Method, device and computer storage medium of communication
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- EP · EP
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- NEC CORP
- Filing Date
- 2023-08-17
- Publication Date
- 2026-06-24
AI Technical Summary
Current communication technologies face challenges in effectively enhancing channel state information (CSI) for reliable high-data-rate communications in multi-antenna systems.
The method involves a terminal device and a network device exchanging configurations for measurement reports, which include reference signal resources, pattern indications, and codebook subset restrictions, to determine and transmit CSI reports.
This approach improves CSI reporting, enabling better adaptation to channel conditions and enhancing communication performance in multi-antenna systems.
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Description
METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM OF COMMUNICATIONTECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to the field of telecommunication, and in particular, to methods, devices and computer storage media of communication for channel state information (CSI) .BACKGROUND
[0002] 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.SUMMARY
[0003] In general, embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, devices and computer storage media for CSI.
[0004] In a first aspect, there is provided a terminal device, comprising: a processor, configured to cause the terminal device to: receive, from a network device, at least one configuration for a measurement report, wherein the at least one configuration comprises a first plurality of reference signal resources, an indication of a pattern and at least one codebook subset restriction, wherein each of the at least one codebook subset restriction is associated with one reference signal resource, wherein the at least one configuration for the measurement report comprises a first value in a first dimension and a first value in a second dimension; determine a second value in the first dimension and a second value in the second dimension based on the indication of the pattern; and transmit, to the network device, the measurement report based on the at least one configuration, the second value in first dimension and the second value in the second dimension.
[0005] In a second aspect, there is provided a network device, comprising: a processor, configured to cause the network device to: transmit, to a terminal device, at least one configuration for a measurement report, wherein the at least one configuration comprises a first plurality of reference signal resources, an indication of a pattern and at least one codebook subset restriction, wherein each of the at least one codebook subset restriction is associated with one reference signal resource, wherein the at least one configuration for the measurement report comprises a first value in a first dimension and a first value in a second dimension, and wherein a second value in the first dimension and a second value in the second dimension are based on the indication of the pattern; and receive, from the terminal device, the measurement report based on the at least one configuration.
[0006] In a third aspect, there is provided a communication method performed by a terminal device. The method comprises: receiving, from a network device, at least one configuration for a measurement report, wherein the at least one configuration comprises a first plurality of reference signal resources, an indication of a pattern and at least one codebook subset restriction, wherein each of the at least one codebook subset restriction is associated with one reference signal resource, wherein the at least one configuration for the measurement report comprises a first value in a first dimension and a first value in a second dimension; determining a second value in the first dimension and a second value in the second dimension based on the indication of the pattern; and transmitting, to the network device, the measurement report based on the at least one configuration, the second value in first dimension and the second value in the second dimension.
[0007] In a fourth aspect, there is provided a communication method performed by a network device. The method comprises: transmitting, to a terminal device, at least one configuration for a measurement report, wherein the at least one configuration comprises a first plurality of reference signal resources, an indication of a pattern and at least one codebook subset restriction, wherein each of the at least one codebook subset restriction is associated with one reference signal resource, wherein the at least one configuration for the measurement report comprises a first value in a first dimension and a first value in a second dimension, and wherein a second value in the first dimension and a second value in the second dimension are based on the indication of the pattern; and receiving, from the terminal device, the measurement report based on the at least one configuration.
[0008] 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 third, or fourth aspect.
[0009] Other features of the present disclosure will become easily comprehensible through the following description.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0010] Through the more detailed description of some 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:
[0011] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a communication environment in which embodiments of the present disclosure can be implemented;
[0012] FIG. 2 illustrates a signaling flow for communications according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;
[0013] FIG. 3A to FIG. 3C illustrate schematic diagrams of CSI-RS resource patterns, respectively;
[0014] FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B illustrate schematic diagrams of CSI-RS resource patterns, respectively;
[0015] FIG. 5AA to FIG. 5HD illustrate schematic diagrams of CSI-RS resource patterns, respectively;
[0016] FIG. 6 illustrates a signaling flow of transmitting a measurement report in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure;
[0017] FIG. 7A to FIG. 7C illustrate schematic diagrams of vectors, respectively;
[0018] FIG. 8 illustrates a schematic diagram of CSI-RE resource pattern;
[0019] FIG. 9 illustrates a flowchart of a method implemented at a terminal device, according to some example embodiments of the present disclosure;
[0020] FIG. 10 illustrates a flowchart of a method implemented at a network device, according to some example embodiments of the present disclosure;
[0021] FIG. 11 illustrates a flowchart of a method implemented at a terminal device, according to some example embodiments of the present disclosure;
[0022] FIG. 12 illustrates a flowchart of a method implemented at a network device, according to some example embodiments of the present disclosure;
[0023] FIG. 13 illustrates a simplified block diagram of an apparatus that is suitable for implementing example embodiments of the present disclosure.
[0024] Throughout the drawings, the same or similar reference numerals represent the same or similar element.DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0025] Principle of the present disclosure will now be described with reference to some 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 limitations as to the scope of the disclosure. The disclosure described herein can be implemented in various manners other than the ones described below.
[0026] 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.
[0027] 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, device 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.
[0028] 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.
[0029] 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.
[0030] The terminal or the network device may work on several frequency ranges, e.g. FR1 (910 MHz to 7125 MHz) , FR2 (24.25GHz to 71GHz) , FR2-2 (52.6GHz to 71GHz) , frequency band larger than 100GHz 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.
[0031] 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.
[0032] 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.
[0033] 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.
[0034] 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.
[0035] 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.
[0036] 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.
[0037] Principles and implementations of the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the figures.
[0038] FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic diagram of an example communication network 100 in which some embodiments of the present disclosure can be implemented. As shown in FIG. 1, the communication network 100 may include a terminal device 110 and a network device 120. The network device 120 may provide a cell 102 to serve one or more terminal devices. In this example, the terminal device 110 is located in the cell 102 and is served by the network device 120. In the example of FIG. 1, 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.
[0039] 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. 1 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. 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. 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. For another example, a network device may be implemented with multiple panels or multiple groups of antenna ports / elements in same geographical location. 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.
[0040] 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.
[0041] 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) . 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.
[0042] The communications in the communication network 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.
[0043] As shown in FIG. 1, the network device 120 may communicate with the terminal device 110 via at least one of the TRPs / panels 130-1, 130-2, 130-3 and 130-4. In the following text, the TRP / panel 130-1 may be also referred to as the first TRP / panel, the TRP / panel 130-2 may be also referred to as the second TRP / panel, the TRP / panel 130-3 may be also referred to as the third TRP / panel and the TRP / panel 130-4 may be also referred to as the fourth TRP / panel. Each of the TRPs / panels 130 may provide a plurality of beams for communication with the terminal device 110. It is noted that the number of TRPs / panels shown in FIG. 1 is only an example not limitation.
[0044] In some embodiments, the first TRP / panel and / or the second TRP / panel and / or the third TRP / panel and / or the fourth TRP / panel 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) , a reference signal resource, a group of ports of a reference signal resource or a Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state, which is used to differentiate between transmissions between different TRPs / panels 130 and the terminal device 110.
[0045] In some embodiments, before transmitting data (such as, via the TRP / panel 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 applicable to control information including any transmission parameters.
[0046] In the context of the present application, the terms “precoding matrix” , “precoding” , “beam” , “beamforming” , “vector” , “first vector” , “first basis” , “first basis vector” , “second vector” , “second basis” , “second basis vector” , “third vector” , “third basis” , “third basis vector” , “codebook” and “precoder” may be used interchangeably. The terms “vector” , “bases” and “basis” can be used interchangeably.
[0047] In the context of the present application, the terms “pool” , “set” , “subset” , “group” , “unit” and “subgroup” can be used interchangeably.
[0048] In the context of the present application, the terms “one codebook subset restriction” , “one CBSR” , “each one of the at least one codebook subset restriction” , “one of the at least one codebook subset restriction” , “each one of the at least one CBSR” , “afirst bitmap” and “one of the at least one CBSR” can be used interchangeably.
[0049] 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.
[0050] In the context of the present application, the terms “precoder” , “first vector” , “aCSI-RS port” , “aCSI-RS resource” , “agroup of CSI-RS ports” , “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 CSI-RS resource” , “spatial domain / SD vectors corresponding to a CSI-RS resource” , “spatial domain / SD basis corresponding to a CSI-RS resource” , “spatial domain / SD bases corresponding to a CSI-RS resource” , “first basis corresponding to a CSI-RS resource” , “spatial domain / SD basis vectors corresponding to a group of CSI-RS ports” , “spatial domain / SD vectors corresponding to a group of CSI-RS ports” , “spatial domain / SD basis corresponding to a group of CSI-RS ports” , “spatial domain / SD bases corresponding to a group of CSI-RS ports” , “first basis corresponding to a group of CSI-RS ports” and “first basis” can be used interchangeably.
[0051] In the context of the present application, the terms “precoder” , “second vector” , “afirst plurality of CSI-RS ports” , “afirst plurality of CSI-RS resources” , “afirst plurality of groups of CSI-RS ports” , “second beam” , “beam” , “second bases” , “second basis vector” , “second spatial domain / SD basis vector” , “second spatial domain / SD vectors” , “second spatial domain / SD basis” , “second spatial domain / SD bases” , “second vector / vectors corresponding to a first plurality of CSI-RS resources” and “second basis / bases corresponding to a first plurality of CSI-RS resources” can be used interchangeably.
[0052] In the context of the present application, the terms “precoder” , “third vector” , “asecond plurality of CSI-RS ports” , “asecond plurality of CSI-RS resources” , “asecond plurality of groups of CSI-RS ports” , “third beam” , “beam” , “third bases” , “third basis vector” , “third spatial domain / SD basis vector” , “third spatial domain / SD vectors” , “third spatial domain / SD basis” , “third spatial domain / SD bases” , “third vector / vectors corresponding to a second plurality of CSI-RS resources” and “third basis / bases corresponding to a second plurality of CSI-RS resources” can be used interchangeably.
[0053] In the context of the present application, the terms “frequency domain / FD basis vector” , “frequency domain / FD vector” , “frequency domain / FD basis” , “frequency domain / FD bases” , “frequency domain / FD basis vectors corresponding to a CSI-RS resource” , “frequency domain / FD vectors corresponding to a CSI-RS resource” , “frequency domain / FD basis corresponding to a CSI-RS resource” , “frequency domain / FD bases corresponding to a CSI-RS resource” , “frequency domain / FD vector corresponding to a first plurality of CSI-RS resources” and “frequency domain / FD vector corresponding to a second plurality of CSI-RS resources” can be used interchangeably.
[0054] In the context of the present application, the terms “doppler domain / DD basis vectors” , “doppler domain / DD vectors” , “doppler domain / DD basis” , “doppler domain / DD bases” , “doppler domain / DD basis vectors corresponding to a CSI-RS resource” , “doppler domain / DD vectors corresponding to a CSI-RS resource” , “doppler domain / DD basis corresponding to a CSI-RS resource” , “doppler domain / DD bases corresponding to a CSI-RS resource” , “doppler domain / DD vector corresponding to a first plurality of CSI-RS resources” and “doppler domain / DD vector corresponding to a second plurality of CSI-RS resources” can be used interchangeably. In the context of the present application, the terms “doppler domain” , “time domain” , “TD” and “DD” can be used interchangeably.
[0055] In the context of the present application, the terms “aTRP” , “aTRP group” , “aCSI-RS resource” and “agroup of CSI-RS ports” can be used interchangeably. In the context of the present application, the terms “afirst plurality of CSI-RS resources” and “afirst plurality of groups of CSI-RS ports” can be used interchangeably. In the context of the present application, the terms “asecond plurality of CSI-RS resources” and “asecond plurality of groups of CSI-RS ports” can be used interchangeably.
[0056] In the context of the present application, the terms “reporting” , “report” and “feedback” can be used interchangeably. In the context of the present application, the terms “based on” , “correspond to” , “corresponding to” and “associated with” can be used interchangeably.
[0057] In the context of the present application, the terms “reference signal” , “RS” , “channel state information reference signal” , “reference signal resource” , “reference signal ports” , “CSI-RS resource” , “CSI-RS ports” , “ports” , “antenna ports” and “CSI-RS” can be used interchangeably.
[0058] In the context of the present application, the terms “first value in a first dimension” , “value of a first parameter” , “N1 ” , “first number of antenna ports” and “first number of antenna ports in a first dimension” can be used interchangeably. In the context of the present application, the terms “first value in a second dimension” , “value of a second parameter” , “N2 ” , “second number of antenna ports” and “first number of antenna ports in a second dimension” can be used interchangeably.
[0059] In the context of the present application, the terms “second value in a first dimension” , “value of a third parameter” , “N1, t ” , “third number of antenna ports” and “second number of antenna ports in a first dimension” can be used interchangeably. In the context of the present application, the terms “second value in a second dimension” , “value of a fourth parameter” , “N2, t” , “fourth number of antenna ports” and “second number of antenna ports in a second dimension” can be used interchangeably.
[0060] In the context of the present application, the terms “third value in a first dimension” , “value of a fifth parameter” , “N1, s” , “fifth number of antenna ports” and “third number of antenna ports in a first dimension” can be used interchangeably. In the context of the present application, the terms “third value in a second dimension” , “value of a sixth parameter” , “N2, s” , “sixth number of antenna ports” and “third number of antenna ports in a second dimension” can be used interchangeably.
[0061] In the context of the present application, the terms “first number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the first dimension” , “first number in the first dimension” , “first number of CSI-RS resources in the first dimension” , “first number corresponding to the first dimension” and “Nt, 1” can be used interchangeably. In the context of the present application, the terms “first number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the second dimension” , “first number in the second dimension” , “first number corresponding to the second dimension” , “first number of CSI-RS resources in the second dimension” and “Nt, 2” can be used interchangeably.
[0062] In the context of the present application, the terms “second number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the first dimension” , “second number in the first dimension” , “second number of CSI-RS resources in the first dimension” , “second number corresponding to the first dimension” and “Ns, 1” can be used interchangeably. In the context of the present application, the terms “second number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the second dimension” , “second number in the second dimension” , “second number corresponding to the second dimension” , “second number of CSI-RS resources in the second dimension” and “Ns, 2” can be used interchangeably.
[0063] In the context of the present application, the terms “ports” , “antenna ports” , “CSI-RS ports” , “reference signal port” , “reference signal ports” , “port, “antenna port” and “CSI-RS port” can be used interchangeably.
[0064] In the context of the present application, the terms “at least one precoder for restriction” , “at least one precoder for restriction for the measurement report” , “restriction on at least one precoder” , “restriction on reporting of precoder” , “restriction on reporting of at least one precoder” , “restriction on PMI reporting” , “restriction on PMI reporting corresponding to precoder” , “restriction on PMI reporting corresponding to at least one precoder” , “restriction on precoder” , “restriction on at least one precoder” , “PMI reporting not allowed correspond to precoder” , “PMI reporting not allowed correspond to at least one precoder” , “PMI reporting not allowed correspond to precoders” , “PMI reporting allowed correspond to precoder” , “PMI reporting allowed correspond to at least one precoder” and “PMI reporting allowed correspond to precoders” 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” , “precoding matrix indicator” , “PMI” , “PMI report” , “report of PMI” , “report of precoder” , “report of precoders” , “reporting of precoder” , “reporting of precoders” , “measurement report” and “CSI” can be used interchangeably.
[0067] In the context of the present application, the terms “afirst plurality of CSI-RS resources” , “afirst plurality of groups of CSI-RS ports” , “Nt groups of CSI-RS ports” and “Nt CSI-RS resources” can be used interchangeably. In the context of the present application, the terms “asecond plurality of CSI-RS resources” , “asecond plurality of groups of CSI-RS ports” , “Ns CSI-RS resources” and “Ns groups of CSI-RS ports” can be used interchangeably.
[0068] In the context of the present application, the terms “first vector with index” , “first index” and “index of first vector” can be used interchangeably. In the context of the present application, the terms “second vector with index” , “second index” and “index of second vector” can be used interchangeably.
[0069] 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. Examples 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.
[0070] 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.
[0071] 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. For example, there may be a transmission configuration indication (TCI) field in DCI. A value of the TCI field may be referred to as a “TCI codepoint” . A TCI codepoint may indicate one or more TCI states. Each TCI state contains parameters for configuring a quasi co-location (QCL) relationship between one or two DL and / or UL reference signals and the DMRS ports of the PDSCH, the DMRS ports of PDCCH, the DMRS ports of PUSCH, the DMRS ports of PUCCH, the SRS ports of a SRS resource or the CSI-RS ports of a CSI-RS resource.
[0072] 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.
[0073] 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 and the number of PRBs of one subband. For example, through RRC signalling.
[0074] In some embodiments, the terminal device 110 may be configured with a first plurality of CSI-RS resources or a first plurality of groups of CSI-RS ports. In some embodiments, the first plurality of CSI-RS resources or the first plurality of groups of CSI-RS ports may be configured for channel measurement for a CSI report or for a PMI report. In some embodiments, the first plurality of CSI-RS resources may comprise Nt CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, the first plurality of groups of CSI-RS ports may comprise Nt groups of CSI-RS ports. In some embodiments, the first plurality of CSI-RS resources may be the Nt CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, the number of CSI-RS resources in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources may be Nt. In some embodiments, Nt may be a positive integer, and 1≤Nt≤8 or 1≤Nt≤4 or 2≤Nt≤4 or 2≤Nt≤8 or 2≤Nt≤16 or 1≤Nt≤16. In some embodiments, Nt may be at least one of {1, 2, 3, 4} or at least one of {2, 3, 4} or at least one of {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16} or at least one of {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16} . In some embodiments, for each one CSI-RS resource in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources, there may be P ports. In some embodiments, each one CSI-RS resource in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources may comprise P ports. In some embodiments, for each group of CSI-RS ports in the first plurality of groups of CSI-RS ports, there may be P ports. In some embodiments, each group of CSI-RS ports in the first plurality of groups of CSI-RS ports may comprise P ports. In some embodiments, P may be a positive integer. In some embodiments, P may be at least one of {1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32} . In some embodiments, P may be at least one of {16, 24, 32} or at least one of {12, 16, 24, 32} . In some embodiments, each CSI-RS resource or each group of CSI-RS ports may comprise same number or different number of ports. In some embodiments, the at least one configuration for the CSI report may comprise or indicate the first plurality of CSI-RS resources or the first plurality of groups of CSI-RS ports for channel measurement for the CSI report.
