Event-driven measurement and reporting

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A method and apparatus for event-driven measurement and reporting. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving first information related to an event for triggering a beam report, receiving a set of one or more periodic reference signals (RSs) for event evaluation, and receiving second information related to the beam report. The method further includes obtaining one or more quality metrics based on measurements of the one or more periodic RSs, determining the event based on the first information and the one or more quality metrics, determining the beam report based on the determination of the event and the second information, and transmitting the beam report. The beam report indicates at least one of the one or more quality metrics. The one or more quality metrics are associated with the event.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This disclosure generally relates to wireless communication systems, and more specifically, to methods and apparatus for event-driven measurement and reporting. Background Technology

[0002] 5G mobile communication technology defines a wide frequency band, enabling high transmission rates and new services. It can be implemented not only in "sub-6 GHz" bands such as 3.5 GHz, but also in "above 6 GHz" bands, including 28 GHz and 39 GHz, known as millimeter waves. Furthermore, sixth-generation (6G) mobile communication technology (called Super 5G systems) is being considered in terahertz (THz) bands (e.g., the 95 GHz to 3 THz band) to achieve transmission rates 50 times faster than 5G and ultra-low latency one-tenth that of 5G.

[0003] In the early stages of 5G mobile communication technology development, in order to support services and meet the performance requirements of enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC), and massive machine-type communication (mMTC), there were already ongoing standardization efforts regarding beamforming and massive MIMO for mitigating radio wave path loss and increasing radio wave transmission distance in millimeter waves; dynamic operation of digital technologies (e.g., operating multiple subcarrier spacings) and time slot formats to support efficient utilization of millimeter wave resources; initial access technologies to support multi-beam transmission and broadband; the definition and operation of BWP (bandwidth portion); new channel coding methods such as LDPC (low-density parity check) codes for large-volume data transmission and polar codes for high-reliability transmission of control information; L2 preprocessing; and network slicing for providing dedicated networks for specific services.

[0004] Currently, given the services that 5G mobile communication technology will support, discussions are underway regarding improvements and performance enhancements to the initial 5G mobile communication technology. Physical layer standardization for various technologies already exists, such as V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) for assisting autonomous vehicle driving decisions based on information sent by the vehicle regarding its location and status, enhancing user convenience; NR-U (New Radio Unlicensed) designed to comply with various regulatory requirements in unlicensed frequency bands; NR UE power saving; non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) for direct communication between UEs and satellites to provide coverage in areas where terrestrial networks are unavailable; and positioning.

[0005] Furthermore, standardization has been ongoing for various air interface architectures / protocols, such as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) for supporting new services through interoperability and convergence with other industries, IAB (Integrated Access and Backhaul) for providing nodes for network service area extension by supporting wireless backhaul and access links in an integrated manner, mobility enhancements including conditional handover and DAPS (Dual Active Stack) handover, and two-step random access (two-step RACH for NR) for simplifying the random access process. Standardization has also been ongoing in terms of system architecture / services, involving 5G baseline architectures (e.g., service-based architectures or service-based interfaces) for combining Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) technologies, and mobile edge computing (MEC) for UE location-based reception services.

[0006] With the commercialization of 5G mobile communication systems, the number of connected devices will increase exponentially, making the functionality and performance of 5G mobile communication systems, as well as the integrated operation of connected devices, essential. To this end, new research related to extended reality (XR) is planned to effectively support AR (Augmented Reality), VR (Virtual Reality), MR (Mixed Reality), etc., by leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), AI service support, metaverse service support, and drone communication to improve 5G performance and reduce complexity.

[0007] Furthermore, this development of 5G mobile communication systems will serve as a foundation not only for developing new waveforms to provide terahertz band coverage for 6G mobile communication technologies, such as full-dimensional MIMO (FD-MIMO), multi-antenna transmission technologies using array antennas and massive MIMO, metamaterial-based lenses and antennas to improve terahertz band signal coverage, high-dimensional spatial multiplexing technologies using OAM (orbital angular momentum) and RIS (reconfigurable smart surfaces), but also for developing full-duplex technologies to improve the frequency efficiency of 6G mobile communication technologies and improve system networks, AI-based communication technologies to leverage satellites and AI (artificial intelligence) for system optimization from the design stage and internalize end-to-end AI support functions, and next-generation distributed computing technologies to enable services with complexity exceeding the operational limits of UEs by utilizing ultra-high-performance communication and computing resources.

[0008] Wireless communication is already one of the most successful innovations in modern history. Recently, the number of users of wireless communication services has exceeded five billion and continues to grow rapidly. The demand for wireless data traffic is increasing rapidly due to the growing popularity of smartphones and other mobile data devices (such as tablets, notebook computers, netbooks, e-book readers, and machine-type devices) among consumers and businesses. To meet the high growth of mobile data services and support new applications and deployments, improvements in radio interface efficiency and coverage are crucial. To meet the increased demand for wireless data services since the deployment of 4G communication systems, and to enable various vertical applications, 5G communication systems have been developed and are currently being deployed. Summary of the Invention

[0009] [Technical Issues]

[0010] This disclosure relates to event-driven measurement and reporting.

[0011] [Technical Solution]

[0012] In one embodiment, a user equipment (UE) is provided. The UE includes a transceiver configured to: receive first information related to an event for triggering a beam report; receive a set of one or more periodic reference signals (RS) for event evaluation; and receive second information related to the beam report. The UE also includes a processor operatively coupled to the transceiver. The processor is configured to obtain one or more quality metrics based on measurements of the one or more periodic RSs, determine the event based on the first information and the one or more quality metrics, and determine a beam report based on the determination of the event and the second information. The beam report indicates at least one of the one or more quality metrics. The one or more quality metrics are associated with the event. The transceiver is also configured to transmit the beam report.

[0013] In another embodiment, a base station (BS) is provided. The BS includes a processor and a transceiver operatively coupled to the processor. The transceiver is configured to: transmit first information related to an event for triggering a beam report; transmit a set of one or more periodic RSs for event evaluation; transmit second information related to the beam report; and receive a beam report after the occurrence of the event. The beam report indicates at least one of one or more quality metrics associated with the one or more periodic RSs. The beam report is based on the second information. The occurrence of the event is based on the first information and one or more quality metrics. One or more quality metrics are associated with the event.

[0014] In another embodiment, a method executed by a UE is performed. The method includes: receiving first information related to an event used to trigger a beam report; receiving a set of one or more periodic RSs for event evaluation; and receiving second information related to the beam report. The method further includes: obtaining one or more quality metrics based on measurements of the one or more periodic RSs; determining the event based on the first information and the one or more quality metrics; determining a beam report based on the determination of the event and the second information; and sending the beam report. The beam report indicates at least one of the one or more quality metrics. The one or more quality metrics are associated with the event.

[0015] Other technical features will be obvious to those skilled in the art based on the following figures, description and claims.

[0016] Before proceeding with the detailed description below, it may be advantageous to define certain words and phrases used throughout this patent document. The term “coupled” and its derivatives refer to any direct or indirect communication between two or more elements, whether or not these elements are physically in contact with each other. The terms “transmit,” “receive,” and “communicate,” and their derivatives include both direct and indirect communication. The terms “comprising” and “including,” and their derivatives, mean including but not limited to. The term “or” is inclusive, meaning and / or. The phrase “associated with,” and its derivatives, mean including, being included in, interconnected with, containing, being contained within, connected to or connected to, coupled to or coupled with, able to communicate with, cooperate with, interleaved, juxtaposed, proximate, bound to or bound to, having, possessing the properties of, having a relationship to or with, etc. The term “controller” means any device, system, or part thereof that controls at least one operation. Such a controller may be implemented in hardware or a combination of hardware and software and / or firmware. The functionality associated with any particular controller may be centralized or distributed, local or remote. When used with a list of items, the phrase "at least one" means that different combinations of one or more of the listed items may be used, and it may be necessary to use only one item from the list. For example, "at least one of A, B, and C" includes any of the following combinations: A, B, C, A and B, A and C, B and C, and A and B and C.

[0017] Furthermore, the various functions described below can be implemented or supported by one or more computer programs, each computer program being formed by computer-readable program code and embodied in a computer-readable medium. The terms "application" and "program" refer to one or more computer programs, software components, instruction sets, procedures, functions, objects, classes, instances, associated data, or portions thereof suitable for implementation in appropriate computer-readable program code. The phrase "computer-readable program code" includes any type of computer code, including source code, object code, and executable code. The phrase "computer-readable medium" includes any type of medium accessible by a computer, such as read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), hard disk drive, optical disc (CD), digital video disc (DVD), or any other type of storage. "Non-transitory" computer-readable media does not include wired, wireless, optical, or other communication links that transmit transient electrical or other signals. Non-transitory computer-readable media includes media in which data can be permanently stored and media in which data can be stored and later rewritten, such as rewritable optical discs or erasable memory devices.

[0018] Definitions of certain other words and phrases are provided throughout this patent document. Those skilled in the art will understand that, in many cases (if not most), such definitions apply to the prior and future use of the words and phrases defined in this way.

[0019] [Beneficial Effects]

[0020] This disclosure provides an effective method for event-driven measurement and reporting. Attached Figure Description

[0021] To gain a more complete understanding of this disclosure and its advantages, reference is now made to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals denote like parts:

[0022] Figure 1 An example wireless network according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown;

[0023] Figure 2 An example gNodeB (gNB) according to an embodiment of this disclosure is shown;

[0024] Figure 3 An example UE according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown;

[0025] Figure 4A and Figure 4B An example of a wireless transmission and reception path according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown;

[0026] Figure 5A An example of a wireless system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown;

[0027] Figure 5B An example of multi-beam operation according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown;

[0028] Figure 6 An example of a transmitter structure for beamforming according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown;

[0029] Figure 7A and Figure 7B Examples of report content and format according to embodiments of this disclosure are shown;

[0030] Figure 8A , Figure 8B and Figure 8C Examples of report content and format according to embodiments of this disclosure are shown;

[0031] Figure 9 Examples of priority values / orders for different UEI reports according to embodiments of this disclosure are shown;

[0032] Figure 10 An example of a two-part UEI report according to an embodiment of this disclosure is shown; and

[0033] Figure 11 An example method performed by a UE in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown. Detailed Implementation

[0034] The following discussion Figures 1-11 The various non-limiting embodiments used to describe the principles of this disclosure in this patent document are for illustrative purposes only and should not be construed as limiting the scope of this disclosure in any way. Those skilled in the art will understand that the principles of this disclosure can be implemented in any suitably arranged system or device.

[0035] To meet the growing demand for wireless data services since the deployment of 4G communication systems and to enable various vertical applications, 5G / NR communication systems have been developed and are currently being deployed. 5G communication systems are considered to be implemented in higher frequency (mmWave) bands (such as 28 GHz or 60 GHz bands, or typically above 6 GHz bands) to achieve higher data rates, or in lower frequency bands (such as below 6 GHz) to achieve robust coverage and mobility support. To reduce radio wave propagation loss and increase transmission distance, beamforming, massive MIMO, full-dimensional MIMO (FD-MIMO), array antennas, analog beamforming, and massive MIMO technologies are discussed in 5G communication systems.

[0036] In addition, in 5G communication systems, system network improvements are being developed based on advanced small cells, cloud radio access networks (RAN), ultra-dense networks, device-to-device (D2D) communication, wireless backhaul, mobile networks, cooperative communication, coordinated multipoint (CoMP), and receiver interference cancellation.

[0037] The discussion of 5G systems and their associated frequency bands is for informational purposes only, as some embodiments of this disclosure can be implemented in 5G systems. However, this disclosure is not limited to 5G systems or their associated frequency bands, and embodiments of this disclosure can be utilized in combination with any frequency band. For example, aspects of this disclosure can also be applied to 5G communication systems, 6G, or even newer deployments using terahertz (THz) frequency bands.

[0038] The following literature and standards descriptions are hereby incorporated by reference in this disclosure as if fully set forth herein: [REF1] 3GPP TS 38.211 v16.1.0, "NR; Physical Channels and Modulation"; [REF2] 3GPP TS 38.212 v16.1.0, "NR; Multiplexing and Channel Coding"; [REF3] 3GPP TS 38.213 v16.1.0, "NR; Physical Layer Procedures for Control"; [REF4] 3GPP TS 38.214 v16.1.0, "NR; Physical Layer Procedures for Data"; [REF5] 3GPP TS 38.321 v16.1.0, "NR; Media Access Control (MAC) Protocol Specification"; and [REF6] 3GPP TS 38.331 v16.1.0, "NR; Radio Resource Control (RRC) Protocol Specification".

[0039] The following Figures 1-3 Various embodiments of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) or orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) communication technologies implemented in wireless communication systems are described. Figures 1-3 The description does not imply any physical or architectural limitations on how the different embodiments can be implemented. Different embodiments of this disclosure can be implemented in any suitably arranged communication system.

[0040] Figure 1 An example wireless network 100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown. Figure 1 The embodiment of the wireless network 100 shown is for illustrative purposes only. Other embodiments of the wireless network 100 may be used without departing from the scope of this disclosure.

[0041] like Figure 1As shown, the wireless network 100 includes gNB 101 (e.g., a base station, BS), gNB 102, and gNB 103. gNB 101 communicates with gNB 102 and gNB 103. gNB 101 also communicates with at least one network 130 (such as the Internet, a proprietary Internet Protocol (IP) network, or other data network).

[0042] gNB 102 provides wireless broadband access to network 130 to a first plurality of user equipments (UEs) within its coverage area 120. The first plurality of UEs includes: UE 111, which may be located in a small business; UE 112, which may be located in an enterprise; UE 113, which may be a WiFi hotspot; UE 114, which may be located in a first residence; UE 115, which may be located in a second residence; and UE 116, which may be a mobile device, such as a cellular phone, wireless laptop computer, wireless PDA, etc. gNB 103 provides wireless broadband access to network 130 to a second plurality of UEs within its coverage area 125. The second plurality of UEs includes UE 115 and UE 116. In some embodiments, one or more of gNBs 101-103 may communicate with each other and with UEs 111-116 using 5G / NR, LTE, LTE-A, WiMAX, WiFi, or other wireless communication technologies.

[0043] Depending on the network type, the term "base station" or "BS" can refer to any component (or set of components) configured to provide wireless access to a network, such as a transmitting point (TP), a transmitting-receiving point (TRP), an enhanced base station (eNodeB or eNB), a 5G / NR base station (gNB), a macro cell, a femtocell, a WiFi access point (AP), or other wirelessly enabled equipment. A base station can provide wireless access according to one or more wireless communication protocols, such as 5G / NR 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) NR, Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), High Speed ​​Packet Access (HSPA), Wi-Fi 802.11a / b / g / n / ac, etc. For convenience, the terms "BS" and "TRP" are used interchangeably in this patent document to refer to network infrastructure components that provide wireless access to remote terminals. Furthermore, depending on the network type, the term "user equipment" or "UE" can refer to any component such as a "mobile station," "subscriber station," "remote terminal," "wireless terminal," "receiving point," or "user device." For convenience, the terms “user equipment” and “UE” are used in this patent document to refer to a remote wireless device for wireless access to a BS, whether the UE is a mobile device (such as a mobile phone or smartphone) or is generally considered to be a fixed device (such as a desktop computer or vending machine).

[0044] The dashed lines indicate the approximate extent of coverage areas 120 and 125, which are shown as approximately circular for illustrative and explanatory purposes only. It should be clearly understood that coverage areas associated with the gNB (such as coverage areas 120 and 125) may have other shapes, including irregular shapes, depending on the configuration of the gNB and variations in the radio environment associated with natural and man-made obstacles.

[0045] As described in more detail below, one or more of UEs 111-116 include circuitry, programming, or a combination thereof for performing event-driven measurements and reporting. In some embodiments, one or more of BSs 101-103 include circuitry, programming, or a combination thereof to support event-driven measurements and reporting.

[0046] although Figure 1 An example of a wireless network is shown, but more can be found on... Figure 1Various modifications can be made. For example, wireless network 100 can include any number of gNBs and any number of UEs in any suitable arrangement. Furthermore, gNB 101 can communicate directly with any number of UEs and provide these UEs with wireless broadband access to network 130. Similarly, each gNB 102-103 can communicate directly with network 130 and provide UEs with direct wireless broadband access to network 130. Additionally, gNBs 101, 102, and / or 103 can provide access to other or additional external networks (such as external telephone networks or other types of data networks).

[0047] Figure 2 An example gNB 102 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown. Figure 2 The embodiment of gNB 102 shown is for illustrative purposes only, and Figure 1 gNBs 101 and 103 can have the same or similar configurations. However, gNBs have a wide variety of configurations, and Figure 2 This disclosure is not intended to limit the scope of any particular implementation of gNB.

[0048] like Figure 2 As shown, gNB 102 includes multiple antennas 205a-205n, multiple transceivers 210a-210n, a controller / processor 225, a memory 230, and a backhaul or network interface 235.

[0049] Transceivers 210a-210n receive incoming radio frequency (RF) signals from antennas 205a-205n, such as signals transmitted by a UE in wireless network 100. Transceivers 210a-210n down-convert the incoming RF signals to generate IF or baseband signals. The IF or baseband signals are processed by receive (RX) processing circuitry in transceivers 210a-210n and / or controller / processor 225, which generates processed baseband signals by filtering, decoding, and / or digitizing the baseband or IF signals. Controller / processor 225 can further process the baseband signals.

[0050] The transmit (TX) processing circuitry in transceivers 210a-210n and / or controller / processor 225 receives analog or digital data (such as voice data, network data, email, or interactive video game data) from controller / processor 225. The TX processing circuitry encodes, multiplexes, and / or digitizes the outgoing baseband data to generate a processed baseband or IF signal. Transceivers 210a-210n up-convert the baseband or IF signal into an RF signal transmitted via antennas 205a-205n.

[0051] The controller / processor 225 may include one or more processors or other processing devices that control the overall operation of the gNB 102. For example, the controller / processor 225 may control the transceivers 210a-210n to receive uplink (UL) channel signals and transmit downlink (DL) channel signals according to well-known principles. The controller / processor 225 may also support additional functions, such as more advanced wireless communication functions. For example, the controller / processor 225 may support beamforming or directional routing operations, wherein outgoing / incoming signals from / to multiple antennas 205a-205n are weighted differently to effectively guide outgoing signals to a desired direction. The controller / processor 225 may support any of a variety of other functions in the gNB 102.

[0052] The controller / processor 225 is also capable of executing programs and other processes residing in the memory 230, such as supporting event-driven measurement and reporting. The controller / processor 225 can move data into or out of the memory 230 as needed during the execution process.

[0053] The controller / processor 225 is also coupled to a backhaul or network interface 235. The backhaul or network interface 235 allows the gNB 102 to communicate with other devices or systems via a backhaul connection or over a network. Interface 235 can support communication via any suitable wired or wireless connection. For example, when the gNB 102 is implemented as part of a cellular communication system (such as a cellular communication system supporting 5G / NR, LTE, or LTE-A), interface 235 can allow the gNB 102 to communicate with other gNBs via a wired or wireless backhaul connection. When the gNB 102 is implemented as an access point, interface 235 can allow the gNB 102 to communicate via a wired or wireless local area network or via a wired or wireless connection to a larger network (such as the Internet). Interface 235 includes any suitable architecture supporting communication via wired or wireless connections, such as Ethernet or a transceiver.

[0054] Memory 230 is coupled to controller / processor 225. A portion of memory 230 may include RAM, and another portion of memory 230 may include flash memory or other ROM.

[0055] although Figure 2 An example of gNB 102 is shown, but it is possible to compare it with other models. Figure 2 Various changes can be made. For example, gNB 102 can include any number of Figure 2 Each component shown. Furthermore, Figure 2 The various components can be combined, further subdivided, or omitted, and additional components can be added as needed.

[0056] Figure 3 An example UE 116 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown. Figure 3 The embodiment of UE 116 shown is for illustrative purposes only, and Figure 1 UEs 111-115 can have the same or similar configurations. However, UEs have a wide variety of configurations, and Figure 3 This disclosure is not intended to limit the scope of any particular implementation of the UE.

[0057] like Figure 3 As shown, UE 116 includes an antenna 305, a transceiver 310, and a microphone 320. UE 116 also includes a speaker 330, a processor 340, an input / output (I / O) interface (IF) 345, an input 350, a display 355, and memory 360. Memory 360 includes an operating system (OS) 361 and one or more applications 362.

[0058] Transceiver 310 receives incoming RF signals transmitted by a gNB of wireless network 100 from antenna 305. Transceiver 310 down-converts the incoming RF signals to generate intermediate frequency (IF) or baseband signals. The IF or baseband signals are processed by RX processing circuitry in transceiver 310 and / or processor 340, which generates processed baseband signals by filtering, decoding, and / or digitizing the baseband or IF signals. The RX processing circuitry sends the processed baseband signals to speaker 330 (e.g., for voice data) or to processor 340 (e.g., for web browsing data).

[0059] The TX processing circuitry in transceiver 310 and / or processor 340 receives analog or digital voice data from microphone 320 or other outgoing baseband data (such as network data, email, or interactive video game data) from processor 340. The TX processing circuitry encodes, multiplexes, and / or digitizes the outgoing baseband data to generate a processed baseband or IF signal. Transceiver 310 up-converts the baseband or IF signal into an RF signal transmitted via antenna 305.

[0060] Processor 340 may include one or more processors or other processing devices and executes OS 361 stored in memory 360 to control the overall operation of UE 116. For example, processor 340 may control transceiver 310 to receive DL channel signals and transmit UL channel signals according to well-known principles. In some embodiments, processor 340 includes at least one microprocessor or microcontroller.

[0061] Processor 340 is also capable of executing other processes and programs residing in memory 360. For example, processor 340 may execute processes to utilize and / or perform event-driven measurements and reporting as described in embodiments of this disclosure. Processor 340 may move data into or out of memory 360 as needed to execute processes. In some embodiments, processor 340 is configured to execute application 362 based on OS 361 or in response to signals received from a gNB or operator. Processor 340 is also coupled to I / O interface 345, which provides UE 116 with the ability to connect to other devices, such as laptop computers and handheld computers. I / O interface 345 is the communication path between these accessories and processor 340.

[0062] The processor 340 is also coupled to an input 350 and a display 355. The input 350 includes, for example, a touchscreen, a keypad, etc. The operator of the UE 116 can use the input 350 to input data into the UE 116. The display 355 may be a liquid crystal display, a light-emitting diode display, or other display capable of displaying text and / or at least limited graphics (such as from a website).

[0063] The memory 360 is coupled to the processor 340. A portion of the memory 360 may include random access memory (RAM), and another portion of the memory 360 may include flash memory or other read-only memory (ROM).

[0064] although Figure 3 An example of UE 116 is shown, but it is possible to modify it. Figure 3 Make various changes. For example, Figure 3 The various components can be combined, further subdivided, or omitted, and additional components can be added as needed. As a specific example, processor 340 can be divided into multiple processors, such as one or more central processing units (CPUs) and one or more graphics processing units (GPUs). In another example, transceiver 310 can include any number of transceivers and signal processing chains and can be connected to any number of antennas. Furthermore, although... Figure 3 The UE 116 is shown configured as a mobile phone or smartphone, but the UE can be configured to operate as other types of mobile or fixed devices.

[0065] Figure 4A and Figure 4BExamples of wireless transmit and receive paths 400 and 450 according to embodiments of the present disclosure are shown respectively. For example, transmit path 400 may be described as being implemented in a gNB (such as gNB 102), while receive path 450 may be described as being implemented in a UE (such as UE 116). However, it should be understood that receive path 450 may be implemented in a gNB, and transmit path 400 may be implemented in a UE. In some embodiments, transmit path 400 and / or receive path 450 are configured to support event-driven measurement and reporting as described in embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0066] like Figure 4A As shown, the transmit path 400 includes a channel coding and modulation block 205, a serial-to-parallel (S to P) block 410, an N-size inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) block 415, a parallel-to-serial (P to S) block 420, a cyclic prefix addition block 425, and an up-converter (UC) 430. The receive path 250 includes a down-converter (DC) 455, a cyclic prefix removal block 460, an S to P block 465, an N-size fast Fourier transform (FFT) block 470, a parallel-to-serial (P to S) block 475, and a channel decoding and demodulation block 480.

[0067] In transmit path 400, channel coding and modulation block 405 receives a set of information bits, applies coding (such as low-density parity-check (LDPC) coding), and modulates the input bits (such as using quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) or quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM)) to generate a sequence of frequency-domain modulated symbols. Serial-to-parallel block 410 converts (such as demultiplexes) the serial modulated symbols into parallel data to generate N parallel symbol streams, where N is the IFFT / FFT size used in gNB 102 and UE 116. IFFT block 415 of size N performs an IFFT operation on the N parallel symbol streams to generate a time-domain output signal. Parallel-to-serial block 420 converts (such as multiplexes) the parallel time-domain output symbols from IFFT block 415 of size N to generate a serial time-domain signal. Cyclic prefix addition block 425 inserts a cyclic prefix into the time-domain signal. Upconverter 430 modulates (such as upconverts) the output of cyclic prefix addition block 425 to an RF frequency for transmission via the radio channel. The signal can also be filtered at the baseband before being switched to the RF frequency.

[0068] like Figure 4BAs shown, downconverter 455 downconverts the received signal to the baseband frequency, and cyclic prefix removal block 460 removes the cyclic prefix to generate a serial time-domain baseband signal. Serial-to-parallel block 465 converts the time-domain baseband signal into a parallel time-domain signal. FFT block 470 of size N performs an FFT algorithm to generate N parallel frequency-domain signals. (P to S) block 475 converts the parallel frequency-domain signals into a sequence of modulated data symbols. Channel decoding and demodulation block 480 demodulates and decodes the modulated symbols to recover the original input data stream.

[0069] Each of gNBs 101-103 can implement a transmission path 400 similar to that sent to UEs 111-116 in the downlink, and a reception path 450 similar to that received from UEs 111-116 in the uplink. Similarly, each of UEs 111-116 can implement a transmission path 400 for sending to gNBs 101-103 in the uplink, and a reception path 450 for receiving from gNBs 101-103 in the downlink.

[0070] Figure 4A and Figure 4B Each component in the system can be implemented using only hardware or a combination of hardware and software / firmware. As a specific example, Figure 4A and Figure 4B At least some components can be implemented in software, while others can be implemented using configurable hardware or a combination of software and configurable hardware. For example, FFT block 470 and IFFT block 415 can be implemented as configurable software algorithms, where the value of size N can be modified depending on the implementation.

[0071] Furthermore, although described as using FFT and IFFT, this is merely illustrative and should not be construed as limiting the scope of this disclosure. Other types of transforms, such as the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) and Inverse Discrete Fourier Transform (IDFT) functions, may be used. It should be understood that for the DFT and IDFT functions, the value of the variable N can be any integer (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.), while for the FFT and IFFT functions, the value of the variable N can be any integer that is a power of 2 (e.g., 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, etc.).

[0072] although Figure 4A and Figure 4B Examples of wireless transmission path 400 and wireless reception path 450 are shown respectively, but it is possible to... Figure 4A and Figure 4B Make various changes. For example, you can combine, further subdivide, or omit. Figure 4A and Figure 4B It includes various components and allows for the addition of additional components as needed. Furthermore, Figure 4A and Figure 4B This is intended to illustrate examples of the types of transmit and receive paths that can be used in a wireless network. Any other suitable architecture can be used to support wireless communication in a wireless network.

[0073] like Figure 5A As shown, in the wireless system 500, the beam 501 of device 504 can be characterized by beam direction 502 and beamwidth 503. For example, device 504 (or UE 116) transmits RF energy in the beam direction and within the beamwidth. Device 504 receives RF energy in the beam direction and within the beamwidth. Figure 5A As shown, when point A is within the beamwidth and direction of the beam from device 504, the device at point A 505 can receive from and transmit to device 504. Figure 5A As shown, because point B 506 is outside the beamwidth and direction of the beam from device 504, the device at point B 506 cannot receive from or transmit to device 504. Although for illustrative purposes, Figure 5A A 2D beam is shown, but it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the beam can be 3D, where the beam direction and beamwidth are defined in space.

[0074] Figure 5B An example of multi-beam operation 550 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown. For example, multi-beam operation 550 may be... Figure 3 The UE 116 is utilized. This example is for illustration only, and other embodiments may be used without departing from the scope of this disclosure.

[0075] In wireless systems, devices can transmit and / or receive on multiple beams. This is known as "multi-beam operation." Although Figure 5B For illustrative purposes, the beam is 2D, but it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the beam can be 3D, wherein the beam can be sent in any direction in space or received from any direction in space.

