, “configured to,” “configurable to,” and “operable to” may be used interchangeably and may be associated with the ability to perform one or more of the functions described herein when executing code stored in at least one memory 1425 or otherwise.

[0207] In some examples, bus 1440 may support communication at protocol layers of the protocol stack (e.g., within a protocol layer). In some examples, bus 1440 may support communication associated with logical channels of the protocol stack (e.g., between protocol layers of the protocol stack), which may include communication performed within components of device 1405, or communication performed between different components of device 1405 that are co-addressable or may be located in different locations (e.g., where device 1405 may refer to a system in which one or more of communication manager 1420, transceiver 1410, at least one memory 1425, code 1430 and at least one processor 1435 may be located in one component of different components or partitioned between different components).

[0208] In some examples, the communication manager 1420 can manage (e.g., via one or more wired or wireless backhaul links) various aspects of communication with the core network 130. For example, the communication manager 1420 can manage the delivery of data communications by client devices, such as one or more UEs 115. In some examples, the communication manager 1420 can manage communication with one or more other network devices 105 and may include a controller or scheduler for (e.g., cooperating with one or more other network devices) controlling communication with UE 115. In some examples, the communication manager 1420 may support an X2 interface within LTE / LTE-A wireless communication network technology to provide communication between network entities 105.

[0209] The communication manager 1420 may support wireless communication according to examples disclosed herein. For example, the communication manager 1420 may be capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for sending a first control message to the UE instructing the UE to report predicted interference for a set of multiple resources via a single interference report. The communication manager 1420 may be capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for determining the payload size, payload structure, or both of the interference report. The communication manager 1420 may be capable of, configured to, or operable to support components for receiving interference reports based on the determined payload size, the determined payload structure, or both.

[0210] By including or configuring a communication manager 1420 according to an example as described herein, device 1405 can support techniques for reporting predicted interference using a single interference report, which can achieve improved communication reliability, reduced latency, improved and reduced processing-related user experience, reduced power consumption, more efficient use of communication resources, improved coordination between devices, increased battery life and improved utilization of processing power, and other benefits.

[0211] In some examples, the communication manager 1420 may be configured to use or otherwise coordinate with the transceiver 1410, one or more antennas 1415 (e.g., where applicable), or any combination thereof to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, acquiring, monitoring, outputting, transmitting). Although the communication manager 1420 is illustrated as a separate component, in some examples, one or more functions described with reference to the communication manager 1420 may be supported or performed by the transceiver 1410, one or more processors in at least one processor 1435, one or more memories in at least one memory 1425, code 1430, or any combination thereof (e.g., by a processing system including at least a portion of at least one processor 1435, at least one memory 1425, code 1430, or any combination thereof). For example, code 1430 may include instructions that can be executed by one or more processors of at least one processor 1435 to cause device 1405 to perform various aspects of the techniques described herein for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation, or at least one processor 1435 and at least one memory 1425 may be otherwise configured to perform or support such operations individually or jointly.

[0212] Figure 15 A flowchart illustrating a method 1500 for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation, according to one or more aspects of this disclosure, is shown. Operation of method 1500 can be implemented by a UE or its components as described herein. For example, operation of method 1500 can be achieved by, as referenced... Figures 1 to 10 The UE 115 described herein is used to perform this function. In some examples, the UE can execute a set of instructions to control the functional elements of the UE to perform the described function. Additionally or alternatively, the UE may use dedicated hardware to perform aspects of the described function.

[0213] At 1505, the method may include: receiving a first control message instructing the UE to report predicted interference for a set of multiple resources via a single interference report. Operation of 1505 may be performed according to examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of operation of 1505 may be provided by reference to... Figure 9 The configuration component 925 described is used to execute.

[0214] At 1510, the method may include: predicting disturbances associated with a set of multiple resources based on receiving a first control message. The operation of 1510 may be performed according to examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of 1510 may be derived from references... Figure 9 The prediction component 930 described is used to perform this.

[0215] At 1515, the method may include: determining the payload size of the interference report, the payload structure of the interference report, or both, based on the predicted interference. The operation of 1515 may be performed according to examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of 1515 may be derived from references... Figure 9 The report component 935 described is used to perform this.

