Sounding reference signals in association with machine learning based channel state information report for performance monitoring
By transmitting SRS for performance monitoring and employing power control techniques, the method addresses inaccuracies in ML based CSI reporting, ensuring accurate monitoring and efficient power usage.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- PCT/CN2024/102889
- Authority / Receiving Office
- WO · WO
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-07-01
- Publication Date
- 2026-01-08
AI Technical Summary
In machine learning (ML) based channel state information (CSI) reporting, errors can become substantial due to mismatched AI/ML models for compression, decompression, or prediction between user equipment (UE) and the network entity, leading to inaccurate performance monitoring.
The UE transmits sounding reference signals (SRS) for performance monitoring of ML based CSI, associating SRS with AI/ML based CSI to mitigate mismatches, and employs power control techniques for different measurement accuracy and latency requirements, as well as configuring frequency and time domain resources to reduce overhead and power consumption.
This approach enhances the accuracy of ML based CSI reporting by comparing AI/ML based CSI with ground-truth CSI, reducing errors and optimizing power usage for various functionalities.
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Abstract
Description
SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNALS IN ASSOCIATION WITH MACHINE LEARNING BASED CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORT FOR PERFORMANCE MONITORINGFIELD
[0001] This disclosure relates generally to wireless communications and, more particularly, to machine learning based channel state information (CSI) .BACKGROUND
[0002] This background description is provided for the purpose of generally presenting the context of the disclosure. Work of the presently named inventors, to the extent as described in this background section, as well as aspects of the description that may not otherwise qualify as prior art at the time of filing, is neither expressly nor impliedly admitted as prior art against the present disclosure.
[0003] In multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, channel state information (CSI) enables a network entity (NE) to select the digital precoder for a user equipment (UE) . Usually, the network entity 104 configures the UE to provide a CSI report using RRC signaling, e.g., CSI-ReportConfig. The network entity configures the UE to use channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) as channel measurement resource (CMR) for the UE to measure the downlink channel. The network entity may also configure interference measurement resource (IMR) for the UE to measure interference.
[0004] Based on the configured CMR and its associated IMR, the UE is able to identify the CSI, which may include at least one of rank indicator (RI) , precoder matrix indicator (PMI) , channel quality indicator (CQI) and layer indicator (LI) . RI and PMI are used to indicate the digital precoder, CQI is used to indicate the signal-to-interference plus noise (SINR) status in order to assist the network entity 104 to determine the modulation and coding scheme (MCS) , and LI is used to identify the strongest layer for the reported precoder indicated by RI and PMI.
[0005] Currently, the UE reports a precoder to the network entity 104, indicating the antenna co-phasing between two polarizations (e.g., Type 1 single-panel codebook, in Scheme A) , or a wideband beam index for layers based on measured beams (e.g., Type 1 single-panel codebook, in Scheme B) , or the UE reports a precoder for multiple beams for each layer (e.g., Type2 or enhanced Type2 codebook) . In machine learning (ML) based CSI reporting, the UE reports CSI based on ML based compression and / or prediction, including one or more ML model inputs (e.g., channel matrix, channel eigenvector, beam combining matrix, etc. ) . Using the ML based compressed CSI, the network entity 104 performs ML based CSI reconstruction to calculate the decompressed channel. The UE may also calculate a predicted CSI based on previous measurements and transmit the predicted CSI with or without ML based compression for the network entity 104 to reconstruct the ML based CSI. The ML based prediction and / or compression may benefit from performance monitoring to reduce or avoid related errors.SUMMARY
[0006] The present disclosure provides methods, systems, and techniques for a user equipment (UE) to transmit sounding reference signal (s) (SRS (s) ) for performance monitoring of machine learning (ML) based CSI. For example, in an artificial intelligence or machine learning (AI / ML) based CSI report, the UE reports CSI based on AI / ML compression and / or AI / ML prediction. Because of the compression and / or prediction related to AI / ML models, errors could become substantial when various conditions become mismatched between the UE and the network entity (e.g., using mismatched AI / ML models for compression, decompression, or prediction) . To monitor the performance of the AI / ML based CSI reporting, the network entity compares the AI / ML based CSI and a ground-truth CSI to avoid excessive errors.
[0007] According to general aspects of this disclosure, a method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a network entity, a channel state information (CSI) report configuration. The CSI report configuration includes: a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resource set for channel measurement, and a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource associated with the CSI-RS resource set. The method further includes receiving, from the network entity, a CSI-RS based on the CSI-RS resource set, and transmitting, to the network entity, a CSI report based on the CSI-RS and one or more antenna ports corresponding to one or more SRS antenna ports associated with the SRS resource. The method includes transmitting, to the network entity, an SRS based on the SRS resource associated with the CSI-RS resource set.