[0075] In some embodiments, there may be a number or a total number of CSI-RS ports for channel measurement for the CSI report. In some embodiments, the number or the total number of CSI-RS ports for channel measurement for the CSI repot may be represented as Pt. In some embodiments, Pt may be a positive integer. For example, 1<Pt≤1024. In some embodiments, the number or the total number of CSI-RS ports for channel measurement for the CSI report may be based on the value of Nt and the value of P, for example, Pt=Nt*P. In some embodiments, Pt may be at least one of {48, 64, 96, 128} or at least one of {36, 48, 64, 72, 96, 128, 256, 512, 1024} .
[0076] In some embodiments, the number or the total number of CSI-RS ports for channel measurement for the CSI report may be comprised in the at least one configuration or may be configured by the network device. In some embodiments, the number or the total number of CSI-RS ports may comprise the first plurality of groups of CSI-RS ports or comprise Nt groups of CSI-RS ports.
[0077] 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 first plurality of CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, the report or indication of the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may be comprised in the measurement report. In some embodiments, the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may be same as the first plurality of CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may be a subset of the first plurality of CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may comprise Ns CSI-RS resource. In some embodiments, the number of CSI-RS resources in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may be Ns. In some embodiments, Ns may be a positive integer, and 1≤Ns≤Nt. In some embodiments, 1≤Ns≤8 or 1≤Ns≤4 or 1≤Ns≤16. In some embodiments, Ns may be at least one of {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16} or at least one of {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16} . In some embodiments, Ns may be at least one of {1, 2, 3, 4} or at least one of {2, 3, 4} or at least one of {2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16} . In some embodiments, Ns may be less than or equal to Nt. In some embodiments, Nt and Ns can be used interchangeably in this disclosure. For example, Nt may be replaced with Ns in at least one formula in this disclosure.
[0078] In some embodiments, the terminal device 110 may receive, at least one configuration for one channel state information (CSI) report, wherein the at least one configuration may comprise configuration of the first plurality of channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources and at least one codebook subset restriction. In some embodiments, each CSI-RS resource in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources may correspond to one of the at least one codebook subset restriction. In some embodiments, each one of the at least one codebook subset restriction may correspond to one CSI-RS resource in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources.
[0079] In some embodiments, the network device 120 may transmit at least one configuration for channel measurement for one channel state information (CSI) report, wherein the at least one configuration may comprise configuration of a first plurality of channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources. In some embodiments, the network device 120 may receive from the terminal device, at least one codebook indicator in the CSI report from the terminal device, wherein the at least one codebook indicator may comprise at least one of: a first plurality of first vectors or a second plurality of second vectors or a third plurality of third vectors.
[0080] In some embodiments, the network device 120 may transmit, to the terminal device 110, at least one configuration for channel measurement for one channel state information (CSI) report, wherein the at least one configuration may comprise configuration of a first plurality of channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources and at least one codebook subset restriction. In some embodiments, each CSI-RS resource in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources may correspond to one of the at least one codebook subset restriction. In some embodiments, each one of the at least one codebook subset restriction may correspond to one CSI-RS resource in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, the network device 120 may receive, from the terminal device 110, at least one of:a first plurality of first vectors or a second plurality of second vectors or a third plurality of third vectors in the CSI report from the terminal device.
[0081] 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, wherein 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} .
[0082] In some embodiments, a first value in a first dimension or a value of a 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 first value in a second dimension or a value of a 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 value in the first dimension and the first value in the second dimension may be configured in one high layer (e.g. RRC) parameter or may be comprised in the at least one configuration. In some embodiments, the value of the first parameter of antenna port configuration and the value of the second parameter of antenna port configuration may be configured in one higher layer (e.g. RRC) parameter or may be comprised in the at least one configuration.
[0083] In some embodiments, the number of antenna ports for each CSI-RS resource in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may be determined based on the first value in the first dimension and the first value in the second dimension or based on the value of the first parameter of antenna port configuration and the value of the second parameter of antenna port configuration. In some embodiments, the number of antenna ports for one CSI-RS resource in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources or in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may be P=N1·N2·2.
[0084] 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.
[0085] In some embodiments, subband may correspond to a subband for CQI or CQI subband or CSI subband.
[0086] 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.
[0087] In some embodiments, the terminal device may be configured with a parameter for codebook or the at least one configuration may comprise the parameter for codebook (for example, represented as R) , and the value of R may be a positive integer. For example, R may be one of {1, 2, 4, 8} . 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 or 4. 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 or 2.
[0088] 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.
[0089] In some embodiments, the terminal device may receive the at least one configuration via at least one of RRC, MAC CE and DCI.
[0090] 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 at least one of {1, 2, 4, 8} . 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 at least one of {1, 2, 4, 8} . For another example, “O2” may be 2 or 4.
[0091] 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 row and / or column in Table 1.
[0092] Table 1. Supported configurations of (N1, N2) and (O1, O2)
[0093] Reference is made to FIG. 2, which illustrates a signaling flow 200 of reporting at least one codebook indicator 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. 1, for example, by using the terminal device 110 and the network device 120. It is noted that FIG. 2 is only an example embodiment.
[0094] The network device 120 may transmit (2010) at least one configuration for channel measurement for a measurement report to the terminal device 110. In other words, the terminal device 110 may receive the at least one configuration for channel measurement for the measurement report from the network device 120. For example, the at least one configuration may be for a CSI measurement. In some embodiments, the at least one configuration may include at least one of: a first plurality of CSI-RS resources for channel measurement for the CSI report, a value for number of first vectors in the first plurality of first vectors and / or number of second vectors in the second plurality of second vectors and / or number of third vectors in the third plurality of third vectors for the CSI report (For example, represented as L, L may be positive integer. For example, 1≤L≤8. For another example, L∈ {1, 2, 3, 4, 6} .
[0095] In some embodiments, the at least one configuration may include a first plurality of reference signal resources (e.g. Nt) , an indication of a pattern and at least one codebook subset restriction. In some embodiments, each of the at least one codebook subset restriction may be associated with or may correspond to one reference signal resource in the first plurality of reference signal resources. In some embodiments, each reference signal resource in the first plurality of reference signal resources may be associated with or may correspond to or may be configured with one codebook subset restriction. In some embodiments, the number of reference signal resources in the first plurality of reference signal resources (e.g. Nt) may be same with the number of the at least one codebook subset restriction (e.g. Ncbsr) . In some embodiments, Nt=Ncbsr. In some embodiments, there may be at least one reference signal resource in the first plurality of reference signal resources not configured with or not corresponding to or not associated with one codebook subset restriction. In some embodiments, the number of reference signal resources in the first plurality of reference signal resources (e.g. Nt) may be no less than or larger than the number of the at least one codebook subset restriction (e.g. Ncbsr) . In some embodiments, Nt≥Ncbsr or Nt>Ncbsr. In some embodiments, each codebook subset restriction with index ncbsr of the at least one codebook subset restriction may be associated with or may correspond to one CSI-RS resource with index nt in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources or one CSI-RS resource with index ns in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, ncbsr=nt. In some embodiments, ncbsr=ns . In some embodiments, ncbsr≤nt . In some embodiments, ncbsr≤ns. In some embodiments, for one CSI-RS resource with index nt in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources which is not associated with or not configured with one codebook subset restriction, the codebook subset restriction or the first bitmap corresponding to or associated with the CSI-RS resource with index nt may be assumed to be all one or all zero. In some embodiments, for one CSI-RS resource with index nt in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources which is not associated with or not configured with one codebook subset restriction, no restriction may be assumed on at least one precoder or at least one second vector or at least one first vector or at least one third vector corresponding to or associated with the CSI-RS resource with index nt. In some embodiments, for one CSI-RS resource with index nt in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources which is not associated with or not configured with one codebook subset restriction, all restriction may be assumed on any precoder or any second vector or any first vector or any third vector corresponding to or associated with the CSI-RS resource with index nt.
[0096] In some embodiments, the at least one configuration for the measurement report may comprise a first value in a first dimension or a value of a first parameter (e.g. N1) and a first value in a second dimension or a value of a second parameter (e.g. N2) . In some embodiments, the at least one configuration for the measurement report may comprise a second value in first dimension or a value of a third parameter (e.g. represented as N1, t) and a second value in second dimension or a value of a fourth parameter (e.g. represented as N2, t) .
[0097] In some embodiments, the first value in the first dimension or the value of the first parameter (e.g. N1) may be or may represent the number of antenna ports or the number of CSI-RS ports corresponding to one CSI-RS resource in the first dimension or the first number of ports in the first dimension. In some embodiments, the first value in the second dimension or the value of the second parameter (e.g. N2) may be or may represent the number of antenna ports or the number of CSI-RS ports corresponding to one CSI-RS resource in the second dimension or the first number of ports in the second dimension. In some embodiments, the second value in first dimension or the value of the third parameter (e.g. represented as N1, t) may be or may represent the number of antenna ports or the number of CSI-RS ports corresponding to the first plurality of CSI-RS resources in the first dimension or the second number of ports in the first dimension. In some embodiments, the second value in second dimension or the value of the fourth parameter (e.g. represented as N2, t) may be or may represent the number of antenna ports or the number of CSI-RS ports corresponding to the first plurality of CSI-RS resources in the second dimension or the second number of ports in the second dimension. In some embodiments, the number or the total number of ports Pt may be Pt=N1, t*N2, t*2.
[0098] In some embodiments, the third value in first dimension or the value of the fifth parameter (e.g. represented as N1, s) may be or may represent the number of antenna ports or the number of CSI-RS ports corresponding to the second plurality of CSI-RS resources in the first dimension or the third number of ports in the first dimension. In some embodiments, the third value in second dimension or the value of the sixth parameter (e.g. represented as N2, s) may be or may represent the number of antenna ports or the number of CSI-RS ports corresponding to the second plurality of CSI-RS resources in the second dimension or the third number of ports in the second dimension. In some embodiments, the number or the total number of ports corresponding to the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may be represented as Ps, and Ps=N1, s*N2, s*2.
[0099] In some embodiments, each one of the at least one codebook subset restriction may be associated with one CSI-RS resource in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, each one of the at least one codebook subset restriction may be based on / associated with the first value in first dimension and the first value in second dimension. In some embodiments, the number of the at least one codebook subset restriction may be Ncbsr, Ncbsr may be positive integer, e.g. 1≤Ncbsr≤Nt or Ncbsr is fixed as 1 or fixed as Nt.
[0100] In some embodiments, the first plurality of reference signal resources may be comprised in a reference signal resource set. In some embodiments, the first plurality of reference signal resources may be in one slot or a number of adjacent slots. In some embodiments, for each reference signal resource in the first plurality of reference signal resources, there is a set of ports. By way of example, the at least one configuration may comprise the first plurality of CSI-RS resources (e.g. Nt CSI-RS resources) . In some embodiments, the first plurality of CSI-RS resources may be a CSI-RS resource set. In some embodiments, the first plurality of CSI-RS resources may be in one slot or T adjacent slots, T may be positive integer. For example, 1<=T<=4 or 1<=T<=8. In some embodiments, for each CSI-RS resource in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources, there may be P ports (P may be 1 or 2 or 4 or 8 or 12 or 16 or 24 or 32) . In some embodiments, P*Nt may be larger than 32. For example, P*Nt∈ {48, 64, 72, 96, 128, 256, 512} . For example, the Nt CSI-RS resources in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources may have same or different QCL assumptions (at least for QCL-TypeD if supported) . FIG. 3A shows a schematic diagram of CSI-RS resources pattern, where 64 ports are composed by two CSI-RS resources and each CSI-RS resource comprises 32 ports. FIG. 3B shows a schematic diagram of an example CSI-RS resources pattern, where 128 ports are composed by four CSI-RS resources and each CSI-RS resource comprises 32 ports. FIG. 3C shows a schematic diagram of another example CSI-RS resources pattern, where 128 ports are composed by four CSI-RS resources and each CSI-RS resource comprises 32 ports.
[0101] In some embodiments, the at least one configuration may include at least one reference signal resource, and each one of the at least one reference signal resource may include a set of ports, and the set of ports comprises a first plurality of groups of ports. In some embodiments, the at least one configuration may comprise at least one CSI-RS resource, and each one of the at least one CSI-RS resource may comprise Pt ports, e.g Pt∈ {48, 64, 72, 96, 128, 256, 512} . In some embodiments, the Pt ports may comprise a first plurality of (e.g. represented as Nt) groups of ports, Nt may be positive integer. For example, Nt∈ {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16} .
[0102] In some embodiments, the first plurality of CSI-RS resources may comprise a first number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the first dimension (or a first number in the first dimension or a first number of CSI-RS resources in the first dimension) (For example, represented as Nt, 1) and a first number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the second dimension (or a first number in the second dimension or a first number of CSI-RS resources in the second dimension) (For example, represented as Nt, 2) . In some embodiments, Nt, 1 may be a positive integer. For example, 1≤Nt, 1≤16. For another example, 1≤Nt, 1≤8. For example, Nt, 1 may be at least one of {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8} . For example, Nt, 1 may be at least one of {1, 2, 3, 4} . For example, Nt, 1 may be at least one of {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16} . In some embodiments, Nt, 2 may be a positive integer. For example, 1≤Nt, 2≤16 . For another example, 1≤Nt, 2≤8 . For example, Nt, 2 may be at least one of {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8} . For example, Nt, 2 may be at least one of {1, 2, 3, 4} . For example, Nt, 2 may be at least one of {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16} . In some embodiments, the value of the number of CSI-RS resources in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources (e.g. Nt) may be based on the first number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the first dimension (e.g. Nt, 1) and the first number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the second dimension (e.g. Nt, 2) and / or the indication of the pattern. In some embodiments, the first number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the first dimension (e.g. Nt, 1) and / or the first number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the second dimension (e.g. Nt, 2) may be based on the value of the number of CSI-RS resources in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources (or the value of Nt) and / or the pattern.
[0103] In some embodiments, the indication or the report of the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may comprise the second number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the first dimension (e.g. Ns, 1) and / or the second number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the second dimension (e.g. Ns, 2) . In some embodiments, the indication or the report of the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may comprise the value of the number of CSI-RS resources in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources (or the value of Ns) .
[0104] In some embodiments, the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may comprise a second number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the first dimension (or a second number in the first dimension or a second number of CSI-RS resources in the first dimension) (For example, represented as Ns, 1) and a second number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the second dimension (or a second number in the second dimension or a second number of CSI-RS resources in the second dimension) (For example, represented as Ns, 2) . In some embodiments, Ns, 1 may be a positive integer. For example, 1≤Ns, 1≤16 . For another example, 1≤Ns, 1≤8 . For example, Ns, 1 may be at least one of {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8} . For example, Ns, 1 may be at least one of {1, 2, 3, 4} . For example, Ns, 1 may be at least one of {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16} . In some embodiments, Ns, 1 may be no larger than Nt, 1. For example, 1≤Ns, 1≤Nt, 1. In some embodiments, Ns, 2 may be a positive integer. For example, 1≤Ns, 2≤16. For another example, 1≤Ns, 2≤8. For example, Ns, 2 may be at least one of {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8} . For example, Ns, 2 may be at least one of {1, 2, 3, 4} . For example, Ns, 2 may be at least one of {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16} . In some embodiments, Ns, 2 may be no larger than Nt, 2. For example, 1≤Ns, 2≤Nt, 2. In some embodiments, the value of the number of CSI-RS resources in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources (e.g. Ns) may be based on the second number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the first dimension (e.g. Ns, 1) and the second number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the second dimension (e.g. Ns, 2) and / or the indication of the pattern and / or the indication or the report of the second plurality of CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, the second number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the first dimension (e.g. Ns, 1) and / or the second number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the second dimension (e.g. Ns, 2) may be based on the value of the number of CSI-RS resources in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources (or the value of Ns) and / or the indication of the pattern and / or the indication or the report of the second plurality of CSI-RS resources.
[0105] In some embodiments, the at least one configuration may comprise the first value in the first dimension (or the value of the first parameter or the value of N1) , the first value in the second dimension (or the value of the second parameter or the value of N2) , the indication of pattern and the number of CSI-RS resources in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources (or the value of Nt) .
[0106] In some embodiments, the number of CSI-RS resources in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources (or the value of Nt) may be based on the first number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the first dimension (e.g. Nt, 1) and first number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the second dimension (e.g. Nt, 2) . In some embodiments, Nt=Nt, 1*Nt, 2.
[0107] In some embodiments, the number of CSI-RS resources in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources (or the value of Ns) may be based on the second number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the first dimension (e.g. Ns, 1) and second number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the second dimension (e.g. Ns, 2) . In some embodiments, Ns=Ns, 1*Ns, 2.
[0108] In some embodiments, the at least one configuration may comprise the first value in the first dimension (or the value of the first parameter or the value of N1) , the first value in the second dimension (or the value of the second parameter or the value of N2) , the second value in the first dimension (or the value of the third parameter or the value of N1, t) and the second value in the second dimension (or the value of the fourth parameter or the value of N2, t) .
[0109] In some embodiments, the indication or the report of the second plurality of CSI-RS resources in the measurement report may comprise the third value in the first dimension (or the value of the fifth parameter or the value of N1, s) and the third value in the second dimension (or the value of the sixth parameter or the value of N2, s) . In some embodiments, the indication or the report of the second plurality of CSI-RS resources in the measurement report may comprise the fifth parameter and the sixth parameter.
[0110] In some embodiments, N1, t may be a positive integer. In some embodiments, N1, t may be at least one of {4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 64} or at least one of {2, 3, 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64} . In some embodiments, N2, t may be a positive integer. In some embodiments, N2, t may be at least one of {2, 3, 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 64} or at least one of {1, 2, 3, 4, 8} .
