Methods, devices and medium for communication
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- Application Number
- EP2023916831
- Authority / Receiving Office
- EP · EP
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2023-01-20
- Publication Date
- 2026-01-07
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Abstract
Description
METHODS, DEVICES AND MEDIUM FOR COMMUNICATION
[0001] FIELDS
[0002] Example embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to the field of communication techniques and in particular, to methods, devices, and medium for channel state information (CSI) .BACKGROUND
[0003] Several technologies have been proposed to improve communication performances. For example, multi-input multi-output (MIMO) has been proposed. MIMO includes features that facilitate utilization of a large number of antenna elements at base station for both sub-6GHz and over-6GHz frequency bands. In this situation, a plurality of antennas at a transmitter and / or receiver can be used to achieve array and diversity gain instead of capacity gain. In wireless communications, channel state information (CSI) is the known channel properties of a communication link. This information describes how a signal propagates from the transmitter to the receiver and represents the combined effect of, for example, scattering, fading, and power decay with distance. The method is called Channel estimation. The CSI makes it possible to adapt transmissions to current channel conditions, which is crucial for achieving reliable communication with high data rates in multi-antenna systems. Therefore, CSI enhancement is worth studying.
[0004] SUMMARY
[0005] In general, embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, devices and computer storage medium for channel state information.
[0006] In a first aspect, there is provided a terminal device. The terminal device comprises a processor that is configured to cause the terminal device to: receive, from a network device, at least one configuration for a channel state information (CSI) report; determine a number of non-zero coefficients with a set of bitmaps based on the at least one configuration for the CSI report, wherein the set of bitmaps comprises one bitmap or a plurality of bitmaps, wherein a pattern of the set of bitmaps is based on at least one of: whether a type of codebook is a first type of codebook or a second type of codebook, whether a mode of codebook structure is a first mode of codebook structure or a second mode of codebook structure, a number of first vectors, a number of second vectors, a number of third vectors, a value of a first codebook parameter, a number of layers, a number of non-zero coefficients, a threshold, or a number of subbands; and transmit, to the network device, the CSI report that comprises the set of bitmaps.
[0007] In a second aspect, there is provided a network device. The network device comprises a processor that is configured to cause the terminal device to: transmit, to a terminal device, at least one configuration for a channel state information (CSI) report, wherein a number of non-zero coefficients with a set of bitmaps is determined based on the at least one configuration for the CSI report; and receive, from the terminal device, the CSI report that comprises the set of bitmaps, wherein the set of bitmaps comprises one bitmap or a plurality of bitmaps, wherein a pattern of the set of bitmaps is based on at least one of: whether a type of codebook is a first type of codebook or a second type of codebook, whether a mode of codebook structure is a first mode of codebook structure or a second mode of codebook structure, a number of first vectors, a number of second vectors, a number of third vectors, a value of a first codebook parameter, a number of layers, a number of non-zero coefficients, a threshold, or a number of subbands.
[0008] In a third aspect, there is provided a communication method. The method comprises: receiving, at a terminal device and from a network device, at least one configuration for a channel state information (CSI) report; determining a number of non-zero coefficients with a set of bitmaps based on the at least one configuration for the CSI report, wherein the set of bitmaps comprises one bitmap or a plurality of bitmaps, and wherein a pattern of the set of bitmaps is based on at least one of: whether a type of codebook is a first type of codebook or a second type of codebook, whether a mode of codebook structure is a first mode of codebook structure or a second mode of codebook structure, a number of first vectors, a number of second vectors, a number of third vectors, a value of a first codebook parameter, a number of layers, a number of non-zero coefficients, a threshold, or a number of subbands; and transmitting, to the network device, the CSI report that comprises the set of bitmaps.
[0009] In a fourth aspect, there is provided a communication method. The method comprises: transmitting, at a network device and to a terminal device, at least one configuration for a channel state information (CSI) report, wherein a number of non-zero coefficients with a set of bitmaps is determined based on the at least one configuration for the CSI report; and receiving, from the terminal device, the CSI report that comprises the set of bitmaps, wherein the set of bitmaps comprises one bitmap or a plurality of bitmaps, and wherein a pattern of the set of bitmaps is based on at least one of: whether a type of codebook is a first type of codebook or a second type of codebook, whether a mode of codebook structure is a first mode of codebook structure or a second mode of codebook structure, a number of first vectors, a number of second vectors, a number of third vectors, a value of a first codebook parameter, a number of layers, a number of non-zero coefficients, a threshold, or a number of subbands.
[0010] In a fifth aspect, there is provided a computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when executed on at least one processor, causing the at least one processor to carry out the method according to the first, or second aspect.
[0011] Other features of the present disclosure will become easily comprehensible through the following description.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0012] Through the more detailed description of some example embodiments of the present disclosure in the accompanying drawings, the above and other objects, features and advantages of the present disclosure will become more apparent, wherein:
[0013] FIG. 1A shows different vectors (basis) in different domains for the transmission;
[0014] FIG. 1B illustrates an example communication environment in which example embodiments of the present disclosure can be implemented;
[0015] FIG. 2 illustrates a signaling flow of CSI report in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure;
[0016] FIG. 3 illustrates a flowchart of a method implemented at a terminal device according to some example embodiments of the present disclosure;
[0017] FIG. 4 illustrates a flowchart of a method implemented at a network device according to some example embodiments of the present disclosure; and
[0018] FIG. 5 illustrates a simplified block diagram of an apparatus that is suitable for implementing example embodiments of the present disclosure.
[0019] Throughout the drawings, the same or similar reference numerals represent the same or similar element.DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0020] Principle of the present disclosure will now be described with reference to some example embodiments. It is to be understood that these embodiments are described only for the purpose of illustration and help those skilled in the art to understand and implement the present disclosure, without suggesting any limitation as to the scope of the disclosure. Embodiments described herein can be implemented in various manners other than the ones described below.
[0021] In the following description and claims, unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skills in the art to which this disclosure belongs.
[0022] As used herein, the term ‘terminal device’ refers to any device having wireless or wired communication capabilities. Examples of the terminal device include, but not limited to, user equipment (UE) , personal computers, desktops, mobile phones, cellular phones, smart phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs) , portable computers, tablets, wearable devices, internet of things (IoT) devices, Ultra-reliable and Low Latency Communications (URLLC) devices, Internet of Everything (IoE) devices, machine type communication (MTC) devices, devices on vehicle for V2X communication where X means pedestrian, vehicle, or infrastructure / network, devices for Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) , Space borne vehicles or Air borne vehicles in Non-terrestrial networks (NTN) including Satellites and High Altitude Platforms (HAPs) encompassing Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) , eXtended Reality (XR) devices including different types of realities such as Augmented Reality (AR) , Mixed Reality (MR) and Virtual Reality (VR) , the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) commonly known as a drone which is an aircraft without any human pilot, devices on high speed train (HST) , or image capture devices such as digital cameras, sensors, gaming devices, music storage and playback appliances, or Internet appliances enabling wireless or wired Internet access and browsing and the like. The ‘terminal device’ can further has ‘multicast / broadcast’ feature, to support public safety and mission critical, V2X applications, transparent IPv4 / IPv6 multicast delivery, IPTV, smart TV, radio services, software delivery over wireless, group communications and IoT applications. It may also incorporate one or multiple Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) as known as Multi-SIM. The term “terminal device” can be used interchangeably with a UE, a mobile station, a subscriber station, a mobile terminal, a user terminal or a wireless device.
[0023] The term “network device” refers to a device which is capable of providing or hosting a cell or coverage where terminal devices can communicate. Examples of a network device include, but not limited to, a Node B (NodeB or NB) , an evolved NodeB (eNodeB or eNB) , a next generation NodeB (gNB) , a transmission reception point (TRP) , a remote radio unit (RRU) , a radio head (RH) , a remote radio head (RRH) , an IAB node, a low power node such as a femto node, a pico node, a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) , and the like.
[0024] The terminal device or the network device may have Artificial intelligence (AI) or Machine learning capability. It generally includes a model which has been trained from numerous collected data for a specific function and can be used to predict some information.
[0025] The terminal or the network device may work on several frequency ranges, e.g., FR1 (e.g., 450 MHz to 6000 MHz) , FR2 (e.g., 24.25GHz to 52.6GHz) , frequency band larger than 100 GHz as well as Tera Hertz (THz) . It can further work on licensed / unlicensed / shared spectrum. The terminal device may have more than one connection with the network devices under Multi-Radio Dual Connectivity (MR-DC) application scenario. The terminal device or the network device can work on full duplex, flexible duplex and cross division duplex modes.
[0026] The embodiments of the present disclosure may be performed in test equipment, e.g., signal generator, signal analyzer, spectrum analyzer, network analyzer, test terminal device, test network device, channel emulator. In some embodiments, the terminal device may be connected with a first network device and a second network device. One of the first network device and the second network device may be a master node and the other one may be a secondary node. The first network device and the second network device may use different radio access technologies (RATs) . In some embodiments, the first network device may be a first RAT device and the second network device may be a second RAT device. In some embodiments, the first RAT device is eNB and the second RAT device is gNB. Information related with different RATs may be transmitted to the terminal device from at least one of the first network device or the second network device. In some embodiments, first information may be transmitted to the terminal device from the first network device and second information may be transmitted to the terminal device from the second network device directly or via the first network device. In some embodiments, information related with configuration for the terminal device configured by the second network device may be transmitted from the second network device via the first network device. Information related with reconfiguration for the terminal device configured by the second network device may be transmitted to the terminal device from the second network device directly or via the first network device.
[0027] As used herein, the singular forms ‘a’ , ‘an’ and ‘the’ are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The term ‘includes’ and its variants are to be read as open terms that mean ‘includes, but is not limited to. ’ The term ‘based on’ is to be read as ‘at least in part based on. ’ The term ‘one embodiment’ and ‘an embodiment’ are to be read as ‘at least one embodiment. ’ The term ‘another embodiment’ is to be read as ‘at least one other embodiment. ’ The terms ‘first, ’ ‘second, ’ and the like may refer to different or same objects. Other definitions, explicit and implicit, may be included below.
[0028] In some examples, values, procedures, or apparatus are referred to as ‘best, ’ ‘lowest, ’ ‘highest, ’ ‘minimum, ’ ‘maximum, ’ or the like. It will be appreciated that such descriptions are intended to indicate that a selection among many used functional alternatives can be made, and such selections need not be better, smaller, higher, or otherwise preferable to other selections.
[0029] As used herein, the term “resource, ” “transmission resource, ” “uplink resource, ” or “downlink resource” may refer to any resource for performing a communication, such as a resource in time domain, a resource in frequency domain, a resource in space domain, a resource in code domain, or any other resource enabling a communication, and the like. In the following, unless explicitly stated, a resource in both frequency domain and time domain will be used as an example of a transmission resource for describing some example embodiments of the present disclosure. It is noted that example embodiments of the present disclosure are equally applicable to other resources in other domains. The term “Channel State Information (CSI) ” used herein may refer to channel properties of a communication link. CSI describes how a signal propagate from the transmitter to the receiver and represents the combined effect of, for example, scattering, fading, and power decay with distance. The term “CSI report” may refer to a report that indicate how good or bad the channel is.
[0030] As mentioned above, CSI enhancement is worth studying. According to some solutions, it needs to specify CSI reporting enhancement for high / medium UE velocities by exploiting time-domain correlation / Doppler-domain information to assist DL precoding, targeting FR1, as follows: Rel-16 / 17 Type-II codebook refinement, without modification to the spatial and frequency domain basis; UE reporting of time-domain channel properties measured via CSI-RS for tracking. According to some solutions, the enhancements of CSI acquisition for Coherent-joint transmission (CJT) targeting FR1 and up to 4 TRPs, assuming ideal backhaul and synchronization as well as the same number of antenna ports across TRPs, are specified as follows: Release (Rel) -16 / 17 Type-II codebook refinement for CJT mTRP targeting FDD and its associated CSI reporting, taking into account throughput-overhead trade-off; sounding reference signal (SRS) enhancement to manage inter-transmission reception point (TRP) cross-SRS interference targeting time domain division (TDD) CJT via SRS capacity enhancement and / or interference randomization, with the constraints that 1) without consuming additional resources for SRS; 2) reuse existing SRS comb structure; 3) without new SRS root sequences. It is noted that the maximum number of CSI-RS ports per resource remains the same as in Rel-17, i.e., 32.
[0031] According to some solutions, the enhancements of CSI for a high / medium velocity by exploiting time-domain (TD) correlation and / or doppler-domain (DD) information to assist downlink precoding, targeting frequency range 1 (FR 1) is specified, as follows: Release 16 / 17 type-II codebook refinement, without modification to the spatial domain (SD) basis and frequency domain (FD) basis and / or UE reporting of TD channel properties (TDCP) measured via CSI-reference signal (RS) for tracking.
[0032] It should be understood that although feature (s) / operation (s) are discussed in specific example embodiments separately, unless clearly indicated to the contrary, these feature (s) / operation (s) described in different example embodiments may be used in any suitable combination.
[0033] According to some solutions, for the second codebook configuration, there may be Q different bitmaps for indicating the location of the non-zero coefficients. For example, each bitmap may be a 2-dimensional bitmap. In some embodiments, q-th (e.g. q∈ {1, 2…Q} ) bitmap may correspond to q-th selected third vector for the CSI report. In some embodiments, (q+1) -th (e.g. q∈ {0, 1, …Q-1} ) bitmap may correspond to (q+1) -th selected third vector for the CSI report. For example, for each layer with index r, the location of non-zero coefficients corresponding to first vector with index i and / or corresponding to second vector index f may be different for different selected third vectors.
[0034] FIG. 1A shows different vectors (basis) in different domains for the transmission. For example, as shown in FIG. 1A, there may be spatial domain, frequency domain and doppler / time domain. The precoding matrix may be: n4= {0, 1, …N4-1} . In this case, W1 may represent spatial domain basis, Wf may represent frequency domain basis, and Wd may represent doppler / time domain basis, and may represent parameters or coefficients corresponding to the spatial domain basis and / or the frequency domain basis and / or the doppler / time domain basis.
[0035] However, it is not clear how parameters are combined for high / medium velocities. As the two of {first vector, second vector, third vector} pair may be sparse (e.g. FD / DD basis pair) , two-step bitmap (first bitmap and second bitmap) may be introduced to reduce the number of bits for indication of non-zero coefficients, while for different configurations or values of parameters, whether the basis pair is sparse or not may be different, so the pattern of bitmap may be based on the different configurations or values of parameters.
[0036] In order to solve at least part of the above problems, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a solution on channel state information. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal device receives at least one configuration for a CSI report. The terminal device determines a number of non-zero coefficients with a set of bitmaps based on the at least one configuration. The set of bitmaps includes a plurality of bitmaps or only one bitmap. The pattern of the set of bitmaps is based on one or more parameters. In this way, it can save signaling overheads.
[0037] Principles and implementations of the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the figures.
[0038] FIG. 1B illustrates a schematic diagram of an example communication environment 100 in which example embodiments of the present disclosure can be implemented. In the communication environment 100, a plurality of communication devices, including a terminal device 110 and a network device 120, can communicate with each other.
[0039] In the example of FIG. 1B, the terminal device 110 may be a UE and the network device 120 may be a base station serving the UE. The serving area of the network device 120 may be called a cell 102.
[0040] It is to be understood that the number of devices and their connections shown in FIG. 1B are only for the purpose of illustration without suggesting any limitation. The communication environment 100 may include any suitable number of devices configured to implementing example embodiments of the present disclosure. Although not shown, it would be appreciated that one or more additional devices may be located in the cell 102, and one or more additional cells may be deployed in the communication environment 100. It is noted that although illustrated as a network device, the network device 120 may be another device than a network device. Although illustrated as a terminal device, the terminal device 110 may be other device than a terminal device.
[0041] In the following, for the purpose of illustration, some example embodiments are described with the terminal device 110 operating as a UE and the network device 120 operating as a base station. However, in some example embodiments, operations described in connection with a terminal device may be implemented at a network device or other device, and operations described in connection with a network device may be implemented at a terminal device or other device.
[0042] In some example embodiments, if the terminal device 110 is a terminal device and the network device 120 is a network device, a link from the network device 120 to the terminal device 110 is referred to as a downlink (DL) , while a link from the terminal device 110 to the network device 120 is referred to as an uplink (UL) . In DL, the network device 120 is a transmitting (TX) device (or a transmitter) and the terminal device 110 is a receiving (RX) device (or a receiver) . In UL, the terminal device 110 is a TX device (or a transmitter) and the network device 120 is a RX device (or a receiver) .
[0043] The communications in the communication environment 100 may conform to any suitable standards including, but not limited to, Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) , Long Term Evolution (LTE) , LTE-Evolution, LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) , New Radio (NR) , Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) , Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) , GSM EDGE Radio Access Network (GERAN) , Machine Type Communication (MTC) and the like. The embodiments of the present disclosure may be performed according to any generation communication protocols either currently known or to be developed in the future. Examples of the communication protocols include, but not limited to, the first generation (1G) , the second generation (2G) , 2.5G, 2.75G, the third generation (3G) , the fourth generation (4G) , 4.5G, the fifth generation (5G) communication protocols, 5.5G, 5G-Advanced networks, or the sixth generation (6G) networks.
[0044] For example, the network device 120 may be configured with at least one of four TRPs / panels 130-1, 130-2, 130-3 and 130-4 (collectively referred to as TRPs 130 or individually referred to as TRP 130) . It is to be understood that the number of network devices, terminal devices and TRPs as shown in FIG. 1B is only for the purpose of illustration without suggesting any limitations to the present disclosure. The network 100 may include any suitable number of devices adapted for implementing embodiments of the present disclosure. The term “TRP” refers to an antenna array (with one or more antenna elements) available to the network device located at a specific geographical location. For example, a network device may be coupled with multiple TRPs in different geographical locations to achieve better coverage. It is to be understood that the TRP can also be referred to as a “panel” , which also refers to an antenna array (with one or more antenna elements) or a group of antennas.
[0045] It is to be understood that the number of devices and cells in FIG. 1B is given for the purpose of illustration without suggesting any limitations to the present disclosure. The communication network 100 may include any suitable number of network devices and / or terminal devices and / or cells adapted for implementing implementations of the present disclosure.
[0046] In some embodiments, the terminal device 110 and the network device 120 may communicate with each other via a channel such as a wireless communication channel on an air interface (e.g., Uu interface) . The wireless communication channel may comprise a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) , a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) , a physical random-access channel (PRACH) , a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) , a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) . Of course, any other suitable channels are also feasible.
[0047] As shown in FIG. 1B, the network device 120 may communicate with the terminal device 110 via at least one of the TRPs 130-1, 130-2, 130-3 and 130-4. In the following text, the TRP 130-1 may be also referred to as the first TRP, the TRP 130-2 may be also referred to as the second TRP, the TRP 130-3 may be also referred to as the third TRP and the TRP 130-4 may be also referred to as the fourth TRP. Each of the TRPs 130 may provide a plurality of beams for communication with the terminal device 110. It is noted that the number of TRPs shown in FIG. 1B is only an example not limitation.
[0048] In some embodiments, the first TRP and / or the second TRP and / or the third TRP and / or the fourth TRP may be explicitly associated with different higher-layer configured identities. For example, a higher-layer configured identity can be associated with a Control Resource Set (CORESET) , a reference signal (RS) , or a Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state, which is used to differentiate between transmissions between different TRPs 130 and the terminal device 110. When the terminal device 110 receives two DCIs in two CORESETs which are associated with different higher-layer configured identities, the two DCIs are indicated from different TRPs. Further, the first and second TRPs 130 may be implicitly identified by a dedicated configuration to the physical channels or signals. For example, a dedicated CORESET, a RS, and a TCI state, which are associated with a TRP, are used to identify a transmission from a different TRP to the terminal device 110. For example, when the terminal device 110 receives a DCI from a dedicated CORESET, the DCI is indicated from the associated TRP dedicated by the CORESET.