[0008] In aspects, the method further includes performing CSI measurements based on the CSI-RS for the CSI report, wherein the CSI report is associated with machine learning (ML) based CSI; and receiving, from the network entity, a control signal triggering the SRS, wherein the SRS is used for calculating a ground-truth CSI.
[0009] In aspects, the control signal indicates an open-loop power control parameter set for the SRS resource. The method further includes: transmitting, to the network entity, an indication of a transmission power offset for the SRS.
[0010] In aspects, the method further includes transmitting, to the network entity, UE capability information for supporting SRS based performance monitoring of ML based CSI.
[0011] In aspects, the CSI report configuration further comprises at least one of: a time-domain configuration for associating the SRS with the CSI-RS resource set, a spatial-domain configuration for associating the SRS with the CSI-RS resource set, a plurality of open-loop power control parameter sets for the SRS, a configuration to determine dropping criteria for the SRS, an uplink resource for reporting power offset for the SRS, a frequency domain configuration for the SRS for performance monitoring having a lower frequency domain density than a frequency domain density of another SRS for another purpose, a frequency hopping subset configuration for the SRS, or a burst configuration for the SRS.
[0012] In aspects, the CSI report configuration further includes, for configuring an ML based CSI report for the CSI report, at least one of: a frequency granularity for CSI measurement, an ML model identifier (ID) , an association ID for antenna information indication, a dataset ID for candidate ML model selection, a codebook configuration for ML based CSI, or interference measurement resource.
[0013] In aspects, the CSI report configuration configures at least one of: one or more dedicated SRS sets including the SRS resource for performance monitoring, a first usage for the SRS resource set to monitoring, or a second usage for the SRS resource set to antenna switching.
[0014] In aspects, a CSI-RS resource is included in a CSI-RS resource set. The SRS resource is included in an SRS resource set. The CSI report configuration configures at least one of: an associated CSI-RS resource index for the SRS resource, an associated CSI-RS resource index for the SRS resource set, an associated CSI-RS resource set index for the SRS resource, an associated CSI-RS resource set index for the SRS resource set, an associated CSI report configuration ID for the SRS resource, or an associated CSI report configuration ID for the SRS resource set.
[0015] In aspects, a CSI-RS resource is included in a CSI-RS resource set. The SRS resource is included in an SRS resource set. The CSI report configuration configures at least one of: an associated SRS resource index for the CSI-RS resource, an associated SRS resource index for the CSI-RS resource set, an associated SRS resource set index for the CSI-RS resource, or an associated SRS resource set index for the CSI-RS resource set.
[0016] In aspects, a CSI-RS resource is included in a CSI-RS resource set. The SRS resource is included in an SRS resource set. The transmitting the CSI report comprises reporting at least one of: an associated SRS resource index for the CSI-RS resource, an associated SRS resource index for the CSI-RS resource set, an associated SRS resource set index for the CSI-RS resource, or an associated SRS resource set index for the CSI-RS resource set.
[0017] In aspects, the transmitting the SRS uses same antenna port (s) or a same antenna virtualization scheme as the receiving the CSI-RS.
[0018] In aspects, the method further includes: dropping a transmission occasion or a symbol for the SRS when identifying at least one of: an uplink transmission power being lower than a first threshold; a target uplink receiving power being lower than a second threshold; an uplink transmission power difference for different symbols of the SRS being above a third threshold; an offset between the uplink transmission power and the target uplink transmission power being below a fourth threshold; or another symbol for the SRS resource having been dropped.
[0019] In aspects, the configuration further indicates at least one of: transmission of the SRS at a different comb value or a different comb offset for each antenna port, at a lower frequency domain density than that of SRS for other functionalities, e.g., SRS for positioning, SRS for beam management and so on; transmission of the CSI report for a subset of subbands based on a bandwidth of the CSI-RS resource for channel measurement, and transmission of the SRS from a subset of hops aligned with the CSI report; or transmission of the SRS in a burst manner, and at least one of: a number of transmission occasions in a burst, an interval between two consecutive transmission occasions, a time domain location of a first transmission occasion, a periodicity for the burst, or a time domain location of a first burst within a period.
[0020] According to general aspects of this disclosure, a method for wireless communications by a network entity, the method includes transmitting, to a UE, a CSI report configuration. The CSI report configuration includes: a CSI-RS resource set for channel measurement, and an SRS resource associated with the CSI-RS resource set. The method further includes transmitting, to the UE, a CSI-RS based on the CSI-RS resource set; and receiving, from the UE, a CSI report based on the CSI-RS and one or more antenna ports corresponding to one or more SRS antenna ports associated with the SRS resource. The method includes receiving, from the UE, an SRS based on the SRS resource associated with the CSI-RS resource set.
[0021] In aspects, the method further includes transmitting, to the UE, a control signal triggering the CSI report and the SRS, wherein the CSI report is associated with ML based CSI; and calculating a ground-truth CSI based on the SRS. The method includes monitoring performance of the ML based CSI using the ground-truth CSI and the CSI report.
