Monitoring reporting
Patent Information
- Application Number
- PCT/CN2024/122018
- Authority / Receiving Office
- WO · WO
- Patent Type
- Applications
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- Filing Date
- 2024-09-27
- Publication Date
- 2025-07-31
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Abstract
Description
MONITORING REPORTINGTECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present disclosure relates to wireless communications, and more specifically to a user equipment (UE) , a network entity, processors for wireless communication, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for monitoring reporting.BACKGROUND
[0002] A wireless communications system may include one or multiple network communication devices, such as base stations, which may be otherwise known as an eNodeB (eNB) , a next-generation NodeB (gNB) , or other suitable terminology. Each network communication devices, such as a base station may support wireless communications for one or multiple user communication devices, which may be otherwise known as user equipment (UE) , or other suitable terminology. The wireless communications system may support wireless communications with one or multiple user communication devices by utilizing resources of the wireless communication system (e.g., time resources (e.g., symbols, slots, subframes, frames, or the like) or frequency resources (e.g., subcarriers, carriers) . Additionally, the wireless communications system may support wireless communications across various radio access technologies including third generation (3G) radio access technology, fourth generation (4G) radio access technology, fifth generation (5G) radio access technology, among other suitable radio access technologies beyond 5G (e.g., sixth generation (6G) ) .
[0003] Limited by model generalization capability of the deployed artificial intelligence / machine learning (AI / ML) model, the beam prediction performance may be significantly degraded due to the UE mobility behaviour or propagation environment changes. Therefore, performance monitoring of the deployed AI / ML model is essential for performance assurance. Layer 1 (L1) -based reporting of performance monitoring is beneficial to facilitate a fast life cycle management (LCM) operation, so that the interruption time due to model failure could be reduced. The channel status information (CSI) report mechanism in new radio (NR) specification can be adopted with some enhancement to support L1-based reporting of performance monitoring.SUMMARY
[0004] The present disclosure relates to methods, apparatuses, and systems that support monitoring reporting. By receiving a configuration associated with two resource sets and configured with a first report quantity, the UE obtains a monitoring result associated with the first report quantity based on beam measurements corresponding to the two resource sets. The UE may directly report monitoring result in a first report resource or may transmit an indication of whether to transmitting the monitoring result or not or a resource request for transmitting the monitoring result. Thus, methods of monitoring reporting for beam prediction may be designed.
[0005] In a first aspect of the solution, a UE receives, from a network entity, a configuration associated with a first resource set and a second resource set. The configuration is configured with a first report quantity. The UE obtains a monitoring result associated with the first report quantity based on a first beam measurement corresponding to the first resource set and a second beam measurement corresponding to the second resource set. The UE transmits, to the network entity, one of the following: the monitoring result in a first report resource, the configuration being configured with the first report resource; an indication of transmitting the monitoring result; an indication of skipping transmitting the monitoring result; or a resource request for transmitting the monitoring result.
[0006] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the first report quantity is indicative of at least one monitoring result type. The monitoring result of the at least one monitoring result type may include at least one of the following: beam information predicted based on the first beam measurement and beam qualities obtained based on the second beam measurement; beam qualities predicted based on the first beam measurement and beam qualities obtained based on the second beam measurement; an indication that top-K predicted beams belong to top-M measured beams; beam information indicative of top-K predicted beams and beam information indicative of top-M measured beams; measured beam qualities of top-K predicted beams and measured beam qualities of top-M measured beams; differences between predicted beam qualities of top-K predicted beams and measured beam qualities of top-M measured beams; differences between measured beam qualities of top-K predicted beams and measured beam qualities of top-M measured beams; or differences between predicted beam qualities of top-K predicted beams and measured beam qualities of the top-K predicted beam. The top-K predicted beams are top-K best beams, among predicted beams, predicted based on the first beam measurement, and the top-M measured beams are top-M best beams, among beams corresponding to the second resource set, determined based on the second beam measurement. The measured beam qualities of the top-K predicted beams and the measured beam qualities of the top-M measured beams are obtained based on the second beam measurement, and the predicted beam qualities of the top-K predicted beams are predicted based on the first beam measurement.
[0007] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, an occasion of the first resource set for the first beam measurement and an occasion of the second resource set for the second beam measurement are no later than a reference resource corresponding to transmission of the monitoring result in the first report resource. A time gap between the occasion of the first resource set and the occasion of the second resource set is no larger than a maximum time requirement.
[0008] Some implementations of the method and apparatuses described herein may further include: performing a plurality of first beam measurements on the first resource set and a plurality of second beam measurements on the second resource set within a duration; obtaining a plurality of monitoring results associated with the first report quantity based on the plurality of first beam measurements and the plurality of second beam measurements; and transmitting, to the network entity, the plurality of monitoring results in a channel status information (CSI) report in the first report resource.
[0009] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the configuration is further configured with a second report quantity, the second report quantity is indicative of at least one inference result type. Some implementations of the method and apparatuses described herein may further include: obtaining an inference result associated with the second report quantity based on the first beam measurement; and transmitting, to the network entity, the inference result.
[0010] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the inference result of the at least one inference result type may include at least one of the following: beam information predicted based on the first beam measurement; beam information and corresponding beam qualities predicted based on the first beam measurement; or beam information and corresponding probabilities as a best beam for the UE predicted based on the first beam measurement.
[0011] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the first report quantity and the second report quantity are associated with a report configuration type. The first report quantity and the second report quantity are associated with a report resource configuration.
[0012] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the first report quantity is associated with a first report periodicity, and the second report quantity is associated with a second report periodicity.
[0013] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the first report quantity is associated with a first report configuration type and a first report resource configuration, and the second report quantity is associated with a second report configuration type and a second report resource configuration.
[0014] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, an occasion of the first resource set for the first beam measurement is no later than a reference resource corresponding to transmission of the inference result.
[0015] Some implementations of the method and apparatuses described herein may further include: determining whether a trigger condition is met based on at least one of the first beam measurement and the second beam measurement. The trigger condition is associated with transmitting of the monitoring result, and the trigger condition may include one of the following: an occurrence of a trigger event; an occurrence number of a trigger event reaches a maximum occurrence number; or an occurrence duration of a trigger event reaches a maximum occurrence duration.
[0016] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the trigger event may include at least one of the following: measured beam qualities obtained in the first beam measurement are lower than a first threshold; measured beam qualities obtained in the second beam measurement are lower than a second threshold; predicted beam qualities of predicted beams predicted based on the first beam measurement are lower than a third threshold; a probability of a top-1 predicted beam as a best beam for the UE is lower than a fourth threshold; probabilities of top-K predicted beams as a best beam for the UE are lower than a fifth threshold; an accuracy of beam prediction based on the first beam measurement is lower than a sixth threshold; a top-1 measured beam is different from a top-1 predicted beam; top-K measured beams are different from top-K predicted beams; a difference between a measured beam quality of a top-1 measured beam and a predicted beam quality of a top-1 predicted beam is larger than a seventh threshold; differences between measured beam qualities of top-K measured beams and predicted beam qualities of top-K predicted beams are larger than an eighth threshold; a difference between a measured beam quality of a top-1 measured beam and a measured beam quality of a top-1 predicted beam is larger than a ninth threshold; differences between measured beam qualities of top-K measured beams and measured beam qualities of top-K predicted beams are larger than a tenth threshold; a difference between a predicted beam quality of a top-1 predicted beam and a measured beam quality of a top-1 predicted beam is larger than an eleventh threshold; or differences between predicted beam qualities of top-K predicted beams and measured beam qualities of top-K predicted beams are larger than a twelfth threshold. The top-1 predicted beam is a best beam, among predicted beams, predicted based on the first beam measurement. The top-K predicted beams are top-K best beams, among predicted beams, predicted based on the first beam measurement. The top-1 measured beam is a best beam, among beams corresponding to the second resource set, determined based on the second beam measurement. The top-K measured beams are top-K best beams, among beams corresponding to the second resource set, determined based on the second beam measurement. The measured beam quality of the top-1 predicted beam, the measured beam qualities of the top-K predicted beams, the measured beam quality of the top-1 measured beam and the measured beam qualities of the top-K measured beams are obtained based on the second beam measurement. The predicted beam quality of the top-1 predicted beam and the predicted beam qualities of the top-K predicted beams are predicted based on the first beam measurement.
[0017] Some implementations of the method and apparatuses described herein may further include: receiving, from the network entity, a trigger configuration. The trigger configuration may include at least one of the following: the trigger event; the maximum occurrence number; the maximum occurrence duration; or a threshold associated with the trigger event.
[0018] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the configuration is a CSI report configuration.
[0019] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the configuration is associated with a first uplink resource. Some implementations of the method and apparatuses described herein may further include: transmitting, to the network entity in the first uplink resource, the resource request for transmitting the monitoring result in the case that the trigger condition is met; receiving, from the network entity, an indication of a second uplink resource for transmitting the monitoring result; and transmitting, to the network entity, the monitoring result in the second uplink resource.
[0020] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the first resource set is configured as one of the following: periodic, semi-persistent or aperiodic. The second resource set is configured as one of the following: periodic, semi-persistent or aperiodic.
[0021] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the resource request is comprised in a positive scheduling request (SR) .
[0022] Some implementations of the method and apparatuses described herein may further include: transmitting, to the network entity in the first uplink resource, a negative SR in the case that the trigger condition is not met.
[0023] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the configuration is associated with a first uplink resource and a second uplink resource. Some implementations of the method and apparatuses described herein may further include: transmitting, to the network entity in the first uplink resource, the indication of transmitting the monitoring result in the second uplink resource in the case that the trigger condition is met; and transmitting, to the network entity, the monitoring result in the second uplink resource.
[0024] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, transmitting the monitoring result in the second uplink resource is started after a time duration from the indication of transmitting the monitoring result. In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the configuration is associated with a first uplink resource and a second uplink resource. Some implementations of the method and apparatuses described herein may further include: transmitting, to the network entity in the first uplink resource, the indication of skipping transmitting the monitoring result in the second uplink resource in the case that the trigger condition is not met; and skipping transmitting, to the network entity, the monitoring result in the second uplink resource.
[0025] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the indication of skipping transmitting the monitoring result is indicative of skipping transmitting the monitoring result in one or more occasions of the second uplink resource. The one or more occasions start after a time duration from the indication of skipping transmitting the monitoring result.
[0026] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the configuration is associated with a first report resource associated with the first report quantity and a second report resource. Some implementations of the method and apparatuses described herein may further include: transmitting, to the network entity in the second report resource, the indication of transmitting the monitoring result in the first report resource in the case that the trigger condition is met; and transmitting, to the network entity, the monitoring result in the first report resource.
[0027] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the configuration is associated with a first report resource associated with the first report quantity and a second report resource. Some implementations of the method and apparatuses described herein may further include: transmitting, to the network entity in the second report resource, the indication of skipping transmitting the monitoring result in the first report resource in the case that the trigger condition is not met; and skipping transmitting, to the network entity, the monitoring result in the first report resource.
[0028] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the configuration is further configured with a second report quantity, the configuration is associated with a first report resource associated with the first report quantity and a second report resource associated with the second report quantity. Some implementations of the method and apparatuses described herein may further include: transmitting, to the network entity in the second report resource, an inference result associated with the second report quantity and the indication of transmitting the monitoring result in the first report resource in the case that the trigger condition is met; and transmitting, to the network entity, the monitoring result in the first report resource.
[0029] Some implementations of the method and apparatuses described herein may further include: receiving, from the network entity, an activation indication associated with the first report quantity or a trigger indication associated with the first report quantity. Transmitting the monitoring result in the first report resource is after receiving the activation indication or the trigger indication.
[0030] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, transmitting the monitoring result in the first report resource is started after a time duration from the indication of transmitting the monitoring result.
[0031] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the configuration is further configured with a second report quantity, the configuration is associated with a first report resource associated with the first report quantity and a second report resource associated with the second report quantity. Some implementations of the method and apparatuses described herein may further include: transmitting, to the network entity in the second report resource, an inference result associated with the second report quantity and the indication of skipping transmitting the monitoring result in the first report resource in the case that the trigger condition is not met; and skipping transmitting, to the network entity, the monitoring result in the first report resource.
[0032] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the indication of skipping transmitting the monitoring result is indicative of skipping transmitting the monitoring result in one or more occasions of the first report resource. The one or more occasions start after a time duration from the indication of skipping transmitting the monitoring result.
[0033] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the first report quantity and the second report quantity are configured as periodic, and a report periodicity for the first report quantity and a report periodicity for the second report quantity are different.
[0034] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the first report quantity and the second report quantity are configured as semi-persistentOnPUCCH. Some implementations of the method and apparatuses described herein may further include: receiving, from the network entity, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) ; activating or deactivating the configuration based on a first field in the MAC CE; activating or deactivating the first report quantity based on a second field in the MAC CE; and activating or deactivating the second report quantity based on a third field in the MAC CE.
[0035] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, first report quantity and the second report quantity are configured as semi-persistentOnPUSCH. Some implementations of the method and apparatuses described herein may further include: receiving, from the network entity, a first downlink control information (DCI) for triggering the second report quantity; and receiving, from the network entity, a second DCI for triggering the first report quantity.
[0036] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, first report quantity is configured as aperiodic by a radio resource control (RRC) signaling, and the second report quantity is configured as semi-persistentOnPUSCH. Some implementations of the method and apparatuses described herein may further include: receiving, from the network entity, a first DCI for triggering the second report quantity; and receiving, from the network entity, a second DCI for triggering the first report quantity.
[0037] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, first report quantity and the second report quantity are configured as aperiodic. Some implementations of the method and apparatuses described herein may further include: receiving, from the network entity, a DCI for triggering the second report quantity or the first report quantity.
[0038] In a second aspect of the solution, a network entity transmits, to a user equipment (UE) , a configuration associated with a first resource set and a second resource set. The configuration is configured with a first report quantity. The network entity receives, from the UE, one of the following: a monitoring result associated with the first report quantity in a first report resource, the configuration being configured with the first report resource; an indication of transmitting a monitoring result associated with the first report quantity by the UE; an indication of skipping transmitting a monitoring result associated with the first report quantity by the UE; or a resource request for transmitting a monitoring result associated with the first report quantity by the UE. The monitoring result is based on a first beam measurement corresponding to the first resource set and a second beam measurement corresponding to the second resource set.
[0039] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, first report quantity is indicative of at least one monitoring result type, the monitoring result of the at least one monitoring result type may include at least one of the following: beam information predicted based on the first beam measurement and beam information obtained based on the second beam measurement; beam qualities predicted based on the first beam measurement and beam qualities obtained based on the second beam measurement; an indication that top-K predicted beams belong to top-M measured beams; beam information indicative of top-K predicted beams and beam information indicative of top-M measured beams; measured beam qualities of top-K predicted beams and measured beam qualities of top-M measured beams; differences between predicted beam qualities of top-K predicted beams and measured beam qualities of top-M measured beams; differences between measured beam qualities of top-K predicted beams and measured beam qualities of top-M measured beams; or differences between predicted beam qualities of top-K predicted beams and measured beam qualities of the top-K predicted beam. The top-K predicted beams are top-K best beams, among predicted beams, predicted based on the first beam measurement, and the top-M measured beams are top-M best beams, among beams corresponding to the second resource set, determined based on the second beam measurement. The measured beam qualities of the top-K predicted beams and the measured beam qualities of the top-M measured beams are obtained based on the second beam measurement, and the predicted beam qualities of the top-K predicted beams are predicted based on the first beam measurement.
