Cross physical uplink control channel group channel state information report

Abstract

The various formats described in this case are generally related to wireless communication. In some formats, the User Equipment (UE) can measure channel state information reference signals for downlink cells associated with a first entity uplink control channel (PUCCH) group. The UE can use uplink cells of a second PUCCH group associated with the first PUCCH group to report measurement information associated with the channel state information reference signals. Numerous other formats are described.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The contents of this case are generally related to wireless communication, and to technologies and apparatuses for reporting channel status information across uplink control channel groups. Prior Technology

[0002] Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide a variety of telecommunications services such as telephone, video, data, messaging, and broadcasting. Typical wireless communication systems employ multiplexing access technologies that support communication with multiple users by sharing available system resources (e.g., bandwidth, transmission power). Examples of such multiplexing access technologies include Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA), Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA), and Long Term Evolution (LTE). LTE / Enhanced LTE is an enhancement set of the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) mobile service standard released by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).

[0003] A wireless network may include one or more base stations, which support communication for user equipment (UE) or multiple UEs. UEs may communicate with the base station via downlink and uplink communication. "Downlink" (or "DL") refers to the communication link from the base station to the UE, and "uplink" (or "UL") refers to the communication link from the UE to the base station.

[0004] The multiplexing access technology described above has been adopted in various telecommunications standards to provide a common protocol enabling different UEs to communicate at the city, country, region, and / or global levels. New Radio (NR) (which may be referred to as 5G) is an enhancement set of the LTE mobile service standard released by 3GPP. NR is designed to better support mobile broadband internet access by improving spectral efficiency, reducing costs, improving service, utilizing new spectrum, and better integrating with other open standards by using Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) with Cyclic Prefix (CP) on the downlink (CP-OFDM), CP-OFDM on the uplink (UL) and / or Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiplexing (SC-FDM) (also known as Discrete Fourier Transform Extended OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM)), and supporting beamforming, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna technology and carrier aggregation. Further improvements in LTE, NR, and other radio access technologies remain useful as the demand for mobile broadband access continues to increase. Summary of the Invention

[0005] Some of the states described herein relate to a method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE). This method may include the following steps: measuring a channel state information reference signal for a downlink cell associated with a first entity uplink control channel (PUCCH) group. The method may also include the following steps: reporting measurement information associated with the channel state information reference signal using an uplink cell of a second PUCCH group associated with the first PUCCH group.

[0006] Some of the states described herein relate to a method of wireless communication performed by a network node. The method may include the following steps: transmitting a channel state information reference signal for a downlink cell associated with a first PUCCH group. The method may also include the following steps: using an uplink cell of a second PUCCH group associated with the first PUCCH group, receiving a report of measurement information associated with the channel state information reference signal.

[0007] Some of the specifications described herein relate to a UE for wireless communication. The user equipment may include memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The one or more processors may be configured to measure channel state information reference signals for downlink cells associated with a first PUCCH group. The one or more processors may be configured to report measurement information associated with the channel state information reference signals using uplink cells of a second PUCCH group associated with the first PUCCH group.

[0008] Some of the states described herein relate to a network node for wireless communication. The network node may include memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The one or more processors may be configured to transmit channel state information reference signals for downlink cells associated with a first PUCCH group. The one or more processors may be configured to receive reports of measurement information associated with the channel state information reference signals, using uplink cells of a second PUCCH group associated with the first PUCCH group.

[0009] Some of the specifications described herein relate to a non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores a set of instructions for wireless communications performed by a UE. When executed by one or more processors of the UE, the set of instructions enables the UE to measure channel state information reference signals for downlink cells associated with a first PUCCH group. When executed by one or more processors of the UE, the set of instructions enables the UE to report measurement information associated with the channel state information reference signals using uplink cells of a second PUCCH group associated with the first PUCCH group.

[0010] Some of the specifications described herein relate to a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication performed by a network node. When executed by one or more processors of the network node, the set of instructions enables the network node to transmit channel state information reference signals for downlink cells associated with a first PUCCH group. When executed by one or more processors of the network node, the set of instructions enables the network node to receive reports of measurement information associated with the channel state information reference signals using uplink cells of a second PUCCH group associated with the first PUCCH group.

[0011] Some of the features described herein relate to an apparatus for wireless communication. The apparatus may include components for measuring channel state information reference signals for downlink cells associated with a first PUCCH group. The apparatus may also include components for reporting measurement information associated with the channel state information reference signals using uplink cells of a second PUCCH group associated with the first PUCCH group.

[0012] Some of the features described herein relate to an apparatus for wireless communication. The apparatus may include components for transmitting channel state information reference signals for downlink cells associated with a first PUCCH group. The apparatus may also include components for receiving reports of measurement information associated with the channel state information reference signals using uplink cells of a second PUCCH group associated with the first PUCCH group.

[0013] The general categories include methods, apparatus, systems, computer program products, non-transitory computer-readable media, user equipment, base stations, network nodes, wireless communication equipment and / or processing systems, as fully described herein with reference to the accompanying drawings and description, and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings and description.

[0014] The features and technical advantages of the examples based on the content of this case have been summarized to a considerable extent above in order to better understand the specific embodiments described below. Additional features and advantages will be described below. The disclosed concepts and specific examples can be readily utilized as the basis for modifying or designing other structures for performing the same purposes as the content of this case. Such equivalent constructions do not depart from the scope of protection of the appended patent claims. The characteristics of the concepts disclosed herein (both their organization and operation), along with their associated advantages, will be better understood in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, based on the description below. Each of the accompanying drawings is provided for illustrative and descriptive purposes and is not intended to limit the scope of the claims.

[0015] Although various forms have been described in this document through the illustration of some examples, those skilled in the art will understand that such forms can be implemented in many different arrangements and scenarios. The techniques described herein can be implemented using different platform types, devices, systems, shapes, sizes, and / or packaging arrangements. For example, some forms can be implemented via integrated chip embodiments or other devices based on non-modular components (e.g., end-user devices, vehicles, communication devices, computing devices, industrial equipment, retail / purchasing devices, medical devices, and / or artificial intelligence devices). Forms can be implemented at the chip-level, modular, non-modular, non-chip-level, device-level, and / or system-level levels. Devices incorporating the described forms and features may include additional elements and features for implementing and practicing the claimed and described forms. For example, the transmission and reception of wireless signals may include one or more elements (e.g., hardware elements including antennas, radio frequency (RF) chains, power amplifiers, modulators, buffers, processors, interleavers, adders, and / or summers) for analog and digital purposes. The intention is to enable the implementation of the various forms described herein in a wide variety of devices, components, systems, distributed arrangements, and / or end-user devices of different sizes, shapes, and constructions. Simple Explanation of the Diagram

[0016] To gain a more detailed understanding of the aforementioned features of this case, a more specific description of the content briefly summarized above can be provided by referring to various examples, some of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. However, it should be noted that the accompanying drawings only illustrate certain typical examples of the content of this case, and since the description may allow for other equivalent and valid examples, this should not be considered a limitation on its scope of protection. Identical element symbols in different drawings can identify the same or similar elements.

[0017] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a wireless network based on the content of this case.

[0018] Figure 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of communication between a base station and a user equipment (UE) in a wireless network, based on the contents of this case.

[0019] Figure 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a physical channel and reference signal in a wireless network, based on the content of this case.

[0020] Figures 4A-4K are schematic diagrams illustrating examples associated with Cross-Entity Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) Group Channel Status Information (CSI) reports, based on the content of this case.

[0021] Figures 5 and 6 are schematic diagrams illustrating an exemplary process associated with cross-PUCCH group CSI reporting, based on the content of this case.

[0022] Figures 7 and 8 are schematic diagrams illustrating exemplary devices for wireless communication according to the contents of this case.

[0023] Figure 9 is a schematic diagram of an exemplary decomposed base station architecture based on the content of this case. Implementation

[0024] The various forms of this application are described more fully below with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, this application may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to any particular structure or function provided throughout this application. Rather, such forms are provided so that this application will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of protection of this application to those skilled in the art. Those skilled in the art should understand that the scope of protection of this application is intended to cover any form of the disclosure herein, whether implemented independently or in combination with any other form of this application. For example, an apparatus or method may be implemented using any number of the forms set forth herein. Furthermore, the scope of protection of this application is intended to cover such an apparatus or method that may be practiced using other structures, functions, or structures and functions other than those of the various forms of this application set forth herein, or structures and functions different from those of the various forms of this application set forth herein. It should be understood that any form of the disclosure herein may be embodied by one or more elements of the invention.

[0025] Various devices and technologies will now be used to provide some examples of telecommunications systems. These devices and technologies will be described in detail below and illustrated in the accompanying drawings by means of various blocks, modules, components, circuits, steps, processes, algorithms, etc. (collectively, "elements"). These elements may be implemented using hardware, software, or any combination thereof. Whether such an element is implemented as hardware or software depends on the specific application and the design constraints imposed on the overall system.

[0026] Although the variants may be described herein using terms commonly associated with 5G or New Radio (NR) Radio Access Technology (RAT), the variants of the content herein may be applied to other RATs, such as 3G RAT, 4G RAT and / or RATs after 5G (e.g., 6G).

[0027] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a wireless network 100 according to the contents of this case. The wireless network 100 may be a 5G (e.g., NR) network and / or a 4G (e.g., Long Term Evolution (LTE)) network and other instances, or may include elements of a 5G (e.g., NR) network and / or a 4G (e.g., Long Term Evolution (LTE)) network and other instances. The wireless network 100 may include one or more base stations 110 (illustrated as BS 110a, BS 110b, BS 110c, and BS 110d), user equipment (UE) 120 or multiple UEs 120 (illustrated as UE 120a, UE 120b, UE 120c, UE 120d, and UE 120e) and / or other network entities. Base station 110 is the entity that communicates with UE 120. Base station 110 (sometimes referred to as BS) may include, for example, NR base stations, LTE base stations, Node Bs, eNBs (e.g., in 4G), gNBs (e.g., in 5G), access points, and / or transport receiving points (TRPs). Each base station 110 may provide communication coverage for a specific geographic area. In the 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project), the term "cell" may refer to the coverage area of ​​base station 110 and / or the base station subsystem serving that coverage area, depending on the context in which the term is used.