[0076] Figure 6 An example of a transmitter structure 600 for beamforming according to an embodiment of this disclosure is shown. In some embodiments, one or more of gNB 102 or UE 116 include transmitter structure 600. For example, one or more of antenna 205 and its associated system or antenna 305 and its associated system may be included in transmitter structure 600. This example is for illustration only, and other embodiments may be used without departing from the scope of this disclosure.

[0077] Therefore, embodiments of this disclosure recognize that Rel-14 LTE and Rel-15 NR support up to 32 Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) antenna ports, enabling eNBs or gNBs to be equipped with a large number of antenna elements (such as 64 or 128). Multiple antenna elements can then be mapped onto a single CSI-RS port. For millimeter-wave bands, although the number of antenna elements can be greater for a given form factor, hardware limitations (e.g., the feasibility of mounting a large number of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) / digital-to-analog converters (DACs) at millimeter-wave frequencies) can limit the number of CSI-RS ports corresponding to the number of digital precoding ports. Figure 6 As shown. A CSI-RS port can then be mapped to a large number of antenna elements that can be controlled by a set of analog phase shifters 601. A CSI-RS port can then correspond to a subarray that generates a narrow analog beam through analog beamforming 605. This analog beam can be configured to sweep a wider range of angles 620 by changing the phase shifter set across symbols or time slots / subframes. The number of subarrays (equal to the number of RF chains) is related to the number of CSI-RS ports N. CSI-PORT Same. Digital beamforming unit 610 spans N CSI-PORT The analog beams are linearly combined to further increase the precoding gain. While the analog beams are broadband (and therefore not frequency-selective), the digital precoding can vary across frequency subbands or resource blocks. Receiver operation can be envisioned similarly.

[0078] because Figure 6 The transmitter structure 600 utilizes multiple analog beams for transmission and reception (where, for example, after a training duration performed occasionally or periodically, one or a few analog beams are selected from a large number of analog beams), hence the term "multi-beam operation" is used to refer to this aspect of the entire system. For illustrative purposes, this includes indicating the assigned DL or ULTX beam (also referred to as "beam indication"), measuring at least one reference signal for calculating and performing beam reporting (also referred to as "beam measurement" and "beam reporting," respectively), and receiving DL or UL transmissions via selecting the corresponding RX beam. Figure 6 The system is also suitable for higher frequency bands, such as >52.6 GHz (also known as frequency range 4 or FR4). In this case, the system can use only analog beams. Due to O2 absorption loss near 60 GHz (an additional loss of ~10 dB per 100 m distance), a larger number and narrower analog beams (and therefore a larger number of radiators in the array) are needed to compensate for the additional path loss.

[0079] The text and accompanying drawings are provided by way of example only to aid the reader in understanding this disclosure. They are not intended and should not be construed as limiting the scope of this disclosure in any way. Although certain embodiments and examples have been provided, those skilled in the art will understand based on the disclosure herein that changes can be made to the illustrated embodiments and examples without departing from the scope of this disclosure. The transmitter structure 600 for beamforming is for illustrative purposes only, and other embodiments may be used without departing from the scope of this disclosure.

[0080] In various embodiments of this disclosure, the beam is determined by any of the following:

[0081] Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) status, which establishes a quasi-co-address (QCL) relationship between the source reference signal (e.g., the Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) and / or CSI-RS) and the target reference signal;

[0082] Spatial relation information is established by associating it with a source reference signal (such as SSB or CSI-RS or probe reference signal (SRS)).

[0083] In either case, the ID of the source reference signal identifies the beam.

[0084] The TCI status and / or spatial relationship reference RS can determine the spatial Rx filter used to receive downlink channels at the UE (e.g., UE 116), or the spatial Tx filter used to transmit uplink channels from the UE.

[0085] In the NR specification (up to Rel. 17), the most resource-efficient reporting mechanism for content (e.g., beaming, CSI, etc., or typically different reporting volumes) is aperiodic (combined with aperiodic CSI-RS). On the other hand, periodic reporting (followed by semi-persistence) results in the lowest latency at the cost of resources, utilizing carefully chosen periodicity. Embodiments of this disclosure recognize that while aperiodic reporting may appear preferred from an overall operational perspective, in some relevant scenarios, the NW / gNB lacks knowledge of DL channel conditions—or in other words, the UE is better aware of the DL channel conditions. In such cases, it would be clearly advantageous if the UE could initiate its own aperiodic reporting for content (e.g., beaming, CSI, etc.) or trigger beam switching for conditions or events. For example, when a UE is only configured with aperiodic beam reporting and channel conditions deteriorate to a beam failure point, link loss due to beam failure can be avoided if the UE can send aperiodic beam reports without waiting for beam report requests / triggers from the NW / gNB, or trigger new beam updates without waiting for beam change or update indications from the NW / gNB. Similarly, when a UE is only configured with aperiodic CSI reporting and channel conditions deteriorate due to UE speed / movement, performance degradation due to faster link quality degradation can be avoided if the UE can send aperiodic CSI reports without waiting for CSI requests / triggers from the NW / gNB, or trigger new beam updates without waiting for beam change or update indications from the NW / gNB. This type of UE-initiated reporting and / or beam switching can be enabled for other types of reporting volumes (different from common beam or CSI reporting) and application scenarios.

[0086] While UE-initiated reporting and / or beam switching and / or beam activation / priority sequencing can be beneficial, an effective design is needed to ensure reduced latency while minimizing erroneous events. Therefore, an effective design for UE-initiated reporting and / or beam switching and / or beam activation / priority sequencing for content is required, offering a good trade-off between latency and reliability, especially when the UE-initiated beam management framework may include multiple report types (or number of reports), or / and when report types can be associated with multiple event types (e.g., for beam reporting, the event could be beam failure, and for CSI, the event could be decreased user throughput or increased retransmission rate).

[0087] This disclosure provides various aspects and detailed design examples of a UE-initiated beam management framework, including UE-initiated / triggered beam / CSI reporting and / or UE-initiated / triggered beam switching and / or UE-initiated / triggered beam activation / priority order / sub-selection. To better support / implement UE-initiated and event-based beam operations, this disclosure proposes example embodiments of components and / or processes for transmitting UE-initiated reports and their indicators via various uplink channels, as well as configuring and determining measurement RS resources for UE-initiated beam operations.

[0088] In this disclosure, the UE detects (or determines) the need to send a UE-initiated / UE-triggered report (or initiate / trigger) of type (A), (B), or (C), wherein

[0089] Including initiator / trigger / pre-notification messages

[0090] Includes reports / content (including one or more reports).

[0091] This includes trigger / pre-notification messages and (corresponding) reports / content.

[0092] The UE may send UE-initiated (UEI) / UE-triggered reports of (report) type (A), (B) and / or (C) to the network (e.g., network 130) according to one or more of the following:

[0093] Fixed rules in the system specification: For example, a UE can send a UEI report of type (report) (A), or type (report) (B), or type (report) (C), or type (report) (A) followed by type (report) (B).

[0094] For example, a UE can receive a 2-bit indicator from the network via, for example, higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on Dynamic Downlink Control Information (DCI), where '00' indicates a UEI report of type (A), '01' indicates a UEI report of type (B), '10' indicates a UEI report of type (C), and '11' indicates a UEI report of type (A) followed by type (B).

[0095] The UE's autonomous determination can be, for example, transmitted to the network via a beam / CSI report or UE capability signaling, or as part of a beam / CSI report or UE capability signaling.

[0096] This report is used to facilitate / achieve effective / timely / fast / reliable communication on the link / channel between the target entity (e.g., NW / gNB (e.g., BS 102) or another device) and the UE, and the content (if reported) may include quantities (or multiple quantities). At least one of the following examples can be used / configured for the content:

[0097] In one example, the content includes beam-related quantities (or multiple quantities). For example, up to N ≥ 1 indicators {I i} or {(I i J i Yes, where I i It is a beam (source RS) indicator (e.g., CSI-RS resource indicator (CRI), SSB resource indicator (SSBRI)), and J i It is a beam metric (e.g., L1-Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) / L1-Signal-to-Interference-plus-Noise Ratio (SINR)).

[0098] In one example, the content includes CSI-related quantities (or more). For example, at least one of the following: Rank Indicator (RI), Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI), Channel Quality Indicator (CQI), CQI Reporting Interval (CRI), and Layer Index (LI).

[0099] In one example, the content includes time-domain channel properties (TDCP) related quantities (or multiple quantities). For example, indicators for the Doppler profile (e.g., Doppler spread or Doppler shift, relative Doppler spread or relative Doppler shift), or indicators for the autocorrelation profile (e.g., (auto)correlation values ​​corresponding to several major hysteresis / delay).

[0100] In one example, the content includes other (e.g., non-beam, non-CSI, non-TDCP) quantities (or multiple quantities).

[0101] In one example, the quantity (or multiple quantities) includes a selector / indicator that indicates the selection of one (or >1) of the following:

[0102] Beam (TCI state) TCI state (e.g., DL TCI state, UL TCI state, or unified (joint) DL / UL TCI state), or

[0103] Panels (or multiple panels) (e.g., UE panels for DL ​​reception and / or UL transmission), or

[0104] Antennas (or multiple antennas) (e.g., UE antennas for DL ​​reception and / or UL transmission), or

[0105] Antenna ports (or multiple antenna ports) (e.g., UE antenna ports for DL ​​reception and / or UL transmission).

[0106] In one example, the quantity (or multiple quantities) includes an indicator that indicates a switch from one beam to another, a switch from one panel to another, a switch from one antenna port group to another, or a switch from N1 SRS ports to N2 SRS ports, where N1 ≠ N2 (e.g., this switch is used for DL ​​reception and / or UL transmission).

[0107] In one example, the content includes beam-related quantities (or more) (examples in this article) and at least one other quantity (or more) (examples in this article).

[0108] In one example, the content includes CSI-related quantities (or more) (examples in this article) and at least one other quantity (or more) (examples in this article).

[0109] In one example, the content includes TDCP-related quantities (or more) (examples in this article) and at least one other quantity (or more) (examples in this article).

[0110] In one example, the content includes beam-related quantities (or multiple quantities) (examples in this article) and CSI-related quantities (or multiple quantities) (examples in this article).

[0111] In one example, the content includes beam-related quantities (or multiple quantities) (examples in this article) and TDCP-related quantities (or multiple quantities) (examples in this article).

[0112] In one example, the content includes TDCP-related quantities (or multiple quantities) (examples in this article) and CSI-related quantities (or multiple quantities) (examples in this article).

[0113] In one example, the report targets physical layer (L1) communication (e.g., L1 DL / UL or L1 SL), meaning that such a report will enable fast / reliable DL / UL or SL transmission / reception.

[0114] In one example, the link / channel between the target entity and the UE is the Uu interface (i.e., DL, UL).

[0115] In one example, the link / channel between the target entity and the UE is a side link (SL), or a device-to-device (D2D) or PC5 interface.

[0116] In one example, such reporting can be non-event-based or autonomous, allowing the UE to initiate / trigger reports autonomously (i.e., not associated with any event) or unconditionally / freely. For instance, the UE can be configured with a trigger time window (or multiple UL time slots), and the UE can trigger reports during that window.

[0117] In one example, such reporting can be event-based, meaning the UE can initiate / trigger a report only when it detects an event associated with the report, where the event can be of type: type 0, type 1, etc. In one example, type 0 corresponds to beam-related events, type 1 to CSI-related events, type 2 to Time-Domain Channel Attribute (TDCP)-related events, and type 3 can be a non-CSI-related event (examples provided later). In one example, an event is detected or declared positive if a metric (depending on the event type) is less than or equal to a threshold (or greater than or equal to a threshold). The threshold is chosen such that a fault (e.g., beam / link failure) can be detected before it actually occurs, and the UE-initiated report can prevent that fault.

[0118] In one example, the report can be either non-event-based or event-based, depending on the report type.

[0119] In one example, based on configuration, this report can be either non-event-based or event-based.

[0120] Several examples of event types and report types are provided in Table 1 (for combined events) and Tables 2 / 3 (for individual events). In these examples, the event type and report type are individual (explicit). However, they can also be combined, as shown in Table 4. Several examples of reports initiated by autonomous UEs are shown in Table 5.

[0121] Table 1: Event-based reports initiated by UEs

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[0123] Table 2: Event-based reports initiated by UEs

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[0125] Table 3: Event-based reports initiated by UEs

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[0127] Table 4: Event-based reports initiated by UEs

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[0129] Table 5: Reports not initiated by events or autonomous UEs

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[0131] In one example, when there is no content associated with a pre-notification (PN) message / trigger (i.e., the report type is (A)), the trigger / pre-notification message may simply provide a 'hint / alarm / hint' to the target entity (or for the purpose of the PN message / trigger as specified herein in this invention) according to at least one of the following examples.

[0132] For example, the prompt (or the purpose of the PN message / trigger specified in this disclosure) is about a communication link / channel. For example, it may imply the need for a new or updated report (e.g., beamforming, CSI, or TDCP). In this case, it is up to the NW to decide whether to configure the report (separately) for the content.

[0133] For example, the prompt (or the purpose of the PN message / trigger specified in this disclosure) is about RS transmission. For example, it may imply the need for aperiodic or semi-persistent RS (e.g., CSI-RS, SRS) transmission. The RS transmission may originate from the target entity or from the UE.

[0134] For example, a prompt (or the purpose of the PN message / trigger specified in this disclosure) is about selection / switching. For instance, it could imply a need to switch from the current A to another A, where A is one of the current panel, TRP / RRH, resource set, antenna group, or antenna port group.

[0135] For example, the prompt (or the purpose of the PN message / trigger specified in this disclosure) is about beam / CSI parameters. For example, the parameters may be codebook type (e.g., from type I to type II or vice versa), or rank restriction (e.g., from high rank to low rank or vice versa).

[0136] For example, the prompt (or the purpose of the PN message / trigger specified in this disclosure) is about RS parameters. For example, this parameter may be related to AP RS triggering, or RS periodicity, or the number of SRS ports (panel switching, 1 panel to 2 panels or vice versa) or the number of RS resources.

[0137] For example, the prompt (or the purpose of the PN message / trigger specified in this disclosure) is about the transmission scheme, which may be based on PMI, diversity (cyclic delay diversity (CDD), cyclic, spatial frequency block code (SFBC)), reciprocity (NCB or non-PMI feedback), or based on partial CSI (e.g., CRI-i1 or CRI-i1-CQI or LI-CRI-i1 or LI-CRI-i1-CQI), or based on a single TRP to multiple TRP switch (or vice versa).

[0138] For example, the hint (or the purpose of the PN message / trigger specified in this disclosure) is about transmission parameters, such as the number of modulation and coding schemes (MCS) or CWs.

[0139] For example, when there is no pre-notification message / trigger associated with the content, i.e., the report type is (B), the content can be sent using configured UL resources (e.g., configured authorized physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH)) or UL resources reserved for reports initiated by the UE or via the random access channel (RACH) procedure.

[0140] For example, a pre-notification (PN) message / trigger is an initiation or request or notification to the network (or a prompt / purpose of the PN message / trigger specified in this disclosure regarding) the transmission of (beam) reports / content—for example, associated with a PN message / trigger, it may include one or more reports specified / described in this disclosure.

[0141] In this disclosure, the UE can determine one or more purposes of the PN message / trigger and send the corresponding PN message / trigger to the network according to one or more of the following:

[0142] Fixed rules in the system specification: For example, PN messages are used to initiate or request or notify the network (or the purpose of PN messages is about the transmission of (beam) reports / content), which may include one or more indicators / triggers and / or report quantities as specified / described in this disclosure.

[0143] Network configuration / indication, for example, via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, based on / according to the corresponding UE's capability signaling: for example, the UE may receive from the network (e.g., via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI) one or more indicators indicating one or more purposes as specified in this disclosure for a PN message / triggered; or, for example, the UE may first have the network configure / provide a list / set / pool of PN / triggered purposes via higher-layer RRC according to those purposes specified herein; then, the UE may receive MAC CE / DCI from the network to activate / indicate one or more purposes of the PN / triggered from the configured list / set / pool.

[0144] The UE's autonomous determination can be, for example, transmitted to the network via a beam / CSI report or UE capability signaling, or as part of a beam / CSI report or UE capability signaling.

[0145] In one example, when a UE can, is able to, or is configured to send a UEI report to the network that includes at least a pre-notification message / trigger (e.g., (report) type (a) or (report) type (C) as specified herein) and / or (corresponding) content (e.g., (report) type (B) or (report) type (C) as specified herein)), the UE may send a pre-notification (PN) message / trigger and / or corresponding content to the network according to one or more of the following:

[0146] Fixed rules in the system specification: For example, a UE may send a UEI report to the network, which may include only the PN message, or only the content specified in this disclosure, or include both the PN message and the corresponding content.

[0147] For example, the UE may receive a 2-bit indicator from the network via, for example, higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, wherein '00' indicates that the UEI report includes only the PN message, '01' indicates that the UEI report includes only the content specified herein, and '10' / '11' indicates that the UEI report includes both the PN message and the corresponding content.

[0148] The UE's autonomous determination can be, for example, transmitted to the network via a beam / CSI report or UE capability signaling, or as part of a beam / CSI report or UE capability signaling.

[0149] In one example, when a UE can, is able to, or is configured to send a UEI report to the network that includes at least a pre-notification message / trigger (e.g., a (report) type (a) or (report) type (C) as specified herein) and / or (corresponding) content (e.g., a (report) type (B) or (report) type (C) as specified herein), the UE may send a pre-notification (PN) message / trigger and corresponding content to the network according to one or more of the following via / at the same report / report instance / transmission / transmission timing (e.g., via / at the same uplink resource set containing PUCCH, PUSCH, MAC CE, PRACH, etc.) or different report / report instance / transmission / transmission timing (e.g., via / at different uplink resource sets containing PUCCH, PUSCH, MAC CE, PRACH, etc.):

[0150] Fixed rules in the system specification: For example, a UE may transmit a report including a pre-notification (PN) message / trigger and corresponding content to the network UEI via / in the same report / report instance / transmission / transmission timing (e.g., via / in the same uplink resource set containing PUCCH, PUSCH, MAC CE, PRACH, etc.), or a UE may transmit a report including a pre-notification (PN) message / trigger and corresponding content to the network UEI via / in different report / report instance / transmission / transmission timing (e.g., via / in different uplink resource sets containing PUCCH, PUSCH, MAC CE, PRACH, etc.).

[0151] Network configuration / instructions, for example, based on / according to the corresponding UE's capability report, via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI: for example, via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, a one-bit indicator, where '0' (or '1') indicates that the UE can transmit a UEI report including a pre-notification (PN) message / trigger and corresponding content to the network via / in the same report / report instance / transmission / transmission timing (e.g., via / in the same uplink resource set containing PUCCH, PUSCH, MAC CE, PRACH, etc.), and '1' (or '0') indicates that the UE can transmit a UEI report including a pre-notification (PN) message / trigger and corresponding content to the network via / in different report / report instance / transmission / transmission timing (e.g., via / in different uplink resource sets containing PUCCH, PUSCH, MAC CE, PRACH, etc.).

[0152] The UE's autonomous determination can be, for example, transmitted to the network via a beam / CSI report or UE capability signaling, or as part of a beam / CSI report or UE capability signaling.

[0153] The indicators / triggers described in this invention may correspond to trigger / pre-notification (PN) messages (or may be a part thereof) in reports based on (report) type (A) or reports based on (report) type (C), or may correspond to (corresponding) content (or may be a part thereof) in reports based on (report) type (B) or reports based on (report) type (C). Furthermore, the signaling medium / container used for reporting UE-initiated (UEI) reports may be PUCCH, PUSCH, PRACH, MAC CE, uplink control information UCI, etc., and the UE-initiated (UEI) report shall at least include the number of indicators / triggers or reports or pre-notification messages / triggers or corresponding content as specified herein (or equivalently, trigger / pre-notification messages in reports based on (report) type (A) or reports based on (report) type (C), or a part of (corresponding) content in reports based on (report) type (B) or reports based on (report) type (C).

[0154] Figure 7A and Figure 7B Examples of report content and formats 710 and 720 according to embodiments of the present disclosure are shown. For example, report content and formats 710 and 720 can be provided by... Figure 1 Report to any of UEs 111-116. This example is for illustration only, and other embodiments may be used without departing from the scope of this disclosure.

[0155] In one embodiment, the UEI report may include: (1) a report content / quantity including a resource indicator and a corresponding beam metric, wherein the resource indicator includes SSBRI and / or CRI, and the corresponding beam metric includes L1-RSRP / L1-SINR for the current serving beam only; (2) a report content / quantity including a resource indicator and a corresponding beam metric, wherein the resource indicator includes SSBRI and / or CSI, and the corresponding beam metric includes L1-RSRP / L1-SINR for the candidate beam only; and / or (3) a report number / content including a resource indicator and a corresponding beam metric, wherein the resource indicator includes SSBRI and / or CSI, and the corresponding beam metric includes L1-RSRP / L1-SINR for both the current serving beam and the candidate beam.

[0156] For example, the UE may be provided / instructed / configured by the network, for example via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, according to or based on the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling, whether or not the UEI report should or may include (1), (2) and / or (3) as described herein; for example, when / if higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters represented by 'servBeamInclusion' are provided or configured, the UEI report may or should include (1) and / or (3); otherwise, the UEI report may or should include (2). Alternatively, the UEI report may or should include (1) when / if, for example, the higher-level RRC signaling / parameter represented by ueiReportContent is set to 'servBeamOnly', the UEI report may or should include (2) when / if the higher-level RRC signaling / parameter ueiReportContent is set to 'candBeamOnly', and / or when / if the higher-level RRC signaling / parameter ueiReportContent is set to 'bothServAndCandBeam', the UEI report may or should include (3). In this case, for (3), that is, when / if the UE is configured to send a UEI report that includes the number / content of reports for both the current serving beam and the candidate beam (including resource indicators such as SSBRI / CRI and / or beam metrics such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR), the UE may be further provided / indicated / configured by the network, for example via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, according to or based on the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling, the position / sorting / CSI report number / CSI report index / CSI report field of the current serving beam and / or the candidate beam in the UEI report.

[0157] For example, the UE may independently determine, select, or decide whether the UEI report should or may include (1), (2), and / or (3) as described herein, and indicate to the network, for example, its determination or selection or decision in a portion of the UEI report containing the PN message or through a portion of the UEI report containing the PN message.

[0158] In one example, a UE (e.g., UE 116) may send a PN message to the network to indicate whether the UEI report includes (1), (2), and / or (3) as described herein. For example, the PN message may be or may include a one-bit indicator; the UEI report includes (1) and / or (3) when / if the one-bit indicator is set to “0” (or “1”); otherwise, the UEI report includes (2). Alternatively, the PN message may be or may include multiple-bit indicators (e.g., two-bit indicators); the UEI report includes (1) when / if the two-bit indicator is set to “00” (“01”, “10”, or “11”), the UEI report includes (2) when / if the two-bit indicator is set to “01” (“00”, “10”, or “11”), and / or the UEI report includes (3) when / if the two-bit indicator is set to “10” or “11” (“00” or “01”).

[0159] In another example, the PN message may be or may include a bitmap, where each bit position or entry in the bitmap corresponds to / is associated with report content / quantities in the UEI report (e.g., resource indicators SSBRI / CRI and / or beam metrics L1-RSRP / L1-SINR). In this case, when / if a bit position / entry in the bitmap is set to "0" (or "1"), the report content / quantities in the UEI report corresponding to / associated with the bit position / entry, including resource indicators such as SSBRI / CRI and / or beam metrics such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, can be used or may correspond to the current serving beam, and / or when / if a bit position / entry in the bitmap is set to "1" (or "0"), the report content / quantities in the UEI report corresponding to / associated with the bit position / entry, including resource indicators such as SSBRI / CRI and / or beam metrics such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, can be used or may correspond to the candidate beam.

[0160] In another example, each report content / quantity including resource indicators (e.g., SSBRI / CRI) or beam metrics (e.g., L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) in the UEI report can be associated with an indicator provided in the same UEI report. In this case, the indicator can be a single indicator; when / if a single indicator is set to "0" (or "1"), the resource indicator (containing SSBRI and / or CRI) and / or beam metric (containing L1-RSRP and / or L1-SINR) associated with / corresponding to the single indicator can correspond to the currently serving beam, and / or when / if a single indicator is set to "1" (or "0"), the resource indicator (containing SSBRI and / or CRI) and / or beam metric (containing L1-RSRP and / or L1-SINR) associated with / corresponding to the single indicator can correspond to a candidate beam.

[0161] In another example, each report content / quantity including resource indicators (such as SSBRI / CRI) or beam metrics (such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) in the UEI report can be associated with an on / off indicator provided in the same UEI report. In this case, when / if the indicator is on or exists in the UEI report or is set to "on", the resource indicators (including SSBRI and / or CRI) and / or beam metrics (including L1-RSRP and / or L1-SINR) associated with / corresponding to the indicator can correspond to the currently serving beam, and / or when / if the indicator is off or does not exist in the UEI report or is set to "off", the resource indicators (including SSBRI and / or CRI) and / or beam metrics (including L1-RSRP and / or L1-SINR) associated with / corresponding to the indicator can correspond to a candidate beam.

[0162] In another example, for (3), the position / sorting / CSI report number / CSI report index / CSI report field, which includes resource indicators (e.g., SSBRI / CRI) and / or beam metrics (e.g., L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) corresponding to the current serving beam and / or candidate beam in the UEI report, can be fixed / predefined / predefined. For example, the number of report contents / quantities corresponding to the current serving beam, including resource indicators such as SSBRI / CRI and / or beam metrics such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, represented by Nserv, can be used to carry or convey the report contents / quantities of the current serving beam in the UEI report. The first (or last) Nserv position / sorting / CSI report number / CSI report index / CSI report field in the UEI report can be used to carry or convey the report contents / quantities of the current serving beam, and the remaining position / sorting / CSI report number / CSI report index / CSI report fields in the same UEI report can be used to carry or convey the report contents / quantities of candidate beams. Alternatively, Ncand represents the number of report contents / quantities corresponding to candidate beams, including resource indicators such as SSBRI / CRI and / or beam metrics such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR. The first (or last) Ncand position / sorting / CSI report number / CSI report index / CSI report field in the UEI report can be used to carry or convey the report contents / quantities of candidate beams, and the remaining position / sorting / CSI report number / CSI report index / CSI report fields in the same UEI report can be used to carry or convey the report contents / quantities of the serving beam. Figure 7A This document presents a conceptual example representing the UEI report format and the content described herein.

[0163] In another example, for (3), a first indicator and / or a second indicator may be provided, reported, delivered, included, contained, or transmitted in the UEI report as specified in this disclosure. For this design example, the first indicator may be specific to / associated with / correspond to or may be used to indicate the serving beam RS set and / or information related to the report content / quantity, including resource indicators (such as SSBRI / CRI) and / or beam metrics (such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) for the current serving beam. And / or the second indicator may be specific to / associated with / correspond to or may be used to indicate the candidate beam RS set and / or information related to the report content / quantity, including resource indicators (such as SSBRI / CRI) and / or beam metrics (such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) for one or more candidate beams specified in this disclosure. In particular, the first indicator may correspond to those specified herein by [the relevant authority / organization]. The first indicator represents the set index / indicator of the serving beam RS set, for example, the set index / indicator of the serving beam RS set. Therefore, the first indicator can be "0" (or "1" or "2"); alternatively or alternatively, the first indicator can correspond to a single-bit indicator (e.g., a single-bit set index / indicator), where "0" (or "1" or "2") corresponds to / indicates the serving beam RS set and / or information related to the report content / quantity, including resource indicators (e.g., SSBRI / CRI) and / or beam metrics (e.g., L1-RSRP / L1-SINR of the current serving beam), as specified in this disclosure. Furthermore, the second indicator can correspond to those specified herein as specified in this disclosure. The set index / indicator representing the candidate beam RS set, for example, the set index / indicator of the candidate beam RS set, and therefore the second indicator can be "1" (or "0" or "2"); optionally or alternatively, the second indicator can correspond to a single indicator (e.g., a single set index / indicator), where "1" (or "0" or "2") corresponds to / indicates the candidate beam RS set and / or information related to the report content / quantity, including resource indicators (such as SSBRI / CRI) and / or beam metrics (such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR), as specified in this disclosure. The first Nserv CSI fields in the UEI report following the CSI field that provides, carries, or conveys the first indicator can be used to provide, carry, or convey Nserv report content / quantities specific to / for the currently serving beam. Additionally, Ncand represents the number of report contents / quantities corresponding to candidate beams in the UEI report, including resource indicators such as SSBRI / CRI and / or beam metrics such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR. The first Ncand CSI fields in the UEI report following the CSI field that provides, carries, or conveys the second indicator can be used to provide, carry, or convey Ncand report contents / quantities specific to / for the candidate beam. The CSI fields that provide, carry, or convey the first indicator and / or the CSI fields that provide, carry, or convey the second indicator in a UEI report can be fixed – for example, the CSI field that provides, carries, or conveys the first (or second) indicator can correspond to the first (or 1st) CSI field in a UEI report, and / or the CSI field that provides, carries, or conveys the second (or first) indicator can correspond to the first (or 1st) CSI field following the last CSI field that provides, carries, or conveys the first indicator or the last CSI field that provides, carries, or conveys the second indicator. Figure 7BThe present disclosure provides conceptual examples of the capture UEI report formats and contents disclosed herein. Furthermore, the CSI field of the first indicator in the UEI report and / or the CSI field of the second indicator in the UEI report may be determined based on / based on: (i) network configuration / instructions, e.g., via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on or according to the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling, and / or (ii) the UE's autonomous determination / selection, which may be further transmitted to the network via various UL channels / signals including PUCCH, PUSCH, PRACH, etc., and / or etc.

