Methods for CSI measurement and feedback in mobile communications
By configuring UEs to derive and report PMI based on multiple CSI-RS resources, the limitations of 32-port CSI-RS resources in 5G NR systems are overcome, enabling efficient CSI measurement and feedback for base stations with a large number of antenna ports.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- PCT/CN2025/075918
- Authority / Receiving Office
- WO · WO
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Priority Date
- 2024-02-06
- Filing Date
- 2025-02-06
- Publication Date
- 2025-08-14
AI Technical Summary
Existing 5G New Radio (NR) systems are limited to 32-port CSI-RS resources, which are insufficient for base stations with a large number of antenna ports, necessitating improved methods for CSI measurement and feedback.
A UE receives a CSI-RS resource configuration indicating multiple CSI-RS resources, derives a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) based on channel measurements and codebook or measurement aggregation, and reports this information to the network, supporting up to 128 ports through various alternatives for configuring codebook parameters and deriving spatial domain beams.
Enhances CSI measurement and feedback capabilities, supporting up to 128 CSI-RS ports by aggregating multiple CSI-RS resources, improving communication efficiency and network performance.
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Description
METHODS FOR CSI MEASUREMENT AND FEEDBACK IN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONSCROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATION (S)
[0001] The present disclosure claims the priority benefit of Indian Patent Application No. 202421008050, filed 06 February 2024, the content of which herein being incorporated by reference in its entirety.TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The present disclosure is generally related to mobile communications and, more particularly, to methods of channel state information (CSI) measurement and feedback in mobile communications.BACKGROUND
[0003] In wireless communications such as mobile communications under the current 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) specification, CSI acquisition for a base station equipped with a large number of antenna ports (e.g., 128 ports, 256 ports or more) may need more than one CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) resource each with up to 32 ports. This is because legacy CSI mechanism in 5th Generation (5G) New Radio (NR) systems only use up to 32-port CSI-RS resources. The channel measurement from these CSI-RS resources is used to compute and report the precoder (e.g., precoding matrix indicator (PMI) ) . For example, a user equipment (UE) may use various methods to be based on the channel measurements from multiple CSI-RS resources to derive the precoder. The UE reporting quantity for each method may be multiple and, thus, appropriate network configuration may be necessary to compute the respective PMI components. Therefore, there is a need for a solution of methods of CSI measurement and feedback in mobile communications.SUMMARY
[0004] The following summary is illustrative only and is not intended to be limiting in any way. That is, the following summary is provided to introduce concepts, highlights, benefits, and advantages of the novel and non-obvious techniques described herein. Select implementations are further described below in the detailed description. Thus, the following summary is not intended to identify essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended for use in determining the scope of the claimed subject matter.
[0005] An objective of the present disclosure is to propose solutions or schemes that address the issue (s) described herein. More specifically, various schemes proposed in the present disclosure are believed to provide solutions pertaining to methods for CSI measurement and feedback in mobile communications. It is believed that implementations of one or more of the schemes proposed herein may address or otherwise alleviate the issues described above.
[0006] In one aspect, a method may involve a UE receiving, from a network, a CSI-RS resource configuration that indicates multiple CSI-RS resources. The method may additionally involve the UE obtaining channel measurements from multiple CSI-RS resources. The method may also involve the UE deriving a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) based on the channel measurements and either a codebook configuration or a channel measurement aggregation configuration received from the network. The method may further involve the UE reporting information related to the PMI to the network.
[0007] In another aspect, a method may involve a UE receiving, from a network, a CSI-RS resource configuration that indicates multiple CSI-RS resources. The method may additionally involve the UE obtaining channel measurements from multiple CSI-RS resources. The method may also involve the UE deriving a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) based on one of a plurality of approaches as configured by the network. The method may further involve the UE reporting information related to the PMI to the network.
[0008] It is noteworthy that, although the description provided herein may be in the context of certain radio access technologies, networks, and network topologies such as 5th Generation (5G) / New Radio (NR) / Beyond Fifth-Generation (B5G) mobile communications, the proposed concepts, schemes and any variation (s) / derivative (s) thereof may be implemented in, for and by other types of radio access technologies, networks and network topologies such as, for example and without limitation, 4th Generation (4G) / Long-Term Evolution (LTE) , LTE-Advanced, LTE-Advanced Pro, Internet-of-Things (IoT) , Narrow Band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) , Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) , vehicle-to-everything (V2X) , and non-terrestrial network (NTN) communications. Thus, the scope of the present disclosure is not limited to the examples described herein.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0009] The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosure and are incorporated in and constitute a part of the present disclosure. The drawings illustrate implementations of the disclosure and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure. It is appreciable that the drawings are not necessarily in scale as some components may be shown to be out of proportion than the size in actual implementation in order to clearly illustrate the concept of the present disclosure.
[0010] FIG. 1 is a diagram of an example network environment in which various solutions and schemes in accordance with the present disclosure may be implemented.
[0011] FIG. 2 is a diagram of an example scenario under a proposed scheme in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0012] FIG. 3 is a diagram of an example design under a proposed scheme in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0013] FIG. 4 is a diagram of an example design under a proposed scheme in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0014] FIG. 5 is a diagram of an example design under a proposed scheme in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0015] FIG. 6 is a block diagram of an example communication system under a proposed scheme in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0016] FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a second example process under a proposed scheme in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0017] FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a second example process under a proposed scheme in accordance with the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED IMPLEMENTATIONS
[0018] Detailed embodiments and implementations of the claimed subject matters are disclosed herein. However, it shall be understood that the disclosed embodiments and implementations are merely illustrative of the claimed subject matters which may be embodied in various forms. The present disclosure may, however, be embodied in many multiple forms and should not be construed as limited to the exemplary embodiments and implementations set forth herein. Rather, these exemplary embodiments and implementations are provided so that description of the present disclosure is thorough and complete and will fully convey the scope of the present disclosure to those skilled in the art. In the description below, details of well-known features and techniques may be omitted to avoid unnecessarily obscuring the presented embodiments and implementations. Overview
[0019] Implementations in accordance with the present disclosure relate to various techniques, methods, schemes and / or solutions pertaining to methods for CSI measurement and feedback in mobile communications. According to the present disclosure, a number of possible solutions may be implemented separately or jointly. That is, although these possible solutions may be described below separately, two or more of these possible solutions may be implemented in one combination or another.