[0028] Base station 110 can provide communication coverage for macrocells, picocells, femtocells, and / or another type of cell. Macrocells can cover a relatively large geographic area (e.g., a radius of several kilometers) and allow unrestricted access by UE 120 with a service subscription. Picocells can cover a relatively small geographic area and allow unrestricted access by UE 120 with a service subscription. Femtocells can cover a relatively small geographic area (e.g., a residential area) and allow restricted access by UE 120 associated with a femtocell (e.g., UE 120 in a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG)). Base station 110 for macrocells can be referred to as a macro base station. Base station 110 for picocells can be referred to as a pico base station. Base station 110 for femtocells can be referred to as a femto base station or a home base station. In the example shown in Figure 1, BS 110a can be a macro base station for macro cells 102a, BS 110b can be a pico base station for pico cells 102b, and BS 110c can be a femto base station for femto cells 102c. The base station can support one or more (e.g., three) cells.

[0029] In some instances, the cells are not necessarily stationary, and the geographical area of ​​the cells can be moved based on the location of the mobile base station 110 (e.g., a mobile base station). In some instances, base stations 110 can be interconnected with each other and / or interconnected with one or more other base stations 110 or network nodes (not shown) in the wireless network 100 using any suitable transport network via various types of backhaul interfaces (such as direct physical connections or virtual networks).

[0030] Wireless network 100 may include one or more relay stations. A relay station is an entity that can receive data transmissions from an upstream station (e.g., base station 110 or UE 120) and send data transmissions to a downstream station (e.g., UE 120 or base station 110). A relay station may be a UE 120 that can relay transmissions to other UE 120s. In the example shown in Figure 1, BS 110d (e.g., a relay base station) can communicate with BS 110a (e.g., a macro base station) and UE 120d to facilitate communication between BS 110a and UE 120d. The base station 110 that relays the communication may be referred to as a relay station, relay base station, repeater, etc.

[0031] Wireless network 100 can be a heterogeneous network comprising different types of base stations 110 (such as macro base stations, pico base stations, femto base stations, repeater base stations, etc.). These different types of base stations 110 can have different transmission power levels, different coverage areas, and / or different effects on interference in wireless network 100. For example, macro base stations can have high transmission power levels (e.g., 5 to 40 watts), while pico base stations, femto base stations, and repeater base stations can have lower transmission power levels (e.g., 0.1 to 2 watts).

[0032] Network controller 130 can be coupled to or communicate with a group of base stations 110, and can provide coordination and control for such base stations 110. Network controller 130 can communicate with such base stations 110 via a backhaul communication link. Base stations 110 can communicate directly with each other, or indirectly via wireless or wired backhaul communication links.

[0033] UE 120 may be distributed throughout the wireless network 100, and each UE 120 may be stationary or mobile. UE 120 may include, for example, access terminals, terminals, mobile stations, and / or user units. UE 120 may be a cellular phone (e.g., a smartphone), a personal digital assistant (PDA), a wireless modem, a wireless communication device, a handheld device, a laptop, a wireless telephone, a wireless loop (WLL) station, a tablet device, a camera, a gaming device, a laptop, a smart computer, an ultrabook, a medical device, a bio-device, a wearable device (e.g., a smartwatch, smart clothing, smart glasses, a smart wristband, smart jewelry (e.g., a smart ring or smart bracelet)), an entertainment device (e.g., a music device, a video device, and / or a satellite radio unit), an in-vehicle component or sensor, a smart instrument / sensor, industrial manufacturing equipment, a GPS device, and / or any other suitable device configured to communicate via wireless media.

[0034] Some UEs 120 may be considered Machine-Type Communications (MTC) or Evolved or Enhanced Machine-Type Communications (eMTC) UEs. MTC UEs and / or eMTC UEs may include, for example, robots, drones, remote devices, sensors, meters, monitors, and / or location tags capable of communicating with a base station, another device (e.g., a remote device), or some other entity. Some UEs 120 may be considered Internet of Things (IoT) devices and / or may be implemented as NB-IoT (Narrowband IoT) devices. Some UEs 120 may be considered customer premises equipment. UE 120 may be included within a housing that houses the components of UE 120, such as processor components and / or memory components. In some instances, processor components and memory components may be coupled together. For example, processor components (e.g., one or more processors) and memory components (e.g., memory) may be operatively coupled, communicatively coupled, electronically coupled, and / or electrically coupled.

[0035] Typically, any number of wireless networks 100 can be deployed in a given geographical area. Each wireless network 100 can support a specific RAT and can operate on one or more frequencies. A RAT can be referred to as a radio technology, air interface, etc. A frequency can be referred to as a carrier, frequency channel, etc. Each frequency can support a single RAT in a given geographical area to avoid interference between wireless networks using different RATs. In some cases, NR or 5G RAT networks can be deployed.

[0036] In some instances, two or more UEs 120 (e.g., illustrated as UE 120a and UE 120e) may communicate directly using one or more lateral link channels (e.g., without using base station 110 as an intermediary). For example, UEs 120 may communicate using peer-to-peer (P2P) communication, device-to-device (D2D) communication, vehicle-to-everything (V2X) protocols (e.g., which may include vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I), or vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P) protocols), and / or mesh networks. In such instances, UEs 120 may perform scheduling operations, resource selection operations, and / or other operations described elsewhere herein, as performed by base station 110.

[0037] Devices in a wireless network 100 can communicate using the electromagnetic spectrum, which can be subdivided into various categories, bands, channels, etc., by frequency or wavelength. For example, devices in a wireless network 100 can communicate using one or more operating frequency bands. In 5G NR, two initial operating frequency bands have been identified as frequency range designations FR1 (410 MHz - 7.125 GHz) and FR2 (24.25 GHz - 52.6 GHz). It should be understood that although a portion of FR1 is greater than 6 GHz, FR1 is often (interchangeably) referred to as the "below 6 GHz" band in various documents and articles. Similar naming issues sometimes arise regarding FR2, which is usually (interchangeably) referred to as the "millimeter wave" band in documents and articles, although this is different from the Very High Frequency (EHF) band (30 GHz - 300 GHz) recognized as a "millimeter wave" band by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

[0038] The frequencies between FR1 and FR2 are generally referred to as intermediate frequency (IF) frequencies. Recent 5G NR research has identified the operating frequency band for these IF frequencies as the frequency range designation FR3 (7.125 GHz - 24.25 GHz). Frequency bands falling within FR3 can inherit FR1 and / or FR2 characteristics, and therefore can effectively extend the features of FR1 and / or FR2 into the IF frequencies. Furthermore, higher frequency bands are currently being explored to extend 5G NR operation beyond 52.6 GHz. For example, three higher operating frequency bands have been identified as the frequency range designations FR4a or FR4-1 (52.6 GHz - 71 GHz), FR4 (52.6 GHz - 114.25 GHz), and FR5 (114.25 GHz - 300 GHz). Each of these higher frequency bands falls within the EHF band.

[0039] Considering the above examples, unless otherwise expressly stated, it should be understood that the terms "below 6 GHz" (if used herein) can broadly refer to frequencies less than 6 GHz, frequencies within FR1, or frequencies that may include intermediate frequency bands. Furthermore, unless otherwise expressly stated, it should be understood that the terms "millimeter wave" (if used herein) can broadly refer to frequencies that may include intermediate frequency bands, frequencies within FR2, FR4, FR4-a, or FR4-1 and / or FR5, or frequencies within the EHF band. It is contemplated that the frequencies included in these operating frequency bands (e.g., FR1, FR2, FR3, FR4, FR4-a, FR4-1, and / or FR5) can be modified, and the frequency range to which the techniques described herein apply.

[0040] In some configurations, UE 120 may include a communication manager 140. As described in more detail elsewhere herein, the communication manager 140 may measure a channel state information reference signal for a downlink cell associated with a first PUCCH group; and report measurement information associated with the channel state information reference signal using an uplink cell of a second PUCCH group associated with the first PUCCH group. Additionally or alternatively, the communication manager 140 may perform one or more other operations described herein.

[0041] In some configurations, base station 110 (e.g., it may be a network node) may include communication manager 150. As described in more detail elsewhere herein, communication manager 150 may transmit channel status information reference signals for downlink cells associated with a first PUCCH group; and receive reports of measurement information associated with the channel status information reference signals using uplink cells of a second PUCCH group associated with the first PUCCH group. Additionally or alternatively, communication manager 150 may perform one or more other operations described herein.

[0042] As indicated above, Figure 1 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from those described with respect to Figure 1.

[0043] Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of an example 200 of communication between base station 110 and UE 120 in wireless network 100, according to the contents of this case. Base station 110 may be equipped with a set of antennas 234a to 234t, such as T antennas (T≧1). UE 120 may be equipped with a set of antennas 252a to 252r, such as R antennas (R≧1).

[0044] At base station 110, transmission processor 220 can receive data intended for UE 120 (or a group of UEs 120) from data source 212. Transmission processor 220 can select one or more modulation and decoding schemes (MCS) for UE 120 based at least in part on one or more Channel Quality Indicators (CQIs) received from UE 120. Base station 110 can process the data for UE 120 (e.g., encoding and modulation) and provide data symbols for UE 120 based at least in part on the MCS selected for UE 120. Transmission processor 220 can process system information (e.g., information for semi-static resource partitioning (SRPI)) and control information (e.g., CQI requests, permission and / or upper-layer signaling), and provide management burden symbols and control symbols. The transmission processor 220 can generate reference symbols for a reference signal (e.g., a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) or a demodulated reference signal (DMRS)) and a synchronization signal (e.g., a primary synchronization signal (PSS) or a secondary synchronization signal (SSS)). The transmission (TX) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) processor 230 can perform spatial processing (e.g., precoding) on ​​data symbols, control symbols, administrative burden symbols, and / or reference symbols (if applicable), and provide a set of output symbol streams (e.g., T output symbol streams) to a corresponding set of data machines 232 (e.g., T data machines) (illustrated as data machines 232a to 232t). For example, each output symbol stream can be provided to a modulator element (illustrated as an MOD) of the data machine 232. Each data machine 232 can use its respective modulator element to process its respective output symbol stream (e.g., for OFDM) to obtain an output sample stream. Each modem 232 may also use its own modulator element to process (e.g., convert to analog, amplify, filter, and / or upconvert) the output sampled stream to obtain a downlink signal. Modems 232a to 232t may transmit a set of downlink signals (e.g., T downlink signals) via a corresponding set of antennas 234 (e.g., T antennas) (shown as antennas 234a to 234t).