[0164] In another example, for (3), each report content / quantity in the UEI report (such as resource indicators SSBRI / CRI and / or beam metrics L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) may be associated with / correspond to / specific to an indicator that may be transmitted, provided, indicated, included, incorporated, or contained in the (same) UEI report. For example, an indicator may correspond to those specified in this disclosure by […]. The set index / indicator of the service beam RS set or those specified in this disclosure. The set index / indicator representing the candidate beam RS set—for example, the indicator (or equivalently, the set index / indicator) can be "0" (or "1" or "2") for the serving beam RS set and "1" (or "0" or "2") for the candidate beam RS set. Alternatively, the indicator can correspond to a single-bit indicator where '0' (or '1' or '2') corresponds to / indicates the serving beam RS set and / or information related to the current serving beam, and '1' (or '0' or '2') corresponds to / indicates the candidate beam RS set and / or information related to the candidate beam. In this case, when / if the indicator in the UEI report that is associated / corresponds / specific to the report content / quantity specified / defined in this disclosure is set to "0" (or "1" or "2"), the report content / quantity can be associated / corresponds / specific to the current serving beam, and when / if the indicator in the UEI report that is associated / corresponds / specific to the report content / quantity specified / defined in this disclosure is set to "1" (or "0" or "2"), the report content / quantity can be associated / corresponds / specific to the candidate beam.

[0165] In another example, the UEI report may include, contain, provide, contain, or indicate a bitmap, wherein each bit position or entry in the bitmap corresponds to / is associated with report content / quantities in the UEI report (e.g., resource indicators SSBRI / CRI and / or beam metrics L1-RSRP / L1-SINR). In this case, when / if a bit position / entry in the bitmap is set to "0" (or "1"), the report content / quantities in the UEI report corresponding to / associated with the bit position / entry, including resource indicators such as SSBRI / CRI and / or beam metrics such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, can be used or may correspond to the current serving beam, and / or when / if a bit position / entry in the bitmap is set to "1" (or "0"), the report content / quantities in the UEI report corresponding to / associated with the bit position / entry, including resource indicators such as SSBRI / CRI and / or beam metrics such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, can be used or may correspond to a candidate beam.

[0166] In another example, the UE may be provided / indicated / configured by the network (e.g., network 130) based on or according to the UE's capabilities or capability signaling, such as via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI. In this case, when / if the beam metric (such as L1-RSRP or L1-SINR) reported in the UEI report is lower than (or higher than) the first threshold, the report content / amount containing resource indicators (such as SSBRI or CRI) associated with / corresponding to the beam metric may be or may correspond to the serving beam. Optionally, the UE may be provided / indicated / configured by the network based on or according to the UE's capabilities or capability signaling, such as via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI. In this case, when / if the beam metric (such as L1-RSRP or L1-SINR) reported in the UEI report exceeds (or falls below) the second threshold, the report content / quantity containing resource indicators (such as SSBRI or CRI) associated with / corresponding to the beam metric can be or may correspond to the candidate beam.

[0167] In the design examples specified / described herein in this disclosure, the values ​​of Nserv and / or Ncand may be determined based on / based on: (i) fixed values ​​in the system specification, (ii) network configuration / instructions, e.g., based on or according to the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, and / or (iii) the UE's autonomous determination / selection, which may be further transmitted to the network via various UL channels / signals (including PUCCH, PUSCH, PRACH, etc.), e.g., in a portion of CSI / beam report and / or UE capability signaling. For example, the UE may send or transmit a PN message to indicate the values ​​of Nserv and / or Ncand, and / or to indicate information related to the values ​​of Nserv and / or Ncand, wherein the PN message may be in part 1 of a two-part UEI report (or two-part UCI). Optionally, according to those specified herein, the UEI report may include a mixture of both CRI and SSBRI. In this case, the UE may, for example, indicate to the network via / in a portion of the UEI report (e.g., via / through / in a PN message, where the PN message may be in part 1 of a two-part UEI report (or two-part UCI)) the number / value / quantity of CRIs and / or SSBRIs reported in the same UEI report. Additionally, one or more of the resource indicators reported in the UEI report may be associated with, correspond to, or be specific to an indicator (provided, indicated, contained, included, or incorporated in the same UEI report). An indicator may indicate whether the resource indicator associated with, correspond to, or is specific to the indicator is a CRI or an SSBRI. For example, an indicator may be a single indicator, and when / if the indicator is set to "0" (or "1"), the resource indicator in the UEI report associated with, correspond to, or is specific to the indicator may correspond to an SSBRI, and when / if the indicator is set to "1" (or "0"), the resource indicator in the UEI report associated with, correspond to, or is specific to the indicator may correspond to a CRI. Furthermore, the UEI report may also include a mixture of L1-RSRP and L1-SINR. In this case, the UE may, for example, indicate to the network via / in a portion of the UEI report (e.g., via / through / in a PN message, where the PN message may be in part 1 of a two-part UEI report (or two-part UCI)) the number / value / quantity of L1-RSRP and / or L1-SINR reported in the same UEI report. Additionally, one or more of the radio link / beam quality or metrics reported in the UEI report may be associated with or correspond to, or be specific to, an indicator (provided, indicated, contained, included, or incorporated in the same UEI report).An indicator can indicate whether the radio link / beam quality / metric associated with, corresponding to, or specific to the indicator is L1-RSRP or L1-SINR. For example, an indicator can be a single-bit indicator, and when / if the indicator is set to "0" (or "1"), the radio link / beam quality / metric associated with, corresponding to, or specific to the indicator in the UEI report can correspond to L1-RSRP, and when / if the indicator is set to "1" (or "0"), the radio link / beam quality / metric associated with, corresponding to, or specific to the indicator in the UEI report can correspond to L1-SINR.

[0168] In one example, the UE may be provided / instructed / configured by the network, for example via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, based on or based on the UE’s capabilities or capability signaling, whether or not differential RSRP / SINR reporting is enabled for UEI reports including (1), (2) and / or (3) as described in this disclosure. For example, when / if the high-level parameter diffUEReporting is provided, configured, or set to "Enabled", differential L1-RSRP / L1-SINR-based reporting can be enabled / used, where the reference L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value can be quantized as a 7-bit value in the range of [-140, -44] dBm for differential RSRP reporting and [-23, 40] dB for differential SINR reporting, where the step size for differential RSRP reporting is 1 dB and the step size for differential SINR reporting is 0.5 dB, and the differential L1-RSRP / L1-SINR can be quantized as a 4-bit value. The differential L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value can be calculated with a 2 dB step (for differential RSRP reporting) / 1 dB step (for differential SINR reporting) and referenced to a reference L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value that is part of the same UEI report or a different but linked / associated UEI report. In this case, the reference L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value can correspond to the maximum measured L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value of the current serving beam or the measured L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value of the serving beam. Otherwise, reporting based on differential L1-RSRP / L1-SINR can be disabled or not used, where the measured L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value can be quantized in 1 dB steps as a 7-bit value in the range of [-140, -44] dBm.

[0169] In one example, whether to enable differential RSRP / SINR reporting for UEI reports that include (1), (2) and / or (3) as described herein may depend on the number of report contents / quantities (including resource indicators such as SSBRI / CRI and / or beam metrics such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) for the current serving beam and / or the number of report contents / quantities (including resource indicators such as SSBRI / CRI and / or beam metrics such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) for the candidate beam. For example, when / if the number of report contents / quantities for the current serving beam (including resource indicators such as SSBRI / CRI and / or beam metrics such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) and / or the number of report contents / quantities for the candidate beam (including resource indicators such as SSBRI / CRI and / or beam metrics such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) is greater than or equal to 1, reporting based on differential L1-RSRP / L1-SINR can be enabled / used, where the reference L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value can be quantized in 1 dB steps as a 7-bit value in the range of [-140, -44] dBm, and the differential L1-RSRP / L1-SINR can be quantized as a 4-bit value. The differential L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value can be calculated in 2 dB steps and referenced to a reference L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value, which may be part of the same UEI report or different but linked / associated UEI reports. In this scenario, the reference L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value can correspond to the maximum measured L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value or the maximum measured L1-RSRP / SINR value of the current serving beam, or the measured L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value of the serving beam in the same / current UEI report or a different UEI report associated with / linked to the current UEI report. Based on network configuration / instructions, via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MACCE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, and according to UE capabilities or capability signaling and / or UE autonomy, it can be further sent / instructed to the network in the UEI report / through a portion of the UEI report (e.g., via a PN message) and / or other UL channels / signals. Otherwise, reporting based on differential L1-RSRP / L1-SINR can be disabled or not used, where the measured L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value can be quantized in 1 dB steps as a 7-bit value in the range of [-140, -44] dBm.The UE can be provided / instructed / configured by the network, for example, via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC. CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI – based on or according to the UE's capabilities or capability signaling, the amount of reporting content / quantity for the current serving beam (including resource indicators such as SSBRI / CRI and / or beam metrics such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR), and / or the amount of reporting content / quantity for candidate beams (including resource indicators such as SSBRI / CRI and / or beam metrics such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR); alternatively, the UE may autonomously determine the number of reporting content / quantity for the current serving beam (including resource indicators such as SSBRI / CRI and / or beam metrics such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR), and / or the number of reporting content / quantity for candidate beams (including resource indicators such as SSBRI / CRI and / or beam metrics such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR), and / or report the determined number to the network, for example, via UEI report / as part of UEI report and / or via PN message.

[0170] In one example, for (1), i.e., when / if the UEI report may only include report content / quantity containing resource indicators such as SSBRI / CRI and beam metrics such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR of the current serving beam, and / or when / if reporting based on differential RSRP / SINR is enabled / used according to those specified herein in this disclosure, the reference L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value may correspond to one or more of the following based on the network configuration / instruction via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, which may be further transmitted / indicated to the network in the UEI report / through a portion of the UEI report (e.g., via PN message) and / or other UL channels / signals:

[0171] The maximum measured L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value in the same / current UEI report

[0172] The largest measured L1-RSRP / L1-SINR values ​​in different / previous / earlier UEI reports

[0173] Maximum measured L1-RSRP / L1-SINR values ​​of candidate beams in different / previous / earlier UEI reports

[0174] Measured L1-RSRP / L1-SINR values ​​of candidate beams in different / previous / earlier UEI reports

[0175] The different / previous / earlier UEI report can be the last UEI report sent before the current UEI report, or alternatively, the different / previous / earlier UEI report and the current UEI report can be associated / linked to each other, for example, when / if the same value of the indicator / ID / index is sent in the different / previous / earlier UEI report and the current UEI report respectively. Furthermore, in this case, the UEI report may also include one or more RSRP / SINR values, which correspond to or characterize the difference between the measured L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value of the currently serving beam and the first threshold specified in this disclosure. For example, if the measured L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value of the currently serving beam is x dBm and the first threshold is y dBm, the difference delta_serv=|xy|dBm can be reported in the UEI report as report content / quantity, and a corresponding one-bit sign indicator indicating the positive or negative of the difference can also be reported in the same UEI report. The value of delta_serv in the UEI report can be quantized in dB steps as an A-bit value in the range [B,C] dBm, where the values ​​of A, B, C, and / or D in this example can be fixed in the system specification (similar to the specification specified for differential RSRP / SINR reporting) and / or configured / provided by the network, for example, via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, according to or based on the UE's capabilities or capability signaling. Optionally, the UEI report may also include one or more RSRP / SINR values ​​corresponding to or characterizing the difference between the differential L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value (if reported) and a third threshold. For example, if the differential L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value is x dBm and the third threshold is y dBm, the difference delta_diff = |xy| dBm can be reported in the UEI report as report content / quantity, and a corresponding one-bit sign indicator indicating the positive or negative of the difference can also be reported in the same UEI report. The delta_diff value in the UEI report can be quantized in steps of DdB to an A-bit value within the range of [B,C]dBm, where the values ​​of A, B, C, and / or D in this example can be fixed in the system specification (similar to the specification specified for differential RSRP / SINR reporting) and / or configured / provided by the network, for example, via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, according to or based on the UE's capabilities or capability signaling. The UE can be provided / indicated / configured by the network based on or based on the UE's capabilities or capability signaling, for example via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI.

[0176] In another example, for (2), i.e., when / if the UEI report may only include report content / quantity containing resource indicators such as SSBRI / CRI and beam metrics such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR of candidate beams, and / or when / if the differential RSRP / SINR-based report is enabled / used according to those specified herein, the reference L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value may correspond to one or more of the following based on the network configuration / instruction via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, which may be further transmitted / indicated to the network in the UEI report / through a portion of the UEI report (e.g., via PN messages) and / or other UL channels / signals:

[0177] The maximum measured L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value in the same / current UEI report

[0178] The largest measured L1-RSRP / L1-SINR values ​​in different / previous / earlier UEI reports

[0179] The maximum measured L1-RSRP / L1-SINR values ​​of the serving beam in different / previous / earlier UEI reports

[0180] Measured L1-RSRP / L1-SINR values ​​of the serving beam in different / previous / earlier UEI reports

[0181] The different / previous / earlier UEI report can be the last UEI report sent before the current UEI report, or alternatively, the different / previous / earlier UEI report and the current UEI report can be associated / linked to each other, for example, when / if the same value of the indicator / ID / index is sent in the different / previous / earlier UEI report and the current UEI report respectively. Furthermore, in this case, the UEI report may also include one or more RSRP / SINR values ​​that correspond to or characterize the difference between the L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value measured for the candidate beam and the second threshold as specified in this disclosure. For example, if the L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value measured for the candidate beam is x'dBm and the second threshold is y'dBm, the difference delta_cand=|x'-y'|dBm can be reported in the UEI report as report content / quantity, and a corresponding one-bit sign indicator indicating the positive or negative of the difference can also be reported in the same UEI report. The value of delta_cand in the UEI report can be quantized in D'dB steps as a value of A' bit in the range [B',C']dBm, where the values ​​of A', B', C', and / or D' in this instance can be fixed in the system specification (similar to the specification specified for differential RSRP / SINR reporting) and / or configured / provided by the network based on or according to the UE's capabilities or capability signaling, such as via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI. Optionally, the UEI report may also include one or more RSRP / SINR values ​​corresponding to or characterizing the difference between the differential L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value (if reported) and a fourth threshold. For example, if the differential L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value is x'dBm and the fourth threshold is y'dBm, the difference delta_diff'=|x'-y'|dBm can be reported as report content / quantity in the UEI report, and a corresponding one-bit sign indicator indicating whether the difference is positive or negative can also be reported in the same UEI report. The value of delta_diff' in the UEI report can be quantized in D'dB steps as the A' bit value in the range [B',C']dBm, where the values ​​of A', B', C' and / or D' in this instance can be fixed in the system specification (similar to the specification specified for differential RSRP / SINR reporting) and / or configured / provided by the network based on or according to the UE's capabilities or capability signaling, such as via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI.The UE (e.g., UE 116) may be provided / instructed / configured by the network, for example, via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI - according to or based on the UE's capabilities or capability signaling, the fourth (RSRP / SINR) threshold.

[0182] In another example, for (3), i.e., when / if the UEI report may include report content / quantity containing resource indicators (e.g., SSBRI / CRI) and beam metrics (such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) for the current serving beam and report content / quantity containing resource indicators (e.g., SSBRI / CRI) and beam metrics (such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) for candidate beams, and / or when / if reporting based on differential RSRP / SINR is enabled, for example, for the serving beam in the current UEI report, according to those specified herein, the reference L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value of the current serving beam in the current UEI report may correspond to one or more of the following: based on higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC. The configuration / instruction of the network, including CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, may be further sent / instructed to the network in the UEI report / through a portion of the UEI report (e.g., via PN message) and / or other UL channels / signals, depending on the UE's capabilities or capability signaling and / or the UE's autonomy.

[0183] The maximum measured L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value in the same / current UEI report

[0184] The largest measured L1-RSRP / L1-SINR values ​​in different / previous / earlier UEI reports

[0185] Maximum measured L1-RSRP / L1-SINR values ​​of candidate beams in different / previous / earlier UEI reports

[0186] Measured L1-RSRP / L1-SINR values ​​of candidate beams in different / previous / earlier UEI reports

[0187] The maximum measured L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value of the candidate beam in the same / current UEI report

[0188] Measured L1-RSRP / L1-SINR values ​​of candidate beams in the same / current UEI report

[0189] The different / previous / earlier UEI report can be the last UEI report sent before the current UEI report, or alternatively, the different / previous / earlier UEI report and the current UEI report can be associated / linked to each other, for example, when / if the same value of the indicator / ID / index is sent in the different / previous / earlier UEI report and the current UEI report respectively. Furthermore, in this case, the UEI report may also include one or more RSRP / SINR values, which correspond to or characterize the difference between the measured L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value of the currently serving beam and the first threshold specified in this disclosure. For example, if the measured L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value of the currently serving beam is x dBm and the first threshold is y dBm, the difference delta_serv=|xy|dBm can be reported in the UEI report as report content / quantity, and a corresponding one-bit sign indicator indicating the positive or negative of the difference can also be reported in the same UEI report. The delta_serv value in the UEI report can be quantized in DdB steps as an A-bit value in the range [B,C]dBm, where the values ​​of A, B, C, and / or D in this example can be fixed in the system specification (similar to the specification specified for differential RSRP / SINR reporting) and / or configured / provided by the network, for example, via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, according to or based on the UE's capabilities or capability signaling. Optionally, the UEI report may also include one or more RSRP / SINR values, which correspond to or characterize the difference between a differential L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value calculated relative to or about or for the current serving beam (if reported) and a third threshold as specified / described herein. For example, if the differential L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value calculated relative to, about, or for the current serving beam is x dBm, and the third threshold is y dBm, the difference delta_diff = |xy| dBm can be reported in the UEI report as report content / quantity, and a corresponding one-bit sign indicator indicating the positive or negative of the difference can also be reported in the same UEI report. The value of delta_diff in the UEI report can be quantized in dB steps as an A-bit value in the range [B,C] dBm, where the values ​​of A, B, C, and / or D in this example can be fixed in the system specification (similar to the specification specified for differential RSRP / SINR reporting) and / or configured / provided by the network, for example, through higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, according to or based on the UE's capabilities or capability signaling.Additionally, when / if, for example, the differential RSRP / SINR-based reporting for candidate beams in the current UEI report is enabled / used according to those specified herein, the reference L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value for candidate beams in the current UEI report may correspond to one or more of the following: network-based configuration / instructions, via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI determined according to the UE's capabilities or capability signaling and / or the UE's autonomous determination, which may be further transmitted / instructed to the network in the UEI report / through a portion of the UEI report (e.g., via a PN message) and / or other UL channels / signals:

[0190] The maximum measured L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value in the same / current UEI report

[0191] The largest measured L1-RSRP / L1-SINR values ​​in different / previous / earlier UEI reports

[0192] The maximum measured L1-RSRP / L1-SINR values ​​of the serving beam in different / previous / earlier UEI reports

[0193] Measured L1-RSRP / L1-SINR values ​​of the serving beam in different / previous / earlier UEI reports

[0194] The maximum measured L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value of the serving beam in the same / current UEI report

[0195] Measured L1-RSRP / L1-SINR values ​​of the serving beam in the same / current UEI report

[0196] The different / previous / earlier UEI report can be the last UEI report sent before the current UEI report, or alternatively, the different / previous / earlier UEI report and the current UEI report can be associated / linked to each other, for example, when / if the same value of the indicator / ID / index is sent in the different / previous / earlier UEI report and the current UEI report respectively. Furthermore, in this case, the UEI report may also include one or more RSRP / SINR values ​​that correspond to or characterize the difference between the L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value measured for the candidate beam and the second threshold as specified in this disclosure. For example, if the L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value measured for the candidate beam is x'dBm and the second threshold is y'dBm, the difference delta_cand=|x'-y'|dBm can be reported in the UEI report as report content / quantity, and a corresponding one-bit sign indicator indicating the positive or negative of the difference can also be reported in the same UEI report. The value of delta_cand in the UEI report can be quantized in D'dB steps as a value of A' bit in the range [B',C']dBm, where the values ​​of A', B', C', and / or D' in this instance can be fixed in the system specification (similar to the specification specified for differential RSRP / SINR reporting) and / or configured / provided by the network based on or according to the UE's capabilities or capability signaling, such as via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI. Optionally, the UEI report may also include one or more RSRP / SINR values, which correspond to or characterize the difference between the differential L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value calculated relative to or about or for the candidate beam (if reported) and a fourth threshold. For example, if the differential L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value calculated relative to, about, or for a candidate beam is x'dBm, and the fourth threshold is y'dBm, the difference delta_diff'=|x'-y'|dBm can be reported in the UEI report as report content / quantity, and a corresponding one-bit sign indicator indicating the positive or negative of the difference can also be reported in the same UEI report. The value of delta_diff' in the UEI report can be quantized in D'dB steps as the A' bit value in the range [B',C']dBm, where the values ​​of A', B', C', and / or D' in this instance can be fixed in the system specification (similar to the specification specified for differential RSRP / SINR reporting) and / or configured / provided by the network based on or according to the UE's capabilities or capability signaling, such as via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI.

[0197] For the first event, where the radio link or beam quality of one or more current serving beams is lower than or equal to threshold A (an instance of the first event), the UEI report may include report content / quantities, including resource indicators (such as SSBRI / CRI) and / or beam metrics (such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) and / or quality metrics (such as the difference between beam metrics (such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) and threshold A for the current serving beam), and / or information relating to the presence or absence of one or more report content / quantities described / specified for the current serving beam in this disclosure. In this case, when the UE detects the first event, the UE may also identify or determine one or more current serving beams having their associated / corresponding radio link or beam quality, including L1-RSRP and / or L1-SINR lower than or equal to threshold A, wherein the identified or determined one or more current serving beams may be represented by current serving beams that satisfy the conditions of the first event or beams that generally satisfy the conditions of a given event. Furthermore, for example, a UEI report for a first event may include one or more of the following components for one or more first current serving beams, wherein the associated / corresponding radio link / beam quality of one or more first current serving beams is less than or equal to a threshold A, as specified / defined herein, wherein one or more first current serving beams (represented by a current serving beam satisfying the conditions of the first event or a beam that generally satisfies the conditions of a given event) may include one or more (e.g., Ns) second current serving beams, wherein the associated / corresponding radio link / beam quality of one or more second current serving beams is greater than or equal to or exceeds a threshold A', or wherein the associated / corresponding radio link / beam quality of one or more second current serving beams corresponds to the highest (or lowest) Ns radio link / beam quality of one or more first current serving beams as defined / specified herein:

[0198] Component 1a: Resource indicator, such as SSBRI / CRI for one or more first current serving beams; resource ID / index and / or RS ID / index of (QCL source) RS provided in one or more indicated joint / DL / UL TCI states, which the UE uses / applies to evaluate or monitor the radio link / beam quality of one or more first current serving beams, and / or TCI state ID / index of one or more indicated joint / DL / UL TCI states of (QCL source) RS provided by the UE to evaluate or monitor the radio link / beam quality of one or more first current serving beams.

[0199] Component 1b: Resource indicators, such as SSBRI / CRI for one or more second current serving beams; resource ID / index and / or RS ID / index of (QCL source) RS provided in one or more indicated joint / DL / UL TCI states, which the UE uses / applies to evaluate or monitor the radio link / beam quality of one or more second current serving beams; and / or TCI state ID / index of one or more indicated joint / DL / UL TCI states, which provide the UE with the means to use / apply the joint / DL / UL TCI states to evaluate or monitor the radio link / beam quality of one or more second current serving beams.

[0200] Component 1c: Beam metrics, such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, associated / corresponding to resource indicators, resource IDs / indexes, RS IDs / indexes and / or TCI status IDs / indexes in component 1a for one or more first currently serving beams; differential RSRP / SINR reports may be applied to component 1c as specified herein.

[0201] Component 1d: Beam metrics, such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, are associated / correspond to resource indicators, resource IDs / indexes, RS IDs / indexes, and / or TCI status IDs / indexes in component 1b for one or more second currently serving beams; differential RSRP / SINR reports may be applied to component 1d according to those specified herein.

[0202] Component 1e: Indicator or bitmap indicating, for example, one or more first current service beams in the current service beam.

[0203] Component 1f: Indicator or bitmap indicating one or more second current service beams, for example, outside the current service beam or outside the first current service beam.

[0204] Component 1g: The number of one or more first current serving beams in the UEI report.

[0205] Component 1h: The number of one or more second current serving beams in the UEI report.

[0206] Component 1i: An indicator that indicates the occurrence of the first event and / or an event index / ID associated with / specifically related to the first event.

[0207] Component 1j: The difference between a beam metric (such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) of one or more first currently serving beams and a threshold A; for example, if the (differential) L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value calculated relative to, about, or for the first currently serving beam is x dBm, and the threshold A is y dBm, the difference delta_diff_A = |xy| dBm can be reported in the UEI report as report content / quantity, and a corresponding one-bit sign indicator indicating the positive or negative of the difference can also be reported in the same UEI report. Alternatively, the difference delta_diff_A = (xy) and / or (yx) dBm can be reported in the UEI report as report content / quantity. Optionally, the value of delta_diff_A can be quantized to a u-bit value with a step size v dB relative to the threshold A.

[0208] Component 1k: The difference between a beam metric (such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) of one or more second current serving beams and a threshold A; for example, if the (differential) L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value calculated about or for the second current serving beam is x'dBm, and the threshold A is ydBm, the difference delta_diff_A'=|x'-y|dBm can be reported in the UEI report as report content / quantity, and a corresponding one-bit sign indicator indicating whether the difference is positive or negative can also be reported in the same UEI report. Alternatively, the difference delta_diff_A'=(x'-y) and / or (Y-X')dBm can be reported in the UEI report as report content / quantity.

[0209] Component 1l: An indicator indicating the presence or absence of component 1a in the UEI report; for example, the indicator can be a one-bit indicator where "1" (or "0") indicates the presence of component 1a in the UEI report, and "0" (or "1") indicates the absence of component 1a in the UEI report. Optionally, the value of delta_diff_A' can be quantized to a u-bit value with a v dB step relative to a threshold A.

[0210] Component 1m: An indicator that indicates whether component 1b is present or absent in the UEI report; for example, the indicator can be a one-bit indicator where “1” (or “0”) indicates that component 1b is present in the UEI report and “0” (or “1”) indicates that component 1b is absent in the UEI report.

[0211] Component 1n: An indicator that indicates whether component 1c is present or absent in the UEI report; for example, the indicator can be a one-bit indicator where “1” (or “0”) indicates that component 1c is present in the UEI report and “0” (or “1”) indicates that component 1c is absent in the UEI report.

[0212] Component 1o: An indicator that indicates whether component 1d is present or absent in the UEI report; for example, the indicator can be a one-bit indicator where “1” (or “0”) indicates that component 1d is present in the UEI report and “0” (or “1”) indicates that component 1d is absent in the UEI report.

[0213] Component 1p: An indicator that indicates whether component 1j is present or absent in the UEI report; for example, the indicator can be a one-bit indicator where “1” (or “0”) indicates that component 1j is present in the UEI report and “0” (or “1”) indicates that component 1j is absent in the UEI report.