[0020] FIG. 1 illustrates an example network environment 100 in which various solutions and schemes in accordance with the present disclosure may be implemented. FIG. 2 ~ FIG. 8 illustrate examples of implementation of various proposed schemes in network environment 100 in accordance with the present disclosure. The following description of various proposed schemes is provided with reference to FIG. 1 ~ FIG. 8.
[0021] Referring to FIG. 1, network environment 100 may involve a UE 110, such as a mobile device or smartphone, in wireless communication with a wireless network 120 as part of a communication network. The wireless network 120 may be one or more public land mobile networks (PLMNs) including 5G / NR domain, 4G / LTE domain, and 2nd Generation / 3rd Generation (2G / 3G) domain. UE 110 may initially be in wireless communication with wireless network 120 via a base station or network node 125 (e.g., an eNB, gNB or transmit-receive point (TRP) ) . In network environment 100, UE 110 and the wireless network 120 may implement various schemes pertaining to methods for CSI measurement and feedback in mobile communications in accordance with the present disclosure, as described herein.
[0022] It is noteworthy that, while the various proposed schemes may be individually or separately described below, in actual implementations some or all of the proposed schemes may be utilized or otherwise implemented jointly. Of course, each of the proposed schemes may be utilized or otherwise implemented individually or separately. Moreover, as used herein, a lower layer may refer to a layer in the 5GMM protocol stack that is lower than the radio resource control (RRC) layer, such as a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer, a radio control link (RLC) layer, a medium access control (MAC) layer, a physical (PHY) layer, or so forth.
[0023] FIG. 2 illustrates an example scenario 200 under a proposed scheme in accordance with the present disclosure. Under the proposed scheme, there may be N CSI-RS resources (e.g., N = 4) , configured for channel measurement, with each resource containing multiple ports (e.g., up to 32 ports) . In the present disclosure, the total number of CSI-RS ports across all the CSI-RS resources may be denoted by PCSI-RS. For a uniform planar antenna port placement at a base station (e.g., network node 125) , a precoding matrix may be usually composed of discrete Fourier transform (DFT) vectors of a length of 2N1N2, with N1 and N2 denoting the number of antenna ports in the horizontal and vertical dimensions (depending on the placement and virtualization) , respectively, and with 2 denoting the dual polarized antenna elements. The precoding matrix W of dimension PCSI-RS x rank may be represented as W = W1W2, where W1 may select L (= 1, 2, …) beams and W2 may denote an inter-polarization co-phasing matrix.
[0024] Under a proposed scheme in accordance with the present disclosure, there may be various alternatives for configuring codebook parameters (N1, N2) and deriving the corresponding spatial domain (SD) beam information. FIG. 3 illustrates an example design 300 of a first alternative (Alternative 1) under the proposed scheme, FIG. 4 illustrates an example design 400 of a second alternative (Alternative 2) under the proposed scheme, and FIG. 5 illustrates an example design 500 of a third alternative (Alternative 3) under the proposed scheme.
[0025] Referring to FIG. 3, in Alternative 1, the parameters (N1, N2) may be configured such that PCSI-RS = 2N1N2, and the SD beam may be defined in the vertical dimension (um) and combined vertical and horizontal dimensions (vl, m) as expressed in part (A) of FIG. 3. In Alternative 1, the SD beam may be defined jointly across all CSI-RS resources. In the expression shown in part (A) of FIG. 3, (O1, O2) denote the oversampling (rotation) factors for (N1, N2) , respectively. The W1 part of the precoder (PMI) may pick a beam from vl, m, l=0, 1, …O1N1 and m=0, 1, …O2N2. For this alternative, the codebook radio resource control (RRC) configuration may list the allowed configurations of n1–n2. Under the proposed scheme, a part of the PMI (e.g., SD DFT basis vectors) may be reported in the form of indices i1, 1, i1, 2, which may indicate the indices l, m, respectively, in the joint SD beam vl, m computed by UE 110.
[0026] In Alternative 1, how UE 110, based on the channel measurement from CSI-RS resources, derives the precoder may be configured or otherwise specified, with two examples shown in part (B) of FIG. 3. Referring to part (B) of FIG. 3, each of the four CSI-RS resources may have 8 ports (e.g., ports 1 ~ 8 for CSI-RS #1, ports 9 ~ 16 for CSI-RS #2, ports 17 ~ 24 for CSI-RS #3, and ports 25 ~ 32 for CSI-RS #4) . Ports 1 ~ 4 of CSI-RS #1 may have a first polarization, and ports 5 ~8 of CSI-RS #1 may have a second polarization. Additionally, ports 9 ~ 12 of CSI-RS #2 may have a first polarization, and ports 13 ~ 16 of CSI-RS #2 may have a second polarization. Similarly, ports 17 ~ 20 of CSI-RS #3 may have a first polarization, and ports 21 ~ 24 of CSI-RS #3 may have a second polarization. Likewise, ports 25 ~ 28 of CSI-RS #4 may have a first polarization, and ports 29 ~ 32 of CSI-RS #4 may have a second polarization. For this CSI-RS configuration, network 120 may configure (N1, N2) to be (4, 4) and configure how UE 110 may, based on measurements from these four CSI-RS resources, derive the joint SD beam (e.g., shown as Config #1 and Config #2 in part (B) of FIG. 3) . Notably, in example Config #2, UE 110 may report measurements in a sequential order such as: (CSI-RS #1, 1st polarization) , (CSI-RS #2, 1st polarization) , (CSI-RS #3, 1st polarization) , (CSI-RS #4, 1st polarization) , (CSI-RS #1, 2nd polarization) , (CSI-RS #2, 2nd polarization) , (CSI-RS #3, 2nd polarization) , (CSI-RS #4, 2nd polarization) . Such specific ordering of ports may be configured by a new higher-layer parameter, which may take an integer value indicating one of the ordering from a possible set of ordering or the panel / CSI-RS source placement, in which the panel / CSI-RS source placement may use an indexing rule (e.g., panel / CSI-RS resource first, vertical ports second, and then horizontal ports; or a common indexing rule in a matrix) to reorder the port indices.
