Aperiodic reporting of channel state information

Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some wireless communications systems, a user equipment (UE) may receive signaling scheduling a first set of repetitions of a first uplink shared channel transmission associated with a first sounding reference signal (SRS) resource set and a second set of repetitions of a second uplink shared channel transmission associated with a second SRS resource set. The UE may receive a request to transmit one or more channel state information (CSI) reports and an indication that the CSI report should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set and the second set of repetitions. The UE may then transmit the CSI report according to the indication by multiplexing the CSI report with one or both of the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions.

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] cross reference

[0001] This patent application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63 / 131,196 by KHOSHNEVISAN et al., entitled "APERIODIC REPORTING OF CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION," filed December 28, 2020, and U.S. Patent Application No. 17 / 538,960 by KHOSHNEVISAN et al., entitled "APERIODIC REPORTING OF CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION," filed November 30, 2021, each of which is assigned to the assignee of this application.

[0002] The following relates to wireless communications, including aperiodic reporting of channel state information (CSI). [Background technology]

[0003] Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide various types of communication content, such as voice, video, packet data, messaging, and broadcasts. These systems may be capable of supporting communication with multiple users by sharing available system resources (e.g., time, frequency, and power). Examples of such multiple-access systems include fourth-generation (4G) systems, such as Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), or LTE-A Pro systems, and fifth-generation (5G) systems, sometimes referred to as New Radio (NR) systems. These systems may employ technologies such as code division multiple access (CDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), frequency division multiple access (FDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA), or discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-S-OFDM). A wireless multiple-access communication system may include one or more base stations or one or more network access nodes, each simultaneously supporting communication for multiple communication devices, sometimes known as user equipment (UE).

[0004]

[0004] Some wireless communication systems may support communication using one or more antenna arrays in different devices. For example, a network may communicate with a UE using one or more transmit / receive points (TRPs), where each TRP and UE may have one or more antenna arrays to form directional beams. Efficient communication between a UE and one or more TRPs can help improve network throughput, latency, and reliability, and therefore techniques for further improving efficient communication are desirable. Summary of the Invention

[0005] Described techniques relate to improved methods, systems, devices, and apparatuses that support aperiodic reporting of channel state information (CSI). Various aspects provide techniques for communication between a user equipment (UE) and a base station, in which the UE may transmit multiple repetitions of uplink communication over different transmit beams to improve the likelihood of successful reception of the uplink communication. For example, the base station may transmit signaling scheduling repetitions of uplink shared channel transmissions (e.g., physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions) that include repetitions associated with two sounding reference signal (SRS) resource sets (e.g., two transmit beams). That is, the PUSCH transmission repetitions may include a first set of repetitions associated with a first SRS resource set and a second set of repetitions associated with a second SRS resource set. By transmitting PUSCH transmission repetitions over both the first SRS resource set and the second SRS resource set, the reliability of the PUSCH transmission may be higher when compared to a PUSCH transmission utilizing a single SRS resource set.

[0006] The base station may further request that the UE transmit one or more CSI reports to the base station. For example, the base station may indicate that the UE transmits one or more aperiodic CSI reports to the base station. Additionally or alternatively, the base station may indicate whether the UE should multiplex one or more CSI reports with one of a first set of PUSCH transmission repetitions or a second set of PUSCH transmission repetitions (e.g., associated with different SRS resource sets), or whether the UE should multiplex one or more CSI reports with both the first set of PUSCH transmission repetitions and the second set of PUSCH transmission repetitions. That is, in a first example, the base station may indicate that the UE should multiplex one or more CSI reports with one of the sets of PUSCH transmission repetitions. Here, the UE may transmit one or more CSI reports multiplexed with PUSCH transmission repetitions associated with a single SRS resource set. In a second example, the base station may indicate that the UE should multiplex one or more CSI reports with both sets of PUSCH transmission repetitions. Here, the UE may transmit a first repetition of one or more CSI reports multiplexed with a PUSCH transmission repetition associated with a first SRS resource set, and additionally or alternatively, the UE may transmit a second repetition of one or more CSI reports multiplexed with a PUSCH transmission repetition associated with a second SRS resource set.

[0007] A method for wireless communication in a UE is described. The method may include receiving, from a base station, signaling scheduling a first set of repetitions of a first uplink shared channel transmission associated with a first SRS resource set and a second set of repetitions of a second uplink shared channel transmission associated with a second SRS resource set, receiving, from the base station, a request that the UE should transmit one or more CSI reports, receiving, from the base station, an indication that the one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, and transmitting the one or more CSI reports according to the indication.

[0008] An apparatus for wireless communication in a UE is described. The apparatus may include a processor, memory in electronic communication with the processor, and instructions stored in the memory. The instructions may be executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to: receive, from a base station, signaling scheduling a first set of repetitions of a first uplink shared channel transmission associated with a first SRS resource set and a second set of repetitions of a second uplink shared channel transmission associated with a second SRS resource set; receive, from the base station, a request that the UE should transmit one or more CSI reports; receive, from the base station, an indication that the one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions; and transmit the one or more CSI reports according to the indication.

[0009] Another apparatus for wireless communication in a UE is described. The apparatus may include means for receiving, from a base station, signaling scheduling a first set of repetitions of a first uplink shared channel transmission associated with a first SRS resource set and a second set of repetitions of a second uplink shared channel transmission associated with a second SRS resource set, means for receiving, from the base station, a request that the UE should transmit one or more CSI reports, means for receiving, from the base station, an indication that the one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, and means for transmitting the one or more CSI reports in accordance with the indication.

[0010] A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication in a UE is described. The code may include instructions executable by a processor to: receive, from a base station, signaling scheduling a first set of repetitions of a first uplink shared channel transmission associated with a first SRS resource set and a second set of repetitions of a second uplink shared channel transmission associated with a second SRS resource set; receive, from the base station, a request that the UE should transmit one or more CSI reports; receive, from the base station, an indication that the one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions; and transmit the one or more CSI reports according to the indication.

[0011]

[0011] In some examples of the methods, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, based on receiving an indication that one or more CSI reports may be multiplexed with both a first set of repetitions and a second set of repetitions, multiplexing a first one of the one or more CSI reports with a first repetition of a first uplink shared channel transmission in the first set of repetitions, where the first repetition may be transmitted before the remaining repetitions in the first set of repetitions; multiplexing a second one of the one or more CSI reports with a second repetition of a second uplink shared channel transmission in the second set of repetitions, where the second repetition may be transmitted before the remaining repetitions in the second set of repetitions.

[0012]

[0012] Some examples of the methods, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for multiplexing a first of the one or more CSI reports with a first repetition including multiplexing a first of the one or more CSI reports with a first actual repetition associated with the first repetition that may be transmitted before any other actual repetition associated with the first repetition, and multiplexing a second of the one or more CSI reports with the first repetition including multiplexing a second of the one or more CSI reports with a second actual repetition associated with the second repetition that may be transmitted before any other actual repetition associated with the second repetition.

[0013]

[0013] In some examples of the methods, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, a first quantity of coded modulation symbols containing a first of one or more CSI reports is equal to a second quantity of coded modulation symbols containing a second of one or more CSI reports.

[0014]

[0014] In some examples of the methods, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, a first payload size of first uplink control information included in a first repetition of a first uplink shared channel transmission is equal to a second payload size of second uplink control information included in a second repetition of a second uplink shared channel transmission, and a first amount of coded modulation symbols is equal to a second amount of coded modulation symbols based on the first payload size being equal to the second payload size.

[0015]

[0015] Some examples of the methods, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for determining a first amount based on a payload size of uplink control information included in a first iteration of a first uplink shared channel transmission, and selecting a second amount based on determining the first amount.

[0016]

[0016] In some examples of the methods, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, based on receiving an indication that one or more CSI reports may be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, multiplexing one or more CSI reports with a repetition from the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions that may be transmitted before the remaining repetitions in the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions.

[0017]

[0017] In some examples of the methods, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, transmitting one or more CSI reports may include operations, features, means, or instructions for: transmitting a first repetition of a first uplink shared channel transmission including a first one of the one or more CSI reports via a first transmission beam associated with a first SRS resource set, the first repetition including a first one of the one or more CSI reports, and transmitting a second repetition of a second uplink shared channel transmission including a second one of the one or more CSI reports via a second transmission beam associated with a second SRS resource set, based on receiving an indication that the one or more CSI reports may be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions.

[0018]

[0018] In some examples of the methods, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, receiving an indication may include an operation, feature, means, or instruction for receiving radio resource control (RRC) signaling indicating that one or more CSI reports may be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions.

[0019]

[0019] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for receiving RRC signaling from a base station indicating a set of multiple CSI report groups that may each be associated with a trigger state; and receiving downlink control information (DCI) from the base station indicating one of the trigger states, wherein the CSI report associated with a given trigger state may be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, based on the trigger state, where the DCI includes a request that the UE may transmit one or more CSI reports and indications.

[0020]

[0020] In some examples of the methods, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, receiving an indication may include an operation, feature, means, or instruction for receiving DCI indicating that one or more CSI reports may be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions.

[0021]

[0021] Some examples of the methods, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may further include an operation, feature, means, or instruction for determining that a quantity of repetitions in the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions may be two based on receiving an indication that a transport block associated with the first uplink shared channel transmission and the second uplink shared channel transmission and one or more CSI reports may be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions.

[0022]

[0022] Some examples of the methods, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable media described in this specification may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for receiving RRC signaling from a base station indicating a set of possible CSI reporting configurations, wherein a request that the UE may transmit one or more CSI reports indicates one of the possible CSI reporting configurations.

[0023]

[0023] In some examples of the methods, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, receiving the signaling and receiving the request may include operations, features, means, or instructions for receiving DCI, where the DCI schedules a first set of repetitions and a second set of repetitions and requests that the UE may transmit one or more CSI reports.

[0024]

[0024] In some examples of the methods, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, receiving signaling scheduling the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions may include an operation, feature, means, or instruction for receiving DCI or RRC signaling indicating the amount of repetitions in the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions.

[0025] A method for wireless communication in a base station is described. The method may include: transmitting, to a UE, signaling scheduling a first set of repetitions of a first uplink shared channel transmission associated with a first SRS resource set and a second set of repetitions of a second uplink shared channel transmission associated with a second SRS resource set; transmitting, to the UE, a request that the UE should transmit one or more CSI reports; transmitting, to the UE, an indication that the one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions; and receiving the one or more CSI reports according to the indication.

[0026] An apparatus for wireless communication in a base station is described. The apparatus may include a processor, a memory in electronic communication with the processor, and instructions stored in the memory. The instructions may be executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to: send, to a UE, signaling scheduling a first set of repetitions of a first uplink shared channel transmission associated with a first SRS resource set and a second set of repetitions of a second uplink shared channel transmission associated with a second SRS resource set; send, to the UE, a request that the UE should transmit one or more CSI reports; send, to the UE, an indication that the one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions; and receive the one or more CSI reports according to the indication.

[0027] Another apparatus for wireless communication in a base station is described. The apparatus may include: means for transmitting, to a UE, signaling scheduling a first set of repetitions of a first uplink shared channel transmission associated with a first SRS resource set and a second set of repetitions of a second uplink shared channel transmission associated with a second SRS resource set; means for transmitting, to the UE, a request that the UE should transmit one or more CSI reports; means for transmitting, to the UE, an indication that the one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions; and means for receiving the one or more CSI reports according to the indication.

[0028] A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications in a base station is described. The code may include instructions executable by a processor to: send, to a UE, signaling scheduling a first set of repetitions of a first uplink shared channel transmission associated with a first SRS resource set and a second set of repetitions of a second uplink shared channel transmission associated with a second SRS resource set; send, to the UE, a request that the UE should transmit one or more CSI reports; send, to the UE, an indication that the one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions; and receive the one or more CSI reports according to the indication.

[0029]

[0029] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for receiving a first of the one or more CSI reports together with a first repetition of a first uplink shared channel transmission in the first set of repetitions, based on transmitting an indication that the one or more CSI reports may be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, where the first repetition may be received before the remaining repetitions in the first set of repetitions, and receiving a second of the one or more CSI reports together with a second repetition of a second uplink shared channel transmission in the second set of repetitions, where the second repetition may be received before the remaining repetitions in the second set of repetitions.

[0030]

[0030] Some examples of the methods, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for receiving a first of the one or more CSI reports with a first iteration including receiving a first of the one or more CSI reports with a first actual iteration associated with the first iteration that may be received before any other actual iteration associated with the first iteration, and receiving a second of the one or more CSI reports with the first iteration including receiving a second of the one or more CSI reports with a second actual iteration associated with the second iteration that may be received before any other actual iteration associated with the second iteration.

[0031]

[0031] In some examples of the methods, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, a first quantity of coded modulation symbols comprising a first of one or more CSI reports is equal to a second quantity of coded modulation symbols comprising a second of one or more CSI reports.

[0032]

[0032] In some examples of the methods, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, a first payload size of first uplink control information included in a first repetition of a first uplink shared channel transmission is equal to a second payload size of second uplink control information included in a second repetition of a second uplink shared channel transmission, and a first quantity of coded modulation symbols is equal to a second quantity of coded modulation symbols based on the first payload size being equal to the second payload size.

[0033]

[0033] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for receiving one or more CSI reports along with a repetition from the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions that may be received before the remaining repetitions in the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, based on transmitting an indication that the one or more CSI reports may be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions.

[0034]

[0034] In some examples of the methods, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, receiving one or more CSI reports may include operations, features, means, or instructions for receiving a first repetition of a first uplink shared channel transmission including a first one of the one or more CSI reports via a first transmit beam associated with a first SRS resource set, the first repetition including a first one of the one or more CSI reports, and receiving a second repetition of a second uplink shared channel transmission including a second one of the one or more CSI reports via a second transmit beam associated with a second SRS resource set, based on transmitting an indication that the one or more CSI reports may be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions.

[0035]

[0035] In some examples of the methods, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, transmitting an indication may include an operation, feature, means, or instruction for transmitting RRC signaling indicating that one or more CSI reports may be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions.

[0036]

[0036] Some examples of the methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for: sending RRC signaling to the UE indicating a set of multiple CSI report groups that may each be associated with a trigger state; and sending a DCI to the UE indicating one of the trigger states, wherein the CSI report associated with a given trigger state may be multiplexed by the UE with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, based on the trigger state, where the DCI includes a request that the UE should transmit one or more CSI reports and indications.

[0037]

[0037] In some examples of the methods, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, transmitting an indication may include an operation, feature, means, or instruction for transmitting DCI indicating that one or more CSI reports may be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions.

[0038]

[0038] In some examples of the methods, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, the amount of repetitions in the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions may be two based on the absence of transport blocks associated with the first uplink shared channel transmission and the second uplink shared channel transmission, and having transmitted an indication that one or more CSI reports may be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions.

[0039]

[0039] Some examples of the methods, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable media described in this specification may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for sending RRC signaling to the UE indicating a set of possible CSI reporting configurations, wherein a request that the UE should transmit one or more CSI reports indicates one of the possible CSI reporting configurations.

[0040]

[0040] In some examples of the methods, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, transmitting the signaling and transmitting the request may include operations, features, means, or instructions for transmitting DCI, where the DCI schedules a first set of repetitions and a second set of repetitions and requests that the UE may transmit one or more CSI reports.