[0214] Component 1q: An indicator that indicates the presence or absence of component 1k in the UEI report; for example, the indicator can be a one-bit indicator where “1” (or “0”) indicates that component 1k is present in the UEI report and “0” (or “1”) indicates that component 1k is absent in the UEI report.

[0215] The values ​​of threshold A, threshold A', Ns, u, and / or v can be determined based on: (i) fixed values ​​in the system specification; (ii) network configuration / instructions based on or according to the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI; and / or (iii) autonomous determination / selection by the UE, which may be further transmitted to the network (e.g., network 130) via various UL channels / signals and / or as part of CSI / beam reporting and / or UE capability signaling. In one example, Ns > 1. In another example, Ns ≥ 1.

[0216] In one example, the UE may send or transmit a first UEI report comprising one or more (or subsets) of components 1a to 1q as specified herein, and a second UEI report comprising one or more (or subsets) of components 1a to 1q as specified herein. The first UEI report and the second UEI report may be in two separate or different CSI reports (represented by CSI-Reports) or report instances. In this context, the first and second UEI reports (and therefore their corresponding CSI reports and / or report instances) may be related to or associated with each other: for example, the first and second UEI reports as specified / defined herein may include, contain, provide, or contain one / the same report (or event) ID / index; and for example, the first and second UEI reports may be sent / transmitted within a time window / period (e.g., in the number of symbols / slots / etc.) according to: (i) fixed values ​​in the system specification, (ii) network configuration / instructions based on or according to the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, and / or (iii) the UE's autonomous determination / selection, which may be further transmitted to the network via various UL channels / signals and / or as part of CSI / beam reports and / or UE capability signaling. For example, a first UEI report transmitted or sent in a first CSI report or report instance may include at least component 1a, and a second UEI report transmitted or sent in a second CSI report or report instance (different from or different from the first CSI report or report instance) may include at least component 1c, and the first UEI report is associated with the second UEI report such that they will contain, provide, include, contain or indicate the same report (or event) ID.

[0217] In another example, the UE may send or transmit a two-part UEI report (e.g., a two-part UCI) to the network within the same CSI report / report instance, wherein part 1 of the UEI report (or UCI) may include one or more (or a subset) of components 1a to 1q as specified herein, and part 2 of the UEI report (or UCI) may include one or more (or a subset) of components 1a to 1q as specified herein. Furthermore, part 1 of the UEI report (or UCI) may have a fixed payload size and / or may indicate the presence / absence of part 2 of the UEI report (or UCI). For example, part 1 of the UEI report (or UCI) may include, indicate, or provide a bit indicator where '1' (or '0') indicates presence and '0' (or '1') indicates absence of part 2 of the UEI report (or UCI), and / or the payload size of part 2 (if present). For example, part 1 of the UEI report (or UCI) may include at least component 1i, and part 2 of the UEI report (or UCI) may include at least component 1j. For example, part 1 of a UEI report (or UCI) may include at least component 1p, and part 2 of a UEI report (or UCI) may include at least component 1j. In another instance, part 1 of a UEI report (or UCI) may include at least component 1i, and part 2 of a UEI report (or UCI) may include at least component 1c. In another instance, part 1 of a UEI report (or UCI) may include at least component 1n, and part 2 of a UEI report (or UCI) may include at least component 1c. For another example, part 1 of a UEI report (or UCI) may include at least component 1c and / or component 1j, and part 2 of a UEI report (or UCI) may not exist. For another example, part 1 of a UEI report (or UCI) may include at least component 1i, and part 2 of a UEI report (or UCI) may not exist.

[0218] Whether a UE can send or transmit a first UEI report and a second UEI report separately in two separate CSI reports / CSI report instances as specified herein, or in a joint UEI report including Part 1 and / or Part 2 as specified herein, can be determined based on: (i) fixed rules in the system specification or per RRC configuration; (ii) network configuration / instructions based on or according to the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling, via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI; and / or (iii) the UE's autonomous determination / selection, which can be further transmitted to the network via various UL channels / signals, for example, CSI / beam reports and / or UE capability signaling.

[0219] In another example, the UE may send or transmit a current UEI report in a first CSI report or CSI report instance, which provides, indicates, or includes an incremental or decremental value relative to the previous radio link / beam quality or the previous quality metric of the (first / second) current serving beam, as specified / defined in this disclosure, reported in or derived / calculated from the report content / quantity reported in the previous UEI report, wherein the previous UEI report may be transmitted or sent in a second CSI report or CSI report instance. In this case, the current radio link / beam quality or current quality metric of the same (first / second) current serving beam as specified / defined herein can be determined, identified, obtained, calculated, or derived based on the incremental / decremental value reported in the current UEI report and the previous radio link / beam quality or previous quality metric of the (first / second) current serving beam reported in the previous UEI report. For example, the current UEI report may provide, indicate, include, contain, or include a delta_p value (or an absolute |delta_p| value and a one-bit sign indicator indicating the positive or negative value of the absolute |delta_p| value) relative to a previous L1-RSRP value, represented by previous_p, for the (first / second) current serving beam, as specified / defined in this disclosure, reported in or derived / calculated from the report content / quantity reported in the previous UEI report. In this case, the current L1-RSRP value represented by current_p may correspond to current_p = previous_p + delta_p or may be derived / calculated as current_p = previous_p + delta_p. Furthermore, previous and current UEI reports (and therefore their corresponding first and second CSI reports and / or report instances) may be related or associated with each other: for example, previous and current UEI reports as specified / defined herein may include, contain, provide or contain one / the same report (or event) ID / index; as another example, previous and current UEI reports may be sent / transmitted within a time window / period (e.g., in the number of symbols / slots / etc.) according to: (i) fixed values ​​in the system specification, (ii) network configuration / instructions based on or according to the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, and / or (iii) the UE's autonomous determination / selection, which may be further transmitted to the network via various UL channels / signals and / or in part of CSI / beam reports and / or the UE's capability signaling.Furthermore, whether a UEI report transmitted or sent by the UE can provide, indicate, or include (1) an incremental or decremental value relative to a previous UEI report (based on or following the incremental or decremental values ​​specified in this disclosure) or (2) one or more of components 1a to 1q (based on or following the incremental or decremental values ​​specified in this disclosure) can be determined based on the following factors: (i) fixed rules in the system specification, (ii) network configuration / instructions based on or according to the capabilities or capability signaling of the corresponding UE, via higher-level RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, and / or (iii) the UE's autonomous determination / selection, which can be further transmitted to the network via various UL channels / signals and / or as part of CSI / beam reports and / or UE capability signaling.

[0220] For a second event, where the radio link or beam quality of one or more candidate beams exceeds or is greater than or equal to threshold B (an instance of a second event), the UEI report may include report content / quantities, including resource indicators (e.g., SSBRI / CRI) and / or beam metrics (such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) and / or quality metrics (e.g., the difference between beam metrics (such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) and threshold B of the candidate beam), and / or information relating to the presence or absence of one or more report content / quantities described / specified for the candidate beam in this disclosure—throughout this disclosure, a candidate beam is equivalent to a candidate new beam or a new beam. In this case, when the UE detects a second event, the UE may also identify or determine one or more candidate beams whose associated / corresponding radio link or beam quality (including L1-RSRP and / or L1-SINR) exceeds or is greater than or equal to threshold B, wherein the identified or determined one or more candidate beams may be represented by candidate beams that satisfy the conditions of the second event, or generally by beams that satisfy the conditions of a given event. Furthermore, for example, a UEI report for a second event may include one or more of the following components for one or more first candidate beams, wherein the associated / corresponding radio link / beam quality of one or more first candidate beams is greater than or equal to a threshold B, as specified / defined herein, wherein one or more first candidate beams (represented by candidate beams satisfying the conditions of the second event or beams that generally satisfy the conditions of a given event) may include one or more (e.g., Nc) second candidate beams, wherein the associated / corresponding radio link / beam quality of one or more second candidate beams is greater than or equal to or exceeds a threshold B', or wherein the associated / corresponding radio link / beam quality of one or more second candidate beams corresponds to the highest (or lowest) Nc radio link / beam quality of one or more first candidate beams as defined / specified herein:

[0221] Component 2a: Resource indicators for one or more first candidate beams, such as SSBRI / CRI; resource ID / index and / or RS ID / index of (QCL source) RS provided in the joint / DL / UL TCI state of one or more indicators of radio link / beam quality of one or more first candidate beams for the UE to evaluate or monitor the radio link / beam quality of one or more first candidate beams and / or TCI state ID / index of (QCL source) RS provided in the joint / DL / UL TCI state of one or more indicators of (QCL source) RS for the UE to evaluate or monitor the radio link / beam quality of one or more first candidate beams.

[0222] Component 2b: Resource indicators for one or more second candidate beams, such as SSBRI / CRI; resource ID / index and / or RS ID / index of (QCL source) RS provided in the joint / DL / UL TCI state of one or more indicators of radio link / beam quality of one or more second candidate beams for the UE to evaluate or monitor the radio link / beam quality of one or more second candidate beams and / or TCI state ID / index of (QCL source) RS provided in the joint / DL / UL TCI state of one or more indicators of (QCL source) RS for the UE to evaluate or monitor the radio link / beam quality of one or more second candidate beams.

[0223] Component 2c: Beam metrics associated with / corresponding to the resource indicator, resource ID / index, RS ID / index and / or TCI status ID / index for one or more first candidate beams in component 2a, such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR; differential RSRP / SINR reports may be applied to component 2c according to those specified herein.

[0224] Component-2d: Beam metrics associated with / corresponding to the resource indicator, resource ID / index, RS ID / index and / or TCI status ID / index for one or more second candidate beams in component-2b, such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR; differential RSRP / SINR reports may be applied to component-2d as specified herein in this disclosure.

[0225] Component 2e: Indicator or bitmap, indicating, for example, one or more first candidate beams among candidate beams.

[0226] Component 2f: Indicator or bitmap indicating one or more second candidate beams—for example, from a candidate beam or from a first candidate beam.

[0227] Component 2g: The number of one or more first candidate beams in the UEI report.

[0228] Component 2h: The number of one or more second candidate beams in the UEI report.

[0229] Component 2i: An indicator that indicates the occurrence of the second event and / or an event index / ID associated with / specifically / corresponding to the second event.

[0230] Component 2j: The difference between a beam metric such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR for one or more first candidate beams and a threshold B; for example, if the (differential) L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value calculated about or for the first candidate beam is x dBm, and the threshold B is y dBm, the difference delta_diff_B = |xy| dBm can be reported in the UEI report as report content / quantity, and a corresponding one-bit sign indicator indicating the positive or negative of the difference can also be reported in the same UEI report. Alternatively, the difference delta_diff_B = (xy) and / or (yx) dBm can be reported in the UEI report as report content / quantity. Optionally, the value of delta_diff_B can be quantized to a u-bit value relative to the threshold B in v dB steps.

[0231] Component 2k: The difference between a beam metric such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR for one or more second candidate beams and a threshold B; for example, if the (differential) L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value calculated about or for a second candidate beam is x'dBm, and the threshold B is ydBm, the difference delta_diff_B'=|x'-y|dBm can be reported in the UEI report as report content / quantity, and a corresponding one-bit sign indicator indicating whether the difference is positive or negative can also be reported in the same UEI report. Alternatively, the difference delta_diff_B'=(x'-y) and / or (y-x')dBm can be reported in the UEI report as report content / quantity. Optionally, the value of delta_diff_B' can be quantized to a u-bit value relative to the threshold B in v dB steps.

[0232] Component 2l: An indicator that indicates whether component 2a is present or absent in the UEI report; for example, the indicator can be a one-bit indicator where “1” (or “0”) indicates that component 2a is present in the UEI report, and “0” (or “1”) indicates that component 2a is absent in the UEI report.

[0233] Component 2m: An indicator that indicates whether component 2b is present or absent in the UEI report; for example, the indicator can be a one-bit indicator where “1” (or “0”) indicates that component 2b is present in the UEI report, and “0” (or “1”) indicates that component 2b is absent in the UEI report.

[0234] Component 2n: An indicator that indicates whether component 2c is present or absent in the UEI report; for example, the indicator can be a one-bit indicator where “1” (or “0”) indicates that component 2c is present in the UEI report and “0” (or “1”) indicates that component 2c is absent in the UEI report.

[0235] Component 2o: An indicator that indicates whether component 2d is present or absent in the UEI report; for example, the indicator can be a one-bit indicator where “1” (or “0”) indicates that component 2d is present in the UEI report and “0” (or “1”) indicates that component 2d is absent in the UEI report.

[0236] Component 2p: An indicator that indicates whether component 2j is present or absent in the UEI report; for example, the indicator can be a one-bit indicator where “1” (or “0”) indicates that component 2j is present in the UEI report and “0” (or “1”) indicates that component 2j is absent in the UEI report.

[0237] Component 2q: An indicator that indicates whether component 2k is present or absent in the UEI report; for example, the indicator can be a one-bit indicator where “1” (or “0”) indicates that component 2k is present in the UEI report and “0” (or “1”) indicates that component 2k is absent in the UEI report.

[0238] The values ​​of threshold B, threshold B', Nc, u, and / or v can be determined based on: (i) fixed values ​​in the system specification; (ii) network configuration / instructions based on or according to the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI; and / or (iii) autonomous determination / selection by the UE, which can be further transmitted to the network via various UL channels / signals and / or as part of CSI / beam reporting and / or UE capability signaling. In one example, Nc > 1. In another example, Nc ≥ 1.

[0239] In one example, a UE (e.g., UE 116) may send or transmit a first UEI report and a second UEI report, the first UEI report comprising one or more (or subsets) of components 2a-2q according to those specified herein, and the second UEI report comprising one or more (or subsets) of components 2a to 2q according to those specified herein. The first UEI report and the second UEI report may be in two separate or different CSI reports (represented by CSI-Reports) or report instances. In this case, the first and second UEI reports (and therefore their corresponding CSI reports and / or report instances) may be related to or associated with each other: for example, the first and second UEI reports as specified / defined herein may include, contain, provide or contain one / the same report (or event) ID / index; for another instance, the first and second UEI reports may be sent / transmitted within a time window / period (e.g., in the number of symbols / slots / etc.) according to: (i) fixed values ​​in the system specification, (ii) network configuration / instructions based on or according to the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, and / or (iii) the UE's autonomous determination / selection, which may be further transmitted to the network via various UL channels / signals and / or as part of CSI / beam reports and / or UE capability signaling. For example, a first UEI report transmitted or sent in a first CSI report or report instance may include at least component 2a, and a second UEI report transmitted or sent in a second CSI report or report instance (different from or different from the first CSI report or report instance) may include at least component 2c, and the first UEI report is associated with the second UEI report such that they will contain, provide, include, contain, or indicate the same report (or event) ID.

[0240] In another instance, the UE may send or transmit a two-part UEI report (e.g., a two-part UCI) to the network within the same CSI report / report instance, wherein part 1 of the UEI report (or UCI) may include one or more (or a subset) of components 2a to 2q as specified herein, and part 2 of the UEI report (or UCI) may include one or more (or a subset) of components 2a to 2q as specified herein. Furthermore, part 1 of the UEI report (or UCI) may have a fixed payload size and / or may indicate the presence / absence of part 2 of the UEI report (or UCI), for example, part 1 of the UEI report (or UCI) may include, indicate, or provide a bit indicator where '1' (or '0') indicates presence and '0' (or '1') indicates absence of part 2 of the UEI report (or UCI), and / or the payload size of part 2 (if present). For example, part 1 of a UEI report (or UCI) may include at least component 2i, and part 2 of a UEI report (or UCI) may include at least component 2j. As another example, part 1 of a UEI report (or UCI) may include at least component 2p, and part 2 of a UEI report (or UCI) may include at least component 2j. In another instance, part 1 of a UEI report (or UCI) may include at least component 2i, and part 2 of a UEI report (or UCI) may include at least component 2c. In another instance, part 1 of a UEI report (or UCI) may include at least component 2n, and part 2 of a UEI report (or UCI) may include at least component 2c. As yet another example, part 1 of a UEI report (or UCI) may include at least component 2c and / or component 2j, and part 2 of a UEI report (or UCI) may not exist. As yet another example, part 1 of a UEI report (or UCI) may include at least component 2i, and part 2 of a UEI report (or UCI) may not exist.

[0241] Whether a UE can send or transmit a first UEI report and a second UEI report separately in two separate CSI reports / CSI report instances as specified herein, or in a joint UEI report including Part 1 and / or Part 2 as specified herein, can be determined based on: (i) fixed rules in the system specification or per RRC configuration; (ii) network configuration / instructions based on or according to the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling, via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI; and / or (iii) the UE's autonomous determination / selection, which can be further transmitted to the network via various UL channels / signals, for example, CSI / beam reports and / or UE capability signaling.

[0242] In another example, the UE may send or transmit a current UEI report in a first CSI report or CSI report instance, which provides, indicates, or includes an increment or decrement value relative to the previous radio link / beam quality or the previous quality metric of the (first / second) candidate beam, as specified / defined in this disclosure, reported in or derived / calculated from the report content / quantity reported in the previous UEI report, wherein the previous UEI report may be transmitted or sent in a second CSI report or CSI report instance. In this case, the current radio link / beam quality or current quality metric of the same (first / second) candidate beam as specified / defined herein can be determined, identified, obtained, calculated, or derived based on the increment / decrement value reported in the current UEI report and the previous radio link / beam quality or previous quality metric of the (first / second) candidate beam reported in the previous UEI report. For example, the current UEI report may provide, indicate, include, contain, or include a delta_q value (or an absolute |delta_q| value and a one-bit sign indicator indicating the positive or negative value of the absolute |delta_q| value) relative to a previous L1-RSRP value, represented by previous_q, for (first / second) candidate beams, as specified / defined in this disclosure, reported in or derived / calculated from the report content / quantity reported in the previous UEI report. In this case, the current L1-RSRP value represented by current_q may correspond to current_q = previous_q + delta_q or may be derived / calculated as current_q = previous_q + delta_q. Furthermore, previous and current UEI reports (and therefore their corresponding first and second CSI reports and / or report instances) may be related or associated with each other: for example, previous and current UEI reports as specified / defined herein may include, contain, provide or contain one / the same report (or event) ID / index; as another example, previous and current UEI reports may be sent / transmitted within a time window / period (e.g., in the number of symbols / slots / etc.) according to: (i) fixed values ​​in the system specification, (ii) network configuration / instructions based on or according to the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, and / or (iii) the UE's autonomous determination / selection, which may be further transmitted to the network via various UL channels / signals and / or in part of CSI / beam reports and / or the UE's capability signaling.Furthermore, whether a UEI report transmitted or sent by the UE can provide, indicate, or include (1) an incremental or decremental value relative to a previous UEI report (based on or following the incremental or decremental values ​​specified in this disclosure) or (2) one or more of components 2a to 2q (based on or following the incremental or decremental values ​​specified in this disclosure) can be determined based on the following factors: (i) fixed rules in the system specification, (ii) network configuration / instructions based on or according to the capabilities or capability signaling of the corresponding UE, via higher-level RRC signaling / parameters and / or MACCE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, and / or (iii) the UE’s autonomous determination / selection, which can be further transmitted to the network via various UL channels / signals and / or as part of CSI / beam reports and / or UE capability signaling.

[0243] For a third event, where the radio link or beam quality of one or more currently serving beams is below or less than or equal to threshold A (an instance of a third event), and the radio link or beam quality of one or more candidate beams exceeds or is greater than or equal to threshold B, the UEI report may include report content / quantity. The report content / quantity includes resource indicators such as SSBRI / CRI and / or beam metrics such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR and / or quality metrics such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR that differ from threshold A of the currently serving beam. And / or information relating to the presence or absence of one or more of the report content / quantities described / specified herein for the current serving beam, and / or including report content / quantities such as resource indicators such as SSBRI / CRI and / or beam metrics such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR and / or quality metrics such as the difference between the beam metrics such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR and the threshold B of the candidate beam, and / or information relating to the presence or absence of one or more report content / quantities described / specified herein for the candidate beam. In this scenario, when the UE detects a third event, the UE can also identify or determine one or more currently serving beams of its associated / corresponding radio link or beam quality (including L1-RSRP and / or L1-SINR below or equal to threshold A), wherein one or more identified or determined currently serving beams can be represented by currently serving beams that satisfy the conditions of the third event or beams that generally satisfy the conditions of a given event, and one or more candidate beams of its associated / corresponding radio link or beam quality (including L1-RSRP and / or L1-SINR above or equal to threshold B), wherein one or more identified or determined candidate beams can be represented by candidate beams that satisfy the conditions of the third event or beams that generally satisfy the conditions of a given event.Furthermore, the UEI report, for example, regarding a third event, may include one or more of components 1a to 1q as specified / defined herein for one or more first current serving beams, wherein the associated / corresponding radio link / beam quality of the one or more first current serving beams is less than or equal to a threshold A, according to those specified / defined herein, wherein the one or more first current serving beams (represented by current serving beams satisfying the conditions of the third event or beams that generally satisfy the conditions of a given event) may include one or more (e.g., Ns) second current serving beams whose associated / corresponding radio link / beam quality is greater than or equal to a threshold A', or whose associated / corresponding radio link / beam quality corresponds to the highest (or lowest) of the one or more first current serving beams defined / specified herein. Ns wireless link / beam qualities, and one or more components 2a to 2q for one or more first candidate beams whose associated / corresponding wireless link / beam qualities are greater than or equal to a threshold B defined / specified in this disclosure, wherein one or more first candidate beams (i.e., candidate beams that satisfy the third event condition, or in general, beams that satisfy a given event condition) may include one or more (e.g., Nc) second candidate beams whose associated / corresponding wireless link / beam qualities are greater than or equal to the threshold B', or whose associated / corresponding wireless link / beam qualities correspond to the highest (or lowest) Nc wireless link / beam qualities among one or more first candidate beams defined / specified in this disclosure, and / or component 3: an indicator indicating the occurrence of the third event and / or an event index / ID associated / specifically / corresponding to the third event.

[0244] In one example, the UE may send or transmit a first UEI report and a second UEI report, the first UEI report including one or more (or subsets) of components 1a-1q and 2a-2q and 3 as specified herein, and the second UEI report including one or more (or subsets) of components 1a-1q and 2a-2q and 3 as specified herein. The first UEI report and the second UEI report may be in two separate or different CSI reports (represented by CSI-Reports) or report instances. In this case, the first and second UEI reports (and therefore their corresponding CSI reports and / or report instances) may be related to or associated with each other: for example, the first and second UEI reports as specified / defined herein may include, contain, provide or contain one / the same report (or event) ID / index; for another instance, the first and second UEI reports may be sent / transmitted within a time window / period (e.g., in the number of symbols / slots / etc.) according to: (i) fixed values ​​in the system specification, (ii) network configuration / instructions based on or according to the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, and / or (iii) the UE's autonomous determination / selection, which may be further transmitted to the network via various UL channels / signals and / or as part of CSI / beam reports and / or UE capability signaling. For example, a first UEI report transmitted or sent in a first CSI report or report instance may include one or more of components 1a to 1q and component 3, and a second UEI report transmitted or sent in a second CSI report or report instance (different from or different from the first CSI report or report instance) may include one or more of components 2a to 2q, and the first UEI report is associated with the second UEI report such that they will contain, provide, include, include, or indicate the same report (or event) ID. As another example, a first UEI report transmitted or sent in a first CSI report or report instance may include one or more of components 2a to 2q and component 3, and a second UEI report transmitted or sent in a second CSI report or report instance (different from or different from the first CSI report or report instance) may include one or more of components 1a to 1q, and the first UEI report is associated with the second UEI report such that they will contain, provide, include, include, or indicate the same report (or event) ID.

[0245] In another example, the UE may send or transmit a UEI report comprising two parts (e.g., a two-part UCI) to a network (e.g., network 130) in the same CSI report / report instance, wherein part 1 of the UEI report (or UCI) may include one or more (or a subset) of components 1a to 1q and components 2a to 2q and component 3 as specified herein, and part 2 of the UEI report (or UCI) may include one or more (or a subset) of components 1a to 1q and components 2a to 2q and component 3 as specified herein, and furthermore, part 1 of the UEI report (or UCI) may have a fixed payload size and / or may indicate the presence / absence of part 2 of the UEI report (or UCI), for example, part 1 of the UEI report (or UCI) may include, indicate, or provide a bit indicator, wherein '1' (or '0') indicates presence and '0' (or '1') indicates absence of part 2 of the UEI report (or UCI), and / or the payload size of part 2 (if present). For example, part 1 of a UEI report (or UCI) may include one or more of components 1a to 1q and component 3, and part 2 of a UEI report (or UCI) may include one or more of components 2a to 2q and component 3. Alternatively, part 1 of a UEI report (or UCI) may include one or more of components 2a to 2q and component 3, and part 2 of a UEI report (or UCI) may include one or more of components 1a to 1q and component 3. Alternatively, part 1 of a UEI report (or UCI) may include at least one or more of components 2a to 2q and component 3, and part 2 of a UEI report (or UCI) may not exist. Alternatively, part 1 of a UEI report (or UCI) may include at least one or more of components 1a to 1q and component 3, and part 2 of a UEI report (or UCI) may not exist. Alternatively, part 1 of a UEI report (or UCI) may include one or more of components 1a to 1q, components 2a to 2q, and component 3, and part 2 of a UEI report (or UCI) may not exist.

[0246] Whether a UE can send or transmit a first UEI report and a second UEI report separately in two separate CSI reports / CSI report instances as specified herein, or in a joint UEI report including Part 1 and / or Part 2 as specified herein, can be determined based on: (i) fixed rules in the system specification or per RRC configuration; (ii) network configuration / instructions based on or according to the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling, via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI; and / or (iii) the UE's autonomous determination / selection, which can be further transmitted to the network via various UL channels / signals, for example, CSI / beam reports and / or UE capability signaling.

[0247] In another example, the UE may send or transmit a current UEI report in a first CSI report or CSI report instance, the current UEI report providing, indicating, or including a first increment or decrement value relative to the previous radio link / beam quality or previous quality metric of the (first / second) currently serving beam, derived / calculated relative to the report content / quantity reported in or from a previous UEI report, and / or a second increment or decrement value relative to the previous radio link / beam quality or previous quality metric of the (first / second) candidate beam, as specified / defined in this disclosure, derived / calculated relative to the report content / quantity reported in or from a previous UEI report, wherein the previous UEI report may be transmitted or sent in a second CSI report or CSI report instance. In this case, the current radio link / beam quality or current quality metric of the same (first / second) current serving beam as specified / defined herein can be determined, identified, obtained, calculated, or derived based on the first increment / decrement value reported in the current UEI report and the previous radio link / beam quality or previous quality metric of the (first / second) current serving beam reported in a previous UEI report, and / or the current radio link / beam quality or current quality metric of the same (first / second) candidate beam as specified / defined herein can be determined, identified, obtained, calculated, or derived. It can also be calculated or derived based on the second increment / decrement value reported in the current UEI report and the previous radio link / beam quality or previous quality metric of the (first / second) candidate beam reported in a previous UEI report. For example, the current UEI report may provide, indicate, include, contain, or contain a delta_p value (or an absolute |delta_p| value and a one-bit sign indicator indicating the positive or negative value of the absolute |delta_p| value) relative to the previous L1-RSRP value represented by previous_p for (first / second) current serving beam, as reported in or derived / calculated from the report content / quantity reported in the previous UEI report, as specified / defined in this disclosure, and / or a delta_q value (or an absolute |delta_q| value and a one-bit sign indicator indicating the positive or negative value of the absolute |delta_q| value) relative to the previous L1-RSRP value represented by previous_q for (first / second) candidate beams as specified / defined in this disclosure, as reported in or derived / calculated from the report content / quantity reported in the previous UEI report or from the previous UEI report.In this case, the current L1-RSRP value of the (first / second) current serving beam, represented by current_p, can correspond to or be derived / calculated as current_p = previous_p + delta_p, and / or the current L1-RSRP value of the (first / second) candidate beam, represented by current_q, can correspond to or be derived / calculated as current_q = previous_q + delta_q. Furthermore, previous and current UEI reports (and therefore their corresponding first and second CSI reports and / or report instances) may be related or associated with each other: for example, previous and current UEI reports as specified / defined herein may include, contain, provide or contain one / the same report (or event) ID / index; as another example, previous and current UEI reports may be sent / transmitted within a time window / period (e.g., in the number of symbols / slots / etc.) according to: (i) fixed values ​​in the system specification, (ii) network configuration / instructions based on or according to the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, and / or (iii) the UE's autonomous determination / selection, which may be further transmitted to the network via various UL channels / signals and / or in part of CSI / beam reports and / or the UE's capability signaling. Additionally, whether a UEI report transmitted or sent by the UE can provide, indicate, or include (1) an incrementing or decrementing value relative to a previous UEI report based on or following those specified herein in this disclosure, or (2) one or more of components 1a to 1q, components 2a to 2q, and component 3 based on or following those specified herein in this disclosure, can be determined based on: (ii) network configuration / instructions via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, based on or based on the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling, and / or (iii) the UE's autonomous determination / selection, which can be further transmitted to the network via various UL channels / signals and / or as part of CSI / beam reports and / or the UE's capability signaling.