[0049] In some embodiments, before transmitting data (such as, via the TRP 130-1 and / or 130-2 and / or 130-3 and / or 130-4) to the terminal device 110, the network device 120 may transmit control information associated with the transmission of the data. For example, the control information can schedule a set of resources for the transmission of the data and indicate various transmission parameters related to the transmission of the data, such as, one or more TCI states, a Frequency Domain Resource Assignment (FDRA) , a Time Domain Resource Assignment (TDRA) which may include a slot offset and a start / length indicator value, a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) group, a Redundancy Version (RV) , as defined in the 3GPP specifications. It is to be understood that the transmission parameters indicated in the control information are not limited to the ones as listed above. Embodiments of the present disclosure may equally be applicable to control information including any transmission parameters.
[0050] In the context of the present application, the terms “TCI state” , “set of QCL parameter (s) ” , “QCL parameter (s) ” , “QCL assumption” and “QCL configuration” can be used interchangeably. The terms “TCI field” , “TCI state field” , and “transmission configuration indication” can be used interchangeably.
[0051] In the context of the present application, the terms “precoding matrix” , “precoding” , “beam” , “beamforming” , “vector” , “first vector” , “first basis” , “first basis vector” , “codebook” and “precoder” may be used interchangeably. The terms “vector” , “bases” and “basis” can be used interchangeably.
[0052] In the context of the present application, the terms “single TRP” , “single TCI state” , “single TCI” , “S-TCI” , “single CORESET” , “single control resource set pool” , “S-TRP” and “S-TCI state” can be used interchangeably.
[0053] In the context of the present application, the terms “multiple TRPs” , “multiple TCI states” , “multiple CORESETs” and “multiple control resource set pools” , “multi-TRP” , “multi-TCI state” , “multi-TCI” , “multi-CORESET” and “multi-control resource set pool” , “MTRP” and “M-TCI” , “M-TPR” can be used interchangeably.
[0054] In the context of the present application, the terms “pool” , “set” , “subset” , “group” , “unit” and “subgroup” can be used interchangeably.
[0055] In the context of the present application, the terms “index” , “indicator” , “indication” , “field” , “bit field” and “bitmap” can be used interchangeably. The terms “physical resource block” , “resource block” , “PRB” and “RB” can be used interchangeably. The terms “bit size” , “size of bits” , “number of bits” , “size of field” , “bitwidth” and “field size” can be used interchangeably.
[0056] In the context of the present application, the terms “first vector” , “a CSI-RS port” , “an antenna port” , “first beam” , “beam” , “first bases” , “first basis vector” , “spatial domain / SD basis vector” , “spatial domain / SD vectors” , “spatial domain / SD basis” , “spatial domain / SD bases” , “spatial domain / SD basis vectors corresponding to a TRP index” , “spatial domain / SD vectors corresponding to a TRP index” , “spatial domain / SD basis corresponding to a TRP index” , “spatial domain / SD bases corresponding to a TRP index” , “first basis corresponding to a TRP index” and “first basis” can be used interchangeably.
[0057] In the context of the present application, the terms “second vector” , “second basis” , “frequency domain / FD basis vector” , “frequency domain / FD vector” , “frequency domain / FD basis” , “frequency domain / FD bases” , “second bases” , “second vector corresponding to a TRP index” , “second bases corresponding to a TRP index” , “frequency domain / FD basis vectors corresponding to a TRP index” , “frequency domain / FD vectors corresponding to a TRP index” , “frequency domain / FD basis corresponding to a TRP index” , “frequency domain / FD bases corresponding to a TRP index” and “second basi s corresponding to a TRP index” can be used interchangeably.
[0058] In the context of the present application, the terms “third vector” , “third bases” , “doppler domain / DD basis vectors” , “doppler domain / DD vectors” , “doppler domain / DD basis” , “doppler domain / DD bases” , “third basis” , “third vector corresponding to a TRP index” , “third bases corresponding to a TRP index” , “doppler domain / DD basis vectors corresponding to a TRP index” , “doppler domain / DD vectors corresponding to a TRP index” , “doppler domain / DD basis corresponding to a TRP index” , “doppler domain / DD bases corresponding to a TRP index” , and “third basis corresponding to a TRP index” can be used interchangeably. In the context of the present application, the terms “doppler domain” , “time domain” , “TD” and “DD” can be used interchangeably.
[0059] In the context of the present application, the terms “a TRP” , “a TRP group” , “aCSI-RS resource” and “a group of CSI-RS ports” can be used interchangeably.
[0060] In the context of the present application, the terms “refinement” and “enhancement” can be used interchangeably. In the context of the present application, the terms “report” and “feedback” can be used interchangeably.
[0061] In the context of the present application, the terms “a first codebook configuration” , “” a first codebook” , “CSI enhancement for CJT” , “Coherent-joint transmission (CJT) ” , “Release (Rel) -16 / 17 Type-II codebook refinement for CJT mTRP” , “Release (Rel) -16 / 17 Type-II codebook refinement for CJT” , “Release (Rel) -16 Type-II codebook refinement for CJT” , “Release (Rel) -17 Type-II codebook refinement for CJT” , “Type-II codebook refinement for CJT mTRP” , “Type-II codebook refinement for CJT” , “CSI enhancement for CJT” , “” multi-TRP CJT” , “Rel-18 CJT codebook” , “” Rel-18 CJT” , “CJT codebook” , “CJT CSI” , “CSI for CJT” and “CJT CSI enhancement” can be used interchangeably.
[0062] In the context of the present application, the terms “a second codebook configuration” , “a second codebook” , “CSI enhancement for high / medium velocity” , “CSI enhancement for velocity” , “codebook enhancement for high / medium velocity” , “codebook enhancement for velocity” , “CSI for high / medium velocity” , “CSI for velocity” , “codebook for high / medium velocity” , “codebook for velocity” , “high / medium velocity” , “velocity” , “CSI feedback with third vector” , “CSI feedback with doppler domain basis” , “CSI feedback with doppler domain vector” , “codebook with third vector” , “codebook with doppler domain basis” , “codebook with doppler domain vector” , “Release (Rel) -16 / 17 Type-II codebook refinement for high / medium velocity” , “Release (Rel) -16 / 17 Type-II codebook refinement for velocity” , “Release (Rel) -16 Type-II codebook refinement for velocity” , “Release (Rel) -17 Type-II codebook refinement for velocity” , “Type-II codebook refinement for high / medium velocity” , “Type-II codebook refinement for high / medium velocity” , “CSI enhancement for high / medium velocity” , “Rel-18 high / medium velocity codebook” , “Rel-18 velocity codebook” , “velocity codebook” , “velocity CSI” , “CSI for velocity” , “velocity CSI enhancement” , “high / medium velocity codebook” , “high / medium velocity CSI” , “CSI for high / medium velocity” and “high / medium velocity CSI enhancement” can be used interchangeably.
[0063] In the context of the present application, the embodiments described for the first vector may be applied for the second vector and / or for the third vector and / or for the FD basis vector and / or for the SD basis vector and / or for the DD basis vector. In the context of the present application, the embodiments described for the second vector may be applied for the first vector and / or for the third vector and / or for the FD basis vector and / or for the SD basis vector and / or for the DD basis vector.
[0064] In the context of the present application, the terms “a TRP index” , “a TRP group index” , “a CSI-RS resource index” , “a group of CSI-RS port indexes” and “a group of CSI-RS ports index” can be used interchangeably.
[0065] In the context of the present application, the terms “element of indication field” , “parameter” and “indication” can be used interchangeably.
[0066] In the context of the present application, the terms “CSI report” , “CSI reporting” , “CSI report setting” , “CSI feedback” , “codebook” , “codebook configuration” , “codebookConfig” and “CSI” can be used interchangeably.
[0067] In the context of the present application, the terms “first type of codebook” , “codebook enhancement based on Rel-16 codebook” and “CSI enhancement based on Rel-16 codebook” can be used interchangeably. In the context of the present application, the terms “second type of codebook” , “codebook enhancement based on Rel-17 codebook” and “CSI enhancement based on Rel-17 codebook” can be used interchangeably.
[0068] In the context of the present application, the terms “first mode of codebook structure” , “codebook mode 1” , “codebook mode-1” , “first mode” , “mode 1” and “mode-1”can be used interchangeably. In the context of the present application, the terms “second mode of codebook structure” , “codebook mode 2” , “codebook mode-2” , “second mode” , “mode 2” and “mode-2” can be used interchangeably.
[0069] In the context of the present application, the terms “plurality of CSI-RS resources” and “NTRP CSI-RS resources” can be used interchangeably. In the context of the present application, the terms “second plurality of CSI-RS resources” and “N CSI-RS resources” can be used interchangeably. In the context of the present application, the terms “plurality of CSI-RS resources” , “second plurality of CSI-RS resources” , “ “selected CSI-RS resources” in the CSI report” and “selected CSI-RS resources” can be used interchangeably.
[0070] In addition to normal data communications, the network device 120 may send a RS to the terminal device 110 in a downlink. Similarly, the terminal device 110 may transmit a RS to the network device 120 in an uplink. Generally speaking, a RS is a signal sequence (also referred to as “RS sequence” ) that is known by both the network device 120 and the terminal devices 110. For example, a RS sequence may be generated and transmitted by the network device 120 based on a certain rule and the terminal device 110 may deduce the RS sequence based on the same rule. For another example, a RS sequence may be generated and transmitted by the terminal device 110 based on a certain rule and the network device 120 may deduce the RS sequence based on the same rule. Examp les of the RS may include but are not limited to downlink or uplink Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) , CSI-RS, Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) , Phase Tracking Reference Signal (PTRS) , Tracking Reference Signal (TRS) , fine time-frequency Tracking Reference Signal (TRS) , CSI-RS for tracking, Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) and so on.
[0071] In addition to normal data communications, the network device 120 may transmit DCI via a PDCCH to the terminal device 110. The DCI may indicate resource allocation for data transmission in a DL or UL. Concurrently, a DMRS associated with the PDCCH may also be transmitted from the network device 120 to the terminal device 110. The DMRS may be used by the terminal device 110 for channel demodulation. Then, the terminal device 110 may attempt to blindly decode the DCI in a PDCCH in a search space which is associated with a control resource set (CORESET) . As used herein, a “CORESET” and / or a search space refers to a set of resource element groups (REGs) within which the terminal device 110 attempts to blindly decode the DCI. A search space indicating the start time and a periodicity for monitoring a PDCCH in the CORESET may be indicated to the terminal device 110. In response to decoding the DCI successfully, the terminal device 110 may perform the UL and / or DL data transmission (for example, data transmission via PDSCH and / or Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) ) with the network device 120 accordingly.
[0072] The network device 120 may communicate data and control information to the terminal device 110 via a plurality of beams (also referred to as “DL beams” ) . The terminal device 110 may also communicate data and control information to the network device 120 via a plurality of beams (also referred to as “UL beams” ) . In 3GPP specifications for new radio (NR) , a beam is also defined and indicated by parameters of a transmission configuration indicator.
[0073] In some embodiments, for the CSI report described according to some embodiments in this disclosure, there may be a first type of codebook and a second type of codebook. In some embodiments, for the first type of codebook, the enhancements may be based on Rel-16 codebook or based on enhanced Type II codebook. In some embodiments, for the second type of codebook, the enhancements may be based on Rel-17 port selection codebook or based on further enhanced Type II port selection codebook. In some embodiments, the terminal device 110 may be configured with at least one of the first type of codebook and the second type of codebook, for example, through RRC signalling.
[0074] In addition, in the following description, some interactions are performed among the terminal device 110 and the network device 120 (such as, exchanging configuration (s) and so on) . It is to be understood that the interactions may be implemented either in one single signaling / message / configuration or multiple signaling / messages / configurations, including system information, radio resource control (RRC) message, downlink control information (DCI) message, uplink control information (UCI) message, media access control (MAC) control element (CE) and so on. The present disclosure is not limited in this regard.
[0075] In some embodiments, the terminal device may be configured with at least one of a first codebook configuration and a second codebook configuration for one CSI report. In some embodiments, the terminal device may be configured with at least one of a first type of codebook and a second type of codebook for one CSI report. In some embodiments, the terminal device may be configured with at least one of a first type of codebook and a second type of codebook for the first codebook configuration for the CSI report. In some embodiments, the terminal device may be configured with at least one of a first type of codebook and a second type of codebook for the second codebook configuration for the CSI report, for example, through RRC signalling. In some embodiments, for the first type of codebook, the enhancements may be based on Rel-16 codebook or based on enhanced Type II codebook. In some embodiments, for the second type of codebook, the enhancements may be based on Rel-17 port selection codebook or based on further enhanced Type II port selection codebook.
[0076] In some embodiments, the terminal device 110 may be configured with at least one of a first mode of codebook structure and a second mode of codebook structure for the CSI report. In some embodiments, the terminal device 110 may be configured with at least one of the first mode of codebook structure and the second mode of codebook structure for the CSI report. For example, for the first codebook configuration for the CSI report, for example, through RRC signalling.
[0077] In some embodiments, the terminal device 110 may be configured with the first type of codebook and the first mode of codebook structure and / or the first codebook configuration for the CSI report. In some embodiments, the terminal device 110 may be configured with the first type of codebook and the second mode of codebook structure and / or the first codebook configuration for the CSI report. In some embodiments, the terminal device 110 may be configured with the second type of codebook and the first mode of codebook structure and / or the first codebook configuration for the CSI report. In some embodiments, the terminal device 110 may be configured with the second type of codebook and the second mode of codebook structure and / or the first codebook configuration for the CSI report, for example, through RRC signalling.
[0078] In some embodiments, the terminal device 110 may be configured with the first type of codebook and / or the second codebook configuration for the CSI report. In some embodiments, the terminal device 110 may be configured with the second type of codebook and / or the second codebook configuration for the CSI report, for example, through RRC signalling.
[0079] In some embodiments, the terminal device 110 may receive, from the network device, at least one configuration for one CSI report, where the at least one configuration may include at least one of: a plurality of CSI-RS resources for channel measurement for the CSI report, a set of combinations of values for first vector for the CSI report (For example, for the first codebook configuration. For example, the set of combinations of values for first vector may be represented as {Lt} with 1≤t≤N or 1≤t≤NTRP. (For example, for the first type of codebook) . For another example, the set of combinations of values for first vector may be represented as {αt} with 1≤t≤N or 1≤t≤NTRP. (For example, for the second type of codebook) . For example, t may be a positive integer. ) , a value for first vector for the CSI report (For example, for the second codebook configuration. For example, the value for first vector may be represented as L (For example, for the first type of codebook) . For another example, the value for first vector may be represented as {α} (For example, for the second type of codebook) ) , at least one value for second vector (e.g. represented as Mυ or represented as M) for the CSI report, at least one value for a first parameter (e.g. represented as β) for the CSI report, at least one parameter for antenna port configuration (e.g. a first parameter for antenna port configuration N1 and a second parameter for antenna port configuration N2) , a type of codebook (For example, the first type of codebook and / or the second type of codebook) , a codebook configuration (For example, the first codebook configuration and / or the second codebook configuration) , a mode of codebook structure (For example, the first mode of codebook structure and / or the second mode of codebook structure) , at least one parameter for codebook, a total number of precoding matrices in the CSI report (e.g. represented as N3) , the number of a plurality of third vectors (e.g. represented as Md) , at least one value for a second parameter for codebook (e.g. represented as pv) , a third parameter for codebook (e.g. represented as R) , the number of a plurality of time units (e.g. represented as N4) , the number of slots of one time unit (e.g. represented as Tu or Ti) , and a size of one time unit (e.g. represented as Tu or Ti) and a fourth parameter for codebook (e.g. represented as Nf) . In some embodiments, the fourth parameter for codebook Nf may be configured when the terminal device 110 is configured with second type of codebook. In some embodiments, the fourth parameter for codebook Nf may be a size of window for second vectors. In some embodiments, the value of Nf may be at least one of {1, 2, 4} or {2, 4} .
[0080] In some embodiments, the terminal device 110 may receive, from the network device, at least one configuration indicating the number of physical resource blocks (PRBs) in a bandwidth part (BWP) , the number of a plurality of subbands, a size of one subband, the number of PRBs of one subband, the number of a plurality of time units (e.g. represented as N4) , the number of slots of one time unit (e.g. represented as Tu or Ti) , and a size of one time unit (e.g. represented as Tu or Ti) . For example, through RRC signalling.
[0081] In some embodiments, N4 may be a positive integer. In some embodiments, N4 may be at least one of {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 16, 32} or at least one of {1, 2, 4, 8} . In some embodiments, 1≤N4≤32. In some embodiments, Tu may be a positive integer. In some embodiments, Tu may be at least one of {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 32} . In some embodiments, 1≤Tu≤32 or 1≤Tu≤16.
[0082] In some embodiments, the terminal device 110 may be configured with a plurality of CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, the at least one configuration for the CSI report may comprise or indicate the plurality of CSI-RS resources for channel measurement for the CSI report.
[0083] In some embodiments, the number of a plurality of third vectors Q for the CSI report may be at least one of {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8} . In some embodiments, Q may be a positive integer. In some embodiments, 1≤Q≤8 or 2≤Q≤8 or 2≤Q≤4 or Q=2. In some embodiments, the index for the Q third vectors may be q. In some embodiments, q may be a non-negative integer or a positive integer. In some embodiments, 1≤q≤Q or In some embodiments, 0≤q≤Q-1.
[0084] In some embodiments, the terminal device may be configured with the first codebook configuration. In some embodiments, the plurality of CSI-RS resources may comprise NTRP CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, the plurality of CSI-RS resources may be the NTRP CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, the number of CSI-RS resources in the plurality of CSI-RS resources may be NTRP. In some embodiments, NTRP may be a positive integer, and 1≤NTRP≤8 or 1≤NTRP≤4 or 2≤NTRP≤4. In some embodiments, NTRP may be at least one of {1, 2, 3, 4} or at least one of {2, 3, 4} .
[0085] In some embodiments, the terminal device 110 may indicate or select or determine or report a second plurality of CSI-RS resources based on the plurality of CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may be same as the plurality of CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may be a subset of the plurality of CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may comprise N CSI-RS resource. In some embodiments, the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may be N CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, the number of CSI-RS resources in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may be N. In some embodiments, N may be a positive integer, and 1≤N≤NTRP. In some embodiments, N may be at least one of {1, 2, 3, 4} or at least one of {2, 3, 4} . In some embodiments, N may be less than or equal to NTRP.
[0086] In some embodiments, for the first codebook configuration, the terminal device may be configured with NTRP CSI-RS resources for channel measurement for one CSI report. In some embodiments, NTRP may be a positive integer. In some embodiments, NTRP may be at least one of {1, 2, 3, 4} or {2, 3, 4} . In some embodiments, the terminal device may be configured based on at least one configuration to determine or select or report N CSI-RS resources from the NTRP CSI-RS resources for channel measurement for one CSI report. In some embodiments, the selection of N CSI-RS resources may be performed by the terminal device. In some embodiments, the selection of N CSI-RS resource may be reported as a part of the one CSI report. In some embodiments, N may be a positive integer. In some embodiments, N may be in a range from 1 to NTRP. In some embodiments, 1<=N<= NTRP. In some embodiments, N may be at least one of {1} or {1, 2} or {1, 2, 3} or {1, 2, 3, 4} . In some embodiments, N may represent the number of cooperating CSI-RS resources for the CSI report. In some embodiments, NTRP is the maximum number of cooperating CSI-RS resources configured by the network device via higher-layer signaling. In some embodiments, the selection of N out of NTRP CSI-RS resources may be reported via NTRP-bit bitmap in CSI part 1. In some embodiments, a restricted configuration (for example, configured by the network device via higher-layer signaling) may indicate N= NTRP is supposed. For example, NTRP-bit bitmap may not be reported when the restriction or the restricted configuration is configured.