[0045] At UE 120, a set of antennas 252 (illustrated as antennas 252a to 252r) can receive downlink signals from base station 110 and / or other base stations 110, and can provide a set of received signals (e.g., R received signals) to a set of modems 254 (e.g., R modems) (illustrated as modems 254a to 254r). For example, each received signal can be provided to a demodulator element (illustrated as DEMOD) of modem 254. Each modem 254 can use its own demodulator element to modulate (e.g., filter, amplify, downconvert, and / or digitize) the received signal to obtain an input sample. Each modem 254 can use the demodulator element to further process the input sample (e.g., for OFDM) to obtain received symbols. MIMO detector 256 can obtain the received symbols from modem 254, can perform MIMO detection on the received symbols (if applicable), and can provide the detected symbols. The receiver processor 258 can process (e.g., demodulate and decode) the detected symbols, provide decoded data for the UE 120 to the data slot 260, and provide decoded control and system information to the controller / processor 280. The term "controller / processor" can refer to one or more controllers, one or more processors, or a combination thereof. The channel processor can determine Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) parameters, Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) parameters, Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) parameters, and / or CQI parameters, among others. In some instances, one or more components of the UE 120 may be included within the housing 284.

[0046] Network controller 130 may include communication unit 294, controller / processor 290, and memory 292. Network controller 130 may include one or more devices, such as those in a core network. Network controller 130 may communicate with base station 110 via communication unit 294.

[0047] One or more antennas (e.g., antennas 234a to 234t and / or antennas 252a to 252r) may include one or more antenna panels, one or more antenna groups, one or more antenna element sets and / or one or more antenna arrays and other examples, or may be included within one or more antenna panels, one or more antenna groups, one or more antenna element sets and / or one or more antenna arrays and other examples. Antenna panels, antenna groups, antenna element sets and / or antenna arrays may include one or more antenna elements (within a single housing or multiple housings), coplanar antenna element sets, non-coplanar antenna element sets, and / or one or more antenna elements coupled to one or more transmitting and / or receiving elements, such as one or more elements of FIG. 2.

[0048] On the uplink, at UE 120, transmission processor 264 can receive and process data from data source 262 and control information from controller / processor 280 (e.g., for reporting RSRP, RSSI, RSRQ, and / or CQI). Transmission processor 264 can generate reference symbols for one or more reference signals. Symbols from transmission processor 264 can be pre-coded (if applicable) by TX MIMO processor 266, further processed by data unit 254 (e.g., for DFT-s-OFDM or CP-OFDM), and transmitted to base station 110. In some instances, data unit 254 of UE 120 may include modulators and demodulators. In some instances, UE 120 includes a transceiver. The transceiver may include any combination of antenna 252, data unit 254, MIMO detector 256, receiver processor 258, transmission processor 264, and / or TX MIMO processor 266. The processor (e.g., controller / processor 280) and memory 282 may use a transceiver to perform any of the methods described herein (e.g., refer to Figures 4A-8).

[0049] At base station 110, uplink signals from UE 120 and / or other UEs can be received by antenna 234, processed by modem 232 (e.g., demodulator element of modem 232 (illustrated as DEMOD)), detected by MIMO detector 236 (if applicable), and further processed by receiver processor 238 to obtain decoded data and control information transmitted by UE 120. Receiver processor 238 can provide decoded data to data slot 239 and decoded control information to controller / processor 240. Base station 110 may include communication unit 244 and can communicate with network controller 130 via communication unit 244. Base station 110 may include scheduler 246 to schedule one or more UEs 120 for downlink and / or uplink communication. In some instances, modem 232 of base station 110 may include modulator and demodulator. In some instances, base station 110 includes transceiver. The transceiver may include any combination of antenna 234, modem 232, MIMO detector 236, receiver processor 238, transmitter processor 220, and / or TX MIMO processor 230. The processor (e.g., controller / processor 240) and memory 242 may be used to perform various forms of any of the methods described herein (e.g., with reference to Figures 4A-8).

[0050] The controller / processor 240 of base station 110, the controller / processor 280 of UE 120, and / or any other element of FIG. 2 may perform one or more techniques associated with cross-PUCCH Group Channel Status Information (CSI) reporting, as described in more detail elsewhere herein. For example, the controller / processor 240 of base station 110, the controller / processor 280 of UE 120, and / or any other element of FIG. 2 may perform or direct operations such as process 500 of FIG. 5, process 600 of FIG. 6, and / or other processes as described herein. Memory 242 and memory 282 may store data and program code for base station 110 and UE 120, respectively. In some instances, memory 242 and / or memory 282 may include non-transitory computer-readable media storing one or more instructions (e.g., code and / or program code) for wireless communication. For example, when one or more instructions are executed by one or more processors of base station 110 and / or UE 120 (e.g., directly, or after compilation, translation, and / or interpretation), they may cause one or more processors, UE 120, and / or base station 110 to perform or direct operations such as process 500 of FIG. 5, process 600 of FIG. 6, and / or other processes as described herein. In some instances, execution instructions may include execution instructions, translation instructions, compilation instructions, and / or interpretation instructions, as well as other instances.

[0051] In some configurations, UE 120 includes components for measuring channel state information reference signals for downlink cells associated with a first PUCCH group; and / or for reporting measurement information associated with the channel state information reference signals using uplink cells of a second PUCCH group associated with the first PUCCH group. Components for UE 120 to perform the operations described herein may include one or more of the following: a communication manager 140, an antenna 252, a modem 254, a MIMO detector 256, a receiver processor 258, a transmitter processor 264, a TX MIMO processor 266, a controller / processor 280, or a memory 282.

[0052] In some configurations, a network node (e.g., base station 110) includes components for transmitting channel status information reference signals for downlink cells associated with a first PUCCH group; and / or for receiving reports of measurement information associated with the channel status information reference signals using uplink cells of a second PUCCH group associated with the first PUCCH group. Components for a network node to perform the operations described herein may include one or more of the following: a communication manager 150, a transmission processor 220, a TX MIMO processor 230, a modem 232, an antenna 234, a MIMO detector 236, a receiver processor 238, a controller / processor 240, a memory 242, or a scheduler 246.

[0053] Although the blocks in Figure 2 are illustrated as distinct elements, the functions described above with reference to the blocks can be implemented in a single hardware, software, or combined element, or in various combinations of elements. For example, the functions described with respect to the transmission processor 264, the reception processor 258, and / or the TX MIMO processor 266 can be executed by the controller / processor 280, or executed under the control of the controller / processor 280.

[0054] As indicated above, Figure 2 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from those described with respect to Figure 2.

[0055] Figure 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating example 300 of physical channels and reference signals in a wireless network according to the contents of this case. As shown in Figure 3, the downlink channel and downlink reference signal can carry information from network node 310 to UE 120, and the uplink channel and uplink reference signal can carry information from UE 120 to network node 310.

[0056] As shown in the figure, downlink channels may include an entity downlink control channel (PDCCH) carrying downlink control information (DCI), an entity downlink shared channel (PDSCH) carrying downlink data, or an entity broadcast channel (PBCH) carrying system information, and other instances. In some cases, PDSCH communication may be scheduled by PDCCH communication. As further shown, uplink channels may include a PUCCH carrying uplink control information (UCI), an entity uplink shared channel (PUSCH) carrying uplink data, or an entity random access channel (PRACH) for initial network access, and other instances. In some cases, UE 120 may transmit ACK or NACK feedback (e.g., ACK / NACK feedback or ACK / NACK information) in the UCI on the PUCCH and / or PUSCH. For example, the UE may transmit a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) ACK (HARQ-ACK) in the UCI on the PUCCH or PUSCH. In some cases, the PUCCH may be classified into a PUCCH group set. For example, network node 310 can provide multiple cells on multiple frequency bands (e.g., FR1 or FR2) and associate different cells with different PUCCHs and different PUCCH groups. In this case, UE 120 can have access to primary PUCCH groups (which include primary cells (PCells)) and secondary PUCCH groups (which include secondary cells (SCells)).

[0057] As further illustrated, downlink reference signals may include synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), CSI reference signals (CSI-RS), DMRS, positioning reference signals (PRS), or phase tracking reference signals (PTRS), and other instances. Similarly, as illustrated, uplink reference signals may include sounding reference signals (SRS), DMRS, or PTRS, and other instances.

[0058] The SSB can carry information for initial network acquisition and synchronization, such as PSS, SSS, PBCH, and PBCH DMRS. The SSB is sometimes referred to as the synchronization signal / PBCH (SS / PBCH) block. In some configurations, network node 310 can transmit multiple SSBs on multiple corresponding beams, and the SSB can be used for beam selection.

[0059] CSI-RS can carry information for downlink channel estimation (e.g., downlink CSI acquisition), which can be used for scheduling, link self-adjustment, beam management, and other instances. Network node 310 can configure a set of CSI-RS for UE 120, and UE 120 can measure the configured set of CSI-RS. Based at least in part on the measurement results, UE 120 can perform channel estimation and can report channel estimation parameters, such as CQI, precoding matrix indicator (PMI), CSI-RS resource indicator (CRI), layer indicator (LI), rank indicator (RI), or RSRP, and other instances, to network node 310 (e.g., in CSI reports). Network node 310 can use CSI reports to select transmission parameters for downlink communication to UE 120, such as the number of transport layers (e.g., rank), precoding matrix (e.g., precoder), MCS, or refined downlink beams (e.g., using a beam refinement procedure or beam management procedure), and other instances.