[0027] Referring to FIG. 4, in Alternative 2, the parameters (N1, N2) may be configured such that PCSI-RS = 2NN1N2, with each CSI-RS resource containing 2N1N2 ports, with N denoting the number of CSI-RS resources, and with N1 and N2 denoting placement of antenna ports within each CSI-RS resource. The SD beam may be defined in the vertical dimension (um) and combined vertical and horizontal dimensions (vl, m) as expressed in part (A) of FIG. 4. In Alternative 2, the SD beam may be defined for each CSI-RS resource. Therefore, the SD beams (or channel measurements) from multiple CSI-RS resources may be derived via co-phasing to determine the SD beam. The W1, W2 parts of the overall precoder (PMI) may be expressed as that shown in part (B) of FIG. 4, where each W1(t) , t=1, …N may denote a respective DFT vector defined for a corresponding CSI-RS resource and may select independent beams from vl, m. The ejφt terms denote respective co-phasing coefficients for the CSI-RS resources.
[0028] For this alternative, the codebook RRC configuration may list the allowed configurations of n1–n2 for each of the CSI-RS resources configured by network 120 for channel measurement. A part of the PMI may be reported in the form of indices i1, 1, i1, 2, where i1, 1= [i1, 1, 1 i1, 1, , 2…i1, 1, N] and i1, 2=[i1, 2, 1 i1, 2, , 2…i1, 2, N]. Here, N may denote the number of resources for channel measurement configured by network 120. The indices i1, 1, n, i1, 2, n may indicate the indices l,m, respectively, in vl, m computed by UE 110 for the CSI-RS resource n=1, …N. Another part of the PMI may be reported in the form of indices i1, 4, q, q=2, …N, where the index i1, 4, q may indicate a phase term from an alphabet of phase terms.
[0029] In Alternative 2, how UE 110, based the channel measurement from CSI-RS resources, derives the precoder may be configured or otherwise specified, with an example shown in part (C) of FIG. 4. Referring to part (C) of FIG. 4, each of the four CSI-RS resources may have 8 ports (e.g., ports 1 ~ 8 for CSI-RS #1, ports 9 ~ 16 for CSI-RS #2, ports 17 ~ 24 for CSI-RS #3, and ports 25 ~32 for CSI-RS #4) . Ports 1 ~ 4 of CSI-RS #1 may have a first polarization, and ports 5 ~ 8 of CSI-RS #1 may have a second polarization. Additionally, ports 9 ~ 12 of CSI-RS #2 may have a first polarization, and ports 13 ~ 16 of CSI-RS #2 may have a second polarization. Similarly, ports 17 ~20 of CSI-RS #3 may have a first polarization, and ports 21 ~ 24 of CSI-RS #3 may have a second polarization. Likewise, ports 25 ~ 28 of CSI-RS #4 may have a first polarization, and ports 29 ~ 32 of CSI-RS #4 may have a second polarization. For this CSI-RS configuration, network 120 may configure (N, N1, N2) to be (4, 2, 2) and configure how UE 110 may, based on measurements from these four CSI-RS resources, derive the joint SD beam. Notably, in the example shown in part (C) of FIG. 4, UE 110 may report measurements in a sequential order such as: (CSI-RS #1, port 1) , (CSI-RS #1, port 2) , (CSI-RS #1, port 3) , (CSI-RS #1, port 4) , …, (CSI-RS #1, port 8) , (CSI-RS #2, port 9) , (CSI-RS #2, port 10) , (CSI-RS #2, port 11) , (CSI-RS #2, port 12) , …, (CSI-RS #2, port 16) , (CSI-RS #3, port 17) , (CSI-RS #3, port 18) , (CSI-RS #3, port 19) , (CSI-RS #3, port 20) , …, (CSI-RS #3, port 24) , (CSI-RS #4, port 25) , (CSI-RS #4, port 26) , (CSI-RS #4, port 27) , (CSI-RS #4, port 28) , …, (CSI-RS #4, port 32) .
[0030] Referring to FIG. 5, in Alternative 3, the parameters (N1, N2) may be configured such that PCSI-RS = 2NgN1N2, with each CSI-RS resource containing 2N1N2 ports. The SD beam may be defined as expressed in part (A) of FIG. 5. In Alternative 3, Ng may denote the number of port groups such that each group may have 2N1N2 ports with the possibility of UE 110 reporting the number of groups from downlink (DL) channel measurement. The value of Ng may be reported by UE 110 to network 120. Moreover, the SD beam may be defined for each CSI-RS port group. Therefore, the SD beams (or channel measurements) from multiple CSI-RS port groups may be derived via co-phasing to determine the SD beam. The W1, W2 parts of the precoder (PMI) may be expressed as that shown in part (B) of FIG. 5, where each W1 (t) , t=1, …Ng may denote a respective DFT vector defined for a corresponding CSI-RS port group and may select independent beams from vl, m. The ejφt terms denote respective co-phasing coefficients for the CSI-RS resources.
[0031] For this alternative, the codebook RRC configuration may list the allowed configurations of ng–n1–n2. A part of the PMI may be reported in the form of indices i1, 1, i1, 2, where and Here, Ng may denote the number of CSI-RS port groups configured by network 120 in the first element of the triplet ng–n1–n2. The indices i1, 1, n, i1, 2, n may indicate the indices l, m, respectively, in vl, m computed by UE 110 for the CSI-RS port group n=1, …Ng. Another part of the PMI may be reported in the form of indices i1, 4, q, q=2, …Ng, where the index i1, 4, q may indicate a phase term from an alphabet of phase terms.