[0087] In some embodiments, each CSI-RS resource in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may be represented as a CSI-RS with index t. In some embodiments, t may be a non-negative integer. For example, 0≤t≤NTRP-1 or 0≤t≤N-1. In some embodiments, t may be a positive integer. For example, 1≤t≤NTRP or 1≤t≤N. In some embodiments, the first CSI-RS resource in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may be represented as CSI-RS resource with index t=1. In some embodiments, the second CSI-RS resource in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may be represented as CSI-RS resource with index t=2. In some embodiments, the third CSI-RS resource in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may be represented as CSI-RS resource with index t=3. In some embodiments, the fourth CSI-RS resource in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may be represented as CSI-RS resource with index t=4.
[0088] In some embodiments, the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may be indicated or reported based on a bitmap in the CSI report. In some embodiments, the number of bits in the bitmap may be NTRP. In some embodiments, a bit in the bitmap may be represented as bt, and the value of bt may be either 0 or 1. In some embodiments, the bit bt in the bitmap may indicate whether the corresponding CSI-RS resource with index t in the plurality of CSI-RS resources selected or not. In some embodiments, the bit bt in the bitmap may indicate whether the corresponding CSI-RS resource with index t in the plurality of CSI-RS resources included or selected in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources or not. In some embodiments, the bitmap may be represented as {bt} , where 1≤t≤NTRP or 0≤t≤NTRP-1. In some embodiments, a CSI-RS resource with index t in the plurality of CSI-RS resources corresponding to a bit value bt is selected or is included in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources if the value bt=1. In some embodiments, at least one bit in the bitmap may be with value 1.
[0089] In some embodiments, there may be a reference CSI-RS resource in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, the reference CSI-RS resource may be a CSI-RS resource corresponding to a strongest coefficient indication or a strongest amplitude coefficient or an indication in the bitmap for non-zero coefficients indication in the CSI report. In some embodiments, the strongest amplitude coefficient or the strongest coefficient indication may be indicated or reported in a field in the CSI report. In some embodiments, the reference CSI-RS resource may be the first one of CSI-RS resource or the last one of CSI-RS resource or the latest one of CSI-RS resource in time in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or the second plurality of CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, the reference CSI-RS resource may be with index tref. In some embodiments, tref may be a positive integer. For example, 1≤tref≤NTRP or 1≤tref≤N. In some embodiments, tref may be a non-negative integer. For example, 0≤tref≤NTRP-1 or 0≤tref≤N-1.
[0090] In some embodiments, the CSI report may comprise at least one of: a rank indicator (or indication of a number of layers) , at least one wideband channel quality indicator (CQI) (For example, each one of the at least one wideband CQI may correspond to at least one time unit) , at least one subband differential CQI corresponding to one subband with index Ssub, and indication of a number of nonzero coefficients. In some embodiments, the at least one codebook indicator may comprise at least one of: indication of at least one first vector (For example, each one of the at least one first vector may correspond to the CSI report or correspond to a CSI-RS resource with index t for the CSI report) , indication of rotation of the at least one first vector (For example, each one of the at least one rotation of the at least one first vector may correspond to the CSI report or correspond to a CSI-RS resource with index t for the CSI report) , indication of at least one second vector (For example, each one of the at least one second vector may correspond to the CSI report or correspond to a CSI-RS resource with index t for the CSI report) , indication of at least one third vector, indicator of at least one strongest coefficient for the CSI report (For example, each one of the at least one strongest coefficient may correspond to a layer with index r) , indication of at least one first amplitude coefficient, indication of at least one second amplitude coefficient, indication of at least one phase coefficient, indication of a number of nonzero coefficients, indication of at least one bitmap for indicating nonzero coefficients, and indication of the bitmap for the second plurality of CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, the at least one codebook indicator may be based on the number of layers or the Rank indicator. In some embodiments, the bitmap for indicating nonzero coefficients may indicate location of non-zero coefficients corresponding to first vector with index i and / or corresponding to second vector index f and / or corresponding to second vector index q and / or corresponding to layer with r.
[0091] In some embodiments, the terminal device 110 may transmit the CSI report to the network device 120 based on the at least one configuration for the CSI report.
[0092] In some embodiments, Ssub may be a non-negative integer. For example, 0≤Ssub≤18 or 0≤Ssub≤17.
[0093] In some embodiments, the terminal device 110 may determine or report a number of layers and at least one codebook indicator based on the at least one configuration to the network device. In some embodiments, the number of layers (e.g. represented as v) may be one of {1, 2} or {1, 2, 3, 4} or {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8} . In some embodiments, there may be a plurality of layers, and each layer may be with an index, where the index of a layer may be represented as r, r may be non-negative integer. For example, 1≤r≤v. For example, r may be one of {1, 2, …v} or {1, 2} or {1, 2, 3, 4} or {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8} .
[0094] In some embodiments, the terminal device 110 may determine or report or indicate an indication of a strongest coefficient corresponding to a layer with index r (r∈ {1, 2, …v} ) . In some embodiments, the field size or the number of bits for the indication of the strongest coefficient corresponding to the layer with index r may be For example, phase rotation or second vector remapping may be applied. In some embodiments, the field size or the number of bits for the indication of the strongest coefficient corresponding to the layer with index r may be or In some embodiments, the field size or the number of bits for the indication of the strongest coefficient may be if the number of layers is 1 (e.g. v=1) . In some embodiments, the field size or the number of bits for the indication of the strongest coefficient may be or if the number of layers is larger than 1 (e.g. v>1 or 1<v≤4) . In some embodiments, the indication of the strongest coefficient may indicate or correspond to v values or indexes. In some embodiments, the vsc-th value or the vsc-th index of the indication of strongest coefficient may correspond to the strongest coefficient corresponding to the layer with index r=vsc. For example, vsc may be positive integer. For example, vsc∈ {1, 2, 3, 4} or vsc∈ {1, 2, …v} . For example, the first value or the first index to the last value or the last index of the indication of strongest coefficient may correspond to the strongest coefficient corresponding to the layer with index r=1 to r=v in order, respectively. For example, phase rotation or second vector remapping may not be applied. For another example, the first codebook configuration may be configured to the terminal device 110.
[0095] In some embodiments, the terminal device 110 may determine or report or indicate an indication of a strongest coefficient corresponding to a layer with index r (r∈ {1, 2, …v} ) . In some embodiments, the field size or the number of bits for the indication of the strongest coefficient corresponding to the layer with index r may be For example, phase rotation or second vector remapping may be applied. In some embodiments, the field size or the number of bits for the indication of the strongest coefficient corresponding to the layer with index r may be or In some embodiments, the field size or the number of bits for the indication of the strongest coefficient may be if the number of layers is 1 (e.g. v=1) . In some embodiments, the field size or the number of bits for the indication of the strongest coefficient may be or if the number of layers is larger than 1 (e.g. v>1 or 1<v≤4) . In some embodiments, the indication of the strongest coefficient may indicate or correspond to v values or indexes. In some embodiments, the vsc-th value or the vsc-th index of the indication of strongest coefficient may correspond to the strongest coefficient corresponding to the layer with index r=vsc. For example, vsc may be positive integer. For example, vsc∈ {1, 2, 3, 4} or vsc∈ {1, 2, …v} . For example, the first value or the first index to the last value or the last index of the indication of strongest coefficient may correspond to the strongest coefficient corresponding to the layer with index r=1 to r=v in order, respectively. For example, phase rotation or second vector remapping may not be applied. For another example, the second codebook configuration may be configured to the terminal device 110.
[0096] In some embodiments, one coefficient or one bit may correspond to a first index i or it or i+L or it+Lt and correspond to a second vector with index f or index ft and / or correspond to a third vector with index q and / or correspond to a CSI-RS resource with index t and / or correspond to a layer with index r. In some embodiments, the one coefficient or the bit may be at least one of one first amplitude coefficient, one second amplitude coefficient, one phase coefficient, one strongest coefficient and one bit in the bitmap for indicating nonzero coefficients. In some embodiments, the one coefficient or the one bit corresponding to first index i or it or i+L or it+Lt may correspond to the first vector with index i or it.
[0097] In some embodiments, i or it or iSCI may be a non-negative integer. In some embodiments, i or it or In some embodiments, i or it or iSCI ∈ {0, 1, …2Lt-1} . In some embodiments, i or it or iSCI ∈ {0, 1, …2L-1} . In some embodiments, i or it or In some embodiments, i or it or iSCI ∈ {0, 1, …Lt-1} . In some embodiments, i or it or iSCI ∈ {0, 1, …L-1} .
[0098] In some embodiments, Lt may be the number of first vectors corresponding to the CSI-RS resource with index t. In some embodiments, L may be the number of first vectors corresponding to one CSI-RS resource in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources or corresponding to the CSI report. In some embodiments, may be the number of first vectors corresponding to the reference CSI-RS resource (e.g. CSI-RS resource with index tref) .
[0099] In some embodiments, the one coefficient or the one bit corresponding to the first index iat or ia may correspond to the first vector with index iat or ia and / or correspond to the CSI-RS with index t. In some embodiments, the one coefficient or the one bit corresponding to index iat or ia may correspond or may be comprised in the first group of coefficients. In some embodiments, the one coefficient or the one bit corresponding to the first index ict or ic or ia+L or iat+Lt or may correspond to the first vector with index iat or ia. In some embodiments, the one coefficient or the one bit corresponding to index ict or ic or ia+L or iat+Lt or may correspond or may be comprised in the second group of coefficients. In some embodiments, or iat∈ {0, 1, …Lt-1} or ia∈ {0, 1, …L-1} . In some embodiments, ict or ic may be ia+L or iat+Lt or
[0100] In some embodiments, i or it or In some embodiments, i or it or In some embodiments, the one coefficient or the one bit corresponding to the first index ia1 ∈ {0, 1, …2L1-1} may correspond to the first vector with index ia1 if ia1≤L1-1 and may correspond to the first vector with index ia1-L1 if L1≤ia1≤2L1-1 and / or may correspond to the CSI-RS resource with index t=1. In some embodiments, the one coefficient or the one bit corresponding to the first index ia2 ∈ {2L1, 2L1+1, …2L2+2L1-1} may correspond to the first vector with index ia2-L1 if 2L1≤ia2≤2L1+L2-1 and may correspond to the first vector with index ia2-L1-L2 if 2L1+L2≤ia2≤2L2+2L1-1 and / or may correspond to the CSI-RS resource with index t=2. In some embodiments, the one coefficient or the one bit corresponding to the first index ia3∈ {2L2+2L1, 2L2+2L1+1, …2L3+2L2+2L1-1} may correspond to the first vector with index ia3-L1-L2 if 2L2+2L1≤ia3≤2L2+2L1+L3-1 and may correspond to the first vector with index ia3-L1-L2-L3 if 2L2+2L1+L3≤ia3≤2L2+2L1+2L3-1 and / or may correspond to the CSI-RS resource with index t=3. In some embodiments, the one coefficient or the one bit corresponding to the first index ia3∈ {2L3+2L2+2L1, 2L3+2L2+2L1+1, …2L4+2L3+2L2+2L1-1} may correspond to the first vector with index ia4-L1-L2-L3 if 2L3+2L2+2L1≤ia4≤2L3+2L2+2L1+L4-1 and may correspond to the first vector with index ia4-L1-L2-L3-L4 if 2L2+2L1+2L3+L4≤ia4≤2L2+2L1+2L3+2L4-1 and / or may correspond to the CSI-RS resource with index t=4.
[0101] In some embodiments, the one coefficient or the one bit corresponding to the first index {0, 1, …L1-1} and / or may correspond to the first vector with index {0, 1, …L1-1} , respectively, and / or may correspond to the CSI-RS resource with index t=1. In some embodiments, the one coefficient or the one bit corresponding to the first index {L1, L1+1, …L2+L1-1} and / or may correspond to the first vector with index {L1, L1+1, …L2+L1-1} , respectively, and / or may correspond to the CSI-RS resource with index t=2. In some embodiments, the one coefficient or the one bit corresponding to the first index {L2+L1, L2+L1+1, …L3+L2+L1-1 } and / or may correspond to the first vector with index L2+L1, L2+L1+1, …L3+L2+L1-1} , respectively, and / or may correspond to the CSI-RS resource with index t=3. In some embodiments, the one coefficient or the one bit corresponding to the first index {L3+L2+L1, L3+L2+L1+1, …L4+L3+L2+L1-1} and / or may correspond to the first vector with index {L3+L2+L1, L3+L2+L1+1, …L4+L3+L2+L1-1} , respectively, and / or may correspond to the CSI-RS resource with index t=4.
[0102] In some embodiments, the one coefficient or the one bit corresponding to the first index of ib may correspond to the first vector with index ib. In some embodiments, the one coefficient or the one bit corresponding to index ib may correspond or may be comprised in the first group of coefficients. In some embodiments, In some embodiments, ib may be within range {0, 1, …L1-1} (e.g. ib1) and / or range {2L1, 2L1+1, …L2+2L1-1} (e.g. ib2) and / or range {2L2+2L1, 2L2+2L1+1, …L3+2L2+2L1-1} (e.g. ib3) and / or range {2L3+2L2+2L1, 2L3+2L2+2L1+1, …L4+2L3+2L2+2L1-1} (e.g. ib4) . In some embodiments, the one coefficient or the one bit corresponding to index id or may correspond or may be comprised in the second group of coefficients. In some embodiments, the one coefficient or the one bit corresponding to index (e.g. id) within range {L1, L1+1, …2L1-1} (e.g. id1) and / or range {L2+2L1, L2+2L1+1, …2L2+2L1-1} (e.g. id2) and / or range {L3+2L2+2L1, L3+2L2+2L1+1, …2L3+2L2+2L1-1} (e.g. id3) and / or range {L4+2L3+2L2+2L1, L4+2L3+2L2+2L1+1, …2L4+2L3+2L2+2L1-1} (e.g. id4) may correspond or may be comprised in the second group of coefficients. In some embodiments, ibt may correspond to a range as described, where t∈ {1, 2, 3, 4} . In some embodiments, idt may correspond to a range as described, where t∈ {1, 2, 3, 4} .
[0103] In some embodiments, f or ft or fSCI may be a non-negative integer. In some embodiments, f or ft or fSCI ∈ {0, 1, …Mv-1} . In some embodiments, f or ft or fSCI ∈ {0, 1, …N·Mv-1} or ∈ {0, 1, …NTRP·Mv-1} . In some embodiments, for the second vector with index within range of {0, 1, …Mv-1} , the second vector may be corresponding to the CSI-RS resource with index t=1. In some embodiments, for the second vector with index within range of {Mv, Mv+1, …2Mv-1} , the second vector may be corresponding to the CSI-RS resource with index t=2. In some embodiments, for the second vector with index within range of {2Mv, 2Mv+1, …3Mv-1} , the second vector may be corresponding to the CSI-RS resource with index t=3. In some embodiments, for the second vector with index within range of {3Mv, 3Mv+1, …4Mv-1} , the second vector may be corresponding to the CSI-RS resource with index t=4.
[0104] In some embodiments, the strongest coefficient or the indication of the strongest coefficient may correspond to a first index iSCI (For example, the first index iSCI may correspond to a first vector with index iSCI or iSCI-L or iSCI-Lt) and correspond to a second vector with index fSCI and / or correspond to a CSI-RS resource with index tref and / or correspond to a layer with index r. In some embodiments, iSCI may be a non-negative integer. In some embodiments, In some embodiments, may be the number of first vectors corresponding to the reference CSI-RS resource (e.g., CSI-RS resource with index tref) . In some embodiments, the value of fSCI may be 0. For example, phase rotation or second vector remapping may be applied. For example, the first codebook configuration may be configured to the terminal device 110.
[0105] In some embodiments, the strongest coefficient or the indication of the strongest coefficient may correspond to a first index iSCI (For example, the first index iSCI may correspond to a first vector with index iSCI or iSCI-L or iSCI-Lt) and correspond to a second vector with index fSCI and correspond to a third vector with index qSCI and / or correspond to a layer with index r. In some embodiments, iSCI may be a non-negative integer. In some embodiments, iSCI∈ {0, 1, …2L-1} . In some embodiments, L may be the number of first vectors for the CSI report. In some embodiments, L may be at least one of {2, 4, 6} . In some embodiments, fSCI may be a non-negative integer. For example, fSCI∈ {0, 1, …Mv-1} . In some embodiments, the value of fSCI may be 0. For example, phase rotation or second vector remapping may be applied. In some embodiments, qSCI may be a non-negative integer. In some embodiments, qSCI∈ {0, 1, …Q-1} . In some embodiments, qSCI∈ {1, 2, …Q} . In some embodiments, the value of qSCI may be 0. For example, phase rotation or third vector remapping may be applied. For example, the second codebook configuration may be configured to the terminal device 110.
[0106] In some embodiments, there may be two groups of coefficients, where one group of coefficients may comprise at least one of: at least one first amplitude coefficient, at least one second amplitude coefficient, at least one phase coefficient and at least one bit (or a subset of bits) in the bitmap for non-zero coefficients indication. In some embodiments, the two groups of coefficients may comprise a first group of coefficients and a second group of coefficients. In some embodiments, one group of coefficients may be with index s or index st. In some embodiments, the value of s or st may be 0 or 1. In some embodiments, the first group of coefficients may be the group of coefficients with index s=0 or st=0. In some embodiments, the second group of coefficients may be the group of coefficients with index s=1 or st=1. In some embodiments, the group of coefficients with index st may correspond to the CSI-RS resource with index t. For example, s or st may be for two polarizations. In some embodiments, s or st may be for different groups of first vectors. In some embodiments, the first polarization may be with s=0 or st=0. In some embodiments, the second polarization may be with s=1 or st=1.
[0107] In some embodiments, the number of at least one first amplitude coefficient corresponding to one layer with index r in the CSI report may be 2 or 1 or 2·NTRP or 2·NTRP-1 or 2·N or 2·N-1. In some embodiments, one of the at least one first amplitude coefficient may be fixed as 1. For example, no need to be reported in the CSI report. In some embodiments, one first amplitude coefficient may correspond to one layer with index r and correspond to one group of coefficients with index s or / and correspond to one CSI CSI-RS resource with index t. In some embodiments, one first amplitude coefficient may be represented as or or or or or In some embodiments, or or or may be the first amplitude coefficient corresponding to layer with index r and corresponding to the CSI-RS resource with index t and / or corresponding to the group of coefficients with index s or st or In some embodiments, or may be the first amplitude coefficient corresponding to layer with index r and / or corresponding to the group of first amplitude coefficients with index S or In some embodiments, or or In some embodiments, i may be replaced with it or ia or ib or iSCI. In some embodiments, Lt may be replaced with or L.
[0108] In some embodiments, if the first group of coefficients comprises or correspond to a first index with value iSCI, the first amplitude coefficient corresponding to the first group of coefficients may be fixed as 1. For example, no need of report in the CSI report. In some embodiments, if or or or if iSCI is within range of ia or within range or ib or within range {0, 1, …L1-1} and / or range {2L1, 2L1+1, …L2+2L1-1} and / or range {2L2+2L1, 2L2+2L1+1, …L3+2L2+2L1-1} and / or range {2L3+2L2+2L1, 2L3+2L2+2L1+1, …L4+2L3+2L2+2L1-1} , the first amplitude coefficient corresponding to the first group of coefficients may be fixed as 1. For example, or may be fixed as 1. For another example, the value of or may be reported. In some embodiments, if the second group of coefficients comprises or correspond to a first index with value iSCI, the first amplitude coefficient corresponding to the second group of coefficients may be fixed as 1. For example, no need of report in the CSI report. In some embodiments, if or or or if iSCI is within range of ic or within range or id or within range {L1, L1+1, …2L1-1} and / or range {L2+2L1, L2+2L1+1, …2L2+2L1-1} and / or range {L3+2L2+2L1, L3+2L2+2L1+1, …2L3+2L2+2L1-1} and / or range {L4+2L3+2L2+2L1, L4+2L3+2L2+2L1+1, …2L4+2L3+2L2+2L1-1} , the first amplitude coefficient corresponding to the second group of coefficients may be fixed as 1. For example, or may be fixed as 1. For another example, the value of or may be reported.