[0060] DMRS can carry information used to estimate the demodulation of associated physical channels (e.g., PDCCH, PDSCH, PBCH, PUCCH, or PUSCH) by a radio channel. The design and mapping of DMRS can be specific to a physical channel for which DMRS is used for estimation. DMRS is UE-specific, can be beamformed, can be restricted to scheduled resources (e.g., instead of being transmitted over broadband), and can be transmitted only when necessary. As illustrated, DMRS is used for both downlink and uplink communications.

[0061] PTRS can carry information for compensating oscillator phase noise. Typically, phase noise increases with increasing oscillator carrier frequency. Therefore, PTRS can be used at high carrier frequencies (such as millimeter-wave frequencies) to mitigate phase noise. PTRS can be used to track the phase of the local oscillator and to enable suppression of phase noise and common phase error (CPE). As illustrated, PTRS is used for both downlink communication (e.g., on PDSCH) and uplink communication (e.g., on PUSCH).

[0062] The PRS can carry information for timing or ranging measurements of the UE 120 based on signals transmitted by network node 310, to improve observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) positioning performance. For example, the PRS can be a pseudo-random quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) sequence mapped in a diagonal pattern, with offsets in frequency and time to avoid conflicts with cell-specific reference signals and control channels (e.g., PDCCH). Typically, the PRS can be designed to improve detectability by the UE 120, which may need to detect downlink signals from multiple neighboring base stations to perform OTDOA-based positioning. Therefore, the UE 120 can receive the PRS from multiple cells (e.g., a reference cell and one or more neighboring cells) and can report the reference signal time difference (RSTD) based on OTDOA measurements associated with the PRS received from the multiple cells. In some cases, network node 310 can subsequently calculate the location of the UE 120 based on the RSTD measurements reported by the UE 120.

[0063] The SRS can carry information for uplink channel estimation, which can be used for scheduling, link self-adjustment, precoder selection, beam management, and other instances. Network node 310 can configure one or more SRS resource sets for UE 120, and UE 120 can transmit SRS on the configured SRS resource sets. The SRS resource sets can have configurable uses, such as uplink CSI acquisition, downlink CSI acquisition for mutual operation, uplink beam management, and other instances. Network node 310 can measure the SRS, perform channel estimation at least in part based on the measurement results, and use the SRS measurement results to configure communication with UE 120.

[0064] As indicated above, Figure 3 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from those described with respect to Figure 3.

[0065] As described above, the UE can communicate with the base station on a PCell or SCell, among other instances. To enable a SCell, the UE and the base station can communicate to complete the PUCCH SCell enablement procedure. Additional details regarding the cell conditions associated with PUCCH SCell enablement (e.g., the cell conditions used to classify a PUCCH SCell as known or unknown) are described in 3GPP Technical Specification (TS) 38.133, Release 17, Version 17.2.0, Section 8.3.2. During the enablement procedure, the UE can report beam information that can be used to determine the SSB of the PDCCH for contention-free random access (CFRA) (e.g., for timing advance (TA) updates when a timer is associated with a TA group (TAG) that includes the target PUCCH SCell). Alternatively, beaming information can be used to determine the Transmission Configuration Indicator (TCI) status for the PDCCH or PDSCH on the target SCell, to determine the uplink spatial relationship for the PUCCH on the target SCell (e.g., for the FR2 band), or to determine the receive beam for the PUCCH on the target SCell, and other instances. However, during certain PUCCH SCell activation conditions (e.g., unknown PUCCH SCell activation on FR1 or FR2, with or without a valid TA), the UE may not be able to report beaming information to the base station via the PUCCH of the target SCell during the PUCCH SCell activation procedure.

[0066] Some of the configurations described herein support cross-PUCCH group CSI reporting. For example, a UE can measure the CSI-RS on the first cell of a first PUCCH group to determine beam information, and can report CSI on the second cell of a second PUCCH group. In this case, the UE can report CSI in the PUCCH or PUSCH of the second PUCCH group. In this way, the UE and the base station can enable the PUCCH SCell enable procedure, thereby improving network operational flexibility and UE power consumption compared to a PUCCH SCell enable procedure not enabled for the UE.

[0067] Figures 4A-4K are schematic diagrams illustrating instances 400-460 associated with cross-PUCCH group channel status information reports, according to the content of this case. As shown in Figures 4A-4K, instances 400-460 include communication between network node 402 and UE 120. In some cases, network node 402 and UE 120 may be included in a wireless network (such as wireless network 100). Network node 402 and UE 120 may communicate via a radio access link, which may include uplink and downlink.

[0068] As further shown in Figure 4A, and via element symbol 405, network node 402 can transmit reference signals (RS) to UE 120. For example, UE 120 can receive CSI-RS on the downlink of the first cell in the first PUCCH group. In some cases, CSI-RS can be associated with a specific type of CSI report. For example, network node 402 can transmit CSI-RS associated with aperiodic CSI (A-CSI) reports, periodic CSI (P-CSI) reports, or semi-persistent CSI (SP-CSI) reports. In some cases, UE 120 can receive CSI-RS on the downlink of a secondary PUCCH group. For example, UE 120 can use a secondary PUCCH group to receive CSI-RS and decide to use the primary PUCCH group to report CSI.

[0069] As shown in Figure 4A, and via element symbol 410, UE 120 can transmit a report to network node 402. For example, UE 120 can transmit a CSI report on the uplink of the second cell of the second PUCCH group, the CSI report identifying beam information for the first cell of the first PUCCH group. In some states, UE 120 can transmit beam information reports (e.g., CSI reports) on specific types of channels. For example, UE 120 can use PUCCH resources or PUSCH resources, and other instances, to transmit beam information reports. In some states, UE 120 can multiplex another message with the beam information report when transmitting it. For example, UE 120 can multiplex a UCI (e.g., HARQ-ACK) with beam information for transmission to network node 402. Alternatively, UE 120 can discard another communication related to the transmission of beam information reports.

[0070] As shown in Figure 4B, and via element symbol 415, UE 120 can report CSI-RS received using the first PUCCH group on the PUSCH resources of the second PUCCH group. For example, UE 120 can be scheduled (e.g., by network node 402 using the CSI-AperiodicTriggerStateList parameter, which identifies a set of CSI-RS resources for downlink cells in different PUCCH groups) to receive one or more first CSI-RS in the first PUCCH group and one or more second CSI-RS in the second PUCCH group. In this case, UE 120 can be scheduled (e.g., by network node 402) to have PUSCH resources for reporting A-CSI, and UE 120 can use the PUSCH resources in the second PUCCH group to transmit reports of one or more first CSI-RS received in the first PUCCH group. In some cases, the PUSCH resource can be a single PUCCH resource with A-CSI spanning all uplink carriers across both PUCCH groups.

[0071] Alternatively or concurrently, as shown in FIG4C and via element symbol 420, UE 120 can be configured to report CSI in PUSCH resources in both the first and second PUCCH groups. For example, UE 120 can schedule non-overlapping PUSCH resources for reporting A-CSI, and can use non-overlapping PUSCH resources across PUCCH groups to report measurement information associated with received CSI-RS. In other words, UE 120 can utilize the A-CSI resources of the first PUCCH group to report beam information for the second PUCCH group in a PUSCH, and can utilize the A-CSI resources of the second PUCCH group to report beam information for the first PUCCH group in a PUSCH.

[0072] Alternatively or concurrently, as shown in FIG4D and via element symbol 425, UE 120 may be configured to report different types of CSI simultaneously. For example, UE 120 may report A-CSI across PUCCH groups (e.g., an A-CSI report regarding CSI-RS in a second PUCCH group may be reported in a PUSCH resource of a first PUCCH group) and within PUCCH groups (e.g., a P-CSI report regarding CSI-RS in a second PUCCH group may be reported in a PUCCH resource of a second PUCCH group).

[0073] Alternatively or concurrently, as shown in FIG4E and via element symbol 430, UE 120 may multiplex HARQ-ACK feedback with beam information reports. For example, UE 120 may transmit HARQ-ACK on a PUCCH or PUSCH within the same PUCCH group for which HARQ-ACK is applicable. In this case, UE 120 may multiplex HARQ-ACK feedback from a PUCCH in the first PUCCH group with A-CSI reports across PUCCH groups (e.g., related to CSI-RS in the second PUCCH group) to use PUSCH resources for transmission.

[0074] Alternatively or concurrently, as shown in FIG4F and via element symbol 435, when the PUSCH resources in the second PUCCH group include an A-CSI report, UE 120 may discard the P-CSI report by multiplexing the PUCCH to the PUSCH. In this case, UE 120 may discard the P-CSI report, which may include canceling or delaying the transmission of beam information associated with the P-CSI report. In contrast, as shown in FIG4G and via element symbol 440, when the PUSCH resources do not include A-CSI, UE 120 may multiplex the HARQ-ACK and P-CSI feedback to the PUSCH resources for the second PUCCH group.

[0075] In some configurations, as shown in FIG. 4H and via element symbol 445, UE 120 can be configured for concurrent P-CSI reporting. For example, when UE 120 is configured to have concurrent PUCCH resources associated with two PUCCH groups, UE 120 can report cross-PUCCH P-CSI for CSI-RS of the two PUCCH groups. In this case, as shown in FIG. 4I and via element symbol 450, when UE 120 is scheduled to have PUSCH resources but no concurrent A-CSI with PUCCH resources in the second PUCCH group, UE 120 can multiplex P-CSI reports onto the PUSCH resources. In contrast, as shown in FIG. 4J and via element symbol 455, when the PUSCH resources include A-CSI reports, UE 120 can discard P-CSI from transmissions using PUCCH resources. In another instance, UE 120 can multiplex HARQ-ACK feedback onto the PUSCH. For example, as shown in Figure 4K, and via element symbol 460, UE 120 can multiplex HARQ-ACK feedback to a PUSCH that has A-CSI reports from which P-CSI reports are discarded, and UE 120 can multiplex HARQ-ACK feedback to a PUSCH that does not contain A-CSI reports but multiplexes P-CSI reports thereon. In these cases, P-CSI discarding or multiplexing is performed on a per-PUCCH group basis, and HARQ-ACK multiplexing is limited to cells within the same PUCCH group.