[0248] For the fourth event, where the radio link or beam quality of one or more (or at least one) candidate beams exceeds or is greater than the radio link or beam quality of one or more currently serving beams by a threshold C (an instance of the fourth event), the UEI report may include report content / quantity, which includes resource indicators (such as SSBRI / CRI) and / or beam metrics (such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) of the currently serving beam, and / or report content / quantity, which includes resource indicators (such as SSBRI / CRI) and / or beam metrics (such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) of the candidate beams. The information relating to the presence or absence of one or more of the report content / quantities described / specified in this disclosure for the current serving beam, and / or the presence or absence of one or more of the report content / quantities described / specified in this disclosure for the candidate beam, and / or quality metrics, such as the beam metric of the current serving beam (such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) and the beam metric of the candidate beam (such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR), and the second difference between the first difference and the threshold C. In this scenario, when the UE detects a fourth event, the UE can also identify or determine one or more (or at least one) candidate beams and one or more currently serving beams. The identified or determined candidate beams may have their associated / corresponding radio link or beam quality (including L1-RSRP and / or L1-SINR) exceeding or greater than the radio link or beam quality (including L1-RSRP and / or L1-SINR) of the identified or determined one or more currently serving beams by a threshold C. The identified or determined one or more currently serving beams may be represented by a currently serving beam that satisfies the conditions of the fourth event or by a beam that typically satisfies the conditions of a given event. Furthermore, the identified or determined candidate beams may be represented by candidate beams that satisfy the conditions of the fourth event or by beams that typically satisfy the conditions of a given event.Furthermore, the UEI report, for example, for a fourth event, may include one or more of the following components of one or more first current serving beams, wherein one or more first current serving beams (represented by current serving beams that satisfy the conditions of the fourth event or beams that generally satisfy the conditions of a given event) may include one or more (e.g., Ns) second current serving beams whose associated / corresponding radio link / beam quality is greater than or equal to or exceeds a threshold C', or whose associated / corresponding radio link / beam quality corresponds to the highest (or lowest) Ns radio link / beam quality of one or more first current serving beams as defined / specified herein, and / or one or more of the first current serving beams. A candidate beam, wherein one or more first candidate beams – represented by candidate beams satisfying the conditions of a fourth event or beams that generally satisfy the conditions of a given event – ​​may include one or more (e.g., Nc) second candidate beams whose associated / corresponding radio link / beam quality is greater than or equal to or exceeds a threshold C”, or whose associated / corresponding radio link / beam quality corresponds to the highest (or lowest) Nc radio link / beam quality among one or more first candidate beams defined / specified in this disclosure; in this case, as specified / described in this disclosure, the radio link or beam quality of the first candidate beam exceeds or is greater than the radio link or beam quality threshold C of the first currently serving beam.

[0249] Component 4a: Resource indicators, such as SSBRI / CRI for one or more first current serving beams; resource ID / index and / or RS ID / index of (QCL source) RS provided in one or more indicated joint / DL / UL TCI states, which the UE uses / applies to evaluate or monitor the radio link / beam quality of one or more first current serving beams, and / or TCI state ID / index of one or more indicated joint / DL / UL TCI states of (QCL source) RS provided by the UE to evaluate or monitor the radio link / beam quality of one or more first current serving beams.

[0250] Component 4b: Resource indicators, such as SSBRI / CRI for one or more first candidate beams; resource ID / index and / or RS ID / index of (QCL source) RS provided in the joint / DL / UL TCI state of one or more indicators of radio link / beam quality for the UE to evaluate or monitor one or more first candidate beams; and / or TCI state ID / index of (QCL source) RS provided in the joint / DL / UL TCI state of one or more indicators of (QCL source) RS for the UE to evaluate or monitor one or more first candidate beams.

[0251] Component 4c: Beam metrics, such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, associated / corresponding to the resource indicator, resource ID / index, RS ID / index, and / or TCI status ID / index in component 4a for one or more first currently serving beams; differential RSRP / SINR reports may be applied to component 4c according to those specified herein.

[0252] Component 4d: Beam metrics associated with / corresponding to the resource indicator, resource ID / index, RS ID / index and / or TCI status ID / index for one or more first candidate beams in component 4b, such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR; differential RSRP / SINR reports may be applied to component 4c according to those specified herein.

[0253] Component 4e: A first difference between the beam metrics (such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) of one or more first currently serving beams and the beam metrics (such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) of one or more first candidate beams; for example, if the (differential) L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value calculated with respect to or for the first currently serving beam is X1 dBm, and the (differential) L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value calculated with respect to or for the first candidate beam is X2 dBm, then the first difference delta_diff_C = |X2-X1| dBm can be reported in the UEI report as report content / quantity, and a corresponding one-bit sign indicator indicating whether the first difference is positive or negative can also be reported in the same UEI report. Alternatively, the first difference delta_diff_C = (X1-X2) and / or (X2-X1) dBm can be reported in the UEI report as report content / quantity. Optionally, the value of delta_diff_C can be quantized to a u-bit value with a v dB step relative to the threshold C.

[0254] Component 4f: The second difference between the first difference in component 4e and the threshold C; for example, for the first difference delta_diff_C (or |delta_diff_C|) specified / defined or obtained in component -4e, and if threshold -C is z dBm, the second difference delta_diff_C' = |delta_diff_C - z| dBm can be reported in the UEI report as report content / quantity, and a corresponding one-bit sign indicator indicating the positive or negative of the second difference can also be reported in the same UEI report. Alternatively, the second difference delta_diff_C' = (delta_diff_C - z) and / or (z - delta_diff_C) dBm can be reported in the UEI report as report content / quantity. Optionally, in this design example, the value of delta_diff_C' can be quantized to a u-bit value with v dB steps relative to the threshold C and / or the first difference delta_diff_C.

[0255] Component 4g: Indicator or bitmap indicating one or more first currently serving beams (e.g., in the current serving beam).

[0256] Component 4h: Indicator or bitmap, indicating, for example, one or more first candidate beams among candidate beams.

[0257] Component 4i: The number of one or more first current serving beams in the UEI report.

[0258] Component 4j: The number of one or more first candidate beams in the UEI report.

[0259] Component 4k: Resource indicators, such as SSBRI / CRI for one or more second current serving beams; resource ID / index and / or RSID / index of one or more indicators provided in the joint / DL / UL TCI state of the radio link / beam quality of one or more second current serving beams used / applied to evaluate or monitor one or more second current serving beams; and / or TCI state ID / index of one or more indicators provided in the joint / DL / UL TCI state of the radio link / beam quality of one or more second current serving beams used / applied to evaluate or monitor one or more second current serving beams.

[0260] Component 4l: Resource indicators for one or more second candidate beams, such as SSBRI / CRI; resource ID / index and / or RS ID / index of (QCL source) RS provided in the joint / DL / UL TCI state of one or more indicators of radio link / beam quality for the UE to evaluate or monitor one or more second candidate beams; and / or TCI state ID / index of (QCL source) RS provided in the joint / DL / UL TCI state of one or more indicators of (QCL source) RS for the UE to evaluate or monitor one or more second candidate beams.

[0261] Component 4m: Beam metrics associated with / corresponding to resource indicators, resource IDs / indexes, RS IDs / indexes and / or TCI status IDs / indexes in component 4k for one or more second currently serving beams, such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR; differential RSRP / SINR reports may be applied to component 4m according to those specified herein in this disclosure.

[0262] Component-4n: Beam metrics associated with / corresponding to resource indicators, resource IDs / indexes, RS IDs / indexes and / or TCI status IDs / indexes in component 4l for one or more second candidate beams, such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR; differential RSRP / SINR reports may be applied to component 4n as specified herein in this disclosure.

[0263] Component 4o: A first difference between the beam metrics (such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) of one or more second currently serving beams and the beam metrics (such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) of one or more second candidate beams; for example, if the (differential) L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value calculated with respect to or for the second currently serving beam is x1 dBm, and the (differential) L1-RSRP / L1-SINR value calculated with respect to or for the second candidate beam is x2 dBm, then the first difference delta_diff_C = |x2-x1| dBm can be reported in the UEI report as report content / quantity, and a corresponding one-bit sign indicator indicating the positive or negative of the first difference can also be reported in the same UEI report. Alternatively, the first difference delta_diff_C = (x1-x2) and / or (x2-x1) dBm can be reported in the UEI report as report content / quantity. Optionally, the value of delta_diff_C can be quantized to a u-bit value with a v dB step relative to the threshold C.

[0264] Component 4p: The second difference between the first difference in component 4o and the threshold C; for example, for the first difference delta_diff_C (or |delta_diff_C|) specified / defined or obtained in component 4o, and if the threshold C is z dBm, the second difference delta_diff_C' = |delta_diff_C - z| dBm can be reported in the UEI report as report content / quantity, and a corresponding one-bit sign indicator indicating the positive or negative of the second difference can also be reported in the same UEI report. Alternatively, the second difference delta_diff_C' = (delta_diff_C - z) and / or (z - delta_diff_C) dBm can be reported in the UEI report as report content / quantity. Optionally, in this design example, the value of delta_diff_C' can be quantized to a u-bit value with v dB steps relative to the threshold C and / or the first difference delta_diff_C.

[0265] Component 4q: Indicator or bitmap indicating one or more second current service beams, for example, outside the current service beam or outside the first current service beam.

[0266] Component 4r: Indicator or bitmap indicating one or more second candidate beams, for example, from a candidate beam or from (multiple) first candidate beams.

[0267] Component 4s: The number of one or more second current serving beams in the UEI report.

[0268] Component 4t: The number of one or more second candidate beams in the UEI report.

[0269] Component 4u: An indicator that indicates the occurrence of the fourth event and / or an event index / ID associated with / specifically related to the fourth event.

[0270] Component 5a: An indicator that indicates whether component 4a is present or absent in the UEI report; for example, the indicator can be a one-bit indicator where “1” (or “0”) indicates that component 4a is present in the UEI report, and “0” (or “1”) indicates that component 4a is absent in the UEI report.

[0271] Component 5b: An indicator that indicates whether component 4b is present or absent in the UEI report; for example, the indicator can be a one-bit indicator where “1” (or “0”) indicates that component 4b is present in the UEI report, and “0” (or “1”) indicates that component 4b is absent in the UEI report.

[0272] Component 5c: An indicator that indicates whether component 4c is present or absent in the UEI report; for example, the indicator can be a one-bit indicator where “1” (or “0”) indicates that component 4c is present in the UEI report and “0” (or “1”) indicates that component 4c is absent in the UEI report.

[0273] Component 5d: An indicator that indicates whether component -d is present or absent in the UEI report; for example, the indicator can be a one-bit indicator where "1" (or "0") indicates that component 4d is present in the UEI report and "0" (or "1") indicates that component 4d is absent in the UEI report.

[0274] Component 5e: An indicator that indicates whether component 4e is present or absent in the UEI report; for example, the indicator can be a one-bit indicator where “1” (or “0”) indicates that component 4e is present in the UEI report and “0” (or “1”) indicates that component 4e is absent in the UEI report.

[0275] Component 5f: An indicator that indicates whether component 4f is present or absent in the UEI report; for example, the indicator can be a one-bit indicator where “1” (or “0”) indicates that component 4f is present in the UEI report and “0” (or “1”) indicates that component 4f is absent in the UEI report.

[0276] Component 5g: An indicator that indicates whether component 4k is present or absent in the UEI report; for example, the indicator can be a one-bit indicator where “1” (or “0”) indicates that component 4k is present in the UEI report and “0” (or “1”) indicates that component 4k is absent in the UEI report.

[0277] Component 5h: An indicator that indicates whether component 4l is present or absent in the UEI report; for example, the indicator can be a one-bit indicator where “1” (or “0”) indicates that component 4l is present in the UEI report and “0” (or “1”) indicates that component 4l is absent in the UEI report.

[0278] Component 5i: An indicator that indicates whether component 4m is present or absent in the UEI report; for example, the indicator can be a one-bit indicator where “1” (or “0”) indicates that component 4m is present in the UEI report and “0” (or “1”) indicates that component 4m is absent in the UEI report.

[0279] Component 5j: An indicator that indicates whether component 4n is present or absent in the UEI report; for example, the indicator can be a one-bit indicator where “1” (or “0”) indicates that component 4n is present in the UEI report and “0” (or “1”) indicates that component 4n is absent in the UEI report.

[0280] Component 5k: An indicator indicating whether component 4o is present or absent in the UEI report; for example, the indicator can be a one-bit indicator where “1” (or “0”) indicates that component 4o is present in the UEI report, and “0” (or “1”) indicates that component 4o is absent in the UEI report.

[0281] Component 5l: An indicator that indicates whether component 4p is present or absent in the UEI report; for example, the indicator can be a one-bit indicator where “1” (or “0”) indicates that component 4p is present in the UEI report and “0” (or “1”) indicates that component 4p is absent in the UEI report.

[0282] The values ​​of threshold C, threshold C', threshold C”, Ns, Nc, u, and / or v can be determined based on: (i) fixed values ​​in the system specification; (ii) network configuration / instructions based on or according to the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MACCE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI; and / or (iii) autonomous determination / selection by the UE, which can be further transmitted to the network via various UL channels / signals and / or as part of CSI / beam reporting and / or UE capability signaling. In one example, Nc>1 and / or Ns>1. In another example, Nc≥1 and / or Ns≥1.

[0283] In one example, the UE may send or transmit a first UEI report and a second UEI report, the first UEI report including one or more (or a subset) of components 4a to 4u and components 5a to 5l as specified herein, and the second UEI report including one or more (or a subset) of components 4a to 4u and components 5a to 5l as specified herein. The first UEI report and the second UEI report may be in two separate or different CSI reports (represented by CSI-Reports) or report instances. In this case, the first and second UEI reports (and therefore their corresponding CSI reports and / or report instances) may be related to or associated with each other: for example, the first and second UEI reports as specified / defined herein may include, contain, provide or contain one / the same report (or event) ID / index; for another instance, the first and second UEI reports may be sent / transmitted within a time window / period (e.g., in the number of symbols / slots / etc.) according to: (i) fixed values ​​in the system specification, (ii) network configuration / instructions based on or according to the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, and / or (iii) the UE's autonomous determination / selection, which may be further transmitted to the network via various UL channels / signals and / or as part of CSI / beam reports and / or UE capability signaling. For example, a first UEI report transmitted or sent in a first CSI report or report instance may include one or more of components 4a, 4c, 4e, 4f, 4h, 4j, 4u, and 5a to 5l, and a second UEI report transmitted or sent in a second CSI report or report instance (different from or different from the first CSI report or report instance) may include one or more of components 4b, 4d, 4e, and 4f, and the first UEI report is associated with the second UEI report such that they will contain, provide, include, contain, or indicate the same report (or event) ID. For example, a first UEI report transmitted or sent in a first CSI report or report instance may include one or more of components 4b, 4d, 4e, 4f, 4g, 4i, 4u, and 5a to 5l, and a second UEI report transmitted or sent in a second CSI report or report instance (different from or different from the first CSI report or report instance) may include one or more of components 4a, 4c, 4e, and 4f, and the first UEI report is associated with the second UEI report such that they will contain, provide, include, contain, or indicate the same report (or event) ID.For example, a first UEI report transmitted or sent in a first CSI report or report instance may include one or more of components 4k, 4m, 4o, 4p, 4r, 4t, 4u, and 5a to 5l, and a second UEI report transmitted or sent in a second CSI report or report instance (different from or different from the first CSI report or report instance) may include one or more of components 4l, 4n, 4o, and 4p, and the first UEI report is associated with the second UEI report such that they will contain, provide, include, contain, or indicate the same report (or event) ID. For example, a first UEI report transmitted or sent in a first CSI report or report instance may include one or more of components 4l, 4n, 4o, 4p, 4q, 4s, 4u, and 5a to 5l, and a second UEI report transmitted or sent in a second CSI report or report instance (different from or different from the first CSI report or report instance) may include one or more of components 4k, 4m, 4o, and 4p, and the first UEI report is associated with the second UEI report such that they will contain, provide, include, contain, or indicate the same report (or event) ID.

[0284] In another example, the UE may send or transmit a two-part UEI report (e.g., a two-part UCI) to the network in the same CSI report / report instance, wherein part 1 of the UEI report (or UCI) may include one or more (or a subset) of components 4a to 4u and components 5a to 5l as specified herein, and part 2 of the UEI report (or UCI) may include one or more (or a subset) of components 4a to 4u and components 5a to 5l as specified herein. Furthermore, part 1 of the UEI report (or UCI) may have a fixed payload size and / or may indicate the presence / absence of part 2 of the UEI report (or UCI), for example, part 1 of the UEI report (or UCI) may include, indicate, or provide a bit indicator where '1' (or '0') indicates presence and '0' (or '1') indicates absence of part 2 of the UEI report (or UCI), and / or the payload size of part 2 (if present). For example, part 1 of the UEI report (or UCI) may include one or more of components 4a, 4c, 4e, 4f, 4h, 4j, 4u, and 5a to 5l, and part 2 of the UEI report (or UCI) may include one or more of components 4b, 4d, 4e, and 4f. As another example, part 1 of the UEI report (or UCI) may include one or more of components 4b, 4d, 4e, 4f, 4g, 4i, 4u, and 5a to 5l, and part 2 of the UEI report (or UCI) may include one or more of components 4a, 4c, 4e, and 4f. For example, part 1 of the UEI report (or UCI) may include one or more of components 4k, 4m, 4o, 4p, 4r, 4t, 4u, and 5a to 5l, and part 2 of the UEI report (or UCI) may include one or more of components 4l, 4n, 4o, and 4p. For example, part 1 of the UEI report (or UCI) may include one or more of components 4l, 4n, 4o, 4p, 4q, 4s, 4u, and 5a to 5l, and part 2 of the UEI report (or UCI) may include one or more of components 4k, 4m, 4o, and 4p.

[0285] In one embodiment, the UE may be configured, provided, or indicated by the network based on or according to the capabilities or capability signaling of the corresponding first UE, such as via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI. The minimum number / value of beams (represented by N_min) and / or the minimum number / value of report content / volume of one or more beams (represented by N_min), as specified / defined herein, may, need, or should be reported in the UEI beam report or a report instance of the UEI beam report, and / or the value M_min (as defined herein). For example, higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters may include CSI report settings represented by CSI-ReportConfig and / or CSI resource settings represented by CSI-ResourceConfig and / or UEI report settings represented by UEI-ReportConfig, which are configured, provided, or enabled for or associated with UEI beam reports as specified herein. Furthermore, the capabilities or capability signaling of the first UE may indicate or include their support for a minimum number / value (denoted by N_min) and / or a minimum number / value (denoted by N_min) of reported content / quantity of one or more beams, as specified / defined in this disclosure, which beams may, need, or should be reported in the UEI beam report or a report instance of the UEI beam report and / or the value M_min. Additionally, the UE may also be configured, provided, or indicated by the network based on or according to the capabilities or capability signaling of the corresponding second UE, for example via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI. As specified / defined in this disclosure, the maximum number / value (denoted by N_max) of beams that may, need, or should be reported in the UEI beam report or a report instance of the UEI beam report and / or the maximum number / value (denoted by N_max) of reported content / quantity of one or more beams. For example, higher-level RRC signaling / parameters may include CSI reporting settings represented by CSI-ReportConfig and / or CSI resource settings represented by CSI-ResourceConfig and / or UEI reporting settings represented by UEI-ReportConfig, which are configured, provided, or enabled for or associated with UEI beam reporting as specified in this disclosure. Furthermore, the capabilities or capability signaling of the second UE may indicate or include their support for a maximum number / value (denoted by N_max) of beams and / or a maximum number / value (denoted by N_max) of report content / volume for one or more beams, as specified / defined in this disclosure, which beams may, need, or should be reported in UEI beam reporting or UEI beam reporting instances.Additionally, the UE can also be configured, provided, or indicated by the network based on or according to the capabilities or capability signaling of the corresponding third UE, such as via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI. The number / value of beams (represented by N_config) and / or the number / value of report content / quantity of one or more beams (represented by N_config), as specified / defined in this disclosure, may, need, or should be reported in the UEI beam report or a report instance of the UEI beam report. For example, higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters may include CSI report settings represented by CSI-ReportConfig and / or CSI resource settings represented by CSI-ResourceConfig and / or UEI report settings represented by UEI-ReportConfig, which are configured, provided, or enabled for or associated with UEI beam reports as specified in this disclosure. Furthermore, the capability or capability signaling of the third UE may indicate or include their support for the number / value of beams (denoted by N_config) and / or the number / value of the reported content / quantity of one or more beams (denoted by N_config), as specified / defined in this disclosure, that these beams may, need, or should be reported in the UEI beam report or a report instance of the UEI beam report. Optionally, the UE may indicate to the network, for example, via a PN message / trigger or partly / via CSI / beam report and / or partly / via UEI beam report and / or the capability signaling of the fourth UE, the number / value of beams (denoted by N_ue) and / or the number / value of the reported content / quantity of one or more beams (denoted by N_ue), as specified / defined in this disclosure, that they may, need, or should be reported in the UEI beam report or a report instance of the UEI beam report. The capability or capability signaling of the first, second, third, and / or fourth UE may correspond to or belong to the capability or capability signaling of the common UE and / or different components of the capability or capability signaling of the common UE; optionally, the capability or capability signaling of the first, second, third, and / or fourth UE may correspond to or belong to the capability or capability signaling of a separate UE. Instance values ​​of N_min, M_min (as defined herein), N_max, N_config, and / or N_ue may be one or more of {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16}, and each of the supported values ​​{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16} may be or may correspond to the capability or capability signaling of the (same / separate) UE. One or more values ​​of N_min, M_min (as defined herein), N_max, N_config, and / or N_ue may be or may correspond to fixed values ​​in the system specification.

[0286] In one example (Case A), for one or more given events or one or more given event detections, when / if the number of determined or identified first beams (represented by N_beam) satisfying the event conditions and / or the number of report contents / quantities of determined or identified first beams (represented by N_beam) satisfying the event conditions specified / defined herein as herein (i.e., N_beam ≤ N_min), the UE may send or transmit to the network a UEI report comprising N_beam determined or identified first beams and / or N_beam report contents / quantities of determined or identified first beams as specified / defined herein as herein. Additionally, the UEI report may also include the number (represented by M_beam) of second beams that may not meet the event conditions (e.g., the highest beam metric including L1-RSRP and / or L1-SINR) and / or the number of report contents / quantities of second beams that may not meet the event conditions specified herein according to this disclosure (e.g., the highest beam metric including L1-RSRP and / or L1-SINR) (represented by M_beam). The first beam (or the report contents / quantities of the first beam) and the second beam (or the report contents / quantities of the second beam) may be the same or different. In this case, N_beam + M_beam = N_min, that is, the UE may transmit or send a UEI beam report to the network, the UEI beam report including a number of N_min beams or a number of N_min report contents / quantities, including the SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR of one or more beams, as specified / defined herein in this disclosure. Furthermore, N_min may be greater than or equal to M_min.

[0287] In another example (Case B), for one or more given events or one or more given event detections, if the number of determined or identified first beams (represented by N_beam) satisfying the event conditions and / or the number of report contents / quantities of determined or identified first beams (represented by N_beam) satisfying the event conditions specified / defined herein as herein are less than or equal to N_min (i.e., N_beam ≤ N_min), the UE may send or transmit to the network a UEI report comprising N_beam determined or identified first beams and / or N_beam report contents / quantities of determined or identified first beams, as specified / defined herein as herein. Additionally, N_min may be greater than or equal to M_min.

[0288] In another example (Case C), for one or more given events or one or more given event detections, when / if the number of determined or identified first beams (represented by N_beam) satisfying the event conditions and / or the number of report contents / quantities of determined or identified first beams (represented by N_beam) satisfying the event conditions specified / defined herein as in this disclosure are greater than or equal to N_min (i.e., N_beam≥N_min) but less than or equal to N_max, N_config and / or N_ue (i.e., N_beam≤N_max, and / or N_beam≤N_config and / or N_beam≤N_ue), the UE may send or transmit to the network a UEI report comprising N_beam determined or identified first beams and / or N_beam determined or identified first beam report contents / quantities. Additionally, the UEI report may also include the number (represented by M_beam) of second beams that may not meet the event conditions (e.g., having the highest beam metric including L1-RSRP and / or L1-SINR) and / or the number of report contents / quantities of second beams that may not meet the event conditions specified herein according to this disclosure (e.g., including the highest beam metric including L1-RSRP and / or L1-SINR) (represented by M_beam). The first beam (or the report contents / quantities of the first beam) and the second beam (or the report contents / quantities of the second beam) may be the same or different. In this case, N_beam+M_beam can be less than or equal to N_max, N_config, and / or N_ue. That is, the UE can transmit or send a UEI report to the network, which includes the number of beams (N_beam+M_beam) or N_max, or the amount of report content / volume (N_beam+M_beam) or N_max, including the SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR of one or more beams, as specified / defined in this disclosure. Additionally, N_min can be greater than or equal to M_min.

[0289] In another example (Case D), for one or more given events or one or more given event detections, if the number of determined or identified first beams (represented by N_beam) satisfying the event conditions and / or the number of report contents / quantities of determined or identified first beams (represented by N_beam) satisfying the event conditions specified / defined herein as herein, is greater than or equal to N_min (i.e., N_beam ≥ N_min) but less than or equal to N_max, N_config, and / or N_ue (i.e., N_beam ≤ N_max, and / or N_beam ≤ N_config and / or N_beam ≤ N_ue), the UE may send or transmit a UEI report to the network. The UEI report includes N_beam determined or identified first beams and / or N_beam report contents / quantities of the determined or identified first beams, as specified / defined herein as herein. Additionally, N_min may be greater than or equal to M_min.

[0290] In another example (Case E), for one or more given events or one or more given event detections, when / if the number of determined or identified first beams (represented by N_beam) satisfying the event conditions and / or the number of report contents / quantities of determined or identified first beams (represented by N_beam) satisfying the event conditions specified / defined herein as herein (i.e., N_beam ≤ N_min), the UE may send or transmit a UEI report to the network, the UEI report including one or more of N_beam determined or identified first beams (represented by N_beam', for example, having the highest beam metric containing L1-RSRP / L1-SINR among N_beam determined or identified first beams), and / or one or more of N_beam report contents / quantities of determined or identified first beams (represented by N_beam', for example, having the highest beam metric containing L1-RSRP / L1-SINR among N_beam determined or identified first beams) specified / defined herein as herein (represented by N_beam', for example, having the highest beam metric containing L1-RSRP / L1-SINR among N_beam determined or identified first beams). Additionally, the UEI report may also include the number (represented by M_beam) of second beams that may not meet the event conditions (e.g., having the highest beam metric including L1-RSRP and / or L1-SINR) and / or the number of report contents / quantities of second beams that may not meet the event conditions specified herein according to this disclosure (e.g., including the highest beam metric including L1-RSRP and / or L1-SINR) (represented by M_beam). The first beam (or the report contents / quantities of the first beam) and the second beam (or the report contents / quantities of the second beam) may be the same or different. In this case, N_beam + M_beam = N_min, that is, the UE may transmit or send to the network a UEI beam report including a number of N_min beams or a number of N_min report contents / quantities, the number of N_min report contents / quantities containing the SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR of one or more beams, as specified / defined herein in this disclosure. Furthermore, N_min may be greater than or equal to M_min.