[0109] In some embodiments, L may be the number of first vectors for the CSI report. In some embodiments, Lt may be the number of first vectors corresponding to the CSI-RS resource with index t. In some embodiments, Lt or L may be a positive integer or a non-negative integer. In some embodiments, 0≤Lt≤6 or 0≤L≤6. In some embodiments, Lt or L may be at least one of {0, 2, 4, 6} or at least one of {2, 4, 6} . In some embodiments, Lt or L may be the value corresponding to the selected one of the set of combinations of values for first vector and / or corresponding to the CSI-RS resource with index t.
[0110] In some embodiments, L may be the number of first vectors for the CSI report. In some embodiments, Lt may be the number of first vectors corresponding to the CSI-RS resource with index t. In some embodiments, Lt=K1, t / 2 or L=K1 / 2. In some embodiments, K1, t may be the number of ports selected from P ports corresponding to the CSI-RS resource with index t. In some embodiments, K1 may be the number of ports selected from P ports corresponding to at least one CSI-RS resource in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, K1, t=αt*P. In some embodiments, K1=α*P. In some embodiments, αt or α may be at least one of {0, 1 / 2, 3 / 4, 1} or at least one of {1 / 2, 3 / 4, 1} . In some embodiments, αt may be the value corresponding to the selected one of the set of combinations of values for first vector and / or corresponding to the CSI-RS resource with index t. For example, configured for the second type of codebook. In some embodiments, Lt or L may be a positive integer or a non-negative integer. In some embodiments, 0≤Lt≤16 or 0≤L≤16. In some embodiments, 1≤Lt≤16 or 1≤L≤16. For example, the terminal device 110 may be configured with the second type of codebook.
[0111] In some embodiments, K1, t ports may be selected from P ports corresponding to the CSI-RS resource with index t based on Lt first vectors In some embodiments, i=0, 1, …Lt-1. In some embodiments, In some embodiments, In some embodiments, the first vectors may be indicated based on an index i1, 2, and In some embodiments, K1 ports may be selected from P ports corresponding to at least one CSI-RS resource in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources based on L first vectors In some embodiments, i=0, 1, …L-1. In some embodiments, m= [m (0) …m (L-1) ] . In some embodiments, In some embodiments, the first vectors may be indicated based on an index i1, 2, and
[0112] In some embodiments, or or or or or may be second amplitude coefficient corresponding to the layer with index r and corresponding to a first index i or ia or ib or ic or id (for example, corresponding to one first vector with index i or ia or ib) and corresponding to second vector with index f and / or corresponding to the CSI-RS resource with index t. In some embodiments, f may be replaced with ft. In some embodiments, or may correspond to the first group of coefficients (e.g. with index 0) . In some embodiments, or may correspond to the second group of coefficients (e.g., with index 1) . In some embodiments, or or or or or may be used interchangeably.
[0113] In some embodiments, or may be second amplitude coefficient corresponding to the layer with index r and corresponding to a first index i or i+L (for example, corresponding to one first vector with index i) and / or corresponding to second vector with index f and / or corresponding to third vector with index q. In some embodiments, may correspond to the first group of coefficients (e.g., with index 0) . In some embodiments, may correspond to the second group of coefficients (e.g., with index 1) .
[0114] In some embodiments, or or or or or may be phase coefficient corresponding to the layer with index r and corresponding to a first index i or ia or ib or ic or id (for example, corresponding to one first vector with index i or ia or ib) and corresponding to second vector with index f and / or corresponding to the CSI-RS resource with index t. In some embodiments, or may correspond to the first group of coefficients (e.g., with index 0) . In some embodiments, or may correspond to the second group of coefficients (e.g., with index 1) . In some embodiments, or or or or or may be used interchangeably.
[0115] In some embodiments, or may be phase coefficient corresponding to the layer with index r and corresponding to a first index i or i+L (for example, corresponding to one first vector with index i) and / or corresponding to second vector with index f and / or corresponding to third vector with index q. In some embodiments, may correspond to the first group of coefficients (e.g., with index 0) . In some embodiments, may correspond to the second group of coefficients (e.g., with index 1) .
[0116] In some embodiments, the second amplitude coefficient corresponding to the first index iSCI (For example, the first index iSCI may correspond to a first vector with index iSCI or iSCI-L or iSCI-Lt) and corresponding to the second vector with index fSCI and / or corresponding to a CSI-RS resource with index tref and / or corresponding to a layer with index r may be 1. For example, no need to be reported in the CSI report.
[0117] In some embodiments, the phase coefficient corresponding to the first index iSCI (For example, the first index iSCI may correspond to a first vector with index iSCI or iSCI-L or iSCI-Lt) and corresponding to the second vector with index fSCI and / or corresponding to a CSI-RS resource with index tref and / or corresponding to a layer with index r may be 1. For example, no need to be reported in the CSI report.
[0118] In some embodiments, the terminal device 110 may receive at least one CSI-RS resource in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources based on the number of antenna ports for a CSI-RS resource.
[0119] In some embodiments, for each one CSI-RS resource in the plurality of CSI-RS resources, there may be P ports. In some embodiments, P may be a positive integer. In some embodiments, P may be at least one of {2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32} .
[0120] In some embodiments, a value of the first parameter of antenna port configuration may be represented as N1. For example, N1 may be a positive integer. For example, N1 may be one of {2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16} . In some embodiments, a value of the second parameter of antenna port configuration may be represented as N2. For example, N2 may be a positive integer. For example, N2 may be one of {1, 2, 3, 4} . In some embodiments, the first parameter of antenna port configuration and the second parameter of antenna port configuration may be configured in one higher layer parameter.
[0121] In some embodiments, the terminal device may be configured with the second codebook configuration. In some embodiments, the plurality of CSI-RS resources may comprise Nve CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, the plurality of CSI-RS resources may be the Nve CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, the number of CSI-RS resources in the plurality of CSI-RS resources may be Nve. In some embodiments, Nve may be a positive integer. For example, 2≤Nve≤8 or 2≤Nve≤16 or 2≤Nve≤4.
[0122] In some embodiments, the number of antenna ports for each CSI-RS resource in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may be determined based on the first parameter of antenna port configuration and a second parameter of antenna port configuration. In some embodiments, the number of antenna ports for the CSI-RS resource may be P=N1·N2·2.
[0123] In some embodiments, each value in a combination of values for first vector may correspond to a CSI-RS resource with index t or correspond to one TRP or correspond to one TRP group.
[0124] In some embodiments, the terminal device 110 may be configured with a number of PRBs for a bandwidth part (BWP) or with a size for the BWP. In some embodiments, the number of PRBs for the BWP (e.g., represented as ) may be a positive integer. For example, NBWP may be a positive integer. For example, In some embodiments, the terminal device 110 may be configured with a starting position of the BWP (e.g., represented as ) . For example, may be a non-negative integer. For example, In some embodiments, the starting position of the BWP and the number of PRBs for the BWP may be configured in one higher layer parameter.
[0125] In some embodiments, subband may correspond to a subband for CQI or CQI subband or CSI subband.
[0126] In some embodiments, the size of one subband or the number of PRBs of one subband may be represented as and is a positive integer. For example, For example, may be at least one of {4, 8, 16, 32} . In some embodiments, may be based on the value of NBWP. In some embodiments, if 24≤NBWP≤72, may be 4 or 8. For example, may be configured to be 4 or 8 based on one higher layer parameter for subband. In some embodiments, if 73≤NBWP≤144, may be 8 or 16. For example, may be configured to be 8 or 16 based on the higher layer parameter for subband. In some embodiments, if 145≤NBWP≤275, may be 16 or 32. For example, may be configured to be 16 or 32 based on the higher layer parameter for subband.
[0127] In some embodiments, the third parameter for codebook (for example, represented as R) may be a positive integer. For example, R may be a positive integer. For example, R may be one of {1, 2} . In some embodiments, the total number of precoding matrices N3 may be determined based on the third parameter for codebook and the number of the plurality of subbands. In some embodiments, the third parameter for codebook may control the total number of precoding matrices N3 indicated by the PMI as a function of the number of configured subbands or the number of the plurality of subbands, the size of one subband and of the number of PRBs for the BWP. In some embodiments, if the second plurality of CSI-RS resources includes only one CSI-RS resource, the value of R may be either 1 or 2. In some embodiments, if the second plurality of CSI-RS resources includes more than one CSI-RS resource, the value of R may be 1.
[0128] In some embodiments, the total number of precoding matrices N3 or the size or the length of one second vector may be a positive integer. For example, 9≤N3≤36. For another example, 1≤N3≤36.
[0129] In some embodiments, the number of the plurality of second vectors Mυ may be a positive integer. For example, For example, 1≤Mυ≤9. For example, Mυ may be at least one of {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10} .
[0130] In some embodiments, a plurality of precoding matrices may be determined from L+Mυ vectors or Lt+Mυ vectors or vectors or vectors or vectors or vectors.
[0131] In some embodiments, nchoosek may be a function to choose k values from n values. In some embodiments, nchoosek (a, b) = a! / (b! * (a-b) ! ) . In some embodiments, “! ” may be factorial. In some embodiments, a! = 1*2*…* (a-1) *a. In some embodiments, b! = 1*2*…* (b-1) *b. In some embodiments, (a-b) ! = 1*2*…* (a-b-1) * (a-b) . In some embodiments, C (a, b) and / or may be nchoosek (a, b) . In some embodiments, a and / or b may be positive integer. In some embodiments, a may be larger than or no less than b. In some embodiments, 1≤a≤32. In some embodiments, 1≤b≤32. In some embodiments, 1≤b≤a.
[0132] In some embodiments, the terminal device may receive the at least one configuration via at least one of RRC, MAC CE and DCI.
[0133] In some embodiments, if the terminal device 110 is configured with the first mode of codebook structure and / or configured with the second mode of codebook structure and / or configured with first type of codebook and / or configured with second type of codebook, the number of first vectors for each CSI-RS resource in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may be same or different or independent. In some embodiments, if the terminal device 110 is configured with the first mode of codebook structure and / or configured with the second mode of codebook structure and / or configured with first type of codebook and / or configured with second type of codebook, the first vectors for each CSI-RS resource in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may be independent or different.
[0134] In some embodiments, if the terminal device 110 is configured with the first mode of codebook structure, the terminal device 110 may determine or select a number of first vectors corresponding to each CSI-RS resource in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources, and the terminal device 110 may determine or select a number of second vectors corresponding to each CSI-RS resource in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, if the terminal device 110 is configured with the first mode of codebook structure, the terminal device 110 may determine or select independent second vectors across CSI-RS resources in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, if the terminal device 110 is configured with the first mode of codebook structure, the second vectors for each CSI-RS resource in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may be different or independent.
[0135] In some embodiments, if the terminal device 110 is configured with the first mode of codebook structure, the terminal device 110 may determine or select Mυ second vectors for each CSI-RS resource in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources. For example, the terminal device 110 may be configured with the first type of codebook and / or the first codebook configuration. In some embodiments, the number of second vectors Mυ for each CSI-RS resource in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may be same. In some embodiments, the value of Mυ may be positive integer. For example, 1≤Mυ≤9. In some embodiments, the total number of second vectors for the CSI report may be Mυ*NTRP or Mυ*N.
[0136] In some embodiments, if the terminal device 110 is configured with the first mode of codebook structure, the terminal device 110 may determine or select M second vectors for each CSI-RS resource in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources. For example, the terminal device 110 may be configured with the second type of codebook and / or the first codebook configuration. In some embodiments, the number of second vectors M for each CSI-RS resource in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may be same. In some embodiments, the value of M may be positive integer. For example, M may be 1 or 2. For another example, M may be 1, if the number of CSI-RS resources in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources is larger than 1 or larger than 2. In some embodiments, the total number of second vectors for the CSI report may be M*NTRP or M*N.
[0137] In some embodiments, if the terminal device 110 is configured with the first mode of codebook structure, the first vectors and / or the second vectors selection may be per CSI-RS resource in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources or per TRP or per TRP group, the first mode of codebook structure may allow independent second vectors selection across CSI-RS resources in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources or across TRPs or across TRP groups.
[0138] In some embodiments, an example formulation for the first mode of codebook structure may be:
[0139] In some embodiments, if the terminal device 110 is configured with the second mode of codebook structure, the terminal device 110 may determine or select a number of first vectors corresponding to each CSI-RS resource in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources, and the terminal device 110 may determine or select a number of same second vectors corresponding to each CSI-RS resource in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, if the terminal device 110 is configured with the second mode of codebook structure, the terminal device 110 may determine or select same or common second vectors across CSI-RS resources in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, if the terminal device 110 is configured with the second mode of codebook structure, the terminal device 110 may determine or select same or common second vectors across CSI-RS resources in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, if the terminal device 110 is configured with the second mode of codebook structure, the second vectors for each CSI-RS resource in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may be same or common.
[0140] In some embodiments, if the terminal device 110 is configured with the second mode of codebook structure, the terminal device 110 may determine or select Mυ second vectors for all CSI-RS resources in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, if the terminal device 110 is configured with the second mode of codebook structure, the determined or selected Mυ second vectors may be common or same for each one of the plurality of CSI-RS resources or for each one of the second plurality of CSI-RS resources. For example, the terminal device 110 may be configured with the first type of codebook and / or the first codebook configuration. In some embodiments, the number of second vectors Mυ for each one of the plurality of CSI-RS resources or each one of the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may be same. In some embodiments, the value of Mυ may be positive integer. For example, 1≤Mυ≤9. In some embodiments, the total number of second vectors for the CSI report may be Mυ.
[0141] In some embodiments, if the terminal device 110 is configured with the second mode of codebook structure, the terminal device 110 may determine or select M second vectors for all CSI-RS resources in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, if the terminal device 110 is configured with the second mode of codebook structure, the determined or selected M second vectors may be common or same for each one of the plurality of CSI-RS resources or for each one of the second plurality of CSI-RS resources. For example, the terminal device 110 may be configured with the second type of codebook and / or the first codebook configuration. In some embodiments, the number of second vectors M for each one of the plurality of CSI-RS resources or each one of the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may be same. In some embodiments, the value of M may be positive integer. For example, M may be 1 or 2. For another example, M may be 1, if the number of CSI-RS resources in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources is larger than 1 or larger than 2. In some embodiments, the total number of second vectors for the CSI report may be M.
[0142] In some embodiments, if the terminal device 110 is configured with the second mode of codebook structure, the first vectors and / or the second vectors selection may be same or common for each CSI-RS resource or for each TRP or for each TRP group or for all CSI-RS resources or for all TRPs or for all TRP groups. For example, the second mode of codebook structure may determine or select common or joint second vectors across CSI-RS resources or across TRPs or across TRP groups.
[0143] In some embodiments, an example formulation for the second mode of codebook structure may be:
[0144] In some embodiments, the terminal device may be configured with at least one of a first codebook configuration and a second codebook configuration. In some embodiments, the first codebook configuration may be the codebook enhancement or the CSI enhancement for coherent joint transmission. In some embodiments, the first codebook configuration may be the codebook for coherent joint transmission or the CSI for coherent joint transmission. For example, based on at least one TRP or based on multi-TRP. In some embodiments, the second codebook configuration may be the codebook enhancement or the CSI enhancement for velocity or high / medium velocity. In some embodiments, the second codebook configuration may be the codebook with third vector or the codebook with doppler domain vector or the CSI with third vector or the CSI with doppler domain vector. In some embodiments, the first codebook configuration and / or the second codebook configuration may comprise at least one first vector and / or at least one second vector.
[0145] In some embodiments, for the first codebook configuration, regarding the spatial domain (SD) basis selection or the first vector selection, for a configured value of NTRP, a set of NL combinations, of values for may be configured by the network device via higher layer (for example, radio resource control (RRC) ) signaling. In some embodiments, the value of NL may be a positive integer. In some embodiments, the value of NL may be at least one of {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8} . In some embodiments, when NL >1, the selected combination of values for may be reported in CSI part 1 using an indication, and the combination of values for may be selected from the NL configured combinations. In some embodiments, the SD basis selection or the first vector selection for the n-th (n= 1, ..., N) selected CSI-RS resource may be indicted in CSI part 2 using a combinatorial indicator selected from a set of codepoints, where, for the first type of codebook, PCSI-RS=2*N1N2. In some embodiments, the supported candidate values for each of the Lt parameters may be at least one of {2, 4, 6} for the first type of codebook. In some embodiments, for the second type of codebook, the network device may configure a set of NL combinations for In some embodiments, Lt= αt*PCSI-RS / 2. In some embodiments, αt may be at least one of {1 / 2, 3 / 4, 1} . In some embodiments, PCSI-RS may be the number of antenna ports for one CSI-RS in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, PCSI-RS may be same as P.
[0146] In some embodiments, for the first codebook configuration, and for codebook mode-1 or for the first mode of codebook structure, at least one of the following embodiments may be selected. In some embodiments, the use of per-CSI-RS-resource frequency domain (FD) basis selection offset (relative to a reference CSI-RS resource) for independent FD basis selection across N CSI-RS resources. For example, where may be the FD basis selection offset for CSI-RS resource with index t relative to a reference CSI-RS resource with index tref with and Wf may be at least one second vector which may be commonly selected across N CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, Wf, t may be at least one second vector which may be independently selected across N CSI-RS resources (for example, without any per-CSI-RS-resource FD basis selection offset) . In some embodiments, Wf, t may be at least one second vector corresponding to the CSI-RS resource with index t in the N CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, the use of per-CSI-RS-resource FD basis selection offset (relative to a reference CSI-RS resource) for independent FD basis selection across N CSI-RS resources, for example: where may be the FD basis selection offset for CSI-RS resource with index t relative to a reference CSI-RS resource with index tref with with and may be at least one second vector which may be commonly selected across N CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, for the first codebook configuration, regarding the codebook parameter pv, it may support the additional value of pv=1 / 2 for v= 1, 2, 3, 4. For example, the additional value of pv=1 / 2 for v= 1, 2, 3, 4 may be applied with the following condition: only to be used in combination with other parameter value (s) to limit the increase in precoding matrix indicator (PMI) overhead comparable to the maximum overhead of the Rel-16 / 17 Type-II codebooks.
[0147] In some embodiments, W1, t may be a matrix comprising the first vectors corresponding to the CSI-RS resource with index t. In some embodiments, where For example, size of W1, t may be (2*N1*N2) * (2*Lt) . For example, there may be 2*N1*N2 rows and 2*Lt columns in W1, t. For example, a size of Bt and “0” in W1, t may be (N1*N2) *Lt. For example, N1*N2 rows and Lt columns. For example, “0” in W1, t may be a zero matrix with size (N1*N2) *Lt. For example, N1*N2 rows and Lt columns.
[0148] In some embodiments,
[0149] In some embodiments, may be the first vector with index i and / or corresponding to the CSI-RS resource with index t. In some embodiments, or may be the first vector with index i or it and / or corresponding to the CSI-RS resource with index t.
[0150] In some embodiments, there may be a vector In some embodiments, may be a DFT vector. In some embodiments, if N2>1, In some embodiments, if N2=2, In some embodiments, if N2=1, In some embodiments, m2 may be a non-negative integer. For example, 0≤m2≤O2N2-1. In some embodiments, there may be a vector In some embodiments,
[0151] In some embodiments, if N1=2 and N2=2 , In some embodiments, if N1=4 and N2=1, In some embodiments, m1 may be a non-negative integer. For example, 0≤m1≤O1N1-1. In some embodiments, [] T may represent a transposition of a vector or a matrix.
[0152] In some embodiments, may be a matrix comprising at least one of the first amplitude coefficients, the second amplitude coefficients, and the phase coefficients and / or corresponding to the CSI-RS resource with index t.
[0153] In some embodiments, f may be an index of one second vector for the CSI report. For example, f=0, 1, …Mv-1. In some embodiments, ft may be an index of one second vector corresponding to the CSI-RS resource with index t for the CSI report. For example, ft=0, 1, …Mv-1. In some embodiments, f may be replaced with ft.
[0154] In some embodiments, there may be a parameter “O1” , and “O1” may represent a first discrete fourier transform (DFT) oversampling in the first dimension. For example, “O1” may be one of {1, 2, 4} . For another example, “O1” may be 2 or 4. In some embodiments, there may be a parameter “O2” , and “O2” may represent a second DFT oversampling in the second dimension. For example, “O2” may be one of {1, 2, 4} . For another example, “O2” may be 2 or 4.