[0040] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, an occasion of the first resource set for the first beam measurement and an occasion of the second resource set for the second beam measurement are no later than a reference resource corresponding to transmission of the monitoring result in the first report resource. A time gap between the occasion of the first resource set and the occasion of the second resource set is no larger than a maximum time requirement.
[0041] Some implementations of the method and apparatuses described herein may further include: receiving, from the UE, a plurality of monitoring results associated with the first report quantity in a channel status information (CSI) report in the first report resource. The plurality of monitoring results are based on a plurality of first beam measurements on the first resource set and a plurality of second beam measurements on the second resource set within a duration.
[0042] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the configuration is further configured with a second report quantity, the second report quantity is indicative of at least one inference result type. Some implementations of the method and apparatuses described herein may further include: receiving, from the UE, an inference result associated with the second report quantity. The inference result is based on the first beam measurement.
[0043] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the inference result of the at least one inference result type may include at least one of the following: beam information predicted based on the first beam measurement; beam information and corresponding beam qualities predicted based on the first beam measurement; or beam information and corresponding probabilities as a best beam for the network entity predicted based on the first beam measurement.
[0044] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the first report quantity and the second report quantity are associated with a report configuration type. The first report quantity and the second report quantity are associated with a report resource configuration.
[0045] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the first report quantity is associated with a first report periodicity, and the second report quantity is associated with a second report periodicity.
[0046] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the first report quantity is associated with a first report configuration type and a first report resource configuration, and the second report quantity is associated with a second report configuration type and a second report resource configuration.
[0047] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, an occasion of the first resource set for the first beam measurement is no later than a reference resource corresponding to transmission of the inference result.
[0048] Some implementations of the method and apparatuses described herein may further include: transmitting, to the network entity, a trigger configuration. A trigger condition associated with the trigger configuration is associated with transmitting of the monitoring result. The trigger condition may include one of the following: an occurrence of a trigger event; an occurrence number of a trigger event reaches a maximum occurrence number; or an occurrence duration of a trigger event reaches a maximum occurrence duration.
[0049] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the trigger event may include at least one of the following: measured beam qualities obtained in the first beam measurement are lower than a first threshold; measured beam qualities obtained in the second beam measurement are lower than a second threshold; predicted beam qualities of predicted beams predicted based on the first beam measurement are lower than a third threshold; a probability of a top-1 predicted beam as a best beam for the UE is lower than a fourth threshold; probabilities of top-K predicted beams as a best beam for the UE are lower than a fifth threshold; an accuracy of beam prediction based on the first beam measurement is lower than a sixth threshold; a top-1 measured beam is different from a top-1 predicted beam; top-K measured beams are different from top-K predicted beams; a difference between a measured beam quality of a top-1 measured beam and a predicted beam quality of a top-1 predicted beam is larger than a seventh threshold; differences between measured beam qualities of top-K measured beams and predicted beam qualities of top-K predicted beams are larger than an eighth threshold; a difference between a measured beam quality of a top-1 measured beam and a measured beam quality of a top-1 predicted beam is larger than a ninth threshold; differences between measured beam qualities of top-K measured beams and measured beam qualities of top-K predicted beams are larger than a tenth threshold; a difference between a predicted beam quality of a top-1 predicted beam and a measured beam quality of a top-1 predicted beam is larger than an eleventh threshold; or differences between predicted beam qualities of top-K predicted beams and measured beam qualities of top-K predicted beams are larger than a twelfth threshold. The top-1 predicted beam is a best beam, among predicted beams, predicted based on the first beam measurement. The top-K predicted beams are top-K best beams, among predicted beams, predicted based on the first beam measurement. The top-1 measured beam is a best beam, among beams corresponding to the second resource set, determined based on the second beam measurement. The top-K measured beams are top-K best beams, among beams corresponding to the second resource set, determined based on the second beam measurement. The measured beam quality of the top-1 predicted beam, the measured beam qualities of the top-K predicted beams, the measured beam quality of the top-1 measured beam and the measured beam qualities of the top-K measured beams are obtained based on the second beam measurement. The predicted beam quality of the top-1 predicted beam and the predicted beam qualities of the top-K predicted beams are predicted based on the first beam measurement.
[0050] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the trigger configuration may include at least one of the following: the trigger event; the maximum occurrence number; the maximum occurrence duration; or a threshold associated with the trigger event.
[0051] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the configuration is a CSI report configuration.
[0052] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the configuration is associated with a first uplink resource. Some implementations of the method and apparatuses described herein may further include: receiving, from the UE in the first uplink resource, the resource request for transmitting the monitoring result by the UE, wherein the trigger condition is met; transmitting, to the UE, an indication of a second uplink resource for transmitting the monitoring result; and receiving, from the UE, the monitoring result in the second uplink resource.
[0053] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the first resource set is configured as one of the following: periodic, semi-persistent or aperiodic. The second resource set is configured as one of the following: periodic, semi-persistent or aperiodic.
[0054] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the resource request is comprised in a positive scheduling request (SR) .
[0055] Some implementations of the method and apparatuses described herein may further include: receiving, from the UE in the first uplink resource, a negative SR, wherein the trigger condition is not met.
[0056] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the configuration is associated with a first uplink resource and a second uplink resource. Some implementations of the method and apparatuses described herein may further include: receiving, from the UE in the first uplink resource, the indication of transmitting the monitoring result in the second uplink resource by the UE, wherein the trigger condition is met; and receiving, from the UE, the monitoring result in the second uplink resource.
[0057] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, receiving the monitoring result in the second uplink resource is started after a time duration from the indication of transmitting the monitoring result by the UE.
[0058] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the configuration is associated with a first uplink resource and a second uplink resource. Some implementations of the method and apparatuses described herein may further include: receiving, from the UE in the first uplink resource, the indication of skipping transmitting the monitoring result in the second uplink resource by the UE, wherein the trigger condition is not met; and skipping receiving, from the UE, the monitoring result in the second uplink resource.
[0059] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the indication of skipping transmitting the monitoring result by the UE is indicative of skipping transmitting the monitoring result in one or more occasions of the second uplink resource. The one or more occasions start after a time duration from the indication of skipping transmitting the monitoring result by the UE.
[0060] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the configuration is associated with a first report resource associated with the first report quantity and a second report resource. Some implementations of the method and apparatuses described herein may further include: receiving, from the UE in the second report resource, the indication of transmitting the monitoring result in the first report resource by the UE, wherein the trigger condition is met; and receiving, from the UE, the monitoring result in the first report resource.
[0061] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the configuration is associated with a first report resource associated with the first report quantity and a second report resource. Some implementations of the method and apparatuses described herein may further include: receiving, from the UE in the second report resource, the indication of skipping transmitting the monitoring result in the first report resource by the UE, wherein the trigger condition is not met; and skipping receiving, from the UE, the monitoring result in the first report resource.
[0062] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the configuration is further configured with a second report quantity, the configuration is associated with a first report resource associated with the first report quantity and a second report resource associated with the second report quantity. Some implementations of the method and apparatuses described herein may further include: receiving, from the UE in the second report resource, an inference result associated with the second report quantity and the indication of transmitting the monitoring result in the first report resource by the UE, wherein the trigger condition is met; and receiving, from the UE, the monitoring result in the first report resource.
[0063] Some implementations of the method and apparatuses described herein may further include: transmitting, to the UE, an activation indication associated with the first report quantity or a trigger indication associated with the first report quantity, wherein receiving the monitoring result in the first report resource is after transmitting the activation indication or the trigger indication.
[0064] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the receiving the monitoring result in the first report resource is started after a time duration from the indication of transmitting the monitoring result by the UE.
[0065] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the configuration is further configured with a second report quantity, the configuration is associated with a first report resource associated with the first report quantity and a second report resource associated with the second report quantity. Some implementations of the method and apparatuses described herein may further include: receiving, from the UE in the second report resource, an inference result associated with the second report quantity and the indication of skipping transmitting the monitoring result in the first report resource by the UE, wherein the trigger condition is not met; and skipping receiving, from the UE, the monitoring result in the first report resource.
[0066] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the indication of skipping transmitting the monitoring result by the UE is indicative of skipping transmitting the monitoring result in one or more occasions of the first report resource. The one or more occasions start after a time duration from the indication of skipping transmitting the monitoring result by the UE.
[0067] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the first report quantity and the second report quantity are configured as periodic, and a report periodicity for the first report quantity and a report periodicity for the second report quantity are different.
[0068] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the first report quantity and the second report quantity are configured as semi-persistentOnPUCCH. Some implementations of the method and apparatuses described herein may further include: transmitting, to the UE, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) . The MAC CE may include at least one of the following: a first field indicative of activating or deactivating the configuration; a second field indicative of activating or deactivating the first report quantity; and a third field indicative of activating or deactivating the second report quantity.
[0069] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the first report quantity and the second report quantity are configured as semi-persistentOnPUSCH. Some implementations of the method and apparatuses described herein may further include: transmitting, to the UE, a first downlink control information (DCI) for triggering the second report quantity; and transmitting, to the UE, a second DCI for triggering the first report quantity.
[0070] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the first report quantity is configured as aperiodic by a radio resource control (RRC) signaling, and the second report quantity is configured as semi-persistentOnPUSCH. Some implementations of the method and apparatuses described herein may further include: transmitting, to the UE, a first DCI for triggering the second report quantity; and transmitting, to the UE, a second DCI for triggering the first report quantity.
[0071] In some implementations of the methods and apparatuses described herein, the first report quantity and the second report quantity are configured as aperiodic. Some implementations of the method and apparatuses described herein may further include: transmitting, to the UE, a DCI for triggering the second report quantity or the first report quantity.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0072] FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a wireless communications system that supports monitoring reporting in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure.
[0073] FIG. 2 illustrates an example signaling chart of an example process that supports monitoring reporting in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure.
[0074] FIG. 3 illustrates an example diagram of monitoring reporting based on a CSI report configuration in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure.
[0075] FIGS. 4A through 4D illustrate example diagrams of event-triggered monitoring reporting in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure.
[0076] FIG. 5 illustrates an example diagram of a MAC CE for activating a CSI report configuration with two report quantities in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure.
[0077] FIG. 6 illustrates an example of a device that supports monitoring reporting in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure.
[0078] FIG. 7 illustrates an example of a processor that support monitoring reporting in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure.
[0079] FIGS. 8 through 9 illustrate flowcharts of methods that support monitoring reporting in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure.DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0080] Principles of the present disclosure will now be described with reference to some embodiments. It is to be understood that these embodiments are described only for the purpose of illustration and help those skilled in the art to understand and implement the present disclosure, without suggesting any limitation as to the scope of the disclosure. The disclosure described herein may be implemented in various manners other than the ones described below.
[0081] In the following description and claims, unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skills in the art to which this disclosure belongs.
[0082] References in the present disclosure to “one embodiment, ” “an example embodiment, ” “an embodiment, ” “some embodiments, ” and the like indicate that the embodiment (s) described may include a particular feature, structure, or characteristic, but it is not necessary that every embodiment includes the particular feature, structure, or characteristic. Moreover, such phrases do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment (s) . Further, when a particular feature, structure, or characteristic is described in connection with an embodiment, it is submitted that it is within the knowledge of one skilled in the art to affect such feature, structure, or characteristic in connection with other embodiments whether or not explicitly described.
[0083] It shall be understood that although the terms “first” and “second” or the like may be used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another element. For example, a first element could also be termed as a second element, and similarly, a second element could also be termed as a first element, without departing from the scope of embodiments. As used herein, the term “and / or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the listed terms.
[0084] The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments. As used herein, the singular forms “a” , “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises” , “comprising” , “has” , “having” , “includes” and / or “including” , when used herein, specify the presence of stated features, elements, and / or components etc., but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, elements, components and / or combinations thereof. For example, the term “includes” and its variants are to be read as open terms that mean “includes, but is not limited to. ” The term “based on” is to be read as “based at least in part on. ” The term “one embodiment” and “an embodiment” are to be read as “at least one embodiment. ” The term “another embodiment” is to be read as “at least one other embodiment. ” The use of an expression such as “A and / or B” can mean either “only A” or “only B” or “both A and B. ” Other definitions, explicit and implicit, may be included below.
[0085] As used herein, the term “communication network” refers to a network following any suitable communication standards, such as, 5G NR, long term evolution (LTE) , LTE-advanced (LTE-A) , wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) , high-speed packet access (HSPA) , narrow band internet of things (NB-IoT) , and so on. Further, the communications between a terminal device and a network device in the communication network may be performed according to any suitable generation communication protocols, including but not limited to, the first generation (1G) , the second generation (2G) , 2.5G, 2.75G, the third generation (3G) , the fourth generation (4G) , 4.5G, the fifth generation (5G) communication protocols, and / or any other protocols either currently known or to be developed in the future. Embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied in various communication systems. Given the rapid development in communications, there will also be future type communication technologies and systems in which the present disclosure may be embodied. It should not be seen as limiting the scope of the present disclosure to only the aforementioned systems.
[0086] As used herein, the term “network device” generally refers to a node in a communication network via which a terminal device can access the communication network and receive services therefrom. The network device may refer to a base station (BS) or an access point (AP) , for example, a node B (NodeB or NB) , a radio access network (RAN) node, an evolved NodeB (eNodeB or eNB) , an NR NB (also referred to as a gNB) , a remote radio unit (RRU) , a radio header (RH) , an infrastructure device for a V2X (vehicle-to-everything) communication, a transmission and reception point (TRP) , a reception point (RP) , a remote radio head (RRH) , a relay, an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node, a low power node such as a femto BS, a pico BS, and so forth, depending on the applied terminology and technology.
[0087] As used herein, the term “terminal device” generally refers to any end device that may be capable of wireless communications. By way of example rather than a limitation, a terminal device may also be referred to as a communication device, a user equipment (UE) , an end user device, a subscriber station (SS) , an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) , a portable subscriber station, a mobile station (MS) , or an access terminal (AT) . The terminal device may include, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a cellular phone, a smart phone, a voice over IP (VoIP) phone, a wireless local loop phone, a tablet, a wearable terminal device, a personal digital assistant (PDA) , a portable computer, a desktop computer, an image capture terminal device such as a digital camera, a gaming terminal device, a music storage and playback appliance, a vehicle-mounted wireless terminal device, a wireless endpoint, a mobile station, laptop-embedded equipment (LEE) , laptop-mounted equipment (LME) , a USB dongle, a smart device, wireless customer-premises equipment (CPE) , an internet of things (loT) device, a watch or other wearable, a head-mounted display (HMD) , a vehicle, a drone, a medical device (for example, a remote surgery device) , an industrial device (for example, a robot and / or other wireless devices operating in an industrial and / or an automated processing chain contexts) , a consumer electronics device, a device operating on commercial and / or industrial wireless networks, and the like. In the following description, the terms: “terminal device, ” “communication device, ” “terminal, ” “user equipment” and “UE, ” may be used interchangeably.