[0041]

[0041] In some examples of the methods, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable media described herein, transmitting signaling may include an operation, feature, means, or instruction for transmitting DCI or RRC signaling indicating the amount of repetitions in the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0042] [Figure 1]

[0042] FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a wireless communication system that supports aperiodic reporting of channel state information (CSI) according to aspects of the present disclosure. [Figure 2]

[0043] 1 illustrates an example of a wireless communication system that supports aperiodic reporting of CSI according to an aspect of the present disclosure. [Figure 3A]

[0044] FIG. 1 illustrates an example PUSCH transmission configuration supporting aperiodic reporting of CSI according to an aspect of the present disclosure. [Figure 3B] FIG. 1 illustrates an example PUSCH transmission configuration supporting aperiodic reporting of CSI according to an aspect of the present disclosure. [Figure 4]

[0045] FIG. 1 illustrates an example process flow for supporting aperiodic reporting of CSI according to an aspect of the present disclosure. [Figure 5]

[0046] FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a device that supports aperiodic reporting of CSI according to an aspect of the present disclosure. [Figure 6] FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a device that supports aperiodic reporting of CSI according to an aspect of the present disclosure. [Figure 7]

[0047] FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a communications manager supporting aperiodic reporting of CSI according to an aspect of the present disclosure. [Figure 8]

[0048] FIG. 1 illustrates a diagram of a system including a device that supports aperiodic reporting of CSI according to an aspect of the present disclosure. [Figure 9]

[0049] FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a device that supports aperiodic reporting of CSI according to an aspect of the present disclosure. [Figure 10] FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a device that supports aperiodic reporting of CSI according to an aspect of the present disclosure. [Figure 11]

[0050] FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a communications manager supporting aperiodic reporting of CSI according to an aspect of the present disclosure. [Figure 12]

[0051] FIG. 1 illustrates a diagram of a system including a device that supports aperiodic reporting of CSI according to an aspect of the present disclosure. [Figure 13]

[0052] 1 is a flowchart illustrating a method for supporting aperiodic reporting of CSI according to an aspect of the present disclosure. [Figure 14]1 is a flowchart illustrating a method for supporting aperiodic reporting of CSI according to an aspect of the present disclosure. [Figure 15] 1 is a flowchart illustrating a method for supporting aperiodic reporting of CSI according to an aspect of the present disclosure. [Figure 16] 1 is a flowchart illustrating a method for supporting aperiodic reporting of CSI according to an aspect of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0043]

[0053] In some wireless communication systems, a user equipment (UE) may communicate with a base station using multiple repetitions of uplink communication via different transmit beams to improve the likelihood of successful reception of the uplink communication. In some cases, the UE may transmit uplink communication based on parameters (e.g., the number of antenna ports, the spatial domain filter or beam, the rank or number of layers, or any combination thereof) determined from a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource set (e.g., associated with the UE's transmit beam). For example, the base station may transmit signaling scheduling repetitions of an uplink shared channel transmission (e.g., a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission) that include repetitions associated with two SRS resource sets (e.g., two transmit beams). That is, the PUSCH transmission repetitions may include a first set of repetitions associated with a first SRS resource set and a second set of repetitions associated with a second SRS resource set. By transmitting PUSCH transmission repetitions over both the first SRS resource set and the second SRS resource set, the reliability of the PUSCH transmission may be higher when compared to a PUSCH transmission utilizing a single SRS resource set.

[0044]

[0054] The base station may further request that the UE transmit one or more CSI reports to the base station. For example, the base station may indicate that the UE transmits one or more aperiodic CSI reports to the base station. Additionally or alternatively, the base station may indicate whether the UE should multiplex one or more CSI reports with one of a first set of PUSCH transmission repetitions or a second set of PUSCH transmission repetitions (e.g., associated with different SRS resource sets, respectively), or whether the UE should multiplex one or more CSI reports with both the first set of PUSCH transmission repetitions and the second set of PUSCH transmission repetitions. That is, in a first example, the base station may indicate that the UE should multiplex one or more CSI reports with one of the sets of PUSCH transmission repetitions. Here, the UE may transmit one or more CSI reports multiplexed with PUSCH transmission repetitions associated with a single SRS resource set. In a second example, the base station may indicate that the UE should multiplex one or more CSI reports with both sets of PUSCH transmission repetitions. Here, the UE may transmit a first repetition of one or more CSI reports multiplexed with a PUSCH transmission repetition associated with a first SRS resource set. Additionally or alternatively, the UE may transmit a second repetition of one or more CSI reports multiplexed with a PUSCH transmission repetition associated with a second SRS resource set.

[0045]

[0055] Aspects of the present disclosure are first described in the context of a wireless communication system. Aspects of the present disclosure are then described in the context of PUSCH transmission configurations and process flows. Aspects of the present disclosure are further illustrated by and described with reference to apparatus diagrams, system diagrams, and flowcharts related to aperiodic reporting of CSI.

[0046]

[0056] 1 illustrates an example of a wireless communication system 100 that supports aperiodic reporting of CSI according to an aspect of the present disclosure. The wireless communication system 100 may include one or more base stations 105, one or more UEs 115, and a core network 130. In some examples, the wireless communication system 100 may be a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, an LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) network, an LTE-A Pro network, or a New Radio (NR) network. In some examples, the wireless communication system 100 may support enhanced broadband communications, ultra-reliable (e.g., mission-critical) communications, low-latency communications, communications using low-cost and low-complexity devices, or any combination thereof.

[0047]

[0057] The base stations 105 may be dispersed throughout a geographic area to form the wireless communication system 100 and may be devices of different types or with different capabilities. The base stations 105 and the UEs 115 may communicate wirelessly via one or more communication links 125. Each base station 105 may provide a coverage area 110 over which the UEs 115 and the base station 105 may establish one or more communication links 125. The coverage area 110 may be an example of a geographic area over which the base station 105 and the UEs 115 may support communication of signals via one or more radio access technologies.

[0048]

[0058] The UEs 115 may be dispersed throughout the coverage area 110 of the wireless communication system 100, and each UE 115 may be fixed, mobile, or both at different times. The UEs 115 may be devices of different forms or with different capabilities. Some example UEs 115 are shown in FIG. 1. The UEs 115 described herein may be capable of communicating with various types of devices, such as other UEs 115, base stations 105, or network equipment (e.g., core network nodes, relay devices, integrated access and backhaul (IAB) nodes, or other network equipment), as shown in FIG. 1.

[0049]

[0059] The base stations 105 may communicate with the core network 130, with each other, or both. For example, the base stations 105 may interface with the core network 130 through one or more backhaul links 120 (e.g., via an S1, N2, N3, or other interface). The base stations 105 may communicate with each other over the backhaul links 120 (e.g., via an X2, Xn, or other interface) either directly (e.g., directly between the base stations 105) or indirectly (e.g., via the core network 130), or both. In some examples, the backhaul links 120 may be or include one or more wireless links.

[0050]

[0060] One or more of the base stations 105 described herein may include or be referred to by those skilled in the art as a base transceiver station, radio base station, access point, radio transceiver, Node B, eNode B (eNB), Next Generation Node B or GigaNode B (any of which may be referred to as gNB), Home Node B, Home eNode B, or other suitable terminology.

[0051]

[0061] The UE 115 may include or be referred to as a mobile device, a wireless device, a remote device, a handheld device, or a subscriber device, or some other suitable terminology, where a “device” may also be referred to as a unit, a station, a terminal, or a client, among other examples. The UE 115 may also include or be referred to as a personal electronic device, such as a cellular phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a tablet computer, a laptop computer, or a personal computer. In some examples, the UE 115 may include or be referred to as a wireless local loop (WLL) station, an Internet of Things (IoT) device, an Internet of Everything (IoE) device, or a machine-type communication (MTC) device, among other examples, which may be implemented in various objects, such as an appliance, a vehicle, a meter, among other examples.

[0052]

[0062] The UEs 115 described herein may be capable of communicating with various types of devices, such as other UEs 115, which may act as relays at times, as shown in FIG. 1, as well as base stations 105 and network equipment, including macro eNBs or gNBs, small cell eNBs or gNBs, or relay base stations, among other examples.

[0053]

[0063] The UE 115 and the base station 105 may wirelessly communicate with each other via one or more communication links 125 via one or more carriers. The term “carrier” may refer to a set of radio frequency spectrum resources having a defined physical layer structure for supporting the communication link 125. For example, a carrier used for the communication link 125 may include a portion of a radio frequency spectrum band (e.g., a bandwidth portion (BWP)) operated according to one or more physical layer channels for a given radio access technology (e.g., LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, NR). Each physical layer channel may carry collection signaling (e.g., synchronization signals, system information), control signaling coordinating operation for the carrier, user data, or other signaling. The wireless communication system 100 may support communication with the UE 115 using carrier aggregation or multi-carrier operation. The UE 115 may be configured with multiple downlink component carriers and one or more uplink component carriers according to a carrier aggregation configuration. Carrier aggregation can be used with both frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD) component carriers.

[0054]

[0064] A signal waveform transmitted over a carrier may be composed of multiple subcarriers (e.g., using a multicarrier modulation (MCM) technique such as orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) or discrete Fourier transform extended OFDM (DFT-S-OFDM)). In a system employing an MCM technique, a resource element may consist of one symbol period (e.g., the duration of one modulation symbol) and one subcarrier, where the symbol period and the subcarrier spacing have an inverse relationship. The number of bits carried by each resource element may depend on the modulation scheme (e.g., the order of the modulation scheme, the coding rate of the modulation scheme, or both). Thus, the more resource elements and the higher the order of the modulation scheme that the UE 115 receives, the higher the data rate of the UE 115 may be. Wireless communication resources may refer to a combination of radio frequency spectrum resources, time resources, and spatial resources (e.g., spatial layers or beams), and the use of multiple spatial layers may further increase the data rate or data integrity for communications with the UE 115.

[0055]

[0065] The time interval for the base station 105 or the UE 115 may be, for example, T s =1 / (Δf max N f ) seconds, where Δf max may represent the maximum supported subcarrier spacing, and N f may represent the maximum supported discrete Fourier transform (DFT) size. The communication resource time intervals may be organized according to radio frames, each having a specified duration (e.g., 10 milliseconds (ms)). Each radio frame may be identified by a system frame number (SFN) (e.g., ranging from 0 to 1023).

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[0066] Each frame may include multiple consecutively numbered subframes or slots, and each subframe or slot may have the same duration. In some examples, a frame may be divided into subframes (e.g., in the time domain), and each subframe may be further divided into several slots. Alternatively, each frame may include a variable number of slots, and the number of slots may depend on the subcarrier spacing. Each slot may include several symbol periods (e.g., depending on the length of a cyclic prefix prepended to each symbol period). In some wireless communications systems 100, a slot may be further divided into multiple minislots containing one or more symbols. Excluding the cyclic prefix, each symbol period may include one or more (e.g., N f The duration of a symbol period may depend on the subcarrier spacing or the frequency operating band.

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[0067] A subframe, slot, minislot, or symbol may be the smallest scheduling unit (e.g., in the time domain) of the wireless communication system 100 and may be referred to as a transmission time interval (TTI). In some examples, the TTI duration (e.g., the number of symbol periods in a TTI) may be variable. Additionally or alternatively, the smallest scheduling unit of the wireless communication system 100 may be dynamically selected (e.g., in a burst of shortened TTIs (sTTIs)).

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[0068] Physical channels may be multiplexed on carriers according to various techniques. Physical control channels and physical data channels may be multiplexed on downlink carriers using, for example, one or more of a time division multiplexing (TDM) technique, a frequency division multiplexing (FDM) technique, or a hybrid TDM-FDM technique. A control region (e.g., a control resource set (CORESET)) of a physical control channel may be defined by several symbol periods and may span the system bandwidth of the carrier or a subset of the system bandwidth. One or more control regions (e.g., CORESET) may be configured for a set of UEs 115. For example, one or more of the UEs 115 may monitor or search the control region for control information according to one or more search space sets, and each search space set may include one or more control channel candidates at one or more aggregation levels configured in a cascaded manner. The aggregation level for the control channel candidates may refer to several control channel resources (e.g., control channel elements (CCEs)) associated with coded information for a control information format having a given payload size. The search space sets may include a common search space set configured for sending control information to multiple UEs 115 and a UE-specific search space set for sending control information to a specific UE 115.

[0059]

[0069] In some examples, the base stations 105 are mobile and may therefore provide communication coverage to moving geographic coverage areas 110. In some examples, different geographic coverage areas 110 associated with different technologies may overlap, but the different geographic coverage areas 110 may be supported by the same base station 105. In other examples, overlapping geographic coverage areas 110 associated with different technologies may be supported by different base stations 105. The wireless communication system 100 may include a heterogeneous network in which different types of base stations 105 provide coverage to various geographic coverage areas 110, for example, using the same or different radio access technologies.

[0060]

[0070] The wireless communication system 100 may be configured to support ultra-reliable or low-latency communications, or various combinations thereof. For example, the wireless communication system 100 may be configured to support ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC) or mission-critical communications. The UE 115 may be designed to support ultra-reliable, low-latency, or critical functions (e.g., mission-critical functions). Ultra-reliable communications may include private or group communications and may be supported by one or more mission-critical services, such as mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT), mission-critical video (MCVideo), or mission-critical data (MCData). Support for mission-critical functions may include service prioritization, and the mission-critical services may be used for public safety or general commercial applications. The terms ultra-reliable, low-latency, mission-critical, and ultra-reliable low-latency may be used interchangeably herein.

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[0071] In some examples, the UE 115 may also be able to communicate directly with other UEs 115 over a device-to-device (D2D) communication link 135 (e.g., using a peer-to-peer (P2P) or D2D protocol). One or more UEs 115 utilizing D2D communication may be within the geographic coverage area 110 of the base station 105. Other UEs 115 in such a group may be outside the geographic coverage area 110 of the base station 105 or otherwise unable to receive transmissions from the base station 105. In some examples, a group of UEs 115 communicating via D2D communication may utilize a one-to-many (1:M) system in which each UE 115 transmits to every other UE 115 in the group. In some examples, the base station 105 facilitates scheduling of resources for D2D communication. In other cases, D2D communication occurs between UEs 115 without the involvement of the base station 105.

[0062]

[0072] The core network 130 may provide user authentication, access authorization, tracking, Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity, and other access, routing, or mobility functions. The core network 130 may be an evolved packet core (EPC) or 5G core (5GC) that may include at least one control plane entity (e.g., a mobility management entity (MME), an access and mobility management function (AMF)) that manages access and mobility, and at least one user plane entity (e.g., a serving gateway (S-GW), a packet data network (PDN) gateway (P-GW), or a user plane function (UPF)) that routes packets or interconnections to external networks. The control plane entity may manage non-access stratum (NAS) functions, such as mobility, authentication, and bearer management, for UEs 115 served by base stations 105 associated with the core network 130. User IP packets may be forwarded through the user plane entity, which may provide IP address allocation and other functions. The user plane entities may be connected to IP services 150 for one or more network operators. The IP services 150 may include access to the Internet, an intranet, an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), or packet-switched streaming services.

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[0073] Some of the network devices, such as the base station 105, may include sub-components, such as an access network entity 140, which may be an example of an access node controller (ANC). Each access network entity 140 may communicate with the UE 115 through one or more other access network transmitting entities 145, which may be referred to as a radio head, a smart radio head, or a transmit / receive point (TRP). Each access network transmitting entity 145 may include one or more antenna panels. In some configurations, various functions of each access network entity 140 or base station 105 may be distributed across various network devices (e.g., radio heads and ANCs) or integrated into a single network device (e.g., the base station 105).

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[0074] The wireless communication system 100 may typically operate using one or more frequency bands within the range of 300 megahertz (MHz) to 300 gigahertz (GHz). Generally, the 300 MHz to 3 GHz region is known as the ultra-high frequency (UHF) region or decimeter band because wavelengths range from approximately 1 decimeter to 1 meter in length. Although UHF waves may be blocked or redirected by buildings and environmental features, the waves may penetrate structures sufficiently for a macrocell to provide service to UEs 115 located indoors. Transmission of UHF waves may be associated with smaller antennas and shorter distances (e.g., less than 100 kilometers) compared to transmissions using the smaller frequencies and longer waves in the short wave (HF) or very high frequency (VHF) portions of the spectrum below 300 MHz.

[0065]

[0075] The wireless communication system 100 may utilize both licensed and unlicensed radio frequency spectrum bands. For example, the wireless communication system 100 may employ license-assisted access (LAA), LTE unlicensed (LTE-U) radio access technology, or NR technology in an unlicensed band, such as the 5 GHz Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) band. When operating in an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band, devices such as the base station 105 and the UE 115 may employ carrier sensing for collision detection and avoidance. In some examples, operation in an unlicensed band may be based on a carrier aggregation configuration with component carriers operating in a licensed band (e.g., LAA). Operation in an unlicensed spectrum may include downlink transmissions, uplink transmissions, P2P transmissions, or D2D transmissions, among other examples.

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[0076] The base station 105 or the UE 115 may be equipped with multiple antennas that can be used to employ techniques such as transmit diversity, receive diversity, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communications, or beamforming. The antennas of the base station 105 or the UE 115 may be located in one or more antenna arrays or antenna panels that can support MIMO operation or transmit or receive beamforming. For example, one or more base station antennas or antenna arrays may be co-located in an antenna assembly, such as an antenna tower. In some examples, antennas or antenna arrays associated with the base station 105 may be located in various geographic locations. The base station 105 may have an antenna array with several rows and columns of antenna ports that the base station 105 can use to support beamforming of communications with the UE 115. Similarly, the UE 115 may have one or more antenna arrays that can support various MIMO or beamforming operations. Additionally or alternatively, the antenna panel may support radio frequency beamforming for signals transmitted through the antenna ports.