[0111] In some embodiments, N1, smay be a positive integer. In some embodiments, N1, smay be at least one of {4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 64} or at least one of {2, 3, 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64} . In some embodiments, N1, smay be no larger than N1, t. In some embodiments, N1, s may be no less than N1 . In some embodiments, N1≤N1, s≤N1, t . In some embodiments, N2, smay be a positive integer. In some embodiments, N2, smay be at least one of {2, 3, 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 64} or at least one of {1, 2, 3 4, 8} . In some embodiments, N2, s may be no larger than N2, t. In some embodiments, N2, smay be no less than N2. In some embodiments, N2≤N2, s≤N2, t.
[0112] In some embodiments, the pattern may be based on the first value in the first dimension (or the value of the first parameter or the value of N1) , the first value in the second dimension (or the value of the second parameter or the value of N2) , the second value in the first dimension (or the value of the third parameter or the value of N1, t) and the second value in the second dimension (or the value of the fourth parameter or the value of N2, t) . In some embodiments, the first number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the first dimension (e.g. Nt, 1) may be based on the first value in the first dimension (or the value of the first parameter or the value of N1) and the second value in the first dimension (or the value of the third parameter or the value of N1, t) . In some embodiments, Nt, 1=N1, t / N1 . In some embodiments, the first number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the second dimension (e.g. Nt, 2) may be based on the first value in the second dimension (or the value of the second parameter or the value of N2) and the second value in the second dimension (or the value of the fourth parameter or the value of N2, t) . In some embodiments, Nt, 2=N2, t / N2.
[0113] In some embodiments, the indication or the report of the second plurality of CSI-RS resources in the measurement report may be based on the third value in the first dimension (or the value of the fifth parameter or the value of N1, s) and the third value in the second dimension (or the value of the sixth parameter or the value of N2, s) and / or the first value in the first dimension (or the value of the first parameter or the value of N1) and / or the first value in the second dimension (or the value of the second parameter or the value of N2) . In some embodiments, the second number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the first dimension (e.g. Ns, 1) may be based on the first value in the first dimension (or the value of the first parameter or the value of N1) and the third value in the first dimension (or the value of the fifth parameter or the value of N1, s) . In some embodiments, Ns, 1=N1, s / N1. In some embodiments, the second number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the second dimension (e.g. Ns, 2) may be based on the first value in the second dimension (or the value of the second parameter or the value of N2) and the third value in the second dimension (or the value of the sixth parameter or the value of N2, s) . In some embodiments, Ns, 2=N2, s / N2.
[0114] In some embodiments, the at least one configuration may comprise the first value in the first dimension (or the value of the first parameter or the value of N1) , the first value in the second dimension (or the value of the second parameter or the value of N2) , the first number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the first dimension (e.g. Nt, 1) and the first number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the second dimension (e.g. Nt, 2) .
[0115] In some embodiments, the second value in the first dimension (or the value of the third parameter or the value of N1, t) and / or the second value in the second dimension (or the value of the fourth parameter or the value of N2, t) may be based on the first value in the first dimension (or the value of the first parameter or the value of N1) , the first value in the second dimension (or the value of the second parameter or the value of N2) and the pattern (or the first number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the first dimension (e.g. Nt, 1) and the first number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the second dimension (e.g. Nt, 2) or the number of CSI-RS resources in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources or the value of Nt) .
[0116] In some embodiments, the second value in the first dimension (or the value of the third parameter or the value of N1, t) may be based on the first value in the first dimension (or the value of the first parameter or the value of N1) and the first number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the first dimension (e.g. Nt, 1) (or the pattern) . In some embodiments, N1, t=N1*Nt, 1.
[0117] In some embodiments, the second value in the second dimension (or the value of the fourth parameter or the value of N2, t) may be based on the first value in the second dimension (or the value of the second parameter or the value of N2) and the first number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the second dimension (e.g. Nt, 2) (or the pattern) . In some embodiments, N2, t=N2*Nt, 2.
[0118] In some embodiments, the third value in the first dimension (or the value of the fifth parameter or the value of N1, s) and / or the third value in the second dimension (or the value of the sixth parameter or the value of N2, s) may be based on the first value in the first dimension (or the value of the first parameter or the value of N1) , the first value in the second dimension (or the value of the second parameter or the value of N2) and the indication or the report of the second plurality of CSI-RS resources in the measurement report and / or the pattern (or the second number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the first dimension (e.g. Ns, 1) and the second number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the second dimension (e.g. Ns, 2) or the number of CSI-RS resources in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources or the value of Ns) .
[0119] In some embodiments, the third value in the first dimension (or the value of the fifth parameter or the value of N1, s) may be based on the first value in the first dimension (or the value of the first parameter or the value of N1) and the second number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the first dimension (e.g. Ns, 1) (or the pattern and / or the indication or the report of the second plurality of CSI-RS resources in the measurement report) . In some embodiments, N1, s=N1*Ns, 1.
[0120] In some embodiments, the third value in the second dimension (or the value of the sixth parameter or the value of N2, s) may be based on the first value in the second dimension (or the value of the second parameter or the value of N2) and the second number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the second dimension (e.g. Ns, 2) (or the pattern and / or the indication or the report of the second plurality of CSI-RS resources in the measurement report) . In some embodiments, N2, s=N2*Ns, 2.
[0121] In some embodiments, the terminal device 110 may determine (2010) a second value in the first dimension and a second value in the second dimension or may determine the value of the third parameter and the value of the fourth parameter or may determine the second number of antenna ports in the first dimension and the second number of antenna ports in the second dimension based on the indication of the pattern. For example, the terminal device 110 may determine the second value in first dimension (e.g. represented as N1, t) and the second value in second dimension (e.g. represented as N2, t) based on the indication of pattern. In some embodiments, Nt=Nt, 1*Nt, 2. In some embodiments, Nt, 1 and Nt, 2 are positive integer. In some embodiments, N1, t*N2, t= Nt*N1*N2. In some embodiments, N1, t=Nt, 1*N1 . In some embodiments, N2, t=Nt, 2*N2. In some embodiments, the terminal device 110 may determine the first value in the first dimension and the first value in the second dimension, if the at least one configuration includes the second value in the first dimension and the second value in the second dimension. In some embodiments, the first value in the first dimension and the first value in second dimension may correspond to one group of ports (or CSI-RS ports) in the first plurality of groups of ports (or CSI-RS ports) . In some embodiments, the first value in the first dimension and the first value in second dimension may correspond to one CSI-RS resource in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, the second value in the first dimension and the second value in the second dimension may correspond to all ports or all CSI-RS ports for all CSI-RS resources in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources or all groups of ports in the first plurality of groups of ports. In some embodiments, a third value in the first dimension and a third value in the second dimension may correspond to all ports or all CSI-RS ports for all CSI-RS resources in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources or all groups of ports in the second plurality of groups of ports.
[0122] In some embodiments, the first value in the first dimension and the first value in the second dimension correspond to one reference signal resource in the first plurality of reference signal resources. In some embodiments, the second value in the first dimension and the second value in the second dimension correspond to all reference signal resources in the first plurality of reference signal resources. In some embodiments, a third value in the first dimension and the third value in second dimension correspond to reference signal resources in the second plurality of reference signal resources.
[0123] In some embodiments, the pattern may indicate at least one of: a first number of reference signal resources corresponding to the first dimension (or the first number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the first dimension or the first number in the first dimension or the first number of CSI-RS resources in the first dimension or the value of Nt, 1) and a second number of reference signal resources corresponding to the second dimension (or the first number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the second dimension or the first number in the second dimension or the first number of CSI-RS resources in the second dimension or the value of Nt, 2) , a number of reference signal resources in the first plurality of reference signal resources (or the value of Nt) , the second value in the first dimension (or the value of the third parameter or the value of N1, t) and the second value in the second dimension (or the value of the fourth parameter or the value of N2, t) , a structure of reference signal resources in the first plurality of reference signal resources, a structure of ports in the first plurality of groups of ports, reference signal port indexes mapping with the first plurality of reference signal resources, or reference signal port indexes mapping with the first plurality of groups of ports. For example, pattern may indicate one or more of: the value of Nt, 1 and the value of Nt, 2 , the structure of the CSI-RS resources in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources; or the structure of the first plurality of groups of ports; or CSI-RS port indexes mapping with the first plurality of CSI-RS resources; or CSI-RS port indexes mapping with the first plurality of groups of ports. For example, the order for CSI-RS port mapping may be in increasing or decreasing order of the identities of CSI-RS resources in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources or in increasing or decreasing order of the configured CSI-RS resources in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, the order for CSI port mapping may be based on the order of first CSI-RS resource -> second CSI-RS resource ->third CSI-RS resource (if any) -> fourth CSI-RS resource (if any) -> fifth CSI-RS resource (if any) -> sixth CSI-RS resource (if any) -> seventh CSI-RS resource (if any) -> eighth CSI-RS resource (if any) or based on the order of first CSI-RS resource -> third CSI-RS resource -> second CSI-RS resource-> fourth CSI-RS resource or based on the order of first CSI-RS resource -> third CSI-RS resource-> fifth CSI-RS resource -> seventh CSI-RS resource ->second CSI-RS resource -> fourth CSI-RS resource -> sixth CSI-RS resource -> eighth CSI-RS resource.
[0124] In some embodiments, the terminal device 110 may determine a second plurality of reference signal resources based on the at least one configuration and / or the first plurality of reference signal resources. In some embodiments, the second plurality of reference signal resources may be same as or a subset of the first plurality of reference signal resources. For example, the terminal device 110 may determine a second plurality of CSI-RS resources (or a second plurality of groups of ports) , where the second plurality of CSI-RS resources (or the second plurality of groups of ports) may be same as or a subset of the first plurality of CSI-RS resources (or the first plurality of groups of ports) .
[0125] In some embodiments, the indexes for CSI-RS resources in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources may be represented as nt, wherein nt may be non-negative integer. In some embodiments, 1≤nt≤ Nt. In some embodiments, the CSI-RS resource with index nt may be the (nt) -th CSI-RS resource in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, the indexes for CSI-RS resources in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may be represented as ns, wherein ns may be non-negative integer. In some embodiments, 1≤ns≤ Ns. In some embodiments, the CSI-RS resource with index ns may be the (ns) -th CSI-RS resource in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, the value of nt may be based on the value of Nt, 1 and the value of Nt, 2 or based on the index of the first number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the first dimension (e.g. nt, 1) and the index of the first number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the second dimension (e.g. nt, 2) . In some embodiments, nt, 1 may be non-negative integer. For example, 0≤nt,1≤Nt, 1-1 . In some embodiments, nt, 2 may be non-negative integer. For example, 0≤nt, 2≤Nt, 2-1 . In some embodiments, nt=nt, 1*Nt, 2+nt, 2+1 . In some embodiments, nt=nt, 2*Nt, 1+nt, 1+1. In some embodiments, nt, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} . In some embodiments, nt, 2∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 2-1} . In some embodiments, the CSI-RS resource with index nt, 1 may be the (nt, 1+1) -th CSI-RS resource in the first number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the first dimension. In some embodiments, the CSI-RS resource with index nt, 2 may be the (nt, 2+1) -th CSI-RS resource in the first number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the second dimension. In some embodiments, the value of ns may be based on the value of Ns, 1 and the value of Ns, 2 or based on the index of the second number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the first dimension (e.g. ns, 1) and the index of the second number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the second dimension (e.g. ns, 2) . In some embodiments, ns=ns, 1*Ns, 2+ns, 2+1 . In some embodiments, ns=ns, 2*Ns,1+ns, 1+1 . In some embodiments, ns, 1∈ {0, 1, …Ns, 1-1} . In some embodiments, ns,2∈ {0, 1, …Ns, 2-1} . In some embodiments, the CSI-RS resource with index ns, 1 may be the (ns, 1+1) -th CSI-RS resource in the second number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the first dimension. In some embodiments, the CSI-RS resource with index ns,2 may be the (ns, 2+1) -th CSI-RS resource in the second number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the second dimension. In some embodiments, the CSI-RS resource with or corresponding to index nt, 1 and nt, 2 may be the CSI-RS corresponding to (nt, 1+1) -th CSI-RS resource in the first number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the first dimension and (nt, 2+1) -th CSI-RS resource in the first number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the second dimension.
[0126] In some embodiments, the second value in first dimension (e.g. represented as N1, t) and the second value in second dimension (e.g. represented as N2, t) may be determined based on the pattern. In some embodiments, the first value in first dimension (e.g. represented as N1) and the first value in second dimension (e.g. represented as N2) may correspond to one CSI-RS resource in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, the second value in first dimension (e.g. represented as N1, t) and the second value in second dimension (e.g. represented as N2, t) may correspond to all the CSI-RS resources in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, N1, t*N2, t= Nt*N1*N2. In some embodiments, N1,t=Nt, 1*N1. In some embodiments, N2, t=Nt, 2*N2. In some embodiments, the third value in first dimension (e.g. represented as N1, s) and the third value in second dimension (e.g. represented as N2, s) may correspond to the CSI-RS resources in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources, where the second plurality of CSI-RS resources comprises Ns CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, Ns may be positive integer. In some embodiments, 1≤ Ns≤Nt . In some embodiments, N1, s*N2, s= Ns*N1*N2 . FIG. 4A shows a schematic diagram of an example CSI-RS resources pattern, where the first plurality of CSI-RS resources may include 4 CSI-RS resources or 4 groups of ports. FIG. 4B shows a schematic diagram of another example CSI-RS resources pattern, where the first plurality of CSI-RS resources may include 4 CSI-RS resources or 4 groups of ports and the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may include 2 CSI-RS resources or 2 groups of ports.
[0127] In some embodiments, the first value in first dimension (e.g. represented as N1) and the first value in second dimension (e.g. represented as N2) may be determined based on the pattern. In some embodiments, the first value in first dimension (e.g. represented as N1) and the first value in second dimension (e.g. represented as N2) may correspond to one group of ports in the first plurality of groups of ports. In some embodiments, the second value in first dimension (e.g. represented as N1, t) and the second value in second dimension (e.g. represented as N2, t) may correspond to all ports for all CSI-RS resources in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources (or all groups of ports in the first plurality of groups of ports) . In some embodiments, , N1, t*N2, t= Nt*N1*N2. In some embodiments, N1*N2= N1, t*N2, t / Nt. In some embodiments, the third value in first dimension (e.g. represented as N1, s) and the third value in second dimension (e.g. represented as N2, s) may correspond to all the groups of ports in the second plurality of groups of ports or correspond to all ports for all CSI-RS resources in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources, where the second plurality of groups of ports may comprise Ns groups of ports or the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may comprise Ns CSI-RS resources. In some embodiments, Ns may be positive integer. In some embodiments, 1≤Ns≤Nt . In some embodiments, N1, s*N2, s= Ns*N1*N2 . In some embodiments, N1*N2= N1, s*N2, s / Ns.
[0128] Referring back to FIG. 2, the terminal device 110 may transmit (2030) , to the network device 120, the measurement report based on the at least one configuration, the second value in first dimension and the second value in the second dimension. In other words, the network device 120 may receive the measurement report from the terminal device 110.
[0129] In some embodiments, the measurement report comprises a second plurality of second vectors, wherein each second vector may be based on the second value in the first dimension and the second value in the second dimension. In some embodiments, a restriction on reporting of precoder or PMI report based on or corresponding to at least one second vector may be determined based on the at least one codebook subset restriction. In some embodiments, the measurement report comprises a third plurality of third vectors, wherein each third vector may be based on the third value in the first dimension and the third value in the second dimension. In some embodiments, a restriction on reporting of precoder or PMI report based on or corresponding to at least one third vector may be determined based on the at least one codebook subset restriction. In some embodiments, each codebook subset restriction may be associated with at least one first vector or may be associated with the first value in the first dimension and the second value in the second dimension. In some embodiments, one first vector may be based on the first value in the first dimension and the first value in the second dimension. In some embodiments, a restriction for precoders for the measurement report may be based on the first value in the first dimension (or the value of N1) and / or the first value in the second dimension (or the value of N2) and / or the first number of reference signal resources corresponding to the first dimension (or the value of Nt, 1) and / or the first number of reference signal resources corresponding to the second dimension (or the value of Nt, 2) and / or the pattern and / or the number of reference signal resources in the first plurality of reference signal resources (or the value of Nt) and / or the second value in the first dimension (or the value of N1, t) and / or the second value in the second dimension (or the value of N2, t) and / or the second number of reference signal resources corresponding to the first dimension (or the value of Ns, 1) and / or the second number of reference signal resources corresponding to the second dimension (or the value of Ns, 2) and / or the number of reference signal resources in the second plurality of reference signal resources (or the value of Ns) and / or the third value in the first dimension (or the value of N1, s) and / or the third value in the second dimension (or the value of N2, s) . In some embodiments, one of the at least one codebook subset restriction may be a first bitmap, and the number of bits in the first bitmap may be N1*O1*N2*O2. In some embodiments, N1 may represent the first value in first dimension. In some embodiments, N2 may represent the first value in second dimension. In some embodiments, O1 and O2 may represent parameters corresponding to the first value in first dimension and the first value in second dimension, respectively.
[0130] In some embodiments, a restriction on at least one precoder or a restriction of at least one precoder or a restriction on reporting of at least one precoder or a restriction on PMI reporting or a restriction on at least one first vector or a restriction on at least one second vector or a restriction on at least one third vector corresponding to at least one precoder (or at least one first vector or at least one second vector or at least one third vector) may be applied for the measurement report. In some embodiments, the at least one precoder (or the at least one first vector or the at least one second vector or the at least one third vector) may be based on the at least one codebook subset restriction. In some embodiments, the restriction of at least one precoder or the restriction of at least one precoder or the restriction on reporting of at least one precoder or the restriction on PMI reporting or the restriction on at least one first vector or the restriction on at least one second vector or the restriction on at least one third vector corresponding to at least one precoder may be PMI reporting corresponding to the at least one precoder (or the at least one first vector or the at least one second vector or the at least one third vector) is not allowed in the measurement report.