[0022] In aspects, the CSI report configuration includes, for associating the SRS resource or SRS resource set with the CSI-RS resource or the CSI-RS resource set, at least one of: a time-domain configuration for associating the SRS with the CSI-RS resource set, a spatial-domain configuration for associating the SRS with the CSI-RS resource set, a plurality of open-loop power control parameter sets for the SRS, a configuration to determine dropping criteria for the SRS, an uplink resource for reporting power offset for the SRS, a frequency domain configuration for the SRS for performance monitoring having a lower frequency domain density than a frequency domain density of another SRS for another purpose, a frequency hopping subset configuration for the SRS, or a burst configuration for the SRS.
[0023] In aspects, a CSI-RS resource is included in a CSI-RS resource set. The SRS resource is included in an SRS resource set. The CSI report configuration configures at least one of: an associated CSI-RS resource index for the SRS resource, an associated CSI-RS resource index for the SRS resource set, an associated CSI-RS resource set index for the SRS resource, an associated CSI-RS resource set index for the SRS resource set, an associated CSI report configuration ID for the SRS resource, or an associated CSI report configuration ID for the SRS resource set.
[0024] In aspects, a CSI-RS resource is included in a CSI-RS resource set. The SRS resource is included in an SRS resource set. The CSI report configuration configures at least one of: an associated SRS resource index for the CSI-RS resource, an associated SRS resource index for the CSI-RS resource set, an associated SRS resource set index for the CSI-RS resource, or an associated SRS resource set index for the CSI-RS resource set.
[0025] According to general aspects of this disclosure, an apparatus includes one or more radio frequency (RF) modems; a processor coupled to the one or more RF modems; and at least one memory storing executable instructions. The executable instructions manipulate at least one of the processor or the one or more RF modems to perform the above methods, which are discussed in details herein.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0026] Fig. 1 illustrates a diagram of a wireless communications system that includes multiple user equipments (UEs) and network entities in communication over one or more cells, according to aspects of this disclosure.
[0027] Fig. 2A illustrates an example diagram of artificial intelligence or machine learning (AI / ML) based channel state information (CSI) compression, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure.
[0028] Fig. 2B illustrates an example diagram of AI / ML based CSI prediction, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure.
[0029] Fig. 2C illustrates an example for AI / ML based joint CSI compression and prediction based on one AI / ML model, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure.
[0030] Fig. 2D illustrates an example for AI / ML based joint CSI compression and prediction based on separate AI / ML models, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure.
[0031] Fig. 2E illustrates an example for frequency hopping for sounding reference signals (SRS) with four hops, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure.
[0032] Fig. 3 illustrates an example diagram of SRS based performance monitoring for AI / ML based CSI, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure.
[0033] Fig. 4 illustrates an example diagram of UE behavior for the SRS based performance monitoring for AI / ML based CSI, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure.
[0034] Fig. 5 illustrates an example diagram of network entity behavior for the SRS based performance monitoring for AI / ML based CSI, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure.
[0035] Fig. 6A illustrates an example for joint SRS and associated CSI report triggering based on the SRS request indicated by a downlink control information (DCI) , in accordance with aspects of this disclosure.
[0036] Fig. 6B illustrates an example for joint CSI report and associated SRS triggering based on the CSI request indicated by a DCI, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure.
[0037] Fig. 7A illustrates an example for transmission occasion level association between SRS and CSI-RS / CSI report (time-domain association) , in accordance with aspects of this disclosure.
[0038] Fig. 7B illustrates an example for the association between layer / codeword and SRS antenna ports (spatial-domain association) , in accordance with aspects of this disclosure.
[0039] Fig. 8A illustrates an example for periodic or semi-persistent SRS with multiple open-loop power control parameter sets, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure.
[0040] Fig. 8B illustrates an example for DCI based open-loop power control parameter indication for SRS, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure.
[0041] Fig. 9 illustrates an example for the transmission power or transmission power offset information report, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure.
[0042] Fig. 10 illustrates an example for a four-port SRS with two groups and comb 12, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure.
[0043] Fig. 11 illustrates an example for the frequency hopping based on a subset configuration, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure.
[0044] Fig. 12 illustrates an example for a burst-like SRS for a number of hops, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure.
[0045] Fig. 13A illustrates an example for the frequency hopping indication for aperiodic SRS, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure.
[0046] Fig. 13B illustrates an example for the joint hopping operation from two linked SRS resources, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure.
[0047] Fig. 14 illustrates an example flowchart of a method performed by a UE, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure.
[0048] Fig. 15 illustrates an example flowchart of a method performed by a network entity, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure.
[0049] Fig. 16 is a diagram illustrating a hardware implementation for an example UE apparatus.