[0067]

[0077] The base station 105 or UE 115 may use MIMO communications to exploit multipath signal propagation and increase spectral efficiency by transmitting or receiving multiple signals via different spatial layers. Such techniques are sometimes referred to as spatial multiplexing. Multiple signals may be transmitted by a transmitting device, for example, via different antennas or different combinations of antennas. Similarly, multiple signals may be received by a receiving device via different antennas or different combinations of antennas. Each of the multiple signals may be referred to as a separate spatial stream and may carry bits associated with the same data stream (e.g., the same codeword) or different data streams (e.g., different codewords). Different spatial layers may be associated with different antenna ports used for channel measurement and reporting. MIMO techniques include single-user MIMO (SU-MIMO), in which multiple spatial layers are transmitted to the same receiving device, and multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO), in which multiple spatial layers are transmitted to multiple devices.

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[0078] Beamforming, sometimes referred to as spatial filtering, directional transmission, or directional reception, is a signal processing technique that may be used at a transmitting or receiving device (e.g., base station 105, UE 115) to shape or steer an antenna beam (e.g., transmit beam, receive beam) along a spatial path between the transmitting and receiving devices. Beamforming may be achieved by combining signals communicated through antenna elements of an antenna array such that some signals propagating in a particular orientation relative to the antenna array experience constructive interference and others experience destructive interference. Adjusting signals communicated through antenna elements may include the transmitting or receiving device applying an amplitude offset, a phase offset, or both to signals carried through the antenna elements associated with the device. The adjustment associated with each of the antenna elements may be defined by a beamforming weight set associated with a particular orientation (e.g., relative to the antenna array of the transmitting or receiving device or to some other orientation).

[0069]

[0079] The base station 105 or the UE 115 may use beam sweeping techniques as part of a beamforming operation. For example, the base station 105 may use multiple antennas or antenna arrays (e.g., antenna panels) to perform a beamforming operation for directional communication with the UE 115. Some signals (e.g., synchronization signals, reference signals, beam selection signals, or other control signals) may be transmitted multiple times in different directions by the base station 105. For example, the base station 105 may transmit signals according to different beamforming weight sets associated with different transmission directions. The transmissions in different beam directions may be used (e.g., by a transmitting device such as the base station 105 or by a receiving device such as the UE 115) to identify beam directions for subsequent transmission or reception by the base station 105.

[0070]

[0080] Some signals, such as data signals associated with a particular receiving device, may be transmitted by the base station 105 in a single beam direction (e.g., a direction associated with a receiving device such as the UE 115). In some examples, the beam direction associated with a transmission along a single beam direction may be determined based on signals transmitted in one or more beam directions. For example, the UE 115 may receive one or more of the signals transmitted by the base station 105 in different directions and may report to the base station 105 an indication of the signal that the UE 115 received with the best or otherwise acceptable signal quality.

[0071]

[0081] In some examples, transmission by a device (e.g., by the base station 105 or the UE 115) may be performed using multiple beam directions, and the device may use a combination of digital precoding or radio frequency beamforming to generate a composite beam for transmission (e.g., from the base station 105 to the UE 115). The UE 115 may report feedback indicating precoding weights for one or more beam directions, where the feedback may correspond to a configured number of beams across the system bandwidth or one or more subbands. The base station 105 may transmit a reference signal (e.g., a cell-specific reference signal (CRS), a CSI reference signal (CSI-RS)), which may be precoded or ampliconed. The UE 115 may provide feedback for beam selection, which may be a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) or codebook-based feedback (e.g., a multi-panel type codebook, a linear combination type codebook, a port selection type codebook). Although these techniques have been described with respect to signals transmitted in one or more directions by the base station 105, the UE 115 may employ similar techniques to transmit a signal multiple times in different directions (e.g., to identify a beam direction for subsequent transmission or reception by the UE 115) or to transmit a signal in a single direction (e.g., to transmit data to a receiving device).

[0072]

[0082] A receiving device (e.g., UE 115) may attempt multiple receive configurations (e.g., directional listening) when receiving various signals, such as synchronization signals, reference signals, beam selection signals, or other control signals, from the base station 105. For example, the receiving device may attempt multiple receive directions by receiving via different antenna subarrays, by processing received signals according to different antenna subarrays, by receiving according to different receive beamforming weight sets (e.g., different directional listening weight sets) applied to signals received at multiple antenna elements of the antenna array, or by processing received signals according to different receive beamforming weight sets applied to signals received at multiple antenna elements of the antenna array, any of which may be referred to as “listening” according to different receive configurations or receive directions. In some examples, the receiving device may use a single receive configuration to receive along a single beam direction (e.g., when receiving a data signal). A single receiving configuration may be aligned in a beam direction determined based on listening along different receiving configuration directions (e.g., a beam direction determined to have the highest signal strength, highest signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), or otherwise acceptable signal quality based on listening along multiple beam directions).

[0073]

[0083] In some wireless communication systems 100, the UE 115 may communicate with the base station using multiple repetitions of uplink communication over different transmit beams to improve the likelihood of successful reception of the uplink communication. In some cases, the UE 115 may transmit uplink communication based on parameters (e.g., the number of antenna ports, the spatial domain filter or beam, the rank or number of layers, or any combination thereof) determined from an SRS resource set (e.g., associated with the UE's 115 transmit beam). For example, the base station 105 may transmit signaling scheduling repetitions of an uplink shared channel transmission (e.g., a PUSCH transmission) that include repetitions associated with two SRS resource sets (e.g., two transmit beams). That is, the PUSCH transmission repetitions may include a first set of repetitions associated with a first SRS resource set and a second set of repetitions associated with a second SRS resource set. By transmitting PUSCH transmission repetitions over both the first SRS resource set and the second SRS resource set, the reliability of the PUSCH transmission may be higher when compared to a PUSCH transmission utilizing a single SRS resource set.

[0074]

[0084] The base station 105 may further transmit a request for the UE 115 to transmit one or more CSI reports to the base station 105. For example, the base station 105 may indicate that the UE 115 transmits one or more aperiodic CSI reports to the base station 105. Additionally or alternatively, the base station 105 may indicate whether the UE 115 should multiplex one or more CSI reports with one of a first set of PUSCH transmission repetitions or a second set of PUSCH transmission repetitions (e.g., associated with different SRS resource sets, respectively), or whether the UE 115 should multiplex one or more CSI reports with both the first set of PUSCH transmission repetitions and the second set of PUSCH transmission repetitions. That is, in a first example, the base station 105 may indicate that the UE 115 should multiplex one or more CSI reports with one of the sets of PUSCH transmission repetitions. Here, the UE 115 may transmit one or more CSI reports multiplexed with PUSCH transmission repetitions associated with a single SRS resource set. In a second example, the base station 105 may indicate that the UE 115 should multiplex one or more CSI reports with both sets of PUSCH repetitions. Here, the UE 115 may transmit a first repetition of the one or more CSI reports multiplexed with the PUSCH transmission repetitions associated with the first SRS resource set. Additionally or alternatively, the UE 115 may transmit a second repetition of the one or more CSI reports multiplexed with the PUSCH transmission repetitions associated with the second SRS resource set.

[0075]

[0085] FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a wireless communication system 200 that supports aperiodic reporting of CSI according to aspects of the present disclosure. In some examples, the wireless communication system 200 may implement aspects of the wireless communication system 100. For example, the wireless communication system 200 includes a base station 105-a and a UE 115-a, which may be examples of the respective devices described with reference to FIG. 1. References to specific wireless devices (e.g., the UE 115, a TRP, a base station 105) in the following figures are provided for purposes of explanation, and it should be understood that different wireless devices not specifically mentioned herein may be used interchangeably with those described herein. Similarly, described operations performed by the UE 115-a may, in some cases, be performed by the base station 105-a (or a TRP associated with the base station 105-a), and vice versa.

[0076]

[0086] In some cases, the communication shown in the wireless communication system 200 may be an example in which the UE 115-a performs aperiodic reporting of CSI in response to a CSI request 220 from the base station 105-a. Prior to transmitting the CSI request 220, the base station 105-a may transmit PUSCH scheduling signaling 210 to the UE 115-a. In some instances, the PUSCH scheduling signaling 210 may schedule one or more repetitions of an uplink shared channel transmission (e.g., a PUSCH transmission). For example, the PUSCH scheduling signaling 210 may be radio resource control (RRC) signaling and may semi-statically configure the amount of repetition of the PUSCH transmission (e.g., via a pusch-AggregationFactor value). In another example, the PUSCH scheduling signaling 210 may be RRC signaling and may indicate different possible amounts of repetition of the PUSCH transmission (e.g., in a time domain resource allocation (TDRA) table). Here, the PUSCH scheduling signaling 210 may further include downlink control information (DCI) or medium access control-control element (MAC-CE) that indicates which of the possible amounts of repetitions of PUSCH transmissions the UE 115-a should use (e.g., via a numberofrepetitions variable).

[0077]

[0087] The PUSCH scheduling signaling 210 may further configure a type of PUSCH repetition for a PUSCH transmission. For example, the base station 105-a may indicate (e.g., via the PUSCH scheduling signaling 210) a type of PUSCH repetition, where each repetition of the PUSCH transmission is transmitted over the same set of slots within a symbol. For example, the base station 105-a may indicate that the UE 115-a transmits each repetition of the PUSCH transmission over the fourth through tenth slots within an amount of symbols (e.g., the same as the amount of PUSCH repetition). In another example, the base station 105-a may indicate a type of PUSCH repetition, where each PUSCH repetition is contiguous. For example, each PUSCH repetition may be transmitted over a contiguous set of symbols that cross a slot boundary. With this type of PUSCH repetition, the base station 105-a may indicate an amount of nominal PUSCH repetition transmission, which may differ from the amount of actual PUSCH repetition transmission. In some cases, the nominal PUSCH repetition transmission may include symbols that cross a slot boundary. Here, the UE 115-a may transmit two actual PUSCH repetitions corresponding to a single nominal PUSCH repetition (e.g., each associated with a symbol associated with a single slot). In another case, the UE 115-a may determine that one or more of the symbols associated with the nominal PUSCH repetition may be invalid (e.g., based on an indication of invalid symbols due to semi-static downlink symbols, due to synchronization signal block (SSB) symbols, due to symbols associated with control resource set (CORESET) 0 of type 0—physical downlink control channel (PDCCH)). Here, the actual PUSCH repetition may include fewer symbols than the nominal PUSCH repetition.

[0078]

[0088] The PUSCH scheduling signaling 210 may further indicate that the PUSCH repetition may correspond to two SRS resource sets. For example, the PUSCH scheduling signaling 210 may include DCI indicating the two SRS resource sets. In some cases, the two SRS resource sets may each be associated with a different transmit beam 205 of the UE 115-a. For example, the transmit beam 205-a may be associated with a first SRS resource set, and the transmit beam 205-b may be associated with a second SRS resource set. Additionally or alternatively, each SRS resource set may be associated with a unique transmit power control parameter. When the PUSCH scheduling signaling 210 indicates that the PUSCH repetition corresponds to two SRS resource sets, the PUSCH scheduling signaling 210 may configure a first set of PUSCH transmission repetitions associated with the first SRS resource set and a second set of PUSCH transmission repetitions associated with the second SRS resource set.

[0079]

[0089] In some cases, the base station 105-a may transmit PUSCH scheduling signaling 210 indicating that the PUSCH corresponds to two SRS resource sets in cases where the base station 105-a is associated with multiple TRPs, panels, antennas, or a combination thereof. Here, transmitting PUSCH repetitions using multiple SRS resource sets may increase the reliability of the PUSCH transmission when compared to transmitting PUSCH repetitions using a single SRS resource set. That is, if the transmission of the first PUSCH repetition by transmit beam 205-a is blocked (e.g., the base station 105-a does not receive a transmission from transmit beam 205-a), the base station 105-a may successfully receive the second PUSCH repetition transmitted by transmit beam 205-b.

[0080]

[0090] The base station 105-a may transmit the CSI reporting configuration 215. For example, the base station 105-a may transmit an indication of the CSI reporting configuration 215 by RRC signaling (e.g., using the AperiodicTriggerStateList parameter). The RRC signaling may configure a number of trigger states (e.g., up to 128) each associated with one or more (e.g., up to 16) CSI reporting configurations (e.g., CSI reporting groups). For example, each trigger state may indicate an amount of CSI reporting associated with the trigger state.

[0081]

[0091] The base station 105-a may transmit a CSI request 220. In some cases, the CSI request 220 may request that the UE 115-a transmit one or more CSI reports 230 to the base station 105-a. The CSI request 220 may indicate one of the trigger conditions activated through the MAC-CE. For example, the CSI request 220 may be a field in an uplink DCI indicating one of the trigger conditions. Here, the size of the field in the uplink DCI including the CSI request 220 may allow the base station 105-a to indicate any of the configured trigger conditions. For example, if the base station 105-a configures 63 trigger conditions, the field of the CSI request 220 may include 6 bits. Here, the CSI request 220 may not request a CSI report if each bit of the CSI request 220 is “0.”

[0082]

[0092] The base station 105-a may further transmit a multiplexing indication 225 to the UE 115-a. The multiplexing indication 225 may indicate whether the UE 115-a should multiplex one or more requested CSI reports 230 with one of the first set of repetitions, the second set of repetitions, or both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions. In one example, the base station 105-a may transmit the multiplexing indication 225 via RRC signaling. Here, the multiplexing indication 225 may be semi-statically configured in a bandwidth part or a serving cell RRC configuration. In another example, the multiplexing indication 225 may be based on a trigger condition indicated by the CSI request 220. For example, the base station 105-a may transmit a DCI indicating one of the trigger conditions, and each trigger condition may be associated with a multiplexing indication 225 configured by the RRC signaling. In another example, the base station 105-a may transmit a multiplexing indication 225 via a DCI. That is, the DCI may include a field (e.g., a one-bit field) indicating whether the UE 115-a should multiplex one or more requested CSI reports 230 with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions.

[0083]

[0093] In a first example, the multiplexing indication 225 may indicate that the UE 115-a should multiplex one or more CSI reports 230 with one of the sets of repetitions of PUSCH transmissions. That is, the base station 105-a may have configured the UE 115-a to transmit a first set of repetitions of PUSCH transmissions using a first SRS resource set and a second set of repetitions of PUSCH transmissions using a second SRS resource set. Additionally or alternatively, the multiplexing indication 225 may indicate that the UE 115-a should transmit one or more CSI reports 230 over one of the sets of PUSCH transmissions (e.g., using either the first SRS resource set or the second SRS resource set). Here, UE 115-a may multiplex the CSI report 230 onto a PUSCH transmission associated with one of the SRS resource sets and transmit the CSI report (multiplexed with the PUSCH transmission) using either transmit beam 205-a or transmit beam 205-b.

[0084]

[0094] In a second example, the multiplexing indication 225 may indicate that the UE 115-a should multiplex one or more CSI reports 230 with both sets of PUSCH transmission repetitions. Here, the UE 115-a may multiplex a first repetition of one or more CSI reports 230 with a PUSCH repetition from a first set of repetitions (e.g., associated with a first SRS resource set) and a second repetition of one or more CSI reports 230 with a PUSCH repetition from a second set of repetitions (e.g., associated with a second SRS resource set). The UE 115-a may then transmit the first repetition of one or more CSI reports 230 (e.g., multiplexed with a PUSCH repetition from the first set of repetitions) using the transmit beam 205-a and transmit the second repetition of one or more CSI reports 230 (e.g., multiplexed with a PUSCH repetition from the second set of repetitions) using the transmit beam 205-b.

[0085]

[0095] In some cases, the multiplexing indication 225 may indicate that the UE 115-a should multiplex one or more CSI reports 230 with both sets of repetitions of a PUSCH transmission. Additionally or alternatively, the PUSCH may not have a transport block and may be scheduled by a CSI request field on the DCI (e.g., when the UL-SCH parameter of the DCI is set to “0”). Here, the UE 115-a may assume that the amount of repetitions of the PUSCH is two (e.g., even if the PUSCH scheduling signaling 210 indicates a different amount of repetition). Additionally or alternatively, the UE 115-a may transmit the CSI report 230 on both two PUSCH repetitions by multiplexing the CSI report 230 with both two PUSCH repetitions. In some cases, the UE 115-a may further assume that the actual transmission of the two PUSCH repetitions and the nominal transmission of the two PUSCH transmissions are the same (e.g., no segmentation).