[0131] In some embodiments, the measurement report may comprise a second plurality of second vectors, wherein each second vector may be based on the second value in first dimension and the second value in second dimension (or the measurement report may comprise a third plurality of third vectors, wherein each third vector may be based on the third value in first dimension and the third value in second dimension) , and the restriction on the at least one precoder or the restriction on at least one first vector or the restriction on at least one second vector or the restriction on at least one third vector or the restriction on reporting of precoder or the restriction on PMI reporting corresponding to the at least one precoder (or corresponding to the at least one first vector or corresponding to the at least one second vector or the at least one third vector) based on at least one second vector may be determined based on the at least one codebook subset restriction. In some embodiments, each one of the at least one codebook subset restriction may be associated with at least one first vector. In some embodiments, one first vector may be based on or associated with the first value in first dimension and the first value in second dimension. In some embodiments, the restriction on reporting of precoder (or the restriction on PMI reporting corresponding to precoder or the restriction on the at least one precoder or the restriction on at least one first vector or the restriction on at least one second vector or the restriction on at least one third vector) for the measurement report (or for the first plurality of CSI-RS resources) may be based on the first value in first dimension (e.g. N1) , the first value in second dimension (e.g. N2) and the second value in first dimension (or the value of Nt, 1) and the second value in second dimension (or the value of Nt, 2) (or the value of Nt) .
[0132] In some embodiments, one of the at least one codebook subset restriction may be a first bitmap, and the number of bits in the first bitmap may be N1*O1*N2*O2. In some embodiments, the bit sequence in the first bitmap may be wherein a0 may be the least significant bit (LSB) , and may be the most significant bit (MSB) .
[0133] In some embodiments, there may be a set of second vectors based on the value of N1, t, O1, N2, t and O2. The number of the set of second vectors may be N1, t*O1*N2, t*O2. In some embodiments, one second vector may be a vector with length N1, t*N2, t or a vector with N1, t*N2, t values. In some embodiments, one second vector may be represented as
[0134] wherein lt=0, 1, …N1, t*O1-1, mt=0, 1, …N2, t*O2-1.
[0135] In some embodiments, there may be a set of second vectors based on the second value in the first dimension, the second value in the second dimension, and value of O1 and value of O2.
[0136] In some embodiments, a second bitmap or one codebook subset restriction determined from the at least one codebook subset restriction may be applied for the restriction of precoders (or for the restriction of PMI reporting corresponding to precoders or the restriction on the at least one precoder or the restriction on at least one first vector or the restriction on at least one second vector or the restriction on at least one third vector) for the measurement report. In some embodiments, one bit in the applied codebook subset restriction or the second bitmap may indicate a reporting corresponding to a group of second vectors (or a group of third vectors) allowed or not. In some embodiments, one bit in the applied codebook subset restriction or the second bitmap may be associated with or may correspond to a group of second vectors (or a group of third vectors) . In some embodiments, the group of second vectors (or the group of third vectors) may be comprised in the at least one precoder or the at least one second vector (or the at least one third vector) for restriction for the measurement report. In some embodiments, one bit in the applied codebook subset restriction or the second bitmap may indicate a reporting (or PMI reporting) is allowed or not to correspond to any one or at least one in the group of second vectors (or in the group of third vectors) . In some embodiments, one bit with value 0 (or with value 1) in the applied codebook subset restriction or in the second bitmap may indicate a reporting corresponding to any one or at least one in the group of second vectors (or in the group of third vectors) is not allowed. In some embodiments, one bit with value 0 (or with value 1) in the applied codebook subset restriction or in the second bitmap may indicate a reporting (or PMI reporting) is not allowed to correspond to any precoder corresponding to or associated with any one or at least one in the group of second vectors (or in the group of third vectors) .
[0137] In some embodiments, one group of second vectors may comprise a number of second vectors. In some embodiments, one group of second vectors may comprise Mr second vectors. In some embodiments, Mr may be a positive integer. In some embodiments, 1≤Mr≤Nt or 1<Mr≤Nt. In some embodiments, Mr may be same with Nt. In some embodiments, Mr=Nt. In some embodiments, one group of third vectors may comprise a number of third vectors. In some embodiments, one group of third vectors may comprise Ms third vectors. In some embodiments, Ms may be a positive integer. In some embodiments, 1≤Ms≤Ns or 1<Ms≤Ns. In some embodiments, Ms may be same with Ns. In some embodiments, Ms=Ns.
[0138] In some embodiments, one codebook subset restriction (for example, configured to or associated with or corresponding to one CSI-RS resource in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources) may be at least one of: n1-n2, two-one-TypeI-SinglePanel-Restriction, two-two-TypeI-SinglePanel-Restriction, four-one-TypeI-SinglePanel-Restriction, three-two-TypeI-SinglePanel-Restriction, six-one-TypeI-SinglePanel-Restriction, four-two-TypeI-SinglePanel-Restriction, eight-one-TypeI-SinglePanel-Restriction, four-three-TypeI-SinglePanel-Restriction, six-two-TypeI-SinglePanel-Restriction, twelve-one-TypeI-SinglePanel-Restriction, four-four-TypeI-SinglePanel-Restriction, eight-two-TypeI-SinglePanel-Restriction, sixteen-one-TypeI-SinglePanel-Restriction, n1-n2-TypeI-SinglePanel-Restriction, N1 -N2 -TypeI-SinglePanel-Restriction, typeI-SinglePanel-codebookSubsetRestriction-i2, typeI-SinglePanel-ri-Restriction, N1, t -N2, t -TypeI-SinglePanel-Restriction, ng-n1-n2, two-two-one-TypeI-MultiPanel-Restriction, two-four-one-TypeI-MultiPanel-Restriction, four-two-one-TypeI-MultiPanel-Restriction, two-two-two-TypeI-MultiPanel-Restriction, two-eight-one-TypeI-MultiPanel-Restriction, four-four-one-TypeI-MultiPanel-Restriction, two-four-two-TypeI-MultiPanel-Restriction, four-two-two-TypeI-MultiPanel-Restriction, ri-Restriction (for example, for multi-panel codebook) , n1-n2-codebookSubsetRestriction, typeII-RI-Restriction, typeII-PortSelectionRI-Restriction, eight-three-TypeI-SinglePanel-Restriction, eight-four-TypeI-SinglePanel-Restriction, twelve-two-TypeI-SinglePanel-Restriction, twelve-three-TypeI-SinglePanel-Restriction, twelve-four-TypeI-SinglePanel-Restriction, sixteen-two-TypeI-SinglePanel-Restriction, sixteen-three-TypeI-SinglePanel-Restriction, and sixteen-four-TypeI-SinglePanel-Restriction. In some embodiments, n1 may be same as N1. In some embodiments, n2 may be same as N2. In some embodiments, n1 may be at least one of {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 64, 128} or at least one of {one, two, three, four, six, eight, twelve, sixteen, twenty-four, thirty-two, sixty-four, one hundred twenty-eight} . In some embodiments, n2 may be at least one of {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 64, 128} or at least one of {one, two, three, four, six, eight, twelve, sixteen, twenty-four, thirty-two, sixty-four, one hundred twenty-eight} or at least one of {one, two, three, four, six, eight} . In some embodiments, ng may be at least one of {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 64, 128} or at least one of {one, two, three, four, six, eight, twelve, sixteen, twenty-four, thirty-two, sixty-four, one hundred twenty-eight} or at least one of {one, two, three, four, six, eight} .
[0139] In some embodiments, the number of bits in the second bitmap may be N1*O1*N2*O2. In some embodiments, the bit sequence in the second bitmap may be wherein a0 may be the least significant bit (LSB) , and may be the most significant bit (MSB) . In some embodiments, the second bitmap may be based on at least one first bitmap corresponding to at least one codebook subset restriction. In some embodiments, the second bitmap may be same with the bitmap (or the first bitmap) corresponding to or associated with one of the at least one codebook subset restriction.
[0140] In some embodiments, bit in the second bitmap or the first bitmap may be associated with the group of second vectors (or the group of third vectors) or all precoders based on at least one second vector in the group of second vectors (or all precoders based on at least one third vector in the group of third vectors) In some embodiments, l1=0, 1, …N1O1-1 , m1=0, 1, …N2O2-1. In some embodiments, lr=Nt, 1*l1+nt, 1 , mr=Nt, 2*m1+nt, 2 . In some embodiments, nt, 1=0, 1, …Nt, 1-1, nt, 2=0, 1, …Nt, 2-1. In some embodiments, lr=Ns, 1*l1+ns, 1, mr=Ns, 2*m1+ns, 2. In some embodiments, ns, 1=0, 1, …Ns, 1-1 , ns, 2=0, 1, …Ns, 2-1 . In some embodiments, lr=Nt, 2*l1+nt, 2, mr=Nt, 1*m1+nt, 1. In some embodiments, nt, 1=0, 1, …Nt, 1-1, nt, 2=0, 1, …Nt, 2-1. In some embodiments, lr=Ns, 2*l1+ns, 2, mr=Ns, 1*m1+ns, 1 . In some embodiments, ns, 1=0, 1, …Ns, 1-1 , ns, 2=0, 1, …Ns, 2-1 . In some embodiments, Nt, 1 may represent the first number of reference signal resources corresponding to the first dimension, and Nt, 2 may represent the first number of reference signal resources corresponding to the second dimension. In some embodiments, Ns, 1 may represent the second number of reference signal resources corresponding to the first dimension, and Ns, 2 may represent the second number of reference signal resources corresponding to the second dimension. In some embodiments, if the value of the bit is zero, a precoder matrix index (PMI) reporting or the measurement report may not be allowed to correspond to a precoder (or any precoder or at least one precoder or a second vector or any second vector or at least one second vector or a third vector or at least one third vector) based on any one or at least one in the group of second vectors (or in the group of third vectors) associated with the bit.
[0141] In some embodiments, there may be one first bitmap or one codebook subset restriction from (or selected from) the at least one codebook subset restriction is applied, and one bit in the applied codebook subset restriction (or the applied first bitmap) may indicate the reporting corresponding to a group of second vectors (or a precoder or any precoder or at least one precoder or a second vector or any second vector or at least one second vector or a third vector or any third vector or at least one third vector) based on any one or at least one in the group of second vectors (or any one or at least one in the group of third vectors) ) allowed or not. In some embodiments, bit in the second bitmap or the applied first bitmap or the applied codebook subset restriction may be associated with all precoders (or a precoder or any precoder or at least one precoder or a second vector or any second vector or at least one second vector or a third vector or any third vector or at least one third vector) based on any one or at least one in the group of second vectors or based on any one or at least one in the group of third vectors or based on the group of second vectors or based on the group of third vectors or based on any one or at least one in the group of second vectors or based on any one or at least one in the group of third vectors In some embodiments, one group of second vectors (or one group of third vectors) may comprise a number of second vectors (or a number of third vectors) . In some embodiments, one group of second vectors (or one group of third vectors) may comprise Mr second vectors (or third vectors) . In some embodiments, Mr may be a positive integer. In some embodiments, 1≤Mr≤Nt or 1<Mr≤Nt or 1≤Mr≤Ns or 1<Mr≤Ns. In some embodiments, Mr may be same with Nt or Ns. In some embodiments, Mr=Nt or Mr=Ns. In some embodiments, the second vectors in the group of second vectors may be contiguous vectors corresponding to the first dimension and / or the second dimension. In some embodiments, the second vectors in the group of second vectors may be Nt, 1 contiguous vectors corresponding to the first dimension and Nt, 2 continuous vectors in the second dimension. In some embodiments, the third vectors in the group of third vectors may be contiguous vectors corresponding to the first dimension and / or the second dimension. In some embodiments, the third vectors in the group of third vectors may be Ns, 1 contiguous vectors corresponding to the first dimension and Ns, 2 continuous vectors in the second dimension. In some embodiments, lr=Nt, 1*l1+nt, 1, mr=Nt, 2*m1+nt, 2 . In some embodiments, nt, 1=0, 1, …Nt, 1-1 , nt, 2=0, 1, …Nt, 2-1 . In some embodiments, lr=Ns, 1*l1+ns, 1 , mr=Ns, 2*m1+ns, 2 . In some embodiments, ns, 1=0, 1, …Ns, 1-1, ns, 2=0, 1, …Ns, 2-1. In some embodiments, lr=Nt, 2*l1+nt, 2 , mr=Nt, 1*m1+nt, 1 . In some embodiments, nt, 1=0, 1, …Nt, 1-1, nt, 2=0, 1, …Nt, 2-1 . In some embodiments, lr=Ns, 2*l1+ns, 2 , mr=Ns, 1*m1+ns, 1 . In some embodiments, ns, 1=0, 1, …Ns, 1-1 , ns, 2=0, 1, …Ns, 2-1 . In some embodiments, if the value of the bit is zero, the PMI reporting may not be allowed to correspond to any precoder based on or corresponding to any one or at least one in the group of second vectors (or any one or at least one in the group of third vectors ) associated with the bit. In some embodiments, if there is more than one indication of codebook subset restriction, the terminal device 110 may assume all the indications or all bits in the first bitmaps of the more than one codebook subset restriction are same. In some embodiments, the value or bitmap corresponding to rank indicator (RI) restriction or codebookSubsetRestriction-i2 (For example, typeI-SinglePanel-codebookSubsetRestriction-i2, typeI-SinglePanel-ri-Restriction, ri-Restriction, typeII-RI-Restriction, typeII-PortSelectionRI-Restriction) in each one of the at least one codebook subset restriction may be assumed or expected to be same. In some embodiments, the rank indicator (RI) restriction or codebookSubsetRestriction-i2 (For example, typeI-SinglePanel-codebookSubsetRestriction-i2, typeI-SinglePanel-ri-Restriction, ri-Restriction, typeII-RI-Restriction, typeII-PortSelectionRI-Restriction) in the at least one codebook subset restriction may be combined or aggregated or concatenated for the measurement report. In some embodiments, the number of bits for rank indicator (RI) restriction or codebookSubsetRestriction-i2 (For example, typeI-SinglePanel-codebookSubsetRestriction-i2, typeI-SinglePanel-ri-Restriction, ri-Restriction, typeII-RI-Restriction, typeII-PortSelectionRI-Restriction) in one codebook subset restriction may be nbit, nbit may be positive integer. For example, 1≤nbit≤8 . For example, nbit∈ {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8} . For another example, or In some embodiments, the number of bits for restriction on RI or codebookSubsetRestriction-i2 for the CSI report based on the first plurality of CSI-RS resources may be nr, nr may be positive integer. For example, 1≤nr≤3. For example, nr∈ {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8} . In some embodiments, the first one codebook subset restriction (or the one codebook subset restriction corresponding to CSI-RS resource with lowest or highest ID or the first configured one codebook subset restriction or the last one codebook subset restriction or the last configured one codebook subset restriction) may be applied (For example, other indications or other codebook subset restrictions are ignored) . In some embodiments, the applied bitmap or the second bitmap may be determined based on a union or an intersection or “AND” operation or “OR” operation of the at least one first bitmap corresponding to the at least one codebook subset restriction. In some embodiments, the value of bit in the applied bitmap or in the second bitmap or in the applied codebook subset restriction may be based on the “AND” or “OR” operation of values of corresponding bits AND AND (or OR OR ) in the at least one codebook subset restriction. In some embodiments, may be the bit with index (l1*N2*O2+m1) in the (ncbsr) -th codebook subset restriction of the at least one codebook subset restriction. In some embodiments, may be the bit with index (l1*N2*O2+m1) in the first codebook subset restriction of the at least one codebook subset restriction. In some embodiments, may be the bit with index (l1*N2*O2+m1) in the second codebook subset restriction of the at least one codebook subset restriction. In some embodiments, 1 AND 1 = 1. In some embodiments, 1 AND 0 = 0. In some embodiments, 0 AND 1 = 0. In some embodiments, 0 AND 0 = 0. In some embodiments, 1 OR 1 = 1. In some embodiments, 1 OR 0 = 1. In some embodiments, 0 OR 1 = 1. In some embodiments, 0 OR 0 = 0. In some embodiments, one bit in one of codebook subset restrictions indicate a reporting corresponding to one first vector or corresponding to a group of second vectors or corresponding to a group of third vectors allowed or not.
[0142] In this disclosure, the terms “ (ncbsr) -th codebook subset restriction of the at least one codebook subset restriction” , “codebook subset restriction associated with or corresponding to the (ncbsr) -th CSI-RS resource in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources” , “codebook subset restriction associated with or corresponding to the (ncbsr) -th CSI-RS resource in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources” , “codebook subset restriction associated with or corresponding to the (nt) -th CSI-RS resource in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources” and “codebook subset restriction associated with or corresponding to the (ns) -th CSI-RS resource in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources” can be used interchangeably.
[0143] In some embodiments, a third bitmap or one whole codebook subset restriction or one joint or one aggregated or one concatenated codebook subset restriction determined from the at least one codebook subset restriction may be applied for the restriction of precoders (or for the restriction of PMI reporting corresponding to precoders or the restriction on the at least one precoder or the restriction on at least one first vector or the restriction on at least one second vector or the restriction on at least one third vector) for the measurement report. In some embodiments, the third bitmap or the one whole codebook subset restriction or the one joint or the one aggregated or the one concatenated codebook subset restriction may be based on a combination or a joint or concatenation or aggregation of the at least one codebook subset restriction. In some embodiments, the number of bits in the third bitmap may be N1, t*O1*N2, t*O2 or N1, s*O1*N2, s*O2. In some embodiments, the bit sequence in the third bitmap may be or wherein a0 may be the least significant bit (LSB) , and or may be the most significant bit (MSB) .
[0144] In some embodiments, the third bitmap may be based on combination or concatenation or aggregation of the at least one first bitmap corresponding to at least one codebook subset restriction. In some embodiments, the applied bitmap or the third bitmap or the applied codebook subset restriction may be or or In some embodiments, b may be non-negative integer. In some embodiments, 0≤b≤N1*O1*N2*O2-1. In some embodiments, b∈ {0, 1, …N1*O1*N2*O2-1} or b∈ {N1*O1*N2*O2-1, N1*O1*N2*O2-2, …1, 0} . In some embodiments, may be the bit with index (l1*N2*O2+m1) in the first bitmap corresponding to the (ncbsr) -th codebook subset restriction of the at least one codebook subset restriction or in the (ncbsr) -th codebook subset restriction of the at least one codebook subset restriction. In some embodiments, may be the bit with index (l1*N2*O2+m1) in the first bitmap corresponding to the first codebook subset restriction of the at least one codebook subset restriction or in the first codebook subset restriction of the at least one codebook subset restriction. In some embodiments, may be the bit with index (l1*N2*O2+m1) in the first bitmap corresponding to the second codebook subset restriction of the at least one codebook subset restriction or in the second codebook subset restriction of the at least one codebook subset restriction. In some embodiments, ab, 1 may be the first bitmap corresponding to the first codebook subset restriction of the at least one codebook subset restriction. In some embodiments, ab, 2 may be the first bitmap corresponding to the second codebook subset restriction of the at least one codebook subset restriction. In some embodiments, may be the first bitmap corresponding to the (ncbsr) -thcodebook subset restriction of the at least one codebook subset restriction.