[0216] At 1520, the method may include sending an interference report based on a determined payload size, a determined payload structure, or both. The operation of 1520 may be performed according to examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of 1520 may be provided by reference to [reference needed]. Figure 9 The report component 935 described is used to perform this.

[0217] Figure 16 A flowchart illustrating a method 1600 for reporting predicted interference to achieve advanced link adaptation, according to one or more aspects of this disclosure, is shown. Operation of method 1600 may be implemented by a network entity or its components as described herein. For example, operation of method 1600 may be implemented by, as referenced... Figures 1 to 6 as well as Figures 11 to 14 The network entity described is used to perform this function. In some examples, the network entity may execute a set of instructions to control the functional elements of the network entity to perform the described function. Additionally or alternatively, the network entity may use dedicated hardware to perform aspects of the described function.

[0218] At 1605, the method may include: sending a first control message to the UE instructing the UE to report predicted interference for a set of multiple resources via a single interference report. The operation of 1605 may be performed according to examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of 1605 may be provided by reference to... Figure 13 The configuration component 1325 described is used to execute this.

[0219] At 1610, the method may include: determining the payload size of the interference report, the payload structure of the interference report, or both. The operation of 1610 may be performed according to examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operation of 1610 may be derived from references... Figure 13 The report adjustment component 1330 described is used to perform this.

[0220] At 1615, the method may include receiving an interference report based on a determined payload size, a determined payload structure, or both. Operation of 1615 may be performed according to examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of operation of 1615 may be provided by reference to [reference needed]. Figure 13 The report component 1335 described is used to perform this.

[0221] The following provides an overview of the various aspects of this disclosure: Aspect 1: A method for wireless communication at a UE, the method comprising: receiving a first control message instructing the UE to report predicted interference for a plurality of resources via a single interference report; predicting interference associated with the plurality of resources based at least in part on the receipt of the first control message; determining a payload size, a payload structure, or both of the interference report based at least in part on the predicted interference; and transmitting the interference report according to the determined payload size, the determined payload structure, or both.

[0222] Aspect 2: According to the method of Aspect 1, wherein the first control message indicates a first payload size, a first payload structure, a first number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof, and wherein determining the payload size, the payload structure, or both comprises: updating the first payload size to a second payload size, updating the first payload structure to a second payload structure, updating the first number of the plurality of resources to a second number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof, at least in part based on predicted interference, wherein sending the interference report based on the determined payload size, the determined payload structure, or both comprises: sending the interference report based at least in part on the update, according to the second payload size, the second payload structure, the second number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof.

[0223] Aspect 3: According to the method of aspect 2, the method further includes: sending a second control message indicating the second payload size, the second payload structure, the second number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof, at least in part based on the update, wherein sending the interference report based on the second payload size, the second payload structure, the second number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof, is at least in part based on sending the second control message.

[0224] Aspect 4: According to the method of aspect 3, the second control message is a MAC-CE message.

[0225] Aspect 5: The method according to any one of Aspects 1 to 4, wherein the first control message indicates a first payload size, a first payload structure, a first number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof, the method further comprising: sending a first interference report based on the first payload size, the first payload structure, the first number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof; and receiving a second control message indicating a second payload size, a second payload structure, a second number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof, at least in part based on sending the first interference report, wherein determining the payload size, the payload structure, or both comprises: updating the first payload size to the second payload size, updating the first payload structure to the second payload structure, updating the first number of the plurality of resources to the second number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof, at least in part based on receiving the second control message.

[0226] Aspect 6: The method according to aspect 5, the method further comprising: sending a request via the first interference report to update the first payload size to the second payload size, update the first payload structure to the second payload structure, update the first number of the plurality of resources to the second number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof, wherein receiving the second control message is at least in part based on sending the first interference report.

[0227] Aspect 7: The method according to any one of Aspects 5 to 6, wherein sending the interference report based on the determined payload size, the determined payload structure, or both comprises: sending the interference report based at least in part on receiving the second control message based on the second payload size, the second payload structure, the second number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof.

[0228] Aspect 8: The method according to any one of Aspects 5 to 7, wherein the second control message is a MAC-CE message, a DCI message, or an RRC message.