[0086]

[0096] To multiplex one or more CSI reports 230 with two PUSCH repetitions, the UE may encode and rate-match uplink control information (UCI) (e.g., the CSI report 230) based on a parameter (e.g., the Betaoffset parameter) indicated by the base station 105-a via DCI or semi-statically configured (e.g., by RRC signaling). In some cases, the size of each repetition of the one or more CSI reports 230 may be the same for the first and second PUSCH repetitions. However, the two PUSCH repetitions may include different amounts of other UCI. In some cases, this may affect the size of each of the one or more CSI reports 230.

[0087]

[0097] In the example wireless communication system 200, the UE 115-a may ensure that the number of coded modulation symbols (e.g., the number of resource elements) for each repetition of one or more CSI reports 230 will be the same for each PUSCH repetition. In some cases, the size of the other UCI payload within each PUSCH repetition may be the same, and thus the size of the CSI report 230 is guaranteed to be the same between PUSCH repetitions. Here, the UE 115-a may further assume that the duration of both PUSCH repetitions is the same (e.g., the actual duration of each PUSCH repetition is the same). If the size of the CSI report 230 is the same and the duration of both PUSCH repetitions is the same, the UE 115-a may determine the coded modulation symbols (e.g., the amount of resource elements) for each layer associated with the CSI report 230 for one of the PUSCH repetitions and use that same amount of resource elements for the CSI report 230 multiplexed with the other PUSCH repetitions. In some instances, the UE 115-a may use the amount of resource elements associated with the CSI report 230 based on an earlier or later transmitted CSI report 230, the amount of resource elements associated with the CSI report 230 (e.g., a CSI report with a larger amount of resource elements, a CSI report 230 with a smaller amount of resource elements), the duration of the CSI report 230 (e.g., a CSI report 230 with a longer duration, a CSI report 230 with a shorter duration), or based on the SRS resource set (or corresponding transmit beam 205) associated with the CSI report 230. In instances where the sizes of the CSI reports 230 are not the same, or the durations of both PUSCH repetitions are not the same, or both, the UE 115-a may determine that the PUSCH repetition carrying the CSI report 230 need not carry any other UCI payload to ensure that the sizes of the CSI reports 230 are the same between the PUSCH repetitions.

[0088]

[0098] 3A and 3B illustrate example PUSCH transmission configurations 300 that support aperiodic reporting of CSI according to aspects of the present disclosure. For example, the PUSCH transmission configurations 300 may illustrate example PUSCH transmission configurations that include PUSCH repetitions 305 transmitted over different SRS resource sets and that include one or more CSI reports 310. In some examples, the PUSCH transmission configurations 300 may implement aspects of wireless communication described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. For example, for both PUSCH transmission configurations 300, a base station may configure (e.g., by RRC signaling, by DCI) two sets of PUSCH repetitions 305, each associated with a different SRS resource set, as described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

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[0099] In the example PUSCH transmission configuration 300-a, the base station may configure the UE to switch between transmitting PUSCH repetitions 305 associated with a first SRS resource set and transmitting PUSCH repetitions 305 associated with a second SRS resource set. In the example PUSCH transmission configuration 300-b, the base station may configure the UE to transmit each PUSCH repetition 305 associated with a first SRS resource set before transmitting PUSCH repetitions 305 associated with a second SRS resource set.

[0090]

[0100] For either configuration 300, the base station may further indicate whether the UE should multiplex one or more CSI reports 310 with one of the PUSCH repetitions 305 associated with either the first SRS resource set or the second SRS resource set, or with one of the PUSCH repetitions 305 associated with both the first SRS resource set and the second SRS resource set. In a first example of the PUSCH transmission configuration 300, the base station may indicate to the UE transmitting the PUSCH repetition 305 that the one or more CSI reports 310 should be multiplexed with one of the PUSCH repetitions 305 associated with the first SRS resource set. Here, the UE may multiplex one or more CSI reports 310 with the earliest PUSCH repetition 305 within the SRS resource set. In some cases, the first or earliest actual PUSCH repetition 305 may differ from the first or earliest nominal PUSCH repetition 305. Here, the UE may still multiplex the CSI report 310 with the first or earliest PUSCH repetition 305. For example, the UE may assume that the first PUSCH repetition 305 associated with each SRS resource set has a duration greater than one symbol. For the PUSCH transmission configuration 300-a, the UE may multiplex one or more CSI reports 310-a with the PUSCH repetition 305-a, which may be the first (e.g., earliest) PUSCH repetition 305-a in the first SRS resource set. For the PUSCH transmission configuration 300-b, the UE may multiplex one or more CSI reports 310-c with the PUSCH repetition 305-e, which may be the first (e.g., earliest) PUSCH repetition 305-e in the first SRS resource set.

[0091]

[0101] In a second example of the PUSCH transmission configuration 300, the base station may indicate to a UE transmitting a PUSCH repetition 305 that one or more CSI reports 310 should be multiplexed with one of the PUSCH repetitions 305 associated with both the first and second SRS resource sets. Here, the UE may multiplex the first repetition of the one or more CSI reports 310 with the earliest PUSCH repetition 305 associated with the first SRS resource set and the second repetition of the one or more CSI reports 310 with the earliest PUSCH repetition 305 associated with the second SRS resource set. For the PUSCH transmission configuration 300-a, the UE may multiplex the first repetition of the one or more CSI reports 310-a with the PUSCH repetition 305-a, which may be the first (e.g., earliest) PUSCH repetition 305-a associated with the first SRS resource set. The UE may further multiplex the second repetition of one or more CSI reports 310-b with the PUSCH repetition 305-b, which may be the first PUSCH repetition 305-b associated with the second SRS resource set. For the PUSCH transmission configuration 300-b, the UE may multiplex the one or more CSI reports 310-c with the PUSCH repetition 305-e, which may be the first (e.g., earliest) PUSCH repetition 305-e in the first SRS resource set. The UE may further multiplex the second repetition of one or more CSI reports 310-c with the PUSCH repetition 305-g, which may be the first PUSCH repetition 305g associated with the second SRS resource set.

[0092]

[0102] 4 illustrates an example of a process flow 400 for supporting aperiodic reporting of CSI according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. In some examples, the process flow 400 may implement the aspects of FIGS. 1-3. For example, the UE 115-b may be an example of the UE 115 described with reference to FIGS. 1-3. Additionally or alternatively, the base station 105-b may be an example of the base station 105 described with reference to FIGS. 1-3.

[0093]

[0103] At 405, the base station 105-b may transmit PUSCH scheduling signaling to the UE 115-b. For example, the base station 105-b may transmit signaling scheduling a first set of repetitions of a first uplink shared channel transmission (e.g., a first PUSCH transmission) associated with a first SRS resource set and a second set of repetitions of a second uplink shared channel transmission associated with a second SRS resource set. In some cases, the base station 105-b may transmit DCI scheduling the first and second sets of repetitions. Additionally or alternatively, the amount of repetitions may be indicated by DCI or RRC signaling.

[0094]

[0104] At 410, the base station 105-b may transmit a CSI reporting configuration to the UE 115-b. For example, the base station 105-b may transmit RRC signaling indicating a set of CSI reporting groups each associated with a trigger state. In some instances, a CSI report associated with a given trigger state should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, based at least in part on the trigger state. Additionally or alternatively, the base station 105-b may transmit RRC signaling indicating a set of possible channel state information report settings (e.g., a set of CSI reporting groups).

[0095]

[0105] At 415, the base station 105-b may transmit a CSI report request to the UE 115-b. For example, the UE 115-b may receive a request that the UE 115-b transmit one or more CSI reports. In some instances, the CSI report request may indicate one of the possible CSI reporting configurations (e.g., configured at 410). In some examples, the base station 105-b may indicate the CSI report request via DCI scheduling that also schedules the first and second sets of repetitions.

[0096]

[0106] At 420, the base station 105-b may send a multiplexing indication to the UE 115-b. For example, the UE 115-b may receive an indication that one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions. In one example, the UE 115-b may receive the multiplexing indication by receiving RRC signaling indicating that one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions. In another example, the UE 115-b may receive the multiplexing indication by receiving DCI indicating one of the trigger conditions (e.g., configured by the RRC signaling at 410), where the DCI includes a request that the UE 115-b should transmit one or more CSI reports and the multiplexing indication. In another example, UE 115-b may receive the multiplexing indication by receiving DCI indicating that one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions.

[0097]

[0107] At 425, the UE 115-b may multiplex one or more CSI reports with a first PUSCH repetition. For example, based on receiving the indication, the UE 115-b may multiplex a first one of the one or more CSI reports with a first repetition of a first uplink shared channel transmission in a first set of repetitions, where the first repetition is transmitted before the remaining repetitions in the first set of repetitions. In some cases, the UE 115-b may multiplex a first one of the one or more CSI reports with a first actual repetition associated with a first repetition that was transmitted before any other actual repetitions associated with the first repetition.

[0098]

[0108] At 430, the UE 115-b may possibly multiplex one or more CSI reports with the second PUSCH repetition. That is, if the multiplexing indication indicates that one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, the UE 115-b may not multiplex one or more CSI reports with the second PUSCH repetition. For example, based on receiving an indication that one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, the UE 115-b may multiplex a second one of the one or more CSI reports with a second repetition of a second uplink shared channel transmission in the second set of repetitions, where the second repetition is transmitted before the remaining repetitions in the second set of repetitions. In some cases, the UE 115-b may multiplex a second one of the one or more CSI reports with a second actual repetition associated with a second repetition transmitted before any other actual repetition associated with the second repetition.

[0099]

[0109] In some examples, the first quantity of coded modulation symbols including a first one of the one or more CSI reports is equal to the second quantity of coded modulation symbols including a second one of the one or more CSI reports. In some cases, the first payload size of the first UCI included in the first repetition of the first uplink shared channel transmission is equal to the second payload size of the second UCI included in the second repetition of the second uplink shared channel transmission. Additionally or alternatively, the first quantity of coded modulation symbols is equal to the second quantity of coded modulation symbols based on the first payload size being equal to the second payload size. In some instances, the UE 115-b may determine the first quantity based on the payload size of the UCI included in the first repetition of the first uplink shared channel transmission and may select the second quantity based on determining the first quantity.

[0100]

[0110] At 435, the UE 115-b may transmit one or more CSI reports to the base station 105-b. For example, the UE 115-b may transmit the one or more CSI reports according to the multiplexing indication. In an example in which the multiplexing indication indicates that one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, the UE 115-b may transmit a first repetition of a first uplink shared channel transmission including a first one of the one or more CSI reports via a first transmit beam associated with the first SRS resource set and may transmit a second repetition of a second uplink shared channel transmission including a second one of the one or more CSI reports via a second transmit beam associated with the second SRS resource set.

[0101]

[0111] In some cases, UE 115-b may determine the amount of repetitions in the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions to be two based on the absence of transport blocks associated with the first uplink shared channel transmission and the second uplink shared channel transmission and receiving a multiplexing indication that one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions. Here, UE 115-b may transmit the first and second CSI reports by multiplexing those CSI reports with two repetitions of the PUSCH transmission.

[0102]

[0112] 5 shows a block diagram 500 of a device 505 that supports aperiodic reporting of CSI according to an aspect of the present disclosure. The device 505 may be an example of an aspect of a UE 115 described herein. The device 505 may include a receiver 510, a transmitter 515, and a communications manager 520. The device 505 may also include a processor. Each of these components may be in communication with each other (e.g., via one or more buses).

[0103]

[0113] The receiver 510 may provide a means for receiving information such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof associated with various information channels (e.g., a control channel, a data channel, an information channel related to aperiodic reporting of CSI). The information may be passed on to other components of the device 505. The receiver 510 may utilize a single antenna or a set of multiple antennas.

[0104]

[0114] The transmitter 515 may provide a means for transmitting signals generated by other components of the device 505. For example, the transmitter 515 may transmit information such as packets associated with various traffic channels (e.g., a control channel, a data channel, a traffic channel related to aperiodic reporting of CSI), user data, control information, or any combination thereof. In some examples, the transmitter 515 may be co-located with the receiver 510 in a transceiver module. The transmitter 515 may utilize a single antenna or a set of multiple antennas.

[0105]

[0115] The communications manager 520, the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, or various combinations thereof or components thereof may be examples of means for implementing various aspects of the aperiodic reporting of CSI described herein. For example, the communications manager 520, the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, or various combinations thereof or components thereof may support a method for implementing one or more of the functions described herein.

[0106]

[0116] In some examples, the communications manager 520, the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, or various combinations or components thereof may be implemented in hardware (e.g., in communications management circuitry). The hardware may include a processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof configured as or otherwise supporting a means for performing the functions described in this disclosure. In some examples, a processor and a memory coupled to the processor may be configured to perform one or more of the functions described herein (e.g., by the processor executing instructions stored in the memory).

[0107]

[0117] Additionally or alternatively, in some examples, the communications manager 520, the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, or various combinations or components thereof may be implemented in code (e.g., as communications management software or firmware) executed by a processor. When implemented in code executed by a processor, the functionality of the communications manager 520, the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, or various combinations or components thereof may be performed by a general-purpose processor, a DSP, a central processing unit (CPU), an ASIC, an FPGA, or any combination thereof or other programmable logic device (e.g., configured as or otherwise supporting a means for performing the functions described in this disclosure).

[0108]

[0118] In some examples, the communications manager 520 may be configured to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, monitoring, transmitting) using or otherwise cooperating with the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, or both. For example, the communications manager 520 may be incorporated in combination with the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, or both to receive information from the receiver 510, send information to the transmitter 515, receive information, transmit information, or perform various other operations described herein.

[0109]

[0119] Communications manager 520 may support wireless communications in a UE according to examples disclosed herein. For example, communications manager 520 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for receiving signaling from a base station scheduling a first set of repetitions of a first uplink shared channel transmission associated with a first SRS resource set and a second set of repetitions of a second uplink shared channel transmission associated with a second SRS resource set. Communications manager 520 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for receiving a request from a base station that the UE should transmit one or more CSI reports. Communications manager 520 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for receiving an indication from the base station that one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions. Communications manager 520 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for transmitting one or more CSI reports according to the indication.

[0110]

[0120] By including or configuring a communications manager 520 according to the examples described herein, the device 505 (e.g., a processor controlling or otherwise coupled to the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, the communications manager 520, or a combination thereof) may support techniques for increased reliability.

[0111]

[0121] 6 shows a block diagram 600 of a device 605 that supports aperiodic reporting of CSI according to an aspect of the present disclosure. The device 605 may be an example of an aspect of the device 505 or UE 115 described herein. The device 605 may include a receiver 610, a transmitter 615, and a communications manager 620. The device 605 may also include a processor. Each of these components may be in communication with each other (e.g., via one or more buses).

[0112]

[0122] The receiver 610 may provide a means for receiving information such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof associated with various information channels (e.g., a control channel, a data channel, an information channel related to aperiodic reporting of CSI). The information may be passed on to other components of the device 605. The receiver 610 may utilize a single antenna or a set of multiple antennas.

[0113]

[0123] The transmitter 615 may provide a means for transmitting signals generated by other components of the device 605. For example, the transmitter 615 may transmit information such as packets associated with various traffic channels (e.g., a control channel, a data channel, a traffic channel related to aperiodic reporting of CSI), user data, control information, or any combination thereof. In some examples, the transmitter 615 may be co-located with the receiver 610 in a transceiver module. The transmitter 615 may utilize a single antenna or a set of multiple antennas.

[0114]

[0124] The device 605, or various components thereof, may be an example of a means for implementing various aspects of aperiodic CSI reporting described herein. For example, the communications manager 620 may include a scheduling manager 625, a CSI report request manager 630, a multiplexing indication manager 635, a CSI transmitter 640, or any combination thereof. The communications manager 620 may be an example of an aspect of the communications manager 520 described herein. In some examples, the communications manager 620, or various components thereof, may be configured to use or otherwise cooperate with the receiver 610, the transmitter 615, or both to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, monitoring, transmitting). For example, the communications manager 620 may be incorporated in combination with the receiver 610, the transmitter 615, or both to receive information from the receiver 610, send information to the transmitter 615, or to receive information, transmit information, or perform various other operations described herein.