[0145] In some embodiments, bit in the third bitmap or the combined / aggregated / concatenated bitmap or the combined / aggregated / concatenated codebook subset restriction may be associated with all precoders (or a precoder or any precoder or at least one precoder or a second vector or any second vector or at least one second vector or a third vector or any third vector or at least one third vector) based on one second vector In some embodiments, bit in the third bitmap or the combined / aggregated / concatenated bitmap or the combined / aggregated / concatenated codebook subset restriction may be associated with all precoders (or a precoder or any precoder or at least one precoder or a second vector or any second vector or at least one second vector or a third vector or any third vector or at least one third vector) based on one third vector
[0146] In some embodiments, bit in the first bitmap for the (ncbsr) -th codebook subset restriction of the at least one codebook subset restriction or bit in the first bitmap for the codebook subset restriction corresponding to the (ncbsr) -th reference signal resources (For example, in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources) may be associated with all precoders or any precoder corresponding to or based on one second vector or one third vector In some embodiments, lr=Nt, 1*l1+ (ncbsr-1) / Nt, 2, mr= Nt, 2*m1+ (ncbsr-1) mod Nt, 2. In some embodiments, lr=Ns, 1*l1+ (ncbsr-1) / Ns, 2, mr=Ns, 2*m1+ (ncbsr-1) mod Ns, 2. In some embodiments, lr=Nt, 2*l1+ (ncbsr-1) / Nt, 2, mr=Nt, 1*m1+ (ncbsr-1) mod Nt, 1. In some embodiments, lr=Nt, 1*l1+ (ncbsr-1) / Nt, 1, mr=Nt, 2*m1+ (ncbsr-1) mod Nt, 2. In some embodiments, lr=Ns, 2*l1+ (ncbsr-1) / Ns, 2, mr=Ns, 1*m1+ (ncbsr-1) mod Ns, 1. In some embodiments, lr=Ns, 1*l1+ (ncbsr-1) / Ns, 1, mr=Ns, 2*m1+ (ncbsr-1) mod Ns, 2. In some embodiments, lr=Nt, 1*l1+ (ncbsr-1) mod Nt, 2, mr=Nt, 2*m1+ (ncbsr-1) / Nt, 2. In some embodiments, lr=Ns, 1*l1+ (ncbsr-1) mod Ns, 2, mr=Ns, 2*m1+ (ncbsr-1) / Ns, 2. In some embodiments, lr=Nt, 2*l1+ (ncbsr-1) mod Nt, 2, mr=Nt, 1*m1+ (ncbsr-1) / Nt, 1. In some embodiments, lr=Nt, 1*l1+ (ncbsr-1) mod Nt, 1, mr=Nt, 2*m1+ (ncbsr-1) / Nt, 2. In some embodiments, lr=Ns, 2*l1+ (ncbsr-1) mod Ns, 2, mr=Ns, 1*m1+ (ncbsr-1) / Ns, 1. In some embodiments, lr=Ns, 1*l1+ (ncbsr-1) mod Ns, 1, mr=Ns, 2*m1+(ncbsr-1) / Ns, 2. In some embodiments, lr=l1+ (ncbsr-1) *N1*O1*N2*O2, mr=m1. In some embodiments, lr=l1 , mr=m1+ (ncbsr-1) *N1*O1*N2*O2. In some embodiments, ncbsr=1, 2, …Ncbsr or ncbsr=1, 2, …Nt or or ncbsr=1, 2, …Ns. In some embodiments, Ncbsr represents the number of codebook subset restriction of the at least one codebook subset restriction. In some embodiments, Nt represents the number of reference signal resources in the first plurality of reference signal resources. For example, if the value of the bit in the (ncbsr) -th codebook subset restriction or if the value of the bit in the bitmap for the codebook subset restriction corresponding to the (ncbsr) -th reference signal resources is zero, the PMI reporting may not be allowed to correspond to a precoder or any precoder corresponding to or based on the second vector (or the third vector) associated with the bit.
[0147] In some embodiments, bit in the first bitmap for the first codebook subset restriction of the at least one codebook subset restriction or bit in the first bitmap for the codebook subset restriction corresponding to the first reference signal resources (For example, in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources) may be associated with all precoders or any precoder corresponding to or based on one second vector or one third vector wherein lr=l1, mr=m1. In some embodiments, bit in the first bitmap for the second codebook subset restriction of the at least one codebook subset restriction or bit in the first bitmap for the codebook subset restriction corresponding to the second reference signal resources (For example, in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources) may be associated with all precoders or any precoder corresponding to or based on one second vector or one third vector For example, lr=l1, mr=m1+N2*O2. For another example, lr=l1+N1*O1, mr=m1. In some embodiments, bit in the first bitmap for the third codebook subset restriction of the at least one codebook subset restriction or bit in the first bitmap for the codebook subset restriction corresponding to the third reference signal resources (For example, in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources) may be associated with all precoders or any precoder corresponding to or based on one second vector or one third vector For example, lr=l1+N1*O1, mr=m1. For another example, lr=l1, mr=m1+N2*O2. In some embodiments, bit in the first bitmap for the fourth codebook subset restriction of the at least one codebook subset restriction or bit in the first bitmap for the codebook subset restriction corresponding to the fourth reference signal resources (For example, in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources) may be associated with all precoders or any precoder corresponding to or based on one second vector or one third vector For example, lr=l1+N1*O1, mr=m1+N2*O2.
[0148] In some embodiments, bit in the first bitmap for the codebook subset restriction corresponding to the (nt, 1+1) -th CSI-RS resource in the first number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the first dimension and (nt, 2+1) -th CSI-RS resource in the first number of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the second dimension or bit in the first bitmap for the codebook subset restriction corresponding to the CSI-RS resource with or corresponding to index nt, 1 and nt, 2 (For example, in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources) may be associated with all precoders or any precoder corresponding to or based on one second vector or one third vector wherein lr=l1+N1*O1*nt, 1, mr=m1+N2*O2*nt, 2.
[0149] In some embodiments, one bit in one of the Ncbsr or Nt codebook subset restrictions may indicate the reporting (or PMI reporting or precoder) corresponding to one second vector (or one third vector) allowed or not, bit in the bitmap for the (ncbsr) -th (wherein ncbsr=1, 2, …Ncbsr or ncbsr=1, 2, …Nt) codebook subset restriction may be associated with all precoders (or any precoder) based on the second vector or third vector wherein lr=Nt, 1*l1+ncbsr / Nt, 2 , mr=Nt, 2*m1+ ncbsr mod Nt, 2. In some embodiments, if the value of the bit in the (ncbsr) -th codebook subset restriction is zero, the PMI reporting may not be allowed to correspond to any precoder based on the second vector associated with the bit. In some embodiments, each one of the at least one codebook subset restriction may be associated with or configured for one CSI-RS resource or one group of ports. In some embodiments, if Ncbsr<Nt, there may be at least one CSI-RS resource or at least one group of ports without configuration of codebook subset restriction. For example, there is no restriction on the second vectors corresponding to the bitmap associated with the at least one CSI-RS resource (or the bitmap is all ones) . As another example, one configured CBSR is applied to the one CSI-RS resource without configuration of codebook subset restriction, e.g. the CBSR associated with first one CSI-RS resource (or with lowest / highest ID) with configuration of CBSR.
[0150] In some example embodiments, a codebook configuration may be configured in CSI-ReportConfig or CSI-ResourceConfig. Table 2 shows an example of the codebook configuration.
[0151] Table 2
[0152] In some embodiments, the pattern may be configured in CSI-ReportConfig or CSI-ResourceConfig or codebookConfig. For example, if it’s in codebookConfig, the configured pattern for the CSI-RS resources in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources should be same or the first one is applied. Table 3 below shows an example of a configuration of the pattern.
[0153] Table 3
[0154] In some embodiments, values of Nt, Nt, 1, Nt, 2, N1, t , N2, t and (N1, N2) may be as shown in Table 4. In this case, the total number of ports may be Nt*N1*N2. In some embodiments, subset of the rows and / or subset of the columns in the Table 4 may be applied.
[0155] Table 4
[0156] FIG. 5AA to FIG. 5HG shows examples for CSI-RS configuration patterns. Embodiments are described with reference to FIG. 5AA to FIG. 5HG.
[0157] In some embodiments, the first plurality of CSI-RS resources or groups of ports may include 2 CSI-RS resources or 2 groups of ports (Nt= 2) , each CSI-RS resource or each group of ports comprises 2*N1*N2 ports. For example, as shown in FIG. 5AAN1, t= 2*N1, N2, t=N2. As another example, as shown in FIG. 5AB, N1, t= N1, N2, t=2*N2.
[0158] In some embodiments, the first plurality of CSI-RS resources or groups of ports comprises 3 CSI-RS resources or 3 groups of ports (Nt= 3) , each CSI-RS resource or each group of ports comprises 2*N1*N2 ports. For example, as shown in FIG. 5BA, N1, t=3*N1, N2, t=N2. As another example, as shown in FIG. 5BB, N1, t= N1, N2, t=3*N2.
[0159] In some embodiments, the first plurality of CSI-RS resources or groups of ports comprises 4 CSI-RS resources or 4 groups of ports (Nt= 4) , each CSI-RS resource or each group of ports comprises 2*N1*N2 ports. For example, as shown in FIG. 5CA, N1, t= 4*N1, N2, t=N2. As another example, as shown in FIG. 5CB, N1, t= 2*N1, N2, t=2*N2. By way of example, as shown in FIG. 5CC, pattern, N1, t= N1, N2, t=4*N2.
[0160] In some embodiments, the first plurality of CSI-RS resources or groups of ports comprises 8 CSI-RS resources or 8 groups of ports (Nt= 8) , each CSI-RS resource or each group of ports comprises 2*N1*N2 ports. In an example embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5DA, N1, t= 4*N1, N2, t=2*N2. In another example embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5DB, N1, t=2*N1, N2, t=4*N2. In a further example embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5DC, N1, t= 8*N1, N2, t=N2. In yet another example embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5DD, N1, t= N1, N2, t=8*N2.
[0161] In some embodiments, if the number of ports is 48, the first plurality of CSI-RS resources or groups of ports comprises 3 CSI-RS resources or 3 groups of ports, each CSI-RS resource or each group of ports comprises 16 ports. In some embodiments, 2*N1*N2=16, 2*N1, t*N2, t=48, Nt = 3. In this case, for example, as shown in FIG. 5EA, N1, t=12, N2, t=2, N1=4, N2=2. As another example, as shown in FIG. 5EB, N1, t=8, N2, t=3, N1=8, N2=1.
[0162] In some embodiments, if the number of ports is 64, the first plurality of CSI-RS resources or groups of ports comprises 2 CSI-RS resources or 2 groups of ports, each CSI-RS resource or each group of ports comprises 16 ports. In some embodiments, 2*N1*N2=24, 2*N1, t*N2, t=48, Nt= 2. For example, as shown in FIG. 5FA, N1, t=8, N2, t=3, N1=4, N2=3. As another example, as shown in FIG. 5FB, N1, t=12, N2, t=2, N1=6, N2=2. In an example, as shown in FIG. 5FC, N1, t=12, N2, t=2, N1=12, N2=1.
[0163] In some embodiments, subset of the rows and / or subset of the columns in the Table 5 may be applied for the at least one configuration for 48 ports. It is noted that Table 5 is only an example.
[0164] Table 5
[0165] In some embodiments, subset of the rows and / or subset of the columns in the Table 6 may be applied for the at least one configuration for 48 ports. It is noted that Table 6 is only an example.
[0166] Table 6
[0167] In some embodiments, if the number of ports it 64, the first plurality of CSI-RS resources or groups of ports comprises 2 CSI-RS resources or 2 groups of ports, each CSI-RS resource or each group of ports comprises 32 ports. For example, 2*N1*N2=32, 2*N1,t*N2, t=64, Nt = 2. In an example, as shown in FIG. 5GA, N1, t=8, N2, t=4, N1=4, N2=4. In another example, as shown in FIG. 5GB, N1, t=16, N2, t=2, N1=8, N2=2. In a further example, as shown in FIG. 5GC, N1, t=8, N2, t=4, N1=8, N2=2. In yet another example, as shown in FIG. 5GD, N1, t=16, N2, t=2, N1=16, N2=1.
[0168] In some embodiments, if the number of ports it 64, the first plurality of CSI-RS resources or groups of ports comprises 4 CSI-RS resources or 4 groups of ports, each CSI-RS resource or each group of ports comprises 16 ports. For example, 2*N1*N2=16, 2*N1, t*N2, t=64, Nt = 4. In an example, as shown in FIG. 5HA, N1, t=8, N2, t=4, N1=4, N2=2. In another example, as shown in FIG. 5HB, N1, t=16, N2, t=2, N1=4, N2=2. In a further example, as shown in FIG. 5HC, N1, t=8, N2, t=4, N1=8, N2=1. In yet another example, as shown in FIG. 5HD, N1, t=16, N2, t=2, N1=8, N2=1.
[0169] In some embodiments, subset of the rows and / or subset of the columns in the Table 7 may be applied for the at least one configuration for 64 ports. It is noted that Table 7 is only an example.
[0170] Table 7
[0171] In some embodiments, subset of the rows and / or subset of the columns in the Table 8 may be applied for the at least one configuration for 64 ports. It is noted that Table 8 is only an example.
[0172] Table 8
[0173] Reference is made to FIG. 6, which illustrates a signaling flow 600 of transmitting a measurement report in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure. For the purposes of discussion, the signaling flow 600 will be discussed with reference to FIG. 1, for example, by using the terminal device 110 and the network device 120.
[0174] In some embodiments, the terminal device 110 may transmit (2030) , to the network device 120, the measurement report based on the at least one configuration, the second value in first dimension and the second value in the second dimension. In some embodiments, the network device 120 may receive the measurement report from the terminal device 110. In some embodiments, the measurement report may comprise at least one of: a first plurality of first vectors and a second plurality of second vectors and / or a third plurality of third vectors. In some embodiments, the number of first vectors in the first plurality of first vectors may be represented as L1, L1 may be positive integer. In some embodiments, 1≤L1≤8 or L1∈ {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8} or L1=L . In some embodiments, the number of second vectors in the second plurality of second vectors may be represented as L2, L2 may be positive integer. In some embodiments, 1≤L2≤8 or L2∈ {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8} or L2=L . In some embodiments, the number of third vectors in the third plurality of third vectors may be represented as L3, L3 may be positive integer. In some embodiments, 1≤L3≤8 or L3∈ {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8} or L3=L. In some embodiments, L2 may be same with or different from L1. In some embodiments, L3 may be same with or different from L1. In some embodiments, each first vector or one first vector may be based on the first value in the first dimension and the first value in the second dimension. In some embodiments, each second vector or one second vector may be based on a second value in the first dimension and a second value in the second dimension. In some embodiments, the second plurality of second vectors may be based on the first plurality of first vectors. In some embodiments, the measurement report may include a first indication based on the first value in first dimension and a second indication based on the first value in second dimension. In some embodiments, the measurement report may also include a third indication based on the second value in first dimension and a fourth indication based on the second value in second dimension. In some embodiments, the measurement report may also include an eleventh indication based on the third value in first dimension and a twelfth indication based on the third value in second dimension. In some embodiments, the third indication and the fourth indication may be based on the first indication and the second indication. In some embodiments, the at least one configuration may comprise at least one of:the value of L1, the value of L2 and the value of L3.
[0175] In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 7A, the second vector may be selected or determined from a group of second vectors corresponding to a first vector. For example, the first vector may be based on the first value in first dimension and the first value in second dimension, e.g. N1=4, N2=4) , and the second vector may be based on the second value in first dimension and the second value in second dimension, e.g. N1, t=16, N2, t=4) .
[0176] In some embodiments, there may be a set of first vectors based on of N1, O1, N2 and O2. In some embodiments, the number of first vectors in the set of first vectors may be N1*O1*N2*O2. In some embodiments, one first vector may be a vector with length N1*N2 or with N1*N2 values. In some embodiments, the first vector may be represented as
[0177] wherein
[0178] where l1=0, 1, …N1O1-1, m1=0, 1, …N2O2-1.
[0179] In some embodiments, there may be a set of third vectors based on the value of N1, s, O1, N2, sand O2. In some embodiments, the number of the set of third vectors may be N1, s*O1*N2, s*O2. In some embodiments, one third vector may be a vector with length N1, s* N2, s or with N1, s*N2, svalues. In some embodiments, one third vector may be represented as
[0180] wherein
[0181] where ls=0, 1, …N1, sO1-1, ms=0, 1, …N2, sO2-1.
[0182] In some embodiments, values of O1 and O2 may be associated with or based on at least one of: values of N1, t and N2, t , respectively, or values of N1, s and N2, s, respectively. For example, value of O1 and O2 may be based on / associated with the value of N1, t and N2, t , respectively and / or the value of N1, s and N2, s , respectively. In some embodiments, if N1, t>1 or N1, s>1, O1=4 or 2 or 8. In some embodiments, if N1, t=1 or N1, s=1, O1=1. In some embodiments, if N2, t>1 or N2, s>1, O2=4 or 2 or 8. In some embodiments, if N2, t=1 or N2, s=1, O2=1. In above embodiments, N1 may represent the first value in first dimension, N2 may represent the first value in second dimension. In some embodiments, O1 and O2 may represent parameters corresponding to the second value in first dimension and the second value in second dimension or corresponding to the first value in first dimension and the first value in second dimension or corresponding to the third value in first dimension and the third value in second dimension, respectively. In some embodiments, N1, t may represent the second value in the first dimension, N2, t may represent the second value in the second dimension. In some embodiments, N1, s may represent a third value in the first dimension, and N2, s may represent a third value in the second dimension.