[0050] Fig. 17 is a diagram illustrating a hardware implementation for one or more example network entities.
[0051] Like numerals indicate like elements.DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0052] The present disclosure provides methods, systems, and techniques for a user equipment (UE) to transmit sounding reference signal (s) (SRS (s) ) for performance monitoring of machine learning (ML) based CSI. For example, in an artificial intelligence or machine learning (AI / ML) based CSI report, the UE reports CSI based on AI / ML compression and / or AI / ML prediction. Because of the compression and / or prediction related to AI / ML models, errors could become substantial when various conditions become mismatched between the UE and the network entity (e.g., using mismatched AI / ML models for compression, decompression, or prediction) . To monitor the performance of the AI / ML based CSI reporting, the network entity compares the AI / ML based CSI and a ground-truth CSI to avoid excessive errors.
[0053] Conventional SRS transmission is independent. Consequently, the UE could transmit the SRS from different UE antenna ports or different antenna virtualization schemes (e.g., different beams) than the antenna ports or schemes used in the AI / ML based CSI report. Furthermore, the UE could use different UE antenna ports or different antenna virtualization schemes for different transmission occasions for the SRS. As a result, the ground-truth CSI computed from the SRS by the network entity, and the ground-truth CSI obtained from the channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) for AI / ML based CSI report could be different. Such mismatch may cause inaccurate performance monitoring for AI / ML based CSI. The present disclosure provides methods for mitigating such mismatch by associating the SRS with the AI / ML based CSI. Accordingly, the network entity may monitor performance of the AI / ML model using the SRS associated with the AI / ML based CSI.
[0054] This disclosure also provides methods of power control for the SRS for different measurement accuracy requirements and latency requirements. In some aspects, the network entity configures the SRS for multiple functionalities to reduce the signaling overhead. However, the different functionalities may have different requirements. For example, the target measurement accuracy requirement and latency requirement for performance monitoring and for CSI acquisition are different. For some transmission occasions (e.g., transmission occasions used for performance monitoring) , the UE may transmit the SRS with higher transmission power, and for other transmission occasions (e.g., transmission occasions used for CSI acquisition) , the UE may transmit the SRS with lower transmission power. The power control techniques herein reduce or avoid unnecessary power usage for different functionalities of the SRS.
[0055] This disclosure further provides methods for configuring the frequency domain and time domain resources of the SRS used in performance monitoring for coverage limited UEs. Because the transmission power on the UE side is often lower than the transmission power on network entity side, the bandwidth for each SRS symbol may be limited. To cover a wider bandwidth than the bandwidth for each SRS symbol, the network entity configures the UE to transmit the SRS with frequency hopping. Consequently, a UE may transmit SRS in different symbols from different resource blocks (RBs) , from a configured total bandwidth. When the bandwidth for one SRS symbol is small and the total bandwidth for SRS (bandwidth of CSI-RS for AI / ML based CSI report) is large, more SRS symbols may be required to cover the total bandwidth. This causes higher overhead and higher UE power consumption, and may result in performance degradation for the performance monitoring due to channel variance. The methods herein reduce or avoid such performance degradation by configuring the frequency and time domain resources of the SRS.
[0056] Aspects of this disclosure for initiating transmission of a beam report include a wireless communication method by a UE. The example method includes receiving, from a network entity, a channel state information (CSI) report configuration. The CSI report configuration includes: a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resource set for channel measurement, and a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource associated with the CSI- RS resource set. The method further includes receiving, from the network entity, a CSI-RS based on the CSI-RS resource set, and transmitting, to the network entity, a CSI report based on the CSI-RS and one or more antenna ports corresponding to one or more SRS antenna ports associated with the SRS resource. The method includes transmitting, to the network entity, an SRS based on the SRS resource associated with the CSI-RS resource set.
[0057] Complimentary aspects of the disclosure include an example method of configuring or accepting a UE to initiate transmitting a beam report by a network entity. The example method includes transmitting, to a UE, a CSI report configuration. The CSI report configuration includes: a CSI-RS resource set for channel measurement, and an SRS resource associated with the CSI-RS resource set. The method further includes transmitting, to the UE, a CSI-RS based on the CSI-RS resource set; and receiving, from the UE, a CSI report based on the CSI-RS and one or more antenna ports corresponding to one or more SRS antenna ports associated with the SRS resource. The method includes receiving, from the UE, an SRS based on the SRS resource associated with the CSI-RS resource set.