[0229] Aspect 9: The method according to any one of Aspects 1 to 8, wherein the first control message indicates a first payload size, and wherein determining the payload size, the payload structure, or both comprises: determining, based on the first payload size, to send a first subset of predicted interference associated with a first subset of the plurality of resources via the interference report, wherein sending the interference report based on the determined payload size, the determined payload structure, or both comprises: sending, based on the first payload size, the interference report indicating the first subset of predicted interference associated with the first subset of the plurality of resources; and sending a second control message indicating a second subset of predicted interference associated with a second subset of the plurality of resources, at least in part based on the determined payload size, the determined payload structure, or both.

[0230] Aspect 10: The method according to any one of Aspects 1 to 9, wherein the first control message indicates a first payload size associated with a first number of resources, and wherein determining the payload size, the payload structure, or both comprises: adjusting the payload structure at least in part based on the first number of resources relative to a second number of the plurality of resources.

[0231] Aspect 11: The method according to aspect 10, wherein the first payload size is associated with a plurality of fields for reporting predicted interference, and wherein adjusting the payload structure includes: inputting NULL into a subset of the plurality of fields based at least in part on the first number of the resources exceeding the second number of the plurality of resources.

[0232] Aspect 12: The method according to any one of Aspects 10 to 11, wherein the first payload size is associated with a plurality of bits for reporting predicted interference, and wherein adjusting the payload structure comprises: adjusting the number of bits among the plurality of bits for reporting predicted interference for each of the plurality of resources based at least in part on the first number of the resources relative to the second number of the plurality of resources.

[0233] Aspect 13: The method according to any one of Aspects 1 to 12, wherein the first control message indicates a plurality of reporting resources associated with a plurality of payload sizes, a plurality of payload structures, or both, and wherein determining the payload size, the payload structure, or both comprises: selecting a reporting resource from the plurality of reporting resources based at least in part on predicted interference and at least in part on a corresponding payload size, corresponding payload structure, or both associated with the selected reporting resource.

[0234] Aspect 14: The method according to any one of Aspects 1 to 13, wherein the predicted interference is reported by time duration, by frequency, by spatial resources, or any combination thereof.

[0235] Aspect 15: The method according to any one of Aspects 1 to 14, wherein sending the interference report comprises: sending the interference report indicating a plurality of groups associated with the predicted interference, wherein each of the plurality of groups is associated with a subset of the predicted interference.

[0236] Aspect 16: According to the method of aspect 15, each of the plurality of groups is associated with an initial resource and a length.

[0237] Aspect 17: A method for wireless communication at a network entity, the method comprising: sending a first control message to a UE instructing the UE to report predicted interference for a plurality of resources via a single interference report; determining a payload size of the interference report, a payload structure of the interference report, or both; and receiving the interference report based on the determined payload size, the determined payload structure, or both.

[0238] Aspect 18: The method according to aspect 17, wherein the first control message indicates a first payload size, a first payload structure, a first number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof, the method further comprising: receiving a second control message indicating a second payload size, a second payload structure, a second number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof, wherein determining the payload size, the payload structure, or both is at least partially based on receiving the second control message, and wherein receiving the interference report comprises: receiving the interference report based at least partially based on receiving the second control message, according to the second payload size, the second payload structure, the second number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof.

[0239] Aspect 19: The method according to aspect 18, wherein the second control message is a MAC-CE message.

[0240] Aspect 20: The method according to any one of Aspects 17 to 19, wherein the first control message indicates a first payload size, a first payload structure, a first number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof, the method further comprising: receiving a first interference report based on the first payload size, the first payload structure, the first number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof, wherein determining the payload size, the payload structure, or both comprises: updating the first payload size to a second payload size, updating the first payload structure to a second payload structure, updating the first number of the plurality of resources to a second number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof, at least in part based on receiving the first interference report; and sending a second control message indicating the second payload size, the second payload structure, the second number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof, at least in part based on the update.

[0241] Aspect 21: The method according to aspect 20, the method further comprising: receiving, via the first interference report, a request to update the first payload size to the second payload size, update the first payload structure to the second payload structure, update the first number of the plurality of resources to the second number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof, wherein sending the second control message is at least in part based on sending the first interference report.