[0183] In some embodiments, the measurement report may comprise at least one indication of a first one of first vector (or the first indication and the second indication) , and at least one indication of one second vector (or a third indication for the second vector and a fourth indication for the second vector) . For example, the second vector may be from a first group of second vectors. In some embodiments, the first group of second vectors may be associated with (or based on) the first one of first vector or associated with (or based on) a second one of first vector or may be based on the first indication and the second indication or may be based on the at least one indication of a first one of first vector. In some embodiments, the measurement report may comprise the first indication and the second indication, and the indication of one second vector from a first group of second vectors. In some embodiments, the first group of second vectors may be associated with or based on or may correspond to the first indication and the second indication . In some embodiments, the measurement report may comprise at least one indication of the second one of first vector (or a fifth indication for the second one of first vector and a sixth indication for the second one of first vector) . In some embodiments, the fifth indication may be associated with or may correspond to information of the second one of first vector corresponding to the first dimension. In some embodiments, the sixth indication may be associated with or may correspond to information of the second one of first vector corresponding to the second dimension.
[0184] In some embodiments, the second one of first vector may be from a group of first vectors. In some embodiments, the group of first vectors (or the fifth indication and the sixth indication) may be based on the first one of first vector or may be based on the first indication and the second indication. For example, the fifth indication and the sixth indication may be based on the first indication and the second indication. For example, at least for 1 or 2 layers codebook. In some embodiments, the number of first vectors in the group of the first vectors may be 4. In some embodiments, the second one of first vector may be based on the first indication, the second indication, the fifth indication and the sixth indication.
[0185] In some embodiments, the number of second vectors in the first group of second vectors may be based on the second value in the first dimension and the second value in the second dimension or based on the value of Nt, 1 and / or the value of Nt, 2 . In some embodiments, the number of second vectors in the first group of second vectors may be based on a first number of reference signal resources corresponding to the first dimension (e.g. Nt, 1) and a first number of reference signal resources corresponding to the second dimension (e.g. Nt, 2) . For example, the number of second vectors in the first group of second vectors may be based on the second value in first dimension and the second value in second dimension (or based on Nt) . In an example embodiment, the indication of the first one of first vector (or the first indication and the second indication) may be wideband reporting. In another example embodiment, the indication of the second vector (or the third indication and the fourth indication) may be subband reporting. In a further example, the indication of the second one of first vector (or the fifth indication and the fifth indication) may be subband reporting.
[0186] In an example embodiment, the measurement report comprises at least one indication of a first one of second vector (or a seventh indication based on the second value in first dimension and an eight indication based on the second value in second dimension for the first one of second vector) , and at least one indication of a second one of second vector from a second group of second vectors (or a ninth indication based on the second value in first dimension and a tenth indication based on the second value in second dimension for the second one of second vector) . In some embodiments, the second group of second vectors may be based on or associated with the first one of second vector. For example, the measurement report may comprise the seventh indication based on the second value in first dimension and the eight indication based on the second value in second dimension, and the ninth indication based on the second value in first dimension and the tenth indication based on the second value in second dimension. In some embodiments, the ninth indication and the tenth indication may be based on the seventh indication and the eight indication. In some embodiments, the second one of second vector may be based on the seventh indication, the eighth indication, the ninth indication and the tenth indication.
[0187] In some embodiments, the number of second vectors in the second group of second vectors may be at least one of: 16 or 8 or 4*Nt or Nt or 2*Nt. In some embodiments, Nt represents the number of reference signal resources in the first plurality of reference signal resources. For example, for 1-layer and 2-layer codebook, the number of second vectors in the second group of second vectors may be 16 or 8 or 4*Nt or 2*Nt . For another example, and 3-layer or 4-layer or 5-layer or 6-layer or 7-layer or 8-layer (or for other value of number of layers except 1-layer and 2-layer) , the number of second vectors in the second group of second vectors may be 1 or Nt. In an example embodiment, the indication of the first one of second vector may be wideband reporting. In another example embodiment, the indication of the second one of second vector may be subband reporting. In this way, with more number of ports, the beam can be narrower, with more number of candidate beams selected in subband, performance can be improved.
[0188] In some embodiments, the measurement report may include at least one indication of a first one of first vector, and at least one indication of a third one of second vector from a first group of second vectors corresponding to a first subset of ports (For example, corresponding to a first polarization) , and at least one indication of a fourth one of second vector from the first group of second vectors corresponding to a second subset of ports (For example, corresponding to a second polarization) . In some embodiments, the first group of second vectors may be associated with or based on the first one of first vector or associated with or based on a second one of first vector. For example, the measurement report may include the first indication and the second indication, and at least one indication of a third one of second vector from a first group of second vectors corresponding to a first subset of ports (e.g., first polarization) , and at least one indication of a fourth one of second vector from the first group of second vectors corresponding to a second subset of ports (e.g., second polarization) . In some embodiments, the first group of second vectors may be associated with or based on the first indication and the second indication or associated with or based on the fifth indication and the sixth indication.
[0189] In some embodiments, the second one of first vector may be from a group of first vectors, and the group of first vectors (or the fifth indication and the sixth indication) may be based on the first one of first vector. For example, the group of first vectors (or the fifth indication and the sixth indication) may be based on the first one of the first vector (or based on the first indication and the second indication) (e.g., at least for 1 or 2 layers codebook) . As an example, the number of first vectors in the group of the first vectors may be 4.
[0190] In some embodiments, the number of second vectors in the first group of second vectors may be based on the second value in the first dimension and the second value in the second dimension or based on the first number of reference signal resources corresponding to the first dimension and the first number of reference signal resources corresponding to the second dimension. For example, the number of second vectors in the first group of second vectors may be based on the second value in first dimension and the second value in second dimension (or based on Nt) . In an example embodiment, the indication of the first one of first vector (or the first indication and the second indication) may be wideband reporting. In another example embodiment, the indication of the second one of second vector and / or the indication of the third one of second vector may be subband reporting. In a further example embodiment, the indication of the second one of first vector may be subband reporting.
[0191] In some embodiments, the measurement report may comprise at least one indication of a first one of second vector (or a seventh indication based on the second value in first dimension and an eighth indication based on the second value in second dimension for the first one of second vector) , and at least one indication of a second one of second vector from a second group of second vectors corresponding to a first subset of ports (e.g. first polarization) and at least one indication of a third one of second vector from the second group of second vectors corresponding to a second subset of ports (e.g. second polarization) . In some embodiments, the second group of second vectors (or the ninth indication and the tenth indication) may be based on the first one of second vector (or based on the seventh indication and the eighth indication) . In some embodiments, I number of second vectors in the second group of second vectors may be at least one of 16 or 8 or 4*Nt or Nt or 2*Nt . For example, for 1-layer and 2-layer codebook, the number of second vectors in the second group of second vectors may be 16 or 8 or 4*Nt or 2*Nt, and 3-layer or 4-layer or 5-layer or 6-layer or 7-layer or 8-layer (or for other value of number of layers except 1-layer and 2-layer) , the number of second vectors in the second group of second vectors may be 1 or Nt. In an example embodiment, the indication of the first one of second vector may be wideband reporting. In another example embodiment, the indication of the second one of second vector and / or the indication of the third one of second vector may be subband reporting. In this way, with the narrower beam, different beams selected for different polarizations may improve the performance.
[0192] In some embodiments, for type I codebook for 1-layer, or For codebookMode=1, lt, 1=i1, 1*Nt, 1+n1, 1 , mt, 1=i1, 2*Nt, 2+n2, 1 , i1, 1=0, 1, …N1O1-1 , i1, 2=0, 1, …N2O2-1 . In some embodiments, lt, 2=lt, 1, mt, 2=mt, 1, i2 may indicate value of n1, 1, n2, 1 and n, n1, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n2, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 2-1} , n∈ {0, 1, 2, 3} , and the number of bits for i2 may be In some other embodiments, lt, 2=i1, 1*Nt, 1+n1, 2, mt, 2=i1, 2*Nt, 2+n2, 2 , i2 may indicate value of n1, 1 , n2, 1 , n1, 2 , n2, 2 and n , n1, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n2, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 2-1} , n1, 2∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n2, 2∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 2-1} , n∈ {0, 1, 2, 3} , and the number of bits for i2 may be
[0193] In some embodiments, for type I codebook for 1-layer, codebookMode = 2, N2, t>1 or N2, s>1, lt, 1=2*i1, 1*Nt, 1+i2, 1*Nt, 1+n1, 1, mt, 1=2*i1, 2*Nt, 2+i2, 2*Nt, 2+n2, 1, i1, 1=0, 1, …N1O1 / 2-1, i1, 2=0, 1, …N2O2 / 2-1. For example, lt, 2=lt, 1 , mt, 2=mt, 1, i2 may indicate value of n1, 1, n2, 1 and n , n1, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n2, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 2-1} , n∈ {0, 1, 2, 3} , i2, 1∈ {0, 1} , i2, 2∈ {0, 1} , and the umber of bits for i2 may be As another example, lt, 2=2*i1, 1*N, 1+i2, 1*Nt, 1+n1, 2, mt, 2=2*i1, 2*Nt, 2+i2, 2*Nt, 2+n2, 2 i2 may indicate value of n1, 1 , n2, 1 , n1, 2, n2, 2 and n, n1, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n2, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 2-1} , n1, 2∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n2, 2∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 2-1} , n∈ {0, 1, 2, 3} , i2, 1∈ {0, 1} , i2, 2∈ {0, 1} . The number of bits for i2 may be
[0194] In some embodiments, if codebookMode = 2, N2, t=1 or N2, s=1 , lt, 1=2*i1, 1*Nt, 1+i2, 1*Nt, 1+n1, 1, mt, 1=0, i1, 1=0, 1, …N1O1 / 2-1, i1, 2=0 . For example, lt, 2=lt, 1, mt, 2=mt, 1=0, i2 may indicate value of n1, 1, and n, n1, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n∈ {0, 1, 2, 3} , i2, 1∈ {0, 1} or {0, 1, 2, 3} . The number of bits for i2 may be or As another example, lt, 2=2*i1, 1*Nt, 1+i2, 1*Nt, 1+n1, 2 , mt, 2=mt, 1=0, i2 may indicate value of n1, 1 , n1, 2 and n, n1, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n1, 2∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n∈ {0, 1, 2, 3} , i2, 1∈ {0, 1} or {0, 1, 2, 3} . The number of bits for i2 may be or
[0195] In some embodiments, for type I codebook for 2-layer, For codebookMode = 1, lt, 1=i1, 1*Nt, 1+n1, 1, mt, 1=i1, 2*Nt, 2+n2, 1, l′t, 1=lt, 1+k1 , m′t, 1=mt, 1+k2 i1, 1=0, 1, …N1O1-1, i1, 2=0, 1, …N2O2-1, i1, 3 may indicate the value of k1 and k2. For example, lt, 2=lt, 1, mt, 2=mt, 1, l′t, 2=l′t, 1, m′t, 2=m′t, 1, i2 may indicate value of n1, 1 , n2, 1 and n , n1, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n2, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 2-1} , n∈ {0, 1} . The number of bits for i2 may be As another example, lt, 2=i1, 1*Nt, 1+n1, 2 , mt, 2=i1, 2*Nt, 2+n2, 2, l′t, 2=lt, 2+k1, m′t, 2=mt, 2+k2, i2 may indicate value of n1, 1, n2, 1, n1, 2, n2, 2 and n, n1, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n2, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 2-1} , n1, 2∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n2, 2∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 2-1} , n∈ {0, 1} . The number of bits for i2 may be
[0196] In some embodiments, for type I codebook for 2-layer, codebookMode = 2, N2, t>1 or N2, s>1 , lt, 1=2*i1, 1*Nt, 1+i2, 1*Nt, 1+n1, 1 , mt, 1=2*i1, 2*Nt, 2+i2, 2*Nt, 2+n2, 1, l′t, 1=lt, 1+k1, m′t, 1=mt, 1+k2, i1, 1=0, 1, …N1O1 / 2-1, i1, 2=0, 1, …N2O2 / 2-1, i1, 3 may indicate the value of k1 and k2. For example, lt, 2=lt, 1, mt, 2=mt, 1, l′t, 2=l′t, 1, m′t, 2=m′t, 1, i2 may indicate value of n1, 1 , n2, 1 and n , n1, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n2, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 2-1} , n∈ {0, 1} , i2, 1∈ {0, 1} , i2, 2∈ {0, 1} . The number of bits for i2 may be As another example, lt, 2=2*i1, 1*Nt, 1+i2, 1*Nt, 1+n1, 2, mt, 2=2*i1, 2*Nt, 2+i2, 2*Nt, 2+n2, 2, l′t, 2=lt, 2+k1, m′t, 2=mt, 2+k2, i2 may indicate value of n1, 1, n2, 1, n1, 2, n2, 2 and n, n1, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n2, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 2-1} , n1, 2∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n2, 2∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 2-1} , n∈ {0, 1} , i2, 1∈ {0, 1} , i2, 2∈ {0, 1} . The number of bits for i2 may be
[0197] In some embodiments, for type I codebook for 2-layer, codebookMode = 2, N2, t=1 or N2, s=1, lt, 1=2*i1, 1*Nt, 1+i2, 1*Nt, 1+n1, 1, mt, 1=0, l′t, 1=lt, 1+k1, m′t, 1=mt, 1=0 , i1, 1=0, 1, …N1O1 / 2-1, i1, 2=0, i1, 3 may indicate the value of k1 and k2. For example, lt, 2=lt, 1, mt, 2=mt, 1=0, i2 may indicate value of n1, 1 , and n, n1, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n∈ {0, 1} , i2, 1∈ {0, 1} or {0, 1, 2, 3} . The number of bits for i2 may be or As another example, lt, 2=2*i1, 1*Nt, 1+i2, 1*Nt, 1+n1, 2, mt, 2=mt, 1=0, l′t, 2=lt, 2+k1, m′t, 2=mt, 2=0, i2 may indicate value of n1, 1, n1, 2 and n, n1, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n1, 2∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n∈ {0, 1} , i2, 1∈ {0, 1} or {0, 1, 2, 3} . The number of bits for i2 may be or
[0198] In some embodiments, for type I codebook for 3-layer, For example, lt, 1=i1, 1*Nt, 1+n1, 1, mt, 1=i1, 2*Nt, 2+n2, 1 , l′t, 1=lt, 1+k1 , m′t, 1=mt, 1+k2 , i1, 1=0, 1, …N1O1-1 , i1, 2=0, 1, …N2O2-1 , i1, 3 may indicate the value of k1 and k2 . In an example embodiment, lt, 2=lt, 1 , mt, 2=mt, 1 , l′t, 2=l′t, 1 , m′t, 2=m′t, 1 , i2 may indicate value of n1, 1, n2, 1 and n , n1, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n2, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 2-1} , n∈ {0, 1} , Number of bits for i2 may be As another example, lt, 2=i1, 1*Nt, 1+n1, 2, mt, 2=i1, 2*Nt, 2+n2, 2, l′t, 2=lt, 2+k1, m′t, 2=mt, 2+k2, i2 may indicate value of n1, 1, n2, 1, n1, 2 , n2, 2 and n , n1, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n2, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 2-1} , n1, 2∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n2, 2∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 2-1} , n∈ {0, 1} . The number of bits for i2 may be
[0199] In some embodiments, for type I codebook for 4-layer, By way of example, lt, 1=i1, 1*Nt, 1+n1, 1, mt, 1=i1, 2*Nt, 2+n2, 1, l′t, 1=lt, 1+k1, m′t, 1=mt, 1+k2, i1, 1=0, 1, …N1O1-1, i1, 2=0, 1, …N2O2-1, i1, 3 may indicate the value of k1 and k2. For example, lt, 2=lt, 1, mt, 2=mt, 1, l′t, 2=l′t, 1, m′t, 2=m′t, 1, i2 may indicate value of n1, 1, n2, 1 and n, n1, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n2, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 2-1} , n∈ {0, 1} . The number of bits for i2 may be As another example, lt, 2=i1, 1*Nt, 1+n1, 2, mt, 2=i1, 2*Nt, 2+n2, 2, l′t, 2=lt, 2+k1, m′t, 2=mt, 2+k2, i2 may indicate value of n1, 1, n2, 1, n1, 2, n2, 2 and n , n1, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n2, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 2-1} , n1, 2∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n2, 2∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 2-1} , n∈ {0, 1} . The number of bits for i2 may be
[0200] In some embodiments, for type I codebook for 5-layer, By way of example, lt, 1=i1, 1*Nt, 1+n1, 1, mt, 1=i1, 2*Nt, 2+n2, 1, l′t, 1=lt, 1+k1, 1 , m′t, 1=mt, 1+k2, 1, l″t, 1=lt, 1+k1, 2, m″t, 1=mt, 1+k2, 2, i1, 1=0, 1, …N1O1-1, i1, 2=0, 1, …N2O2-1 , i1, 3 may indicate the value of k1, 1, k1, 2, k2, 1 and k2, 2. For example, lt, 2=lt, 1, mt, 2=mt, 1, l′t, 2=l′t, 1, m′t, 2=m′t, 1, l″t, 2=l″t, 1, m″t, 2=m″t, 1, i2 may indicate value of n1, 1, n2, 1 and n, n1, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n2, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 2-1} , n∈ {0, 1} . The number of bits for i2 may be As another example, lt, 2=i1, 1*Nt, 1+n1, 2, mt, 2=i1, 2*Nt, 2+n2, 2, l′t, 2=lt, 2+k1, 1, m′t, 2=mt, 2+k2, 1, l″t, 2=lt, 2+k1, 2, m″t, 2=mt, 2+k2, 2, i2 may indicate value of n1, 1 , n2, 1 , n1, 2 , n2, 2 and n , n1, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n2, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 2-1} , n1, 2∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n2, 2∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 2-1} , n∈ {0, 1} . The number of bits for i2 may be In case of N2, t>1 or N2, s>1, the value of k1, 1, k1, 2, k2, 1 and k2, 2 may be {O1, O1, 0, O2} or {O1, 2O1, O2, 2O2} or {O1, Nt, 1*O1, O2, Nt, 2*O2} or {O1, Nt, 1*O1, 0, Nt, 2*O2} or {Nt, 1*O1, Nt, 1*O1, 0, Nt, 2*O2} . In case of N2, t=1 or N2, s=1, i1, 2=0, mt, 1=mt, 2=0 , the value of k1, 1, k1, 2, k2, 1 and k2, 2 may be {O1, 2O1, 0, 0} or {O1, Nt, 1*O1, 0, 0} or {Nt, 1*O1, 2*Nt, 1*O1, 0, 0} .