[0088] AI / ML based beam prediction includes two use cases, i.e., BM-case1 and BM-case2.
[0089] BM-case1 refers to spatial-domain downlink beam prediction for Set A of beams based on measurement results of Set B of beams, which considers: AI / ML model training and inference at NW side, or AI / ML model training and inference at UE side. The relationship between Set A and Set B considers that Set A and Set B are different (Set B is NOT a subset of Set A) , or Set B is a subset of Set A. It should be noted that Set A is for DL beam prediction. AI / ML model input considers only L1-RSRP measurement based on Set B; L1-RSRP measurement based on Set B and assistance information; channel impulse response (CIR) based on Set B; or L1-RSRP measurement based on Set B and the corresponding DL Tx and / or Rx beam ID.
[0090] BM-Case2 refers to temporal downlink beam prediction for Set A of beams based on the historic measurement results of Set B of beams, which considers: Alt. 1) : AI / ML model training and inference at NW side; Alt. 2) : AI / ML model training and inference at UE side. The relationship between Set A and Set B considers Set A and Set B are different (Set B is NOT a subset of Set A) ; Set B is a subset of Set A (Set A and Set B are not the same) ; or Set A and Set B are the same. AI / ML model input considers measurement results of K (K≥1) latest measurement instances with the following alternatives, including only L1-RSRP measurement based on Set B, L1-RSRP measurement based on Set B and assistance information, or L1-RSRP measurement based on Set B and the corresponding DL Tx and / or Rx beam ID. F predictions for F future time instances can be obtained based on the output of AI / ML model, where each prediction is for each time instance, where the F at least equals to 1.
[0091] Set B is a set of beams whose measurements are taken as inputs of the AI / ML model.
[0092] For BM-Case1 and BM-Case2 with a UE-side AI / ML model, it is proposed to support Type1 performance monitoring of UE-side AI / ML model. Type 1 performance monitoring includes two options. In Option 1 (NW-side performance monitoring) , the UE sends a report to the network (NW) for the calculation of performance metric at the NW. Measurement results from resource set for monitoring, e.g., L1-RSRP and / or RS index is supported as the content of the report. The report is at least configured / triggered by the NW. In Option 2 (UE-assisted performance monitoring) , the UE calculates performance metric (s) . How to obtain beam measurement for performance monitoring and how to report the monitoring result still need to be studied.
[0093] Regarding reporting configuration in CSI framework, each Reporting Setting CSI-ReportConfig is associated with a single downlink BWP (indicated by higher layer parameter BWP-id) given in the associated CSI-ResourceConfig for channel measurement and contains the parameter (s) for one CSI reporting band: time-domain behavior, measurement restriction configurations, and the CSI-related quantities to be reported by the UE such as the layer indicator (LI) , L1-RSRP, L1-SINR, CRI, SSBRI (SSB Resource Indicator) , CapabilityIndex and TDCP.
[0094] The time domain behavior of the CSI-ReportConfig is indicated by the higher layer parameter reportConfigType and can be set to 'aperiodic' , 'semiPersistentOnPUCCH' , 'semiPersistentOnPUSCH' , or 'periodic' . For 'periodic' and 'semiPersistentOnPUCCH' / 'semiPersistentOnPUSCH' CSI reporting, the configured periodicity and slot offset applies in the numerology of the UL BWP in which the CSI report is configured to be transmitted on. The higher layer parameter reportQuantity indicates the CSI-related, L1-RSRP-related, L1-SINR-related, CapabilityIndex-related or TDCP-related quantities to report.
[0095] If the UE is configured with a CSI-ReportConfig with the higher layer parameter reportQuantity set to 'cri-RSRP' , 'ssb-Index-RSRP' , 'cri-RSRP-Index' or 'ssb-Index-RSRP-Index' , -if the UE is configured with the higher layer parameter groupBasedBeamReporting set to 'disabled' , the UE is not required to update measurements for more than 64 CSI-RS and / or SSB resources, and the UE shall report in a single report nrofReportedRS (higher layer configured) different CRI or SSBRI for each report setting.
[0096] If the higher layer parameter timeRestrictionForChannelMeasurements in CSI-ReportConfig is set to "notConfigured" , the UE shall derive the channel measurements for computing L1-RSRP value reported in uplink slot n based on only the SS / PBCH or NZP CSI-RS, no later than the CSI reference resource, (defined in TS 38.211) associated with the CSI resource setting.
[0097] If the higher layer parameter timeRestrictionForChannelMeasurements in CSI-ReportConfig is set to "Configured" , the UE shall derive the channel measurements for computing L1-RSRP reported in uplink slot n based on only the most recent, no later than the CSI reference resource, occasion of SS / PBCH or NZP CSI-RS (defined in [4, TS 38.211] ) associated with the CSI resource setting.
[0098] Regarding resource setting in CSI framework, each CSI Resource Setting CSI-ResourceConfig contains a configuration of a list of S≥1 CSI Resource Sets (given by higher layer parameter csi-RS-ResourceSetList) , where the list is comprised of references to either or both of NZP CSI-RS resource set (s) and SS / PBCH block set (s) or the list is comprised of references to CSI-IM resource set (s) . Each CSI Resource Setting is located in the DL BWP identified by the higher layer parameter BWP-id, and all CSI Resource Settings linked to a CSI Report Setting have the same DL BWP.
[0099] The time domain behavior of the CSI-RS resources within a CSI Resource Setting are indicated by the higher layer parameter resourceType and can be set to aperiodic, periodic, or semi-persistent. For periodic and semi-persistent CSI Resource Settings, when the UE is configured with groupBasedBeamReporting-r17 or groupBasedBeamReporting-v18, the number of CSI Resource Sets configured is S=2, otherwise the number of CSI-RS Resource Sets configured is limited to S=1, except for periodic CSI Resource Settings, when the UE is configured with TDCP reporting, for which the number of CSI-RS Resource Sets in the CSI Resource Setting for channel measurement is ∈ {1, 2, 3} and all the CSI-RS Resource Sets are configured with the higher layer parameter trs-Info. For periodic and semi-persistent CSI Resource Settings, the configured periodicity and slot offset is given in the numerology of its associated DL BWP, as given by BWP-id. When a UE is configured with multiple CSI-ResourceConfigs consisting the same NZP CSI-RS resource ID, the same time domain behavior shall be configured for the CSI-ResourceConfigs. When a UE is configured with multiple CSI-ResourceConfigs consisting the same CSI-IM resource ID, the same time-domain behavior shall be configured for the CSI-ResourceConfigs. All CSI Resource Settings linked to a CSI Report Setting shall have the same time domain behavior.
[0100] In view of the above and other aspects, embodiments of the present disclosure provide solutions for monitoring reporting. Aspects of the present disclosure are described in the context of a wireless communications system.
[0101] FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a wireless communications system 100 that supports monitoring reporting in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. The wireless communications system 100 may include one or more network entities 102 (also referred to as network equipment (NE) ) , one or more UEs 104, a core network 106, and a packet data network 108. The wireless communications system 100 may support various radio access technologies. In some implementations, the wireless communications system 100 may be a 4G network, such as an LTE network or an LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) network. In some other implementations, the wireless communications system 100 may be a 5G network, such as an NR network. In other implementations, the wireless communications system 100 may be a combination of a 4G network and a 5G network, or other suitable radio access technology including Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 (Wi-Fi) , IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX) , IEEE 802.20. The wireless communications system 100 may support radio access technologies beyond 5G. Additionally, the wireless communications system 100 may support technologies, such as time division multiple access (TDMA) , frequency division multiple access (FDMA) , or code division multiple access (CDMA) , etc.
[0102] The one or more network entities 102 may be dispersed throughout a geographic region to form the wireless communications system 100. One or more of the network entities 102 described herein may be or include or may be referred to as a network node, a base station, a network element, a radio access network (RAN) , a base transceiver station, an access point, a NodeB, an eNodeB (eNB) , a next-generation NodeB (gNB) , or other suitable terminology. A network entity 102 and a UE 104 may communicate via a communication link 110, which may be a wireless or wired connection. For example, a network entity 102 and a UE 104 may perform wireless communication (e.g., receive signaling, transmit signaling) over a Uu interface.
[0103] A network entity 102 may provide a geographic coverage area 112 for which the network entity 102 may support services (e.g., voice, video, packet data, messaging, broadcast, etc. ) for one or more UEs 104 within the geographic coverage area 112. For example, a network entity 102 and a UE 104 may support wireless communication of signals related to services (e.g., voice, video, packet data, messaging, broadcast, etc. ) according to one or multiple radio access technologies. In some implementations, a network entity 102 may be moveable, for example, a satellite associated with a non-terrestrial network. In some implementations, different geographic coverage areas 112 associated with the same or different radio access technologies may overlap, but the different geographic coverage areas 112 may be associated with different network entities 102. Information and signals described herein may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies and techniques. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, and chips that may be referenced throughout the description may be represented by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or particles, optical fields or particles, or any combination thereof.
[0104] The one or more UEs 104 may be dispersed throughout a geographic region of the wireless communications system 100. A UE 104 may include or may be referred to as a mobile device, a wireless device, a remote device, a remote unit, a handheld device, or a subscriber device, or some other suitable terminology. In some implementations, the UE 104 may be referred to as a unit, a station, a terminal, or a client, among other examples. Additionally, or alternatively, the UE 104 may be referred to as an Internet-of-Things (IoT) device, an Internet-of-Everything (IoE) device, or machine-type communication (MTC) device, among other examples. In some implementations, a UE 104 may be stationary in the wireless communications system 100. In some other implementations, a UE 104 may be mobile in the wireless communications system 100.
[0105] The one or more UEs 104 may be devices in different forms or having different capabilities. Some examples of UEs 104 are illustrated in FIG. 1. A UE 104 may be capable of communicating with various types of devices, such as the network entities 102, other UEs 104, or network equipment (e.g., the core network 106, the packet data network 108, a relay device, an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node, or another network equipment) , as shown in FIG. 1. Additionally, or alternatively, a UE 104 may support communication with other network entities 102 or UEs 104, which may act as relays in the wireless communications system 100.
[0106] A UE 104 may also be able to support wireless communication directly with other UEs 104 over a communication link 114. For example, a UE 104 may support wireless communication directly with another UE 104 over a device-to-device (D2D) communication link. In some implementations, such as vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) deployments, vehicle-to-everything (V2X) deployments, or cellular-V2X deployments, the communication link 114 may be referred to as a sidelink. For example, a UE 104 may support wireless communication directly with another UE 104 over a PC5 interface.
[0107] A network entity 102 may support communications with the core network 106, or with another network entity 102, or both. For example, a network entity 102 may interface with the core network 106 through one or more backhaul links 116 (e.g., via an S1, N2, N2, or another network interface) . The network entities 102 may communicate with each other over the backhaul links 116 (e.g., via an X2, Xn, or another network interface) . In some implementations, the network entities 102 may communicate with each other directly (e.g., between the network entities 102) . In some other implementations, the network entities 102 may communicate with each other or indirectly (e.g., via the core network 106) . In some implementations, one or more network entities 102 may include subcomponents, such as an access network entity, which may be an example of an access node controller (ANC) . An ANC may communicate with the one or more UEs 104 through one or more other access network transmission entities, which may be referred to as a radio heads, smart radio heads, or transmission-reception points (TRPs) .
[0108] In some implementations, a network entity 102 may be configured in a disaggregated architecture, which may be configured to utilize a protocol stack physically or logically distributed among two or more network entities 102, such as an integrated access backhaul (IAB) network, an open RAN (O-RAN) (e.g., a network configuration sponsored by the O-RAN Alliance) , or a virtualized RAN (vRAN) (e.g., a cloud RAN (C-RAN) ) . For example, a network entity 102 may include one or more of a central unit (CU) , a distributed unit (DU) , a radio unit (RU) , a RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) (e.g., a Near-Real Time RIC (Near-RT RIC) , a Non-Real Time RIC (Non-RT RIC) ) , a Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) system, or any combination thereof.
[0109] An RU may also be referred to as a radio head, a smart radio head, a remote radio head (RRH) , a remote radio unit (RRU) , or a transmission reception point (TRP) . One or more components of the network entities 102 in a disaggregated RAN architecture may be co-located, or one or more components of the network entities 102 may be located in distributed locations (e.g., separate physical locations) . In some implementations, one or more network entities 102 of a disaggregated RAN architecture may be implemented as virtual units (e.g., a virtual CU (VCU) , a virtual DU (VDU) , a virtual RU (VRU) ) .
[0110] Split of functionality between a CU, a DU, and an RU may be flexible and may support different functionalities depending upon which functions (e.g., network layer functions, protocol layer functions, baseband functions, radio frequency functions, and any combinations thereof) are performed at a CU, a DU, or an RU. For example, a functional split of a protocol stack may be employed between a CU and a DU such that the CU may support one or more layers of the protocol stack and the DU may support one or more different layers of the protocol stack. In some implementations, the CU may host upper protocol layer (e.g., a layer 3 (L3) , a layer 2 (L2) ) functionality and signaling (e.g., Radio Resource Control (RRC) , service data adaption protocol (SDAP) , Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) ) . The CU may be connected to one or more DUs or RUs, and the one or more DUs or RUs may host lower protocol layers, such as a layer 1 (L1) (e.g., physical (PHY) layer) or an L2 (e.g., radio link control (RLC) layer, medium access control (MAC) layer) functionality and signaling, and may each be at least partially controlled by the CU 160.
[0111] Additionally, or alternatively, a functional split of the protocol stack may be employed between a DU and an RU such that the DU may support one or more layers of the protocol stack and the RU may support one or more different layers of the protocol stack. The DU may support one or multiple different cells (e.g., via one or more RUs) . In some implementations, a functional split between a CU and a DU, or between a DU and an RU may be within a protocol layer (e.g., some functions for a protocol layer may be performed by one of a CU, a DU, or an RU, while other functions of the protocol layer are performed by a different one of the CU, the DU, or the RU) .
[0112] A CU may be functionally split further into CU control plane (CU-CP) and CU user plane (CU-UP) functions. A CU may be connected to one or more DUs via a midhaul communication link (e.g., F1, F1-c, F1-u) , and a DU may be connected to one or more RUs via a fronthaul communication link (e.g., open fronthaul (FH) interface) . In some implementations, a midhaul communication link or a fronthaul communication link may be implemented in accordance with an interface (e.g., a channel) between layers of a protocol stack supported by respective network entities 102 that are in communication via such communication links.
[0113] The core network 106 may support user authentication, access authorization, tracking, connectivity, and other access, routing, or mobility functions. The core network 106 may be an evolved packet core (EPC) , or a 5G core (5GC) , which may include a control plane entity that manages access and mobility (e.g., a mobility management entity (MME) , an access and mobility management functions (AMF) ) and a user plane entity that routes packets or interconnects to external networks (e.g., a serving gateway (S-GW) , a Packet Data Network (PDN) gateway (P-GW) , or a user plane function (UPF) ) . In some implementations, the control plane entity may manage non-access stratum (NAS) functions, such as mobility, authentication, and bearer management (e.g., data bearers, signal bearers, etc. ) for the one or more UEs 104 served by the one or more network entities 102 associated with the core network 106.