[0291] In another example (Case F), for one or more given events or one or more given event detections, when / if the number of determined or identified first beams (represented by N_beam) satisfying the event conditions and / or the number of reported contents / quantities of determined or identified first beams (represented by N_beam) satisfying the event conditions specified / defined herein as in this disclosure is greater than or equal to N_min (i.e., N_beam≥N_min). However, if N_beam is less than or equal to N_max, N_config, and / or N_ue (i.e., N_beam ≤ N_max, and / or N_beam ≤ N_config and / or N_beam ≤ N_ue), the UE may send or transmit a UEI report to the network, the UEI report including one or more of N_beam determined or identified first beams (represented by N_beam', for example, having the highest beam metric containing L1-RSRP / L1-SINR among N_beam determined or identified first beams), and / or one or more of the N_beam report contents / quantities of the determined or identified first beams (represented by N_beam', for example, having the highest beam metric containing L1-RSRP / L1-SINR among N_beam determined or identified first beams) as specified / defined herein in this disclosure. Additionally, the UEI report may also include the number (represented by M_beam) of second beams that may not meet the event conditions (e.g., having the highest beam metric including L1-RSRP and / or L1-SINR) and / or the number of report contents / quantities of second beams that may not meet the event conditions specified herein according to this disclosure (e.g., including the highest beam metric including L1-RSRP and / or L1-SINR) (represented by M_beam). The first beam (or the report contents / quantities of the first beam) and the second beam (or the report contents / quantities of the second beam) may be the same or different. In this case, N_beam'+M_beam can be less than or equal to N_max, N_config, and / or N_ue. That is, the UE can transmit or send to the network a number of UEI reports, including the number of beams (N_beam'+M_beam) or N_max, or the number of SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINRs including one or more beams (N_beam'+M_beam) or N_max reports, as specified / defined herein. Additionally, N_min can be greater than or equal to M_min.

[0292] In another example (Case G), for one or more given events or one or more given event detections, the number of determined or identified first beams (represented by N_beam) that satisfy the event conditions and / or the number of reported contents / quantities of the determined or identified first beams (represented by N_beam) that satisfy the event conditions specified / defined herein are greater than or equal to N_max, N_config and / or N_ue (i.e., N_beam≥N_max and / or N_beam≥N_config and / or N_beam≥N_ue). The UE may send or transmit a UEI (beam) report to the network. The UEI (beam) report includes K_beam≥1 identified or identified first beams, and / or report content / quantity corresponding to / associated with / specific to K_beam≥1 identified or identified first beams, and / or K_beam≥1 report content / quantity corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more of the identified or identified first beams as specified / defined herein, wherein K_beam may be or may correspond to N_max and / or N_config and / or N_ue. For example, the reported K_beam identified or identified first beams or corresponding / associated reporting contents / quantities may be associated with or have K_beam highest beam metrics or corresponding / associated reporting contents / quantities including L1-RSRP / L1-SINR among N_beam identified or identified first beams or corresponding / associated reporting contents / quantities, or may contain, include, provide, include or contain the K_beam highest beam metrics or corresponding / associated reporting contents / quantities, where K_beam ≤ N_beam, and K_beam = N_max and / or K_beam = N_config and / or K_beam = N_ue. For example, the reported K_beam report content / quantity corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more of the identified or recognized first beams may be associated with or may have, include, provide, include or contain K_beam highest beam metrics, which include L1-RSRP / L1-SINR among N_beam report content / quantities corresponding to / associated with / specific to the identified or recognized first beams, as defined / specified herein, wherein, according to those specified herein, K_beam ≤ N_beam, and K_beam = N_max and / or K_beam = N_config and / or K_beam = N_ue.For example, among N_beam identified or identified first beams (and their corresponding report contents / quantities), K_beam first beams (and their corresponding report contents / quantities) are identified or identified, i.e., K_beam ≤ N_beam, and K_beam ≤ N_max and / or K_beam = N_config and / or K_beam = N_ue, as specified in this disclosure, and / or corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more identified first beams, of which K_beam beam report contents / quantities (i.e., K_beam ≤ N_beam), and according to the provisions of this document, K_beam ≤ N_max and / or K_beam = N_config and / or K_beam = N_ue, as specified in this disclosure, may be determined based on: (i) fixed values / rules in the system specifications and / or each RRC (re)configuration; (ii) network configuration / instructions, for example, based on or according to the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI; and / or (iii) the UE's autonomous selection or determination or decision, which may be further transmitted to the network via various UL channels / signals including PUCCH, PUSCH, MAC CE, PRACH, CSI / beam report and / or UE capability signaling.

[0293] The UE may be instructed, provided, configured, or enabled by the network based on or according to the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling (one or more of Case A, Case B, Case C, Case D, Case E, Case F, and Case G), for example via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, so that the UE can transmit or send UEI reports including the report content / quantity specified in Case A, Case B, Case C, Case D, Case E, Case F, and Case G. For example, the UE may be instructed, provided, configured, or enabled by the network, for example, via / in higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters, such as CSI report settings represented by CSI-ReportConfig and / or CSI resource settings represented by CSI-ResourceConfig and / or UEI report settings represented by UEI-ReportConfig and / or so on, which are configured, provided, or enabled for or associated with UEI beam reporting. As specified in this disclosure, the higher-layer parameter represented by “ueiReportMode” is set to a value related to or corresponding to one or more of “Case A”, “Case B”, “Case C”, “Case D”, “Case E”, and / or “Case F”. In one example, when / if the higher-layer parameter “ueiReportMode” is set to a value related to or corresponding to or associated with “Case A”, the UE may transmit or send a UEI report including the determined report content / quantity specified in Case A. For example, when / if the higher-level parameter “ueiReportMode” is set to a value related to or corresponding to “Case A” and “Case C”, the UE can transmit or send a UEI report including the report content / quantity determined according to the content / quantity specified in Case A and Case C.N_beam (for the first beam that satisfies the corresponding event conditions as specified / defined herein), M_beam (for the second beam that may not satisfy the corresponding event conditions), N_beam' (for a subset of the first beam that satisfies the corresponding event conditions as specified / defined herein), N_beam_min, N_beam_max, M_beam_min and / or M_beam_max may be determined based on: (i) fixed values ​​in the system specification, (ii) network configuration / instructions via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters - for example, via / in CSI-ReportConfig and / or CSI-ResourceConfig and / or resource / report settings, which provide or configure the corresponding UEI beam report according to or based on the corresponding UE's capability or capability signaling - and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, and / or (iii) the UE’s autonomous determination / selection, which may be further transmitted to the network via various UL channels / signals and / or as part of CSI / beam reporting and / or UE capability signaling, wherein N_beam_min and N_beam_max may respectively represent the minimum and maximum number of first beams that satisfy the corresponding event conditions as defined / specified herein, and thus may or may allow the corresponding report content / quantity containing SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR to be reported in / the same UEI (beam) report, and M_beam_min and M_beam_max may respectively represent the minimum and maximum number of second beams that may not satisfy the corresponding event conditions as defined / specified herein, and thus may or may allow the corresponding report content / quantity containing SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR to be reported in / the same UEI (beam) report. Additionally, as specified / defined herein, for one or more given events or one or more given event detections, the UE (e.g., UE 116) may first identify or determine N_beam first beams that can satisfy the corresponding event conditions, and indicate or provide or include or transmit or transmit a subset of the N_beam first beams - represented by N_beam' (N_beam'≤N_beam) first beams - and thus indicate or provide or include or transmit or transmit the corresponding report content / quantity, including SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR in the UEI beam report.In this case, the UE may send or transmit or indicate the value of N_beam to the network, for example, via (the same) UEI report / a portion of the (same) UEI report; alternatively, the value of N_beam' may be determined based on: (i) a fixed value in the system specification and / or per RRC (re)configuration, and / or (ii) a network configuration / instruction based on or on the capabilities or capability signaling of the corresponding UE via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters (e.g., via / in CSI-ReportConfig and / or CSI-ResourceConfig and / or in the resource / report settings that provide or configure the corresponding UEI beam report), and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI. The UE may also, for example, send or transmit or indicate to the network, via the same UEI beam report / in a portion of the same UEI beam report, which one or more of the N_beam first beams (i.e., a subset of the N_beam first beams as defined / specified herein in this disclosure), and thus include associated / corresponding report content / quantities of SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR. And / or including which one or more of the N_beam report content / quantities corresponding to / associated with / specific to those first beams specified herein in this disclosure, i.e., including a subset of the N_beam report content / quantities corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more of those first beams specified herein in this disclosure, may be conveyed or provided or indicated by the UE beam report, or contained or included or carried.

[0294] In one example, the UEI beam report may provide, indicate, include, encompass, or include a bitmap, wherein each entry / bit position of the bitmap corresponds to / is associated with one of the N_beam first beams—therefore the associated / corresponding report content / quantity includes SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, and / or one of the N_beam report content / quantity includes SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, those of which, as specified in this disclosure, correspond to / are associated with / are specific to the first beam. For this design example, when / if the bit position / entry of the bitmap is set to "1" (or "0"), the first beam of the N_beam first beams, and therefore the associated / corresponding report content / quantity including SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR associated / corresponding to the bit position / entry, can be conveyed or provided or indicated or included or contained or carried by the UEI beam report, and / or the report content / quantity including SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR in each of the N_beam report content / quantities can be conveyed or provided or indicated or included or contained or carried by the UEI beam report.

[0295] In another example, the UEI beam report may provide, indicate, include, encompass, or contain one or more (e.g., N_beam) indicators, each indicator corresponding to / associated with one of the first beams of N_beam—therefore the associated / corresponding report content / quantity includes SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, and / or one of the N_beam report content / quantities includes SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR corresponding to / associated with / specific to the first beam, as specified in this disclosure. For this design example, when / if the indicator is set to "1" (or "0"), the first beam in the first beam of N_beam, and therefore the associated / corresponding report content / quantity including SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR associated / corresponding to the indicator, can be conveyed or provided or indicated or included or carried by the UEI beam report, and / or the report content / quantity including SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR can be conveyed or provided or indicated or included or carried by the UEI beam report, and / or the N_beam report content / quantity including SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR can be conveyed or provided or indicated or included or carried by the UEI beam report.

[0296] In another example, the UEI beam report may provide, indicate, contain, include, or include a set of one or more beam indices, wherein each beam index may correspond to / point to or represent one of N_beam first beams—and therefore the associated / corresponding report content / quantity includes SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR. For this design example, the associated / corresponding report content / quantity of the first beam in N_beam first beams, and therefore including SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, corresponding to or represented by or pointed to by the beam index in the set, may be transmitted, provided, indicated, contained, included, or carried by the UEI beam report.

[0297] In another example, the UEI beam report may provide, indicate, include, encompass, or include a set of one or more indices, wherein each index may correspond to or represent one of N_beam report contents / quantities, including the corresponding / associated / specific SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR as specified in this disclosure for the first beam. For this design example, the report contents / quantities (including SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) of the N_beam report contents / quantities (including SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) may be conveyed, provided, indicated, included, or carried by the UEI beam report, wherein the N_beam report contents / quantities (including SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) correspond to / are associated with / are specific to the first beam as specified in this disclosure, and correspond to or are presented or pointed to by indices in the set.

[0298] For the design examples / situations described herein, the identified or determined first beam may correspond to or may be one or more currently serving beams and / or one or more candidate beams as specified / defined herein. Furthermore, when / if the UEI beam report includes one or more first beams (or one or more report contents / quantities of the first beam) and one or more second beams (or one or more report contents / quantities of the second beam) as specified / defined herein, the UE may, for example, indicate to the network via the same UEI beam report / a portion of the same UEI beam report which one or more of the reported beams and / or report quantities / contents in the UEI beam report may correspond to or be associated with or used to satisfy the event conditions specified / defined herein (i.e., the first beam), and which one or more of the reported beams and / or report quantities / contents in the UEI beam report may correspond to or be associated with or used to satisfy the event conditions not specified / defined herein (i.e., the second beam).

[0299] In one example (Mode A), the UEI beam report may indicate, provide, or include a bitmap, wherein each entry / bit position of the bitmap is associated with / corresponds to one or more report contents / quantities in the UEI beam report; when / if an entry / bit position of the bitmap is set to "1" (or "0"), the report contents / quantities associated with / corresponding to the entry / bit position of the bitmap may correspond to or may be associated with or used for a beam (i.e., a first beam) that satisfies the event conditions specified / defined in this disclosure, and when / if an entry / bit position of the bitmap is set to "0" (or "1"), the report contents / quantities associated with / corresponding to the entry / bit position of the bitmap may correspond to or may be associated with or used for a beam (i.e., a second beam) that does not satisfy the event conditions specified / defined in this disclosure.

[0300] In another example (Mode B), the UEI beam report may indicate, provide, or include one or more indicators, wherein each indicator is associated with / corresponds to one or more report contents / quantities in the UEI beam report; when / if an indicator is set to "1" (or "0"), the report contents / quantities associated with / corresponding to the indicator may correspond to or may be associated with or used for a beam that satisfies event conditions as specified / defined herein in this disclosure (i.e., the first beam), and when / if an indicator is set to "0" (or "1"), the report contents / quantities associated with / corresponding to the indicator may correspond to or may be associated with or used for a beam that does not satisfy event conditions as specified / defined herein in this disclosure (i.e., the second beam).

[0301] In another example (Mode C), the UEI beam report may indicate, provide, or include the number of report contents / quantities (e.g., the value of N_beam) of a first beam that satisfy event conditions as specified / defined herein as in this disclosure, and / or the number of report contents / quantities (e.g., the value of M_beam) of a second beam that do not satisfy event conditions as specified / defined herein as in this disclosure. In this case, the first (or last) N_beam report contents / quantity and / or the first (or last) N_beam CSI report number / field / index in the UEI report may correspond to the first beam that satisfies the event conditions as specified / defined herein as in this disclosure, and / or the first (or last) M_beam report contents / quantity and / or the first (or last) M_beam CSI report number / field / index in the UEI report may correspond to the second beam that does not satisfy the event conditions as specified / defined herein as in this disclosure.

[0302] In another example (Mode D), when / if the UEI report does not provide, indicate, include or contain information relating to which reported beams and / or reported quantities / content in the UEI beam report correspond to or are associated with beams that satisfy the event conditions specified / defined herein (i.e., the first beam), and / or which reported beams and / or reported quantities / content in the UEI beam report correspond to or are associated with beams that do not satisfy the event conditions specified / defined herein (i.e., the second beam), the UEI report may include or contain or include or provide only the report content / quantity corresponding to or associated with or used to satisfy the event conditions specified / defined herein (i.e., the first beam).

[0303] In another example (Mode E), when / if the UEI report does not provide, indicate, include or contain information relating to which reported beams and / or reported quantities / content in the UEI beam report correspond to or are associated with beams that satisfy the event conditions specified / defined herein (i.e., the first beam), and / or which reported beams and / or reported quantities / content in the UEI beam report correspond to or are associated with beams that do not satisfy the event conditions specified / defined herein (i.e., the second beam), the UEI report may include or contain or provide only the report content / quantity corresponding to or associated with or used for beams that do not satisfy the event conditions specified / defined herein (i.e., the second beam).

[0304] In another example (Mode F), when / if the UEI (beam) report includes one or more first beams (or one or more report contents / quantities of the first beams) and one or more second beams (or one or more report contents / quantities of the second beams) (as specified / defined herein), it can be expected that the UE will send or transmit to the network one or more currently serving beams (or the number / content of L1-RSRP reports including one or more currently serving beams) in the (same) UEI beam report, as specified / defined herein. In this context, one or more beams or one or more report contents / quantities of one or more beams that meet the event conditions reported in the UEI (beam) report—regarding or relating to the current serving beam or corresponding to / associated with / specific to the current serving beam—as specified / defined herein in this disclosure, for example, for the fourth event, the number / quantity of reports including L1-RSRPs corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more beams exceeding or greater than the number / quantity of reports including L1-RSRPs corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more current serving beams reaching a threshold C (according to or following the thresholds specified herein in this disclosure) can be identified or determined as the first beam or the number / quantity of reports of the first beam, and one or more beams (e.g., one or more beams reported in the UEI (beam) report that do not meet the event conditions (e.g., other than the identified or determined first beam) The number / quantity of reports—regarding or relating to the current serving beam or corresponding to / associated with / specific to the current serving beam, as specified / defined herein, for example, for the fourth event, the number / quantity of reports corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more beams does not exceed or is greater than the number / quantity of reports corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more current serving beams reaching a threshold C (according to or following the thresholds specified herein in this disclosure) that can be identified or determined as the second beam or the second beam's report / quantity. Additionally, (1) it can be anticipated that the UE may report or transmit to the network in the UEI (beam) report the number of current serving beams Nserv≥1 or the report / quantity of the current serving beam, and / or the number of current serving beams Nserv≥1 or the report / quantity of the current serving beam according to or following those specified herein in this disclosure.For (1) and / or (2): (a) the position, order, CSI field, CSI field index, CSI field number, etc. in the UEI (beam) report may be fixed, and the UEI (beam) report may include, carry, provide, contain, or contain the number / content of reports associated with / corresponding to / specific to the current serving beam, as specified / defined herein in this disclosure; for example, the position, order, CSI field, CSI field index, CSI field number, etc. of the first Nserv ≥ 1 (or the first one when Nserv = 1) in the UEI (beam) report may include, carry, provide, contain, or contain Nserv of current serving beams or Nserv of reports associated with / corresponding to / specific to the current serving beam, as specified / defined herein in this disclosure, wherein the value of Nserv may be determined according to: (ii) network configuration / instructions, such as based on or according to the capabilities or capability signaling of the corresponding UE via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC. CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, and / or (iii) the UE's autonomous decisions or choices, which may be further transmitted to the network via various UL channels / signals, said UL channels / signals including PUCCH, PUSCH, MAC CE, PRACH, CSI / beam reports and / or UE capability signaling, in the (same) UEI beam reports, the values / numbers Nserv and / or positions, sorting, CSI fields, CSI field indexes, CSI field numbers, etc. in the UEI (beam) reports may include, carry, provide, contain or contain Nserv current serving beams or a number / content of Nserv reports associated with / corresponding to / specific to the current serving beams, as specified / defined herein.

[0305] For example, a UEI beam report may indicate, provide, or include a bitmap, wherein each entry / bit position of the bitmap is associated with / corresponds to one or more report contents / quantities in the UEI beam report; when / if an entry / bit position of the bitmap is set to "1" (or "0"), the report contents / quantities associated with / corresponding to the entry / bit position of the bitmap may correspond to or may be associated with or used for the current serving beam, as defined / specified in this disclosure.

[0306] For example, a UEI beam report may indicate, provide, or include one or more indicators, wherein each indicator is associated with or corresponds to one or more report contents / quantities in the UEI beam report; when / if an indicator is set to "1" (or "0"), the report contents / quantities associated with / corresponding to the indicator may correspond to or may be associated with or used for the current serving beam, as defined / specified herein.

[0307] For example, as discussed herein, UEI beam reports may indicate, provide, or include the number of report contents / quantities of currently serving beams, such as the number / value of Nservs.

[0308] And / or (c) the values / numbers Nserv and / or positions, sorting, CSI fields, CSI field indexes, CSI field numbers, etc. in the UEI (beam) report may include, carry, provide, contain, or include the number / content of Nserv reports associated with / corresponding to / specific to the current serving beam, as specified / defined herein, and may be indicated, configured, or provided by the network based on or on the capabilities or capability signaling of the corresponding UE, such as via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI (e.g., via bitmaps, indicators, etc., similar to those defined / specified in one or more examples described herein).

[0309] The UE can be indicated, configured, provided, or enabled by the network based on or according to the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling, such as via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, wherein one or more of the design modes (e.g., mode A, mode B, mode C, mode D, mode E, and mode F) are used to determine the order in which the content / quantity of the first and second beams reported by the UEI are as defined / specified herein. For example, the UE may be instructed, provided, configured, or enabled by the network, for example via / in higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters, such as CSI report settings represented by CSI-ReportConfig and / or CSI resource settings represented by CSI-ResourceConfig and / or UEI report settings represented by UEI-ReportConfig and / or so on, which are configured, provided, or enabled for or associated with UEI beam reporting as specified in this disclosure, with the higher-layer parameter represented by “UEIReportOrderMode” set to a value related to or corresponding to one or more of “Mode A”, “Mode B”, “Mode C”, “Mode D”, and / or case “D”. In one example, when / if the higher-layer parameter “ueiReportOrderMode” is set to a value related to or corresponding to “Mode A”, the UE may use those values ​​specified / defined in Mode A of this disclosure to determine the order of the content / quantity of the first and second beams of the UEI report, as defined / specified in this disclosure. For example, when / if the higher-layer parameter “ueiReportOrderMode” is set to a value that is related to or corresponds to or associated with “Mode A” and “Mode C”, the UE can use those values ​​specified / defined in Mode A and Mode B of this disclosure to determine the order of the content / quantity of the first and second beams reported by the UEI, as defined / specified in this disclosure.

[0310] Figure 8A , Figure 8B and Figure 8C Examples of report content and formats 810, 820, and 830 according to embodiments of this disclosure are shown respectively. For example, Figure 3 UE 116 can report report content and format 810, 820, and 830 respectively. This example is for illustration only, and other embodiments may be used without departing from the scope of this disclosure.

[0311] Throughout this disclosure, a beam / “beam” reported in a UEI (beam) report, CSI report, or general beam report may also be referred to as or equivalent to one or more report contents / quantities (including SSBRI / CRI, L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, etc.) corresponding to / associated with / specific to a beam reported in a UEI (beam) report, CSI report, or general beam report, and / or one or more report contents / quantities (including SSBRI / CRI, L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, etc.) corresponding to / associated with / specific to a beam reported in a UEI (beam) report, CSI report, or general beam report, and / or resource indicators (e.g., SSBRI or CRI) reported in a UEI (beam) report, CSI report, or general beam report, and / or beam metrics (e.g., L1-RSRP or L1-SINR) reported in a UEI (beam) report, CSI report, or general beam report.

[0312] As specified herein in this disclosure, a UEI (beam) report may include one or more beams (represented by L_beam≥1, e.g., L_beam=1, 2, 3, 4, ...) and therefore include their associated / corresponding report content / quantity, containing SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, and / or one or more (represented by L_beam≥1, e.g., L_beam=1, 2, 3, 4, ...) report content / quantity, containing SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more beams as specified herein in this disclosure, wherein one or more beams in the UEI (beam) report—and therefore their corresponding / corresponding report content / quantity—may include or correspond to one or more of the following:

[0313] As specified / defined herein, one or more first beams satisfy the corresponding event conditions—and therefore satisfy their corresponding / associated report content / quantity.

[0314] One or more second beams, as specified / defined herein, may not meet the corresponding event conditions – and therefore may not meet their corresponding / associated reporting content / quantity.

[0315] One or more first beams that satisfy the corresponding event conditions according to / follow those conditions specified herein, and one or more second beams that may not satisfy the corresponding event conditions—and therefore their corresponding / associated report content / volume.

[0316] As defined / specified herein in this disclosure, one or more current service beams—and therefore they correspond to / are associated with the report content / volume.

[0317] As defined / specified herein in this disclosure, one or more candidate / new beams are included – and therefore they correspond to / are associated with the report content / volume.

[0318] As defined / specified herein, one or more current service beams and one or more candidate / new beams as defined / specified herein—and therefore their corresponding / associated reporting content / volume.

[0319] In this scenario, the value of L_beam can be, or may correspond to, a fixed value for each RRC (re)configuration, for example, L_beam=1. Alternatively, the value of L_beam can be fixed in the system specification – for example, L_beam=1. Furthermore, the value of L_beam can be provided, indicated, or configured by the network, for example, via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters (e.g., in the CSI-ReportConfig or report settings / configuration that provides or configures the corresponding UEI beam report) and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI according to or based on the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling – in this case, the value of L_beam can still be, or may still correspond to, a fixed value for each RRC (re)configuration, especially when the value of L_beam is provided, indicated, or configured by the network via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters; that is, the value of L_beam does not change between different report instances / CSI reports / beam reports / UEI beam reports / CSI reports. Optionally, the value of L_beam can be changed or varied between different reporting instances / CSI reports / beam reports / UEI beam reports / CSI reports, depending on, for example, the number of first beams that satisfy the corresponding event conditions in the UEI report, as specified / defined in this disclosure; that is, the value of L_beam is a variable given RRC (re)configuration. For example, the value of L_beam in the first reporting instance or UEI (beam) report or CSI report (e.g., L_beam=2) can be different from the value of L_beam in the second reporting instance or UEI (beam) report or CSI report (e.g., L_beam=4). In this case, the value of L_beam or information related to the value of L_beam can be indicated, provided, transmitted, or sent to the network by the UE, for example, via / in a portion of the (same) UEI beam report. Furthermore, as discussed or specified herein in this disclosure, for one or more given events or one or more given event detections, if / if the number of beams reported in the UEI beam report (i.e., L_beam as specified herein in this disclosure) is less than or equal to N_max, N_config, and / or N_ue (i.e., L_beam≤N_max and / or L_beam≤N_config and / or L_beam≤N_ue), wherein N_max, N_config, and / or N_ue may be defined or specified according to or in accordance with those specified herein in this disclosure.

[0320] In one example, the UEI (beam) report may have or include or contain or contain a total of Ntot CSI fields, where Ntot may correspond to or be N_max, N_config, or N_ue, depending on network configuration / indication, for example, via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on or according to the capabilities or capability signaling of the corresponding UE, using dynamic DCI. For this design example, the first L_beam CSI field or the L_beam CSI field with the lowest field index in the UEI (beam) report may be used to convey or provide or indicate or contain or include or carry L_beam beams, and therefore its associated / corresponding report content / volume contains SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, and / or L_beam report content / volume contains SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more beams specified herein according to this disclosure. The remaining (Ntot-1_beam) CSI fields in the UEI beam report can be filled with zeros.

[0321] In another example, the UEI (beam) report may have or include or contain or contain a total of Ntot CSI fields, where Ntot may correspond to or be N_max, N_config, or N_ue, depending on network configuration / indication, for example, via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on or according to the capabilities or capability signaling of the corresponding UE, using dynamic DCI. For this design example, the first L_beam CSI field or the L_beam CSI field with the lowest field index in the UEI (beam) report may be used to convey or provide or indicate or contain or include or carry L_beam beams, and therefore its associated / corresponding report content / volume, containing SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, and / or L_beam report content / volume, containing SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more beams specified herein according to this disclosure. The remaining (Ntot-1_beam) CSI fields in the UEI beam report may be reserved or may correspond to reserved ('R') fields or special ('S') fields, which may include, provide, contain, include, carry, or convey special values ​​or indicators or code points.

[0322] In another example, the UEI (beam) report may have or include or contain or contain a total of Ntot CSI fields, where Ntot may correspond to or be N_max, N_config, or N_ue, depending on network configuration / indication, for example, via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on or according to the capabilities or capability signaling of the corresponding UE, using dynamic DCI. For this design example, the first L_beam CSI field or the L_beam CSI field with the lowest field index in the UEI (beam) report may be used to convey or provide or indicate or contain or include or carry L_beam beams, and therefore its associated / corresponding report content / volume contains SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, and / or L_beam report content / volume contains SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more beams specified herein according to this disclosure. The remaining (Ntot-L_beam) CSI fields in the UEI beam report may be used to convey or provide or indicate or contain or include or carry one or more of the L_beam beams, and therefore their associated / corresponding report content / quantity contains SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, and / or one or more of the L_beam report content / quantity contains SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more beams specified herein in accordance with this disclosure. For this design example, the first CSI field among the remaining (Ntot-L_beam) CSI fields in the UEI report, or the CSI field with the lowest field index, may be used to convey or provide or indicate or include or contain or carry the first of the L_beam beams or the beam with the lowest / highest beam metric (e.g., L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) or the beam with the lowest / highest resource indicator (e.g., SSBRI / CRI), thus including the associated / corresponding report content / volume of SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, and / or the first of the L_beam report content / volumes including SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more beams specified herein in accordance with this disclosure.And / or one of the L_beam report contents / quantities, containing SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more beams as specified herein in accordance with this disclosure, one or more beams having a minimum / maximum resource indicator, such as SSBRI / CRI, and / or a minimum / maximum beam metric, such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, a second CSI field or a CSI field having a second minimum field index - in or among the remaining (Ntot-L_beam) CSI fields in the UEI report - which may be used to convey or provide or indicate or contain or include or carry a second beam or a beam having a second minimum / maximum beam metric (e.g., L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) or a beam having a second minimum / maximum resource indicator (e.g., SSBRI). The beam ( / CRI) - in or among L_beam beams - and therefore includes associated / corresponding report content / quantities of SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, and / or the second of L_beam report content / quantities, including SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more beams specified herein under this disclosure, and / or one of L_beam report content / quantities, including SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more beams specified herein under this disclosure, having a second low / highest resource indicator (e.g., SSBRI / CRI) and / or a second low / highest beam metric (e.g., L1-RSRP / L1-SINR), etc.