[0058] Fig. 1 illustrates a diagram 100 of a wireless communications system associated with multiple cells 190. The wireless communications system includes user equipments (UEs) 102 and base stations / network entities 104. Some base stations may include an aggregated base station architecture and other base stations may include a disaggregated base station architecture. The aggregated base station architecture utilizes a radio protocol stack that is physically or logically integrated within a single radio access network (RAN) node. A disaggregated base station architecture utilizes a protocol stack that is physically or logically distributed among two or more units (e.g., radio unit (RU) 106, distributed unit (DU) 108, central unit (CU) 110) . For example, a CU 110 is implemented within a RAN node, and one or more DUs 108 may be co-located with the CU 110, or alternatively, may be geographically or virtually distributed throughout one or multiple other RAN nodes. The DUs 108 may be implemented to communicate with one or more RUs 106. Any of the RU 106, the DU 108 and the CU 110 may be implemented as virtual units, such as a virtual radio unit (VRU) , a virtual distributed unit (VDU) , or a virtual central unit (VCU) . The base station / network entity 104 (e.g., an aggregated base station or disaggregated units of the base station, such as the RU 106 or the DU 108) , may be referred to as a transmission reception point (TRP) .
[0059] Operations of the base station (BS) 104 and / or network designs may be based on aggregation characteristics of base station functionality. For example, disaggregated base station architectures are utilized in an integrated access backhaul (IAB) network, an open-radio access network (O-RAN) network, or a virtualized radio access network (vRAN) , which may also be referred to a cloud radio access network (C-RAN) . Disaggregation may include distributing functionality across the two or more units at various physical locations, as well as distributing functionality for at least one unit virtually, which may enable flexibility in network designs. The various units of the disaggregated base station architecture, or the disaggregated RAN architecture, may be configured for wired or wireless communication with at least one other unit. For example, the base stations (BSs) 104d, 104e and / or the RUs 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d may communicate with the UEs 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d, and / or 102s via one or more radio frequency (RF) access links based on a Uu interface. In examples, multiple RUs 106 and / or BSs 104 may simultaneously serve the UEs 102, such as by intra-cell and / or inter-cell access links between the UEs 102 and the RUs 106 / BSs 104.
[0060] The RU 106, the DU 108, and the CU 110 may include (or may be coupled to) one or more interfaces configured to transmit or receive information / signals via a wired or wireless transmission medium. For example, a wired interface may be configured to transmit or receive the information / signals over a wired transmission medium, such as via the fronthaul link 160 between the RU 106d and the baseband unit (BBU) 112 of the BS 104d associated with the cell 190d. The BBU 112 includes a DU 108 and a CU 110, which may also have a wired interface (e.g., midhaul link) configured between the DU 108 and the CU 110 to transmit or receive the information / signals between the DU 108 and the CU 110. In further examples, a wireless interface, which may include a receiver, a transmitter, or a transceiver, such as an RF transceiver, configured to transmit and / or receive the information / signals via the wireless transmission medium, such as for information communicated between the RU 106a of the cell 190a and the BS 104e of the cell 190e via cross-cell communication beams 136-138 of the RU 106a and the BS 104e.
[0061] The RUs 106 may be configured to implement lower layer functionality. For example, the RU 106 is controlled by the DU 108 and may correspond to a logical node that hosts RF processing functions, or lower layer PHY functionality, such as execution of fast Fourier transform (FFT) , inverse FFT (iFFT) , digital beamforming, physical random access channel (PRACH) extraction and filtering, etc. The functionality of the RU 106 may be based on the functional split, such as a functional split of lower layers.
[0062] The RUs 106 may transmit or receive over-the-air (OTA) communication with one or more UEs 102. For example, the RU 106b of the cell 190b communicates with the UE 102b of the cell 190b via a first set of communication beams 132 of the RU 106b and a second set of communication beams 134b of the UE 102b, which may correspond to inter-cell communication beams or, in some examples, cross-cell communication beams. For instance, the UE 102b of the cell 190b may communicate with the RU 106a of the cell 190a via a third set of communication beams 134a of the UE 102b and a fourth set of communication beams 136 of the RU 106a. DUs 108 may control both real-time and non-real-time features of control plane and user plane communications of the RUs 106.
[0063] Any combination of the RU 106, the DU 108, and the CU 110, or reference thereto individually, may correspond to a BS 104. Thus, the BS 104 may include at least one of the RU 106, the DU 108, or the CU 110. The BSs 104 provide the UEs 102 with access to a core network. The BSs 104 may relay communications between the UEs 102 and the core network (not shown) . The BSs 104 may be associated with macrocells for higher-power cellular base stations and / or small cells for lower-power cellular base stations. For example, the cell 190e may correspond to a macrocell, whereas the cells 190a-190d may correspond to small cells. Small cells include femtocells, picocells, microcells, etc. A network that includes at least one macrocell and at least one small cell may be referred to as a “heterogeneous network. ”
[0064] Transmissions from a UE 102 to a BS 104 / RU 106 are referred to as uplink (UL) transmissions, whereas transmissions from the BS 104 / RU 106 to the UE 102 are referred to as downlink (DL) transmissions. Uplink transmissions may also be referred to as reverse link transmissions and downlink transmissions may also be referred to as forward link transmissions. For example, the RU 106d utilizes antennas of the BS 104d of cell 190d to transmit a downlink / forward link communication to the UE 102d or receive an uplink / reverse link communication from the UE 102d based on the Uu interface associated with the access link between the UE 102d and the BS 104d / RU 106d.