[0114] In some embodiments, the core network 106 may further include a location server, e.g., a location management function (LMF) . The LMF may receive measurements and assistance information from the network entity 102 and the UE 104 via the AMF to compute the position of the UE 104. A NR positioning protocol A (NRPPa) protocol was introduced to carry the positioning information between RAN and LMF over the next generation control plane interface (NG-C) . The LMF and the network entity 102 may communicate using the NRPPa defined in 3GPP TS 38.455, where NRPPa messages are communicated between the network entity 102 and the LMF via an AMF. The LMF and the UE 104 may communicate using the LTE Positioning Protocol (LPP) defined in 3GPP TS 36.355, where LPP messages are communicated between the UE 104 and the LMF via a serving AMF and a serving network entity for the UE. For example, LPP messages may be communicated between the LMF and the AMF using hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) -based service operations, and LPP messages may be communicated between the AMF and the UE using a 5G non-access stratum (NAS) protocol. The LPP protocol may be used to support positioning of the UE using UE-assisted and / or UE-based positioning methods, such as assisted GNSS (a-GNSS) , Real Time Kinematics (RTK) , Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) , observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) , and / or Enhanced Cell Identity (ECID) . The NRPPa protocol may be used to support positioning of UE using network-based positioning methods, such as ECID (when used with measurements obtained by the network entity 102) , and / or the NRPPa protocol may be used by the LMF to obtain location-related information from the network entity 102, such as parameters defining Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) transmissions from the network entity 102 and the location of the network entity 102, to support OTDOA and ECID.
[0115] The core network 106 may communicate with the packet data network 108 over one or more backhaul links 116 (e.g., via an S1, N2, N2, or another network interface) . The packet data network 108 may include an application server 118. In some implementations, one or more UEs 104 may communicate with the application server 118. A UE 104 may establish a session (e.g., a protocol data unit (PDU) session, or the like) with the core network 106 via a network entity 102. The core network 106 may route traffic (e.g., control information, data, and the like) between the UE 104 and the application server 118 using the established session (e.g., the established PDU session) . The PDU session may be an example of a logical connection between the UE 104 and the core network 106 (e.g., one or more network functions of the core network 106) .
[0116] In the wireless communications system 100, the network entities 102 and the UEs 104 may use resources of the wireless communications system 100 (e.g., time resources (e.g., symbols, slots, subframes, frames, or the like) or frequency resources (e.g., subcarriers, carriers) ) to perform various operations (e.g., wireless communications) . In some implementations, the network entities 102 and the UEs 104 may support different resource structures. For example, the network entities 102 and the UEs 104 may support different frame structures. In some implementations, such as in 4G, the network entities 102 and the UEs 104 may support a single frame structure. In some other implementations, such as in 5G and among other suitable radio access technologies, the network entities 102 and the UEs 104 may support various frame structures (i.e., multiple frame structures) . The network entities 102 and the UEs 104 may support various frame structures based on one or more numerologies.
[0117] One or more numerologies may be supported in the wireless communications system 100, and a numerology may include a subcarrier spacing and a cyclic prefix. A first numerology (e.g., μ=0) may be associated with a first subcarrier spacing (e.g., 15 kHz) and a normal cyclic prefix. In some implementations, the first numerology (e.g., μ=0) associated with the first subcarrier spacing (e.g., 15 kHz) may utilize one slot per subframe. A second numerology (e.g., μ=1) may be associated with a second subcarrier spacing (e.g., 30 kHz) and a normal cyclic prefix. A third numerology (e.g., μ=2) may be associated with a third subcarrier spacing (e.g., 60 kHz) and a normal cyclic prefix or an extended cyclic prefix. A fourth numerology (e.g., μ=3) may be associated with a fourth subcarrier spacing (e.g., 120 kHz) and a normal cyclic prefix. A fifth numerology (e.g., μ=4) may be associated with a fifth subcarrier spacing (e.g., 240 kHz) and a normal cyclic prefix.
[0118] A time interval of a resource (e.g., a communication resource) may be organized according to frames (also referred to as radio frames) . Each frame may have a duration, for example, a 10 millisecond (ms) duration. In some implementations, each frame may include multiple subframes. For example, each frame may include 10 subframes, and each subframe may have a duration, for example, a 1 ms duration. In some implementations, each frame may have the same duration. In some implementations, each subframe of a frame may have the same duration.
[0119] Additionally or alternatively, a time interval of a resource (e.g., a communication resource) may be organized according to slots. For example, a subframe may include a number (e.g., quantity) of slots. The number of slots in each subframe may also depend on the one or more numerologies supported in the wireless communications system 100. For instance, the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth numerologies (i.e., μ=0, μ=1, μ=2, μ=3, μ=4) associated with respective subcarrier spacings of 15 kHz, 30 kHz, 60 kHz, 120 kHz, and 240 kHz may utilize a single slot per subframe, two slots per subframe, four slots per subframe, eight slots per subframe, and 16 slots per subframe, respectively. Each slot may include a number (e.g., quantity) of symbols (e.g., OFDM symbols) . In some implementations, the number (e.g., quantity) of slots for a subframe may depend on a numerology. For a normal cyclic prefix, a slot may include 14 symbols. For an extended cyclic prefix (e.g., applicable for 60 kHz subcarrier spacing) , a slot may include 12 symbols. The relationship between the number of symbols per slot, the number of slots per subframe, and the number of slots per frame for a normal cyclic prefix and an extended cyclic prefix may depend on a numerology. It should be understood that reference to a first numerology (e.g., μ=0) associated with a first subcarrier spacing (e.g., 15 kHz) may be used interchangeably between subframes and slots.
[0120] In the wireless communications system 100, an electromagnetic (EM) spectrum may be split, based on frequency or wavelength, into various classes, frequency bands, frequency channels, etc. By way of example, the wireless communications system 100 may support one or multiple operating frequency bands, such as frequency range designations FR1 (410 MHz –7.125 GHz) , FR2 (24.25 GHz –52.6 GHz) , FR3 (7.125 GHz –24.25 GHz) , FR4 (52.6 GHz –114.25 GHz) , FR4a or FR4-1 (52.6 GHz –71 GHz) , and FR5 (114.25 GHz –300 GHz) . In some implementations, the network entities 102 and the UEs 104 may perform wireless communications over one or more of the operating frequency bands. In some implementations, FR1 may be used by the network entities 102 and the UEs 104, among other equipment or devices for cellular communications traffic (e.g., control information, data) . In some implementations, FR2 may be used by the network entities 102 and the UEs 104, among other equipment or devices for short-range, high data rate capabilities.
[0121] FR1 may be associated with one or multiple numerologies (e.g., at least three numerologies) . For example, FR1 may be associated with a first numerology (e.g., μ=0) , which includes 15 kHz subcarrier spacing; a second numerology (e.g., μ=1) , which includes 30 kHz subcarrier spacing; and a third numerology (e.g., μ=2) , which includes 60 kHz subcarrier spacing. FR2 may be associated with one or multiple numerologies (e.g., at least 2 numerologies) . For example, FR2 may be associated with a third numerology (e.g., μ=2) , which includes 60 kHz subcarrier spacing; and a fourth numerology (e.g., μ=3) , which includes 120 kHz subcarrier spacing.
[0122] FIG. 2 illustrates an example signaling chart of an example process 200 that supports monitoring reporting in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. For the purpose of discussion, the process 200 will be described with reference to FIG. 1, and the process 200 may involve a UE 104 and a network entity 102 as shown in FIG. 1. The network entity 102 may be implemented as a base station. It is to be understood that the steps and the order of the steps in FIG. 2 are merely for illustration, and not for limitation. It is to be understood that process 200 may further include additional blocks not shown and / or omit some shown blocks, and the scope of the present disclosure is not limited in this regard.
[0123] As shown in FIG. 2, the base station 102 transmits (201) , to the UE 104, a configuration 202 associated with a first resource set and a second resource set. The UE 104 receives (203) the configuration 202 from a base station 102. The UE 104 obtains (204) a monitoring result based on a first beam measurement corresponding to the first resource set and a second beam measurement corresponding to the second resource set.
[0124] In some embodiments, the configuration 202 is configured with a first report resource. The 104 UE transmits (205) the monitoring result 206 to the base station 102 in the first report resource. Accordingly, the base station receives (210) the monitoring result 206 from the UE 104 in the first report resource.
[0125] Alternatively, the UE 104 transmits (205) an indication 207 of transmitting the monitoring result or an indication 208 of skipping transmitting the monitoring result to the base station 102. Accordingly, the base station receives (210) the indication 207 of transmitting the monitoring result or the indication 208 of skipping transmitting the monitoring result from the UE 104.
[0126] Alternatively, the UE 104 transmits (205) a resource request 209 for transmitting the monitoring result to the base station 102. Accordingly, the base station receives (210) the resource request 209 for transmitting the monitoring result from the UE 104.
[0127] In this way, methods of monitoring reporting for beam prediction are designed. Hereinafter, some implementations of monitoring reporting for beam prediction will be further detailed in regard to various specific aspects.
[0128] In some embodiments, the configuration 202 may be a CSI report configuration. The first specific aspect relates to a CSI report configuration for reporting of monitoring result. For example, a CSI report configuration may be configured to the UE 104 and may be associated with a first resource set and a second resource set. The beam measurement corresponding to the first resource set may be used as AI / ML model input for AI / ML model inference. The beam measurement corresponding to the second resource set may be used for monitoring the performance of the AI / ML model. In other words, the CSI report configuration is linked with two resource sets, i.e., a first resource set for inference and a second resource set for monitoring. The UE 104 may obtain the monitoring result based on the beam measurements corresponding to the first and second resource sets. The CSI report configuration may be configured with a first report resource for reporting the monitoring result. In some embodiments, the first resource set may be configured as one of the following time behaviors: periodic, semi-persistent or aperiodic. The second resource set may be configured as one of the following time behaviors: periodic, semi-persistent or aperiodic. The first resource set and the second resource set have the same time behavior.
[0129] In some embodiments, the configuration 202 may be configured with a first report quantity. The monitoring result may be associated with the first report quantity. The first report quantity may be indicative of at least one monitoring result type. In other words, the CSI report configuration may be configured with a first report quantity, indicating what type of monitoring result to report. The first report quantity may indicate various types of monitoring results.
[0130] For example, the monitoring result of the at least one monitoring result type may include beam information predicted based on the first beam measurement and beam qualities obtained based on the second beam measurement. Alternatively or additionally, the monitoring result of the at least one monitoring result type may include beam qualities predicted based on the first beam measurement and beam qualities obtained based on the second beam measurement. For example, based on the first report quantity, the UE 104 may report beam information and / or corresponding RSRP that are predicted based on beam measurement of the first resource set and beam information and / or corresponding L1-RSRP from beam measurement of the second resource set.
[0131] Alternatively or additionally, the monitoring result of the at least one monitoring result type may include an indication that top-K predicted beams belong to top-M measured beams. The top-K predicted beams are top-K best beams, among predicted beams, predicted based on the first beam measurement. K and M may be integers no smaller than one and may have the same or different values. The top-M measured beams are top-M best beams, among beams corresponding to the second resource set, determined based on the second beam measurement. For example, based on the first report quantity, the UE 104 may report an indication that CSI-RS Resource Indicators (CRIs) of all Top-K predicted beam (s) are contained in CRIs of the top-M measured beam (s) . Alternatively or additionally, the monitoring result of the at least one monitoring result type may include beam information indicative of top-K predicted beams and beam information indicative of top-M measured beams. For example, based on the first report quantity, the UE 104 may directly report the top-K predicted beams and the top-M measured beams in a beam report.
[0132] Alternatively or additionally, the monitoring result of the at least one monitoring result type may include measured beam qualities of top-K predicted beams and measured beam qualities of top-M measured beams. For example, based on the first report quantity, the UE 104 may report L1-RSRP measurement of Top-K predicted beam and L1-RSRP measurement from beam measurement corresponding to the second resource set. The top-K predicted beams are top-K best beams, among predicted beams, predicted based on the first beam measurement. The top-M measured beams are top-M best beams, among beams corresponding to the second resource set, determined based on the second beam measurement. The measured beam qualities of the top-K predicted beams are obtained based on the second beam measurement. The measured beam qualities of the top-M measured beams are obtained based on the second beam measurement.
[0133] Alternatively or additionally, the monitoring result of the at least one monitoring result type may include differences between predicted beam qualities of top-K predicted beams and measured beam qualities of top-M measured beams. For example, based on the first report quantity, the UE 104 may report the RSRP difference information between the predicted RSRP of Top-K predicted beam and L1-RSRP measurements from beam measurement corresponding to the second resource set. The measured beam qualities of the top-M measured beams are obtained based on the second beam measurement. The predicted beam qualities of the top-K predicted beams are predicted based on the first beam measurement.
[0134] Alternatively or additionally, the monitoring result of the at least one monitoring result type may include differences between measured beam qualities of top-K predicted beams and measured beam qualities of top-M measured beams. For example, based on the first report quantity, the UE 104 may report the L1-RSRP difference information between the L1-RSRP measurement of Top-K predicted beam and L1-RSRP measurements from beam measurement corresponding to the second resource set.
[0135] Alternatively or additionally, the monitoring result of the at least one monitoring result type may include differences between predicted beam qualities of top-K predicted beams and measured beam qualities of the top-K predicted beam. For example, based on the first report quantity, the UE 104 may report the RSRP difference information between the predicted RSRP and measured L1-RSRP of corresponding beam (s) . The top-K predicted beams are top-K best beams, among predicted beams, predicted based on the first beam measurement. The predicted RSRPs of the top-K predicted beams are obtained based on beam measurement corresponding to the first resource set, and the measured L1-RSRPs of the top-K predicted beams are obtained based on beam measurement corresponding to the second resource set.
[0136] If a CSI report configuration with the first report quantity is configured / activated / triggered for a UE 104, the UE 104 shall report monitoring result in a CSI report corresponding to the CSI report configuration. In some embodiments, an occasion of the first resource set for the first beam measurement and an occasion of the second resource set for the second beam measurement are no later than a reference resource corresponding to transmission of the monitoring result in the first report resource. A time gap between the occasion of the first resource set and the occasion of the second resource set is no larger than a maximum time requirement. In other words, the monitoring result may be calculated based on beam measurement corresponding to an occasion of the first resource set and the beam measurement corresponding to an occasion of the second resource set. The two occasions are the latest CSI-RS resource transmissions that are not later than the CSI reference resource corresponding to the CSI report, and a time gap of the two occasions is not larger than a maximum time requirement.
[0137] In a more specific example, a periodic CSI report configuration CSI-ReportConfig#n may be configured to the UE 104 along with reportSlotConfig and pucch-CSI-ResourceList (referred to as the first report resource) . One information element (IE) reportQuantity-AIBM, introduced in the CSI report configuration CSI-ReportConfig#n, may be configured for the first report quantity, as follows:
[0138] The OptX in reportQuantity-AIBM refers to the optional types of monitoring result.
[0139] The CSI report configuration CSI-ReportConfig#n may be associated with a first resource set nzp-CSI-resourceSet#1 and a second resource set nzp-CSI-resourceSet#2. Both nzp-CSI-resourceSet#1 and nzp-CSI-resourceSet#2 is periodic resource set. The UE 104 may perform beam measurements based on the nzp-CSI-resourceSet#1 and the nzp-CSI-resourceSet#2 periodically and reports the monitoring result based on the beam measurements and the reportQuantity-AIBM.