[0115]

[0125] The communications manager 620 may support wireless communications in a UE according to examples disclosed herein. The scheduling manager 625 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for receiving signaling from a base station scheduling a first set of repetitions of a first uplink shared channel transmission associated with a first SRS resource set and a second set of repetitions of a second uplink shared channel transmission associated with a second SRS resource set. The CSI report request manager 630 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for receiving a request from a base station that the UE should transmit one or more CSI reports. The multiplexing indication manager 635 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for receiving an indication from the base station that one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions. The CSI transmitter 640 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for transmitting one or more CSI reports according to the indication.

[0116]

[0126] FIG. 7 shows a block diagram 700 of a communications manager 720 supporting aperiodic reporting of CSI according to an aspect of the present disclosure. Communications manager 720 may be an example of an aspect of communications manager 520, communications manager 620, or both described herein. Communications manager 720, or various components thereof, may be an example of a means for implementing various aspects of aperiodic reporting of CSI described herein. For example, communications manager 720 may include a scheduling manager 725, a CSI report request manager 730, a multiplexing indication manager 735, a CSI transmitter 740, a multiplexing component 745, a payload manager 750, or any combination thereof. Each of these components may communicate with one another directly or indirectly (e.g., via one or more buses).

[0117]

[0127] The communications manager 720 may support wireless communications in a UE according to examples disclosed herein. The scheduling manager 725 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for receiving signaling from a base station scheduling a first set of repetitions of a first uplink shared channel transmission associated with a first SRS resource set and a second set of repetitions of a second uplink shared channel transmission associated with a second SRS resource set. The CSI report request manager 730 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for receiving a request from a base station that the UE should transmit one or more CSI reports. The multiplexing indication manager 735 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for receiving an indication from the base station that one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions. The CSI transmitter 740 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for transmitting one or more CSI reports according to the indication.

[0118]

[0128] In some examples, the multiplexing component 745 may be configured with or otherwise support a means for multiplexing a first one of the one or more CSI reports with a first repetition of a first uplink shared channel transmission in the first set of repetitions, where the first repetition is transmitted before the remaining repetitions in the first set of repetitions, based on receiving an indication that the one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions. In some examples, the multiplexing component 745 may be configured with or otherwise support a means for multiplexing a second one of the one or more CSI reports with a second repetition of a second uplink shared channel transmission in the second set of repetitions, where the second repetition is transmitted before the remaining repetitions in the second set of repetitions.

[0119]

[0129] In some examples, multiplexing a first one of the one or more CSI reports with the first repetition includes multiplexing the first one of the one or more CSI reports with a first actual repetition associated with the first repetition that was transmitted before any other actual repetition associated with the first repetition. In some examples, multiplexing a second one of the one or more CSI reports with the first repetition includes multiplexing a second one of the one or more CSI reports with a second actual repetition associated with the second repetition that was transmitted before any other actual repetition associated with the second repetition.

[0120]

[0130] In some examples, a first quantity of coded modulation symbols comprising a first of the one or more CSI reports is equal to a second quantity of coded modulation symbols comprising a second of the one or more CSI reports.

[0121]

[0131] In some examples, a first payload size of the first uplink control information included in the first repetition of the first uplink shared channel transmission is equal to a second payload size of the second uplink control information included in the second repetition of the second uplink shared channel transmission. In some examples, the first amount of coded modulation symbols is equal to a second amount of coded modulation symbols based on the first payload size being equal to the second payload size.

[0122]

[0132] In some examples, the payload manager 750 may be configured or otherwise support a means for determining the first amount based on a payload size of the uplink control information included in the first iteration of the first uplink shared channel transmission. In some examples, the payload manager 750 may be configured or otherwise support a means for selecting the second amount based on determining the first amount.

[0123]

[0133] In some examples, the multiplexing component 745 may be configured with or otherwise support a means for multiplexing one or more CSI reports with a repetition from the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions that was transmitted before the remaining repetitions in the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, based on receiving an indication that the one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions.

[0124]

[0134] In some examples, to support transmitting one or more CSI reports, the CSI transmitter 740 may be configured or otherwise support a means for transmitting a first repetition of a first uplink shared channel transmission including a first one of the one or more CSI reports via a first transmit beam associated with a first SRS resource set based on receiving an indication that the one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions. In some examples, to support transmitting one or more CSI reports, the CSI transmitter 740 may be configured or otherwise support a means for transmitting a second repetition of a second uplink shared channel transmission including a second one of the one or more CSI reports via a second transmit beam associated with a second SRS resource set.

[0125]

[0135] In some examples, to support receiving an indication, the multiplexing indication manager 735 may be configured with or otherwise support a means for receiving RRC signaling indicating that one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions.

[0126]

[0136] In some examples, the scheduling manager 725 may be configured or otherwise support a means for receiving, from the base station, RRC signaling indicating a set of multiple CSI report groups each associated with a trigger state, where a CSI report associated with a given trigger state should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, based on the trigger state. In some examples, the scheduling manager 725 may be configured or otherwise support a means for receiving, from the base station, a DCI indicating one of the trigger states, where the DCI includes a request that the UE should transmit one or more CSI reports and indications.

[0127]

[0137] In some examples, to support receiving an indication, the multiplexing indication manager 735 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for receiving DCI indicating that one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions.

[0128]

[0138] In some examples, the scheduling manager 725 may be configured with or otherwise support a means for determining that the amount of repetitions in the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions is two based on the absence of transport blocks associated with the first uplink shared channel transmission and the second uplink shared channel transmission and receiving an indication that one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions.

[0129]

[0139] In some examples, the scheduling manager 725 may be configured with or otherwise support a means for receiving RRC signaling from a base station indicating a set of possible CSI reporting configurations, where a request that the UE should transmit one or more CSI reports indicates one of the possible CSI reporting configurations.

[0130]

[0140] In some examples, to support receiving signaling and receiving requests, the CSI report request manager 730 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for receiving DCI, where the DCI schedules a first set of repetitions and a second set of repetitions and requests that the UE should transmit one or more CSI reports.

[0131]

[0141] In some examples, to support receiving signaling scheduling the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, the scheduling manager 725 may be configured with or otherwise support means for receiving DCI or RRC signaling indicating the amount of repetitions in the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions.

[0132]

[0142] FIG. 8 shows a diagram of a system 800 including a device 805 supporting aperiodic reporting of CSI according to an aspect of the present disclosure. The device 805 may be or include an example of a component of the device 505, device 605, or UE 115 described herein. The device 805 may be in wireless communication with one or more base stations 105, UEs 115, or any combination thereof. The device 805 may include components for two-way voice and data communication, including components for transmitting and receiving communications, such as a communications manager 820, an input / output (I / O) controller 810, a transceiver 815, an antenna 825, memory 830, code 835, and a processor 840. These components may be in electronic communication or otherwise coupled (e.g., operatively, communicatively, functionally, electronically, electrically) via one or more buses (e.g., bus 845).

[0133]

[0143] The I / O controller 810 may manage input and output signals for the device 805. The I / O controller 810 may also manage peripheral devices not built into the device 805. In some cases, the I / O controller 810 may represent a physical connection or port to an external peripheral. In some cases, the I / O controller 810 may utilize an operating system such as iOS®, ANDROID®, MS-DOS®, MS-WINDOWS®, OS / 2®, UNIX®, LINUX®, or another known operating system. Additionally or alternatively, the I / O controller 810 may represent or interact with a modem, keyboard, mouse, touchscreen, or similar device. In some cases, the I / O controller 810 may be implemented as part of a processor, such as the processor 840. In some cases, a user may interact with the device 805 through the I / O controller 810 or through hardware components controlled by the I / O controller 810.

[0134]

[0144] In some cases, the device 805 may include a single antenna 825. However, in some other cases, the device 805 may have two or more antennas 825 that may be capable of simultaneously transmitting or receiving multiple wireless transmissions. The transceiver 815 may communicate bidirectionally via one or more antennas 825, wired links, or wireless links, as described herein. For example, the transceiver 815 may represent a wireless transceiver and may communicate bidirectionally with another wireless transceiver. The transceiver 815 may also include a modem for modulating packets and providing the modulated packets to the one or more antennas 825 for transmission, and for demodulating packets received from the one or more antennas 825. The transceiver 815, or the transceiver 815 and the one or more antennas 825, may be an example of the transmitter 515, the transmitter 615, the receiver 510, the receiver 610, or any combination thereof or components thereof, as described herein.

[0135]

[0145] The memory 830 may include random access memory (RAM) and read-only memory (ROM). The memory 830 may store computer-readable, computer-executable code 835 including instructions that, when executed by the processor 840, cause the device 805 to perform various functions described herein. The code 835 may be stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, such as system memory or another type of memory. In some cases, the code 835 may not be directly executable by the processor 840, but may (e.g., when compiled and executed) cause a computer to perform functions described herein. In some cases, the memory 830 may include a basic I / O system (BIOS), which may control basic hardware or software operations, such as interaction with peripheral components or devices, among other things.

[0136]

[0146] Processor 840 may include an intelligent hardware device (e.g., a general-purpose processor, a DSP, a CPU, a microcontroller, an ASIC, an FPGA, a programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic components, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof). In some cases, processor 840 may be configured to operate a memory array using a memory controller. In some other cases, the memory controller may be incorporated into processor 840. Processor 840 may be configured to execute computer-readable instructions stored in a memory (e.g., memory 830) to cause device 805 to perform various functions (e.g., functions or tasks supporting aperiodic reporting of CSI). For example, device 805 or a component of device 805 may include processor 840 and memory 830 coupled to processor 840, where processor 840 and memory 830 are configured to perform various functions described herein.

[0137]

[0147] The communications manager 820 may support wireless communications in a UE according to examples disclosed herein. For example, the communications manager 820 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for receiving signaling from a base station scheduling a first set of repetitions of a first uplink shared channel transmission associated with a first SRS resource set and a second set of repetitions of a second uplink shared channel transmission associated with a second SRS resource set. The communications manager 820 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for receiving a request from a base station that the UE should transmit one or more CSI reports. The communications manager 820 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for receiving an indication from the base station that one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions. The communications manager 820 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for transmitting one or more CSI reports according to the indication.

[0138]

[0148] By including or configuring a communications manager 820 according to examples described herein, the device 805 may support techniques for improved communications reliability.

[0139]

[0149] In some examples, communications manager 820 may be configured to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, monitoring, transmitting) using or otherwise cooperating with transceiver 815, one or more antennas 825, or any combination thereof. Although communications manager 820 is shown as a separate component, in some examples, one or more functions described with reference to communications manager 820 may be supported by or performed by processor 840, memory 830, code 835, or any combination thereof. For example, code 835 may include instructions executable by processor 840 to cause device 805 to perform various aspects of aperiodic reporting of CSI described herein, or processor 840 and memory 830 may be otherwise configured to perform or support such operations.

[0140]

[0150] 9 shows a block diagram 900 of a device 905 that supports aperiodic reporting of CSI according to an aspect of the present disclosure. The device 905 may be an example of an aspect of a base station 105 described herein. The device 905 may include a receiver 910, a transmitter 915, and a communications manager 920. The device 905 may also include a processor. Each of these components may be in communication with each other (e.g., via one or more buses).

[0141]

[0151] The receiver 910 may provide a means for receiving information such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof associated with various information channels (e.g., a control channel, a data channel, an information channel related to aperiodic reporting of CSI). The information may be passed on to other components of the device 905. The receiver 910 may utilize a single antenna or a set of multiple antennas.

[0142]

[0152] The transmitter 915 may provide a means for transmitting signals generated by other components of the device 905. For example, the transmitter 915 may transmit information such as packets associated with various traffic channels (e.g., a control channel, a data channel, a traffic channel related to aperiodic reporting of CSI), user data, control information, or any combination thereof. In some examples, the transmitter 915 may be co-located with the receiver 910 in a transceiver module. The transmitter 915 may utilize a single antenna or a set of multiple antennas.

[0143]

[0153] The communications manager 920, the receiver 910, the transmitter 915, or various combinations thereof or components thereof may be examples of means for implementing various aspects of aperiodic reporting of CSI described herein. For example, the communications manager 920, the receiver 910, the transmitter 915, or various combinations thereof or components thereof may support a method for implementing one or more of the functions described herein.

[0144]

[0154] In some examples, the communications manager 920, the receiver 910, the transmitter 915, or various combinations or components thereof may be implemented in hardware (e.g., in communications management circuitry). The hardware may include a processor, a DSP, an ASIC, an FPGA or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof configured as or otherwise supporting a means for performing the functions described in this disclosure. In some examples, a processor and a memory coupled to the processor may be configured to perform one or more of the functions described herein (e.g., by the processor executing instructions stored in the memory).

[0145]

[0155] Additionally or alternatively, in some examples, the communications manager 920, the receiver 910, the transmitter 915, or various combinations or components thereof may be implemented in code (e.g., as communications management software or firmware) executed by a processor. When implemented in code executed by a processor, the functionality of the communications manager 920, the receiver 910, the transmitter 915, or various combinations or components thereof may be performed by a general-purpose processor, a DSP, a CPU, an ASIC, an FPGA, or any combination thereof or other programmable logic device (e.g., configured as or otherwise supporting a means for performing the functions described in this disclosure).

[0146]

[0156] In some examples, the communications manager 920 may be configured to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, monitoring, transmitting) using or otherwise cooperating with the receiver 910, the transmitter 915, or both. For example, the communications manager 920 may be incorporated in combination with the receiver 910, the transmitter 915, or both to receive information from the receiver 910, send information to the transmitter 915, or receive information, transmit information, or perform various other operations described herein.

[0147]

[0157] The communications manager 920 may support wireless communications in a base station according to examples disclosed herein. For example, the communications manager 920 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for transmitting signaling to a UE scheduling a first set of repetitions of a first uplink shared channel transmission associated with a first SRS resource set and a second set of repetitions of a second uplink shared channel transmission associated with a second SRS resource set. The communications manager 920 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for transmitting a request to a UE that the UE should transmit one or more CSI reports. The communications manager 920 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for transmitting an indication to the UE that one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions. The communications manager 920 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for receiving one or more CSI reports according to the indication.

[0148]

[0158] By including or configuring a communications manager 920 according to the examples described herein, the device 905 (e.g., a processor controlling or otherwise coupled to the receiver 910, the transmitter 915, the communications manager 920, or a combination thereof) may support techniques for increased reliability.

[0149]

[0159] 10 shows a block diagram 1000 of a device 1005 that supports aperiodic reporting of CSI according to an aspect of the present disclosure. The device 1005 may be an example of an aspect of the device 905 or base station 105 described herein. The device 1005 may include a receiver 1010, a transmitter 1015, and a communications manager 1020. The device 1005 may also include a processor. Each of these components may be in communication with each other (e.g., via one or more buses).

[0150]

[0160] The receiver 1010 may provide a means for receiving information such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof associated with various information channels (e.g., a control channel, a data channel, an information channel related to aperiodic reporting of CSI). The information may be passed on to other components of the device 1005. The receiver 1010 may utilize a single antenna or a set of multiple antennas.

[0151]

[0161] The transmitter 1015 may provide a means for transmitting signals generated by other components of the device 1005. For example, the transmitter 1015 may transmit information such as packets associated with various traffic channels (e.g., a control channel, a data channel, a traffic channel related to aperiodic reporting of CSI), user data, control information, or any combination thereof. In some examples, the transmitter 1015 may be co-located with the receiver 1010 in a transceiver module. The transmitter 1015 may utilize a single antenna or a set of multiple antennas.

[0152]

[0162] The device 1005, or various components thereof, may be an example of a means for implementing various aspects of aperiodic reporting of CSI described herein. For example, the communications manager 1020 may include a scheduling component 1025, a request manager 1030, a multiplexing indication manager 1035, a CSI receiver 1040, or any combination thereof. The communications manager 1020 may be an example of an aspect of the communications manager 920 described herein. In some examples, the communications manager 1020, or various components thereof, may be configured to use or otherwise cooperate with the receiver 1010, the transmitter 1015, or both to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, monitoring, transmitting). For example, the communications manager 1020 may be incorporated in combination with the receiver 1010, the transmitter 1015, or both to receive information from the receiver 1010, send information to the transmitter 1015, or to receive information, transmit information, or perform various other operations described herein.