[0065] Communication links between the UEs 102 and the BSs 104 / RUs 106 may be based on multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) antenna technology, including spatial multiplexing, beamforming, and / or transmit diversity. The communication links may be associated with one or more carriers. The UEs 102 and the BSs 104 / RUs 106 may utilize a spectrum bandwidth of Y MHz (e.g., 5, 10, 15, 20, 100, 400, 800, 1600, 2000, etc. MHz) per carrier allocated in a carrier aggregation of up to a total of Yx MHz, where x component carriers (CCs) are used for communication in each of the uplink and downlink directions. The carriers may or may not be adjacent to each other along a frequency spectrum. In examples, uplink and downlink carriers may be allocated in an asymmetric manner, with more or fewer carriers allocated to either the uplink or the downlink. A primary component carrier and one or more secondary component carriers may be included in the component carriers. The primary component carrier may be associated with a primary cell (Pcell) and a secondary component carrier may be associated with a secondary cell (Scell) .
[0066] Some UEs 102, such as the UEs 102a and 102s, may perform device-to-device (D2D) communications over sidelink. For example, a sidelink communication / D2D link utilizes a spectrum for a wireless wide area network (WWAN) associated with uplink and downlink communications. Such sidelink / D2D communication may be performed through various wireless communications systems, such as wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) systems, Bluetooth systems, Long Term Evolution (LTE) systems, New Radio (NR) systems, etc.
[0067] The UEs 102 and the BSs 104 / RUs 106 may each include multiple antennas. The multiple antennas may correspond to antenna elements, antenna panels, and / or antenna arrays that may facilitate beamforming operations. For example, the RU 106b transmits a downlink beamformed signal based on a first set of communication beams 132 to the UE 102b in one or more transmit directions of the RU 106b. The UE 102b may receive the downlink beamformed signal based on a second set of communication beams 134b from the RU 106b in one or more receive directions of the UE 102b. In a further example, the UE 102b may also transmit an uplink beamformed signal (e.g., sounding reference signal (SRS) ) to the RU 106b based on the second set of communication beams 134b in one or more transmit directions of the UE 102b. The RU 106b may receive the uplink beamformed signal from the UE 102b in one or more receive directions of the RU 106b. The UE 102b may perform beam training to determine the best receive and transmit directions for the beamformed signals. The transmit and receive directions for the UEs 102 and the BSs 104 / RUs 106 may or may not be the same.
[0068] In further examples, beamformed signals may be communicated between a first base station / RU 106a and a second BS 104e. For instance, the BS 104e of the cell 190e may transmit a beamformed signal to the RU 106a based on the communication beams 138 in one or more transmit directions of the BS 104e. The RU 106a may receive the beamformed signal from the BS 104e of the cell 190e based on the RU communication beams 136 in one or more receive directions of the RU 106a. In further examples, the BS 104e transmits a downlink beamformed signal to the UE 102e based on the communication beams 138 in one or more transmit directions of the BS 104e. The UE 102e receives the downlink beamformed signal from the BS 104e based on UE communication beams 130 in one or more receive directions of the UE 102e. The UE 102e may also transmit an uplink beamformed signal to the BS 104e based on the UE communication beams 130 in one or more transmit directions of the UE 102e, such that the BS 104e may receive the uplink beamformed signal from the UE 102e in one or more receive directions of the BS 104e.
[0069] The BS 104 may include and / or be referred to as a network entity. That is, “network entity” may refer to the BS 104 or at least one unit of the BS 104, such as the RU 106, the DU 108, and / or the CU 110. The BS 104 may also include and / or be referred to as a next generation evolved Node B (ng-eNB) , a next generation NB (gNB) , an evolved NB (eNB) , an access point, a base transceiver station, a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a transceiver function, a basic service set (BSS) , an extended service set (ESS) , a TRP, a network node, network equipment, or other related terminology. The BS 104 or an entity at the BS 104 may be implemented as an IAB node, a relay node, a sidelink node, an aggregated (monolithic) base station, or a disaggregated base station including one or more RUs 106, DUs 108, and / or CUs 110. A set of aggregated or disaggregated base stations may be referred to as a next generation-radio access network (NG-RAN) . In some examples, the UE 102a operates in dual connectivity (DC) with the BS 104e and the base station / RU 106a. In such cases, the BS 104e may be a master node and the base station / RU 160a may be a secondary node.