[0155] In some embodiments, one configuration of (N1, N2) may correspond to one configuration of (O1, O2) . In some embodiments, one configuration of (O1, O2) may correspond to one configuration of (N1, N2) . In some embodiments, the example configurations of (N1, N2) and (O1, O2) may be at least one of row and / or column in Table 1.
[0156] Table 1. Supported configurations of (N1, N2) and (O1, O2)
[0157] In some embodiments, a value of one phase coefficient may be In some embodiments, cp may be a value of one indicator or one field for the phase coefficient. In some embodiments, cp may be a non-negative integer. In some embodiments, cp may be at least one of {0, 1, 2, 3} or {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7} or {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15} . In some embodiments, NPSK may be the size for indication of cp. In some embodiments, NPSK may be a positive integer. In some embodiments, NPSK may be at least one of {2, 4, 8, 16} .
[0158] In some embodiments, a value of one second amplitude coefficient may be at least one of In some embodiments, a value of one first amplitude coefficient may be at least one of or or or or or
[0159] In some embodiments, may be a matrix comprising the second vectors corresponding to the CSI-RS resource with index t. For example, the terminal device 110 is configured with the first mode of codebook structure. In some embodiments, may be a matrix comprising the second vectors corresponding to all or each one of CSI-RS resource in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or corresponding to all or each one of CSI- RS resource in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources. For example, the terminal device 110 is configured with the second mode of codebook structure. In some embodiments, []H may represent a conjugate transpose or conjugate transposition of a vector or a matrix.
[0160] In some embodiments, for second vectors (e.g. represented as Wf or or ) corresponding to layer with index r and / or corresponding to the CSI-RS resource with index t, In some embodiments, the size of Wf or or may be Mv*N3.
[0161] In some embodiments, In some embodiments, corresponding to layer with index r and corresponding to the CSI-RS resource with index t. In some embodiments, corresponding to the CSI-RS resource with index t. For example, common or same for different layers.
[0162] In some embodiments,
[0163] In some embodiments, In some embodiments, may be the parameter for the third vector corresponding to layer with index r.
[0164] In some embodiments,
[0165] In some embodiments, for the first type of codebook and / or for the second type of codebook and / or first mode of codebook structure and / or first codebook configuration corresponding to layer with index r, the precoding matrix with index z1 may be
[0166] Or
[0167] or
[0168] In some embodiments, or or may be an element in the second vector with index f or ft corresponding to layer with index r and / or corresponding to the CSI-RS resource with index t and / or corresponding to the precoding matrix with index z1. In some embodiments, or or
[0169] In some embodiments, if the terminal device 110 is configured with first mode of codebook structure, the value of or or or may be independent or different with different values of t. In some embodiments, if the terminal device 110 is configured with second mode of codebook structure, the value of or or or may be same with different values of t. In some embodiments, if the terminal device 110 is configured with second mode of codebook structure, the value of or may be same or common for different values of t. In some embodiments, In some embodiments, may be an element in the second vector with index f corresponding to layer with index r and common or same to each CSI-RS resource in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources and / or corresponding to the precoding matrix with index z1.
[0170] In some embodiments, if the terminal device 110 is configured with second mode of codebook structure, for the first type of codebook and / or first codebook configuration corresponding to layer with index r, the precoding matrix with index z1 may be
[0171] or
[0172] or
[0173] In some embodiments, for the second type of codebook and / or first mode of codebook structure and / or first codebook configuration corresponding to layer with index r, the precoding matrix with index z1 may be
[0174] or
[0175] or
[0176] In some embodiments, or or may be an element in the second vector with index f or ft and / or corresponding to the CSI-RS resource with index t and / or corresponding to the precoding matrix with index z1. In some embodiments, or or For example, common to any layer.
[0177] In some embodiments, may be an element in the second vector with index f and same or common to each CSI-RS resource in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources and / or corresponding to the precoding matrix with index z. In some embodiments,
[0178] In some embodiments, if the terminal device 110 is configured with first mode of codebook structure, the value of or or or may be independent or different with different values of t. In some embodiments, if the terminal device 110 is configured with second mode of codebook structure, the value of or or or may be same with different values of t.
[0179] In some embodiments, if the terminal device 110 is configured with second mode of codebook structure, the value of or may be same or common for different values of t.
[0180] In some embodiments, or or or may be same or common for different layers. For example, when the number of layers is larger than 1. For example, the terminal device 110 may be configured with second type of codebook.
[0181] In some embodiments, the second vector with index f or ft (For example, f or ft∈ {0, …, M-1} ) may be identified by n3. In some embodiments, In some embodiments, In some embodiments, the fourth parameter for codebook Nf may be a size of window for second vectors. In some embodiments, the value of Nf may be at least one of {1, 2, 4} or {2, 4} . In some embodiments, the indices f∈ {0, …, M-1} may be assigned such that increases with f.
[0182] In some embodiments, if the terminal device 110 is configured with second mode of codebook structure, for the second type of codebook and / or first codebook configuration corresponding to layer with index r, the precoding matrix with index z1 may be
[0183] or
[0184] or
[0185] In some embodiments, z1 may be an index of the plurality of precoding matrices for the CSI report. For example, in frequency domain. For example, z1= {0, 1, …N3-1} .
[0186] In some embodiments, or may be the first vector with index i or it corresponding to the CSI-RS resource with index t.
[0187] In some embodiments, or may be a P / 2-element column vector containing a value of 1 in element (For example, the element with index m (i, t) mod (P / 2) ) and zeros elsewhere. In some embodiments, the first element in or may be element 0 or element with index 0.
[0188] In some embodiments, if the number of layers is 1, the codebook with index z1 may be In some embodiments, if the number of layers is 2, the codebook with index z1 may be In some embodiments, if the number of layers is 3, the codebook with index z1 may be In some embodiments, if the number of layers is 4, the codebook with index z1 may be
[0189] In some embodiments, may be a variant for power calculation or power normalization. In some embodiments, may be based on the at least one first amplitude coefficient, the at least one second amplitude coefficient and the at least one phase coefficient and / or the number of CSI-RS resources in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, at least one first amplitude coefficient and / or the at least one second amplitude coefficient and / or the at least one phase coefficient may correspond to the layer with index r and / or corresponding to one CSI-RS resource in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, at least one first amplitude coefficient and / or the at least one second amplitude coefficient and / or the at least one phase coefficient may correspond to the layer with index r and / or corresponding to all CSI-RS resources in the plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, may correspond to one unit with index z1 and / or correspond to the layer with index r.
[0190] In some embodiments, the precoding matrix with index z1 may be normalized or the value of may be based on a maximum value among a first set of values calculated based on the at least one first amplitude coefficient and / or the at least one second amplitude coefficient and / or the at least one phase coefficient. In some embodiments, each value in the first set of values may correspond to one CSI-RS resource in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the plurality of CSI-RS resources and / or corresponding to a layer with index r. In some embodiments, each of the at least one first amplitude coefficient and / or each of the at least one second amplitude coefficient and / or each of the at least one phase coefficient for calculating one value in the first set of values may correspond to a same CSI-RS resource in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the plurality of CSI-RS resources and / or corresponding to a layer with index r. In some embodiments, the t-th value in first the set of values may correspond to the CSI-RS resource with index t and / or corresponding to a layer with index r. In some embodiments, the first set of values may be represented as where t∈ {1, 2, …N} . In some embodiments, one value in the first set of values (For example, for one value of t) may be based on at least one first amplitude coefficient or (For example, s∈ {0, 1} ) and / or at least one second amplitude coefficient (For example, i∈ {0, 1, …2Lt-1} ) or at least one second amplitude coefficient (For example, it∈ {0, 1, …2Lt-1} ) or at least one second amplitude coefficient and (For example, it∈ {0, 1, …2Lt-1} ) or at least one second amplitude coefficient and or at least one second amplitude coefficient and and / or at least one phase coefficient (For example, i∈ {0, 1, …2Lt-1} ) or at least one second amplitude coefficient (For example, it∈ {0, 1, …2Lt-1} ) or at least one second amplitude coefficient and (For example, it∈ {0, 1, …2Lt-1} ) or at least one second amplitude coefficient and or at least one second amplitude coefficient and
[0191] In some embodiments, In some embodiments,
[0192] In some embodiments, In some embodiments, In some embodiments,
[0193] In some embodiments, may be replaced with In some embodiments, may be replaced with In some embodiments, may be replaced with or or or or In some embodiments, may be replaced with In some embodiments, may be replaced with In some embodiments, may be replaced with In some embodiments, may be replaced with In some embodiments, Mv may be replaced with M.
[0194] In some embodiments, a value of one first amplitude coefficient may be at least one of {reserved or 0, or 1} .
[0195] In some embodiments, for the first type of codebook and / or for the second type of codebook and / or second codebook configuration corresponding to layer with index r, the precoding matrix with index z1 and / or index z2 may be
[0196] or
[0197] In some embodiments, may be an element in the third vector with index q and / or corresponding to layer with index r and / or corresponding to the precoding matrix with index z2. In some embodiments,
[0198] In some embodiments, for the second type of codebook and / or second codebook configuration corresponding to layer with index r, the precoding matrix with index z1 and / or index z2 may be
[0199] or
[0200] or
[0201] or
[0202] In some embodiments, the third vector with index q (For example, q ∈ {0,…, Q-1} ) may be identified by n4. In some embodiments, In some embodiments, In some embodiments, the at least one configuration may include a fifth parameter. In some embodiments, the fifth parameter for codebook Qw may be a size of window for third vectors. In some embodiments, the value of Qw may be at least one of {1, 2, 4} or {2, 4} . In some embodiments, the indices q∈ {0, …, Q-1} may be assigned such that increases with q.
[0203] In some embodiments, z2 may be an index of the plurality of precoding matrices for the CSI report. For example, in time or doppler domain. In some embodiments, z2 may be an index corresponding to the time unit or time interval of the plurality of precoding matrices for the CSI report. For example, z2= {0, 1, …N4-1} .
[0204] In some embodiments, if the number of layers is 1, the codebook with index z1 and / or index z2 may be In some embodiments, if the number of layers is 2, the codebook with index z1 and / or index z2 may be In some embodiments, if the number of layers is 3, the codebook with index z1 and / or index z2 may be In some embodiments, if the number of layers is 4, the codebook with index z1 and / or index z2 may be
[0205] In some embodiments, or may be a variant for power calculation or power normalization. In some embodiments, or may be based on the at least one first amplitude coefficient, the at least one second amplitude coefficient and the at least one phase coefficient. In some embodiments, at least one first amplitude coefficient and / or the at least one second amplitude coefficient and / or the at least one phase coefficient may correspond to the layer with index r and / or corresponding to one unit with index z2 and / or corresponding to one unit with index z1. In some embodiments, may correspond to one unit with index z1 and / or correspond to the layer with index r and / or correspond to one unit with index z2. In some embodiments, may correspond to one unit with index z1 and / or correspond to the layer with index r and / or correspond to one unit with index z2 which corresponding to a maximum value of among indexes {0, 1, …N4-1} .
[0206] In some embodiments, the precoding matrix with index z1 and / or index z2 may be normalized or the value of or may be based on a maximum value among a second set of values calculated based on the at least one first amplitude coefficient and / or the at least one second amplitude coefficient and / or the at least one phase coefficient. In some embodiments, each value in the second set of values may correspond to one unit with index z2. In some embodiments, each of the at least one first amplitude coefficient and / or each of the at least one second amplitude coefficient and / or each of the at least one phase coefficient for calculating one value in the second set of values may correspond to one unit with index z2 and / or corresponding to a layer with index r and / or correspond to one unit with index z1. In some embodiments, the second set of values may be represented as where z2∈ {0, 1, …N4-1} . In some embodiments, one value in the second set of values (For example, for one value of z2) may be based on at least one first amplitude coefficient (For example, s∈ {0, 1} ) and / or at least one second amplitude coefficient (For example, i∈ {0, 1, …2L-1} ) and / or at least one phase coefficient (For example, i∈ {0, 1, …2L-1} ) .
[0207] In some embodiments, In some embodiments, In some embodiments,
[0208] In some embodiments, In some embodiments, In some embodiments,
[0209] In some embodiments, In some embodiments, In some embodiments,
[0210] In some embodiments, may be replaced with In some embodiments, may be replaced with In some embodiments, Mv may be replaced with M.
[0211] In some embodiments, In some embodiments,
[0212] In some embodiments, In some embodiments, In some embodiments,
[0213] In some embodiments, the terminal device 110 may receive, from the network device, at least one configuration for one channel state information (CSI) report, where the at least one configuration may indicate or determine at least one of: at least one first number of first vectors, at least one first number of second vectors and a number of a plurality of channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources.
[0214] In some embodiments, a CSI report may be divided into two parts. For example, CSI part 1 (or part 1 or a first part of CSI) and CSI part 2 (or part 2 or a second part of CSI) . In some embodiments, CSI part 2 may be further divided into three groups. For example, CSI group 0, CSI group 1, and CSI group 2. In some embodiments, a CSI report may comprise PMI fields X1 and PMI fields X2. For example, PMI fields X1 may be comprised in CSI group 0. For another example, PMI fields X2 may be comprised in CSI group 1 and CSI group 2. For another example, a subset of PMI fields X2 may be comprised in CSI group 1, and the remaining of PMI fields X2 may be comprised in CSI group 2.
[0215] In some embodiments, in CSI part 1 of a CSI report, there may be at least one of: rand indicator (RI) , if reported; wideband channel quality indicator (CQI) for the first transport block (TB) , if reported; subband differential CQI with increasing order of subband number / index, if reported and indicator of the total number of non-zero coefficients summed across all layers (e.g. represented as KNZ) , if reported.
[0216] In some embodiments, the bitwidth for the rank indicator may be where nRI may be the number of allowed rank indicator values. In some embodiments, a parameter of number of allowed rank indicator values (e.g. nRI) may be configured by the network device. In some embodiments, the values of the rank indicator (RI) field are mapped to allowed rank indicator values with increasing order, where '0' is mapped to the smallest allowed rank indicator value. In some embodiments, the bitwidth for the wideband CQI may be 4. In some embodiments, the bitwidth for the subband differential CQI may be 2.
[0217] In some embodiments, the bitwidth for the indicator of the total number of non-zero coefficients summed across all layers KNZ may be if max allowed rank or max allowed number of layers is 1. In some embodiments, the bitwidth for the indicator of the total number of non-zero coefficients KNZ may be if max allowed rank or max allowed number of layers is 1. In some embodiments, the bitwidth for the indicator of the total number of non-zero coefficients KNZ may be corresponding to one layer (for example, with index r) . In some embodiments, the bitwidth for the indicator of the total number of non-zero coefficients summed across all layers KNZ may be if max allowed rank or max allowed number of layers is larger than 1 (For example, the max allowed rank or max allowed number of layers may be 2 or 3 or 4) .
[0218] In some embodiments, In some embodiments, For example, for the second codebook configuration. In some embodiments, For example, for the first codebook configuration. In some embodiments, p1, N3, R, and β may be configured or determined by network device according to some embodiments in this disclosure. For example, p1 may be the parameter of pv when v=1. In some embodiments, the values of the KNZ indicator field may be mapped to the allowed values of KNZ with increasing order, where '0' is mapped to KNZ=1. For example, for a first type of codebook.
[0219] In some embodiments, In some embodiments, For example, for the second codebook configuration. In some embodiments, For example, for the first codebook configuration. In some embodiments, K1, M, and β may be configured or determined by network device according to some embodiments in this disclosure. In some embodiments, the values of the KNZ indicator field may be mapped to the allowed values of KNZ with increasing order, where '0' may be mapped to KNZ=1. For example, for a second type of codebook.
[0220] Reference is made to FIG. 2, which illustrates a signaling flow 200 of reporting angle information in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure. For the purposes of discussion, the signaling flow 200 will be discussed with reference to FIG. 1B, for example, by using the terminal device 110 and the network device 120. It is noted that FIG. 2 is only an example embodiment. As used herein, the term “first vector” may refer to a spatial domain (SD) vector / basis. The term “second vector” used herein may refer to a frequency domain (FD) vector / basis. The term “third vector” used herein may refer to a doppler / time domain (DD / TD) vector / basis. The term “first type of codebook” used herein may refer to a refinement / enhancement based on Rel-16 codebook. The term “second type of codebook” used herein may refer to refinement / enhancement based on Rel-17 codebook. For CJT, the term “first mode of codebook structure” may refer to independent / separate second vector selection / indication per CSI-RS resource (per TRP) and the term “second mode of codebook structure” may refer to common / joint second vector selection / indication across CSI-RS resources / TRPs. In some embodiments, the precoding matrix may be:
[0221] In some embodiments, for first type of codebook (based on Rel-16 codebook) , 2L which represent the number of spatial domain basis (or the number of first vectors) may be {4, 8, 12} , Mv which represent the number of frequency domain basis may be {1-9} . In some embodiments the first parameter β (For example, β may control the number of non-zero coefficients to be reported in the CSI report) may be at least one of {1 / 8, 1 / 4, 1 / 2, 3 / 4} . In some embodiments, for second type of codebook (based on Rel-17 codebook) , 2L may be {2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 18, 24, 32} , Mv (i.e. M) may be {1, 2} . In some embodiments the first parameter β may be at least one of {1 / 8, 1 / 4, 1 / 2, 3 / 4, 1} . In this case, Mv or M may be the number of second vectors (FD basis) , Q may be the number of third vectors (DD basis) . The value of Q may be not large. For example, Q may be one of: 2, 3, or 4. The parameter v may be the number of layers, which may be one of : 1, 2, 3, or 4.
[0222] In some embodiments, when the value of 2L and / or the value of Mv is small (at least for second type of codebook or small number of subbands for first type of codebook) , 2L*Q or Q*Mv or even 2L*Mv may be small and the basis pair may not be sparse, so in this case one whole bitmap may be sufficient. For example, at least when β=1 for second type of codebook (and number of layers <=2) , the possibility of all 2L*M coefficients with non-zero values is high (two-step bitmap may not be needed) . The total number of non-zero coefficients may be or if v=1 or or if v>1. For example, γ may be at least one of {1 / 2, 1 / 3, 1 / 4, 1, 3 / 4, 2 / 3} , γ may be configured by network device, with separate signalling or jointly with other parameters. In some embodiments, β may be at least one of {1 / 2, 1 / 4, 1, 3 / 4, 1 / 8, 1 / 16, 3 / 8, 1 / 12, 1 / 6, 1 / 3, 3 / 16, 9 / 16, 2 / 3} . Table 3 shows examples for different schemes.
[0223] Table 3
[0224] As shown in Table 3, for Alt 3A / 3B / 3C, S1 / S2 / S3 may be maximum number or number of selected FD / DD or SD / DD or SD / FD basis pair based on Mv*Q or 2L*Q or 2L*Mv, respectively.
[0225] The network device 120 transmits (2010) at least one configuration for a CSI report to the terminal device 110. In some embodiments, the at least one configuration may include a first codebook parameter (for example, β) . Alternatively, or in addition, the at least one configuration may include a second codebook parameters (for example, pv which controls the number of frequency domain bases) . The at least one configuration may also include one or more of: a plurality of channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources for the CSI report, at least one parameter for antenna port configuration, a configuration for the type of codebook, or a configuration for the mode of codebook structure.
[0226] The terminal device 110 determines (2020) a number of non-zero coefficients with a set of bitmaps based on the at least one configuration for the CSI report. In some embodiments, the set of bitmaps may include a plurality of bitmaps. For example, the plurality of bitmaps may include a first bitmap and a second bitmap. Alternatively, the set of bitmaps may include only one bitmap. For example, the set of bitmaps may include a third bitmap. A pattern (also referred to as “a structure” ) of the set of bitmaps is based on at least one of: whether a type of codebook is a first type of codebook or a second type of codebook, whether a mode of codebook structure is a first mode of codebook structure or a second mode of codebook structure, a number of first vectors, a number of second vectors, a number of third vectors, a value of a first codebook parameter (for example, β) , a number of layers, a number of non-zero coefficients (for example, KNZ) , a threshold, or a number of subbands. In this way, with the various patterns of bitmap, overheads can be optimized / reduced for different cases.