[0323] For example, when / if (Ntot-L_beam) equals L_beam, the remaining (Ntot-L_beam) CSI fields in the UEI beam report can be used to convey or provide or indicate or contain or include or carry L_beam beams, and therefore its associated / corresponding report content / quantity contains SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, and / or L_beam report content / quantity contains SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more beams, in accordance with those specified herein, and following those specified, described or discussed herein. Figure 8A A conceptual example is provided in the document.

[0324] For example, when / if (Ntot-L_beam) is less than L_beam, the remaining (Ntot-L_beam) CSI fields in the UEI report can be used to convey or provide or indicate or contain or include or carry the first (Ntot-L_beam) beams or the (Ntot-L_beam) beams with the lowest / highest beam metric (e.g., L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) or the lowest / highest resource indicator (...). For example, (Ntot-L_beam) beams of SSBRI / CRI, and therefore including associated / corresponding report contents / quantities of SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, and / or the first (Ntot-L_beam) of the L_beam report contents / quantities of SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more beams as specified herein according to this disclosure. And / or the (Ntot-L_beam) of the L_beam report contents / quantities, including SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more beams as specified herein according to this disclosure, having the lowest / highest resource indicator (such as SSBRI / CRI) and / or the lowest / highest beam metric (such as L1-RSRP / L1-SINR), following those specified herein. Figure 8B A conceptual example is provided, where K_beam = Ntot-1_beam.

[0325] For example, when / if (Ntot-L_beam) is greater than L_beam, the first L_beam CSI field or the L_beam CSI field with the lowest field index among the remaining (Ntot-L_beam) CSI fields in the UEI beam report can be used to convey or provide or indicate or include or contain or carry the L_beam beam, and therefore their associated / corresponding report content / volume (including SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) and / or L_beam report content / volume (including SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) correspond / associate / specific to one or more beams, in accordance with the content specified herein in this disclosure, and in accordance with the content specified, described or discussed herein in this disclosure. In this context, the remaining (Ntot-L_beam-L_beam) CSI fields in the UEI beam report can be used to convey, provide, indicate, contain, include, or carry one or more of the L_beam beams, and thus convey, provide, indicate, contain, include, include, or carry their associated / corresponding report content / quantity, including SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, and / or one or more of the L_beam report content / quantity, including SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more beams, in accordance with those specified herein in this disclosure. Figure 8C A conceptual example is provided, where M_beam = Ntot - L_beam - L_beam.

[0326] In this design example, the UE (e.g., UE 116) may, for example, send or transmit or indicate to the network the values ​​of L_beam and / or (Ntot-L_beam) via / in a portion of the same UEI beam report. Optionally, the UE may also send or transmit or indicate to the network, for example, via / partially the same UEI beam report, which one or more of the L_beam beams, and therefore their associated / corresponding report content / quantities, including SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, and / or which one or more of the L_beam report content / quantities, including the corresponding / associated / beam-specific SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, may be conveyed or provided or indicated or included or carried by the remaining (Ntot-L_beam) CSI fields in the UEI beam report.

[0327] For example, a UEI beam report may provide, indicate, include, encompass, or contain a bitmap, wherein each entry / bit position of the bitmap corresponds to / is associated with one of the L_beam beams—and therefore the associated / corresponding report content / quantity includes SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, and / or one of the L_beam report content / quantity includes SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more beams specified in this disclosure. For this design example, when / if the bit position / entry of the bitmap is set to "1" (or "0"), the beams in the L_beam beams, and therefore including the associated / corresponding report content / quantity of the SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR associated / corresponding to the bit position / entry, can be transmitted or provided or indicated or contained or included or carried by one or more of the remaining (Ntot-L_beam) CSI fields in the UEI beam report, and / or include the report content / quantity of the SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR—as specified in this disclosure, including the L_beam report content / quantity of the SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR corresponding / associated with one or more beams—associated / corresponding to the bit position / entry can be conveyed or provided or indicated or contained or carried by one or more of the remaining (Ntot-L_beam) CSI fields in the UEI beam report.

[0328] For example, a UEI beam report may provide, indicate, include, encompass, or contain one or more (e.g., L_beam) indicators, each indicator corresponding to / associated with one of the L_beam beams—and thus associated / corresponding report content / quantities include SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, and / or one of the L_beam report content / quantities includes SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more beams specified in this disclosure. For this design example, when / if the indicator is set to "1" (or "0"), the beams in the L_beam beams, and therefore including the associated / corresponding report content / quantity of SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR associated with / corresponding to the indicator, can be conveyed, provided, indicated, contained, included, or carried by one or more of the remaining (Ntot-L_beam) CSI fields in the UEI beam report, and / or include the report content / quantity of SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR—corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more beams in the L_beam reports specified herein according to this disclosure. The content / quantity associated with / corresponding to the indicator may be conveyed, provided, indicated, included, or contained in one or more of the remaining (Ntot-L_beam) CSI fields in the UEI beam report, and / or includes the SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR report content / quantity corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more beams specified herein in accordance with this disclosure. The content / quantity associated with / corresponding to the indicator may be conveyed, provided, indicated, included, or contained in one or more of the remaining (Ntot-L_beam) CSI fields in the UEI beam report.

[0329] For example, a UEI beam report may provide, indicate, contain, include, or include a set of one or more beam indices, wherein each beam index may correspond to / point to or represent one of the L_beam beams—and therefore the associated / corresponding report content / quantity includes SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR. For this design example, the beams in the L_beam beam, and therefore the associated / corresponding report content / quantity (including SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) corresponding to or represented by or pointed to by the beam indices in the set, may be conveyed, provided, indicated, contained, included, or carried by one or more of the remaining (Ntot-L_beam) CSI fields in the UEI beam report.

[0330] For example, a UEI beam report may provide, indicate, contain, include, or include a set of one or more indexes, where each index may correspond to or represent one of the L_beam report contents / quantities, including those corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more beams, as specified in this disclosure. For this design example, report contents / quantities including SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR—among the L_beam report contents / quantities including those corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more beams specified in this disclosure—corresponding to or presented or pointed to by an index in the set—may be conveyed, provided, indicated, contained, included, or carried by one or more remaining (Ntot-L_beam) CSI fields in the UEI beam report.

[0331] Additionally, as discussed or specified herein in this disclosure, for one or more given events or one or more given event detections, when / if the number of reported beams in the UEI beam report (i.e., L_beam as specified herein in this disclosure) is greater than or equal to N_max, N_config, and / or N_ue (i.e., L_beam≥N_max and / or L_beam≥N_config and / or L_beam≥N_ue), wherein N_max, N_config, and / or N_ue can be defined or specified according to or in accordance with those specified herein in this disclosure, the UEI (beam) report may have or include or contain or contain a total of Ntot CSI fields, wherein Ntot may correspond to or may be N_max, N_config, or N_ue, depending on, for example, the network configuration / instruction based on or according to the capabilities or capability signaling of the corresponding UE via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI. In this context, the remaining Ntot CSI fields in the UEI report can be used to transmit, provide, indicate, contain, include, or carry the first Ntot beams or Ntot beams with the lowest / highest beam metrics (e.g., L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) or Ntot beams with the lowest / highest resource indicators (e.g., SSBRI / CRI) among the L_beam beams, and thus transmit, provide, indicate, contain, include, or carry associated / corresponding report content / volumes including SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, and / or include content corresponding to / associated with / specific The first Ntot L_beam report contents / quantities of SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR of one or more beams according to those specified herein, including SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more beams according to those specified herein, having the lowest / highest resource indicator (e.g., SSBRI / CRI) and / or lowest / highest beam metric (e.g., L1-RSRP / L1-SINR), following those specified herein.In addition, the UE may send or transmit or indicate to the network, for example, through / partially the same UEI beam report, which one or more of the L_beam beams, and therefore their associated / corresponding report content / volume, including SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, and / or which one or more of the L_beam report content / volume, including the corresponding / associated / specific SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR to one or more beams, may be conveyed or provided or indicated or contained or included or carried by the Ntot CSI fields in the UEI beam report.

[0332] In one example, the UEI beam report may provide, indicate, contain, include, or include a bitmap, wherein each entry / bit position of the bitmap corresponds to / is associated with L_beam beams—and therefore the associated / corresponding report content / quantity includes SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, and / or one of the L_beam report content / quantity includes SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more beams specified in this disclosure. For this design example, when / if the bit position / entry of the bitmap is set to "1" (or "0"), the beam in the L_beam beam, and therefore including the associated / corresponding report content / quantity of SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR associated / corresponding to the bit position / entry, can be conveyed or provided or indicated or included or contained or carried by one or more of the Ntot CSI fields in the UEI beam report, and / or including the report content / quantity of SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR—corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more beams specified herein under this disclosure—associated / corresponding to the bit position / entry, can be conveyed or provided or indicated or included or contained or carried by one or more of the Ntot CSI fields in the UEI beam report.

[0333] In another example, a UEI beam report may provide, indicate, contain, include, or include one or more (e.g., L_beam) indicators, each indicator corresponding to / associated with one of the L_beam beams—and thus associated / corresponding report content / quantity includes SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, and / or one of the L_beam report content / quantity, including SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR, corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more beams specified in this disclosure. For this design example, when / if the indicator is set to "1" (or "0"), the beams in the L_beam beams, and therefore the associated / corresponding report content / quantity including SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR associated / corresponding to the indicator, can be conveyed or provided or indicated or included or contained or carried by one or more of the Ntot CSI fields in the UEI beam report, and / or the report content / quantity including SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR—as specified herein in this disclosure, corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more beams of the L_beam report content / quantity—can be conveyed or provided or indicated or included or contained or carried by one or more of the Ntot CSI fields in the UEI beam report.

[0334] In another example, the UEI beam report may provide, indicate, contain, include, or include a set of one or more beam indices, wherein each beam index may correspond to / point to or represent one of the L_beam beams, and therefore the associated / corresponding report content / quantity includes SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR. For this design example, the beams in the L_beam beams, and therefore the associated / corresponding report content / quantity (including SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) corresponding to or represented by or pointed to by the beam indices in the set, may be conveyed, provided, indicated, contained, included, or carried by one or more of the Ntot CSI fields in the UEI beam report.

[0335] In another example, the UEI beam report may provide, indicate, contain, include, or include a set of one or more indices, wherein each index may correspond to or represent one of the L_beam report contents / quantities, including those corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more beams, as specified in this disclosure. For this design example, the report contents / quantities including SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR—among the L_beam report contents / quantities including SSBRI / CRI and / or L1-RSRP / L1-SINR—corresponding to / associated with / specific to one or more beams specified in this disclosure—corresponding to or presented or pointed to by indices in the set—may be conveyed or provided or indicated or contained or carried by one or more of the Ntot CSI fields in the UEI beam report.

[0336] In one embodiment, when / if the UEI (beam) report includes or contains or provides reporting content / quantities of the current serving beam that conform to those specified herein, the reporting content / quantities of the current serving beam (1) may contain only, include, provide or include beam metrics that include L1-RSRP and / or L1-SINR, and / or (2) may not contain, include, provide or include any resource indicators that include SSBRI or CRI. Furthermore,

[0337] In one example, the first CSI field or the CSI field with the lowest field index (e.g., in the CSI fields of a UEI beam report and / or in the CSI fields of a UEI beam report that conveys, carries, provides, or indicates that the beam metric contains at least L1-RSRP / L1-SINR) may be used to indicate, convey, carry, provide, include, encompass, or contain the report content / quantity of the current serving beam. In this case, when / if the first CSI field or the CSI field with the lowest field index as specified / defined herein is set to "0" (or "1") or a special value or reserved, the UEI (beam) report may not contain, provide, include, contain, or indicate any report content / quantity for or specific to the current serving beam; otherwise, the report content / quantity containing the L1-RSRP / L1-SINR provided, indicated, included, contained, or contained therein by the first CSI field or the CSI field with the lowest field index as specified / defined herein may be used for or specific to the current serving beam.

[0338] In another example, a UEI (beam) report, as specified / defined herein, may provide, contain, include, indicate, or include indicators to indicate whether report content / quantity for or specific to the current serving beam is present in the UEI (beam) report. For example, an indicator may be a single indicator where '1' (or '0') indicates that the current serving beam (and therefore the corresponding / associated report content / quantity) is present in the UEI (beam) report, and '0' (or '1') indicates that the current serving beam (and therefore the corresponding / associated report content / quantity) is absent or not present in the UEI (beam) report. In this case, when / if a bit indicator is set to "1" ("0"), the first CSI field or the CSI field with the lowest field index - for example, in a CSI field that does not include an indicator that carries, transmits, provides or indicates in the UEI beam report and / or in a CSI field that does not include an indicator that carries, transmits, provides or indicates the transmission or carrying or providing or indicating at least the beam metric of L1-RSRP / L1-SINR in the UEI beam report - can be used to indicate, transmit, carry, provide, include, contain or contain report content / quantity for or specific to the current serving beam.

[0339] Whether a UE can send or transmit a first UEI report and a second UEI report separately in two separate CSI reports / CSI report instances as specified herein, or in a joint UEI report including Part 1 and / or Part 2 as specified herein, can be determined based on: (i) fixed rules in the system specification or per RRC configuration; (ii) network configuration / instructions based on or according to the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling, via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI; and / or (iii) the UE's autonomous determination / selection, which can be further transmitted to the network via various UL channels / signals, for example, CSI / beam reports and / or UE capability signaling.

[0340] In another example, the UE may send or transmit a current UEI report in a first CSI report or CSI report instance, the current UEI report providing, indicating or including a first increment or decrement value relative to a previous first difference between the (first / second) current serving beam and the (first / second) candidate beam, as reported in or derived / calculated from the report content / quantity reported in the previous UEI report, as specified / defined herein, and / or a second increment or decrement value relative to a previous second difference as specified / defined herein, as reported in or derived / calculated from the report content / quantity reported in the previous UEI report, wherein the previous UEI report may be transmitted or sent in a second CSI report or CSI report instance. In this case, the current first difference between the same (first / second) current serving beam and the same (first / second) candidate beam, as specified / defined herein, can be determined, identified, obtained, calculated, or derived based on the first increment / decrement value reported in the current UEI report and the previous first difference between the (first / second) current serving beam and the (first / second) candidate beam reported in a previous UEI report, and / or the current second difference can be determined, identified, obtained, calculated, or derived. This is calculated or derived based on the second increment / decrement value reported in the current UEI report and the previous second difference reported in a previous UEI report. For example, the current UEI report may provide, indicate, include, contain, or include a delta_first value (or an absolute |delta_first| value and a one-bit sign indicator indicating a positive or negative absolute |delta_first| value) relative to the previous first difference represented by previous_first for the (first / second) current serving beam and the (first / second) current beam, as specified / defined herein, as reported in or derived / calculated from the report content / quantity reported in a previous UEI report. And / or the delta_second value (or the absolute |delta_second| value and a one-bit sign indicator indicating the positive or negative value of the absolute |delta_second| value) relative to the previous second difference represented by previous_second, as specified / defined in this disclosure as reported in or derived / calculated from the report content / quantity reported in the previous UEI report.In this case, the current first difference between the (first / second) current serving beam and the (first / second) candidate beam, represented by current_first, can correspond to or be derived / calculated as current_first = previous_first + delta_first, and / or the current second difference represented by current_second can correspond to or be derived / calculated as current_second = previous_second + delta_second. Furthermore, previous and current UEI reports (and therefore their corresponding first and second CSI reports and / or report instances) may be related or associated with each other: for example, previous and current UEI reports as specified / defined herein may include, contain, provide or contain one / the same report (or event) ID / index; for another instance, previous and current UEI reports may be sent / transmitted within a time window / period (e.g., in the number of symbols / slots / etc.) according to: (i) fixed values ​​in the system specification, (ii) network configuration / instructions based on or according to the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, and / or (iii) the UE's autonomous determination / selection, which may be further transmitted to the network via various UL channels / signals and / or in part of CSI / beam reports and / or the UE's capability signaling. Additionally, whether a UEI report transmitted or sent by the UE can provide, indicate, or include (1) an incrementing or decrementing value relative to a previous UEI report based on or following those specified herein in this disclosure, or (2) one or more of components 4a to 4u and components 5a to 5l based on or following those specified herein in this disclosure, can be determined by: (ii) network configuration / instruction via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, based on or based on the corresponding UE's capability or capability signaling, and / or (iii) the UE's autonomous determination / selection, which can be further transmitted to the network via various UL channels / signals and / or as part of CSI / beam reports and / or UE capability signaling.

[0341] For each (or one or more) of the first, second, third, and fourth events, and / or for a UE that declares each (or one or more) of the first, second, third, and fourth events, and / or for a UE that formulates, constructs, transmits, and / or sends a UEI report having report content / quantity corresponding to each (or one or more) of the first, second, third, and fourth events, and / or for a UE that uses / applies each (or one or more) of the first, second, third, and fourth events to trigger or initiate a UEI report, according to or in accordance with those specified herein in this disclosure, the corresponding MAC entity may or should configure for UEI reporting for each serving cell according to those specified herein in this disclosure:

[0342] A UEI report may be initiated or triggered solely based on or in accordance with the detection or declaration of one or each of the first, second, third, and fourth events:

[0343] If an instruction for an instance of an event (e.g., the first, second, third, or fourth event) has already been received from a lower level:

[0344] Start or restart firstEventInstanceDetectionTimer, secondEventInstanceDetectionTimer, thirdEventInstanceDetectionTimer, or FourthEventInstanceDetectionTimer (if applicable, the higher-level configuration for the first, second, third, or fourth event, respectively).

[0345] Increment firstEvent_COUNTER, secondEvent_COUNTER, thirdEvent_COUNTER, or fourtEvent_Counter (if applicable, for the higher-level configuration of the first, second, third, or fourth event, respectively) by 1;

[0346] 3> If firstEvent_COUNTER >= firstEventInstanceMaxCount, secondEvent_COUNTER >= secondEventInstanceMaxCount, thirdEvent_COUNTER >= thirdEventInstanceMaxCount, or fourtEvent_counter >= fourtEventInstanceMaxCount (when / if applicable, for the first, second, third, or fourth event respectively), where firstEventInstanceMaxCount, secondEventInstanceMaxCount, thirdEventInstanceMaxCount, or fourtEventInstanceMaxCount are higher-level configurations for the first, second, third, or fourth event respectively - when / if applicable:

[0347] 4> When / if applicable, a UEI (beam) report specific to the first, second, third or fourth event is triggered for this serving cell, wherein when / if applicable, the content / volume of the report in the UEI report is specific to the first, second, third or fourth event based on or in accordance with the content specified herein in this disclosure.

[0348] 2> If firstEventInstanceDetectionTimer, secondEventInstanceDetectionTimer, thirdEventInstanceDetectionTimer, or FourthEventInstanceDetectionTimer (for the first, second, third, or fourth event respectively - when / if applicable) expires; or

[0349] 2> If any of the following are reconfigured by the upper layer associated with this serving cell: firstEventInstanceDetectionTimer, secondEventInstanceDetectionTimer, thirdEventInstanceDetectionTimer, or FourthEventInstanceDetectionTimer (if applicable, for the first, second, third, or fourth events respectively), firstEvent_COUNTER, secondEvent_COUNTER, thirdEvent_COUNTER, or FourthEvent_Counter (if applicable, for the first, second, third, or fourth events respectively), or reference signals used for UEI reporting (e.g., those reference signals specific to / for the current serving beam and / or candidate beams, as specified or defined in this disclosure for / for the first, second, third, or fourth events); or

[0350] 2> If the reference signal associated with this serving cell for detecting / claiming / indicating the first, second, third, or fourth event specified / defined herein is changed and / or reconfigured by the upper layer associated with this serving cell, then:

[0351] 3> Set firstEvent_COUNTER, secondEvent_COUNTER, thirdEvent_COUNTER, or FourthEvent_Counter (for the first, second, third, or fourth event respectively - when / if applicable) to 0; and / or

[0352] 3> Stop ueiReportingTimer (if configured); and / or

[0353] 3> It is considered that the UE Initiation (UEI) reporting procedure triggered or initiated for the first, second, third and fourth events has been successfully completed, and / or the UEI report triggered or initiated for the first, second, third or fourth events relative to this serving cell has been cancelled.

[0354] The MAC entities and corresponding operations / procedures described or specified herein are used to trigger or initiate one or more UEI reports based on or in accordance with the detection or declaration of one of the first, second, third, and fourth events specified herein. In order to jointly or simultaneously trigger or initiate UEI reporting based on or in accordance with the detection or declaration of more than one or more events (e.g., the third and fourth events), the corresponding MAC entities (e.g., for the third and fourth events) may or should target each serving cell configured for UEI reporting according to those specified herein:

[0355] Based on or in accordance with the detection or declaration of the third and fourth events, jointly or simultaneously initiate or trigger a UEI report:

[0356] If an indication of an instance of a third event has been received from a lower level, and / or if an indication of an instance of a fourth event has been received from a lower level, then:

[0357] Start or restart thirdEventInstanceDetectionTimer and / or FourthEventInstanceDetectionTimer (if applicable, the higher-level configuration for the third and / or fourth events).

[0358] Increment thirdEvent_COUNTER and / or FourtEvent_Counter (the higher-level configuration for the third and / or fourth events, if applicable) by 1;

[0359] 3> If thirdEvent_COUNTER >= thirdEventInstanceMaxCount and FourtEvent_Counter >= FourtEventInstanceMaxCount (for the third and fourth events - when / if applicable), where thirdEventInstanceMaxCount and FourtEventInstanceMaxCount are configured by the higher layer for the third and fourth events respectively - when / if applicable:

[0360] 4> Trigger UEI (beam) reports for third and fourth events specific to this serving cell, wherein the content / quantity of the UEI report is specific to the third and fourth events, where applicable / if applicable, in accordance with or following the content / quantity specified herein in this invention.

[0361] 2> If the thirdEventInstanceDetectionTimer and / or the fourthEventInstanceDetectionTimer (for the third event and / or the fourth event respectively - where applicable) expire; or

[0362] 2> If the thirdEventInstanceDetectionTimer and / or FourtEventInstanceDetectionTimer (if applicable, for the third and / or fourth events respectively), thirdEvent_COUNTER and / or FourtEvent_Counter (if applicable, for the third and / or fourth events respectively), or any reference signal used for UEI reporting (e.g., including reference signals specific to / used for the current serving beam and / or candidate beam, as specified or defined in this disclosure for the third and / or fourth events) are reconfigured by the upper layer associated with the serving cell; or

[0363] 2> If the reference signal associated with this serving cell for detecting / claiming / indicating a third and / or fourth event as specified / defined herein is changed and / or reconfigured by the upper layer associated with this serving cell, then:

[0364] 3> Set thirdEvent_COUNTER and / or FourtEvent_Counter (for the third and / or fourth events respectively - when / if applicable) to 0; and / or

[0365] 3> Stop ueiReportingTimer (if configured); and / or

[0366] 3> It is considered that the UE Initiation (UEI) reporting procedure triggered or initiated for the third and fourth types of events has been successfully completed, and / or the UEI reporting triggered or initiated for the third and fourth events relative to this serving cell has been cancelled.

[0367] The MAC entities and corresponding operations / procedures described / specified in this document may be applied to or extended to when / if two or more events can be configured and / or enabled by the network and / or applied or used by the UE to initiate or trigger UEI reporting.

[0368] In one example, the UE may be indicated, configured, or provided by the network, for example via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, based on the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling, such as one or more of the first, second, third, and fourth events defined / specified herein for UEI (beaming) reporting. For example, the higher-layer parameter eventType may be provided in the higher-layer parameters (e.g., CSI-ReportConfig, UEI-ReportConfig, etc.) used to configure or enable UE-initiated (UEI) beam reporting. In this context, for example, when eventType is set to "first", a first event as specified / defined herein may be used / applied to trigger or initiate UEI reporting; when eventType is set to "second", a second event as specified / defined herein may be used / applied to trigger or initiate UEI reporting; when eventType is set to "third", a third event as specified / defined herein may be used / applied to trigger and initiate UEI reporting; and when eventType is set to "fourth", a fourth event as specified / defined herein may be used / applied to trigger or initiate UEI reporting; or, for example, when eventType is set to "second and fourth", both the second and fourth events as specified / defined herein may be used / applied to trigger or initiate UEI reporting.

[0369] In another example, as discussed herein, the UE may be provided, indicated, or configured by the network based on or according to the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling (one or more of threshold A, threshold A', threshold B, threshold B', threshold C, threshold C', and threshold C''), for example via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI. For example, the values ​​of threshold A, threshold A', threshold B, threshold B', threshold C, threshold C', and / or threshold C'' may be provided in higher-layer parameters (e.g., CSI-ReportConfig, UEI-ReportConfig, etc.) that configure or enable UE-initiated (UEI) beam reporting. In this context, for example, when / if threshold A and / or threshold A' are provided or configured, at least a first event as specified / defined herein may be used / applied to trigger or initiate UEI reporting; when / if threshold B and / or threshold B' are provided or configured, at least a second event as specified / defined herein may be used / applied to trigger or initiate UEI reporting; when / if both threshold A (and / or threshold A') and threshold B (and / or threshold B') are provided or configured, at least a third event as specified / defined herein may be used / applied to trigger or initiate UEI reporting; and when / if threshold C, threshold C', and / or threshold C'' are provided or configured, at least a fourth event as specified / defined herein may be used / applied to trigger or initiate UEI reporting.

[0370] In another example, a UE (e.g., UE 116) may be instructed, configured, or provided by the network based on the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling, such as via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, to enable one or more of the first, second, third, and fourth events as defined / specified herein for UEI (beaming) reporting. For example, the higher-layer parameters reportQuantity or reportType or reportConfigType provided / configured in configuring or enabling UE-initiated (UEI) beam reporting (e.g., CSI-ReportConfig, UEI-ReportConfig, etc.) may be set to "servBeamOnly", "candBeamOnly", "bothServCandBeam", and / or "diffServCandBeam". For this design example, when / if the high-level parameter reportQuantity or reportType or reportConfigType is set to "servBeamOnly", at least a first event as specified / defined herein may be used / applied to trigger or initiate UEI reporting; when / if the high-level parameter reportQuantity or reportType or reportConfigType is set to "candBeamOnly", at least a second event as specified / defined herein may be used / applied to trigger or initiate UEI reporting; when / if the high-level parameter reportQuantity or reportType or reportConfigType is set to "bothServCandBeam", at least a third event as specified / defined herein may be used / applied to trigger or initiate UEI reporting; and when / if the high-level parameter reportQuantity or reportType or reportConfigType is set to "diffServCandBeam", at least a fourth event as specified / defined herein may be used / applied to trigger or initiate UEI reporting.

[0371] Figure 9 Examples of priority values / orders for different UEI reports 900 according to embodiments of the present disclosure are shown. For example, the priority values / orders of different UEI reports 900 may be determined by... Figure 1 The example is for identification and implementation of any of UEs 111-116 (such as UE 111). This example is for illustration only, and other embodiments may be used without departing from the scope of this disclosure.

[0372] One or more of the events, including the first event, the second event, the third event and the fourth event as specified herein, may have the same priority for triggering or initiating a UEI report, and / or one or more of the events, including the first event, the second event, the third event and the fourth event as specified herein, may have different priorities or priority orders for triggering or initiating a UEI report.

[0373] In one example, for events A and B, where event A may correspond to or include one or more of the first, second, third, and fourth events as specified herein, and event B may correspond to or include one or more of the first, second, third, and fourth events as specified herein, and when / if the UE can trigger or initiate a UEI report based on event A as specified herein, events A and B may be different and have the same priority or priority order for triggering or initiating the UEI report, wherein the corresponding report content / volume may be associated with / specific to event A as specified herein. Furthermore, the UE can also trigger or initiate a UEI report based on event B as specified herein, wherein the corresponding report content / volume may be associated with / specific to event B as specified herein.

[0374] For example, the UE may send or transmit a UEI report, which includes report content / quantities that are associated with or specific to or correspond to events A and B, as specified herein in this disclosure. In one case, event A may correspond to a first event, and event B may correspond to a fourth event. In another case, event A may correspond to a second event, and event B may correspond to a fourth event. In yet another case, event A may correspond to a third event, and event B may correspond to a fourth event. And so on.

[0375] For example, the UE may send or transmit a UEI report including the content / quantity of a report associated with or specific to event A or event B, based on or in accordance with: (i) fixed rules in the system specification, (ii) network configuration and / or indications, such as based on or in accordance with the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, and / or (iii) the UE's autonomous determination / selection, which may be further transmitted to the network via various UL channels / signals and / or CSI / beam reports and / or UE capability signaling.