[0076] As indicated above, Figures 4A-4K are provided as examples. Other examples may differ from those described with respect to Figures 4A-4K.

[0077] Figure 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating, for example, an exemplary procedure 500 performed by a UE according to the contents of this case. Exemplary procedure 500 is an example of a UE (e.g., UE 120) performing an operation associated with a cross-PUCCH group CSI report.

[0078] As shown in Figure 5, in some cases, process 500 may include measuring a channel state information reference signal (block 510) for a downlink cell associated with the first PUCCH group. For example, the UE (e.g., using communication manager 140 and / or measurement element 708 illustrated in Figure 7) may measure the channel state information reference signal for a downlink cell associated with the first PUCCH group as described above.

[0079] As further shown in Figure 5, in some cases, process 500 may include measurement information associated with the uplink cell report and channel status information reference signal of the second PUCCH group associated with the first PUCCH group (block 520). For example, the UE (e.g., using communication manager 140 and / or reporting element 710 illustrated in Figure 7) may use the measurement information associated with the uplink cell report and channel status information reference signal of the second PUCCH group associated with the first PUCCH group, as described above.

[0080] Process 500 may include additional states, such as any single state or any combination of states described below and / or in conjunction with one or more other processes described elsewhere herein.

[0081] In the first state, one of the first PUCCH group and the second PUCCH group is the primary PUCCH group, and the other of the first PUCCH group and the second PUCCH group is the secondary PUCCH group.

[0082] In the second state, either alone or in combination with the first state, measurement information is multiplexed with another communication on the uplink cell of the second PUCCH group.

[0083] In the third state sample, either alone or in combination with one or more of the first and second state samples, the configuration of the reported measurement information is at least partially based on the transmission of radio resource control signals.

[0084] In the fourth state, either alone or in combination with one or more states from the first to the third state, the channel state information reference signal is associated with an aperiodic channel state information report or a semi-persistent channel state information report.

[0085] In the fifth state, either alone or in combination with one or more states from the first to the fourth state, the reported measurement information includes reporting measurement information on the entity uplink shared channel.

[0086] In the sixth state, either alone or in combination with one or more states from the first to the fifth state, the reported measurement information includes multiplexing the measurement information with uplink control information on a per PUCCH group basis.

[0087] In the seventh state, either alone or in combination with one or more states from the first to the sixth state, the uplink control information includes a hybrid automatic repeat request feedback associated with the second PUCCH group.

[0088] In the eighth state, either alone or in combination with one or more states from the first to the seventh state, the channel state information reference signal is associated with a periodic channel state information report or a semi-persistent channel state message report.

[0089] In the ninth state, either alone or in combination with one or more states from the first to the eighth state, the reported measurement information includes reporting measurement information on the entity uplink control channel.

[0090] In the tenth state, either alone or in combination with one or more states from the first to the ninth state, the reported measurement information includes multiplexing the measurement information with uplink control information on a per PUCCH group basis.

[0091] In the eleventh state, either alone or in combination with one or more states from the first to the tenth state, the measurement information is a first aperiodic channel state information reference signal report associated with the first PUCCH group, and the report of the first aperiodic channel state information reference signal is in a first time resource, which is not intersecting with the second time resource used for the report of the second aperiodic channel state information reference signal associated with the second PUCCH group.

[0092] In the twelfth state sample, either alone or in combination with one or more of the first to eleventh state samples, the measurement information is a periodic channel status information reference signal report associated with the first PUCCH group, wherein the report of the periodic channel status information reference signal report is in a first time resource, which at least partially overlaps with a second time resource for the report of the aperiodic channel status information reference signal report associated with the second PUCCH group.

[0093] In the thirteenth state sample, either alone or in combination with one or more of the first to twelfth state samples, the measurement information is a first periodic channel status information reference signal report associated with the first PUCCH group, and the report of the first periodic channel status information reference signal report is in a first time resource, which at least partially overlaps with a second time resource for the report of the second periodic channel status information reference signal report associated with the second PUCCH group.

[0094] In the fourteenth state sample, either alone or in combination with one or more of the first to thirteenth state samples, the measurement result of the channel status information reference signal for the downlink cell in the first PUCCH group is associated with the channel status information report of at least one PUCCH or PUSCH in the first PUCCH group or the second PUCCH group.

[0095] In the fifteenth state sample, either alone or in combination with one or more states from the first to the fourteenth state samples, a report of at least one measurement result for at least one channel status information reference signal of at least one downlink cell in at least one of the first PUCCH groups or the second PUCCH group is reported on the physical uplink shared channel of the uplink cell associated with the first PUCCH group, wherein the hybrid automatic repeat request feedback message for the downlink cell is reported multiplexed on the physical uplink shared channel of the uplink cell.

[0096] In the sixteenth state, either alone or in combination with one or more states from the first to the fifteenth state, process 500 includes discarding at least one communication related to the reporting measurement information.

[0097] In the seventeenth state, either alone or in combination with one or more states from the first to the sixteenth state, discarding at least one communication includes discarding at least one communication based at least in part on the PUCCH group of at least one communication.

[0098] Although Figure 5 illustrates an exemplary block of process 500, in some cases, process 500 may include additional blocks, fewer blocks, different blocks, or blocks arranged differently compared to those illustrated in Figure 5. Additionally or alternatively, two or more blocks in process 500 may be executed in parallel.

[0099] Figure 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating, for example, an exemplary process 600 performed by a network node according to the content of this case. Exemplary process 600 is an example of a network node (e.g., base station 110, network node 310, or network node 402, and other instances) performing operations associated with cross-PUCCH group CSI reporting.

[0100] As shown in Figure 6, in some cases, process 600 may include transmitting a channel status information reference signal (block 610) for a downlink cell associated with the first PUCCH group. For example, a network node may (e.g., using communication manager 150 and / or transmission element 804 illustrated in Figure 8) transmit a channel status information reference signal for a downlink cell associated with the first PUCCH group, as described above.

[0101] As further shown in Figure 6, in some cases, process 600 may include receiving a report of measurement information associated with a channel status information reference signal using an uplink cell of a second PUCCH group associated with the first PUCCH group (block 620). For example, a network node (e.g., using communication manager 150 and / or receiver element 802 illustrated in Figure 8) may use an uplink cell of a second PUCCH group associated with the first PUCCH group to receive a report of measurement information associated with a channel status information reference signal, as described above.

[0102] Process 600 may include additional states, such as any single state or any combination of states described below and / or in conjunction with one or more other processes described elsewhere herein.

[0103] In the first state, one of the first PUCCH group and the second PUCCH group is the primary PUCCH group, and the other of the first PUCCH group and the second PUCCH group is the secondary PUCCH group.

[0104] In the second state, either alone or in combination with the first state, measurement information is multiplexed with another communication on the uplink cell of the second PUCCH group.

[0105] In the third state sample, either alone or in combination with one or more of the first and second state samples, the configuration of the measurement information reporting is at least partially based on the transmission of radio resource control signals.

[0106] In the fourth state, either alone or in combination with one or more states from the first to the third state, the channel state information reference signal is associated with an aperiodic channel state information report or a semi-persistent channel state information report.

[0107] In the fifth state, either alone or in combination with one or more states from the first to the fourth state, the report of receiving measurement information includes the report of receiving measurement information on the entity uplink shared channel.

[0108] In the sixth state, either alone or in combination with one or more states from the first to the fifth state, the report of receiving measurement information includes a report of receiving measurement information multiplexed with uplink control information on a per PUCCH group basis.

[0109] In the seventh state, either alone or in combination with one or more states from the first to the sixth state, the uplink control information includes a hybrid automatic repeat request feedback associated with the second PUCCH group.

[0110] In the eighth state, either alone or in combination with one or more states from the first to the seventh state, the channel state information reference signal is associated with a periodic channel state information report or a semi-persistent channel state information report.

[0111] In the ninth state, either alone or in combination with one or more states from the first to the eighth state, the report of receiving measurement information includes the report of receiving measurement information on the entity uplink control channel.

[0112] In the tenth state, either alone or in combination with one or more states from the first to the ninth state, the report of receiving measurement information includes a report of receiving measurement information multiplexed with uplink control information on a per PUCCH group basis.

[0113] In the eleventh state, either alone or in combination with one or more states from the first to the tenth state, the measurement information includes a first report of a first aperiodic channel status information reference signal associated with a first PUCCH group, wherein the first report of the first aperiodic channel status information reference signal is in a first time resource that is not intersecting with a second time resource used for a second report of a second aperiodic channel status information reference signal associated with a second PUCCH group.

[0114] In the twelfth state, either alone or in combination with one or more states from the first to the eleventh state, the measurement information includes a periodic channel status information reference signal report associated with the first PUCCH group, wherein the periodic channel status information reference signal report is in a first time resource, and the first time resource at least partially overlaps with a second time resource that conveys an aperiodic channel status information reference signal report associated with the second PUCCH group.

[0115] In the thirteenth state, either alone or in combination with one or more states from the first to the twelfth states, the measurement information includes a first periodic channel status information reference signal report associated with a first PUCCH group, wherein the first periodic channel status information reference signal report is communicated in a first time resource, and the first time resource at least partially overlaps with a second time resource that communicates a second periodic channel status information reference signal report associated with a second PUCCH group.

[0116] In the fourteenth state sample, either alone or in combination with one or more of the first to thirteenth state samples, the measurement result of the channel status information reference signal for the downlink cell in the first PUCCH group is associated with the channel status information report of at least one PUCCH or PUSCH in the first PUCCH group or the second PUCCH group.

[0117] In the fifteenth state sample, either alone or in combination with one or more states from the first to the fourteenth state samples, at least one measurement result for at least one channel state information reference signal of at least one downlink cell in at least one of the first PUCCH groups or the second PUCCH group is reported on the physical uplink shared channel of the uplink cell associated with the first PUCCH group, wherein the hybrid automatic repeat request feedback message for the downlink cell is multiplexed with at least one measurement result on the physical uplink shared channel of the uplink cell.

[0118] In the sixteenth state, either alone or in combination with one or more states from the first to the fifteenth state, at least one communication is discarded in connection with the reporting of measurement information.