[0227] In some embodiments, the at least one bitmap may correspond to one layer with index r. Alternatively, the at least one bitmap may correspond to a total number of layers. In some embodiments, KNZ=K1*M*Q*v or KNZ=2L*M*Q*v and if v≤2 (and if β=1) , there may be no need of the at least one bitmap.
[0228] In some embodiments, a maximum value of the number of non-zero coefficients may be per third vector, for example, the number of or In this case, the maximum value of total number of non-zero coefficients across Q third vectors may be
[0229] As mentioned above, the set of bitmaps may include one or more bitmaps. In some embodiments, the terminal device 110 may determine, based on a first set of configurations or a first condition, that the set of bitmaps comprises a plurality of bitmaps. Alternatively, or in addition, the terminal device 110 may determine, based on a second sets of configurations or a second condition, that the set of bitmaps comprises one bitmap. In this case, the field size or the number of bits for the one bitmap may be 2L*Mv*Q or 2L*Mv*Q-1 (per layer) . Alternatively, the field size or the number of bits for the one bitmap may be 2L*Mv*Q*v or 2L*Mv*Q*v-v (across layers) . In this situation, 2L may represent the number of first vectors, Mv may represent the number of second vectors, Q may represent the number of third vectors, and v may represent the number of layers.
[0230] In some embodiments, the plurality of bitmaps may include a first bitmap and a second bitmap. In this case, a first structure of the first and second bitmaps may be applied based on the first set of configurations or the first condition. Moreover, a second structure of the first and second bitmaps may be applied based on the second set of configurations or the second condition.
[0231] The first set of configurations or the first condition may include one or more of: a first type of codebook, a first number of first vectors, a first number of second vectors, a first number of third vectors, a first value of the first codebook parameter (for example, or or ) , a first number of layers (for example, v ≥2) , a first value of the number of non-zero coefficients, or a first value of the maximum number of bits with value 1 in the first bitmap. Alternatively, or in addition, the second set of configurations or the second condition may include one or more of: a second type of codebook, a second number of first vectors, a second number of second vectors, a second number of third vectors, a second value of the first codebook parameter (for example, or ) , a second number of layers (for example, v≤2) , a second value of the number of non-zero coefficients, or a second value of the maximum number of bits with value 1 in the first bitmap.
[0232] In some embodiments, if the set of bitmaps includes the first and second bitmaps, the first bitmap may include at least one indication of vector pairs. In this case, one vector pair may include two vectors from a set of vectors that include the first vector, the second vector, and the third vector. The second bitmap may include at least one indication of non-zero coefficients corresponding to one vector left in the set and at least one selected vector pair. Embodiments of the first and second bitmaps are described below.
[0233] In an example embodiment, if the set of bitmaps is applied jointly with SCI, the set of bitmaps may remove the bit corresponding to the first vector with index iSCI corresponding to the second vector with index fSCI corresponding to the third vector with index qSCI and corresponding to the layer with index r. Alternatively, the first bitmap may be in order based on the index of the first vector and the index of the second vector, excluding the bit corresponding to at least one of: the first vector with index iSCI, corresponding to the second vector with index fSCI, or corresponding to the third vector with index qSCI. In another example embodiment, the first bitmap may be in order based on the index of the second vector and the index of the third vector, excluding the bit corresponding to at least one of: the first vector with index iSCI, corresponding to the second vector with index fSCI, or corresponding to the third vector with index qSCI.
[0234] In some example embodiment, the second bitmap may be in order based on the index of the one of: the first vector, second vector or the third vector and the index of the selected vector pair index based on the first bitmap. For example, the second bitmap may be in order based on the index of the first vector and the index of the selected second / third vector pair. Alternatively, the second bitmap may be in order based on the index of the second vector and the index of the selected first / third vector pair. The second bitmap may be in order based on the index of the third vector and the index of the selected first / second vector pair.
[0235] In some embodiments, the third bitmap may be in order based on the index of the first vector and the index of the second vector and the index of the third vector, excluding the bit corresponding to the first vector with index iSCI corresponding to the second vector with index fSCI corresponding to the third vector with index qSCI and corresponding to the layer with index r. Alternatively, the bit corresponding to the first vector with index iSCI corresponding to the second vector with index fSCI corresponding to the third vector with index qSCI and corresponding to the layer with index r may be mapped into the set of bitmaps.
[0236] In some embodiments, the field size or number of bits for SCI may be determined based on the first bitmap. For example, if the first bitmap is in CSI part 1, the field size or number of bits for SCI may be determined based on the first bitmap. In an example embodiment, the field size or the number of bits for the indication of the strongest coefficient corresponding to the layer with index r may be
[0237] In an example embodiment, the first bitmap may include at least one second vector and third vector (second / third) pair indication (i.e., FD / DD basis selection) . In this case, if the field size or the number of bits for the first bitmap is per layer, the field size or number of bits for the first bitmap may be Mv*Q or Mv*Q-1. Alternatively, if the field size or the number of bits for the first bitmap is across layers, the field size or the number of bits may be Mv*Q*v or Mv*Q*v-v. The second bitmap may include an indication of non-zero coefficients corresponding to the first vectors and the selected second vector / third vector pairs (or maximum number of selected second vector / third vector pairs) . In this case, if the field size or the number of bits for the second bitmap is per layer, the field size or the number of bits for the second bitmap may be one of: 2L*S1, v , 2L* (S1, v+1) , 2L* (S1, v+1) -1, or 2L*S1, v-1. Alternatively, if the field size or the number of bits for the second bitmap is across layers, the field size or the number of bits for the second bitmap may be one of: 2L*S1, 2L* (S1+v) , 2L* (S1+v) -v, or 2L*S1-v. For example, the first condition may further include the ratio of the value of the maximum number of bits with value 1 in the first bitmap to 2*L*Mv*Q*v (or 2*L*Mv*Q) or the ratio of KNZ to 2*L*Mv*Q*v or β or γ is less than the threshold, and the second condition may further include the value of the maximum number of bits with value 1 in the first bitmap or β or γ is no less than the threshold. In some embodiments, the threshold may be one of: 1 / 2, 2 / 3, 3 / 4, (2L-1) / 2L, or where or
[0238] In some embodiments, if the set of bitmaps includes the first and second bitmaps, the first bitmap may be in a first part of the CSI report and the second bitmap may be in a second part of the CSI report. In this case, S1 or S1, v may be the number of selected second vector / third vector pairs or number of bits with value 1 in the first bitmap and / or the second vector / third vector pair corresponding to SCI (i.e. for the case with +1 or +v) .
[0239] Alternatively, the first and second bitmaps may be in the second part of the CSI report. In this case, S1 or S1, v may be the maximum number of selected second vector / third vector pairs or maximum number of bits with value 1 in the first bitmap and / or the second vector / third vector pair corresponding to SCI (i.e. for the case with +1 or +v) . In some embodiments, the value of S1 or S1, v may be determined based on the at least one configuration. Alternatively, the value of S1 or S1, v may be configured by the network device 120. In some embodiments, S1, v may be one of: 1 / 2*Mv*Q, 1 / 3*Mv*Q, β*Mv*Q, γ*Mv*Q, or γ*β*Mv*Q. Alternatively, S1 may be one of: 1 / 2 *Mv*Q*v, 1 / 3*Mv*Q*v, β*Mv*Q*v, γ*Mv*Q*v, or γ*β*Mv*Q*v.
[0240] Alternatively, the first bitmap may include at least one first vector and third vector (first / third) pair indication (i.e., SD / DD basis selection) . In this case, if the field size or the number of bits for the first bitmap is per layer, the field size or the number of bits for the first bitmap may be 2L*Q or 2L*Q-1. Alternatively, if the field size or the number of bits for the first bitmap is across layers, the field size or the number of bits may be 2L*Q*v or 2L*Q*v-v.
[0241] In some embodiments, the second bitmap may include an indication of non-zero coefficients corresponding to the second vectors and the selected first vector / third vector pairs (or maximum number of selected first vector / third vector pairs) . In this case, if the field size or the number of bits for the second bitmap is per layer, the field size or the number of bits for the second bitmap may be one of: Mv*S2, v, Mv* (S2, v+1) , Mv* (S2, v+1) -1 or Mv*S2, v-1. Alternatively, if the field size or the number of bits for the second bitmap is across layers, the field size or the number of bits for the second bitmap may be one of: Mv*S2 or Mv* (S2+v) or Mv* (S2+v) -v or Mv*S2-v. In some embodiments, there may be no need of second bitmap in case of a third condition. The third condition may be one of: the second type of codebook, Mv=1, or Mv<=X. In this case, X may be positive integer, for example, X may be 2 or 3 or 4.
[0242] In some embodiments, the first condition may further comprise the ratio of the value of the maximum number of bits with value 1 in the first bitmap to 2*L*Mv*Q*v (or 2*L*Mv*Q) or the ratio of KNZ to 2*L*Mv*Q*v or β or γ is less than the threshold, and the second condition may further comprise the value of the maximum number of bits with value 1 in the first bitmap or β or γ is no less than the threshold. In this case, the threshold may be one of: 1 / 2, 2 / 3, 3 / 4, (Mv-1) / Mv, or
[0243] In some embodiments, if the first bitmap is in the first part of the CSI report and the second bitmap is in the second part of CSI report, S2 or S2, v may be the number of selected first vector / third vector pairs or number of bits with value 1 in the first bitmap and / or the first vector / second vector pair corresponding to SCI (i.e. for the case with +1 or +v) . Alternatively, if the first bitmap and the second bitmap are in the second part of the CSI report, S2 or S2, v may be the maximum number of selected first vector / third vector pairs or maximum number of bits with value 1 in the first bitmap and / or the first vector / second vector pair corresponding to SCI (i.e. for the case with +1 or +v) . In some embodiments, the value of S2 or S2, v may be determined based on the at least one configuration or configured by network device. For example, S2, v may be one of: 1 / 2*2L*Q, 1 / 3*2L*Q , β*2L*Q , γ*2L*Q , or β*γ*2L*Q . Alternatively, or in addition, S2 may be one of: 1 / 2*2L*Q*v, 1 / 3*2L*Q*v, β*2L*Q*v or γ*2L*Q*v or β*γ*2L*Q*v.
[0244] In some embodiments, the first bitmap may include at least one first vector and second vector (first / second) pair indication (i.e., SD / FD basis selection) . In this case, if the field size or the number of bits for the first bitmap is per layer, the field size or the number of bits for the first bitmap may be: 2L*Mv or 2L*Mv-1. Alternatively, if the field size or the number of bits for the first bitmap is across layers, the field size or the number of bits may be 2L*Mv*v or 2L*Mv*v-v.
[0245] In some embodiments, the second bitmap may include an indication of non-zero coefficients corresponding to the third vectors and the selected first vector / second vector pairs (or maximum number of selected first vector / second vector pairs) . In this case, if the field size or the number of bits for the second bitmap is per layer, the field size or the number of bits for the second bitmap may be one of: Q*S3, v , Q* (S3, v+1) , Q* (S3, v+1) -1 or Q*S3, v-1. Alternatively, if the field size or the number of bits for the second bitmap is across layers, the field size or the number of bits for the second bitmap may be one of: Q*S3, Q* (S3+v) , Q* (S3+v) -v or Q*S3-v. In some embodiments, there may be no need of second bitmap in case of a third condition. The third condition may be one of: the second type of codebook, or Q<=Y. In this case, Y may be positive integer, for example, Y may be 2 or 3 or 4.
[0246] In some embodiments, the first condition may further comprise the ratio of the value of the maximum number of bits with value 1 in the first bitmap to 2*L*Mv*Q*v (or 2*L*Mv*Q) or the ratio of KNZ to 2*L*Mv*Q*v or β or γ is less than the threshold, and the second condition may further comprise the value of the maximum number of bits with value 1 in the first bitmap or β or γ is no less than the threshold. In this case, the threshold may be 1 / 2, 2 / 3, 3 / 4, (Q-1) / Q , or
[0247] In some embodiments, if the first bitmap is in the first part of the CSI report and the second bitmap is in the second part of CSI report, S3 or S3, v may be the number of selected first vector / second vector pairs or number of bits with value 1 in the first bitmap and / or the first vector / third vector pair corresponding to SCI (i.e. for the case with +1 or +v) . Alternatively, if the first bitmap and the second bitmap are in the second part of the CSI report, S3 or S3, v may be the maximum number of selected first vector / third vector pairs or maximum number of bits with value 1 in the first bitmap. In some embodiments, the value of S3 or S3, v may be determined based on the at least one configuration or configured by network device. For example, S3 may be one of: 1 / 2*2L*Mv*v, 1 / 3*2L*Mv*v, β*2L*Mv*v, γ*2L*Mv*v or β*γ*2L*Mv*v. Alternatively, or in addition, S3, v may be one of: 1 / 2*2L*Mv, 1 / 3*2L*Mv, β*2L*Mv, γ*2L*Mv or β*γ*2L*Mv.
[0248] In some embodiment, the first structure of the first bitmap may be second vector and third vector pair indication (i.e., FD / DD basis selection) . In other words, the first bitmap may include at least one second vector and third vector (second / third) pair indication. In this case, if the field size or the number of bits for the first structure of the first bitmap is per layer, the field size or the number of bits for the first bitmap may be: Mv*Q or Mv*Q-1. Alternatively, if the field size or the number of bits for the first structure of the first bitmap is across layers, the field size or the number of bits may be Mv*Q*v or Mv*Q*v-v.
[0249] In some embodiments, the first structure of the second bitmap may be indication of non-zero coefficients corresponding to the first vectors and the selected second vector / third vector pairs (or maximum number of selected second vector / third vector pairs) . In this case, if the field size or the number of bits for the first structure of the second bitmap is per layer, the field size or the number of bits for the second bitmap may be one of: 2L*S1, v , 2L* (S1, v+1) , 2L* (S1, v+1) -1, or 2L*S1, v-1. Alternatively, if the field size or the number of bits for the first structure of the second bitmap is across layers, the field size or the number of bits for the second bitmap may be one of: 2L*S1, 2L* (S1+v) , 2L* (S1+v) -v or 2L*S1-v.
[0250] Alternatively, or in addition, the second structure of the first bitmap may be first vector and third vector pair indication (i.e., SD / DD basis selection) . In this case, if the field size or the number of bits for the second structure of the first bitmap is per layer, the field size or the number of bits for the second structure of the first bitmap may be: 2L*Q or 2L*Q-1. Alternatively, if the field size or the number of bits for the second structure of the first bitmap is across layers, the field size or the number of bits may be 2L*Q*v or 2L*Q*v-v.
[0251] In some embodiments, the second structure of the second bitmap may be indication of non-zero coefficients corresponding to the second vectors and the selected first vector / third vector pairs (or maximum number of selected first vector / third vector pairs) . In this case, if the field size or the number of bits for the second structure of the second bitmap is per layer, the field size or the number of bits for the second structure of the second bitmap may be one of: Mv*S2, v , Mv* (S2, v+1) , Mv* (S2, v+1) -1 or Mv*S2, v-1. Alternatively, if the field size or the number of bits for the second structure of the second bitmap is across layers, the field size or the number of bits for the second bitmap may be one of: Mv*S2, Mv* (S2+v) , Mv* (S2+v) -v or Mv*S2-v. In some embodiments, there may be no need of second bitmap in case of a third condition. The third condition may be one of: the second type of codebook, or Mv=1 or Mv<=X. In this case, X may be positive integer, for example, X may be 2 or 3 or 4. In some embodiments, the above mentioned the first condition may further comprise 2L < Mv or 2L <=Mv, and the second condition may further comprise 2L >= Mv or 2L >Mv.
[0252] In some embodiments, if the first bitmap is in the first part of the CSI report and the second bitmap is in the second part of the CSI report, S1 or S1, v and S2 or S2, v may be the number of selected vector pairs or number of bits with value 1 in the first bitmap and / or the corresponding vector pair corresponding to SCI (i.e. for the case with +1 or +v) . Alternatively, the first bitmap and the second bitmap may be in the second part of the CSI report, S1 or S1, v and S2 or S2, v may be the maximum number of selected vector pairs or maximum number of bits with value 1 in the first bitmap and / or the corresponding vector pair corresponding to SCI (i.e. for the case with +1 or +v) .
[0253] In some embodiments, the first structure of the first bitmap may be second vector and third vector pair indication (i.e. FD / DD basis selection) . In this case, if the field size or the number of bits for the first structure of the first bitmap is per layer, the field size or the number of bits for the first bitmap may be: Mv*Q or Mv*Q-1. Alternatively, if the field size or the number of bits for the first structure of the first bitmap is across layers, the field size or the number of bits may be Mv*Q*v or Mv*Q*v-v.
[0254] In some embodiments, the first structure of the second bitmap may be indication of non-zero coefficients corresponding to the first vectors and the selected second vector / third vector pairs (or maximum number of selected second vector / third vector pairs) . In this case, if the field size or the number of bits for the first structure of the second bitmap is per layer, the field size or the number of bits for the second bitmap may be one of: 2L*S1, v, 2L* (S1, v+1) , 2L* (S1, v+1) -1, or 2L*S1, v-1. Alternatively, if the field size or the number of bits for the first structure of the second bitmap is across layers, the field size or the number of bits for the second bitmap may be one of: 2L*S1, 2L* (S1+v) , 2L* (S1+v) -v, or 2L*S1-v.
[0255] Alternatively, or in addition, the second structure of the first bitmap may be first vector / second vector pair indication (i.e., SD / FD basis selection) . In this case, if the field size or the number of bits for the second structure of the first bitmap is per layer, the field size or the number of bits for the second structure of the first bitmap may be: 2L*Mv or 2L*Mv-1. Alternatively, if the field size or the number of bits for the second structure of the first bitmap is across layers, the field size or the number of bits may be: 2L*Mv*v or 2L*Mv*v-v.
[0256] In some embodiments, the second structure of the second bitmap may be indication of non-zero coefficients corresponding to the third vectors and the selected first vector / second vector pairs (or maximum number of selected first vector / second vector pairs) . In this case, if the field size or the number of bits for the second structure of the second bitmap is per layer, the field size or the number of bits for the second structure of the second bitmap may be one of: Q*S3, v, Q* (S3, v+1) , Q* (S3, v+1) -1 or Q*S3, v-1. Alternatively, if the field size or the number of bits for the second structure of the second bitmap is across layers, the field size or the number of bits for the second bitmap may be one of: Q*S3, Q* (S3+v) , Q* (S3+v) -v or Q*S3-v. In some embodiments, there may be no need of second bitmap in case of a third condition. The third condition may be one of: the second type of codebook, or Q<=Y. In this case, Y may be positive integer, for example, Y may be 2 or 3 or 4. In some embodiments, the above mentioned first condition may further comprise 2L < Q or 2L <=Q, and the second condition may further comprise 2L >= Q or 2L >Q.
[0257] In some embodiments, if the first bitmap is in the first part of the CSI report and the second bitmap is in the second part of the CSI report, S1 or S1, v and S3 or S3, v may be the number of selected vector pairs or number of bits with value 1 in the first bitmap and / or the corresponding vector pair corresponding to SCI (i.e. for the case with +1 or +v) . Alternatively, if the first bitmap and the second bitmap are in the second part of the CSI report, S1 or S1, v and S3 or S3, v may be the maximum number of selected vector pairs or maximum number of bits with value 1 in the first bitmap and / or the corresponding vector pair corresponding to SCI (i.e. for the case with +1 or +v) .
[0258] In some embodiments, the first structure of the first bitmap may be first vector and third vector pair indication (i.e. SD / DD basis selection) . In this case, if the field size or the number of bits for the first structure of the first bitmap is per layer, the field size or the number of bits for the first bitmap may be: 2L*Q or 2L*Q-1. Alternatively, if the field size or the number of bits for the first structure of the first bitmap is across layers, the field size or the number of bits may be 2L*Q*v or 2L*Q*v-v.