[0242] Aspect 22: The method according to any one of Aspects 20 to 21, wherein receiving the interference report based on the determined payload size, the determined payload structure, or both comprises: receiving the interference report based at least in part on sending the second control message, based on the second payload size, the second payload structure, the second number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof.

[0243] Aspect 23: The method according to any one of Aspects 20 to 22, wherein the second control message is a MAC-CE message, a DCI message, or an RRC message.

[0244] Aspect 24: The method according to any one of Aspects 17 to 23, wherein the first control message indicates a first payload size, wherein determining the payload size, the payload structure, or both is at least partially based on sending the first control message, and wherein receiving the interference report based on the determined payload size, the determined payload structure, or both comprises: receiving the interference report based on the first payload size, indicating a first subset of predicted interference associated with a first subset of the plurality of resources.

[0245] Aspect 25: The method according to aspect 24, the method further comprising: receiving a second control message indicating a second subset of predicted interference associated with a second subset of the plurality of resources, based at least in part on receiving an interference report indicating a first subset of predicted interference associated with a first subset of the plurality of resources.

[0246] Aspect 26: The method according to any one of Aspects 24 to 25, wherein the plurality of resources exceed a threshold associated with the interference report.

[0247] Aspect 27: The method according to any one of Aspects 17 to 26, wherein the first control message indicates a first payload size associated with a first number of resources, wherein determining the payload size, the payload structure, or both is at least partially based on sending the first control message, and wherein receiving the interference report based on the determined payload size, the determined payload structure, or both comprises: receiving the interference report based on an adjusted payload structure at least partially based on the first number of resources relative to a second number of the plurality of resources.

[0248] Aspect 28: The method according to aspect 27, wherein the first payload size is associated with a plurality of fields for reporting predicted interference, and wherein receiving the interference report according to the adjusted payload structure includes receiving NULL values ​​via a subset of the plurality of fields, at least in part based on the first number of the resources exceeding the second number of the plurality of resources.

[0249] Aspect 29: The method according to any one of Aspects 27 to 28, wherein the first payload size is associated with a plurality of fields for reporting predicted interference, and wherein receiving the interference report according to an adjusted payload structure comprises: receiving the interference report indicating predicted interference, wherein the number of bits among the plurality of bits for reporting predicted interference for each of the plurality of resources is adjusted at least in part based on the first number of the resources relative to the second number of the plurality of resources.

[0250] Aspect 30: The method according to any one of Aspects 17 to 29, wherein the first control message indicates a plurality of reporting resources associated with a plurality of payload sizes, a plurality of payload structures, or both.

[0251] Aspect 31: The method according to any one of Aspects 17 to 30, wherein the predicted interference is reported by time duration, by frequency, by spatial resources, or any combination thereof.

[0252] Aspect 32: The method according to any one of Aspects 17 to 31, wherein receiving the interference report comprises: receiving the interference report indicating a plurality of groups associated with predicted interference, wherein each of the plurality of groups is associated with a subset of the predicted interference.

[0253] Aspect 33: According to the method of aspect 32, each of the plurality of groups is associated with an initial resource and a length.

[0254] Aspect 34: A UE for wireless communication, the UE comprising: one or more memories storing processor-executable code; and one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories and capable of operating individually or jointly to execute the code to cause the UE to perform a method according to any one of aspects 1 to 16.

[0255] Aspect 35: A UE for wireless communication, the UE comprising at least one component for performing a method according to any one of aspects 1 to 16.

[0256] Aspect 36: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication, the code including instructions executable by one or more processors to perform the method according to any one of aspects 1 to 16.

[0257] Aspect 37: A network entity for wireless communication, the network entity comprising: one or more memories storing processor-executable code; and one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories and capable of operating individually or jointly to execute the code to cause the network entity to perform a method according to any one of aspects 17 to 33.

[0258] Aspect 38: A network entity for wireless communication, the network entity comprising at least one component for performing the method according to any one of aspects 17 to 33.

[0259] Aspect 39: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication, the code including instructions executable by one or more processors to perform a method according to any one of aspects 17 to 33.