[0153]

[0163] The communications manager 1020 may support wireless communications in a base station according to examples disclosed herein. The scheduling component 1025 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for transmitting signaling to a UE scheduling a first set of repetitions of a first uplink shared channel transmission associated with a first SRS resource set and a second set of repetitions of a second uplink shared channel transmission associated with a second SRS resource set. The request manager 1030 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for transmitting a request to a UE that the UE should transmit one or more CSI reports. The multiplexing indication manager 1035 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for transmitting an indication to the UE that one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions. The CSI receiver 1040 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for receiving one or more CSI reports according to the indication.

[0154]

[0164] FIG. 11 shows a block diagram 1100 of a communications manager 1120 supporting aperiodic reporting of CSI according to an aspect of the present disclosure. The communications manager 1120 may be an example of an aspect of communications manager 920, communications manager 1020, or both described herein. The communications manager 1120, or various components thereof, may be an example of a means for implementing various aspects of aperiodic reporting of CSI described herein. For example, the communications manager 1120 may include a scheduling component 1125, a request manager 1130, a multiplexing indication manager 1135, a CSI receiver 1140, a CSI configuration manager 1145, or any combination thereof. Each of these components may communicate with one another directly or indirectly (e.g., via one or more buses).

[0155]

[0165] The communications manager 1120 may support wireless communications in a base station according to examples disclosed herein. The scheduling component 1125 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for transmitting signaling to a UE scheduling a first set of repetitions of a first uplink shared channel transmission associated with a first SRS resource set and a second set of repetitions of a second uplink shared channel transmission associated with a second SRS resource set. The request manager 1130 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for transmitting a request to a UE that the UE should transmit one or more CSI reports. The multiplexing indication manager 1135 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for transmitting an indication to the UE that one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions. The CSI receiver 1140 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for receiving one or more CSI reports according to the indication.

[0156]

[0166] In some examples, the CSI receiver 1140 may be configured with or otherwise support a means for receiving a first one of the one or more CSI reports along with a first repetition of a first uplink shared channel transmission in the first set of repetitions, based on transmitting an indication that the one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, where the first repetition is received before the remaining repetitions in the first set of repetitions. In some examples, the CSI receiver 1140 may be configured with or otherwise support a means for receiving a second one of the one or more CSI reports along with a second repetition of a second uplink shared channel transmission in the second set of repetitions, where the second repetition is received before the remaining repetitions in the second set of repetitions.

[0157]

[0167] In some examples, receiving a first of the one or more CSI reports with the first repetition includes receiving the first of the one or more CSI reports with a first actual repetition associated with the first repetition that was received before any other actual repetition associated with the first repetition. In some examples, receiving a second of the one or more CSI reports with the first repetition includes receiving the second of the one or more CSI reports with a second actual repetition associated with the second repetition that was received before any other actual repetition associated with the second repetition.

[0158]

[0168] In some examples, a first quantity of coded modulation symbols comprising a first of the one or more CSI reports is equal to a second quantity of coded modulation symbols comprising a second of the one or more CSI reports.

[0159]

[0169] In some examples, a first payload size of the first uplink control information included in the first repetition of the first uplink shared channel transmission is equal to a second payload size of the second uplink control information included in the second repetition of the second uplink shared channel transmission. In some examples, the first amount of coded modulation symbols is equal to a second amount of coded modulation symbols based on the first payload size being equal to the second payload size.

[0160]

[0170] In some examples, the CSI receiver 1140 may be configured with or otherwise support a means for receiving one or more CSI reports along with a repetition from the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions that was received before the remaining repetitions in the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, based on having transmitted an indication that the one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions.

[0161]

[0171] In some examples, to support receiving one or more CSI reports, the CSI receiver 1140 may be configured or otherwise support a means for receiving a first repetition of a first uplink shared channel transmission including a first one of the one or more CSI reports via a first transmit beam associated with a first SRS resource set based on the transmitted indication that the one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions. In some examples, to support receiving one or more CSI reports, the CSI receiver 1140 may be configured or otherwise support a means for receiving a second repetition of a second uplink shared channel transmission including a second one of the one or more CSI reports via a second transmit beam associated with a second SRS resource set.

[0162]

[0172] In some examples, to support sending an indication, the multiplexing indication manager 1135 may be configured with or otherwise support a means for sending RRC signaling indicating that one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions.

[0163]

[0173] In some examples, the CSI configuration manager 1145 may be configured or otherwise support a means for transmitting RRC signaling to the UE indicating a set of multiple CSI report groups each associated with a trigger state, where a CSI report associated with a given trigger state should be multiplexed by the UE with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, based on the trigger state. In some examples, the request manager 1130 may be configured or otherwise support a means for transmitting a DCI to the UE indicating one of the trigger states, where the DCI includes a request that the UE should transmit one or more CSI reports and indications.

[0164]

[0174] In some examples, to support transmitting an indication, the multiplexing indication manager 1135 may be configured with or otherwise support a means for transmitting DCI indicating that one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions.

[0165]

[0175] In some examples, the amount of repetitions in the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions is two based on the absence of transport blocks associated with the first uplink shared channel transmission and the second uplink shared channel transmission, and having transmitted an indication that one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions.

[0166]

[0176] In some examples, the CSI configuration manager 1145 may be configured with or otherwise support a means for transmitting RRC signaling to a UE indicating a set of possible CSI reporting configurations, where a request that the UE should transmit one or more CSI reports indicates one of the possible CSI reporting configurations.

[0167]

[0177] In some examples, to support transmitting signaling and transmitting requests, the request manager 1130 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for transmitting a DCI, where the DCI schedules a first set of repetitions and a second set of repetitions and requests that the UE should transmit one or more CSI reports.

[0168]

[0178] In some examples, to support transmitting the signaling, the scheduling component 1125 may be configured with or otherwise support a means for transmitting DCI or RRC signaling indicating the amount of repetitions in the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions.

[0169]

[0179] 12 shows a diagram of a system 1200 including a device 1205 supporting aperiodic reporting of CSI according to an aspect of the present disclosure. The device 1205 may be an example of or include components of the device 905, device 1005, or base station 105 described herein. The device 1205 may be in wireless communication with one or more base stations 105, UEs 115, or any combination thereof. The device 1205 may include components for two-way voice and data communication, including components for transmitting and receiving communications, such as a communications manager 1220, a network communications manager 1210, a transceiver 1215, an antenna 1225, a memory 1230, code 1235, a processor 1240, and an inter-station communications manager 1245. These components may be in electronic communication or otherwise coupled (e.g., operatively, communicatively, functionally, electronically, electrically) via one or more buses (e.g., bus 1250).

[0170]

[0180] The network communications manager 1210 may manage communications with the core network 130 (e.g., via one or more wired backhaul links). For example, the network communications manager 1210 may manage the forwarding of data communications for client devices, such as one or more UEs 115.

[0171]

[0181] In some cases, the device 1205 may include a single antenna 1225. However, in some other cases, the device 1205 may have two or more antennas 1225 that may be capable of simultaneously transmitting or receiving multiple wireless transmissions. The transceiver 1215 may communicate bidirectionally via one or more antennas 1225, a wired link, or a wireless link, as described herein. For example, the transceiver 1215 may represent a wireless transceiver and may communicate bidirectionally with another wireless transceiver. The transceiver 1215 may also include a modem for modulating packets and providing the modulated packets to the one or more antennas 1225 for transmission, and for demodulating packets received from the one or more antennas 1225. The transceiver 1215, or the transceiver 1215 and the one or more antennas 1225, may be an example of the transmitter 915, the transmitter 1015, the receiver 910, the receiver 1010, or any combination or component thereof, as described herein.

[0172]

[0182] The memory 1230 may include RAM and ROM. The memory 1230 may store computer-readable, computer-executable code 1235 including instructions that, when executed by the processor 1240, cause the device 1205 to perform various functions described herein. The code 1235 may be stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, such as system memory or another type of memory. In some cases, the code 1235 may not be directly executable by the processor 1240, but may (e.g., when compiled and executed) cause the computer to perform the functions described herein. In some cases, the memory 1230 may include a BIOS, which may control basic hardware or software operations, such as interaction with peripheral components or devices, among other things.

[0173]

[0183] Processor 1240 may include an intelligent hardware device (e.g., a general-purpose processor, a DSP, a CPU, a microcontroller, an ASIC, an FPGA, a programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic components, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof). In some cases, processor 1240 may be configured to operate a memory array using a memory controller. In some other cases, the memory controller may be incorporated into processor 1240. Processor 1240 may be configured to execute computer-readable instructions stored in a memory (e.g., memory 1230) to cause device 1205 to perform various functions (e.g., functions or tasks supporting aperiodic reporting of CSI). For example, device 1205 or a component of device 1205 may include processor 1240 and memory 1230 coupled to processor 1240, where processor 1240 and memory 1230 are configured to perform various functions described herein.

[0174]

[0184] The inter-station communications manager 1245 may manage communications with other base stations 105 and may include a controller or scheduler for controlling communications with the UE 115 in cooperation with the other base stations 105. For example, the inter-station communications manager 1245 may coordinate scheduling for transmissions to the UE 115 for various interference mitigation techniques, such as beamforming or joint transmission. In some examples, the inter-station communications manager 1245 may provide an X2 interface within the LTE / LTE-A wireless communications network technology for communicating between the base stations 105.

[0175]

[0185] The communications manager 1220 may support wireless communications in a base station according to examples disclosed herein. For example, the communications manager 1220 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for transmitting signaling to a UE scheduling a first set of repetitions of a first uplink shared channel transmission associated with a first SRS resource set and a second set of repetitions of a second uplink shared channel transmission associated with a second SRS resource set. The communications manager 1220 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for transmitting a request to a UE that the UE should transmit one or more CSI reports. The communications manager 1220 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for transmitting an indication to the UE that one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions. The communications manager 1220 may be configured as or otherwise support a means for receiving one or more CSI reports according to the indication.

[0176]

[0186] By including or configuring a communications manager 1220 according to examples described herein, the device 1205 may support techniques for improved communications reliability.

[0177]

[0187] In some examples, communications manager 1220 may be configured to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, monitoring, transmitting) using or otherwise cooperating with transceiver 1215, one or more antennas 1225, or any combination thereof. Although communications manager 1220 is shown as a separate component, in some examples, one or more functions described with reference to communications manager 1220 may be supported by or performed by processor 1240, memory 1230, code 1235, or any combination thereof. For example, code 1235 may include instructions executable by processor 1240 to cause device 1205 to perform various aspects of aperiodic reporting of CSI described herein, or processor 1240 and memory 1230 may be otherwise configured to perform or support such operations.

[0178]

[0188] FIG. 13 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 1300 for supporting aperiodic reporting of CSI according to an aspect of the present disclosure. The operations of method 1300 may be implemented by a UE or components thereof described herein. For example, the operations of method 1300 may be performed by the UE 115 described with reference to FIGS. 1-8. In some examples, the UE may execute a set of instructions to control functional elements of the UE to perform the described functions. Additionally or alternatively, the UE may perform aspects of the described functions using dedicated hardware.

[0179]

[0189] At 1305, the method may include receiving, from the base station, signaling scheduling a first set of repetitions of a first uplink shared channel transmission associated with a first SRS resource set and a second set of repetitions of a second uplink shared channel transmission associated with a second SRS resource set. The operations of 1305 may be performed in accordance with examples disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1305 may be performed by a scheduling manager 725 described with reference to FIG. 7.

[0180]

[0190] At 1310, the method may include receiving a request from a base station that the UE should transmit one or more CSI reports. The operations of 1310 may be performed in accordance with examples disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1310 may be performed by the CSI report request manager 730 described with reference to FIG. 7.

[0181]

[0191] At 1315, the method may include receiving, from the base station, an indication that one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions. The operations of 1315 may be performed in accordance with examples disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1315 may be performed by a multiplexing indication manager 735 described with reference to FIG. 7.

[0182]

[0192] At 1320, the method may include transmitting one or more CSI reports according to the indication. The operations of 1320 may be performed in accordance with examples disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1320 may be performed by the CSI transmitter 740 described with reference to FIG. 7.

[0183]

[0193] FIG. 14 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 1400 for supporting aperiodic reporting of CSI according to an aspect of the present disclosure. The operations of method 1400 may be implemented by a UE or components thereof described herein. For example, the operations of method 1400 may be performed by the UE 115 described with reference to FIGS. 1-8. In some examples, the UE may execute a set of instructions to control functional elements of the UE to perform the described functions. Additionally or alternatively, the UE may perform aspects of the described functions using dedicated hardware.

[0184]

[0194] At 1405, the method may include receiving, from a base station, signaling scheduling a first set of repetitions of a first uplink shared channel transmission associated with a first SRS resource set and a second set of repetitions of a second uplink shared channel transmission associated with a second SRS resource set. The operations of 1405 may be performed in accordance with examples disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1405 may be performed by a scheduling manager 725 described with reference to FIG. 7.

[0185]

[0195] At 1410, the method may include receiving a request from a base station that the UE should transmit one or more CSI reports. The operations of 1410 may be performed in accordance with examples disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1410 may be performed by the CSI report request manager 730 described with reference to FIG. 7.

[0186]

[0196] At 1415, the method may include receiving, from the base station, an indication that one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions. The operations of 1415 may be performed in accordance with examples disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1415 may be performed by a multiplexing indication manager 735 described with reference to FIG. 7.

[0187]

[0197] At 1420, the method may include multiplexing a first one of the one or more CSI reports with a first repetition of a first uplink shared channel transmission in the first set of repetitions, based on receiving an indication that the one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, where the first repetition is transmitted before the remaining repetitions in the first set of repetitions. The operations of 1420 may be performed in accordance with examples disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1420 may be performed by multiplexing component 745 described with reference to FIG. 7.

[0188]

[0198] At 1425, the method may include multiplexing a second one of the one or more CSI reports with a second repetition of a second uplink shared channel transmission in a second set of repetitions, where the second repetition is transmitted before the remaining repetitions in the second set of repetitions. The operations of 1425 may be performed in accordance with examples disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1425 may be performed by multiplexing component 745 described with reference to FIG. 7.

[0189]

[0199] At 1430, the method may include transmitting one or more CSI reports according to the indication. The operations of 1430 may be performed in accordance with examples disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1430 may be performed by the CSI transmitter 740 described with reference to FIG. 7.

[0190]

[0200] FIG. 15 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 1500 for supporting aperiodic reporting of CSI according to an aspect of the present disclosure. The operations of method 1500 may be implemented by a base station or components thereof as described herein. For example, the operations of method 1500 may be performed by the base station 105 described with reference to FIGS. 1-4 and 9-12. In some examples, the base station may execute a set of instructions to control functional elements of the base station to perform the described functions. Additionally or alternatively, the base station may use dedicated hardware to perform aspects of the described functions.

[0191]

[0201] At 1505, the method may include transmitting, to the UE, signaling scheduling a first set of repetitions of a first uplink shared channel transmission associated with a first SRS resource set and a second set of repetitions of a second uplink shared channel transmission associated with a second SRS resource set. The operations of 1505 may be performed in accordance with examples disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1505 may be performed by scheduling component 1125 described with reference to FIG. 11.

[0192]

[0202] At 1510, the method may include transmitting, to the UE, a request that the UE transmit one or more CSI reports. The operations of 1510 may be performed in accordance with examples disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1510 may be performed by the request manager 1130 described with reference to FIG. 11.

[0193]

[0203] At 1515, the method may include transmitting, to the UE, an indication that the one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions. The operations of 1515 may be performed in accordance with examples disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1515 may be performed by the multiplexing indication manager 1135 described with reference to FIG. 11.

[0194]

[0204] At 1520, the method may include receiving one or more CSI reports according to the indication. The operations of 1520 may be performed in accordance with examples disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1520 may be performed by the CSI receiver 1140 described with reference to FIG. 11 .

[0195]

[0205] FIG. 16 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 1600 for supporting aperiodic reporting of CSI according to an aspect of the present disclosure. The operations of method 1600 may be implemented by a base station or components thereof as described herein. For example, the operations of method 1600 may be performed by base station 105 as described with reference to FIGS. 1-4 and 9-12. In some examples, the base station may execute a set of instructions to control functional elements of the base station to perform the described functions. Additionally or alternatively, the base station may use dedicated hardware to perform aspects of the described functions.