[0259] In some embodiments, the first structure of the second bitmap may be indication of non-zero coefficients corresponding to the second vectors and the selected first vector / third vector pairs (or maximum number of selected first vector / third vector pairs) . In this case, if the field size or the number of bits for the first structure of the second bitmap is per layer, the field size or the number of bits for the second bitmap may be one of: Mv*S2, v, Mv* (S2, v+1) , Mv* (S2, v+1) -1 or Mv*S2, v-1. Alternatively, if the field size or the number of bits for the first structure of the second bitmap is across layers, the field size or the number of bits for the second bitmap may be one of: Mv*S2, Mv* (S2+v) , Mv* (S2+v) -v or Mv*S2-v.
[0260] In some embodiments, the second structure of the first bitmap may be first vector / second vector pair indication (SD / FD basis selection) . In this case, if the field size or the number of bits for the second structure of the first bitmap is per layer, the field size or the number of bits for the second structure of the first bitmap may be: 2L*Mv or 2L*Mv-1. Alternatively, if the field size or the number of bits for the second structure of the first bitmap is across layers, the field size or the number of bits may be: 2L*Mv*v or 2L*Mv*v-v.
[0261] In some embodiments, the second structure of the second bitmap may be indication of non-zero coefficients corresponding to the third vectors and the selected first vector / second vector pairs (or maximum number of selected first vector / second vector pairs) . In this case, if the field size or the number of bits for the second structure of the second bitmap is per layer, the field size or the number of bits for the second structure of the second bitmap may be one of: Q*S3, v, Q* (S3, v+1) , Q* (S3, v+1) -1 or Q*S3, v-1. Alternatively, if the field size or the number of bits for the second structure of the second bitmap is across layers, the field size or the number of bits for the second bitmap may be one of: Q*S3, Q* (S3+v) , Q* (S3+v) -v or Q*S3-v. In some embodiments, there may be no need of second bitmap in case of a third condition. The third condition may be one of: the second type of codebook, or Q<=Y. In this case, Y may be positive integer, for example, Y may be 2 or 3 or 4. In some embodiments, the above mentioned first condition may further comprise Mv < Q or Mv <=Q, and the second condition may further comprise Mv >= Q or Mv >Q.
[0262] In some embodiments, if the first bitmap is in the first part of the CSI report and the second bitmap is in the second part of the CSI report, S2 or S2, v and S3 or S3, v may be the number of selected vector pairs or number of bits with value 1 in the first bitmap and / or the corresponding vector pair corresponding to SCI (i.e. for the case with +1 or +v) . Alternatively, if the first bitmap and the second bitmap are in the second part of the CSI report, S2 or S2, v and S3 or S3, v may be the maximum number of selected vector pairs or maximum number of bits with value 1 in the first bitmap and / or the corresponding vector pair corresponding to SCI (i.e. for the case with +1 or +v) .
[0263] In some other embodiments, the set of bitmaps may comprise the third bitmap. In this case, in some embodiments, if the field size or the number of bits for the third bitmap is per layer, the filed size or the number of bits may be 2L*Mv or 2L*Mv-1. Alternatively, if the field size or the number of bits for the third bitmap is across layers, the filed size or the number of bits may be 2L*Mv*v or 2L*Mv*v-v. In some embodiments, the amplitude coefficients and phase coefficients corresponding to each third vector and corresponding to the indicated / selected first / second vector pair based on the third bitmap may be non-zero. In some situation, each DD vector may be corresponding to non-zero coefficients.
[0264] In some embodiments, the maximum value of total number of non-zero coefficients per layer and / or across layers may be determined per third vector (DD basis vector) . In this case, the maximum value of total number of non-zero coefficients per layer may be or and the maximum value of total number of non-zero coefficients across layers may be K0 if v=1, and and the maximum value of total number of non-zero coefficients across layers may be 2K0 if v>1. In some embodiments, the threshold may be one of: or
[0265] In some embodiments, the first bitmap may indicate or select the second vector (s) for the (N selected or NTRP) CSI-RS resources. In this case, the field size or number of bits for the first bitmap may be one of: NTRP*Mv, N*Mv, NTRP*Mv*v , N*Mv*v, NTRP*Mv-1, N*Mv-1, NTRP*Mv*v-v or N*Mv*v-v. The second bitmap may indicate non-zero coefficients corresponding to the selected second vector (s) may be based on the first bitmap and first vectors. In this case, the field size or number of bits for the second bitmap may be across layers: or or per layer: or whereNTRP represent the number of transmission reception points (TPRs) .
[0266] In some embodiments, if the first bitmap is in the first part of the CSI report and the second bitmap is in the second part of the CSI report, Sn or Sn, v may be the number of selected second vector (s) or number of bits with value 1 in the first bitmap and / or the second vector corresponding to SCI (i.e. for the case with +1 or +v) . Alternatively, if the first bitmap and the second bitmap are in the second part of the CSI report, Sn or Sn, v may be the maximum number of selected second vector (s) or maximum number of bits with value 1 in the first bitmap and / or the second vector corresponding to SCI (i.e. for the case with +1 or +v) . In some embodiments, the value of Sn or Sn, v may be determined based on the at least one configuration or may be configured by network device 120. For example, Sn, v may be one of: 1 / 2*Mv, 1 / 3*Mv or β*Mv. Alternatively, or in addition, Sn may be one of: 1 / 2*Mv*v, 1 / 3*Mv*v or β*Mv*v.
[0267] In some embodiments, the third bitmap may indicate non-zero coefficients corresponding to first vector and second vector. In this case, the field size or number of bits for the third bitmap may be one of: or
[0268] As mentioned above, the terminal device 110 may determine the strongest coefficient corresponding to a layer with index r (r∈ {1, 2, …v} ) , and the field size or the number of bits for the indication of the strongest coefficient corresponding to the layer with index r may be (e.g. phase rotation or second vector remapping applied) or (e.g. phase rotation or second vector remapping not applied) . In this case, in some embodiments, the first condition may further comprise N>=2 or or the ratio of the value of the maximum number of bits with value 1 in the first bitmap to (or ) or the ratio of KNZ to or β is less than the threshold. The threshold may be 1 / 2 or 2 / 3 or 3 / 4 or or or or where Z may be a positive integer, e.g. 8<=Z<=16.
[0269] In some embodiments, the terminal device 110 may determine, based on the set of bitmaps: one or more of: a number of channel quality indicators (CQIs) corresponding to one subband, a number of CQIs corresponding to wideband, a number of third vector, or whether to report the third vector. For example, for the third bitmap, if the bits corresponding to Q-1 third vector (s) are all zero, one CQI corresponding to one subband and / or one CQI corresponding to wideband may be reported. Alternatively, for the first bitmap and / or the second bitmap indicating first / third vector pair or second / third vector pair or first / second vector pair associated with third vector, if the bits corresponding to Q-1 third vector (s) are all zero, one CQI corresponding to one subband and / or one CQI corresponding to wideband may be reported. In some embodiments, if the first bitmap (for example, in the first part of CSI report) indicating the bits corresponding to Q-1 third vector (s) are all zero values, there may be no second bitmap (for example, in the second part of the CSI report. For example, the coefficients corresponding to the selected first or second vectors based on the first bitmap and the second or first vectors may be all non-zero. If no doppler compression, legacy CSI reference resource slot (for example, slot l may be slot n-nCSI_ref. ) may be applied. In this case, based on the bitmap, the terminal device 110 can indicate whether doppler domain compression needed or not.
[0270] In some embodiments, the priority calculation parameter for the third vector (e.g. DD basis vector) may be based on
[0271] In some embodiments, the priority for the at least one codebook indictor for the second codebook configuration may be Pri (r, i, f, q) =2·L·v·π (f) · (N4+1) +2·L·v·ρ (q) +v·i+r or Pri (r, i, f, q) =2·L·v·π (f) ·N4+2·L·v·ρ (q) +v·i+r , where In some embodiments, the element or the coefficient (e.g. first amplitude coefficient, second amplitude coefficient, phase coefficient) corresponding to a first vector with index i and / or a second vector with index f and / or a layer with index r and / or a third vector with index q with the highest priority may have the lowest associated value Pri (r, i, f, q) or Pri (r, i, f) .
[0272] In some embodiments, CSI group 1 may comprise at least one of: indication for Mυ second vectors, and highest priority elements / bits of the first bitmap for non-zero coefficients indication, the highest priority second amplitude coefficients, and the highest priority phase coefficients. In some embodiments, CSI group 2 may comprise at least one of: lowest priority elements / bits of the first bitmap for non-zero coefficients indication, the lowest priority second amplitude coefficients, and the lowest priority phase coefficients. For example, for the first type of codebook.
[0273] In some embodiments, CSI group 1 may comprise at least one of: highest priority elements / bits of the first bitmap for non-zero coefficients indication, the highest priority second amplitude coefficients, and the highest priority phase coefficients. In some embodiments, CSI group 2 may comprise at least one of: lowest priority elements / bits of the first bitmap for non-zero coefficients indication, the lowest priority second amplitude coefficients, and the lowest priority phase coefficients. For example, for second first type of codebook.
[0274] In some embodiments, the first bitmap for non-zero coefficients indication and / or the second bitmap for non-zero coefficients indication may be comprised in CSI group 1. In some embodiments, CSI group 1 may comprise at least one of: the first bitmap for non-zero coefficients indication, the second bitmap for non-zero coefficients indication, the highest priority second amplitude coefficients, and the highest priority phase coefficients. In some embodiments, CSI group 2 may comprise at least one of: the lowest priority second amplitude coefficients, and the lowest priority phase coefficients.
[0275] In some embodiments, the first bitmap for non-zero coefficients indication may be comprised in CSI group 1, and a set of highest priority elements / bits in the second bitmap for non-zero coefficients indication may be comprised in CSI group 1 and a set of lowest priority elements / bits in the second bitmap for non-zero coefficients indication may be comprised in CSI group 2. In some embodiments, CSI group 1 may comprise at least one of: the first bitmap for non-zero coefficients indication, highest priority elements / bits of the second bitmap for non-zero coefficients indication, the highest priority second amplitude coefficients, and the highest priority phase coefficients. In some embodiments, CSI group 2 may comprise at least one of: lowest priority elements / bits in the second bitmap for non-zero coefficients indication, the lowest priority second amplitude coefficients, and the lowest priority phase coefficients. In some embodiments, Xsec may be or 2L·S1 or or Mv·S2 or or Q·S3.
[0276] In some embodiments, a set of highest priority elements / bits in the first bitmap for non-zero coefficients indication may be comprised in CSI group 1 and a set of lowest priority elements / bits in the first bitmap for non-zero coefficients indication may be comprised in CSI group 2. In some embodiments, a set of highest priority elements / bits in the second bitmap for non-zero coefficients indication may be comprised in CSI group 1 and a set of lowest priority elements / bits in the second bitmap for non-zero coefficients indication may be comprised in CSI group 2. In some embodiments, CSI group 1 may comprise at least one of: or highest priority elements / bits in the first bitmap for non-zero coefficients indication, highest priority elements / bits of the second bitmap for non-zero coefficients indication, the highest priority second amplitude coefficients, and the highest priority phase coefficients. In some embodiments, CSI group 2 may comprise at least one of: or lowest priority elements / bits in the first bitmap for non-zero coefficients indication, lowest priority elements / bits in the second bitmap for non-zero coefficients indication, the lowest priority second amplitude coefficients, and the lowest priority phase coefficients. The terminal device 110 transmits (2030) the CSI report that comprises the set of bitmaps to the network device 120. As mentioned above, in some embodiments, if the set of bitmaps includes the first and second bitmaps, the first bitmap may be in a first part of the CSI report and the second bitmap may be in a second part of the CSI report. Alternatively, the first and second bitmaps may be in the second part of the CSI report.
[0277] In some embodiments, the reported CSI for the second codebook configuration may be applied or correspond to channel / CSI after slot l. In this case, the location of the slot l may be configured by the network device 120. For example, the location of slot l may be slot n+δor slot n-nCSI_ref. In some embodiments, δ may be configured by the network device 120, δmay be non-negative integer, e.g., δ may be at least one of {0, 2, 1, 3, 4, 5} . In some embodiments, nCSI_ref may be a positive integer. In some embodiments, nCSI_ref may be at least one of 4 or 5.
[0278] In some embodiments, N4=2 may be only applied when combined with Tu≥2 or Tu≥4. In some embodiments, the value of N4*Tu may be no less than 4 or 5. In some embodiments, the terminal device may expect the value of N4*Tu no less than 4 or 5. In some embodiments, the terminal device may not be expected to be configured with N4 and Tu with value of N4*Tu no less than 4 or 5. In some embodiments, the location of slot l may be slot of max (n, n-nCSI_ref+N4*Tu) . In some embodiments, if the terminal device is configured with (N4=2 and Tu=2) or (N4=2 and Tu=1) or (N4=4 and Tu=1) or N4*Tu≤4 or N4*Tu≤5, then the location of slot l may be slot n or n+δ or the location of slot l may not expected to be slot n-nCSI_ref. In some embodiments, the reported CSI for the second codebook configuration may be applied or correspond to channel / CSI after slot l. In this case, the location of the slot l may be configured by the network device 120. For example, the location of slot l may be slot n+δ or slot n-nCSI_ref. In some embodiments, δ may be configured by the network device 120, δ may be non- negative integer, e.g., δ may be at least one of {0, 2, 1, 3, 4, 5} . In some embodiments, nCSI_ref may be a positive integer. In some embodiments, nCSI_ref may be at least one of 4 or 5.
[0279] In some embodiments, the terminal device may not expect N4=2 and Tu≤2 at the same time. In some embodiments, the terminal device may not expect N4=2 and Tu≤4 at the same time. In some embodiments, the terminal device may not expect to be configured with (N4=2 and Tu=2) or (N4=2 and Tu=1) or (N4=4 and Tu=1) at the same time.
[0280] In some embodiments, the slot n may be the slot for the CSI reporting or the last downlink slot (for PDSCH reception) that overlaps with (the uplink slot for) the CSI reporting or In some embodiment, δ may be based on the subcarrier spacing corresponding to one of: the downlink slot (for PDSCH reception) , the CSI-RS resource for the CSI report, the uplink slot for the CSI reporting (or for PUSCH transmission) , or the minimum value of SCS among or between at least two of: SCS for uplink transmission, SCS for downlink transmission, SCS for CSI-RS for the CSI report, SCS for PDSCH reception, SCS for PDCCH triggering the CSI report. For example, the slot n+δ with δ=0 may be the last slot for PDSCH reception overlapping with (the uplink slot for) the CSI reporting. In this case, μDL and μUL may be the subcarrier spacing configurations for DL and UL, respectively. andμoffset may be determined by higher-layer configured ca-SlotOffset for the cells transmitting the uplink and downlink.
[0281] FIG. 3 illustrates a flowchart of a communication method 300 implemented at a terminal device in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure. For example, the method 300 may be implemented by the terminal device 110 in FIG. 1B.
[0282] At block 310, the terminal device 110 receives, from the network device 120, at least one configuration for a channel state information (CSI) report. In some embodiments, the at least one configuration comprises at least one of: a first codebook parameter, a second codebook parameter, a plurality of channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources for the CSI report, at least one parameter for antenna port configuration, a configuration for the type of codebook, or a configuration for the mode of codebook structure.
[0283] At block 320, the terminal device 110 determines a number of non-zero coefficients with a set of bitmaps based on the at least one configuration for the CSI report. The set of bitmaps comprises one bitmap or a plurality of bitmaps. Further, a pattern of the set of bitmaps is based on at least one of: whether a type of codebook is a first type of codebook or a second type of codebook, whether a mode of codebook structure is a first mode of codebook structure or a second mode of codebook structure, a number of first vectors, a number of second vectors, a number of third vectors, a value of a first codebook parameter, a number of layers, a number of non-zero coefficients, a threshold, or a number of subbands. In some embodiments, a maximum value of the number of non-zero coefficients is per third vector.
[0284] In some embodiments, the terminal device 110 determines, based on a first set of configurations or a first condition, that the set of bitmaps comprises the plurality of bitmaps. The terminal device 110 may also determine, based on a second set of configurations or a second condition, that the set of bitmaps comprises the one bitmap.
[0285] In some embodiments, the number of bits for the one bitmap is one of: 2L*Mv*Q or 2L*Mv*Q-1 per layer, or 2L*Mv*Q or 2L*Mv*Q*v-v across layers. In this case, 2L represents the number of first vectors, Mv represents the number of second vectors, Q represents the number of third vectors, and v represents the number of layers.
[0286] In some embodiments, the plurality of bitmaps comprises a first bitmap and a second bitmap. In some embodiments, a first structure of the first and second bitmaps is applied based on a first set of configurations or a first condition. In some embodiments, a second structure of the first and second bitmaps is applied based on a second set of configurations or a second condition.
[0287] In some embodiments, the first set of configurations or the first condition comprises at least one of: a first type of codebook, a first number of first vectors, a first number of second vectors, a first number of third vectors, a first value of the first codebook parameter, a first number of layers, a first value of the number of non-zero coefficients, or a first value of the maximum number of bits with value 1 in the first bitmap. In some embodiments, the second set of configurations or the second condition comprises at least one of: a second type of codebook, a second number of first vectors, a second number of second vectors, a second number of third vectors, a second value of the first codebook parameter, a second number of layers, a second value of the number of non-zero coefficients, or a second value of the maximum number of bits with value 1 in the first bitmap.
[0288] In some embodiments, the first bitmap comprises at least one indication of vector pairs, one vector pair comprises two vectors from a set of vectors that comprises a first vector, a second vector, and a third vector. In some embodiments, the second bitmap comprises at least one indication of non-zero coefficients corresponding to one vector left in the set and at least one selected vector pair. In some embodiments, the terminal device 110 may determine, based on the set of bitmaps, at least one of the followings: a number of channel quality indicators (CQIs) corresponding to one subband, a number of CQIs corresponding to wideband, a number of third vector, or whether to report the third vector.
[0289] At block 330, the terminal device 110 transmits, to the network device 120, the CSI report that comprises the set of bitmaps. In some embodiments, the plurality of bitmaps may include a first bitmap and a second bitmap. In this case, in some embodiments, the first bitmap is in a first part of the CSI report and the second bitmap is in a second part of the CSI report. Alternatively, the first and second bitmaps may be in the second part of the CSI report.
[0290] FIG. 4 illustrates a flowchart of a communication method 400 implemented at a terminal device in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure. For example, the method 400 may be implemented by the network device 120 in FIG. 1B.
[0291] At block 410, the network device 120 transmits, to the terminal device 110, at least one configuration for a channel state information (CSI) report. A number of non-zero coefficients with a set of bitmaps is determined based on the at least one configuration for the CSI report.
[0292] At block 420, the network device 120 receives, from the terminal device 110, the CSI report that comprises the set of bitmaps. The set of bitmaps comprises one bitmap or a plurality of bitmaps. Moreover, a pattern of the set of bitmaps is based on at least one of: whether a type of codebook is a first type of codebook or a second type of codebook, whether a mode of codebook structure is a first mode of codebook structure or a second mode of codebook structure, a number of first vectors, a number of second vectors, a number of third vectors, a value of a first codebook parameter, a number of layers, a number of non-zero coefficients, a threshold, or a number of subbands.
[0293] In some embodiments, the at least one configuration comprises at least one of: a first codebook parameter, a second codebook parameter, a plurality of channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources for the CSI report, at least one parameter for antenna port configuration, a configuration for the type of codebook, or a configuration for the mode of codebook structure.
[0294] In some embodiments, the first bitmap comprises at least one indication of vector pairs, one vector pair comprises two vectors from a set of vectors that comprises a first vector, a second vector, and a third vector. In some embodiments, the second bitmap comprises at least one indication of non-zero coefficients corresponding to one vector left in the set and at least one selected vector pair.