[0260] It should be noted that the methods described herein describe possible specific implementations. Operations and steps can be rearranged or otherwise modified, and other specific implementations are possible. Furthermore, aspects from two or more of these methods can be combined.

[0261] While aspects of LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, or NR systems may be described for illustrative purposes, and the terms LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, or NR may be used in most of the description, the techniques described herein are also applicable to networks outside of LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, or NR networks. For example, the techniques described are applicable to a variety of other wireless communication systems, such as Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, Flash-OFDM, and other systems and radio technologies not explicitly mentioned herein.

[0262] The information and signals described herein can be represented using any of a variety of different techniques and skills. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, and chips mentioned throughout the description can be represented by voltage, current, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or magnetic particles, light fields or optical particles, or any combination thereof.

[0263] The various exemplary blocks and components described herein can be implemented or performed using general-purpose processors, DSPs, ASICs, CPUs, graphics processing units (GPUs), neural processing units (NPUs), FPGAs or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic units, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof that are designed to perform the functions described herein. A general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but in alternatives, a processor may be any processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. A processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices (e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, multiple microprocessors, one or more microprocessors combined with a DSP core, or any other such configuration). Any function or operation described herein that can be performed by a processor may be performed by multiple processors capable of performing the described function or operation individually or jointly.

[0264] The functions described herein can be implemented using hardware, software executed by a processor, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented using software executed by a processor, the functions can be stored as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium or transmitted using one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium. Other examples and specific implementations are within the scope of this disclosure and the appended claims. For example, due to the nature of software, the functions described herein can be implemented using software executed by a processor, hardware, firmware, hardwiring, or any combination of these. Features implementing the functions can also be physically located in various locations, including various portions distributed such that the functions are implemented in different physical locations.

[0265] Computer-readable media includes both non-transitory computer storage media and communication media, encompassing any medium that facilitates the transfer of a computer program from one location to another. Non-transitory storage media can be any available medium accessible by a general-purpose or special-purpose computer. By way of example, and not limitation, non-transitory computer-readable media may include RAM, ROM, electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), flash memory, compressed optical disc (CD) ROM or other optical disc storage devices, magnetic disk storage devices or other magnetic storage devices, or any other non-transitory medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code components in the form of instructions or data structures, and accessible by a general-purpose or special-purpose computer or a general-purpose or special-purpose processor. Furthermore, any connection is appropriately referred to as computer-readable media. For example, if software is transmitted from a website, server, or other remote source using coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL), or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave, then coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL, or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave are included within the definition of computer-readable media. As used herein, disks and optical discs include CDs, laser discs, optical discs, digital multifunction discs (DVDs), floppy disks, and Blu-ray discs. Disks can magnetically reproduce data, and optical discs can optically reproduce data using lasers. Combinations of the above are also included within the scope of computer-readable media. Any function or operation described herein that can be performed by memory can be performed by multiple memories capable of performing the described function or operation individually or jointly.

[0266] As used herein, the word "or" in a list of items (e.g., a list of items accompanied by phrases such as "at least one of" or "one or more of") in the claims indicates an inclusive list, such that a list of at least one of, for example, A, B, or C means A or B or C or AB or AC or BC or ABC (i.e., A and B and C). Furthermore, as used herein, the phrase "based on" should not be construed as a reference to a closed set of conditions. For example, an example step described as "based on condition A" could be based on both condition A and condition B without departing from the scope of this disclosure. In other words, as used herein, the phrase "based on" should be interpreted in the same manner as the phrase "at least partially based on".

[0267] As used herein, including in claims, the article “a” preceding a noun is open-ended and is understood to refer to “at least one” or “one or more” of those nouns. Therefore, the terms “a,” “at least one,” “one or more,” and “at least one of one or more” are interchangeable. For example, where a claim enumerates “components” performing one or more functions, each of the individual functions may be performed by a single component or by any combination of multiple components. Thus, the term “component” having a characteristic or performing a function may refer to “at least one of one or more components” having a particular characteristic or performing a particular function. Subsequent references to a component introduced with the article “a” using the terms “the” or “the” can refer to any or all of the one or more components. For example, a component introduced with the article “a” can be understood to mean “one or more components,” and subsequent reference to “the component” in a claim can be understood as equivalent to referring to “at least one of the one or more components.” Similarly, subsequent references to a component introduced with the terms “the” or “the” as “one or more components” can refer to any or all of the one or more components. For example, reference to "the one or more components" in the subsequent claims can be understood as equivalent to reference to "at least one of the one or more components".