[0196]

[0206] At 1605, the method may include transmitting, to the UE, signaling scheduling a first set of repetitions of a first uplink shared channel transmission associated with a first SRS resource set and a second set of repetitions of a second uplink shared channel transmission associated with a second SRS resource set. The operations of 1605 may be performed in accordance with examples disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1605 may be performed by scheduling component 1125 described with reference to FIG. 11.

[0197]

[0207] At 1610, the method may include transmitting, to the UE, a request that the UE transmit one or more CSI reports. The operations of 1610 may be performed in accordance with examples disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1610 may be performed by the request manager 1130 described with reference to FIG. 11.

[0198]

[0208] At 1615, the method may include transmitting, to the UE, an indication that the one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions. The operations of 1615 may be performed in accordance with examples disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1615 may be performed by the multiplexing indication manager 1135 described with reference to FIG. 11.

[0199]

[0209] At 1620, the method may include receiving one or more CSI reports according to the indication. The operations of 1620 may be performed in accordance with examples disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1620 may be performed by the CSI receiver 1140 described with reference to FIG. 11 .

[0200]

[0210] At 1625, the method may include receiving a first of the one or more CSI reports along with a first repetition of a first uplink shared channel transmission in the first set of repetitions based on transmitting an indication that the one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, where the first repetition is received before the remaining repetitions in the first set of repetitions. The operations of 1625 may be performed according to examples disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1625 may be performed by the CSI receiver 1140 described with reference to FIG. 11.

[0201]

[0211] At 1630, the method may include receiving a second one of the one or more CSI reports along with a second repetition of a second uplink shared channel transmission in a second set of repetitions, where the second repetition is received before the remaining repetitions in the second set of repetitions. The operations of 1630 may be performed in accordance with examples disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1630 may be performed by the CSI receiver 1140 described with reference to FIG. 11.

[0202]

[0212] The following provides a summary of aspects of the present disclosure.

[0203]

[0213] Aspect 1: A method for wireless communication in a UE, comprising: receiving, from a base station, signaling scheduling a first set of repetitions of a first uplink shared channel transmission associated with a first SRS resource set and a second set of repetitions of a second uplink shared channel transmission associated with a second SRS resource set; receiving, from the base station, a request that the UE should transmit one or more CSI reports; receiving, from the base station, an indication that the one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions; and transmitting the one or more CSI reports in accordance with the indication.

[0204]

[0214] Aspect 2: The method of aspect 1, further comprising: based at least in part on receiving an indication that the one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, multiplexing a first one of the one or more CSI reports with a first repetition of a first uplink shared channel transmission in the first set of repetitions, where the first repetition is transmitted before remaining repetitions in the first set of repetitions; and multiplexing a second one of the one or more CSI reports with a second repetition of a second uplink shared channel transmission in the second set of repetitions, where the second repetition is transmitted before remaining repetitions in the second set of repetitions.

[0205]

[0215] Aspect 3: The method of aspect 2, wherein multiplexing a first one of the one or more CSI reports with the first repetition comprises multiplexing a first one of the one or more CSI reports with a first actual repetition associated with a first repetition that was transmitted before any other actual repetition associated with the first repetition, and wherein multiplexing a second one of the one or more CSI reports with the first repetition comprises multiplexing a second one of the one or more CSI reports with a second actual repetition associated with a second repetition that was transmitted before any other actual repetition associated with the second repetition.

[0206]

[0216] Example 4: The method of any of Examples 2-3, wherein a first quantity of coded modulation symbols comprising a first of the one or more CSI reports is equal to a second quantity of coded modulation symbols comprising a second of the one or more CSI reports.

[0207]

[0217] Aspect 5: The method of aspect 4, wherein a first payload size of first uplink control information included in a first repetition of a first uplink shared channel transmission is equal to a second payload size of second uplink control information included in a second repetition of a second uplink shared channel transmission, and the first amount of coded modulation symbols is equal to a second amount of coded modulation symbols based at least in part on the first payload size being equal to the second payload size.

[0208]

[0218] Aspect 6: The method of any of aspects 4 to 5, further comprising: determining a first amount based at least in part on a payload size of uplink control information included in a first iteration of a first uplink shared channel transmission; and selecting a second amount based at least in part on determining the first amount.

[0209]

[0219] Embodiment 7: The method of any of embodiments 1 to 6, further comprising: multiplexing, based at least in part on receiving an indication that the one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, the one or more CSI reports with a repetition from the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions that was transmitted prior to the remaining repetitions in the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions.

[0210]

[0220] Embodiment 8: The method of any of embodiments 1-7, wherein transmitting the one or more CSI reports comprises: transmitting a first repetition of a first uplink shared channel transmission comprising a first one of the one or more CSI reports via a first transmission beam associated with a first SRS resource set, the first repetition comprising the first one of the one or more CSI reports; and transmitting a second repetition of a second uplink shared channel transmission comprising a second one of the one or more CSI reports via a second transmission beam associated with a second SRS resource set, based at least in part on receiving an indication that the one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions.

[0211]

[0221] Aspect 9: The method of any of aspects 1 to 8, wherein receiving the indication further comprises receiving RRC signaling indicating that the one or more CSI reports are to be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions.

[0212]

[0222] Aspect 10: The method of any of aspects 1-9, further comprising: receiving RRC signaling from a base station indicating a plurality of CSI report groups each associated with a trigger state; and receiving a DCI from the base station indicating one of the trigger states, where the CSI report associated with the given trigger state should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, based at least in part on the trigger state; wherein the DCI comprises a request that the UE should transmit one or more CSI reports and indications.

[0213]

[0223] Aspect 11: The method of any of aspects 1 to 10, wherein receiving an indication further comprises receiving DCI indicating that one or more CSI reports are to be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions.

[0214]

[0224] Embodiment 12: The method of any of embodiments 1 to 11, further comprising: determining, based at least in part on an absence of transport blocks associated with the first uplink shared channel transmission and the second uplink shared channel transmission, and receiving an indication that one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, that an amount of repetitions in the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions is two.

[0215]

[0225] Aspect 13: The method of any of aspects 1-12, further comprising receiving, from a base station, RRC signaling indicating a set of possible CSI reporting configurations, wherein a request that the UE should transmit one or more CSI reports indicates one of the possible CSI reporting configurations.

[0216]

[0226] Example 14: The method of any of Examples 1 to 13, wherein receiving the signaling and receiving the request comprises receiving a DCI, wherein the DCI schedules a first set of repetitions and a second set of repetitions and requests that the UE should transmit one or more CSI reports.

[0217]

[0227] Embodiment 15: The method of any of embodiments 1 to 14, wherein receiving signaling scheduling the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions comprises receiving DCI or RRC signaling indicating an amount of repetition in the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions.

[0218]

[0228] Aspect 16: A method for wireless communication in a base station, comprising: transmitting, to a UE, signaling scheduling a first set of repetitions of a first uplink shared channel transmission associated with a first SRS resource set and a second set of repetitions of a second uplink shared channel transmission associated with a second SRS resource set; transmitting, to the UE, a request that the UE should transmit one or more CSI reports; transmitting, to the UE, an indication that the one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions; and receiving the one or more CSI reports according to the indication.

[0219]

[0229] Aspect 17: The method of aspect 16, further comprising: receiving, based at least in part on transmitting an indication that the one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, a first one of the one or more CSI reports together with a first repetition of a first uplink shared channel transmission in the first set of repetitions, wherein the first repetition is received before the remaining repetitions in the first set of repetitions; and receiving, together with a second repetition of a second uplink shared channel transmission in the second set of repetitions, wherein the second repetition is received before the remaining repetitions in the second set of repetitions.

[0220]

[0230] Aspect 18: The method of aspect 17, wherein receiving a first of the one or more CSI reports with the first repetition comprises receiving the first of the one or more CSI reports with a first actual repetition associated with the first repetition that was received before any other actual repetition associated with the first repetition, and receiving a second of the one or more CSI reports with the first repetition comprises receiving the second of the one or more CSI reports with a second actual repetition associated with the second repetition that was received before any other actual repetition associated with the second repetition.

[0221]

[0231] Example 19: The method of any of examples 17-18, wherein a first quantity of coded modulation symbols comprising a first one of the one or more CSI reports is equal to a second quantity of coded modulation symbols comprising a second one of the one or more CSI reports.

[0222]

[0232] Aspect 20: The method of aspect 19, wherein a first payload size of first uplink control information included in a first repetition of a first uplink shared channel transmission is equal to a second payload size of second uplink control information included in a second repetition of a second uplink shared channel transmission, and the first amount of coded modulation symbols is equal to a second amount of coded modulation symbols based at least in part on the first payload size being equal to the second payload size.

[0223]

[0233] Embodiment 21: The method of any of embodiments 16-20, further comprising receiving one or more CSI reports with a repetition from the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions that was received prior to the remaining repetitions in the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, based at least in part on transmitting an indication that the one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions.

[0224]

[0234] Aspect 22: The method of any of aspects 16-21, wherein receiving the one or more CSI reports comprises: receiving a first repetition of a first uplink shared channel transmission comprising a first one of the one or more CSI reports via a first transmission beam associated with a first SRS resource set, the first repetition comprising the first one of the one or more CSI reports; and receiving a second repetition of a second uplink shared channel transmission comprising a second one of the one or more CSI reports via a second transmission beam associated with a second SRS resource set, based at least in part on transmitting an indication that the one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions.

[0225]

[0235] Example 23: The method of any of Examples 16 to 22, wherein transmitting the indication comprises transmitting RRC signaling indicating that the one or more CSI reports are to be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions.

[0226]

[0236] Aspect 24: The method of any of aspects 16-23, further comprising: transmitting RRC signaling to the UE indicating a plurality of CSI report groups each associated with a trigger state; and transmitting a DCI to the UE indicating one of the trigger states, where the CSI report associated with the given trigger state should be multiplexed by the UE with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, based at least in part on the trigger state, wherein the DCI comprises a request that the UE should transmit one or more CSI reports and an indication.

[0227]

[0237] Embodiment 25: The method of any of embodiments 16 to 24, wherein transmitting the indication comprises transmitting DCI indicating that the one or more CSI reports are to be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions.

[0228]

[0238] Embodiment 26: The method of any of embodiments 16 to 25, wherein the amount of repetitions in the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions is two based at least in part on the absence of transport blocks associated with the first uplink shared channel transmission and the second uplink shared channel transmission, and on transmitting an indication that one or more CSI reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions.

[0229]

[0239] Example 27: The method of any of Examples 16 to 26, further comprising: transmitting, to the UE, RRC signaling indicating a set of possible CSI reporting configurations, wherein a request that the UE transmit one or more CSI reports indicates one of the possible CSI reporting configurations.

[0230]

[0240] Example 28: The method of any of Examples 16-27, wherein transmitting the signaling and transmitting the request comprises transmitting a DCI, wherein the DCI schedules a first set of repetitions and a second set of repetitions and requests that the UE should transmit one or more CSI reports.

[0231]

[0241] Example 29: The method of any of examples 16 to 28, wherein transmitting the signaling comprises transmitting DCI or RRC signaling indicating an amount of repetition in the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions.

[0232]

[0242] Aspect 30: An apparatus for wireless communication in a UE, comprising: a processor; a memory coupled to the processor; and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to perform any of the methods of aspects 1 to 15.

[0233]

[0243] Aspect 31: An apparatus for wireless communication in a UE, the apparatus comprising at least one means for performing the method of any of aspects 1-15.

[0234]

[0244] Aspect 32: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication in a UE, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to perform the method of any of aspects 1-15.

[0235]

[0245] Aspect 33: An apparatus for wireless communication in a base station, comprising: a processor; a memory coupled to the processor; and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to perform any of the methods of aspects 16-29.

[0236]

[0246] Aspect 34: An apparatus for wireless communication in a base station, comprising at least one means for performing the method of any of aspects 16-29.

[0237]

[0247] Aspect 35: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication in a base station, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to implement the method of any of aspects 16-29.

[0238]

[0248] It should be noted that the methods described herein describe possible implementations, that operations and steps may be rearranged or possibly modified, and that other implementations are possible. Furthermore, aspects from two or more of the methods may be combined.

[0239]

[0249] Although aspects of an LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, or NR system may be described as examples, and LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, or NR terminology may be used throughout much of the description, the techniques described herein may be applicable to networks other than LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, or NR. For example, the techniques described may be applicable to various other wireless communication systems, such as Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, Flash OFDM, and other systems and radio technologies not explicitly mentioned herein.

[0240]

[0250] The information and signals described herein may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies and techniques. For example, the data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, and chips that may be referred to throughout the above description may be represented by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or particles, optical fields or particles, or any combination thereof.

[0241]

[0251] The various example blocks and components described in connection with the disclosure herein may be implemented or performed using a general-purpose processor, a DSP, an ASIC, a CPU, an FPGA or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described herein. A general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but alternatively, the processor may be any processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. A processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices (e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, multiple microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration).

[0242]

[0252] The functions described herein may be implemented in hardware, software executed by a processor, firmware, or a combination thereof. If implemented in software executed by a processor, the functions may be stored on or transmitted via a computer-readable medium as one or more instructions or code. Other examples and implementations are within the scope of this disclosure and the appended claims. For example, due to the nature of software, the functions described herein may be implemented using software executed by a processor, hardware, firmware, hardwiring, or any combination thereof. Features implementing the functions may also be physically located in various locations, including being distributed such that portions of the functions are implemented in different physical locations.

[0243]

[0253] Computer-readable media includes both non-transitory computer storage media and communication media, including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one place to another. Non-transitory storage media may be any available medium that can be accessed by a general-purpose or special-purpose computer. By way of example, and not limitation, non-transitory computer-readable media may include RAM, ROM, Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM), Flash memory, Compact Disc (CD) ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other non-transitory medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code means in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a general-purpose or special-purpose computer or a general-purpose or special-purpose processor. Also, any connection is properly termed a computer-readable medium. For example, if software is transmitted from a website, server, or other remote source using coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL), or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave, the coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL, or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave are included within the definition of computer-readable media. As used herein, disk and disc include CDs, laser discs, optical discs, digital versatile discs (DVDs), floppy disks, and Blu-ray discs, where disks typically reproduce data magnetically and discs reproduce data optically with lasers. Combinations of the above are also included within the scope of computer-readable media.

[0244]

[0254] As used herein, including in the claims, "or" used in a list of items (e.g., a list of items ending with a phrase such as "at least one of" or "one or more of") indicates an inclusive list, such as, for example, a list of at least one of A, B, or C means A or B or C or AB or AC or BC or ABC (i.e., A and B and C). Also, the phrase "based on" as used herein is not to be construed as a reference to a closed set of conditions. For example, an example step described as "based on condition A" could be based on both condition A and condition B without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. In other words, the phrase "based on" as used herein is to be construed similarly to the phrase "based at least in part on."

[0245]

[0255] In the accompanying figures, similar components or features may have the same reference label. Furthermore, various components of the same type may be distinguished by following the reference label with a dash and a second label that distinguishes between the similar components. If only a first reference label is used herein, the description is applicable to any of the similar components having the same first reference label, regardless of a second reference label or other subsequent reference label.

[0246]

[0256] The descriptions set forth herein with reference to the accompanying drawings describe exemplary configurations and do not necessarily represent every example that may be implemented or fall within the scope of the claims. As used herein, the term "example" means "serving as an example, instance, or illustration" and does not mean "preferred" or "advantageous over other examples." The detailed description includes specific details for the purpose of providing an understanding of the described techniques. However, these techniques may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, known structures and devices are shown in block diagram form to avoid obscuring the concepts of the described examples.