[0201] In some embodiments, for type I codebook for 6-layer, By way of example, lt, 1=i1, 1*Nt, 1+n1, 1, mt, 1=i1, 2*Nt, 2+n2, 1, l′t, 1=lt, 1+k1, 1, m′t, 1=mt, 1+k2, 1, l″t, 1=lt, 1+k1, 2, m″t, 1=mt, 1+k2, 2, i1, 1=0, 1, …N1O1-1 , i1, 2=0, 1, …N2O2-1, i1, 3 may indicate the value of k1, 1, k1, 2, k2, 1 and k2, 2 . For example, lt, 2=lt, 1, mt, 2=mt, 1, l′t, 2=l′t, 1, m′t, 2=m′t, 1, l″t, 2=l″t, 1, m″t, 2=m″t, 1, i2 may indicate value of n1, 1 , n2, 1 and n , n1, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n2, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 2-1} , n∈ {0, 1} . The number of bits for i2 may be As another example, lt, 2=i1, 1*Nt, 1+n1, 2, mt, 2=i1, 2*Nt, 2+n2, 2, l′t, 2=lt, 2+k1, 1 , m′t, 2=mt, 2+k2, 1 , l″t, 2=lt, 2+ k1, 2, m″t, 2=mt, 2+k2, 2, i2 may indicate value of n1, 1 , n2, 1 , n1, 2 , n2, 2 and n , n1, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n2, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 2-1} , n1, 2∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n2, 2∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 2-1} , n∈ {0, 1} . The number of bits for i2 may be In case of N2, t>1 or N2, s>1, the value of k1, 1, k1, 2, k2, 1 and k2, 2 may be {O1, O1, 0, O2} or {O1, 2O1, O2, 2O2} or {O1 , Nt, 1*O1, O2, Nt, 2*O2} or {O1, Nt, 1*O1 , 0 , Nt, 2*O2} or {Nt, 1*O1 , Nt, 1*O1 , 0 , Nt, 2*O2} . In case of N2, t=1 or N2, s=1 , i1, 2=0 , mt, 1=mt, 2=0, the value of k1, 1, k1, 2, k2, 1 and k2, 2 may be {O1, 2O1, 0, 0} or {O1, Nt, 1*O1, 0, 0} or {Nt, 1*O1, 2*Nt, 1*O1, 0, 0} .
[0202] In some embodiments, for type I codebook for 7-layer, By way of example, lt, 1=i1, 1*Nt, 1+n1, 1, mt, 1=i1, 2*Nt, 2+n2, 1, l′t, 1=lt, 1+k1, 1, m′t, 1=mt, 1+k2, 1 , l″t, 1=lt, 1+k1, 2, m″t, 1=mt, 1+k2, 2 , l″′t, 1=lt, 1+k1, 3 , m″′t, 1=mt, 1+k2, 3, i1, 1=0, 1, …N1O1-1, i1, 2=0, 1, …N2O2-1, i1, 3 may indicate the value of k1, 1, k1, 2 , k1, 3 , k2, 1 and k2, 2 and k2, 3 . For example, lt, 2=lt, 1, mt, 2=mt, 1, l′t, 2=l′t, 1, m′t, 2=m′t, 1, l″t, 2=l″t, 1, m″t, 2=m″t, 1, l″′t, 2=l″′t, 1, m″′t, 2=m″′t, 1, i2 may indicate value of n1, 1 , n2, 1 and n , n1, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n2, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 2-1} , n∈ {0, 1} . The number of bits for i2 may be As another example, lt, 2=i1, 1*Nt, 1+n1, 2 , mt, 2=i1, 2*Nt, 2+n2, 2 , l′t, 2=lt, 2+k1, 1 , m′t, 2=mt, 2+k2, 1 , l′t, ′2=lt, 2+k1, 2, m″t, 2=mt, 2+k2, 2, m″′t, 2=mt, 2+k2, 3, i2 may indicate value of n1, 1 , n2, 1 , n1, 2 , n2, 2 and n , n1, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n2, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 2-1} , n1, 2∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n2, 2∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 2-1} , n∈ {0, 1} . The number of bits for i2 may be In case of N2, t>1 or N2, s>1 , the value of k1, 1 , k1, 2, k1, 3, k2, 1 and k2, 2 and k2, 3 may be {O1 , 0, O1 , 0, O2 , O2} or {O1 , 0, Nt, 1*O1 , 0, O2, Nt, 2*O2} or {Nt, 1*O1 , 0, Nt, 1*O1 , 0 , Nt, 2*O2 , Nt, 2*O2} . In case of N2, t=1 or N2, s=1, i1, 2=0 , mt, 1=mt, 2=0 , the value of k1, 1 , k1, 2 , k1, 3 , k2, 1 and k2, 2 and k2, 3 may be {O1, 2O1, 3O1, 0, 0, 0} or {O1, Nt, 1*O1, 2*Nt, 1*O1, 0, 0, 0} or {Nt, 1*O1, 2*Nt, 1*O1, 3*Nt, 1*O1, 0, 0, 0} .
[0203] In some embodiments, for type I codebook for 8-layer, By way of example, lt, 1=i1, 1*Nt, 1+n1, 1, mt, 1=i1, 2*Nt, 2+n2, 1, l′t, 1=lt, 1+k1, 1, m′t, 1=mt, 1+k2, 1 , l″t, 1=lt, 1+k1, 2, m″t, 1=mt, 1+k2, 2 , l″′t, 1=lt, 1+k1, 3 , m″′t, 1=mt, 1+k2, 3, i1, 1=0, 1, …N1O1-1, i1, 2=0, 1, …N2O2-1, i1, 3 may indicate the value of k1, 1, k1, 2, k1, 3 , k2, 1 and k2, 2 and k2, 3. For example, lt, 2=lt, 1 , mt, 2=mt, 1, l′t, 2=l′t, 1, m′t, 2=m′t, 1, l″t, 2=l″t, 1, m″t, 2=m″t, 1, l″′t, 2=l″′t, 1, m″′t, 2=m″′t, 1, i2 may indicate value of n1, 1 , n2, 1 and n , n1, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n2, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 2-1} , n∈ {0, 1} . The number of bits for i2 may be As another example, lt, 2=i1, 1*Nt, 1+n1, 2, mt, 2=i1, 2*Nt, 2+n2, 2 , l′t, 2=lt, 2+k1, 1 , m′t, 2=mt, 2+k2, 1 , l″t, 2=lt, 2+k1, 2, m″t, 2=mt, 2+k2, 2 , m″′t, 2=mt, 2+k2, 3, i2 may indicate value of n1, 1, n2, 1, n1, 2, n2, 2 and n , n1, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n2, 1∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 2-1} , n1, 2∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 1-1} , n2, 2∈ {0, 1, …Nt, 2-1} , n∈ {0, 1} . The number of bits for i2 may be In case of N2, t>1 or N2, s>1 , the value of k1, 1, k1, 2, k1, 3, k2, 1 and k2, 2 and k2, 3 may be {O1 , 0, O1 , 0, O2 , O2} or {O1 , 0, Nt, 1*O1 , 0, O2, Nt, 2*O2} or {Nt, 1*O1, 0, Nt, 1*O1, 0 , Nt, 2*O2, Nt, 2*O2} . In case of N2, t=1 or N2, s=1 , i1, 2=0 , mt, 1=mt, 2=0 , the value of k1, 1 , k1, 2 , k1, 3 , k2, 1 and k2, 2 and k2, 3 may be {O1, 2O1, 3O1, 0, 0, 0} or {O1, Nt, 1*O1, 2*Nt, 1*O1, 0, 0, 0} or {Nt, 1*O1, 2*Nt, 1*O1, 3*Nt, 1*O1, 0, 0, 0} .
[0204] In some embodiments, the measurement report may comprise at least one indication of the first plurality of first vectors or at least one indication of a plurality of groups of second vectors, and at least one indication of the second plurality of second vectors corresponding to the first plurality of first vectors or corresponding to the plurality of groups of second vectors. For example, for enhanced Type II codebook, the measurement report may comprise indication of the first plurality of first vectors (or indication of a plurality of groups of second vectors) , and at least one indication of the second plurality of second vectors corresponding to the first plurality of first vectors (or corresponding to the plurality of groups of second vectors.
[0205] In some embodiments, the number of first vectors in the first plurality of first vectors or the number of groups of second vectors in the plurality of groups of second vectors is L1, where L1 is a positive integer number. For example, L1∈ {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8} . In some embodiments, the number of second vectors in the second plurality of second vectors is L2, wherein L2 is a positive integer number. L2∈ {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16} . In an example embodiment, the number of second vectors in one group of second vectors is Nt, where Nt may represent the number of reference signal resources in the first plurality of reference signal resources, for example, L1≤L2.
[0206] In some embodiments, only one second vector corresponds to one first vector or selected from one group of second vectors, for example, L1=L2 . In some other embodiments, more than one second vector corresponds to one first vector or selected from one group of second vectors, for example, L1<L2.
[0207] In some embodiments, for each one of the first plurality of first vectors or each group of second vectors, there may be at least one indication to indicate one second vector corresponding to the one of the first plurality of first vectors or the group of second vectors (for example, L1=L2) . For example, the number of the at least one indication of the second plurality of second vectors may be L1, each indication may comprise Nt, 1*Nt, 2 candidate values or bits or the field for the at least one indication may comprise bits. For example, as shown in FIG. 7B, independent selection of second vector corresponding to each one of the first vector.
[0208] In some other embodiments, for the first plurality of first vectors or the plurality of groups of second vectors, there may be at least one indication to indicate one second vector corresponding to each one or all first vectors of the first plurality of first vectors or each one or all groups of the plurality of groups of second vectors (e.g. L1=L2) . For example, the number of the at least one indication of the second plurality of second vectors may be 1, the indication may comprise Nt, 1*Nt, 2 candidate values or bits or the field for the at least one indication may comprise bits. For example, as shown in FIG. 7C, common selection of second vector corresponding to each one of the first vector.
[0209] In some embodiments, for each one of the first plurality of first vectors or each group of second vectors, there may be at least one second vector corresponding to the one of the first plurality of first vectors or the group of second vectors. For example, for each one of the first plurality of first vectors or each group of second vectors, there may be at least one second vector (e.g. the number of the at least one second vector may be represented as Lg, Lg may be positive integer. For example, 1≤Lg≤Nt) corresponding to the one of the first plurality of first vectors or the group of second vectors (e.g. L1<L2) .
[0210] In some embodiments, a first amplitude coefficient and / or a first phase coefficient corresponds to one second vector of the at least one second vector corresponding to the one of the first plurality of first vectors or the group of the second vectors. In an example embodiment, a second amplitude coefficient and / or a second phase coefficient corresponds to remaining Lg-1 second vectors of the at least one second vector corresponding to the one of the first plurality of first vectors or the group of the second vectors, where Lg represents the number of second vectors in the at least one second vectors. For example, the amplitude corresponding to the Lg-1 second vector may be differential value related to the first amplitude coefficient corresponding to the one second vector.
[0211] In some embodiments, the number of candidate values or a bit size for indication of the first amplitude coefficient is larger than the number of candidate values or the bit size for the indication of the second amplitude coefficient, for example, 4 bits for first amplitude coefficient, 2 or 3 bits for second amplitude coefficient. In some embodiments, the number of candidates values or a bit size for the indication of the first phase coefficient is larger than the number of candidate values or the bit size for the indication of the second phase coefficient.
[0212] In some embodiments, the measurement report comprises at least one indication of a first plurality of groups of first vectors. Each group of first vectors may correspond to one reference signal resource in the first or second plurality of reference signal resources, and a first plurality of phase coefficient across the reference signal resources in the first or second plurality of reference signal resources. For example, for enhanced Type II codebook, based on CJT structure. In some embodiments, the measurement report may comprise at least one indication of a first plurality of groups of first vectors (the number of the groups of first vectors may be 1 or Nt or Ns) , wherein each group of first vectors may correspond to one CSI-RS resource in the first or second plurality of CSI-RS resources, and a first plurality of phase coefficient across the CSI-RS resources in the first or second plurality of CSI-RS resources. For example, the groups of first vectors corresponding to each one reference signal resource in the first or second plurality of reference signal resources are same or different.
[0213] In some embodiments, there may be one group of first vectors in the first plurality of groups of first vectors, and the measurement report further comprises at least one offset, where each offset corresponds to one or all first vectors in the group of first vectors. For example, there may be one group of first vectors in the first plurality of groups of first vectors, and the measurement report may further comprise at least one offset (the number of the at least one offset may be Nt-1 or Ns-1 or L1* (Nt-1) or L1* (Ns-1) ) , wherein each offset may correspond to one or all first vectors in the group of first vectors.
[0214] In some embodiments, the measurement report at least comprises: a third plurality of third vectors (e.g., represented as Ls, Ls∈ {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8} ) based on information of a second plurality of reference signal resources (or second plurality of groups of ports) and / or a first plurality of phase coefficients based on information of the second plurality of reference signal resource (or second plurality of groups of ports) . In some embodiments, the second plurality of reference signal resources may be same as or a subset of the first plurality of reference signal resources. In some embodiments, one third vector may be based on a third value in the first dimension and a third value in the second dimension. For example, FIG. 8 shows an example of CSI-RS pattern, where two CSI-RS resources are in the first plurality of CSI-RS resources.
[0215] In some embodiments, the information of the second plurality of reference signal resources may include at least one of: the number of reference signal resources in the second plurality of reference signal resources, indexes or order of the reference signal resources selected in the first plurality of reference signal resources. In an example, a third plurality of third vectors based on the second plurality of reference signal resources further comprises: a first length of each one of the third plurality of third vectors may be based on the information of the second plurality of reference signal resources. For example, the third plurality of third vectors based on the first plurality of CSI-RS resources may further comprise: a first length (or the third value in first dimension and the third value in second dimension) of each one of the third plurality of third vectors may be based on the information of the first plurality of CSI-RS resources.
[0216] In some embodiments, the first plurality of phase coefficients based on the second plurality of reference signal resources further comprises: the candidate values and / or the range or bit size of the indication of one of the first plurality of phase coefficients may be based on the information of the second plurality of reference signal resources. For example, the first plurality of phase coefficients based on the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may further comprise: the candidate values and / or the range or bit size of the indication of one of the first plurality of phase coefficients may be based on the information of the second plurality of CSI-RS resources.
[0217] In some embodiments, the measurement report further comprises: an indication of the second plurality of reference signal resources, and candidate values for the indication may be based on the at least one configuration. For example, the indication of the second plurality of CSI-RS resources may only indicate the number of CSI-RS resources (or the value of Ns) . For example, , indication of {1, 2, …Nt} or {1, 2, …Ns} . By way of example, there may be only one value to indicate one CSI-RS resource included in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources. In addition, the one CSI-RS resource may be assumed to be the first one or the one with lowest / highest ID.
[0218] In some embodiments, there may be only one value to indicate two CSI-RS resources included in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources. In addition, the two CSI-RS resources may be assumed to be the first two (i.e. first and second) or the two with lowest / highest ID.
[0219] In some embodiments, there may be two or three values to indicate two CSI-RS resources included in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources. For example, first value may indicate first and second CSI-RS resources. For another example, second value may indicate first and third CSI-RS resources. For another example, the third value may indicate first and fourth CSI-RS resources.
[0220] In some embodiments, there may be only one value to indicate three CSI-RS resources included in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources. In addition, the three CSI-RS resources may be assumed to be the first three (i.e. first and second and third) or the three with lowest / highest ID. In some embodiments, there may be only one value to indicate four CSI-RS resources included in the second plurality of CSI-RS resources.
[0221] In some embodiments, the terminal device 110 may be configured with a first value of subband size and / or first value of R (e.g., numberofPMIperSubband) in case of Pt>32 or Nt≥2, and the terminal device 110 may be configured with a second value of subband size and / or second value of R in case of Nt=1 or Pt<=32. In some embodiments, the first value of subband size may be smaller than or no larger than the second value of subband size. For example, the first value of subband size may be at least one of {1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32} . For example, the second value of subband size may be at least one of {4, 8, 16, 32} In some other embodiments, the first value of R may be larger than or no less than the second value of R. For example, the first value of R may be 2 or 4. For example, the second value of R may be 1 or 2.
[0222] In some embodiments, subset of the rows and / or subset of the columns in the Table 9 may be applied for the at least one configuration for 64 ports. It is noted that Table 9 is only an example.
[0223] Table 9
[0224] FIG. 9 illustrates a flowchart of a communication method 900 implemented at a terminal device, in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure. For the purpose of discussion, the method 900 will be described from the perspective of the terminal device 110 in FIG. 1.
[0225] At block 910, the terminal device 110 receives, from a network device 120, at least one configuration for a measurement report. The at least one configuration comprises a first plurality of reference signal resources, an indication of a pattern and at least one codebook subset restriction. Each of the at least one codebook subset restriction is associated with one reference signal resource. The at least one configuration for the measurement report comprises a first value in a first dimension and a first value in a second dimension.
[0226] At block 920, the terminal device 110 determines a second value in the first dimension and a second value in the second dimension based on the indication of the pattern.
[0227] At block 930, the terminal device 110 transmits, to the network device 120, the measurement report based on the at least one configuration, the second value in first dimension and the second value in the second dimension.
[0228] FIG. 10 illustrates a flowchart of a communication method 1000 implemented at a network device, in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure. For the purpose of discussion, the method 1000 will be described from the perspective of the network device 120 in FIG. 1.
[0229] At block 1010, the network device 120 transmits, to a terminal device 110, at least one configuration for a measurement report. The at least one configuration comprises a first plurality of reference signal resources, an indication of a pattern and at least one codebook subset restriction. Each of the at least one codebook subset restriction is associated with one reference signal resource. The at least one configuration for the measurement report comprises a first value in a first dimension and a first value in a second dimension, and wherein a second value in the first dimension and a second value in the second dimension are based on the indication of the pattern.
[0230] At block 1020, the network device 120 receives, from the terminal device 110, the measurement report based on the at least one configuration.