[0268] The term "determine" encompasses a wide range of actions, and therefore, "determine" can include calculation, computation, processing, derivation, investigation, lookup (such as by searching in a table, database, or other data structure), identification, and similar actions. Furthermore, "determine" can include receiving (e.g., receiving information), accessing (e.g., accessing data stored in memory), and so on. Moreover, "determine" can include parsing, obtaining, selecting, choosing, creating, and other similar actions.

[0269] In the accompanying drawings, similar components or features may have the same reference numerals. Furthermore, various components of the same type can be distinguished by adding a dash after the reference numeral and a second numeral for differentiation between similar components. If only the first reference numeral is used in the specification, the description applies to any of the similar components having the same first reference numeral, regardless of the second or other subsequent reference numerals.

[0270] The description herein, illustrated with reference to the accompanying drawings, describes an example configuration and does not represent all achievable examples or those within the scope of the claims. The term "example" as used herein means "serving as an example, instance, or illustration," not "preferred" or "advantageous over other examples." The detailed description includes specific details used to provide an understanding of the described techniques. However, these techniques can be practiced without these specific details. In some of the drawings, known structures and devices are shown in block diagram form to avoid obscuring the concept of the described examples.

[0271] The description herein is provided to enable those skilled in the art to implement or use this disclosure. Various modifications to this disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein may be applied to other variations without departing from the scope of this disclosure. Therefore, this disclosure is not limited to the examples and designs described herein, but should be granted the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims

1. A user equipment (UE), the user equipment (UE) comprising: One or more memories, wherein the one or more memories store processor-executable code; and One or more processors, coupled to one or more memories and capable of operating individually or jointly to execute the code to enable the UE: Receive a first control message instructing the UE to report predicted interference for multiple resources via a single interference report; Interference associated with the plurality of resources is predicted, at least in part, based on the receipt of the first control message; The payload size, payload structure, or both of the interference report are determined at least in part based on the predicted interference; and The interference report is sent based on the determined payload size, the determined payload structure, or both.

2. The UE of claim 1, wherein the first control message indicates a first payload size, a first payload structure, a first number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof, and wherein, To determine the payload size, the payload structure, or both, the one or more processors can operate individually or jointly to execute the code to enable the UE to: Updating the first payload size to a second payload size, the first payload structure to a second payload structure, the first number of the plurality of resources to a second number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof, at least in part based on the predicted interference, wherein sending the interference report based on the determined payload size, the determined payload structure, or both includes: The interference report is sent based at least in part on the update, according to the second payload size, the second payload structure, the second number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof.

3. The UE of claim 2, wherein the one or more processors are further capable of operating individually or jointly to execute the code to cause the UE to: A second control message indicating the second payload size, the second payload structure, the second number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof, is sent at least in part based on the update, wherein sending the interference report based on the second payload size, the second payload structure, the second number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof, is at least in part based on sending the second control message.

4. The UE according to claim 3, wherein the second control message is a Media Access Control (MAC)-Control Element (MAC-CE) message.

5. The UE of claim 1, wherein the first control message indicates a first payload size, a first payload structure, a first number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof, and the one or more processors are also capable of operating individually or jointly to execute the code to cause the UE to: A first interference report is sent based on the first payload size, the first payload structure, the first number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof; and Receiving a second control message indicating a second payload size, a second payload structure, a second number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof, based at least in part on sending the first interference report, wherein determining the payload size, the payload structure, or both includes: The first payload size is updated to the second payload size, the first payload structure is updated to the second payload structure, the first number of the plurality of resources is updated to the second number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof, based at least in part on receiving the second control message.

6. The UE of claim 5, wherein the one or more processors are further capable of operating individually or jointly to execute the code to cause the UE to: Sending a request to update the first payload size to the second payload size, the first payload structure to the second payload structure, the first number of the plurality of resources to the second number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof, via the first interference report, wherein receiving the second control message is at least in part based on sending the first interference report.