[0376] In another example, for events A and B, where event A may correspond to or include one or more of the first, second, third, and fourth events as specified herein, and event B may correspond to or include one or more of the first, second, third, and fourth events as specified herein, and when / if the UE can trigger or initiate a UEI report based on event A as specified herein, events A and B may be different and have different priorities or priority orders for triggering or initiating the UEI report, wherein the corresponding report content / volume may be associated with / specific to event A as specified herein. Furthermore, the UE can also trigger or initiate a UEI report based on event B as specified herein, wherein the corresponding report content / volume may be associated with / specific to event B as specified herein.

[0377] For example, regardless of the priority order between event A and event B, the UE can send or transmit a UEI report including report content / quantity associated with or specific to both event A and event B, which is based on or follows those specified herein. In one case, event A may correspond to a first event, and event B may correspond to a fourth event. In another case, event A may correspond to a second event, and event B may correspond to a fourth event. In yet another case, event A may correspond to a third event, and event B may correspond to a fourth event. And so on.

[0378] For example, regardless of the priority order between event A and event B, the UE may send or transmit a UEI report including the report content / quantity associated with or specific to event A or event B, based on or in accordance with the following: (i) fixed rules in the system specification, (ii) network configuration and / or indications, such as based on or in accordance with the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, and / or (iii) the UE's autonomous determination / selection, which may be further transmitted to the network via various UL channels / signals and / or CSI / beam reports and / or UE capability signaling.

[0379] For example, when / if event A has a higher priority or priority order than event B, the UE may send or transmit a (first) UEI report according to or following the content specified in this disclosure, the (first) UEI report including report content / quantity associated with or specific to or corresponding to event A. For a two-part UEI report / UCI design as defined / specified in this disclosure, the report content / quantity associated with or specific to or corresponding to event A may be in part 1 of the two-part UCI report (or UCI). Furthermore,

[0380] In one case, the UE may discard or not transmit / send report content / volume specific to or corresponding to or associated with event B (which has a lower priority or priority order than event A) in accordance with or following the content specified herein in this invention.

[0381] In another case, the UE may send or transmit a second UEI report, including report content / amount associated with or specific to event B, in accordance with or following the content specified herein; in this case, the second UEI report may be reused with the first UEI report.

[0382] In another scenario, for example, after sending a (first) UEI report for event A, if there are still available and / or sufficient and / or additional UL resources for transmitting or sending report content / quantities corresponding to or associated with or specific to event B, the UE may transmit or send one or more of the report content / quantities corresponding to or associated with or specific to event B via available UL resources or on or through available UL resources, in accordance with or following the provisions specified herein. In this case, the transmitted / sent report content / quantities corresponding to or specific to or associated with event B may be in a CSI report or UEI report or CSI report instance different from the CSI report or UEI report or CSI report instance for event A.

[0383] In another scenario, for example, after sending a (first) UEI report for event A, if there are still available and / or sufficient and / or additional UL resources for transmitting or sending report content / quantities corresponding to or associated with or specific to event B, the UE may transmit or send one or more of the report content / quantities corresponding to or associated with or specific to event B via available UL resources or on or through available UL resources, in accordance with or following the provisions specified herein. In this case, the report content / quantities transmitted / sent corresponding to or specific to or associated with event B may be in the same CSI report or UEI report or CSI report instance as the CSI report or UEI report or CSI report instance for event A; for example, for a two-part UEI report / UCI design as defined / specified herein, the report content / quantities associated with or specific to or corresponding to event B (which have a lower priority or priority order than event A) may be in part 2 of the two-part UCI report (or UCI).

[0384] In another case, the UE may send or transmit report content / volume corresponding to or associated with or specific to event B (which has a lower priority or priority order than event A) in the next available transmission opportunity (T0) for UEI reporting.

[0385] For example, if event A has a higher priority or priority order than event B, the UE may send or transmit a first PN message to the network to indicate or initiate a (potential) transmission of a UEI report, which conveys, carries, provides, contains, or includes report content / amount corresponding to or specific to event A and / or requests first UL resources to transmit or send report content / amount corresponding to or specific to event A, and a second PN message to indicate or initiate a (potential) transmission of a UEI report, which conveys, carries, provides, contains, or includes report content / amount corresponding to or specific to event B and / or requests second UL resources to transmit or send report content / amount corresponding to or specific to event B. For this design example, the first PN message may have a higher priority or priority order than the second PN message, and / or the first PN message may indicate, provide, convey, contain, or include information indicating a higher priority or priority order than event B.

[0386] In one scenario, the UE may transmit or send a (first) UEI report in the next available TO or (pre-configured / scheduled / assigned / granted) UL resource with respect to t_0 symbols / slots of the first PN message after transmitting the first PN message, conveying, carrying, providing, containing, including, or including the report content / quantity associated with or corresponding to or specific to event A, and a (second) UEI report may transmit, carry, provide, contain, include, or include the report content / quantity associated with or corresponding to or specific to event B in the next available TO or (pre-configured / scheduled / assigned / granted) UL resource with respect to t_1 symbols / slots of the second PN message after transmitting the second PN message, wherein t_1 may be greater than or equal to t_0, or t_1 may be delta_t symbols / slots, etc., greater than t_0. The values ​​of t_0, t_1 and / or delta_t can be determined based on: (i) fixed values ​​in the system specification; (ii) network configuration and / or indications, such as based on or according to the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI; and / or (iii) the UE's autonomous determination or selection, which can be further transmitted to the network via various UL channels / signals and / or CSI / beam reports and / or UE capability signaling.

[0387] In another scenario, the UE may transmit or send a (first) UEI report, conveying, carrying, providing, containing, including, or including the report content / quantity associated with or corresponding to or specific to event A, in the next available TO or (pre-configured / scheduled / assigned / granted) UL resource relative to t_a symbols / slots of the first PN message transmission after receiving a first acknowledgment (ACK) and a (second) UEI report for the transmission of the second PN message, which, after receiving a second ACK for the transmission of the second PN message, conveys, carries, provides, contains, includes, or includes the report content / quantity associated with or corresponding to or specific to event B, in the next available or (pre-configured / scheduled / allocated / granted) UL resource relative to t_b symbols / slots of the second PN message transmission, wherein the UE may anticipate receiving the first ACK before or within t_a' symbols / slots after the first / last symbols / slots of the first PN message transmission, and receiving the second ACK before or within t_b' symbols / slots after the first / last symbols / slots of the second PN message transmission. Here, t_a can be greater than or less than or equal to t_b, t_b' can be greater than or equal to t_a', or t_b' can be delta_t greater than t_a' by symbols / slots / etc., where the values ​​of t_a, t_b, t_a', t_b' and / or delta_t can be determined according to: (i) fixed values ​​in the system specification, (ii) network configuration and / or indications, such as based on or according to the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, and / or (iii) the UE's autonomous determination or selection, which can be further sent to the network via various UL channels / signals and / or CSI / beam reports and / or UE capability signaling.

[0388] In this design example, when / if a first UEI report specific to event A and a second UEI report specific to event B, as specified / defined herein, conflict (e.g., the time occupancy of the physical channel used to carry the first and second UEI reports overlaps in at least one OFDM symbol and is transmitted on the same carrier), the first and second UEI reports can be multiplexed, or the UE can discard the second UEI report specific to event B, which has a lower priority or priority order than event A (and therefore, the corresponding report content / quantity conveyed therein). Furthermore, when / if the next available TO or (pre-configured / scheduled / assigned / granted) UL resource specific to the first and second PN messages is the same or consistent,

[0389] In one instance, pursuant to or in accordance with those specified herein in this disclosure, the UE may discard or not transmit / send a second UEI report specific to or corresponding to or associated with event B (which has a lower priority or priority order than event A) (and therefore, the corresponding report content / quantity conveyed therein).

[0390] In another case, the UE may send or transmit a second UEI report, including report content / amount associated with or specific to event B, in accordance with or following the content specified herein; in this case, the second UEI report may be reused with the first UEI report.

[0391] In another scenario, for example, after sending a (first) UEI report for event A, if there are still available and / or sufficient and / or additional UL resources for transmitting or sending report content / quantities corresponding to or associated with or specific to event B, the UE may transmit or send one or more of the report content / quantities corresponding to or associated with or specific to event B via available UL resources or on or through available UL resources, in accordance with or following the provisions specified herein. In this case, the transmitted / sent report content / quantities corresponding to or specific to or associated with event B may be in a CSI report or UEI report or CSI report instance different from the CSI report or UEI report or CSI report instance for event A.

[0392] In another scenario, for example, after sending a (first) UEI report for event A, if there are still available and / or sufficient and / or additional UL resources for transmitting or sending report content / quantities corresponding to or associated with or specific to event B, the UE may transmit or send one or more of the report content / quantities corresponding to or associated with or specific to event B via available UL resources or on or through available UL resources, in accordance with or following the provisions specified herein. In this case, the report content / quantities transmitted / sent corresponding to or specific to or associated with event B may be in the same CSI report or UEI report or CSI report instance as the CSI report or UEI report or CSI report instance for event A; for example, for a two-part UEI report / UCI design as defined / specified herein, the report content / quantities associated with or specific to or corresponding to event B (which have a lower priority or priority order than event A) may be in part 2 of the two-part UCI report (or UCI).

[0393] In another case, the UE may send or transmit report content / volume corresponding to or associated with or specific to event B (which has a lower priority or priority order than event A) in the next available transmission opportunity (TO) for UEI reporting.

[0394] Or typically, for this design example, the UE may transmit or send the first and / or second UEI report after those specified in this disclosure, for example, following or in accordance with the design process described or specified in one or more design examples including one or more examples described herein, which are presented in this disclosure, and thus transmit or send the corresponding report content / volume therein.

[0395] In another instance, the UE can generate, formulate, transmit, and / or send a first UEI report that conveys, carries, provides, contains, includes, or comprises report content / quantity associated with, corresponding to, or specific to event A, wherein the first UEI report may be associated with a priority value. Related, among which

[0396] For non-periodic UEI reports to be carried on PUSCH, y=0; for semi-persistent UEI reports to be carried on PUSCH, y=1; for semi-persistent UEI reports to be carried on PUCCH, y=2; and for periodic UEI reports to be carried on PUCCH, y=3.

[0397] For UEI reports carrying L1-RSRP or L1-SINR, k=0; and for UEI reports not carrying L1-RSRP or L1-SINR, k=1.

[0398] c is the serving cell index, N cells It is the value of the higher-level parameter maxNrofServingCells;

[0399] s is reportConfigID, and M s It is the value of the high-level parameter maxNrofCSI-ReportConfigurations;

[0400] e can correspond to the event ID, and M e This can correspond to higher-level parameters, such as the number or quantity of events specific to the serving cell.

[0401] Additionally, the UE can generate, formulate, transmit, and / or send a second UEI report that conveys, carries, provides, contains, includes, or comprises report content / amount associated with, corresponding to, or specific to event B, wherein the second UEI report may also be associated with a priority value. Related. In this design example, when / if event A has a higher priority or priority order than event B, the value of e in the first UEI report may be less than or equal to the value of e in the second UEI report, as specified / defined herein, and therefore, the value of e in the first UEI report may be less than or equal to the value of e in the second UEI report, and therefore, the value of e in the first UEI report... The value can be less than or equal to the value reported by the second UEI. The value, i.e., the first UEI report (and therefore event A) has a higher priority or priority order or higher priority than the second UEI report (and therefore event B). In this case, the UE may transmit or send the first UEI report and / or the second UEI report, and therefore transmit or send the corresponding report content / volume therein, in accordance with those specified herein, for example, following or according to the design process described or specified in one or more design examples, which include one or more examples presented herein and described herein.

[0402] The design examples described herein, including one or more examples, can be extended or applied when / if event B has a higher priority or priority order than event A or has a higher priority than event A.

[0403] The design instances described / specified herein that contain one or more instances described herein (and therefore, the sub-instances described, specified, or discussed herein) may be applied to or extended to when / if UEI reporting can be initiated or triggered by network configuration and / or enabled and / or by UE application or use of two or more events.

[0404] Throughout this disclosure, higher priority or priority order can be associated with or specific to lower or smaller priority values. Figure 9The document presents conceptual examples of different priorities, priority orders, and priority values ​​representing different events, including first, second, third, and fourth events as specified / defined herein (and therefore, their corresponding UEI reports have corresponding report content / volume). The UE may be provided, configured, or indicated by the network based on or according to the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling, such as via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, whether one or more of the events containing the first, second, third, and fourth events as defined or specified herein may have the same priority (or priority order / value) or different priorities (or priority order / value) for triggering or initiating UEI reporting. Optionally, the network may also provide, configure, or instruct the UE based on or according to the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling, such as via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, that information is associated with the priority (or priority order / value) of one or more of events including a first event, a second event, a third event, or a fourth event as specified / defined herein, for triggering or initiating UEI reporting. For example, the UE may first be provided or configured by the network, for example via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters, the priority, priority order, and / or priority value of one or more of the first, second, third, and fourth events as defined / specified herein. Then, the UE can receive a MAC CE command from the network that can update the priority, priority order, and / or priority value of one or more of the first, second, third, and fourth events. Additionally,

[0405] In one example, if the UE has triggered or initiated a UEI report for an event in accordance with or following the content specified in this disclosure, but has not transmitted or sent the corresponding event-specific UEI report on the corresponding / associated TO and / or UL resources and / or within the duration / window and / or after the timer expires (and therefore no event-specific report content / amount has been transmitted or sent) (e.g., the UE may have discarded the UEI report due to resource conflicts and / or UEI report priority rules), then the priority value of the event may be reduced by 1 (or equivalently, the priority or priority order of the event may be increased, e.g., increased by 1) so that the next possible or potential triggering and / or transmission of a UEI report with event-specific report content / amount (in accordance with or following the content specified in this disclosure).

[0406] In another example, when / if the UE has already transmitted or sent an event-specific UEI report (and therefore the corresponding report content / volume) on the corresponding / associated UE and / or UL resources and / or within the duration / window and / or before the timer expires (e.g., the UEI report or event may have a higher priority / priority order or a lower / smaller priority value than other UEI reports or events), the priority value of the event can be increased by 1 (or equivalently, the priority or priority order of the event can be decreased, e.g., decreased by 1) so that the next possible or potential trigger and / or transmission of a UEI report with the corresponding event-specific report content / volume, according to or in accordance with what is specified in this disclosure.

[0407] The values ​​of duration / window and / or timer can be determined based on: (1) fixed values ​​in the system specification, (2) network configuration and / or indications, for example, based on the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, and / or (3) the UE's autonomous determination / selection, which can be further sent to the network via various UL channels / signals and / or CSI / beam reports and / or UE capability signaling.

[0408] As specified / defined herein, one or more of the events (e.g., a first event, a second event, a third event, and a fourth event) may be used / applied to trigger or initiate a UEI report, such that the UE may send or transmit one or more UEI reports in accordance with or in accordance with those specified herein, the one or more UEI reports including report content / volume specific to one or more of the events. When / if more than one or more events (e.g., event A and event B) are configured and / or enabled by the network and / or used / applied by the UE to trigger or initiate UEI reporting (event A may correspond to or include one or more of the first, second, third, and fourth events as specified herein, and event B may correspond to or include one or more of the first, second, third, and fourth events as specified herein, wherein event A and event B may be different),

[0409] In one example, when / if the UE has triggered or initiated a UEI report for event A and event B in accordance with or in compliance with the content specified in this disclosure, the UEI report may include one or more report contents / quantities corresponding to / specific to event A and one or more report contents / quantities corresponding to / specific to event B, in accordance with or in compliance with the content specified in this disclosure.

[0410] For example, the position / sorting / CSI report number / CSI report index / CSI report fields of the report content / quantity specific to event A and event B in the UEI report can be fixed / predetermined / predefined. For example, Na represents the number of report content / quantities specific to event A, and the first (or last) Na position / sorting / CSI report number / CSI report index / CSI report fields in the UEI report can be used to carry or convey the report content / quantity specific to event A, and the remaining position / sorting / CSI report number / CSI report index / CSI report fields in the same UEI report can be used to carry or convey the report content / quantity specific to event B. Alternatively, Nb represents the number of report content / quantities specific to event B, and the first (or last) Nb position / sorting / CSI report number / CSI report index / CSI report fields in the UEI report can be used to carry or convey the report content / quantity specific to event B, and the remaining position / sorting / CSI report number / CSI report index / CSI report fields in the same UEI report can be used to carry or convey the report content / quantity specific to event A.

[0411] For example, a first indicator and / or a second indicator may be provided, reported, transmitted, included, contained, or transmitted in a UEI report as specified in this disclosure. For this design example, the first indicator may be specific to / associated with / correspond to or may be used to indicate event A, and / or the second indicator may be specific to / associated with / correspond to or may be used to indicate event B. Specifically, the first indicator may correspond to the event ID / index of event A; alternatively or alternatively, the first indicator may correspond to a one-bit indicator where “0” (or “1” or “2”) corresponds to / indicates event A. Furthermore, the second indicator may correspond to the event ID / index of event B; alternatively or alternatively, the second indicator may correspond to a one-bit indicator having a '1' (or '0' or '2') corresponding to / indicating event B. Let Na represent the number of report contents / quantities specific to event A in the UEI report. The first Na CSI fields in the UEI report following the CSI field that provides, carries, or conveys the first indicator can be used to provide, carry, or convey Na report contents / quantities specific to / for event A, according to or following those specified herein in this disclosure. Additionally, let Nb represent the number of report contents / quantities specific to event B in the UEI report. The first Nb CSI fields in the UEI report following the CSI field that provides, carries, or conveys the second indicator can be used to provide, carry, or convey Nb report contents / quantities specific to / for event B, according to or following those specified herein in this disclosure. The CSI field that provides, carries, or conveys the first indicator in the UEI report and / or the CSI field that provides, carries, or conveys the second indicator in the UEI report may be fixed. For example, the CSI field that provides, carries, or conveys the first (or second) indicator may correspond to the first (or 1st) CSI field in the UEI report, and / or the CSI field that provides, carries, or conveys the second (or first) indicator may correspond to the first (or 1st) CSI field that follows the last CSI field that provides, carries, or conveys the report content / quantity specific to / for event A (or event B). Furthermore, the CSI field provided, carried, or conveyed in the UEI report with the first indicator and / or the CSI field provided, carried, or conveyed in the UEI report with the second indicator may be determined based on / based on: (i) the network configuration / instruction, such as based on or according to the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI, and / or (ii) the UE's autonomous determination / selection, which may be further transmitted to the network via various UL channels / signals including PUCCH, PUSCH, PRACH, etc.

[0412] For example, each report content / quantity in the UEI report may be associated with / correspond to / specific to an indicator that may be conveyed, provided, indicated, contained, included, or incorporated in the (same) UEI report. For example, an indicator may correspond to an event ID / index of event A or event B specified herein according to this disclosure. For example, an indicator may correspond to a one-bit indicator where '0' (or '1' or '2') corresponds to / indicates event A, and '1' (or '0' or '2') corresponds to / indicates event B. In this case, when / if the indicator in the UEI report associated with / corresponding to / specifically related to the report content / quantity specified / defined in this disclosure is set to "0" (or "1" or "2") and / or the event ID / index of event A, the report content / quantity can be associated with / corresponding to / specifically related to event A, and when / if the indicator in the UEI report associated with / corresponding to / specifically related to the report content / quantity specified / defined in this disclosure is set to "1" (or "0" or "2") and / or the event ID / index of event B, the report content / quantity can be associated with / corresponding to / specifically related to event B.

[0413] For example, two events (i.e., event A and event B) may have different priorities or priority orders or priority values ​​as specified herein. When / if event A has a higher priority or priority order (or equivalently, a lower / smaller priority value) than event B, the first (or last) Na position / sorting / CSI report number / CSI report index / CSI report fields in the UEI report may be used to carry or convey the report content / quantity specific to event A, and the remaining position / sorting / CSI report number / CSI report index / CSI report fields in the same UEI report may be used to carry or convey the report content / quantity specific to event B. Alternatively, when / if event B has a higher priority or priority order than event A (or equivalently, a lower / smaller priority value), the first (or last) Nb position / sorting / CSI report number / CSI report index / CSI report field in the UEI report can be used to carry or convey the report content / quantity specific to event B, and the remaining position / sorting / CSI report number / CSI report index / CSI report fields in the same UEI report can be used to carry or convey the report content / quantity specific to event A.

[0414] For example, the UE may transmit or send a primary UEI report and / or a secondary UEI report, wherein the primary UEI report includes common or identical components corresponding to / specific to both event A and event B, the common or identical components being based on or following those components specified herein in this disclosure, and the secondary UEI report includes report content / quantity corresponding to / specific to both event A and event B, excluding common or identical components reported in the primary UEI report as being based on or following those components specified herein in this disclosure. Furthermore, the possibility of transmitting or sending a minor UIE report can be determined based on the following: (i) fixed rules in the system specification or per RRC configuration; (ii) network configuration / instructions based on or according to the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling via higher-layer RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI; and / or (iii) the UE's autonomous determination / selection, which can be further transmitted to the network via various UL channels / signals, for example, CSI / beam reports and / or the UE's capability signaling. For example, the UE can send a PN message associated with / corresponding to a major (or minor) UIE report to the network to indicate the existence or transmission or sending of a minor UIE report; or, for example, the major UIE report can provide, indicate, contain, include, or contain indicators to indicate the existence or transmission or sending of a minor UIE report. For example, the report content / quantities corresponding to / specific to event A may include components x, y, and z, while the report content / quantities corresponding to / specific to event B may include components x, A, and B. In this scenario, the UE can transmit or send a primary UEI report that includes only component x, since component x is the only common or identical component corresponding to / specific to both events A and B. Alternatively, for this design example, the UE can transmit or send a secondary UEI report that includes differential report content / quantities specific to events A and B (if any), such that the differential report content / quantities do not include, contain, or include common or identical components corresponding to / specific to both events A and B, following those specified herein. For the instances described herein, the secondary UEI report (if present, then transmitted or sent) may include components y, z, a, and b. Furthermore, the primary and secondary UEI reports may be transmitted or sent in two separate CSI reports (CSI reports or CSI report instances), and they may be related or associated with each other following those specified herein.

[0415] For another example, a UE (e.g., UE 116) may transmit or send a UEI report comprising two parts (i.e., a two-part UEI or a two-part UCI) in a single CSI report or a CSI report or an instance of a CSI report. For this design example, part 1 of the two-part UEI report (or two-part UCI) may have a fixed payload size and include common or identical components corresponding to / specific to event A and event B. Furthermore, part 1 of the two-part UEI report (or two-part UCI) may also indicate (e.g., via / through one or more indicators) whether part 2 of the two-part UEI report (or two-part UCI) exists, is transmitted, or is sent, and / or the payload size of part 2 (if present, transmitted, or sent). If present, transmitted, or sent, part 2 of the two-part UEI report (or two-part UCI) may have a flexible payload size and include report content / amounts corresponding to / specific to both event A and event B, excluding those common or identical components reported in part 1 according to or following this disclosure. Furthermore, whether part 2 (or part UCI) of the two-part UEI report exists, is transmitted, or is sent can be determined based on: (i) fixed rules in the system specification or per RRC configuration; (ii) network configuration / instructions based on or according to the corresponding UE's capabilities or capability signaling, via higher-level RRC signaling / parameters and / or MAC CE commands and / or L1 signaling based on dynamic DCI; and / or (iii) the UE's autonomous determination / selection, which can be further transmitted to the network via various UL channels / signals, for example, CSI / beam reports and / or UE...

Claims

1. A user equipment (UE), comprising: transceiver; as well as A processor, operatively coupled to the transceiver, is configured to control to: Receive first information related to the event used to trigger beam reporting; Receive a set of one or more periodic reference signals (RS) for event assessment; Receive second information related to beam reporting; One or more quality metrics are obtained based on measurements of one or more periodic RS. The event is determined based on first information and one or more quality metrics; Based on the determination of the event and second information, a beam report indicating at least one of one or more quality metrics associated with the event is determined. and Send beam report.

2. The UE according to claim 1, wherein, The first piece of information includes: Event type; Threshold; Duration of the time window; and The maximum number of event instances.

3. The UE according to claim 1, wherein, The second piece of information includes: The number of one or more quality metrics to be indicated in the beam report; and Indicator to enable the inclusion of quality metrics corresponding to the current beam RS from one or more quality metrics in the beam report.

4. The UE according to claim 3, wherein: When the indicator enables the inclusion of the quality metric corresponding to the current beam RS in the beam report, the bit width of the resource indicator corresponding to the RS in the set is [value missing]. , When the indicator does not enable the inclusion of the quality metric corresponding to the current beam RS in the beam report, the bit width of the resource indicator corresponding to the RS in the set is [value missing]. , M represents the number of one or more periodic RSs in the set.

5. The UE according to claim 1, wherein, An event instance is determined when the Layer 1 Reference Signal Received Power (L1-RSRP) of the RS in the set is greater than the L1-RSRP of the current beam RS by a threshold.

6. The UE according to claim 5, wherein: When one or more quality metrics corresponding to the current beam RS are included in the beam report, and when an event corresponding to an event instance is determined, the L1-RSRP of the current beam RS is quantized to a value of x0 bits with a step size y0 dB, referencing the maximum measured L1-RSRP in the beam report. The values ​​of x0 and y0 are fixed.

7. The UE according to claim 1, wherein: An event instance is determined when the Layer 1 reference signal received power (L1-RSRP) of the current beam RS falls below a threshold. When one or more quality metrics corresponding to the current beam RS are included in the beam report, and when an event corresponding to an event instance is determined, the L1-RSRP reference threshold of the current beam RS is quantized to a value of x1 bits with a step size y1 dB, and The values ​​of x1 and y1 are fixed.

8. A base station (BS), comprising: transceiver; as well as A processor, operatively coupled to the transceiver, is configured to control to: Send first information related to the event used to trigger beam reporting; Send a set of one or more periodic reference signals (RS) for event evaluation; Send a second message related to the beam report; as well as Receive beam reports after the event occurs. The beam report indicates at least one quality metric from one or more quality metrics associated with one or more periodic RSs. Among them, beam reporting is based on second information. The event occurs based on first information and one or more quality metrics, and One or more quality metrics are associated with the event.

9. The BS according to claim 8, wherein, The first piece of information includes: Event type; Threshold; Duration of the time window; and The maximum number of event instances.

10. The BS according to claim 8, wherein, The second piece of information includes: The number of one or more quality metrics to be indicated in the beam report; and Indicator to enable the inclusion of quality metrics corresponding to the current beam RS from one or more quality metrics in the beam report.

11. The BS according to claim 10, wherein: When the indicator enables the inclusion of the quality metric corresponding to the current beam RS in the beam report, the bit width of the resource indicator corresponding to the RS in the set is [value missing]. , When the indicator does not enable the inclusion of the quality metric corresponding to the current beam RS in the beam report, the bit width of the resource indicator corresponding to the RS in the set is [value missing]. , M represents the number of one or more periodic RSs in the set.

12. The BS according to claim 8, wherein, An event instance occurs when the Layer 1 Reference Signal Received Power (L1-RSRP) of the RS in the set is greater than the L1-RSRP of the current beam RS by a threshold.

13. The BS according to claim 12, wherein: When one or more quality metrics corresponding to the current beam RS are included in the beam report, and when an event corresponding to an event instance occurs, the L1-RSRP of the current beam RS is quantized to a value of x0 bits with a step size y0 dB, referencing the maximum measured L1-RSRP in the beam report. The values ​​of x0 and y0 are fixed.

14. A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: Receive first information related to the event used to trigger beam reporting; Receive a set of one or more periodic reference signals (RS) for event assessment; Receive second information related to beam reporting; One or more quality metrics are obtained based on measurements of one or more periodic RS. The event is determined based on first information and one or more quality metrics; Based on the determination of the event and second information, a beam report indicating at least one of one or more quality metrics associated with the event is determined. as well as Send beam report.

15. A base station (BS), comprising: Send first information related to the event used to trigger beam reporting; Send a set of one or more periodic reference signals (RS) for event evaluation; Send a second message related to the beam report; as well as Receive beam reports after the event occurs. The beam report indicates at least one quality metric from one or more quality metrics associated with one or more periodic RSs. Among them, beam reporting is based on second information. The event occurs based on first information and one or more quality metrics, and One or more quality metrics are associated with the event.

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