[0032] When this codebook alternative is configured, the allowed CSI-RS port indices in each group may be specified along with each value of number of port groups. For example, considering two CSI-RS resources of 32 ports each, a value of Ng = 4 may be tabulated as that shown in part (C) of FIG. 5. When there are more than one possibilities for port grouping, a new higher-layer element (e.g., portGroupingForAlt3) may configure an integer value indicating one of the groupings from a possible set of groupings, as shown in part (D) of FIG. 5. Under the proposed scheme, UE 110 may use this information to feedback the best value of Ng and calculate the appropriate SD bases and co-phasing for each CSI-RS port group.
[0033] In view of the above, under the various proposed schemes, Type I and Type II codebooks may support 48, 64 and 128 CSI-RS ports. Moreover, the 48, 64 and 128 CSI-RS ports may be supported by aggregating K = 2, 3 or 4 legacy CSI-RS resources with up to 32 ports each. The network (e.g., network 120) may configure a UE (e.g., UE 110) via RRC signaling to configure how the UE, based on channel measurements from multiple CSI-RS resources, derives the precoder. With respect to feedback quantities for a Type I single-panel (SP) codebook, indices i1, 1, i1, 2 may represent indicator of the first SD basis vector. With respect to feedback quantities for a Type I multi-panel (MP) codebook, indices i1, 1, n, i1, 2, n may represent indicator of the first SD basis vector for the CSI-RS resource n = 1, …Ng = K, and the indices i1, 4, q, q = 2, …N may represent the inter-resource co-phasing for resources k = 2, …K. Illustrative Implementations
[0034] FIG. 6 illustrates an example communication system 600 having at least an example apparatus 610 and an example apparatus 620 in accordance with an implementation of the present disclosure. Each of apparatus 610 and apparatus 620 may perform various functions to implement schemes, techniques, processes and methods described herein pertaining to methods for CSI measurement and feedback in mobile communications, including the various schemes described above with respect to various proposed designs, concepts, schemes, systems and methods described above, including network environment 100, as well as processes described below.
[0035] Each of apparatus 610 and apparatus 620 may be a part of an electronic apparatus, which may be a network apparatus or a UE (e.g., UE 110) , such as a portable or mobile apparatus, a wearable apparatus, a vehicular device or a vehicle, a wireless communication apparatus or a computing apparatus. For instance, each of apparatus 610 and apparatus 620 may be implemented in a smartphone, a smart watch, a personal digital assistant, an electronic control unit (ECU) in a vehicle, a digital camera, or a computing equipment such as a tablet computer, a laptop computer or a notebook computer. Each of apparatus 610 and apparatus 620 may also be a part of a machine type apparatus, which may be an IoT apparatus such as an immobile or a stationary apparatus, a home apparatus, a roadside unit (RSU) , a wire communication apparatus or a computing apparatus. For instance, each of apparatus 610 and apparatus 620 may be implemented in a smart thermostat, a smart fridge, a smart door lock, a wireless speaker or a home control center. When implemented in or as a network apparatus, apparatus 610 and / or apparatus 620 may be implemented in an eNodeB in an LTE, LTE-Advanced or LTE-Advanced Pro network or in a gNB or TRP in a 5G network, an NR network, or an IoT network.
[0036] In some implementations, each of apparatus 610 and apparatus 620 may be implemented in the form of one or more integrated-circuit (IC) chips such as, for example and without limitation, one or more single-core processors, one or more multi-core processors, one or more complex-instruction-set-computing (CISC) processors, or one or more reduced-instruction-set-computing (RISC) processors. In the various schemes described above, each of apparatus 610 and apparatus 620 may be implemented in or as a network apparatus or a UE. Each of apparatus 610 and apparatus 620 may include at least some of those components shown in FIG. 6 such as a processor 612 and a processor 622, respectively, for example. Each of apparatus 610 and apparatus 620 may further include one or more other components not pertinent to the proposed scheme of the present disclosure (e.g., internal power supply, display device and / or user interface device) , and, thus, such component (s) of apparatus 610 and apparatus 620 are neither shown in FIG. 6 nor described below in the interest of simplicity and brevity.
[0037] In one aspect, each of processor 612 and processor 622 may be implemented in the form of one or more single-core processors, one or more multi-core processors, or one or more CISC or RISC processors. That is, even though a singular term “aprocessor” is used herein to refer to processor 612 and processor 622, each of processor 612 and processor 622 may include multiple processors in some implementations and a single processor in other implementations in accordance with the present disclosure. In another aspect, each of processor 612 and processor 622 may be implemented in the form of hardware (and, optionally, firmware) with electronic components including, for example and without limitation, one or more transistors, one or more diodes, one or more capacitors, one or more resistors, one or more inductors, one or more memristors and / or one or more varactors that are configured and arranged to achieve specific purposes in accordance with the present disclosure. In other words, in at least some implementations, each of processor 612 and processor 622 is a special-purpose machine specifically designed, arranged, and configured to perform specific tasks including those pertaining to methods for CSI measurement and feedback in mobile communications in accordance with various implementations of the present disclosure.
[0038] In some implementations, apparatus 610 may also include a transceiver 616 coupled to processor 612. Transceiver 616 may be capable of wirelessly transmitting and receiving data. In some implementations, transceiver 616 may be capable of wirelessly communicating with multiple types of wireless networks of multiple radio access technologies (RATs) . In some implementations, transceiver 616 may be equipped with a plurality of antenna ports (not shown) such as, for example, four antenna ports. That is, transceiver 616 may be equipped with multiple transmit antennas and multiple receive antennas for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communications. In some implementations, apparatus 620 may also include a transceiver 626 coupled to processor 622. Transceiver 626 may include a transceiver capable of wirelessly transmitting and receiving data. In some implementations, transceiver 626 may be capable of wirelessly communicating with multiple types of UEs / wireless networks of multiple RATs. In some implementations, transceiver 626 may be equipped with a plurality of antenna ports (not shown) such as, for example, four antenna ports. That is, transceiver 626 may be equipped with multiple transmit antennas and multiple receive antennas for MIMO wireless communications.