[0119] In the seventeenth state, either alone or in combination with one or more states from the first to the sixteenth state, at least one communication is dropped based at least in part on a PUCCH group of at least one communication.

[0120] Although Figure 6 illustrates an exemplary block of process 600, in some cases, process 600 may include additional blocks, fewer blocks, different blocks, or blocks arranged differently compared to those illustrated in Figure 6. Additionally or alternatively, two or more blocks in process 600 may be executed in parallel.

[0121] Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of an exemplary device 700 for wireless communication. Device 700 may be a UE, or a UE may include device 700. In some embodiments, device 700 includes a receiving element 702 and a transmitting element 704, which can communicate with each other (e.g., via one or more buses and / or one or more other elements). As shown, device 700 can use the receiving element 702 and the transmitting element 704 to communicate with another device 706 (such as a UE, a base station, or another wireless communication device). As further shown, device 700 may include a communication manager 140. Communication manager 140 may include a measurement element 708 or a reporting element 710, and one or more of other examples.

[0122] In some embodiments, device 700 may be configured to perform one or more operations described herein with respect to Figures 4A-4K. Alternatively, device 700 may be configured to perform one or more processes described herein, such as process 500 of Figure 5. In some embodiments, device 700 and / or one or more elements shown in Figure 7 may include one or more elements of the UE described above with respect to Figure 2. Alternatively, one or more elements shown in Figure 7 may be implemented within one or more elements described with respect to Figure 2. Alternatively, one or more elements in the set of elements may be implemented at least partially as software stored in memory. For example, an element (or a portion of an element) may be implemented as instructions or code stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium and executable by a controller or processor to implement the function or operation of the element.

[0123] Receiver 702 may receive communications (such as reference signals, control information, data communications, or combinations thereof) from device 706. Receiver 702 may provide the received communications to one or more other elements of device 700. In some embodiments, receiver 702 may perform signal processing on the received communications (such as filtering, amplification, demodulation, analog-to-digital conversion, demultiplexing, deinterleaving, demapping, equalization, interference cancellation, or decoding, and other instances), and may provide the processed signals to one or more other elements of device 700. In some embodiments, receiver 702 may include one or more antennas, modems, demodulators, MIMO detectors, receiver processors, controllers / processors, memory, or combinations thereof, as described in relation to the UE of FIG. 2.

[0124] Transmission element 704 can transmit communications, such as reference signals, control information, data communications, or combinations thereof, to device 706. In some embodiments, one or more other elements in device 700 can generate communications and provide these communications to transmission element 704 for transmission to device 706. In some embodiments, transmission element 704 can perform signal processing on the generated communications (such as filtering, amplification, modulation, digital-to-analog conversion, multiplexing, interleaving, mapping, or encoding, and other instances), and can transmit the processed signals to device 706. In some embodiments, transmission element 704 may include one or more antennas, modems, modulators, transmit MIMO processors, transmit processors, controllers / processors, memory, or combinations thereof, as described with reference to FIG. 2. In some embodiments, transmission element 704 may be co-located with receiving element 702 in a transceiver.

[0125] Measurement element 708 can measure a channel status information reference signal for a downlink cell associated with a first PUCCH group. Reporting element 710 can report measurement information associated with the channel status information reference signal using an uplink cell of a second PUCCH group associated with the first PUCCH group. Reporting element 710 can discard at least one communication related to reporting the measurement information.

[0126] The number and arrangement of elements shown in Figure 7 are provided as examples. In practice, there may be additional elements, fewer elements, different elements, or elements arranged differently compared to those shown in Figure 7. Furthermore, the two or more elements shown in Figure 7 may be implemented in a single element, or the single element shown in Figure 7 may be implemented as multiple distributed elements. Additionally or alternatively, the set of elements shown in Figure 7 (e.g., one or more elements) may perform one or more functions described as being performed by another set of elements shown in Figure 7.

[0127] Figure 8 is a schematic diagram of an exemplary device 800 for wireless communication. Device 800 may be a network node, or a network node may include device 800. In some embodiments, device 800 includes a receiving element 802 and a transmitting element 804, which can communicate with each other (e.g., via one or more buses and / or one or more other elements). As shown, device 800 can use the receiving element 802 and the transmitting element 804 to communicate with another device 806 (such as a UE, base station, or another wireless communication device). As further shown, device 800 may include a communication manager 150. Communication manager 150 may include a CSI management element 808 and other instances.

[0128] In some embodiments, device 800 may be configured to perform one or more operations described herein with respect to Figures 4A-4K. Alternatively, device 800 may be configured to perform one or more processes described herein, such as process 600 of Figure 6. In some embodiments, device 800 and / or one or more elements shown in Figure 8 may include one or more elements of a base station described above with respect to Figure 2. Alternatively, one or more elements shown in Figure 8 may be implemented within one or more elements described with respect to Figure 2. Alternatively, one or more elements in the set of elements may be at least partially implemented as software stored in memory. For example, an element (or a portion of an element) may be implemented as instructions or code stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium and executable by a controller or processor to implement the function or operation of the element.

[0129] Receiver 802 may receive communications from device 806, such as reference signals, control information, data communications, or combinations thereof. Receiver 802 may provide the received communications to one or more other elements of device 800. In some embodiments, receiver 802 may perform signal processing on the received communications (such as filtering, amplification, demodulation, analog-to-digital conversion, demultiplexing, deinterleaving, demapping, equalization, interference cancellation, or decoding, and other instances), and may provide the processed signals to one or more other elements of device 800. In some embodiments, receiver 802 may include one or more antennas, modems, demodulators, MIMO detectors, receiver processors, controllers / processors, memory, or combinations thereof from the base station described above in relation to FIG2.

[0130] Transmission element 804 can transmit communications, such as reference signals, control information, data communications, or combinations thereof, to device 806. In some embodiments, one or more other elements in device 806 can generate communications and provide these communications to transmission element 804 for transmission to device 806. In some embodiments, transmission element 804 can perform signal processing on the generated communications (such as filtering, amplification, modulation, digital-to-analog conversion, multiplexing, interleaving, mapping, or encoding, and other instances), and can transmit the processed signals to device 806. In some embodiments, transmission element 804 may include one or more antennas, modems, modulators, transmit MIMO processors, transmit processors, controllers / processors, memory, or combinations thereof, associated with the base station described with respect to FIG2. In some embodiments, transmission element 804 may be co-located with receiving element 802 in a transceiver.

[0131] Transmitting element 804 can transmit channel status information reference signals for downlink cells associated with the first PUCCH group. Receiving element 802 can use uplink cells of a second PUCCH group associated with the first PUCCH group to receive reports of measurement information associated with the channel status information reference signals. CSI management element 808 can schedule the transmission of one or more CSI-RS, and the reporting of one or more CSI-RS on one or more channels of one or more PUCCH groups.

[0132] The number and arrangement of elements shown in Figure 8 are provided as examples. In practice, there may be additional elements, fewer elements, different elements, or elements arranged differently compared to those shown in Figure 8. Furthermore, the two or more elements shown in Figure 8 may be implemented within a single element, or the single element shown in Figure 8 may be implemented as multiple distributed elements. Additionally or alternatively, the set of elements shown in Figure 8 (e.g., one or more elements) may perform one or more functions described as being performed by another set of elements shown in Figure 8.

[0133] Figure 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example 900 of the O-RAN architecture according to the contents of this case. As shown in Figure 9, the O-RAN architecture may include a control unit (CU) 910 that communicates with the core network 920 via a backhaul link. Furthermore, the CU 910 may communicate with one or more DUs 930 via their respective midrange links. Each DU 930 may communicate with one or more RUs 940 via its respective fronthaul link, and each RU 940 may communicate with its respective UE 120 via a radio frequency (RF) access link. The DU 930 and RU 940 may also be referred to as O-RAN DU (O-DU) 930 and O-RAN RU (O-RU) 940, respectively.

[0134] In some configurations, DU 930 and RU 940 may be implemented according to a functionally separated architecture, in which the functionality of base station 110 (e.g., eNB or gNB) is provided by DU 930 and one or more RU 940 communicating over a fronthaul link. Therefore, as described herein, base station 110 may include DU 930 and one or more RU 940, which may be co-located or geographically distributed. In some configurations, DU 930 and associated RU 940 may communicate via a fronthaul link to exchange real-time control plane information via a Lower Layer Separation (LLS) Control Plane (LLS-C) interface, to exchange non-real-time management information via an LLS Management Plane (LLS-M) interface, and / or to exchange user plane information via an LLS User Plane (LLS-U) interface.

[0135] Therefore, DU 930 can correspond to a logical unit that includes one or more base station functions to control the operation of one or more RU 940s. For example, in some cases, DU 930 can, at least partially based on lower-layer function separation, host the Radio Link Control (RLC) layer, the Media Access Control (MAC) layer, and one or more high-level physical (PHY) layers (e.g., forward error correction (FEC) encoding and decoding, scrambling, and / or modulation and demodulation). Higher-layer control functions such as Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP), Radio Resource Control (RRC), and / or Service Data Adaptation Protocol (SDAP) can be hosted by CU 910. RU 940s controlled by DU 930 can, at least partially based on lower-layer function separation, correspond to logical nodes that host RF processing functions and low-PHY layer functions (e.g., Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), Inverse FFT (iFFT), Digital Beamforming, and / or PRACH extraction and filtering). Therefore, in the O-RAN architecture, the RU 940 handles over-the-air (OTA) communication with the UE 120, and the real-time and non-real-time states of control and user plane communication with the RU 940 are controlled by the corresponding DU 930. This enables the DU 930 and CU 910 to be implemented in a cloud-based RAN architecture.

[0136] As indicated above, Figure 9 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from those described with respect to Figure 9.

[0137] The following provides an overview of some aspects of the case.

[0138] Sample 1: A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) includes the following steps: measuring a channel state information reference signal for a downlink cell associated with a first entity uplink control channel (PUCCH) group; and reporting measurement information associated with the channel state information reference signal using an uplink cell of a second PUCCH group associated with the first PUCCH group.