[0140] FIG. 3 illustrates an example diagram of monitoring reporting based on a CSI report configuration in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. As shown in the example in FIG. 3, if the reportQuantity-AIBM is configured for “Beam information that is predicted based on beam measurement of the first resource set, and Beam information from beam measurement of the second resource set” , the UE obtains beam measurement corresponding to an CSI-RS occasion of nzp-CSI-resourceSet#1 and predicts top-K beam (s) based on the beam measurement and an AI / ML model for beam prediction. In addition, the UE obtains beam measurement corresponding to an CSI-RS occasion of nzp-CSI-resourceSet#2 and finds the top-M beam (s) according to the beam measurement. Then, the UE reports CRI (s) corresponding to the predicted Top-K beam (s) and CRI (s) corresponding to the Top-M beam (s) in a CSI report corresponding to the CSI-ReportConfig#n. Both the CSI-RS occasion of nzp-CSI-resourceSet#1 and the CSI-RS occasion of nzp-CSI-resourceSet#2 are not later than the CSI reference resource corresponding to the CSI report and the time gap between the CSI-RS occasion of nzp-CSI-resourceSet#1 and the CSI-RS occasion of nzp-CSI-resourceSet#2 is no larger than a minimum time requirement Tmin.
[0141] In some embodiments, the UE 104 may perform a plurality of first beam measurements on the first resource set and a plurality of second beam measurements on the second resource set within a duration, and obtain a plurality of monitoring results associated with the first report quantity based on the plurality of first beam measurements and the plurality of second beam measurements. The UE 104 may transmit the plurality of monitoring results to the base station 102 in a CSI report in the first report resource. In other words, the UE 104 may report multiple monitoring results in a CSI report corresponding to the CSI report configuration based on beam measurement of the first resource set and the second resource set within a duration. During the duration, multiple occasions of the first resource set and the second resource set, the latest transmission of which is no later than CSI reference resource, are used to obtain the multiple monitoring results.
[0142] The second specific aspect relates to a CSI report configuration with two resource sets and two report quantities. In other words, a CSI report configuration may be linked with two resource sets, i.e., a first resource set for inference and a second resource set for monitoring, and two report quantities, i.e., a first report quantity indicating what type of monitoring result to report and a second report quantity. For example, two IEs reportQuantity1 and reportQuantity2, introduced in a CSI report configuration CSI-ReportConfig#n, may be configured for the first report quantity and the second report quantity, respectively.
[0143] In some embodiments, the second resource set for performance monitoring is the same as Set A. Alternatively, the second resource set for performance monitoring is not the same as Set A, and the CSI report configuration is further linked with a third resource set which corresponds to beams of Set A.
[0144] In some embodiments, the configuration 202 may be configured with the first report quantity and the second report quantity, and the second report quantity may be indicative of at least one inference result type. The UE 104 may obtain an inference result associated with the second report quantity based on the first beam measurement, and transmit the inference result to the base station 102. In other words, the second report quantity may be configured for the CSI report configuration by the network and may indicate what type of inference result to report. The second report quantity may indicate various types of inference results.
[0145] For example, the inference result of the at least one inference result type may include beam information predicted based on the first beam measurement. In other words, based on the second report quantity, the UE 104 may report beam information which is predicted based on the beam measurement corresponding to the first resource set.
[0146] Alternatively or additionally, the inference result of the at least one inference result type may include beam information and corresponding beam qualities predicted based on the first beam measurement. For example, based on the second report quantity, the UE 104 may report beam information and corresponding RSRP which are predicted based on the beam measurement corresponding to the first resource set.
[0147] Alternatively or additionally, the inference result of the at least one inference result type may include beam information and corresponding probabilities as a best beam for the UE 104 predicted based on the first beam measurement. In other words, based on the second report quantity, the UE 104 may report beam information and corresponding probability which are predicted based on the beam measurement corresponding to the first resource set.
[0148] In some embodiments, the first report quantity and the second report quantity may be associated with a report configuration type and may be associated with a report resource configuration. That is, the two report quantities may be configured with same report configuration type and report resource configuration. Thus, the monitoring result of the first report quantity and inference result of the second report quantity are reported in one CSI report corresponding to the CSI report configuration. In some embodiments, the first report quantity may be associated with a first report periodicity, and the second report quantity may be associated with a second report periodicity. That is, the first report quantity and the second report quantity may be configured with different report periodicities. Alternatively, the first report quantity and the second report quantity may be configured with the same report periodicity.
[0149] Alternatively, the first report quantity may be associated with a first report configuration type and a first report resource configuration, and the second report quantity may be associated with a second report configuration type and a second report resource configuration. In other words, the two report quantities may be configured with separate report configuration type and report resource configuration. Thus, the monitoring result of the first report quantity and inference result of the second report quantity may be reported in different CSI reports corresponding to the CSI report configuration. The report resource configuration may indicate the time domain resources and frequency domain resources for reporting of the corresponding report quantity.
[0150] In a CSI report configuration, a first report configuration type and the corresponding report resource configuration may be configured for the first report quantity, and a second report configuration type and the corresponding report resource configuration may be configured for the second report quantity. For example, a report configuration type reportConfigType in the CSI-ReportConfig#n may be configured for the first report quantity, and an IE reportConfigTypeForSecondReportQuantity in the CSI-ReportConfig#n may be configured for the second report quantity. The second report configuration type for the second report quantity may be configured as periodic, semi-persistentOnPUCCH, semi-persistentOnPUSCH or aperiodic. The second report configuration type for the second report quantity may be configured with a corresponding report resource configuration for determining the reporting time and / or frequency resource corresponding to the second report quantity. An example of the second report configuration type for the second report quantity is shown following:
[0151] The first report configuration type for the first report quantity and the second report configuration type for the second report quantity may be configured with the same or different time behaviors.
[0152] If the second report quantity of a CSI report configuration is configured / activated / triggered for a UE 104, the UE 104 shall report inference result in a CSI report corresponding to the CSI report configuration. The report occasion of the CSI report may be determined based on the report resource configuration corresponding to the second report quantity. An occasion of the first resource set for the first beam measurement is no later than a reference resource corresponding to transmission of the inference result. In other words, the inference result may be calculated based on beam measurement corresponding to an occasion, no later than the CSI reference resource, of the first resource set.
[0153] The third specific aspect relates to an event triggering of the monitoring reporting. To reduce reporting overhead of monitoring result, a trigger event may be introduced to avoid unnecessary monitoring reporting when the trigger event is not met. In some embodiments, the UE 104 may determine whether a trigger condition is met based on at least one of the first beam measurement and the second beam measurement. The trigger condition may be associated with transmitting of the monitoring result.
[0154] For example, the UE 104 may transmit the indication 207 of transmitting the monitoring result or an indication 208 of skipping transmitting the monitoring result to the base station 102 based on determining whether the trigger condition is met or not. For example, if the trigger condition has been met, the UE 104 may transmit, to the base station 102, an indication for indicating that the monitoring result will be reported in a pre-configured report resource. If the trigger condition has not been met, the UE 104 may transmit, to the base station 102, an indication for indicating that monitoring result will not be reported in a pre-configured report resource.
[0155] In another example, the UE 104 may transmit the resource request 209 for transmitting the monitoring result to the base station 102 based on determining that the trigger condition is met. For example, if the trigger condition has been met, the UE 104 may transmit, to the base station 102, a requesting for report resource for reporting the monitoring result. Based on the requesting, the base station 102 may indicate UL resources for reporting the monitoring result. The UE 104 may be instructed to report monitoring result with the indicated UL resources.
[0156] In some embodiments, the trigger condition may include an occurrence of a trigger event. Alternatively, the trigger condition may include that an occurrence number of a trigger event reaches a maximum occurrence number. Alternatively, the trigger condition may include that an occurrence duration of a trigger event reaches a maximum occurrence duration.
[0157] In some embodiments, the trigger event may include that measured beam qualities obtained in the first beam measurement are lower than a first threshold. For example, if the measured L1-RSRP of the beam set corresponding to the first beam measurement is lower than a threshold, the UE 104 may determine an occurrence of the trigger event.
[0158] Alternatively or additionally, the trigger event may include that measured beam qualities obtained in the second beam measurement are lower than a second threshold. For example, if the measured L1-RSRP of the beam set corresponding to the second beam measurement is lower than a threshold, the UE 104 may determine an occurrence of the trigger event.
[0159] Alternatively or additionally, the trigger event may include that predicted beam qualities of predicted beams predicted based on the first beam measurement are lower than a third threshold. For example, if the predicted L1-RSRP of the set of predicted beams based on the beam measurement in the first resource set is below a threshold, the UE 104 may determine an occurrence of the trigger event.
[0160] Alternatively or additionally, the trigger event may include that a probability of a top-1 predicted beam as a best beam for the UE 104 is lower than a fourth threshold. In other words, if the probability information of the Top-1 predicted beam is lower than a threshold, the UE 104 may determine an occurrence of the trigger event.
[0161] Alternatively or additionally, the trigger event may include that probabilities of top-K predicted beams as a best beam for the UE 104 are lower than a fifth threshold. In other words, if the probability information of the Top-K predicted beams is lower than a threshold, the UE 104 may determine an occurrence of the trigger event.
[0162] Alternatively or additionally, the trigger event may include that an accuracy of beam prediction based on the first beam measurement is lower than a sixth threshold. In other words, if the predicted beam accuracy of the set of predicted beams is below a threshold accuracy, the UE 104 may determine an occurrence of the trigger event.
[0163] Alternatively or additionally, the trigger event may include that a top-1 measured beam is different from a top-1 predicted beam. In other words, if the measured Top-1 beam of a set of beams for monitoring and the predicted Top-1 beam are different, the UE 104 may determine an occurrence of the trigger event.
[0164] Alternatively or additionally, the trigger event may include that top-K measured beams are different from top-K predicted beams. In other words, if the measured Top-K beams of a set of beams for monitoring and the predicted Top-K beams are different, the UE 104 may determine an occurrence of the trigger event.
[0165] Alternatively or additionally, the trigger event may include that a difference between a measured beam quality of a top-1 measured beam and a predicted beam quality of a top-1 predicted beam is larger than a seventh threshold. For example, if the L1-RSRP difference between the measured L1-RSRP of the measured Top-1 beam of a set of beams for monitoring and the predicted L1-RSRP of predicted Top-1 beam is larger than a threshold value, the UE 104 may determine an occurrence of the trigger event.
[0166] Alternatively or additionally, the trigger event may include that differences between measured beam qualities of top-K measured beams and predicted beam qualities of top-K predicted beams are larger than an eighth threshold. For example, if the L1-RSRP differences between the measured L1-RSRP of the measured Top-K beams of a set of beams for monitoring and the predicted L1-RSRP of predicted Top-K beams are larger than a threshold value, the UE 104 may determine an occurrence of the trigger event.
[0167] Alternatively or additionally, the trigger event may include that a difference between a measured beam quality of a top-1 measured beam and a measured beam quality of a top-1 predicted beam is larger than a ninth threshold. For example, if the difference between the measured L1-RSRPs of the measured Top-1 beam of a set of beams for monitoring and predicted Top-1 beam are larger than a threshold value, the UE 104 may determine an occurrence of the trigger event.
[0168] Alternatively or additionally, the trigger event may include that differences between measured beam qualities of top-K measured beams and measured beam qualities of top-K predicted beams are larger than a tenth threshold. For example, if the difference between the measured L1-RSRPs the measured Top-K beams of a set of beams for monitoring and predicted Top-K beams are larger than a threshold value, the UE 104 may determine an occurrence of the trigger event.
[0169] Alternatively or additionally, the trigger event may include that a difference between a predicted beam quality of a top-1 predicted beam and a measured beam quality of a top-1 predicted beam is larger than an eleventh threshold. For example, if the difference between the predicted L1-RSRP of predicted Top-1 beam and the measured L1-RSRP of the predicted Top-1 beam is larger than a threshold value, the UE 104 may determine an occurrence of the trigger event.
[0170] Alternatively or additionally, the trigger event may include that differences between predicted beam qualities of top-K predicted beams and measured beam qualities of top-K predicted beams are larger than a twelfth threshold. For example, if the differences between the predicted L1-RSRPs of predicted Top-K beams of a set of beams for monitoring and the measured L1-RSRPs of predicted Top-K beams are larger than a threshold value, the UE 104 may determine an occurrence of the trigger event.
[0171] In some embodiments, the top-1 predicted beam is a best beam, among predicted beams, predicted based on the first beam measurement; and the top-K predicted beams are top-K best beams, among predicted beams, predicted based on the first beam measurement.
[0172] In some embodiments, the top-1 measured beam is a best beam, among beams corresponding to the second resource set, determined based on the second beam measurement; and the top-K measured beams are top-K best beams, among beams corresponding to the second resource set, determined based on the second beam measurement,
[0173] In some embodiments, the measured beam quality of the top-1 predicted beam, the measured beam qualities of the top-K predicted beams, the measured beam quality of the top-1 measured beam and the measured beam qualities of the top-K measured beams are obtained based on the second beam measurement.
[0174] In some embodiments, the predicted beam quality of the top-1 predicted beam and the predicted beam qualities of the top-K predicted beams are predicted based on the first beam measurement.
[0175] In some embodiments, the UE 104 may receive a trigger configuration from the base station 102. The trigger configuration may include at least one of the trigger event, the maximum occurrence number, the maximum occurrence duration, or threshold (s) associated with the trigger event. In other words, a trigger event related configuration may be configured for the UE 104, including a trigger event, corresponding threshold (s) , and / or the maximum occurrence number / duration.
[0176] In some implementations, if a trigger condition has been met, the UE 104 may transmit a requesting for report resource for reporting the monitoring result. Based on the requesting, the base station 102 may indicate an UL resource for reporting the monitoring result. The UE 104 is instructed to report monitoring result with the indicated UL resource. Alternatively, the UE 104 may transmit an indication for indicating whether the monitoring result will be reported in a pre-configured report resource based on determining whether the trigger condition is met.
[0177] In some embodiments, a first UL resource may be configured for transmitting the requesting or the indication indicating whether the monitoring result will be reported. Two RS resource sets are configured to be used to obtain the monitoring result and / or to detect the trigger event. The base station 102 may configure two RS resource sets and a first UL resource for the UE 104. In some embodiments, the two RS resource sets are associated with a CSI report configuration which may be configured with an event triggered report configuration type. Alternatively, the two RS resource sets may be not associated with a CSI report configuration. In other words, the UE may be configured with the two RS resource sets and the first UL resource without the CSI report configuration. A trigger event, corresponding threshold, and the maximum occurrence number / duration are configured for the UE 104. The UE 104 may obtain beam measurements of the two RS resource sets and determines whether the trigger condition has been met and obtains / calculates monitoring result.