7. The UE according to claim 5, wherein, In order to send the interference report based on the determined payload size, the determined payload structure, or both, the one or more processors can operate individually or jointly to execute the code to cause the UE to: The interference report is sent at least in part based on the receipt of the second control message, according to the second payload size, the second payload structure, the second number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof.

8. The UE of claim 1, wherein the first control message indicates a first payload size, and wherein, To determine the payload size, the payload structure, or both, the one or more processors can operate individually or jointly to execute the code to enable the UE to: Determining a first subset of predicted interference associated with a first subset of the plurality of resources via the interference report based on the first payload size, wherein sending the interference report based on the determined payload size, the determined payload structure, or both includes: Based on the first payload size, send the interference report indicating the first subset of predicted interference associated with the first subset of the plurality of resources; and A second control message indicating a second subset of predicted interference associated with a second subset of the plurality of resources is sent, at least in part based on the determined payload size, the determined payload structure, or both.

9. The UE of claim 1, wherein the first control message indicates a first payload size associated with a first number of resources, and wherein, To determine the payload size, the payload structure, or both, the one or more processors can operate individually or jointly to execute the code to enable the UE to: The payload structure is adjusted at least in part based on the first number of the resources relative to the second number of the plurality of resources.

10. The UE of claim 9, wherein the first payload size is associated with a plurality of fields for reporting predicted interference, and wherein, In order to adjust the payload structure, the one or more processors can operate individually or jointly to execute the code to enable the UE to: NULL is entered into a subset of the plurality of fields, at least in part, based on the fact that the first number of the resources exceeds the second number of the plurality of resources.

11. The UE of claim 9, wherein the first payload size is associated with a plurality of bits for reporting predicted interference, and wherein, In order to adjust the payload structure, the one or more processors can operate individually or jointly to execute the code to enable the UE to: The number of bits in the plurality of bits used to report the predicted interference for each of the plurality of resources is adjusted at least in part based on the first number of the resources relative to the second number of the plurality of resources.

12. The UE of claim 1, wherein the first control message indicates a plurality of reporting resources associated with a plurality of payload sizes, a plurality of payload structures, or both, and wherein, To determine the payload size, the payload structure, or both, the one or more processors can operate individually or jointly to execute the code to enable the UE to: The reporting resource is selected from the plurality of reporting resources based at least in part on the predicted interference and at least in part on the corresponding payload size, corresponding payload structure, or both associated with the selected reporting resource.

13. The UE of claim 1, wherein the predicted interference is reported by time duration, by frequency, by spatial resources, or any combination thereof.

14. The UE according to claim 1, wherein, In order to send the interference report, the one or more processors can operate individually or jointly to execute the code to make the UE: Send the interference report indicating multiple groups associated with the predicted interference, wherein each of the multiple groups is associated with a subset of the predicted interference.

15. A network entity, the network entity comprising: One or more memories, wherein the one or more memories store processor-executable code; and One or more processors, coupled to one or more memories and capable of operating individually or jointly to execute the code to enable the network entity: Send a first control message to the user equipment (UE) instructing the UE to report predicted interference for multiple resources via a single interference report; Determine the payload size of the interference report, the payload structure of the interference report, or both; as well as The interference report is received based on the determined payload size, the determined payload structure, or both.

16. The network entity of claim 15, wherein the first control message indicates a first payload size, a first payload structure, a first number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof, and the one or more processors are also capable of operating individually or jointly to execute the code to cause the network entity to: Receiving a second control message indicating a second payload size, a second payload structure, a second number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof, wherein determining the payload size, the payload structure, or both is at least partially based on receiving the second control message, and wherein receiving the interference report includes: The interference report is received based at least in part on the receipt of the second control message, according to the second payload size, the second payload structure, the second number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof.

17. The network entity of claim 15, wherein the first control message indicates a first payload size, a first payload structure, a first number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof, and the one or more processors are also capable of operating individually or jointly to execute the code to cause the network entity to: A first interference report is received based on the first payload size, the first payload structure, the first number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof, wherein determining the payload size, the payload structure, or both includes: The first payload size is updated to a second payload size, the first payload structure is updated to a second payload structure, the first number of the plurality of resources is updated to a second number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof, based at least in part on receiving the first interference report; as well as A second control message indicating the second payload size, the second payload structure, the second number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof, is sent, at least in part based on the update.