[0139] State 2: The method of State 1, wherein one of the first PUCCH group and the second PUCCH group is the primary PUCCH group, and the other of the first PUCCH group and the second PUCCH group is the secondary PUCCH group.

[0140] State 3: A method of any one of State 1 to State 2, wherein measurement information is multiplexed with another communication on an uplink cell in the second PUCCH group.

[0141] State 4: A method of any one of states 1 to 3, wherein the configuration of reporting measurement information is based at least in part on the transmission of radio resource control signals.

[0142] State 5: A method of any one of State 1 to State 4, wherein the channel status information reference signal is associated with an aperiodic channel status information report or a semi-persistent channel status information report.

[0143] State 6: The method of State 5, wherein reporting measurement information includes: reporting measurement information on the entity uplink shared channel.

[0144] State 7: The method of State 6, wherein the reported measurement information includes: multiplexing the measurement information with uplink control information on a per PUCCH group basis.

[0145] State 8: The method of State 7, wherein the uplink control information includes a hybrid automatic repeat request feedback associated with the second PUCCH group.

[0146] State 9: A method of any one of State 1 to State 4, wherein the channel status information reference signal is associated with a periodic channel status information report or a semi-persistent channel status message report.

[0147] State 10: The method of State 9, wherein reporting measurement information includes: reporting measurement information on the entity uplink control channel.

[0148] State 11: The method of State 10, wherein reporting measurement information includes: multiplexing measurement information with uplink control information on a per PUCCH group basis.

[0149] State 12: A method for any one of states 1 to 4, wherein the measurement information is a first aperiodic channel status information reference signal report associated with a first PUCCH group; and wherein the report of the first aperiodic channel status information reference signal report is in a first time resource, which is not intersecting with a second time resource for the report of the second aperiodic channel status information reference signal report associated with a second PUCCH group.

[0150] State 13: A method for any one of states 1 to 4, wherein the measurement information is a periodic channel status information reference signal report associated with a first PUCCH group; and wherein the report of the periodic channel status information reference signal report is in a first time resource, the first time resource at least partially overlapping with a second time resource for the report of an aperiodic channel status information reference signal report associated with a second PUCCH group.

[0151] State 14: A method for any one of states 1 to 4, wherein the measurement information is a first periodic channel status information reference signal report associated with a first PUCCH group; and wherein the report of the first periodic channel status information reference signal report is in a first time resource, the first time resource at least partially overlapping with a second time resource for the report of the second periodic channel status information reference signal report associated with a second PUCCH group.

[0152] Sample 15: A method of any one of Samples 1 to 14, wherein a measurement result of a channel status information reference signal for a downlink cell in a first PUCCH group is associated with a channel status information report for at least one PUCCH or entity uplink shared channel (PUSCH) of at least one of the first PUCCH group or the second PUCCH group.

[0153] State 16: A method of any one of States 1 to 15, wherein a report of at least one measurement of at least one channel status information reference signal for at least one downlink cell in at least one of the first PUCCH group or the second PUCCH group is reported on the physical uplink shared channel of the uplink cell associated with the first PUCCH group, wherein a hybrid automatic repeat request feedback message for the downlink cell is multiplexed with a report on the physical uplink shared channel of the uplink cell.

[0154] Sample 17: The method of any one of Samples 1 to 16 also includes the step of discarding at least one communication relating to the reported measurement information.

[0155] State 18: The method of State 17, wherein discarding at least one communication comprises: discarding at least one communication based at least in part on the PUCCH group of at least one communication.

[0156] Sample 19: A method for wireless communication performed by a network node, comprising the steps of: transmitting a channel state information reference signal for a downlink cell associated with a first entity uplink control channel (PUCCH) group; and receiving a report of measurement information associated with the channel state information reference signal using an uplink cell of a second PUCCH group associated with the first PUCCH group.

[0157] Method of state 20: state 19, wherein one of the first PUCCH group and the second PUCCH group is the primary PUCCH group, and the other of the first PUCCH group and the second PUCCH group is the secondary PUCCH group.

[0158] State 21: A method of any one of states 19 to 20, wherein measurement information is multiplexed with another communication on an uplink cell in a second PUCCH group.

[0159] Sample 22: A method of any one of Samples 19 to 21, wherein the configuration of the reporting of measurement information is based at least in part on the transmission of radio resource control signals.

[0160] State 23: A method of any one of states 19 to 22, wherein the channel state information reference signal is associated with an aperiodic channel state information report or a semi-persistent channel state information report.

[0161] State 24: The method of State 23, wherein the report of receiving measurement information includes: a report of receiving measurement information on the entity uplink shared channel.

[0162] State 25: The method of State 24, wherein the report of receiving measurement information includes: receiving a report of measurement information multiplexed with uplink control information on a per PUCCH group basis.

[0163] State 26: The method of State 25, wherein the uplink control information includes a hybrid automatic repeat request feedback associated with the second PUCCH group.

[0164] State 27: The method of states 19 to 22, wherein the channel state information reference signal is associated with a periodic channel state information report or a semi-persistent channel state information report.

[0165] State 28: The method of State 27, wherein the report of receiving measurement information includes: a report of receiving measurement information on the entity uplink control channel.

[0166] State 29: The method of State 28, wherein the report of receiving measurement information includes: receiving a report of measurement information multiplexed with uplink control information on a per PUCCH group basis.

[0167] State 30: A method of any one of states 19 to 22, wherein the measurement information includes a first report of a first aperiodic channel status information reference signal associated with a first PUCCH group; and wherein the first report of the first aperiodic channel status information reference signal is in a first time resource, the first time resource being disjoint from a second time resource for a second report of a second aperiodic channel status information reference signal associated with a second PUCCH group.

[0168] State 31: A method of any one of states 19 to 22, wherein the measurement information includes a periodic channel status information reference signal report associated with a first PUCCH group; and wherein the periodic channel status information reference signal report is in a first time resource, the first time resource at least partially overlapping with a second time resource that conveys an aperiodic channel status information reference signal report associated with a second PUCCH group.

[0169] State 32: A method for any of states 19 to 22, wherein the measurement information includes a first periodic channel status information reference signal report associated with a first PUCCH group; and wherein the first periodic channel status information reference signal report is communicated in a first time resource, the first time resource at least partially overlapping with a second time resource that communicates a second periodic channel status information reference signal report associated with a second PUCCH group.

[0170] State 33: A method of any one of States 19 to 32, wherein a measurement of a channel status information reference signal for a downlink cell in a first PUCCH group is associated with a channel status information report for at least one PUCCH or entity uplink shared channel (PUSCH) of at least one of the first PUCCH group or the second PUCCH group.

[0171] State 34: A method of any one of States 19 to 33, wherein at least one measurement of at least one channel status information reference signal for at least one downlink cell in at least one of the first PUCCH group or the second PUCCH group is reported on the physical uplink shared channel of the uplink cell associated with the first PUCCH group, wherein the hybrid automatic repeat request feedback message for the downlink cell is multiplexed with at least one measurement on the physical uplink shared channel of the uplink cell.

[0172] Sample 35: A method of any one of Samples 19 to 34, wherein at least one communication is discarded in connection with the reporting of measurement information.

[0173] Method 36: In the method of Method 35, at least one communication is dropped based at least in part on the PUCCH group of at least one communication.

[0174] State 37: An apparatus for wireless communication at a device, comprising a processor; memory coupled to the processor; and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to perform one or more states of states 1-18.

[0175] State 38: A device for wireless communication, including a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors being configured to perform a method of one or more states of states 1-18.

[0176] 39: An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising at least one component for performing a method of one or more of the states 1-18.

[0177] Format 40: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication, the code including instructions executable by a processor to perform methods of one or more formats 1-18.

[0178] Sample 41: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an instruction set for wireless communication, the instruction set including one or more instructions, which, when executed by one or more processors of the device, cause the device to perform one or more of the samples 1-18.

[0179] State 42: An apparatus for wireless communication at a device, comprising a processor; memory coupled to the processor; and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the device to perform one or more of the states 19-36.

[0180] State 43: A device for wireless communication, including a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors being configured to perform a method of one or more states of states 19-36.

[0181] Format 44: An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising at least one component for performing a method according to one or more formats 19-36.

[0182] Format 45: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication, the code including instructions executable by a processor to perform methods of one or more formats 19-36.

[0183] Sample 46: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an instruction set for wireless communication, the instruction set including one or more instructions, which, when executed by one or more processors of the device, cause the device to perform one or more of the samples 19-36 in a method.

[0184] The foregoing disclosure provides explanation and description, but is not intended to be exhaustive, nor is it intended to limit the various forms to the precise forms disclosed. Modifications and variations can be made based on the foregoing disclosure, or modifications and variations can be derived from practice with the various forms.

[0185] As used herein, the term "component" is intended to be interpreted broadly as hardware, and / or a combination of hardware and software. "Software" should be interpreted broadly as instructions, instruction sets, code, code fragments, code, programs, subprograms, software modules, applications, software applications, software packages, conventions, sub-conventions, objects, executable files, executable threads, programs and / or functions, and other instances, whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description languages, or others. As used herein, a "processor" is implemented in hardware and / or a combination of hardware and software. It will be apparent that the systems and / or methods described herein can be implemented in various forms of hardware and / or combinations of hardware and software. The actual dedicated control hardware or software code used to implement such systems and / or methods is not limited to any particular form. Therefore, the operation and behavior of the system and / or method are described herein without reference to specific software code, and thus those skilled in the art will understand that the software and hardware can be designed to implement the system and / or method based at least in part on the description herein.

[0186] As used in this article, "meeting the threshold" can refer to a value greater than the threshold, greater than or equal to the threshold, less than the threshold, less than or equal to the threshold, equal to the threshold, not equal to the threshold, etc., depending on the context.

[0187] Although specific combinations of features are set forth in the claims and / or disclosed in the specification, such combinations are not intended to limit the disclosure of each variant. Many of these features may be combined in a manner not specifically set forth in the claims and / or disclosed in the specification. The disclosure of each variant includes each dependent claim in combination with the other claims of each of the claim sets. As used herein, the phrase “at least one of” for a list item refers to any combination of those items, including a single member. As an example, “at least one of a, b, or c” is intended to cover a, b, c, a+b, a+c, b+c, and a+b+c, as well as any combination having multiples of the same elements (e.g., a+a, a+a+a, a+a+b, a+a+c, a+b+b, a+c+c, b+b, b+b+b, b+b+c, c+c, and c+c+c, or any other ordering of a, b, and c).