[0231] FIG. 11 illustrates a flowchart of a communication method 1100 implemented at a terminal device, in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure. For the purpose of discussion, the method 1100 will be described from the perspective of the terminal device 110 in FIG. 1.
[0232] At block 1110, the terminal device 110 receives, from a network device 120, at least one configuration for a measurement report. The at least one configuration comprises a first plurality of reference signal resources, a first value in a first dimension and a first value in a second dimension.
[0233] At block 1120, the terminal device 110 transmits, to the network device 120, the measurement report based on the at least one configuration. The measurement report comprises a first plurality of first vectors and a second plurality of second vectors. Each first vector is based on the first value in the first dimension and the first value in the second dimension, each second vector is based on a second value in the first dimension and a second value in the second dimension, and the second plurality of second vectors is based on the first plurality of first vectors.
[0234] FIG. 12 illustrates a flowchart of a communication method 1200 implemented at a network device, in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure. For the purpose of discussion, the method 1200 will be described from the perspective of the network device 120 in FIG. 1.
[0235] At block 1210, the network device 120 transmits, to a terminal device 110, at least one configuration for a measurement report. The at least one configuration comprises a first plurality of reference signal resources, a first value in a first dimension and a first value in a second dimension.
[0236] At block 1220, the network device 120 receives, from the terminal device 110, the measurement report based on the at least one configuration. The measurement report comprises a first plurality of first vectors and a second plurality of second vectors. Each first vector is based on the first value in the first dimension and the first value in the second dimension, each second vector is based on a second value in the first dimension and a second value in the second dimension, and the second plurality of second vectors is based on the first plurality of first vectors.
[0237] FIG. 13 is a simplified block diagram of a device 1300 that is suitable for implementing embodiments of the present disclosure. The device 1300 can be considered as a further example implementation of any of the devices as shown in FIG. 1. Accordingly, the device 1300 can be implemented at or as at least a part of the terminal device 110 or the network device 120.
[0238] As shown, the device 1300 includes a processor 1310, a memory 1320 coupled to the processor 1310, a suitable transceiver 1340 coupled to the processor 1310, and a communication interface coupled to the transceiver 1340. The memory 1320 stores at least a part of a program 1330. The transceiver 1340 may be for bidirectional communications or a unidirectional communication based on requirements. The transceiver 1340 may include at least one of a transmitter 1342 and a receiver 1344. The transmitter 1342 and the receiver 1344 may be functional modules or physical entities. The transceiver 1340 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.
[0239] The program 1330 is assumed to include program instructions that, when executed by the associated processor 1310, enable the device 1300 to operate in accordance with the embodiments of the present disclosure, as discussed herein with reference to FIGS. 1 to 12. The embodiments herein may be implemented by computer software executable by the processor 1310 of the device 1300, or by hardware, or by a combination of software and hardware. The processor 1310 may be configured to implement various embodiments of the present disclosure. Furthermore, a combination of the processor 1310 and memory 1320 may form processing means 1350 adapted to implement various embodiments of the present disclosure.
[0240] The memory 1320 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 1320 is shown in the device 1300, there may be several physically distinct memory modules in the device 1300. The processor 1310 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 1300 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.
[0241] According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal device, comprising a circuitry is provided. The circuitry is configured to: receive, from a network device, at least one configuration for a measurement report, wherein the at least one configuration comprises a first plurality of reference signal resources, an indication of a pattern and at least one codebook subset restriction, wherein each of the at least one codebook subset restriction is associated with one reference signal resource, wherein the at least one configuration for the measurement report comprises a first value in a first dimension and a first value in a second dimension; determine, a second value in the first dimension and a second value in the second dimension based on the indication of the pattern; and transmit, to the network device, the measurement report based on the at least one configuration, the second value in first dimension and the second value in the second dimension. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the circuitry may be configured to perform any method implemented by the terminal device, as discussed above.
[0242] According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a network device, comprising a circuitry is provided. The circuitry is configured to: transmit, to a terminal device, at least one configuration for a measurement report, wherein the at least one configuration comprises a first plurality of reference signal resources, an indication of a pattern and at least one codebook subset restriction, wherein each of the at least one codebook subset restriction is associated with one reference signal resource, wherein the at least one configuration for the measurement report comprises a first value in a first dimension and a first value in a second dimension, and wherein a second value in the first dimension and a second value in the second dimension are based on the indication of the pattern; and receive, from the terminal device, the measurement report based on the at least one configuration. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the circuitry may be configured to perform any method implemented by the network device, as discussed above.
[0243] 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.
[0244] According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal apparatus, is provided. The terminal apparatus, comprises means for receiving, from a network device, at least one configuration for a measurement report, wherein the at least one configuration comprises a first plurality of reference signal resources, an indication of a pattern and at least one codebook subset restriction, wherein each of the at least one codebook subset restriction is associated with one reference signal resource, wherein the at least one configuration for the measurement report comprises a first value in a first dimension and a first value in a second dimension; means for determining, a second value in the first dimension and a second value in the second dimension based on the indication of the pattern; and means for transmitting, to the network device, the measurement report based on the at least one configuration, the second value in first dimension and the second value in the second dimension. In some embodiments, the first apparatus may comprise means for performing the respective operations of the method 900. In some example embodiments, the first apparatus may further comprise means for performing other operations in some example embodiments of the method 900. The means may be implemented in any suitable form. For example, the means may be implemented in a circuitry or software module.
[0245] According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a network apparatus, is provided. The network apparatus, comprises means for transmitting, to a terminal device, at least one configuration for a measurement report, wherein the at least one configuration comprises a first plurality of reference signal resources, an indication of a pattern and at least one codebook subset restriction, wherein each of the at least one codebook subset restriction is associated with one reference signal resource, wherein the at least one configuration for the measurement report comprises a first value in a first dimension and a first value in a second dimension, and wherein a second value in the first dimension and a second value in the second dimension are based on the indication of the pattern; and means for receiving, from the terminal device, the measurement report based on the at least one configuration. In some embodiments, the second apparatus may comprise means for performing the respective operations of the method 1000. In some example embodiments, the second apparatus may further comprise means for performing other operations in some example embodiments of the method 1000. The means may be implemented in any suitable form. For example, the means may be implemented in a circuitry or software module.
[0246] In an aspect, a terminal device, comprises: at least one processor; and at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor and storing instructions thereon, the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, causing the device to perform the method implemented by the terminal device, discussed above.
[0247] In an aspect, a network device, comprises: at least one processor; and at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor and storing instructions thereon, the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, causing the device to perform the method implemented by the network device, discussed above.
[0248] 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 terminal device, discussed above.
[0249] 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 network device, discussed above.
[0250] 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 terminal device, discussed above.
[0251] 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 network device, discussed above.
[0252] According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal device, comprising a circuitry is provided. The circuitry is configured to: receive, from a network device, at least one configuration for a measurement report, wherein the at least one configuration comprises a first plurality of reference signal resources, a first value in a first dimension and a first value in a second dimension; and transmit, to the network device, the measurement report based on the at least one configuration, wherein the measurement report comprises a first plurality of first vectors and a second plurality of second vectors, wherein each first vector is based on the first value in the first dimension and the first value in the second dimension, each second vector is based on a second value in the first dimension and a second value in the second dimension, and the second plurality of second vectors is based on the first plurality of first vectors. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the circuitry may be configured to perform any method implemented by the terminal device, as discussed above.
[0253] According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a network device, comprising a circuitry is provided. The circuitry is configured to: transmit, to a terminal device, at least one configuration for a measurement report, wherein the at least one configuration comprises a first plurality of reference signal resources, a first value in a first dimension and a first value in a second dimension; and receive, from the terminal device, the measurement report based on the at least one configuration, wherein the measurement report comprises a first plurality of first vectors and a second plurality of second vectors, wherein each first vector is based on the first value in the first dimension and the first value in the second dimension, each second vector is based on a second value in the first dimension and a second value in the second dimension, and the second plurality of second vectors is based on the first plurality of first vectors. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the circuitry may be configured to perform any method implemented by the network device, as discussed above.
[0254] According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal apparatus, is provided. The terminal apparatus, comprises means for receiving, from a network device, at least one configuration for a measurement report, wherein the at least one configuration comprises a first plurality of reference signal resources, a first value in a first dimension and a first value in a second dimension; and means for transmitting, to the network device, the measurement report based on the at least one configuration, wherein the measurement report comprises a first plurality of first vectors and a second plurality of second vectors, wherein each first vector is based on the first value in the first dimension and the first value in the second dimension, each second vector is based on a second value in the first dimension and a second value in the second dimension, and the second plurality of second vectors is based on the first plurality of first vectors. In some embodiments, the first apparatus may comprise means for performing the respective operations of the method 1100. In some example embodiments, the first apparatus may further comprise means for performing other operations in some example embodiments of the method 1100. The means may be implemented in any suitable form. For example, the means may be implemented in a circuitry or software module.
[0255] According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a network apparatus, is provided. The network apparatus, comprises means for transmitting, to a terminal device, at least one configuration for a measurement report, wherein the at least one configuration comprises a first plurality of reference signal resources, a first value in a first dimension and a first value in a second dimension; and means for receiving, from the terminal device, the measurement report based on the at least one configuration, wherein the measurement report comprises a first plurality of first vectors and a second plurality of second vectors, wherein each first vector is based on the first value in the first dimension and the first value in the second dimension, each second vector is based on a second value in the first dimension and a second value in the second dimension, and the second plurality of second vectors is based on the first plurality of first vectors. In some embodiments, the second apparatus may comprise means for performing the respective operations of the method 1200. In some example embodiments, the second apparatus may further comprise means for performing other operations in some example embodiments of the method 1200. The means may be implemented in any suitable form. For example, the means may be implemented in a circuitry or software module.
[0256] In an aspect, it is proposed a terminal device, comprising: a processor, configured to cause the terminal device to: receive, from a network device, at least one configuration for a measurement report, wherein the at least one configuration comprises a first plurality of reference signal resources, a first value in a first dimension and a first value in a second dimension; and transmit, to the network device, the measurement report based on the at least one configuration, wherein the measurement report comprises a first plurality of first vectors and a second plurality of second vectors, wherein each first vector is based on the first value in the first dimension and the first value in the second dimension, each second vector is based on a second value in the first dimension and a second value in the second dimension, and the second plurality of second vectors is based on the first plurality of first vectors.
[0257] In an aspect, it is proposed a network device, comprising: a processor, configured to cause the network device to: transmit, to a terminal device, at least one configuration for a measurement report, wherein the at least one configuration comprises a first plurality of reference signal resources, a first value in a first dimension and a first value in a second dimension; and receive, from the terminal device, the measurement report based on the at least one configuration, wherein the measurement report comprises a first plurality of first vectors and a second plurality of second vectors, wherein each first vector is based on the first value in the first dimension and the first value in the second dimension, each second vector is based on a second value in the first dimension and a second value in the second dimension, and the second plurality of second vectors is based on the first plurality of first vectors.
[0258] In an aspect, a terminal device, comprises: at least one processor; and at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor and storing instructions thereon, the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, causing the device to perform the method implemented by the terminal device, discussed above.
[0259] In an aspect, a network device, comprises: at least one processor; and at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor and storing instructions thereon, the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, causing the device to perform the method implemented by the network device, discussed above.
[0260] 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 terminal device, discussed above.
[0261] 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 network device, discussed above.
[0262] 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 terminal device, discussed above.
[0263] 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 network device, discussed above.
[0264] 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.
[0265] 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.
[0266] 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.
[0267] 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.
[0268] 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.
[0269] 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.
Claims
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 measurement report, wherein the at least one configuration comprises a first plurality of reference signal resources, an indication of a pattern and at least one codebook subset restriction, wherein each of the at least one codebook subset restriction is associated with one reference signal resource, wherein the at least one configuration for the measurement report comprises a first value in a first dimension and a first value in a second dimension;determine a second value in the first dimension and a second value in the second dimension based on the indication of the pattern; andtransmit, to the network device, the measurement report based on the at least one configuration, the second value in first dimension and the second value in the second dimension.2.The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the pattern indicates at least one:a first number of reference signal resources corresponding to the first dimension and a second number of reference signal resources corresponding to the second dimension,a number of reference signal resources in the first plurality of reference signal resources,the second value in the first dimension and the second value in the second dimension,a structure of reference signal resources in the first plurality of reference signal resources,a structure of a second plurality of groups of ports,reference signal port indexes mapping with the first plurality of reference signal resources, orreference signal port indexes mapping with the second plurality of groups of ports.3.The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the terminal device is caused to:determine a second plurality of reference signal resources, wherein the second plurality of reference signal resources is same as or a subset of the first plurality of reference signal resources.4.The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the first value in the first dimension and the first value in the second dimension correspond to one reference signal resource in the first plurality of reference signal resources, andwherein the second value in the first dimension and the second value in the second dimension correspond to all reference signal resources in the first plurality of reference signal resources, andwherein a third value in the first dimension and the second value in second dimension correspond to reference signal resources in the second plurality of reference signal resources.5.The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the measurement report comprises a second plurality of second vectors, wherein each second vector is based on the second value in the first dimension and the second value in the second dimension, andwherein a restriction on reporting of precoder based on the second vectors is determined based on the at least one codebook subset restriction, andwherein each codebook subset restriction is associated with at least one first vector, andwherein one first vector is based on the first value in the first dimension and the first value in the second dimension.6.The terminal device of claim 5, wherein a restriction for precoders for the measurement report is based on the first value in the first dimension, the second value in the second dimension, the first number of reference signal resources corresponding to the first dimension and the second number of reference signal resources corresponding to the second dimension.7.The terminal device of claim 5, wherein one codebook subset restriction is a bitmap, and the number of bits in the bitmap is N1*O1*N2*O2, wherein N1 represents the first value in first dimension, N2 represents the first value in second dimension, O1 and O2 represent parameters corresponding to the first value in first dimension and the first value in second dimension.8.The terminal device of claim 5, wherein there is a set of second vectors based on the second value in the first dimension, the second value in the second dimension, and O1 and O2.9.The terminal device of claim 5, wherein one bitmap or one codebook subset restriction determined from the at least one codebook subset restriction is applied for the restriction of precoders for the measurement report, andwherein one bit in the applied codebook subset restriction or the applied bitmap indicates a reporting corresponding to a group of second vectors allowed or not.10.The terminal device of claim 9, wherein bit in the bitmap is associated with all precoders based on at least one second vector in the group of second vectors wherein l1=0, 1, …N1O1-1 , m1=0, 1, …N2O2-1 , lr=Nt, 1*l1+ nt, 1 , mr=Nt, 2*m1+nt, 2 , and nt, 1=0, 1, …Nt, 1-1 , nt, 2=0, 1, …Nt, 2-1 , Nt, 1 represents the first number of reference signal resources corresponding to the first dimension, and Nt, 2 represents the second number of reference signal resources corresponding to the second dimension.11.The terminal device of claim 10, wherein if the value of the bit is zero, a precoder matrix index (PMI) reporting is not allowed to correspond to a precoder based on at least one in the group of second vectors associated with the bit.12.The terminal device of claim 5, wherein one bit in one of codebook subset restrictions indicate a reporting corresponding to one second vector allowed or not.13.The terminal device of claim 12, wherein bit in the bitmap for the (ncbsr) -th codebook subset restriction of the at least one codebook subset restriction or bit in the bitmap for the codebook subset restriction corresponding to the (ncbsr) -th reference signal resource is associated with all precoders based on the second vector wherein lr=Nt, 1*l1+ncbsr / Nt, 2 , mr=Nt, 2*m1+ncbsr mod Nt, 2 , ncbsr=1, 2, …Ncbsr-1 or ncbsr=1, 2, …Nt-1 , wherein Ncbsr represents the number of codebook subset restriction of the at least one codebook subset restriction, Nt represents the number of reference signal resources in the first plurality of reference signal resources.14.The terminal device of claim 13, wherein if the value of the bit in the (ncbsr) -th codebook subset restriction or if the value of the bit in the bitmap for the codebook subset restriction corresponding to the (ncbsr) -th reference signal resource is zero, the PMI reporting is not allowed to correspond to a precoder based on the second vector associated with the bit.15.The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the first plurality of reference signal resources is comprised in a reference signal resource set, andwherein the first plurality of reference signal resources in one slot or a number of adjacent slots, andwherein for each reference signal resource in the first plurality of reference signal resources, there is a set of ports.16.The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the at least one configuration comprises at least one reference signal resource, and each one of the at least one reference signal resource comprises a set of ports, and the set of ports comprises a second plurality of groups of ports.17.A network device, comprising:a processor, configured to cause the network device to:transmit, to a terminal device, at least one configuration for a measurement report, wherein the at least one configuration comprises a first plurality of reference signal resources, an indication of a pattern and at least one codebook subset restriction, wherein each of the at least one codebook subset restriction is associated with one reference signal resource, wherein the at least one configuration for the measurement report comprises a first value in a first dimension and a first value in a second dimension, and wherein a second value in the first dimension and a second value in the second dimension are based on the indication of the pattern; andreceive, from the terminal device, the measurement report based on the at least one configuration.18.A communication method implemented at a terminal device, comprising:receiving, from a network device, at least one configuration for a measurement report, wherein the at least one configuration comprises a first plurality of reference signal resources, an indication of a pattern and at least one codebook subset restriction, wherein each of the at least one codebook subset restriction is associated with one reference signal resource, wherein the at least one configuration for the measurement report comprises a first value in a first dimension and a first value in a second dimension;determining a second value in the first dimension and a second value in the second dimension based on the indication of the pattern; andtransmitting, to the network device, the measurement report based on the at least one configuration, the second value in first dimension and the second value in the second dimension.19.A communication method implemented at a network device, comprising:transmitting, to a terminal device, at least one configuration for a measurement report, wherein the at least one configuration comprises a first plurality of reference signal resources, an indication of a pattern and at least one codebook subset restriction, wherein each of the at least one codebook subset restriction is associated with one reference signal resource, wherein the at least one configuration for the measurement report comprises a first value in a first dimension and a first value in a second dimension, and wherein a second value in the first dimension and a second value in the second dimension are based on the indication of the pattern; andreceiving, from the terminal device, the measurement report based on the at least one configuration.20.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 according to any of claims 18 or 19.