18. The network entity of claim 17, wherein the one or more processors are further capable of operating individually or jointly to execute the code to cause the network entity to: The request to update the first payload size to the second payload size, update the first payload structure to the second payload structure, update the first number of the plurality of resources to the second number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof, is received via the first interference report, wherein the second control message is sent at least in part based on the sending of the first interference report.

19. The network entity according to claim 17, wherein, In order to receive the interference report based on the determined payload size, the determined payload structure, or both, the one or more processors can operate individually or jointly to execute the code to cause the network entity to: The interference report is received based at least in part on sending the second control message, according to the second payload size, the second payload structure, the second number of the plurality of resources, or any combination thereof.

20. The network entity of claim 15, wherein the first control message indicates a first payload size, wherein determining the payload size, the payload structure, or both is at least partially based on sending the first control message, and wherein, In order to receive the interference report based on the determined payload size, the determined payload structure, or both, the one or more processors can operate individually or jointly to execute the code to cause the network entity to: The interference report, which indicates a first subset of predicted interference associated with a first subset of the plurality of resources, is received based on the first payload size.

21. The network entity of claim 20, wherein the one or more processors are further capable of operating individually or jointly to execute the code to cause the network entity to: The second control message indicating a second subset of predicted interference associated with a second subset of the plurality of resources is received at least in part based on the interference report indicating a first subset of predicted interference associated with a first subset of the plurality of resources.

22. The network entity of claim 20, wherein the plurality of resources exceed a threshold associated with the interference report.

23. The network entity of claim 15, wherein the first control message indicates a first payload size associated with a first number of resources, and wherein, In order to receive the interference report based on the determined payload size, the determined payload structure, or both, the one or more processors can operate individually or jointly to execute the code to cause the network entity to: The interference report is received based on a payload structure adjusted at least in part based on the first number of the resources relative to the second number of the plurality of resources.

24. The network entity of claim 23, wherein the first payload size is associated with a plurality of fields for reporting predicted interference, and wherein, In order to receive the interference report according to the adjusted payload structure, the one or more processors can operate individually or jointly to execute the code to enable the network entity to: The NULL value is received via a subset of the plurality of fields, at least in part, based on the fact that the first number of the resources exceeds the second number of the plurality of resources.

25. The network entity of claim 23, wherein the first payload size is associated with a plurality of fields for reporting predicted interference, and wherein, In order to receive the interference report according to the adjusted payload structure, the one or more processors can operate individually or jointly to execute the code to enable the network entity to: The interference report indicating predicted interference is received, wherein the number of bits in the plurality of bits used to report predicted interference for each of the plurality of resources is adjusted at least in part based on the first number of the resources relative to the second number of the plurality of resources.

26. The network entity of claim 15, wherein the first control message indicates a plurality of reporting resources associated with a plurality of payload sizes, a plurality of payload structures, or both.

27. The network entity of claim 15, wherein the predicted interference is reported by time duration, by frequency, by spatial resources, or any combination thereof.

28. The network entity according to claim 15, wherein, In order to receive the interference report, the one or more processors can operate individually or jointly to execute the code to cause the network entity to: Receive the interference report indicating multiple groups associated with the predicted interference, wherein each of the multiple groups is associated with a subset of the predicted interference.

29. A method for conducting wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: Receive a first control message instructing the UE to report predicted interference for multiple resources via a single interference report; Interference associated with the plurality of resources is predicted, at least in part, based on the receipt of the first control message; The payload size, payload structure, or both of the interference report are determined at least in part based on the predicted interference; and The interference report is sent based on the determined payload size, the determined payload structure, or both.

30. A method for conducting wireless communication at a network entity, the method comprising: Send a first control message to the user equipment (UE) instructing the UE to report predicted interference for multiple resources via a single interference report; Determine the payload size of the interference report, the payload structure of the interference report, or both; and The interference report is received based on the determined payload size, the determined payload structure, or both.

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