[0070] Uplink / downlink signaling may also be communicated via a satellite positioning system (SPS) 114. In an example, the SPS 114 associated with the cell 190c may be in communication with one or more UEs 102, such as the UE 102c, and one or more BSs 104 / RUs 106, such as the RU 106c. The SPS 114 may correspond to one or more of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) , a global position system (GPS) , a non-terrestrial network (NTN) , or other satellite position / location system. The SPS 114 may be associated with LTE signals, NR signals (e.g., based on round trip time (RTT) and / or multi-RTT) , wireless local area network (WLAN) signals, a terrestrial beacon system (TBS) , sensor-based information, NR enhanced cell ID (NR E-CID) techniques, downlink angle-of-departure (DL-AoD) , downlink time difference of arrival (DL-TDOA) , uplink time difference of arrival (UL-TDOA) , uplink angle-of-arrival (UL-AoA) , and / or other systems, signals, or sensors.
[0071] In Fig. 1, any of the UEs 102 may include an SRS component 140 configured to receive, from the BS 104, a CSI report configuration. The CSI report configuration includes: a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resource set for channel measurement, and a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource associated with the CSI-RS resource set. The SRS component 140 further receives, from the BS 104, a CSI-RS based on the CSI-RS resource set, and transmits, to the BS 104, a CSI report based on the CSI-RS and one or more antenna ports corresponding to one or more SRS antenna ports associated with the SRS resource. The SRS component 140 transmits, to the BS 104, an SRS based on the SRS resource associated with the CSI-RS resource set.
[0072] Accordingly, Fig. 1 describes a wireless communication system that may be implemented in connection with aspects of one or more other figures described herein. Further, although the following description may be focused on 5G NR, the concepts described herein may be applicable to other similar areas, such as 5G-Advanced and future versions, LTE, LTE-advanced (LTE-A) , and other wireless technologies, such as 6G.
[0073] For Type1 single-panel codebook, the network entity 104 may configure two schemes for the CSI feedback. For example, according to the third generation partnership project (3GPP) technical specification (TS) , in Scheme A, for each layer, the UE 102 reports the precoder indicating the antenna co-phasing between two polarizations. The precoder for a layer may be:
[0074] where vl, m indicates the beam for each polarization (e.g., see 3GPP TS 38.214 section 5.2.2.2.1) , l=0, 1, …, N1O1-1, m=0, 1, …, N2O2-1, indicates the antenna co-phasing between two polarizations, and in one example it is as follows, where n=0, 1, 2, 3:
[0075] The UE 102 reports a first PMI information indicating the l and m for each layer for the wideband precoder, and for each subband, the UE 102 reports a second PMI information indicating value of n for each layer for the corresponding subband. The reported precoder and the precoder used for CQI calculation should be normalized. Thus, for NL layers, the precoder for each layer should be multiplied by
[0076] In Scheme B, the UE 102 reports NL wideband beam index for NL layers based on the beams in W1, where each beam index corresponding to one layer. A beam index indicates the value of (l, m) in equation (3) .
[0077] For each subband, the UE 102 calculates the co-phasing between two polarizations, and compressed the polarizations from N3 subbands into Mv coefficients based on Mv frequency domain (FD) basis. Then for one layer the precoder for all the subbands may be generated as equation (4)
[0078] where is a 2 by Mv matrix and WFD is a Mv by N3 matrix indicating Mv FD basis from a set of FD basis, e.g., discrete Fourier transform (DFT) basis as defined in 3GPP TS 38.214 section 5.2.2.2.5, based on number of subbands. The UE 102 may apply a time offset to keep the first coefficient always from the first FD basis. Thus, it reports a subset of or all the coefficients from the 2 by Mv matrix and Mv-1 FD basis. The reported precoder and the precoder used for CQI calculation should be normalized. Thus, for NL layers, the precoder for each layer should be multiplied by
[0079] For Type2 / eType2 codebook, the UE 102 reports the precoder based on similar approach as scheme B for Type1 codebook, where the UE 102 may report more than one beams for each layer. Thus, the UE 102 may report L beams for each layer in W1, and the enhanced beam combining matrix is a 2L by Mv matrix. The UE 102 may report one or multiple non-zero-power coefficients for the enhanced beam combining matrix and it may report amplitude and phase for each coefficient. Note that in the following paragraphs of this application, Type2 codebook may indicate Type2 codebook or eType2 codebook.
[0080] For artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML) based CSI report (generally referred to as ML based CSI report herein) , the UE 102 may report CSI based on ML based compression and / or prediction, as illustrated in Figs. 2A-2D and described below.