[0178] For example, two CSI-RS resource sets, nzp-CSI-resourceSet#j and nzp-CSI-resourceSet#i, are configured for a UE. The UE may be configured with a periodic SR resource (referred to as the first UL resource) for transmitting the requesting. Further, a trigger event is that the L1-RSRP difference between the measured Top-1 beam of a set of beams for monitoring and predicted Top-1 beam is larger than a threshold value, the threshold value and the maximum occurrence number are configured for the UE. The UE obtains beam measurement of the nzp-CSI-resourceSet#j and beam measurement of the nzp-CSI-resourceSet#i. Inference result is predicted based on the beam measurement of the nzp-CSI-resourceSet#j. The UE calculates the L1-RSRP difference between the measured Top-1 or Top-K beam (s) from the beam measurement of the nzp-CSI-resourceSet#i and the predicted Top-1 or Top-K beam (s) among the inference result. Further, the UE 104 calculates monitoring result based on the obtained inference result and the beam measurement of the nzp-CSI-resourceSet#i. In some examples, the two CSI-RS resource sets, nzp-CSI-resourceSet#j and nzp-CSI-resourceSet#i, are associated with a CSI report configuration which is configured with an event triggered report configuration type and the first report quantity. The type of monitoring result indicated by the first report quantity. In some other examples, the two CSI-RS resource sets, nzp-CSI-resourceSet#j and nzp-CSI-resourceSet#i, are individually configured.
[0179] In some embodiments, the configuration 202 may be associated with a first UL resource. The UE 104 may transmit, to the base station 102 in the first UL resource, the resource request 209 for transmitting the monitoring result if the trigger condition is met. The UE 104 may receive, from the base station 102, an indication of a second UL resource for transmitting the monitoring result; and transmit the monitoring result to the base station 102 in the second UL resource. In some embodiment, the resource request 209 may be included in a positive scheduling request (SR) . In other words, if the trigger condition is met, the UE 104 may transmit, in the first UL resource, a requesting for reporting the monitoring result. Based on the requesting, the base station 102 may transmit a DL signal / channel to indicate a second UL resource which is used to report the monitoring result. The second UL resource may be a PUSCH or a PUCCH.
[0180] In some embodiments, the UE 104 may transmit a negative SR to the base station 102 in the first UL resource if the trigger condition is not met.
[0181] FIG. 4A illustrates an example diagram of event-triggered monitoring reporting in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. In the example in FIG. 4A, the UE may be configured with a periodic SR resource (referred to as the first UL resource) for transmitting the resource requesting. If the L1-RSRP differences in consecutive X samples are larger than the threshold value and X is larger than the maximum occurrence number, the trigger condition is met and the UE may transmit a positive SR in the most recent SR occasion of the periodic SR resource. Based on the positive SR, the base station 102 may transmit a DCI to the UE to indicate a PUSCH. Then the UE may transmit the monitoring result in the indicated PUSCH. If the trigger condition is not met, the UE may transmit a negative SR in the most recent SR occasion of the periodic SR resource.
[0182] Alternatively, the configuration 202 may be associated with a first UL resource and a second UL resource. If the trigger condition is met, the UE 104 may transmit, to the base station 102 in the first UL resource, the indication 207 of transmitting the monitoring result in the second UL resource; and transmit the monitoring result to the base station 102in the second UL resource. The UE 104 may start transmitting the monitoring result in the second UL resource after a time duration from the indication 207 of transmitting the monitoring result. If the trigger condition is not met, the UE 104 may transmit, to the base station 102 in the first UL resource, the indication 208 of skipping transmitting the monitoring result in the second UL resource; and skip transmitting the monitoring result to the base station 102 in the second UL resource. The indication 208 of skipping transmitting the monitoring result is indicative of skipping transmitting the monitoring result in one or more occasions of the second UL resource, and the one or more occasions start after a time duration from the indication 208 of skipping transmitting the monitoring result. In other words, the UE 104 may transmit, in the first UL resource, an indication to notify whether the monitoring result is reported in a second UL resource. The second UL resource is pre-configured by the base station 102 and associated with the first UL resource.
[0183] For example, the UE 104 may be configured with two periodic UL resources, e.g., a periodic PUCCH resource and a periodic PUSCH resource (referred to as the first UL resource and the second UL resource, respectively) , and the two periodic UL resource are associated. If the L1-RSRP differences in consecutive X samples are larger than the threshold value and X is larger than the maximum occurrence number, the UE 104 will send a notification in the most recent occasion of the periodic PUCCH resource. The notification notifies that the monitoring result will be reported in the most recent occasion of the periodic PUSCH resource after the notification and whose first symbol starts from Tmin, process symbols / slots after the notification.
[0184] In some embodiments, the configuration 202 may be associated with a first report resource associated with the first report quantity and a second report resource. If the trigger condition is met, the UE 104 may transmit, to the base station 102 in the second report resource, the indication 207 of transmitting the monitoring result in the first report resource; and transmit the monitoring result to the base station 102 in the first report resource. The UE 104 may start transmitting the monitoring result in the first report resource after a time duration from the indication 207 of transmitting the monitoring result. If the trigger condition is not met, the UE 104 may transmit, to the base station 102 in the second report resource, the indication 208 of skipping transmitting the monitoring result in the first report resource; and skip transmitting the monitoring result to the base station 102 in the first report resource. The indication 208 of skipping transmitting the monitoring result is indicative of skipping transmitting the monitoring result in one or more occasions of the first report resource, and the one or more occasions start after a time duration from the indication 208 of skipping transmitting the monitoring result.
[0185] In other words, the UE 104 may be configured with a CSI report configuration linked with two resource sets, i.e., a first resource set for inference and a second resource set for monitoring. The CSI report configuration may be configured with a first report resource for reporting the monitoring result and a second report resource. The second report resource is used for transmitting the indication indicating whether the monitoring result will be reported in the first report resource. The base station 102 may configure a trigger event, corresponding threshold (s) , and the maximum occurrence number / duration for the UE 104. When the trigger condition has been met, the UE 104 may transmit an indication in the second report resource to the base station 102 for notifying that the monitoring result is reported in the first report resource; otherwise, the UE 104 may transmit an indication in the second report resource to the base station 102 for notifying that the monitoring result is not reported in the first report resource. The second report resource may have the same time behavior with the first report resource.
[0186] FIG. 4B illustrates an example diagram of event-triggered monitoring reporting in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. In the example in FIG. 4B, the UE may be configured with a periodic CSI report configuration CSI-ReportConfig#n along with reportSlotConfig and pucch-CSI-ResourceList (referred to as the first report resource) . The CSI-ResportConfig#n associated with the first resource set and the second resource set, as described in Section3.1. A periodic PUCCH resource (referred to as the second report resource) is further configured for the CSI-ReportConfig#n. The periodic PUCCH resource may have the same periodicity as the first report resource and may be configured with a short PUCCH format, e.g., format0. Further, a trigger event, the threshold value and the maximum occurrence number may be configured for the UE. If the trigger event occurs and the number of consecutive occurrences exceeds the maximum occurrence number, the trigger condition is met and the UE may transmit, in a PUCCH1 corresponding to the second report resource, an indication to the base station 102 for notifying the monitoring results will be reported in a PUCCH2, which is first PUCCH2 after the PUCCH1, and is determined based on the reportSlotConfig and the pucch-CSI-ResourceList. If the trigger condition is not met, the UE may transmit, in a PUCCH1 corresponding to the second report resource, an indication to the base station 102 for notifying the monitoring results will not be reported in a PUCCH2, which is first PUCCH2 after the PUCCH1.
[0187] In some embodiments, the configuration 202 may be configured with the first report quantity and a second report quantity. The configuration 202 may be associated with a first report resource associated with the first report quantity and a second report resource associated with the second report quantity. If the trigger condition is met, the UE 104 may transmit, to the base station 102 in the second report resource, an inference result associated with the second report quantity and the indication 207 of transmitting the monitoring result in the first report resource. In some embodiments, the UE 104 may receive an activation indication associated with the first report quantity after transmitting the indication 207 of transmitting the monitoring result in the first report resource. The UE 104 may transmit the monitoring result to the base station 102 in the first report resource after receiving the activation indication. Alternatively, the UE 104 may receive a trigger indication associated with the first report quantity after transmitting the indication 207 of transmitting the monitoring result in the first report resource. The UE 104 may transmit the monitoring result to the base station 102 in the first report resource after receiving the trigger indication. If the trigger condition is not met, the UE 104 may transmit, to the base station 102 in the second report resource, an inference result associated with the second report quantity and the indication 208 of skipping transmitting the monitoring result in the first report resource; and skip transmitting the monitoring result to the base station 102 in the first report resource. The indication 208 of skipping transmitting the monitoring result is indicative of skipping transmitting the monitoring result in one or more occasions of the first report resource, and the one or more occasions start after a time duration from the indication 208 of skipping transmitting the monitoring result.
[0188] For example, the base station 102 may configure a CSI report configuration with two resource sets and two report quantities for the UE 104. A trigger event, the corresponding threshold, and the maximum occurrence number / duration are associated with the CSI report configuration. For example, the base station 102 configures a trigger event, the corresponding threshold and the maximum occurrence number, which are associated with a CSI report configuration CSI-ReportConfig#n that is configured with the second report quantity and the first report quantity. Further, the first resource set and the second report quantity of the CSI-ReportConfig#n is configured / activated / triggered for reporting inference result. The second resource set of the CSI-ReportConfig#n is configured / activated / triggered for obtaining beam measurement of a set of beams for monitoring. Based on the obtained inference result and beam measurement of a set of beams for monitoring, the UE 104 determines whether the trigger condition has been met. If met, the UE 104 reports the inference result and requests report resource for reporting the monitoring result in a PUCCH or PUSCH carry a CSI report corresponding to the second report quantity of the CSI-ReportConfig#n.
[0189] Based on the resource requesting, the base station 102 activates or triggers the first report quantity of the CSI-ReportConfig#n for reporting the monitoring result. The UE 104 is instructed to report monitoring result in a report resource corresponding to the first report quantity. FIG. 4C illustrates an example diagram of event-triggered monitoring reporting in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. In the example in FIG. 4C, the UE may obtain the inference result based on beam measurement corresponding to an occasion of the first resource set and obtain beam measurement corresponding to an occasion of the second resource set. Based on these, the UE determines whether to report the monitoring result, then the UE transmit the inference result and a requesting in a PUCCH or PUSCH. A DCI is then sent by the base station triggering the first report quantity for reporting monitoring result if aperiodic report is configured for the first report quantity. Then, the UE may transmit the monitoring result in the report resource corresponding to the first report quantity after the first report quantity is triggered.
[0190] In some embodiments, the configuration 202 may be configured with the first report quantity and a second report quantity. The configuration 202 may be associated with a first report resource associated with the first report quantity and a second report resource associated with the second report quantity. If the trigger condition is met, the UE 104 may transmit, to the base station 102 in the second report resource, an inference result associated with the second report quantity and the indication 207 of transmitting the monitoring result in the first report resource; and transmit the monitoring result to the base station 102 in the first report resource. The UE 104 may start transmitting the monitoring result in the first report resource after a time duration from the indication 207 of transmitting the monitoring result. If the trigger condition is not met, the UE 104 may transmit, to the base station 102 in the second report resource, an inference result associated with the second report quantity and the indication 208 of skipping transmitting the monitoring result in the first report resource; and skip transmitting the monitoring result to the base station 102 in the first report resource. The indication 208 of skipping transmitting the monitoring result is indicative of skipping transmitting the monitoring result in one or more occasions of the first report resource, and the one or more occasions start after a time duration from the indication 208 of skipping transmitting the monitoring result.
[0191] For example, the base station 102 may configure a CSI report configuration with two resource sets and two report quantities for the UE 104. A trigger event, the corresponding threshold, and the maximum occurrence number / duration are associated with the CSI report configuration. For example, the base station 102 configures a trigger event, the corresponding threshold and the maximum occurrence number, which are associated with a CSI report configuration CSI-ReportConfig#n that is configured with the second report quantity and the first report quantity. Further, the first resource set and the second report quantity of the CSI-ReportConfig#n is configured / activated / triggered for reporting inference result. The second resource set of the CSI-ReportConfig#n is configured / activated / triggered for obtaining beam measurement of a set of beams for monitoring. Based on the obtained inference result and beam measurement of a set of beams for monitoring, the UE 104 determines whether the trigger condition has been met. If met, the UE 104 reports the inference result and requests report resource for reporting the monitoring result in a PUCCH or PUSCH carry a CSI report corresponding to the second report quantity of the CSI-ReportConfig#n.
[0192] If a report resource for reporting the monitoring result is configured semi-statically by the base station 102, the UE 104 may indicate in CSI report corresponding to the second report quantity whether monitoring result will be reported. For example, the first report quantity of the CSI-ReportConfig#n may be set to periodic, which means the monitoring result may be configured to report in periodic report occasion based on report periodicity and offset of the first report quantity, then in a CSI report corresponding to the second report quantity of the CSI-ReportConfig#n, the UE 104 may indicate whether monitoring result will be reported in first report occasion corresponding to the first report quantity after the CSI report or not.
[0193] FIG. 4D illustrates an example diagram of event-triggered monitoring reporting in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. In the example in FIG. 4D, the periodicity of the first resource set is k times of that of the second resource set. In a CSI report corresponding to the second report quantity, the UE 104 may indicate that the monitoring result is not reported in first report occasion corresponding to the first report quantity after the CSI report. The CSI report carries inference result that is obtained based on beam measurement corresponding to the jth occasion of the first resource set. In another CSI report corresponding to the second report quantity, the UE may indicate that the monitoring result is reported in first report occasion corresponding to the first report quantity after the CSI report. The CSI report carries inference result that is obtained based on beam measurement corresponding to the (j+nk) th occasion of the first resource set, and monitoring result is calculated based on beam measurement corresponding to the (j+nk) th occasion of the first resource set and beam measurement corresponding to the (i+n) th occasion of the second resource set.
[0194] The forth specific aspect relates to activation / triggering of CSI report configuration with two report quantities. The first report quantity and the second report quantity configured in a same CSI report configuration may share a same CSI report configuration ID. Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide solutions on how to activate / trigger the CSI report configuration for one of or both two report quantities.
[0195] In some embodiments, the first report quantity and the second report quantity are configured as periodic, and a report periodicity for the first report quantity and a report periodicity for the second report quantity are different. In other words, if the first second report quantity in a CSI report configuration is configured as periodic, and if the second first report quantity in the same CSI report configuration is configured as periodic, report periodicity for the second repot quantity may be configured different from that for the first second report quantity.
[0196] In some embodiments, if the first second report quantity in a CSI report configuration is configured as periodic, and if the second first report quantity in the same CSI report configuration is configured as semi-persistentOn PUCCH or semi-persistentOnPUSCH, legacy MAC CE activating SP CSI reporting and legacy method triggering SP CSI reporting on PUSCH are used to activate and trigger SP CSI reporting for the second first report quantity of the CSI report configuration, respectively.
[0197] In some embodiments, the first report quantity and the second report quantity are configured as semi-persistentOnPUCCH. The UE 104 may receive, from the base station 102, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) ; activate or deactivate the configuration 202 based on a first field in the MAC CE; activate or deactivate the first report quantity based on a second field in the MAC CE; and activate or deactivate the second report quantity based on a third field in the MAC CE. In other words, if the second report quantity in a CSI report configuration is configured as semi-persistentOnPUCCH, and if the first report quantity in the same CSI report configuration is configured as semi-persistentOnPUCCH, an enhanced MAC CE is proposed to facilitate activation / deactivation for the two report quantity of a CSI report configuration. The enhanced MAC CE at least includes fields indicating activation / deactivation status of the CSI report configuration that is configured with semi-persistentOnPUCCH within all CSI report configurations configured to the UE, and the activation / deactivation status of report quantity of the indicated CSI report configuration.