[0039] In some implementations, apparatus 610 may further include a memory 614 coupled to processor 612 and capable of being accessed by processor 612 and storing data therein. In some implementations, apparatus 620 may further include a memory 624 coupled to processor 622 and capable of being accessed by processor 622 and storing data therein. Each of memory 614 and memory 624 may include a type of random-access memory (RAM) such as dynamic RAM (DRAM) , static RAM (SRAM) , thyristor RAM (T-RAM) and / or zero-capacitor RAM (Z-RAM) . Alternatively, or additionally, each of memory 614 and memory 624 may include a type of read-only memory (ROM) such as mask ROM, programmable ROM (PROM) , erasable programmable ROM (EPROM) and / or electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM) . Alternatively, or additionally, each of memory 614 and memory 624 may include a type of non-volatile random-access memory (NVRAM) such as flash memory, solid-state memory, ferroelectric RAM (FeRAM) , magnetoresistive RAM (MRAM) and / or phase-change memory.
[0040] Each of apparatus 610 and apparatus 620 may be a communication entity capable of communicating with each other using various proposed schemes in accordance with the present disclosure. For illustrative purposes and without limitation, a description of capabilities of apparatus 610, as a UE (e.g., UE 110) , and apparatus 620, as a network node (e.g., network node 125) of a network (e.g., wireless network 120 as a 5G / NR mobile network) , is provided below in the context of example processes 700 and 800. Illustrative Processes
[0041] FIG. 7 illustrates an example process 700 in accordance with an implementation of the present disclosure. Process 700 may represent an aspect of implementing various proposed designs, concepts, schemes, systems and methods described above. More specifically, process 700 may represent an aspect of the proposed concepts and schemes pertaining to methods for CSI measurement and feedback in mobile communications in accordance with the present disclosure. Process 700 may include one or more operations, actions, or functions as illustrated by one or more of blocks 710, 720, 730 and 740. Although illustrated as discrete blocks, various blocks of process 700 may be divided into additional blocks, combined into fewer blocks, or eliminated, depending on the desired implementation. Moreover, the blocks / sub-blocks of process 700 may be executed in the order shown in FIG. 7 or, alternatively, in a different order. Furthermore, one or more of the blocks / sub-blocks of process 700 may be executed repeatedly or iteratively. Process 700 may be implemented by or in apparatus 610 and apparatus 620 as well as any variations thereof. Solely for illustrative purposes and without limiting the scope, process 700 is described below in the context of apparatus 610 as a UE (e.g., UE 110) and apparatus 620 as a communication entity such as a network node or base station (e.g., network node 125) of a network (e.g., wireless network 120) . Process 700 may begin at block 710.
[0042] At 710, process 700 may involve processor 612 of apparatus 610, as UE 110, receiving, via transceiver 616 and from a network (e.g., via apparatus 620 as network node 125) , a CSI-RS resource configuration that indicates multiple CSI-RS resources. Process 700 may proceed from 710 to 720.
[0043] At 720, process 700 may involve processor 612 obtaining, via transceiver 716, channel measurements from the multiple CSI-RS resources. Process 700 may proceed from 720 to 730.
[0044] At 730, process 700 may involve processor 612 deriving a PMI based on the channel measurements and either a codebook configuration or a channel measurement aggregation configuration received from the network. Process 700 may proceed from 730 to 740.
[0045] At 740, process 700 may involve processor 612 reporting, via transceiver 616, information related to the PMI to the network.
[0046] In some implementations, in deriving the precoder based on the channel measurements, process 700 may involve processor 612 configurating parameters (N1, N2) such that PCSI-RS = 2N1N2, with N1 and N2 denoting a number of antenna ports in horizontal and vertical dimensions, respectively, and PCSI-RS denoting a total number of CSI-RS ports across all the multiple CSI-RS resources.
[0047] In some implementations, the PMI may indicate a precoder including at least one SD beam basis, and the SD beam basis may be defined as:
[0048] Here, um denotes a vertical dimension; vl, m denotes derived vertical and horizontal dimensions; (O1, O2) denote oversampling or rotation factors for (N1, N2) , respectively; indexes of vl, m, l=0, 1, …O1N1 and m=0, 1, …O2N2 may be used to select the least one SD beam basis for the precoder; and the at least one SD beam basis may be derived from all the multiple CSI-RS resources.
[0049] In some implementations, the SD beam may be defined across all the multiple CSI-RS resources.
[0050] In some implementations, in reporting the information related to the PMI, process 700 may involve processor 612 reporting indices i1, 1, i1, 2 indicating indices l, m, respectively, in vl, m as a portion of PMI feedback information provided to the network, while another portion of the PMI feedback information may include inter-polarization co-phasing.
[0051] In some implementations, in deriving the PMI, process 700 may involve processor 612, based on the channel measurements, deriving in a sequential order such as: (CSI-RS #1, 1st polarization) , (CSI-RS #2, 1st polarization) , …, (CSI-RS #N, 1st polarization) , (CSI-RS #1, 2nd polarization) , (CSI-RS #2, 2nd polarization) , …, (CSI-RS #N, 2nd polarization) , with N denoting a number CSI-RS resources of the multiple CSI-RS resources.
[0052] In some implementations, each of the multiple CSI-RS resources may have up to 32 ports, and K may be up to 4 for a total of 128 ports among the multiple CSI-RS resources.
[0053] In some implementations, the codebook configuration may include a configuration of parameters (N1, N2) such that PCSI-RS = 2NN1N2, with N denoting a number of the multiple CSI-RS resources for channel measurement configured by the network, with N1 and N2 denoting a number of antenna ports in horizontal and vertical dimensions, respectively, such that each of the multiple CSI-RS resources contain 2N1N2 ports, and with PCSI-RS denoting a total number of CSI-RS ports across all the multiple CSI-RS resources
[0054] In some implementations, the PMI may indicate a precoder including a least one SD beam basis, and wherein the SD beam basis may be defined as:
[0055] Here, um denotes a vertical dimension; vl, m denotes derived vertical and horizontal dimensions; (O1, O2) denote oversampling or rotation factors for (N1, N2) , respectively; indexes of vl, m, l=0, 1, …O1N1 and m=0, 1, …O2N2 may be used to select the least one SD beam basis for the precoder; and the at least one SD beam basis may be derived from all the multiple CSI-RS resources.