[0188] Elements, actions, or instructions used herein should not be construed as critical or essential unless explicitly stated otherwise. Furthermore, as used herein, the articles “a” and “an” are intended to include one or more items and are interchangeable with “one or more.” Further, as used herein, the article “the” is intended to include one or more items referenced in relation to the article “the” and is interchangeable with “one or more.” Additionally, as used herein, the terms “collection” and “group” are intended to include one or more items and are interchangeable with “one or more.” In cases where only one item is desired, the phrase “only one” or similar terminology is used. Furthermore, as used herein, the terms “containing,” “having,” “including,” etc., are intended to be open-ended terms that do not limit the elements to which they are modified (e.g., an element “having” A may also have B). Further, the phrase “based on” is intended to mean “at least partially based on” unless otherwise explicitly stated. Furthermore, as used herein, the term "or" is intended to be inclusive when used in a series, and can be used interchangeably with "and / or" unless otherwise expressly stated (e.g., when used in conjunction with "any" or "only one of").

[0189] 100: Wireless Network 102a: Macrocell 102b: microcell 102c: femtocellular 110: Base Station 110a:BS 110b:BS 110c:BS 110d:BS 120:UE 120a:UE 120b:UE 120c:UE 120d:UE 120e:UE 130: Network Controller 140: Communication Manager 150: Communication Manager 200: Examples 212: Source 220: Transmission Processor 230: Transfer (TX) Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) Processor 232a: Modem 232t: Modem 234a: Antenna 234t: Antenna 236: MIMO Detector 238: Receiver Processor 239: Data Slot 240: Controller / Processor 242: Memory 244: Communication Unit 246: Scheduler 252a: Antenna 252r: Antenna 254a: Modem 254r: Modem 256: MIMO Detector 258: Receiver Processor 260: Data Slot 262: Source 264: Transmission Processor 266:TX MIMO processor 280: Controller / Processor 282: Memory 284: Casing 290: Controller / Processor 292: Memory 294: Communication Unit 300: Instance 310: Network Node 400: Instance 402: Network Node 405: Component Symbol 410: Component Symbol 415: Component Symbol 420: Component Symbol 425: Component Symbol 430: Component Symbol 435: Component Symbol 440: Component Symbol 445: Component Symbol 450: Component Symbol 455: Component Symbol 460: Example 500: Process 510: Square 520: Square 600: Process 610: Square 620: Square 700: Device 702: Receiving element 704: Transmission Element 706: Device 708: Measuring Element 710: Reporting Element 800: Device 802: Receiver element 804: Transmission Element 806: Device 808: CSI Management Component 900: Example 910:CU 920: Core Network 930:DU 940:RU

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Claims

1. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising: One or more memory modules; And one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, are configured to: measure a channel state information reference signal for a downlink cell associated with a first entity uplink control channel (PUCCH) group, wherein the channel state information reference signal is associated with a channel state information report, the channel state information report including a semi-persistent channel state information report, and wherein the UE is configured to utilize cross-PUCCH group channel state information reports at least in part based on a type of the channel state information report; and during a primary cell (SCell) activation procedure, report measurement information associated with the channel state information reference signal using an uplink cell of a second PUCCH group associated with the first PUCCH group.

2. According to Request 1, one of the first PUCCH group and the second PUCCH group is a primary PUCCH group, and the other of the first PUCCH group and the second PUCCH group is a secondary PUCCH group.

3. The UE according to request item 1, wherein the measurement information is multiplexed with another communication on the uplink cell of the second PUCCH group.

4. The UE according to request item 1, wherein a configuration for reporting the measurement information is at least partially based on radio resource control signal transmission.

5. According to request item 1, the UE wherein the one or more processors are configured to: report the measurement information on an entity uplink shared channel in order to report the measurement information.

6. According to request item 5, the UE wherein the one or more processors are configured to: multiplex the measurement information with uplink control information on a per PUCCH group basis in order to report the measurement information.

7. According to Request 6, the uplink control information includes a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request feedback associated with the second PUCCH group.

8. According to request item 1, the UE wherein the one or more processors are configured to: report the measurement information on an entity uplink control channel in order to report the measurement information.

9. According to request item 8, the UE wherein the one or more processors are configured to: multiplex the measurement information with uplink control information on a per PUCCH group basis in order to report the measurement information.

10. The UE according to request item 1, wherein the measurement information is the channel status information report, wherein the channel status information report is associated with the first PUCCH group, and wherein the reporting of the channel status information report is in a first time resource, the first time resource being disjoint from a second time resource for reporting another channel status information report associated with the second PUCCH group.

11. The UE according to request item 1, wherein the measurement information is the channel status information report, wherein the channel status information report is associated with the first PUCCH group, and wherein the reporting of the channel status information report is in a first time resource, the first time resource at least partially overlapping with a second time resource for reporting an aperiodic channel status information report associated with the second PUCCH group.

12. The UE according to request item 1, wherein the measurement information is the channel status information report, wherein the channel status information report is associated with the first PUCCH group, and wherein the reporting of the channel status information report is in a first time resource, the first time resource at least partially overlapping with a second time resource for reporting another channel status information report associated with the second PUCCH group.

13. The UE according to request item 1, wherein the measurement result of the channel status information reference signal for the downlink cell associated with the first PUCCH group is associated with the channel status information report, and wherein the channel status information report is on at least one PUCCH or physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) of at least one of the first PUCCH group or the second PUCCH group.

14. The UE according to request item 1, wherein a report of at least one measurement result of at least one channel state information reference signal for at least one downlink cell in at least one of the first PUCCH group or the second PUCCH group is reported on an entity uplink shared channel of an uplink cell associated with the first PUCCH group, wherein a hybrid automatic repeat request feedback message for the downlink cell is multiplexed with the report on the entity uplink shared channel of the uplink cell associated with the first PUCCH group.

15. The UE according to request item 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: discard at least one communication relating to reporting the measurement information.

16. The UE according to request item 15, wherein the one or more processors are configured to discard the at least one communication at least partially based on a PUCCH group of the at least one communication.

17. A network node for wireless communication, comprising: One or more memory modules; And one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, are configured to: transmit a channel status information reference signal for a downlink cell associated with a first entity uplink control channel (PUCCH) group, wherein the channel status information reference signal is associated with a channel status information report, the channel status information report including a semi-persistent channel status information report, and wherein the network node is configured to enable a user equipment (UE) to utilize cross-PUCCH group channel status information reports at least in part based on a type of the channel status information report; and during a primary cell activation procedure, using an uplink cell of a second PUCCH group associated with the first PUCCH group, receive a report of measurement information associated with the channel status information reference signal.

18. The network node according to request item 17, wherein one of the first PUCCH group and the second PUCCH group is a primary PUCCH group, and the other of the first PUCCH group and the second PUCCH group is a secondary PUCCH group.

19. The network node according to request item 17, wherein the measurement information is multiplexed with another communication on the uplink cell of the second PUCCH group.

20. The network node according to request item 17, wherein a configuration of the report of the measurement information is at least partially based on the transmission of radio resource control signals.

21. The network node according to request item 17, wherein the one or more processors are configured to receive the report of the measurement information on an entity uplink shared channel in order to receive the report of the measurement information.

22. The network node according to request item 21, wherein the one or more processors are configured to receive the report of the measurement information multiplexed with uplink control information on a per PUCCH group basis.

23. The network node according to request item 22, wherein the uplink control information includes a hybrid automatic repeat request feedback associated with the second PUCCH group.

24. The network node according to request item 17, wherein the one or more processors are configured to receive the report of the measurement information on an entity uplink control channel in order to receive the report of the measurement information.

25. The network node according to request item 17, wherein the measurement information is the channel status information report, wherein the channel status information report is associated with the first PUCCH group, and wherein the channel status information report is in a first time resource that is not intersecting with a second time resource for reporting another channel status information report associated with the second PUCCH group.

26. The network node according to request item 17, wherein the measurement information is the channel status information report, wherein the channel status information report is associated with the first PUCCH group, and wherein the channel status information report is in a first time resource that at least partially overlaps with a second time resource for reporting an aperiodic channel status information report associated with the second PUCCH group.

27. The network node according to request item 17, wherein the measurement information is the channel status information report, wherein the channel status information report is associated with the first PUCCH group, and wherein the channel status information report is in a first time resource that at least partially overlaps with a second time resource for reporting another channel status information report associated with the second PUCCH group.

28. The network node according to request item 17, wherein a measurement result of the channel status information reference signal for the downlink cell associated with the first PUCCH group is associated with the channel status information report, and wherein the channel status information report is on at least one PUCCH or entity uplink shared channel (PUSCH) of at least one of the first PUCCH group or the second PUCCH group.

29. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising the steps of: measuring a channel state information reference signal for a downlink cell associated with a first entity uplink control channel (PUCCH) group, wherein the channel state information reference signal is associated with a channel state information report, the channel state information report including a semi-persistent channel state information report, and wherein the UE is configured to utilize cross-PUCCH group channel state information reports at least in part based on a type of the channel state information report; and during a primary cell (SCell) activation procedure, reporting measurement information associated with the channel state information reference signal using an uplink cell of a second PUCCH group associated with the first PUCCH group.

30. A method of wireless communication performed by a network node, comprising the steps of: transmitting a channel status information reference signal for a downlink cell associated with a first entity uplink control channel (PUCCH) group, wherein the channel status information reference signal is associated with a channel status information report, the channel status information report including a semi-persistent channel status information report, and wherein the network node is configured to enable a user equipment (UE) to utilize cross-PUCCH group channel status information reports at least in part based on a type of the channel status information report; and during a primary cell activation procedure, using an uplink cell of a second PUCCH group associated with the first PUCCH group, receiving a report of measurement information associated with the channel status information reference signal.

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