[0295] In some embodiments, the first bitmap is in a first part of the CSI report and the second bitmap is in a second part of the CSI report. Alternatively, the first and second bitmaps are in the second part of the CSI report.
[0296] FIG. 5 is a simplified block diagram of a device 500 that is suitable for implementing embodiments of the present disclosure. The device 500 can be considered as a further example implementation of any of the devices as shown in FIG. 1 B. Accordingly, the device 500 can be implemented at or as at least a part of the terminal device 110 or the network device 120.
[0297] As shown, the device 500 includes a processor 510, a memory 520 coupled to the processor 510, a suitable transmitter (TX) / receiver (RX) 540 coupled to the processor 510, and a communication interface coupled to the TX / RX 540. The memory 510 stores at least a part of a program 530. The TX / RX 540 is for bidirectional communications. The TX / RX 540 has at least one antenna to facilitate communication, though in practice an Access Node mentioned in this application may have several ones. The communication interface may represent any interface that is necessary for communication with other network elements, such as X2 / Xn interface for bidirectional communications between eNBs / gNBs, S1 / NG interface for communication between a Mobility Management Entity (MME) / Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) / SGW / UPF and the eNB / gNB, Un interface for communication between the eNB / gNB and a relay node (RN) , or Uu interface for communication between the eNB / gNB and a terminal device.
[0298] The program 530 is assumed to include program instructions that, when executed by the associated processor 510, enable the device 500 to operate in accordance with the embodiments of the present disclosure, as discussed herein with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4. The embodiments herein may be implemented by computer software executable by the processor 510 of the device 500, or by hardware, or by a combination of software and hardware. The processor 510 may be configured to implement various embodiments of the present disclosure. Furthermore, a combination of the processor 510 and memory 520 may form processing means 550 adapted to implement various embodiments of the present disclosure.
[0299] The memory 520 may be of any type suitable to the local technical network and may be implemented using any suitable data storage technology, such as a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, semiconductor based memory devices, magnetic memory devices and systems, optical memory devices and systems, fixed memory and removable memory, as non-limiting examples. While only one memory 520 is shown in the device 500, there may be several physically distinct memory modules in the device 500. The processor 510 may be of any type suitable to the local technical network, and may include one or more of general purpose computers, special purpose computers, microprocessors, digital signal processors (DSPs) and processors based on multicore processor architecture, as non-limiting examples. The device 500 may have multiple processors, such as an application specific integrated circuit chip that is slaved in time to a clock which synchronizes the main processor.
[0300] In some embodiments, a terminal device comprises a circuitry configured to: receive, from a network device, at least one configuration for a channel state information (CSI) report; determine a number of non-zero coefficients with a set of bitmaps based on the at least one configuration for the CSI report, wherein the set of bitmaps comprises one bitmap or a plurality of bitmaps, wherein a pattern of the set of bitmaps is based on at least one of: whether a type of codebook is a first type of codebook or a second type of codebook, whether a mode of codebook structure is a first mode of codebook structure or a second mode of codebook structure, a number of first vectors, a number of second vectors, a number of third vectors, a value of a first codebook parameter, a number of layers, a number of non-zero coefficients, a threshold, or a number of subbands; and transmit, to the network device, the CSI report that comprises the set of bitmaps.
[0301] In some embodiments, a network device comprises a circuitry configured to: transmit, to a terminal device, at least one configuration for a channel state information (CSI) report, wherein a number of non-zero coefficients with a set of bitmaps is determined based on the at least one configuration for the CSI report; and receive, from the terminal device, the CSI report that comprises the set of bitmaps, wherein the set of bitmaps comprises one bitmap or a plurality of bitmaps, wherein a pattern of the set of bitmaps is based on at least one of: whether a type of codebook is a first type of codebook or a second type of codebook, whether a mode of codebook structure is a first mode of codebook structure or a second mode of codebook structure, a number of first vectors, a number of second vectors, a number of third vectors, a value of a first codebook parameter, a number of layers, a number of non-zero coefficients, a threshold, or a number of subbands.
[0302] According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the circuitry may be configured to perform any of the method implemented by the device as discussed above.
[0303] The term “circuitry” used herein may refer to hardware circuits and / or combinations of hardware circuits and software. For example, the circuitry may be a combination of analog and / or digital hardware circuits with software / firmware. As a further example, the circuitry may be any portions of hardware processors with software including digital signal processor (s) , software, and memory (ies) that work together to cause an apparatus, such as a terminal device or a network device, to perform various functions. In a still further example, the circuitry may be hardware circuits and or processors, such as a microprocessor or a portion of a microprocessor, that requires software / firmware for operation, but the software may not be present when it is not needed for operation. As used herein, the term circuitry also covers an implementation of merely a hardware circuit or processor (s) or a portion of a hardware circuit or processor (s) and its (or their) accompanying software and / or firmware.
[0304] In summary, embodiments of the present disclosure provide the following aspects.
[0305] In an aspect, a terminal device, comprises a processor, configured to cause the terminal device to: receive, from a network device, at least one configuration for a channel state information (CSI) report; determine a number of non-zero coefficients with a set of bitmaps based on the at least one configuration for the CSI report, wherein the set of bitmaps comprises one bitmap or a plurality of bitmaps, wherein a pattern of the set of bitmaps is based on at least one of: whether a type of codebook is a first type of codebook or a second type of codebook, whether a mode of codebook structure is a first mode of codebook structure or a second mode of codebook structure, a number of first vectors, a number of second vectors, a number of third vectors, a value of a first codebook parameter, a number of layers, a number of non-zero coefficients, a threshold, or a number of subbands; and transmit, to the network device, the CSI report that comprises the set of bitmaps.
[0306] In some solutions, the at least one configuration comprises at least one of: a first codebook parameter, a second codebook parameter, a plurality of channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources for the CSI report, at least one parameter for antenna port configuration, a configuration for the type of codebook, or a configuration for the mode of codebook structure.
[0307] In some solutions, a maximum value of the number of non-zero coefficients is per third vector.
[0308] In some solutions, the processor is configured to cause the terminal device to: determine, based on a first set of configurations or a first condition, that the set of bitmaps comprises the plurality of bitmaps; and determine, based on a second set of configurations or a second condition, that the set of bitmaps comprises the one bitmap.
[0309] In some solutions, the number of bits for the one bitmap is one of: 2L*Mv*Q or 2L*Mv*Q-1 per layer, or 2L*Mv*Q or 2L*Mv*Q*v-v across layers, and where 2L represents the number of first vectors, Mv represents the number of second vectors, Q represents the number of third vectors, and v represents the number of layers.
[0310] In some solutions, the plurality of bitmaps comprises a first bitmap and a second bitmap, and a first structure of the first and second bitmaps is applied based on a first set of configurations or a first condition, and a second structure of the first and second bitmaps is applied based on a second set of configurations or a second condition.
[0311] In some solutions, the first set of configurations or the first condition comprises at least one of: a first type of codebook, a first number of first vectors, a first number of second vectors, a first number of third vectors, a first value of the first codebook parameter, a first number of layers, a first value of the number of non-zero coefficients, or a first value of the maximum number of bits with value 1 in the first bitmap.
[0312] In some solutions, the second set of configurations or the second condition comprises at least one of: a second type of codebook, a second number of first vectors, a second number of second vectors, a second number of third vectors, a second value of the first codebook parameter, a second number of layers, a second value of the number of non-zero coefficients, or a second value of the maximum number of bits with value 1 in the first bitmap.
[0313] In some solutions, the plurality of bitmaps comprises a first bitmap and a second bitmap, the first bitmap comprises at least one indication of vector pairs, one vector pair comprises two vectors from a set of vectors that comprises a first vector, a second vector, and a third vector, and the second bitmap comprises at least one indication of non-zero coefficients corresponding to one vector left in the set and at least one selected vector pair.
[0314] In some solutions, the plurality of bitmaps comprises a first bitmap and a second bitmap, and the first bitmap is in a first part of the CSI report and the second bitmap is in a second part of the CSI report, or the first and second bitmaps are in the second part of the CSI report.
[0315] In some solutions, the processor is configured to cause the terminal device to: determine, based on the set of bitmaps, at least one of the followings: a number of channel quality indicators (CQIs) corresponding to one subband, a number of CQIs corresponding to wideband, a number of third vector, or whether to report the third vector.
[0316] In an aspect, a network device, comprises a processor, configured to cause the network device to: transmit, to a terminal device, at least one configuration for a channel state information (CSI) report, wherein a number of non-zero coefficients with a set of bitmaps is determined based on the at least one configuration for the CSI report; and receive, from the terminal device, the CSI report that comprises the set of bitmaps, wherein the set of bitmaps comprises one bitmap or a plurality of bitmaps, wherein a pattern of the set of bitmaps is based on at least one of: whether a type of codebook is a first type of codebook or a second type of codebook, whether a mode of codebook structure is a first mode of codebook structure or a second mode of codebook structure, a number of first vectors, a number of second vectors, a number of third vectors, a value of a first codebook parameter, a number of layers, a number of non-zero coefficients, a threshold, or a number of subbands.
[0317] In some solutions, the at least one configuration comprises at least one of: a first codebook parameter, a second codebook parameter, a plurality of channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources for the CSI report, at least one parameter for antenna port configuration, a configuration for the type of codebook, or a configuration for the mode of codebook structure.
[0318] In some solutions, the plurality of bitmaps comprises a first bitmap and a second bitmap, the first bitmap comprises at least one indication of vector pairs, one vector pair comprises two vectors from a set of vectors that comprises a first vector, a second vector, and a third vector, and the second bitmap comprises at least one indication of non-zero coefficients corresponding to one vector left in the set and at least one selected vector pair.
[0319] In some solutions, the plurality of bitmaps comprises a first bitmap and a second bitmap, and the first bitmap is in a first part of the CSI report and the second bitmap is in a second part of the CSI report, or the first and second bitmaps are in the second part of the CSI report.
[0320] In an aspect, a computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when executed on at least one processor, causing the at least one processor to perform the method implemented by the device discussed above.
[0321] In an aspect, a computer program comprising instructions, the instructions, when executed on at least one processor, causing the at least one processor to perform the method implemented by the device discussed above.
[0322] Generally, various embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented in hardware or special purpose circuits, software, logic or any combination thereof. Some aspects may be implemented in hardware, while other aspects may be implemented in firmware or software which may be executed by a controller, microprocessor or other computing device. While various aspects of embodiments of the present disclosure are illustrated and described as block diagrams, flowcharts, or using some other pictorial representation, it will be appreciated that the blocks, apparatus, systems, techniques or methods described herein may be implemented in, as non-limiting examples, hardware, software, firmware, special purpose circuits or logic, general purpose hardware or controller or other computing devices, or some combination thereof.
[0323] The present disclosure also provides at least one computer program product tangibly stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium. The computer program product includes computer-executable instructions, such as those included in program modules, being executed in a device on a target real or virtual processor, to carry out the process or method as described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8. Generally, program modules include routines, programs, libraries, objects, classes, components, data structures, or the like that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. The functionality of the program modules may be combined or split between program modules as desired in various embodiments. Machine-executable instructions for program modules may be executed within a local or distributed device. In a distributed device, program modules may be located in both local and remote storage media.
[0324] Program code for carrying out methods of the present disclosure may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages. These program codes may be provided to a processor or controller of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus, such that the program codes, when executed by the processor or controller, cause the functions / operations specified in the flowcharts and / or block diagrams to be implemented. The program code may execute entirely on a machine, partly on the machine, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the machine and partly on a remote machine or entirely on the remote machine or server.
[0325] The above program code may be embodied on a machine readable medium, which may be any tangible medium that may contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. The machine readable medium may be a machine readable signal medium or a machine readable storage medium. A machine readable medium may include but not limited to an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. More specific examples of the machine readable storage medium would include an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a random access memory (RAM) , a read-only memory (ROM) , an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or Flash memory) , an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM) , an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing.
[0326] Further, while operations are depicted in a particular order, this should not be understood as requiring that such operations be performed in the particular order shown or in sequential order, or that all illustrated operations be performed, to achieve desirable results. In certain circumstances, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous. Likewise, while several specific implementation details are contained in the above discussions, these should not be construed as limitations on the scope of the present disclosure, but rather as descriptions of features that may be specific to particular embodiments. Certain features that are described in the context of separate embodiments may also be implemented in combination in a single embodiment. Conversely, various features that are described in the context of a single embodiment may also be implemented in multiple embodiments separately or in any suitable sub-combination.
[0327] Although the present disclosure has been described in language specific to structural features and / or methodological acts, it is to be understood that the present disclosure defined in the appended claims is not necessarily limited to the specific features or acts described above. Rather, the specific features and acts described above are disclosed as example forms of implementing the claims.
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1.A terminal device, comprising:a processor, configured to cause the terminal device to:receive, from a network device, at least one configuration for a channel state information (CSI) report;determine a number of non-zero coefficients with a set of bitmaps based on the at least one configuration for the CSI report, wherein the set of bitmaps comprises one bitmap or a plurality of bitmaps, and wherein a pattern of the set of bitmaps is based on at least one of:whether a type of codebook is a first type of codebook or a second type of codebook,whether a mode of codebook structure is a first mode of codebook structure or a second mode of codebook structure,a number of first vectors,a number of second vectors,a number of third vectors,a value of a first codebook parameter,a number of layers,a number of non-zero coefficients,a threshold, ora number of subbands; andtransmit, to the network device, the CSI report that comprises the set of bitmaps.2.The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the at least one configuration comprises at least one of:a first codebook parameter,a second codebook parameter,a plurality of channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources for the CSI report,at least one parameter for antenna port configuration,a configuration for the type of codebook, ora configuration for the mode of codebook structure.3.The terminal device of claim 1, wherein a maximum value of the number of non-zero coefficients is per third vector.4.The terminal device of clam 1, wherein the processor is configured to cause the terminal device to:determine, based on a first set of configurations or a first condition, that the set of bitmaps comprises the plurality of bitmaps; anddetermine, based on a second set of configurations or a second condition, that the set of bitmaps comprises the one bitmap.5.The terminal device of claim 4, wherein the number of bits for the one bitmap is one of:2L*Mv*Q or 2L*Mv*Q-1 per layer, or2L*Mv*Q or 2L*Mv*Q*v-v across layers, andwherein 2L represents the number of first vectors, Mv represents the number of second vectors, Q represents the number of third vectors, and v represents the number of layers.6.The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of bitmaps comprises a first bitmap and a second bitmap, andwherein a first structure of the first and second bitmaps is applied based on a first set of configurations or a first condition, andwherein a second structure of the first and second bitmaps is applied based on a second set of configurations or a second condition.7.The terminal device of any of claims 4-6, wherein the first set of configurations or the first condition comprises at least one of:a first type of codebook,a first number of first vectors,a first number of second vectors,a first number of third vectors,a first value of the first codebook parameter,a first number of layers,a first value of the number of non-zero coefficients, ora first value of the maximum number of bits with value 1 in the first bitmap.8.The terminal device of any of claims 4-6, wherein the second set of configurations or the second condition comprises at least one of:a second type of codebook,a second number of first vectors,a second number of second vectors,a second number of third vectors,a second value of the first codebook parameter,a second number of layers,a second value of the number of non-zero coefficients, ora second value of the maximum number of bits with value 1 in the first bitmap.9.The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of bitmaps comprises a first bitmap and a second bitmap,wherein the first bitmap comprises at least one indication of vector pairs, one vector pair comprises two vectors from a set of vectors that comprises a first vector, a second vector, and a third vector, andwherein the second bitmap comprises at least one indication of non-zero coefficients corresponding to one vector left in the set and at least one selected vector pair.10.The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of bitmaps comprises a first bitmap and a second bitmap, andwherein the first bitmap is in a first part of the CSI report and the second bitmap is in a second part of the CSI report, orwherein the first and second bitmaps are in the second part of the CSI report.11.A method for communication, comprising:receiving, at a terminal device and from a network device, at least one configuration for a channel state information (CSI) report;determining a number of non-zero coefficients with a set of bitmaps based on the at least one configuration for the CSI report, wherein the set of bitmaps comprises one bitmap or a plurality of bitmaps, and wherein a pattern of the set of bitmaps is based on at least one of:whether a type of codebook is a first type of codebook or a second type of codebook, whether a mode of codebook structure is a first mode of codebook structure or a second mode of codebook structure,a number of first vectors,a number of second vectors,a number of third vectors,a value of a first codebook parameter,a number of layers,a number of non-zero coefficients,a threshold, ora number of subbands; andtransmitting, to the network device, the CSI report that comprises the set of bitmaps.12.The method of clam 11, further comprising:determining, based on a first set of configurations or a first condition, that the set of bitmaps comprises the plurality of bitmaps; anddetermining, based on a second set of configurations or a second condition, that the set of bitmaps comprises the one bitmap.13.A network device, comprising:a processor, configured to cause the network device to:transmit, to a terminal device, at least one configuration for a channel state information (CSI) report, wherein a number of non-zero coefficients with a set of bitmaps is determined based on the at least one configuration for the CSI report; andreceive, from the terminal device, the CSI report that comprises the set of bitmaps, wherein the set of bitmaps comprises one bitmap or a plurality of bitmaps, wherein a pattern of the set of bitmaps is based on at least one of: whether a type of codebook is a first type of codebook or a second type of codebook, whether a mode of codebook structure is a first mode of codebook structure or a second mode of codebook structure, a number of first vectors, a number of second vectors, a number of third vectors, a value of a first codebook parameter, a number of layers, a number of non-zero coefficients, a threshold, or a number of subbands.14.The network device of claim 13, wherein the at least one configuration comprises at least one of:a first codebook parameter,a second codebook parameter,a plurality of channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources for the CSI report,at least one parameter for antenna port configuration,a configuration for the type of codebook, ora configuration for the mode of codebook structure.15.The network device of claim 13, wherein the plurality of bitmaps comprises a first bitmap and a second bitmap,wherein the first bitmap comprises at least one indication of vector pairs, one vector pair comprises two vectors from a set of vectors that comprises a first vector, a second vector, and a third vector, andwherein the second bitmap comprises at least one indication of non-zero coefficients corresponding to one vector left in the set and at least one selected vector pair.16.The network device of claim 13, wherein the plurality of bitmaps comprises a first bitmap and a second bitmap, andwherein the first bitmap is in a first part of the CSI report and the second bitmap is in a second part of the CSI report, orwherein the first and second bitmaps are in the second part of the CSI report.17.A method for communication, comprising:transmitting, at a network device and to a terminal device, at least one configuration for a channel state information (CSI) report, wherein a number of non-zero coefficients with a set of bitmaps is determined based on the at least one configuration for the CSI report; andreceiving, from the terminal device, the CSI report that comprises the set of bitmaps, wherein the set of bitmaps comprises one bitmap or a plurality of bitmaps, wherein a pattern of the set of bitmaps is based on at least one of: whether a type of codebook is a first type of codebook or a second type of codebook, whether a mode of codebook structure is a first mode of codebook structure or a second mode of codebook structure, a number of first vectors, a number of second vectors, a number of third vectors, a value of a first codebook parameter, a number of layers, a number of non-zero coefficients, a threshold, or a number of subbands.18.The method of claim 17, wherein the at least one configuration comprises at least one of:a first codebook parameter,a second codebook parameter,a plurality of channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources for the CSI report,at least one parameter for antenna port configuration,a configuration for the type of codebook, ora configuration for the mode of codebook structure.19.The method of claim 17, wherein the plurality of bitmaps comprises a first bitmap and a second bitmap,wherein the first bitmap comprises at least one indication of vector pairs, one vector pair comprises two vectors from a set of vectors that comprises a first vector, a second vector, and a third vector, andwherein the second bitmap comprises at least one indication of non-zero coefficients corresponding to one vector left in the set and at least one selected vector pair.20.The method of claim 17, wherein the plurality of bitmaps comprises a first bitmap and a second bitmap, andwherein the first bitmap is in a first part of the CSI report and the second bitmap is in a second part of the CSI report, orwherein the first and second bitmaps are in the second part of the CSI report.
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