[0056] In some implementations, the SD beam may be defined for each of the multiple CSI-RS resources.
[0057] In some implementations, in deriving, process 700 may involve processor 612, based on the channel measurements from the multiple CSI-RS resources, deriving via co-phasing to determine a SD beam for the precoder.
[0058] In some implementations, in reporting the information related to the PMI, process 700 may involve processor 612 reporting indices i1, 1, i1, 2, wherein i1, 1= [i1, 1, 1 i1, 1, , 2…i1, 1, N] and i1, 2= [i1, 2, 1 i1, 2, , 2…i1, 2, N], wherein i1, 1, n, i1, 2, n indicate indices l, m, respectively, in vl, m as a portion of PMI feedback information provided to the network. In some implementations, co-phasing across the multiple CSI-RS resources may be another portion of the PMI feedback information provided to the network. Moreover, a third portion of the PMI feedback information may include intra-resource inter-polarization co-phasing.
[0059] In some implementations, in deriving, process 700 may involve processor 612, based on aggregating the channel measurements, deriving in a sequential order such as: (CSI-RS#1, port 1) , (CSI-RS#1, port 2) , (CSI-RS#1, port 3) , …, (CSI-RS#1, port 2N1N2) , (CSI-RS#2, port 1) , (CSI-RS#2, port 2) , (CSI-RS#2, port 3) , …, (CSI-RS#2, port 2N1N2) , …, (CSI-RS#N, port 1) , (CSI-RS#N, port 2) , (CSI-RS#N, port3) , …, (CSI-RS#N, port 2N1N2) , with N denoting a number of CSI-RS resources of the multiple CSI-RS resources.
[0060] In some implementations, each of the multiple CSI-RS resources may have up to 32 ports, and K may be up to 4 for a total of 128 ports among the multiple CSI-RS resources.
[0061] In some implementations, process 700 may further involve processor 612 receiving, via transceiver 616, an RRC signaling from the network containing the codebook configuration that configures apparatus 610 on how to derive the precoder based on the channel measurements from the multiple CSI-RS resources.
[0062] FIG. 8 illustrates an example process 800 in accordance with an implementation of the present disclosure. Process 800 may represent an aspect of implementing various proposed designs, concepts, schemes, systems and methods described above. More specifically, process 800 may represent an aspect of the proposed concepts and schemes pertaining to methods for CSI measurement and feedback in mobile communications in accordance with the present disclosure. Process 800 may include one or more operations, actions, or functions as illustrated by one or more of blocks 810, 820, 830 and 840. Although illustrated as discrete blocks, various blocks of process 800 may be divided into additional blocks, combined into fewer blocks, or eliminated, depending on the desired implementation. Moreover, the blocks / sub-blocks of process 800 may be executed in the order shown in FIG. 8 or, alternatively, in a different order. Furthermore, one or more of the blocks / sub-blocks of process 800 may be executed repeatedly or iteratively. Process 800 may be implemented by or in apparatus 610 and apparatus 620 as well as any variations thereof. Solely for illustrative purposes and without limiting the scope, process 800 is described below in the context of apparatus 610 as a UE (e.g., UE 110) and apparatus 620 as a communication entity such as a network node or base station (e.g., network node 125) of a network (e.g., wireless network 120) . Process 800 may begin at block 810.
[0063] At 810, process 800 may involve processor 612 of apparatus 610, as UE 110, receiving, via transceiver 616 and from a network (e.g., via apparatus 620 as network node 125) , a CSI-RS resource configuration that indicates multiple CSI-RS resources. Process 800 may proceed from 810 to 820.
[0064] At 820, process 800 may involve processor 612 obtaining, via transceiver 816, channel measurements from the multiple CSI-RS resources. Process 800 may proceed from 820 to 830.
[0065] At 830, process 800 may involve processor 612 deriving a PMI based on one of a plurality of approaches as configured by the network. Process 800 may proceed from 830 to 840.
[0066] At 840, process 800 may involve processor 612 reporting, via transceiver 616, information related to the PMI to the network.
[0067] In some implementations, in a first approach of the plurality of approaches, in deriving the PMI, process 800 may involve processor 612 deriving the PMI based on the channel measurements in a sequential order such as: (CSI-RS #1, 1st polarization) , (CSI-RS #2, 1st polarization) , …, (CSI-RS #N, 1st polarization) , (CSI-RS #1, 2nd polarization) , (CSI-RS #2, 2nd polarization) , …, (CSI-RS #N, 2nd polarization) . Here, N may denote a number CSI-RS resources of the multiple CSI-RS resources.
[0068] In some implementations, in a second approach of the plurality of approaches, in deriving the PMI, process 800 may involve processor 612 deriving the PMI based on aggregating the channel measurements in a sequential order such as: (CSI-RS#1, port 1) , (CSI-RS#1, port 2) , (CSI-RS#1, port 3) , …, (CSI-RS#1, port 2N1N2) , (CSI-RS#2, port 1) , (CSI-RS#2, port 2) , (CSI-RS#2, port 3) , …, (CSI-RS#2, port 2N1N2) , …, (CSI-RS#N, port 1) , (CSI-RS#N, port 2) , (CSI-RS#N, port3) , …,(CSI-RS#N, port 2N1N2) . Here, N may denote a number of CSI-RS resources of the multiple CSI-RS resources. Additional Notes
[0069] The herein-described subject matter sometimes illustrates multiple components contained within, or connected with, multiple other components. It is to be understood that such depicted architectures are merely examples, and that in fact many other architectures can be implemented which achieve the same functionality. In a conceptual sense, any arrangement of components to achieve the same functionality is effectively "associated" such that the desired functionality is achieved. Hence, any two components herein combined to achieve a particular functionality can be seen as "associated with" each other such that the desired functionality is achieved, irrespective of architectures or intermedial components. Likewise, any two components so associated can also be viewed as being "operably connected" , or "operably coupled" , to each other to achieve the desired functionality, and any two components capable of being so associated can also be viewed as being "operably couplable" , to each other to achieve the desired functionality. Specific examples of operably couplable include but are not limited to physically mateable and / or physically interacting components and / or wirelessly interactable and / or wirelessly interacting components and / or logically interacting and / or logically interactable components.