[0198] FIG. 5 illustrates an example diagram of a MAC CE for activating a CSI report configuration with two report quantities in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. In the example in FIG. 5, in the MAC CE, a field Si indicates an activation / deactivation status of the CSI report configuration that is configured with semi-persistentOnPUCCH within all CSI report configurations configured to the UE; and a field Mi, x indicates an activation / deactivation status of a report quantity of the indicated CSI report configuration. S0 refers to the report configuration which includes PUCCH resources for SP CSI reporting and has the lowest CSI-ReportConfigId within the list with type set to semiPersistentOnPUCCH. M0, 0 refers to the first report quantity of the first indicated report configuration and M0, 1 refers to the second report quantity of the first indicated report configuration.
[0199] In some embodiments, if the second report quantity in a CSI report configuration is configured as semi-persistentOnPUCCH, and if the first report quantity in the same CSI report configuration is configured as semi-persistentOnPUSCH, legacy method triggering SP CSI reporting on PUSCH are used to activate or trigger SP CSI reporting for the first report quantity of the CSI report configuration.
[0200] In some embodiments, the first report quantity and the second report quantity are configured as semi-persistentOnPUSCH. The UE 104 may receive, from the base station 102, a first downlink control information (DCI) for triggering the second report quantity; and receive, from the base station 102, a second DCI for triggering the first report quantity. In other words, if the second report quantity in a CSI report configuration is configured as semi-persistentOnPUSCH, and if the first report quantity in the same CSI report configuration is configured as semi-persistentOnPUSCH, a CSI-SemiPersistentOnPUSCH-TriggerState consisting of the CSI report configuration is triggered by a DCI and which one of the two report quantity in the CSI report configuration is triggered is indicated by the DCI.
[0201] In some embodiments, the first report quantity is configured as aperiodic by a radio resource control (RRC) signaling, and the second report quantity is configured as semi-persistentOnPUSCH. The UE 104 may receive, from the base station 102, a first DCI for triggering the second report quantity; and receive, from the base station 102, a second DCI for triggering the first report quantity. In other words, if the second report quantity in a CSI report configuration is configured as semi-persistentOnPUSCH, and if the first report quantity in the same CSI report configuration is configured as aperiodic, the second report quantity of the CSI report configuration is triggered by a DCI. An aperiodic CSI reporting trigger state containing the CSI report configuration may be configured by RRC and only the first report quantity of the CSI report configuration is aperiodic. The first report quantity of the CSI report configuration is triggered by DCI indicating the aperiodic CSI reporting trigger state.
[0202] In some embodiments, the first report quantity and the second report quantity are configured as aperiodic. The UE 104 may receive, from the base station 102, a DCI for triggering the second report quantity or the first report quantity. In other words, if both the first report quantity and the second report quantity in one CSI report configuration are configured as aperiodic, a DCI triggering the CSI report configuration may indicate which one report quantity is triggered. An aperiodic CSI reporting trigger state containing the CSI report configuration is triggered by a DCI and a bit field in the DCI may indicate triggering of the second report quantity and first report quantity. For example, one bit in the DCI may indicate which one report quantity is triggered, e.g.., “0” refers to the first report quantity and “1” refers to the second report quantity.
[0203] FIG. 6 illustrates an example of a device 600 that supports monitoring reporting in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. The device 600 may be an example of a UE 104 or a network entity 102 as described herein. The device 600 may support wireless communication with one or more network entities 102, UEs 104, or any combination thereof. The device 600 may include components for bi-directional communications including components for transmitting and receiving communications, such as a processor 602, a memory 604, a transceiver 606, and, optionally, an I / O controller 608. These components may be in electronic communication or otherwise coupled (e.g., operatively, communicatively, functionally, electronically, electrically) via one or more interfaces (e.g., buses) .
[0204] The processor 602, the memory 604, the transceiver 606, or various combinations thereof or various components thereof may be examples of means for performing various aspects of the present disclosure as described herein. For example, the processor 602, the memory 604, the transceiver 606, or various combinations or components thereof may support a method for performing one or more of the operations described herein.
[0205] In some implementations, the processor 602, the memory 604, the transceiver 606, or various combinations or components thereof may be implemented in hardware (e.g., in communications management circuitry) . The hardware may include a processor, a digital signal processor (DSP) , an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) , a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, a discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof configured as or otherwise supporting a means for performing the functions described in the present disclosure. In some implementations, the processor 602 and the memory 604 coupled with the processor 602 may be configured to perform one or more of the functions described herein (e.g., executing, by the processor 602, instructions stored in the memory 604) .
[0206] In an example in which the device 600 is implemented as a UE 104, the processor 602 may support wireless communication at the device 600 in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. The processor 602 may be configured to operable to support a means for receiving, from a network entity, a configuration associated with a first resource set and a second resource set, wherein the configuration is configured with a first report quantity; a means for obtaining a monitoring result associated with the first report quantity based on a first beam measurement corresponding to the first resource set and a second beam measurement corresponding to the second resource set; and a means for transmitting, to the network entity, one of the following: the monitoring result in a first report resource, wherein the configuration is configured with the first report resource; an indication of transmitting the monitoring result; an indication of skipping transmitting the monitoring result; or a resource request for transmitting the monitoring result.
[0207] In an example in which the device 600 is implemented as a network entity 102, the processor 602 may support wireless communication at the device 600 in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. The processor 602 may be configured to operable to support a means for transmitting, to a user equipment (UE) , a configuration associated with a first resource set and a second resource set, wherein the configuration is configured with a first report quantity; and a means for receiving, from the UE, one of the following: a monitoring result associated with the first report quantity in a first report resource, wherein the configuration is configured with the first report resource; an indication of transmitting a monitoring result associated with the first report quantity by the UE; an indication of skipping transmitting a monitoring result associated with the first report quantity by the UE; or a resource request for transmitting a monitoring result associated with the first report quantity by the UE, wherein the monitoring result is based on a first beam measurement corresponding to the first resource set and a second beam measurement corresponding to the second resource set.
[0208] The processor 602 may include an intelligent hardware device (e.g., a general-purpose processor, a DSP, a CPU, a microcontroller, an ASIC, an FPGA, a programmable logic device, a discrete gate or transistor logic component, a discrete hardware component, or any combination thereof) . In some implementations, the processor 602 may be configured to operate a memory array using a memory controller. In some other implementations, a memory controller may be integrated into the processor 602. The processor 602 may be configured to execute computer-readable instructions stored in a memory (e.g., the memory 604) to cause the device 600 to perform various functions of the present disclosure such that the device 600 may perform any process of the disclosure as discussed with reference to FIGS. 2 to 10C.
[0209] The memory 604 may include random access memory (RAM) and read-only memory (ROM) . The memory 604 may store computer-readable, computer-executable code including instructions that, when executed by the processor 602 cause the device 600 to perform various functions described herein. The code may be stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium such as system memory or another type of memory. In some implementations, the code may not be directly executable by the processor 602 but may cause a computer (e.g., when compiled and executed) to perform functions described herein. In some implementations, the memory 604 may include, among other things, a basic I / O system (BIOS) which may control basic hardware or software operation such as the interaction with peripheral components or devices.
[0210] The I / O controller 608 may manage input and output signals for the device 600. The I / O controller 608 may also manage peripherals not integrated into the device M02. In some implementations, the I / O controller 608 may represent a physical connection or port to an external peripheral. In some implementations, the I / O controller 608 may utilize an operating system such as or another known operating system. In some implementations, the I / O controller 608 may be implemented as part of a processor, such as the processor 606. In some implementations, a user may interact with the device 600 via the I / O controller 608 or via hardware components controlled by the I / O controller 608.
[0211] In some implementations, the device 600 may include a single antenna 610. However, in some other implementations, the device 600 may have more than one antenna 610 (i.e., multiple antennas) , including multiple antenna panels or antenna arrays, which may be capable of concurrently transmitting or receiving multiple wireless transmissions. The transceiver 606 may communicate bi-directionally, via the one or more antennas 610, wired, or wireless links as described herein. For example, the transceiver 606 may represent a wireless transceiver and may communicate bi-directionally with another wireless transceiver. The transceiver 606 may also include a modem to modulate the packets, to provide the modulated packets to one or more antennas 610 for transmission, and to demodulate packets received from the one or more antennas 610. The transceiver 606 may include one or more transmit chains, one or more receive chains, or a combination thereof.
[0212] A transmit chain may be configured to generate and transmit signals (e.g., control information, data, packets) . The transmit chain may include at least one modulator for modulating data onto a carrier signal, preparing the signal for transmission over a wireless medium. The at least one modulator may be configured to support one or more techniques such as amplitude modulation (AM) , frequency modulation (FM) , or digital modulation schemes like phase-shift keying (PSK) or quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) . The transmit chain may also include at least one power amplifier configured to amplify the modulated signal to an appropriate power level suitable for transmission over the wireless medium. The transmit chain may also include one or more antennas 610 for transmitting the amplified signal into the air or wireless medium.
[0213] A receive chain may be configured to receive signals (e.g., control information, data, packets) over a wireless medium. For example, the receive chain may include one or more antennas 610 for receive the signal over the air or wireless medium. The receive chain may include at least one amplifier (e.g., a low-noise amplifier (LNA) ) configured to amplify the received signal. The receive chain may include at least one demodulator configured to demodulate the receive signal and obtain the transmitted data by reversing the modulation technique applied during transmission of the signal. The receive chain may include at least one decoder for decoding the processing the demodulated signal to receive the transmitted data.
[0214] FIG. 7 illustrates an example of a processor 700 that supports monitoring reporting in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. The processor 700 may be an example of a processor configured to perform various operations in accordance with examples as described herein. The processor 700 may be implemented in a device or its components as described herein. For example, the device may be an example of a UE 104 or a network entity 102 as described herein. The processor 700 may include a controller 702 configured to perform various operations in accordance with examples as described herein. The processor 700 may optionally include at least one memory 704, such as L1 / L2 / L3 cache. Additionally, or alternatively, the processor 700 may optionally include one or more arithmetic-logic units (ALUs) 700. One or more of these components may be in electronic communication or otherwise coupled (e.g., operatively, communicatively, functionally, electronically, electrically) via one or more interfaces (e.g., buses) .
[0215] The processor 700 may be a processor chipset and include a protocol stack (e.g., a software stack) executed by the processor chipset to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, obtaining, retrieving, transmitting, outputting, forwarding, storing, determining, identifying, accessing, writing, reading) in accordance with examples as described herein. The processor chipset may include one or more cores, one or more caches (e.g., memory local to or included in the processor chipset (e.g., the processor 700) or other memory (e.g., random access memory (RAM) , read-only memory (ROM) , dynamic RAM (DRAM) , synchronous dynamic RAM (SDRAM) , static RAM (SRAM) , ferroelectric RAM (FeRAM) , magnetic RAM (MRAM) , resistive RAM (RRAM) , flash memory, phase change memory (PCM) , and others) .
[0216] The controller 702 may be configured to manage and coordinate various operations (e.g., signaling, receiving, obtaining, retrieving, transmitting, outputting, forwarding, storing, determining, identifying, accessing, writing, reading) of the processor 700 to cause the processor 700 to support various operations in accordance with examples as described herein. For example, the controller 702 may operate as a control unit of the processor 700, generating control signals that manage the operation of various components of the processor 700. These control signals include enabling or disabling functional units, selecting data paths, initiating memory access, and coordinating timing of operations.
[0217] The controller 702 may be configured to fetch (e.g., obtain, retrieve, receive) instructions from the memory 704 and determine subsequent instruction (s) to be executed to cause the processor 700 to support various operations in accordance with examples as described herein. The controller 702 may be configured to track memory address of instructions associated with the memory 704. The controller 702 may be configured to decode instructions to determine the operation to be performed and the operands involved. For example, the controller 702 may be configured to interpret the instruction and determine control signals to be output to other components of the processor 700 to cause the processor 700 to support various operations in accordance with examples as described herein. Additionally, or alternatively, the controller 702 may be configured to manage flow of data within the processor 700. The controller 702 may be configured to control transfer of data between registers, arithmetic logic units (ALUs) , and other functional units of the processor 700.
[0218] The memory 704 may include one or more caches (e.g., memory local to or included in the processor 700 or other memory, such RAM, ROM, DRAM, SDRAM, SRAM, MRAM, flash memory, etc. In some implementation, the memory 704 may reside within or on a processor chipset (e.g., local to the processor 700) . In some other implementations, the memory 704 may reside external to the processor chipset (e.g., remote to the processor 700) .
[0219] The memory 704 may store computer-readable, computer-executable code including instructions that, when executed by the processor 700, cause the processor 700 to perform various functions described herein. The code may be stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium such as system memory or another type of memory. The controller 702 and / or the processor 700 may be configured to execute computer-readable instructions stored in the memory 704 to cause the processor 700 to perform various functions. For example, the processor 700 and / or the controller 702 may be coupled with or to the memory 704, and the processor 700, the controller 702, and the memory 704 may be configured to perform various functions described herein. In some examples, the processor 700 may include multiple processors and the memory 704 may include multiple memories. One or more of the multiple processors may be coupled with one or more of the multiple memories, which may, individually or collectively, be configured to perform various functions herein.
[0220] The one or more ALUs 706 may be configured to support various operations in accordance with examples as described herein. In some implementation, the one or more ALUs 706 may reside within or on a processor chipset (e.g., the processor 700) . In some other implementations, the one or more ALUs 706 may reside external to the processor chipset (e.g., the processor 700) . One or more ALUs 706 may perform one or more computations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division on data. For example, one or more ALUs 706 may receive input operands and an operation code, which determines an operation to be executed. One or more ALUs 706 be configured with a variety of logical and arithmetic circuits, including adders, subtractors, shifters, and logic gates, to process and manipulate the data according to the operation. Additionally, or alternatively, the one or more ALUs 706 may support logical operations such as AND, OR, exclusive-OR (XOR) , not-OR (NOR) , and not-AND (NAND) , enabling the one or more ALUs 706 to handle conditional operations, comparisons, and bitwise operations.
[0221] The processor 700 may support wireless communication in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In an example in which the device 600 is implemented as a UE 104, the processor 700 may be configured to or operable to support a means for receiving, from a network entity, a configuration associated with a first resource set and a second resource set, wherein the configuration is configured with a first report quantity; a means for obtaining a monitoring result associated with the first report quantity based on a first beam measurement corresponding to the first resource set and a second beam measurement corresponding to the second resource set; and a means for transmitting, to the network entity, one of the following: the monitoring result in a first report resource, wherein the configuration is configured with the first report resource; an indication of transmitting the monitoring result; an indication of skipping transmitting the monitoring result; or a resource request for transmitting the monitoring result.