[0247]

[0257] The description herein is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the disclosure. Various modifications of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein may be applied to other variations without departing from the scope of the disclosure. Thus, the disclosure is not limited to the examples and designs described herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein. The inventions described in the claims of the present application as originally filed are set forth below. [C1] 1. A method for wireless communication in a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving, from a base station, signaling scheduling a first set of repetitions of a first uplink shared channel transmission associated with a first sounding reference signal resource set and a second set of repetitions of a second uplink shared channel transmission associated with a second sounding reference signal resource set; receiving a request from the base station that the UE should transmit one or more channel state information reports; receiving an indication from the base station that the one or more channel state information reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions; transmitting the one or more channel state information reports in accordance with the indication. [C2] multiplexing a first one of the one or more channel state information reports with a first repetition of the first uplink shared channel transmission in the first set of repetitions based at least in part on receiving the indication that the one or more channel state information reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, wherein the first repetition is transmitted before the remaining repetitions in the first set of repetitions. multiplexing a second one of the one or more channel state information reports with a second repetition of the second uplink shared channel transmission in the second set of repetitions, wherein the second repetition is transmitted before the remaining repetitions in the second set of repetitions. The method of C1, further comprising: [C3] The method of C2, wherein a first quantity of coded modulation symbols comprising the first of the one or more channel state information reports is equal to a second quantity of coded modulation symbols comprising the second of the one or more channel state information reports. [C4] a first payload size of first uplink control information included in the first repetition of the first uplink shared channel transmission is equal to a second payload size of second uplink control information included in the second repetition of the second uplink shared channel transmission; the first amount of coded modulation symbols is equal to the second amount of coded modulation symbols based at least in part on the first payload size being equal to the second payload size; The method described in C3. [C5] determining, based at least in part on receiving the indication that the one or more channel state information reports are to be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, that an amount of repetitions in the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions is two, The method of C1, further comprising: [C6] multiplexing the first of the one or more channel state information reports with the first repetition comprises multiplexing the first of the one or more channel state information reports with a first actual repetition associated with the first repetition that was transmitted before any other actual repetition associated with the first repetition; multiplexing the second one of the one or more channel state information reports with the first repetition comprises multiplexing the second one of the one or more channel state information reports with a second actual repetition associated with the second repetition that was transmitted before any other actual repetition associated with the second repetition. The method described in C2. [C7] determining the first amount based at least in part on a payload size of uplink control information included in the first repetition of the first uplink shared channel transmission; selecting the second amount based at least in part on determining the first amount; and The method of C3, further comprising: [C8] multiplexing the one or more channel state information reports with a repetition from the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions that was transmitted before the remaining repetitions in the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, based at least in part on receiving the indication that the one or more channel state information reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions. The method of C1, further comprising: [C9] transmitting the one or more channel state information reports; transmitting a first repetition of the first uplink shared channel transmission comprising a first of the one or more channel state information reports via a first transmit beam associated with the first sounding reference signal resource set based at least in part on receiving the indication that the one or more channel state information reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions; transmitting a second repetition of the second uplink shared channel transmission comprising a second of the one or more channel state information reports via a second transmit beam associated with the second sounding reference signal resource set; and The method of claim C1, comprising: [C10] receiving, from the base station, radio resource control signaling indicating a set of possible channel state information reporting configurations, wherein the request that the UE transmit one or more channel state information reports indicates one of the possible channel state information reporting configurations. The method described in C1. [C11] receiving the signaling and receiving the request; receiving downlink control information, wherein the downlink control information schedules the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions and requests that the UE should transmit one or more channel state information reports. The method described in C1. [C12] receiving the signaling scheduling the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions; receiving downlink control information or radio resource control signaling indicating an amount of repetition in the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions; The method of claim C1, comprising: [C13] 1. A method for wireless communication in a base station, comprising: transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), signaling scheduling a first set of repetitions of a first uplink shared channel transmission associated with a first sounding reference signal resource set and a second set of repetitions of a second uplink shared channel transmission associated with a second sounding reference signal resource set; sending a request to the UE that the UE should transmit one or more channel state information reports; sending an indication to the UE that the one or more channel state information reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions; receiving the one or more channel state information reports in accordance with the indication; A method comprising: [C14] receiving a first of the one or more channel state information reports along with a first repetition of the first uplink shared channel transmission in the first set of repetitions based at least in part on transmitting the indication that the one or more channel state information reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, wherein the first repetition is received before the remaining repetitions in the first set of repetitions. receiving a second one of the one or more channel state information reports along with a second repetition of the second uplink shared channel transmission in the second set of repetitions, wherein the second repetition is received before the remaining repetitions in the second set of repetitions. The method of C13, further comprising: [C15] The method of claim 14, wherein a first quantity of coded modulation symbols comprising the first of the one or more channel state information reports is equal to a second quantity of coded modulation symbols comprising the second of the one or more channel state information reports. [C16] a first payload size of first uplink control information included in the first repetition of the first uplink shared channel transmission is equal to a second payload size of second uplink control information included in the second repetition of the second uplink shared channel transmission; the first amount of coded modulation symbols is equal to the second amount of coded modulation symbols based at least in part on the first payload size being equal to the second payload size; Method according to C15. [C17] an amount of repetitions in the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions is two based at least in part on an absence of transport blocks associated with the first uplink shared channel transmission and the second uplink shared channel transmission, and on having transmitted the indication that the one or more channel state information reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions. The method described in C13. [C18] receiving the first of the one or more channel state information reports along with the first repetition comprises receiving the first of the one or more channel state information reports along with a first actual repetition associated with the first repetition that was received before any other actual repetition associated with the first repetition; receiving the second of the one or more channel state information reports along with the first repetition comprises receiving the second of the one or more channel state information reports along with a second actual repetition associated with the second repetition that was received before any other actual repetition associated with the second repetition. The method described in C14. [C19] receiving the one or more channel state information reports together with a repetition from the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions that was received before the remaining repetitions in the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, based at least in part on transmitting the indication that the one or more channel state information reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions. The method of C13, further comprising: [C20] receiving the one or more channel state information reports; receiving a first repetition of the first uplink shared channel transmission comprising a first of the one or more channel state information reports via a first transmit beam associated with the first sounding reference signal resource set based at least in part on transmitting the indication that the one or more channel state information reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions; receiving a second repetition of the second uplink shared channel transmission comprising a second of the one or more channel state information reports via a second transmit beam associated with the second sounding reference signal resource set; and The method of claim C13, comprising: [C21] transmitting radio resource control signaling to the UE indicating a set of possible channel state information reporting configurations, wherein the request that the UE transmit one or more channel state information reports indicates one of the possible channel state information reporting configurations. The method described in C13. [C22] transmitting the signaling and transmitting the request transmitting downlink control information, wherein the downlink control information schedules the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions and requests that the UE should transmit one or more channel state information reports. The method described in C13. [C23] transmitting the signaling transmitting downlink control information or radio resource control signaling indicating an amount of repetition in the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions. The method of claim C13, comprising: [C24] 1. An apparatus for wireless communication in a user equipment (UE), comprising: a processor; a memory coupled to the processor; instructions stored in the memory, the instructions comprising: receiving, from a base station, signaling scheduling a first set of repetitions of a first uplink shared channel transmission associated with a first sounding reference signal resource set and a second set of repetitions of a second uplink shared channel transmission associated with a second sounding reference signal resource set; receiving a request from the base station that the UE should transmit one or more channel state information reports; receiving an indication from the base station that the one or more channel state information reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions; and transmitting the one or more channel state information reports in accordance with the indication. [C25] The instruction: multiplexing a first one of the one or more channel state information reports with a first repetition of the first uplink shared channel transmission in the first set of repetitions based at least in part on receiving the indication that the one or more channel state information reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, wherein the first repetition is transmitted before the remaining repetitions in the first set of repetitions. multiplexing a second one of the one or more channel state information reports with a second repetition of the second uplink shared channel transmission in the second set of repetitions, wherein the second repetition is transmitted before the remaining repetitions in the second set of repetitions. 25. The apparatus of claim 24, further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to: [C26] multiplexing the first of the one or more channel state information reports with the first repetition comprises multiplexing the first of the one or more channel state information reports with a first actual repetition associated with the first repetition that was transmitted before any other actual repetition associated with the first repetition; multiplexing the second one of the one or more channel state information reports with the first repetition comprises multiplexing the second one of the one or more channel state information reports with a second actual repetition associated with the second repetition that was transmitted before any other actual repetition associated with the second repetition. The device described in C25. [C27] 26. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein a first quantity of coded modulation symbols comprising the first of the one or more channel state information reports is equal to a second quantity of coded modulation symbols comprising the second of the one or more channel state information reports. [C28] 1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a base station, comprising: a processor; a memory coupled to the processor; instructions stored in the memory, the instructions comprising: transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), signaling scheduling a first set of repetitions of a first uplink shared channel transmission associated with a first sounding reference signal resource set and a second set of repetitions of a second uplink shared channel transmission associated with a second sounding reference signal resource set; sending a request to the UE that the UE should transmit one or more channel state information reports; sending an indication to the UE that the one or more channel state information reports should be multiplexed with one of the first set of repetitions or the second set of repetitions, or with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions; receiving the one or more channel state information reports in accordance with the indication; 20. An apparatus, the apparatus being executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to perform: [C29] The instruction: receiving a first of the one or more channel state information reports along with a first repetition of the first uplink shared channel transmission in the first set of repetitions based at least in part on transmitting the indication that the one or more channel state information reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, wherein the first repetition is received before the remaining repetitions in the first set of repetitions. receiving a second one of the one or more channel state information reports along with a second repetition of the second uplink shared channel transmission in the second set of repetitions, wherein the second repetition is received before the remaining repetitions in the second set of repetitions. 20. The apparatus of claim 19, further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to: [C30] receiving the first of the one or more channel state information reports along with the first repetition comprises receiving the first of the one or more channel state information reports along with a first actual repetition associated with the first repetition that was received before any other actual repetition associated with the first repetition; receiving the second of the one or more channel state information reports along with the first repetition comprises receiving the second of the one or more channel state information reports along with a second actual repetition associated with the second repetition that was received before any other actual repetition associated with the second repetition. The device described in C29.

Claims

1. 1. A method for wireless communication in a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving, from a base station, signaling scheduling a first set of repetitions of a first uplink shared channel transmission associated with a first sounding reference signal resource set and a second set of repetitions of a second uplink shared channel transmission associated with a second sounding reference signal resource set, wherein the signaling comprises an indication of an amount of repetitions associated with the first uplink shared channel transmission and the second uplink shared channel transmission; receiving a request from the base station that the UE should transmit one or more channel state information reports; receiving a multiplexing indication from the base station that the one or more channel state information reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions; determining, based at least in part on an absence of transport blocks associated with the first uplink shared channel transmission and the second uplink shared channel transmission and receiving the multiplexing indication that the one or more channel state information reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, that an amount of repetitions in the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions is two, even if the signaling indicates different amounts of repetition; transmitting the one or more channel state information reports according to the multiplexing indication; A method comprising:

2. multiplexing a first of the one or more channel state information reports with a first repetition of the first uplink shared channel transmission in the first set of repetitions based at least in part on receiving the multiplexing indication that the one or more channel state information reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, wherein the first repetition is transmitted before the remaining repetitions in the first set of repetitions. multiplexing a second one of the one or more channel state information reports with a second repetition of the second uplink shared channel transmission in the second set of repetitions, wherein the second repetition is transmitted before the remaining repetitions in the second set of repetitions. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

3. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein a first quantity of coded modulation symbols comprising the first of the one or more channel state information reports is equal to a second quantity of coded modulation symbols comprising the second of the one or more channel state information reports.

4. a first payload size of first uplink control information included in the first repetition of the first uplink shared channel transmission is equal to a second payload size of second uplink control information included in the second repetition of the second uplink shared channel transmission; the first amount of coded modulation symbols is equal to the second amount of coded modulation symbols based at least in part on the first payload size being equal to the second payload size; The method of claim 3.

5. multiplexing the first of the one or more channel state information reports with the first repetition comprises multiplexing the first of the one or more channel state information reports with a first actual repetition associated with the first repetition that was transmitted before any other actual repetition associated with the first repetition; multiplexing the second one of the one or more channel state information reports with the second repetition comprises multiplexing the second one of the one or more channel state information reports with a second actual repetition associated with the second repetition that was transmitted before any other actual repetition associated with the second repetition. The method of claim 2.

6. determining the first amount based at least in part on a payload size of uplink control information included in the first repetition of the first uplink shared channel transmission; selecting the second amount based at least in part on determining the first amount; and The method of claim 3 further comprising:

7. transmitting the one or more channel state information reports; transmitting a first repetition of the first uplink shared channel transmission comprising a first of the one or more channel state information reports via a first transmit beam associated with the first sounding reference signal resource set based at least in part on receiving the multiplexing indication that the one or more channel state information reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions; transmitting a second repetition of the second uplink shared channel transmission comprising a second of the one or more channel state information reports via a second transmit beam associated with the second sounding reference signal resource set; and The method of claim 1 , comprising:

8. receiving, from the base station, radio resource control signaling indicating a set of possible channel state information reporting configurations, wherein the request that the UE transmit one or more channel state information reports indicates one of the possible channel state information reporting configurations. The method of claim 1.

9. receiving the signaling and receiving the request; receiving downlink control information, wherein the downlink control information schedules the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions and requests that the UE should transmit one or more channel state information reports. The method of claim 1.

10. receiving the signaling scheduling the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions; receiving downlink control information or radio resource control signaling indicating an amount of repetition in the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions; The method of claim 1 , comprising:

11. 1. A method for wireless communication in a base station, comprising: transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), signaling scheduling a first set of repetitions of a first uplink shared channel transmission associated with a first sounding reference signal resource set and a second set of repetitions of a second uplink shared channel transmission associated with a second sounding reference signal resource set, wherein the signaling comprises an indication of an amount of repetitions of the first uplink shared channel transmission and an amount of repetitions of the second uplink shared channel transmission; sending a request to the UE that the UE should transmit one or more channel state information reports; transmitting a multiplexing indication to the UE that the one or more channel state information reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, wherein an amount of repetitions in the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions is two even if the signaling indicates a different amount of repetition based at least in part on an absence of transport blocks associated with the first uplink shared channel transmission and the second uplink shared channel transmission and on having transmitted the multiplexing indication that the one or more channel state information reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions. receiving the one or more channel state information reports according to the multiplexing indication; A method comprising:

12. receiving a first of the one or more channel state information reports along with a first repetition of the first uplink shared channel transmission in the first set of repetitions based at least in part on transmitting the multiplexing indication that the one or more channel state information reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, wherein the first repetition is received before the remaining repetitions in the first set of repetitions. receiving a second one of the one or more channel state information reports along with a second repetition of the second uplink shared channel transmission in the second set of repetitions, wherein the second repetition is received before the remaining repetitions in the second set of repetitions. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

13. receiving the first of the one or more channel state information reports along with the first repetition comprises receiving the first of the one or more channel state information reports along with a first actual repetition associated with the first repetition that was received before any other actual repetition associated with the first repetition; receiving the second of the one or more channel state information reports along with the second repetition comprises receiving the second of the one or more channel state information reports along with a second actual repetition associated with the second repetition that was received before any other actual repetition associated with the second repetition. The method of claim 12.

14. 1. An apparatus for wireless communication in a user equipment (UE), comprising: means for receiving, from a base station, signaling scheduling a first set of repetitions of a first uplink shared channel transmission associated with a first sounding reference signal resource set and a second set of repetitions of a second uplink shared channel transmission associated with a second sounding reference signal resource set, wherein the signaling comprises an indication of an amount of repetitions associated with the first uplink shared channel transmission and the second uplink shared channel transmission; means for receiving a request from the base station that the UE should transmit one or more channel state information reports; means for receiving, from the base station, a multiplexing indication that the one or more channel state information reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions; means for determining, based at least in part on an absence of transport blocks associated with the first uplink shared channel transmission and the second uplink shared channel transmission and receiving the multiplexing indication that the one or more channel state information reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, that an amount of repetitions in the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions is two even if the signaling indicates different amounts of repetition; means for transmitting the one or more channel state information reports according to the multiplexing indication; An apparatus comprising:

15. 1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a base station, comprising: means for transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), signaling scheduling a first set of repetitions of a first uplink shared channel transmission associated with a first sounding reference signal resource set and a second set of repetitions of a second uplink shared channel transmission associated with a second sounding reference signal resource set, wherein the signaling comprises an indication of an amount of repetitions of the first uplink shared channel transmission and an amount of repetitions of the second uplink shared channel transmission; means for transmitting to the UE a request that the UE should transmit one or more channel state information reports; means for transmitting, to the UE, a multiplexing indication that the one or more channel state information reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions, wherein an amount of repetitions in the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions is two even if the signaling indicates a different amount of repetition based at least in part on an absence of transport blocks associated with the first uplink shared channel transmission and the second uplink shared channel transmission and having transmitted the multiplexing indication that the one or more channel state information reports should be multiplexed with both the first set of repetitions and the second set of repetitions. means for receiving the one or more channel state information reports according to the multiplexing indication; An apparatus comprising:

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