[0070] Further, with respect to the use of substantially any plural and / or singular terms herein, those having skill in the art can translate from the plural to the singular and / or from the singular to the plural as is appropriate to the context and / or application. The various singular / plural permutations may be expressly set forth herein for sake of clarity.
[0071] Moreover, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that, in general, terms used herein, and especially in the appended claims, e.g., bodies of the appended claims, are generally intended as “open” terms, e.g., the term “including” should be interpreted as “including but not limited to, ” the term “having” should be interpreted as “having at least, ” the term “includes” should be interpreted as “includes but is not limited to, ” etc. It will be further understood by those within the art that if a specific number of an introduced claim recitation is intended, such an intent will be explicitly recited in the claim, and in the absence of such recitation no such intent is present. For example, as an aid to understanding, the following appended claims may contain usage of the introductory phrases "at least one" and "one or more" to introduce claim recitations. However, the use of such phrases should not be construed to imply that the introduction of a claim recitation by the indefinite articles "a" or "an" limits any particular claim containing such introduced claim recitation to implementations containing only one such recitation, even when the same claim includes the introductory phrases "one or more" or "at least one" and indefinite articles such as "a" or "an, " e.g., “a” and / or “an” should be interpreted to mean “at least one” or “one or more; ” the same holds true for the use of definite articles used to introduce claim recitations. In addition, even if a specific number of an introduced claim recitation is explicitly recited, those skilled in the art will recognize that such recitation should be interpreted to mean at least the recited number, e.g., the bare recitation of "two recitations, " without other modifiers, means at least two recitations, or two or more recitations. Furthermore, in those instances where a convention analogous to “at least one of A, B, and C, etc. ” is used, in general such a construction is intended in the sense one having skill in the art would understand the convention, e.g., “a system having at least one of A, B, and C” would include but not be limited to systems that have A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, and / or A, B, and C together, etc. In those instances where a convention analogous to “at least one of A, B, or C, etc. ” is used, in general such a construction is intended in the sense one having skill in the art would understand the convention, e.g., “a system having at least one of A, B, or C” would include but not be limited to systems that have A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, and / or A, B, and C together, etc. It will be further understood by those within the art that virtually any disjunctive word and / or phrase presenting two or more alternative terms, whether in the description, claims, or drawings, should be understood to contemplate the possibilities of including one of the terms, either of the terms, or both terms. For example, the phrase “A or B” will be understood to include the possibilities of “A” or “B” or “A and B. ”
[0072] From the foregoing, it will be appreciated that various implementations of the present disclosure have been described herein for purposes of illustration, and that various modifications may be made without departing from the scope and spirit of the present disclosure. Accordingly, the various implementations disclosed herein are not intended to be limiting, with the true scope and spirit being indicated by the following claims.
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1.A method, comprising:receiving, by a processor of a user equipment (UE) , from a network a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resource configuration that indicates multiple CSI-RS resources;obtaining, by the processor, channel measurements from the multiple CSI-RS resources;deriving, by the processor, a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) based on the channel measurements and either a codebook configuration or a channel measurement aggregation configuration received from the network; andreporting, by the processor, information related to the PMI to the network.2.The method of claim 1, wherein the codebook configuration comprises a configuration of parameters (N1, N2) such that PCSI-RS = 2N1N2, wherein N1 and N2 denote a number of antenna ports in horizontal and vertical dimensions, respectively, and wherein PCSI-RS denotes a total number of CSI-RS ports across all the multiple CSI-RS resources.3.The method of claim 2, wherein the PMI indicates a precoder including at least one spatial domain (SD) beam basis, and wherein the SD beam basis is defined as: wherein:um denotes a vertical dimension;vl, m denotes derived vertical and horizontal dimensions;(O1, O2) denote oversampling or rotation factors for (N1, N2) , respectively; indexes of vl,m, l=0, 1, …O1N1 and m=0, 1, …O2N2 are used to select the least one SD beam basis for the precoder; andthe at least one SD beam basis is derived from all the multiple CSI-RS resources.4.The method of claim 3, wherein the reporting of the information related to the PMI comprises reporting indices i1, 1, i1, 2 indicating indices l, m, respectively, in vl, m.5.The method of claim 3, wherein the deriving of the PMI comprises deriving the PMI based on aggregating the channel measurements in a sequential order such as: (CSI-RS #1, 1st polarization) , (CSI-RS #2, 1st polarization) , …, (CSI-RS #N, 1st polarization) , (CSI-RS #1, 2nd polarization) , (CSI-RS #2, 2nd polarization) , …, (CSI-RS #N, 2nd polarization) , and wherein N denotes a number CSI-RS resources of the multiple CSI-RS resources.6.The method of claim 1, wherein the codebook configuration comprises a configuration of parameters (N1, N2) such that PCSI-RS = 2NN1N2, wherein N denotes a number of the multiple CSI-RS resources for channel measurement configured by the network, wherein N1 and N2 denote a number of antenna ports in horizontal and vertical dimensions, respectively, such that each of the multiple CSI-RS resources contain 2N1N2 ports, and wherein PCSI-RS denotes a total number of CSI-RS ports across all the multiple CSI-RS