[0222] In an example in which the device 600 is implemented as a network entity 102, the processor 700 may be configured to or operable to support a means for transmitting, to a user equipment (UE) , a configuration associated with a first resource set and a second resource set, wherein the configuration is configured with a first report quantity; and a means for receiving, from the UE, one of the following: a monitoring result associated with the first report quantity in a first report resource, wherein the configuration is configured with the first report resource; an indication of transmitting a monitoring result associated with the first report quantity by the UE; an indication of skipping transmitting a monitoring result associated with the first report quantity by the UE; or a resource request for transmitting a monitoring result associated with the first report quantity by the UE, wherein the monitoring result is based on a first beam measurement corresponding to the first resource set and a second beam measurement corresponding to the second resource set.
[0223] FIG. 8 illustrates a flowchart of a method 800 that supports monitoring reporting in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. The operations of the method 800 may be implemented by a device or its components as described herein. For example, the operations of the method 800 may be performed by a UE 104 as described herein. In some implementations, the device may execute a set of instructions to control the function elements of the device to perform the described functions. Additionally, or alternatively, the device may perform aspects of the described functions using special-purpose hardware.
[0224] At 805, the method may include receiving, from a network entity, a configuration associated with a first resource set and a second resource set, wherein the configuration is configured with a first report quantity. The operations of 805 may be performed in accordance with examples as described herein. In some implementations, aspects of the operations of 805 may be performed by a device as described with reference to FIG. 1.
[0225] At 810, the method may include obtaining a monitoring result associated with the first report quantity based on a first beam measurement corresponding to the first resource set and a second beam measurement corresponding to the second resource set. The operations of 810 may be performed in accordance with examples as described herein. In some implementations, aspects of the operations of 810 may be performed by a device as described with reference to FIG. 1.
[0226] At 815, the method may include transmitting, to the network entity, one of the following: the monitoring result in a first report resource, wherein the configuration is configured with the first report resource; an indication of transmitting the monitoring result; an indication of skipping transmitting the monitoring result; or a resource request for transmitting the monitoring result. The operations of 815 may be performed in accordance with examples as described herein. In some implementations, aspects of the operations of 815 may be performed by a device as described with reference to FIG. 1.
[0227] FIG. 900 illustrates a flowchart of a method 900 that supports monitoring reporting in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. The operations of the method 900 may be implemented by a device or its components as described herein. For example, the operations of the method 900 may be performed by a network entity 102 as described herein. In some implementations, the device may execute a set of instructions to control the function elements of the device to perform the described functions. Additionally, or alternatively, the device may perform aspects of the described functions using special-purpose hardware.
[0228] At 905, the method may include transmitting, to a UE, a configuration associated with a first resource set and a second resource set, wherein the configuration is configured with a first report quantity. The operations of 905 may be performed in accordance with examples as described herein. In some implementations, aspects of the operations of 905 may be performed by a device as described with reference to FIG. 1.
[0229] At 910, the method may include receiving, from the UE, one of the following: a monitoring result associated with the first report quantity in a first report resource, wherein the configuration is configured with the first report resource; an indication of transmitting a monitoring result associated with the first report quantity by the UE; an indication of skipping transmitting a monitoring result associated with the first report quantity by the UE; or a resource request for transmitting a monitoring result associated with the first report quantity by the UE, wherein the monitoring result is based on a first beam measurement corresponding to the first resource set and a second beam measurement corresponding to the second resource set. The operations of 910 may be performed in accordance with examples as described herein. In some implementations, aspects of the operations of 910 may be performed by a device as described with reference to FIG. 1.
[0230] It should be noted that the methods described herein describes possible implementations, and that the operations and the steps may be rearranged or otherwise modified and that other implementations are possible. Further, aspects from two or more of the methods may be combined.
[0231] The various illustrative blocks and components described in connection with the disclosure herein may be implemented or performed with a general-purpose processor, a DSP, an ASIC, a CPU, an FPGA or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described herein. A general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but in the alternative, the processor may be any processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. A processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices (e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, multiple microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration.
[0232] The functions described herein may be implemented in hardware, software executed by a processor, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented in software executed by a processor, the functions may be stored on or transmitted over as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium. Other examples and implementations are within the scope of the disclosure and appended claims. For example, due to the nature of software, functions described herein may be implemented using software executed by a processor, hardware, firmware, hardwiring, or combinations of any of these. Features implementing functions may also be physically located at various positions, including being distributed such that portions of functions are implemented at different physical locations.
[0233] Computer-readable media includes both non-transitory computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one place to another. A non-transitory storage medium may be any available medium that may be accessed by a general-purpose or special-purpose computer. By way of example, non-transitory computer-readable media may include RAM, ROM, electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM) , flash memory, compact disk (CD) ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other non-transitory medium that may be used to carry or store desired program code means in the form of instructions or data structures and that may be accessed by a general-purpose or special-purpose computer, or a general-purpose or special-purpose processor.
[0234] As used herein, including in the claims, an article “a” before an element is unrestricted and understood to refer to “at least one” of those elements or “one or more” of those elements. The terms “a, ” “at least one, ” “one or more, ” and “at least one of one or more” may be interchangeable. As used herein, including in the claims, “or” as used in a list of items (e.g., a list of items prefaced by a phrase such as “at least one of” or “one or more of” or “one or both of” ) indicates an inclusive list such that, for example, a list of at least one of A, B, or C means A or B or C or AB or AC or BC or ABC (i.e., A and B and C) . Also, as used herein, the phrase “based on” shall not be construed as a reference to a closed set of conditions. For example, an example step that is described as “based on condition A” may be based on both a condition A and a condition B without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. In other words, as used herein, the phrase “based on”shall be construed in the same manner as the phrase “based at least in part on. Further, as used herein, including in the claims, a “set” may include one or more elements.
[0235] The description herein is provided to enable a person having ordinary skill in the art to make or use the disclosure. Various modifications to the disclosure will be apparent to a person having ordinary skill in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other variations without departing from the scope of the disclosure. Thus, the disclosure is not limited to the examples and designs described herein but is to be accorded the broadest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.
Claims
1.A user equipment (UE) , comprising:a processor; anda transceiver coupled to the processor,wherein the processor is configured to:receive, via the transceiver from a network entity, a configuration associated with a first resource set and a second resource set, wherein the configuration is configured with a first report quantity;obtain a monitoring result associated with the first report quantity based on a first beam measurement corresponding to the first resource set and a second beam measurement corresponding to the second resource set; andtransmit, via the transceiver to the network entity, one of the following:the monitoring result in a first report resource, wherein the configuration is configured with the first report resource;an indication of transmitting the monitoring result;an indication of skipping transmitting the monitoring result; ora resource request for transmitting the monitoring result.2.The UE of claim 1, wherein the first report quantity is indicative of at least one monitoring result type, the monitoring result of the at least one monitoring result type comprises at least one of the following:beam information predicted based on the first beam measurement and beam qualities obtained based on the second beam measurement;beam qualities predicted based on the first beam measurement and beam qualities obtained based on the second beam measurement;an indication that top-K predicted beams belong to top-M measured beams;beam information indicative of top-K predicted beams and beam information indicative of top-M measured beams;measured beam qualities of top-K predicted beams and measured beam qualities of top-M measured beams;differences between predicted beam qualities of top-K predicted beams and measured beam qualities of top-M measured beams;differences between measured beam qualities of top-K predicted beams and measured beam qualities of top-M measured beams; ordifferences between predicted beam qualities of top-K predicted beams and measured beam qualities of the top-K predicted beam;wherein the top-K predicted beams are top-K best beams, among predicted beams, predicted based on the first beam measurement, and the top-M measured beams are top-M best beams, among beams corresponding to the second resource set, determined based on the second beam measurement; andwherein the measured beam qualities of the top-K predicted beams and the measured beam qualities of the top-M measured beams are obtained based on the second beam measurement, and the predicted beam qualities of the top-K predicted beams are predicted based on the first beam measurement.3.The UE of claim 1, wherein the configuration is further configured with a second report quantity, the second report quantity is indicative of at least one inference result type, and the processor is further configured to:obtain an inference result associated with the second report quantity based on the first beam measurement; andtransmit, via the transceiver to the network entity, the inference result.4.The UE of claim 3, wherein the inference result of the at least one inference result type comprises at least one of the following:beam information predicted based on the first beam measurement;beam information and corresponding beam qualities predicted based on the first beam measurement; orbeam information and corresponding probabilities as a best beam for the UE predicted based on the first beam measurement.5.The UE of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:determine whether a trigger condition is met based on at least one of the first beam measurement and the second beam measurement, andwherein the trigger condition is associated with transmitting of the monitoring result, and the trigger condition comprises one of the following:an occurrence of a trigger event;an occurrence number of a trigger event reaches a maximum occurrence number; oran occurrence duration of a trigger event reaches a maximum occurrence duration.6.The UE of claim 5, wherein the trigger event comprises at least one of the following:measured beam qualities obtained in the first beam measurement are lower than a first threshold;measured beam qualities obtained in the second beam measurement are lower than a second threshold;predicted beam qualities of predicted beams predicted based on the first beam measurement are lower than a third threshold;a probability of a top-1 predicted beam as a best beam for the UE is lower than a fourth threshold;probabilities of top-K predicted beams as a best beam for the UE are lower than a fifth threshold;an accuracy of beam prediction based on the first beam measurement is lower than a sixth threshold;a top-1 measured beam is different from a top-1 predicted beam;top-K measured beams are different from top-K predicted beams;a difference between a measured beam quality of a top-1 measured beam and a predicted beam quality of a top-1 predicted beam is larger than a seventh threshold;differences between measured beam qualities of top-K measured beams and predicted beam qualities of top-K predicted beams are larger than an eighth threshold;a difference between a measured beam quality of a top-1 measured beam and a measured beam quality of a top-1 predicted beam is larger than a ninth threshold;differences between measured beam qualities of top-K measured beams and measured beam qualities of top-K predicted beams are larger than a tenth threshold;a difference between a predicted beam quality of a top-1 predicted beam and a measured beam quality of a top-1 predicted beam is larger than an eleventh threshold; ordifferences between predicted beam qualities of top-K predicted beams and measured beam qualities of top-K predicted beams are larger than a twelfth threshold;wherein the top-1 predicted beam is a best beam, among predicted beams, predicted based on the first beam measurement;wherein the top-K predicted beams are top-K best beams, among predicted beams, predicted based on the first beam measurement;wherein the top-1 measured beam is a best beam, among beams corresponding to the second resource set, determined based on the second beam measurement;wherein the top-K measured beams are top-K best beams, among beams corresponding to the second resource set, determined based on the second beam measurement,wherein the measured beam quality of the top-1 predicted beam, the measured beam qualities of the top-K predicted beams, the measured beam quality of the top-1 measured beam and the measured beam qualities of the top-K measured beams are obtained based on the second beam measurement; andwherein the predicted beam quality of the top-1 predicted beam and the predicted beam qualities of the top-K predicted beams are predicted based on the first beam measurement.7.The UE of claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to:receive, via the transceiver from the network entity, a trigger configuration, wherein the trigger configuration comprises at least one of the following:the trigger event;the maximum occurrence number;the maximum occurrence duration; ora threshold associated with the trigger event.8.The UE of claim 1, wherein the configuration is a CSI report configuration.9.The UE of claim 5, wherein the configuration is associated with a first uplink resource, and the processor is further configured to:transmit, via the transceiver to the network entity in the first uplink resource, the resource request for transmitting the monitoring result in the case that the trigger condition is met;receive, via the transceiver from the network entity, an indication of a second uplink resource for transmitting the monitoring result; andtransmit, via the transceiver to the network entity, the monitoring result in the second uplink resource.10.The UE of claim 9, wherein the first resource set is configured as one of the following: periodic, semi-persistent or aperiodic; andwherein the second resource set is configured as one of the following: periodic, semi-persistent or aperiodic.11.The UE of claim 9, wherein the resource request is comprised in a positive scheduling request (SR) .12.The UE of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to:transmit, via the transceiver to the network entity in the first uplink resource, a negative SR in the case that the trigger condition is not met.13.The UE of claim 5, wherein the configuration is associated with a first uplink resource and a second uplink resource, and the processor is further configured to:transmit, via the transceiver to the network entity in the first uplink resource, the indication of transmitting the monitoring result in the second uplink resource in the case that the trigger condition is met; andtransmit, via the transceiver to the network entity, the monitoring result in the second uplink resource.14.The UE of claim 5, wherein the configuration is associated with a first uplink resource and a second uplink resource, and the processor is further configured to:transmit, via the transceiver to the network entity in the first uplink resource, the indication of skipping transmitting the monitoring result in the second uplink resource in the case that the trigger condition is not met; andskip transmitting, via the transceiver to the network entity, the monitoring result in the second uplink resource.15.The UE of claim 14, wherein the indication of skipping transmitting the monitoring result is indicative of skipping transmitting the monitoring result in one or more occasions of the second uplink resource, wherein the one or more occasions start after a time duration from the indication of skipping transmitting the monitoring result.16.The UE of claim 5, wherein the configuration is associated with a first report resource associated with the first report quantity and a second report resource, and the processor is further configured to:transmit, via the transceiver to the network entity in the second report resource, the indication of transmitting the monitoring result in the first report resource in the case that the trigger condition is met; andtransmit, via the transceiver to the network entity, the monitoring result in the first report resource.17.The UE of claim 5, wherein the configuration is associated with a first report resource associated with the first report quantity and a second report resource, and the processor is further configured to:transmit, via the transceiver to the network entity in the second report resource, the indication of skipping transmitting the monitoring result in the first report resource in the case that the trigger condition is not met; andskip transmitting, via the transceiver to the network entity, the monitoring result in the first report resource.18.A network entity, comprising:a processor; anda transceiver coupled to the processor,wherein the processor is configured to:transmit, via the transceiver to a user equipment (UE) , a configuration associated with a first resource set and a second resource set, wherein the configuration is configured with a first report quantity; andreceive, via the transceiver from the UE, one of the following:a monitoring result associated with the first report quantity in a first report resource, wherein the configuration is configured with the first report resource;an indication of transmitting a monitoring result associated with the first report quantity by the UE;an indication of skipping transmitting a monitoring result associated with the first report quantity by the UE; ora resource request for transmitting a monitoring result associated with the first report quantity by the UE,wherein the monitoring result is based on a first beam measurement corresponding to the first resource set and a second beam measurement corresponding to the second resource set.19.A method performed by a user equipment (UE) , the method comprising:receiving, from a network entity, a configuration associated with a first resource set and a second resource set, wherein the configuration is configured with a first report quantity;obtaining a monitoring result associated with the first report quantity based on a first beam measurement corresponding to the first resource set and a second beam measurement corresponding to the second resource set; andtransmitting, to the network entity, one of the following:the monitoring result in a first report resource, wherein the configuration is configured with the first report resource;an indication of transmitting the monitoring result;an indication of skipping transmitting the monitoring result; ora resource request for transmitting the monitoring result.20.A processor for wireless communication, comprising:at least one memory; anda controller coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the controller to:receive, from a network entity, a configuration associated with a first resource set and a second resource set, wherein the configuration is configured with a first report quantity;obtain a monitoring result associated with the first report quantity based on a first beam measurement corresponding to the first resource set and a second beam measurement corresponding to the second resource set; andtransmit, to the network entity, one of the following:the monitoring result in a first report resource, wherein the configuration is configured with the first report resource;an indication of transmitting the monitoring result;an indication of skipping transmitting the monitoring result; ora resource request for transmitting the monitoring result.
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