resources.7.The method of claim 6, wherein the PMI indicates a precoder including a least one spatial domain (SD) beam basis, and wherein the SD beam basis is defined as: wherein:um denotes a vertical dimension;vl, m denotes derived vertical and horizontal dimensions;(O1, O2) denote oversampling or rotation factors for (N1, N2) , respectively; indexes of vl, m, l=0, 1, …O1N1 and m=0, 1, …O2N2 are used to select the least one SD beam basis for the precoder; andthe at least one SD beam basis is derived from all the multiple CSI-RS resources.8.The method of claim 7, wherein the deriving of the PMI comprises deriving based on the channel measurements from the multiple CSI-RS resources via co-phasing to determine a SD beam for the precoder.9.The method of claim 7, wherein the reporting of the information related to the PMI comprises reporting indices i1, 1, i1, 2, wherein i1, 1= [i1, 1, 1 i1, 1, , 2…i1, 1, N] and i1, 2= [i1, 2, 1 i1, 2, , 2…i1, 2, N] , wherein i1, 1, n, i1, 2, n indicate indices l, m, respectively, in vl, m as a portion of PMI feedback information provided to the network.10.The method of claim 9, wherein the reporting of the information related to the PMI further comprises co-phasing across the multiple CSI-RS resources as another portion of the PMI feedback information provided to the network. A third portion of the PMI feedback information may include intra-resource inter-polarization co-phasing.11.The method of claim 7, wherein the deriving of the PMI is based on aggregating the channel measurements in a sequential order such as: (CSI-RS#1, port 1) , (CSI-RS#1, port 2) , (CSI-RS#1, port 3) , …, (CSI-RS#1, port 2N1N2) , (CSI-RS#2, port 1) , (CSI-RS#2, port 2) , (CSI-RS#2, port 3) , …, (CSI-RS#2, port 2N1N2) , …, (CSI-RS#N, port 1) , (CSI-RS#N, port 2) , (CSI-RS#N, port3) , …, (CSI-RS#N, port 2N1N2) , and wherein N denotes a number of CSI-RS resources of the multiple CSI-RS resources.12.The method of Claim 1, further comprising:receiving, by the processor, a radio resource control (RRC) signaling from the network containing the codebook configuration that configures the UE on how to derived the PMI based on the channel measurements from the multiple CSI-RS resources.13.A method, comprising:receiving, by a processor of a user equipment (UE) , from a network a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resource configuration that indicates multiple CSI-RS resources;obtaining, by the processor, channel measurements from the multiple CSI-RS resources;deriving, by the processor, a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) based on one of a plurality of approaches as configured by the network; andreporting, by the processor, information related to the PMI to the network.14.The method of claim 13, wherein, in a first approach of the plurality of approaches, the deriving of the PMI comprises deriving the PMI based on the channel measurements in a sequential order such as: (CSI-RS #1, 1st polarization) , (CSI-RS #2, 1st polarization) , …, (CSI-RS #N, 1st polarization) , (CSI-RS #1, 2nd polarization) , (CSI-RS #2, 2nd polarization) , …, (CSI-RS #N, 2nd polarization) , and wherein N denotes a number CSI-RS resources of the multiple CSI-RS resources.15.The method of claim 13, wherein, in a second approach of the plurality of approaches, the deriving of the PMI is based on aggregating the channel measurements in a sequential order such as: (CSI-RS#1, port 1) , (CSI-RS#1, port 2) , (CSI-RS#1, port 3) , …, (CSI-RS#1, port 2N1N2) , (CSI-RS#2, port 1) , (CSI-RS#2, port 2) , (CSI-RS#2, port 3) , …, (CSI-RS#2, port 2N1N2) , …, (CSI-RS#N, port 1) , (CSI-RS#N, port 2) , (CSI-RS#N, port3) , …, (CSI-RS#N, port 2N1N2) , and wherein N denotes a number of CSI-RS resources of the multiple CSI-RS resources.16.An apparatus implementable in a user equipment (UE) , comprising:a transceiver configured to communicate wirelessly; anda processor coupled to the transceiver and configured to perform operations comprising:receiving, via the transceiver, from a network a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resource configuration that indicates multiple CSI-RS resources;obtaining, via the transceiver, channel measurements from the multiple CSI-RS resources;deriving a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) based on the channel measurements and either a codebook configuration or a channel measurement aggregation configuration received from the network; andreporting, via the transceiver, information related to the PMI to the network.17.The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the codebook configuration comprises a configuration of parameters (N1, N2) such that PCSI-RS = 2N1N2, wherein N1 and N2 denote a number of antenna ports in horizontal and vertical dimensions, respectively, and wherein PCSI-RS denotes a total number of CSI-RS ports across all the multiple CSI-RS resources.18.The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the PMI indicates a precoder including at least one spatial domain (SD) beam basis, and wherein the SD beam basis is defined as: wherein:um denotes a vertical dimension;vl, m denotes derived vertical and horizontal dimensions;(O1, O2) denote oversampling or rotation factors for (N1, N2) , respectively;a W1 part of the precoder is used to select a beam from vl, m, l=0, 1, …O1N1 and m=0, 1, …O2N2; andthe SD beam is defined across all the multiple CSI-RS resources.19.The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the codebook configuration comprises a configuration of parameters (N1, N2) such that PCSI-RS = 2NN1N2, wherein N denotes a number of the multiple CSI-RS resources for channel measurement configured by the network, wherein N1 and N2 denote a number of antenna ports in horizontal and vertical dimensions, respectively, such that each of the multiple CSI-RS resources contain 2N1N2 ports, and wherein PCSI-RS denotes a total number of CSI-RS ports across all the multiple CSI-RS resources.20.The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the PMI indicates a precoder including at least one spatial domain (SD) beam basis, and wherein the SD beam basis is defined as: wherein:um denotes a vertical dimension;vl, m denotes derived vertical and horizontal dimensions;(O1, O2) denote oversampling or rotation factors for (N1, N2) , respectively;a W1 part of the precoder is used to select a beam from vl, m, l=0, 1, …O1N1 and m=0, 1, …O2N2; andthe SD beam is defined for each of the multiple CSI-RS resources.
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