[0081] Fig. 2A illustrates an example diagram 210 of artificial intelligence or machine learning (AI / ML) based CSI compression, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure. Herein, the AI / ML based CSI may also be referred to as ML based CSI. As shown, upon measuring 220a CSI from one or more transmission occasions of CSI-RS, the UE calculates 230 the AI / ML model input, e.g., channel matrix, channel eigenvector, or beam combining matrix, based on the one or more transmission occasions of CSI-RS for channel measurement, and performs the AI / ML based CSI generation, e.g., compression of channel matrix, channel eigenvector or AI / ML compressed beam combining matrix W2 for each layer or multiple layers. The UE reports 240 the constructed or compressed CSI, e.g., the compressed channel matrix, channel eigenvector or compressed beam combining matrix for each layer or multiple layers in the CSI. On the network entity 104 side, the network entity 104 performs 250 AI / ML based CSI reconstruction to calculate the decompressed channel, decompressed channel eigenvector or decompressed beam combining matrix, and reconstructs 260 the CSI for the one or more transmissions occasions of CSI-RS.
[0082] Fig. 2B illustrates an example diagram 212 of AI / ML based CSI prediction, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure. As shown, upon measuring 220b CSI from one or more transmission occasions of CSI-RS, the UE calculates 232 the AI / ML model input, e.g., channel matrix, channel eigenvector, or beam combining matrix, based on one or multiple transmission occasions of CSI-RS for channel measurement in the past, performs 242 the AI / ML based CSI prediction to calculate the predicted CSI for one or more future instances, e.g., predicted channel matrix, channel eigenvector or AI / ML compressed beam combining matrix W2 for each layer or multiple layers, performs the CSI construction based on the predicted CSI, and reports constructed CSI. The UE compresses 243 the predicted CSI for the one or more future instances. On the network entity side, the network entity 104 performs 252 AI / ML based CSI reconstruction. The CSI generation and reconstruction may be based on non-AI / ML techniques, e.g., existing codebook (Type1 or Type2 codebook) . The network entity 104 reconstructs 262 the predicted CSI for one or more future instances.
[0083] Fig. 2C illustrates an example diagram 214 of AI / ML based joint CSI compression and prediction based on a single AI / ML model, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure. For AI / ML based compression and prediction, UE may perform the CSI prediction and compression based on one AI / ML model or separate AI / ML models. As shown, upon measuring 220c CSI from one or more transmission occasions of CSI-RS, the UE calculates the AI / ML model input, e.g., channel matrix, channel eigenvector, or beam combining matrix, based on the one or more transmission occasions of CSI-RS for channel measurement. The UE performs 234 the AI / ML based CSI prediction to calculate the predicted CSI for one or more future instances, e.g., predicted channel matrix, channel eigenvector or AI / ML compressed beam combining matrix W2 for each layer or multiple layers. The UE compresses 244 the predicted CSI for one or more future instances, based on the predicted CSI, and reports, to the network entity, the constructed CSI, e.g., the compressed channel matrix, channel eigenvector or compressed beam combining matrix for each layer or multiple layers in the CSI. On the network entity 104 side, the network entity 104 performs 254 AI / ML based CSI reconstruction to decompress the predicted CSI, including the decompressed channel, decompressed channel eigenvector or decompressed beam combining matrix, and reconstructs 264 the CSI for the one or more transmissions occasions of CSI-RS.
[0084] Fig. 2D illustrates an example diagram 216 of AI / ML based joint CSI compression and prediction based on separate AI / ML models, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure. As shown, upon measuring 220d CSI from one or more transmission occasions of CSI-RS, the UE uses different AI / ML models for CSI prediction 236 and CSI generation 246 (including, e.g., construction and compression) . The UE reports 248 the compressed predicted CSI for one or more future instances to the network entity. On the network entity 104 side, the network entity 104 performs 256 AI / ML based CSI reconstruction to decompress the predicted CSI, including the decompressed channel, decompressed channel eigenvector or decompressed beam combining matrix, and reconstructs 266 the CSI for the one or more transmissions occasions of CSI-RS.
[0085] As mentioned above, because the transmission power on the UE side is often lower than the transmission power on network entity side, the bandwidth for each SRS symbol may be limited. To cover a wider bandwidth than the bandwidth for each SRS symbol, the network entity configures the UE to transmit the SRS with frequency hopping. Consequently, a UE may transmit SRS in different symbols from different resource blocks (RBs) , from a configured total bandwidth, as shown in Fig. 2E, which illustrates an example 218 for frequency hopping for sounding reference signals (SRS) with four hops, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure.
[0086] As shown in Fig. 2E, when a UE is configured with two symbols in a slot for SRS transmission with four hops, with SRS periodicity 250, two transmission occasions are used to scan all the hops for periodic or semi-persistent SRS. For aperiodic SRS (not shown) , the UE may restart the hopping pattern for each transmission occasion. As such, when the bandwidth for one SRS symbol is small and the total bandwidth for SRS (bandwidth of CSI-RS for AI / ML based CSI report) is large, more SRS symbols may be needed to cover the total bandwidth. This could cause a high overhead and UE power consumption and cause performance degradation for the performance monitoring due to channel variance. As further discussed below, the methods and techniques herein reduce or avoid these high overhead, high power consumption, and / or performance degradation.
[0087] Fig. 3 illustrates an example diagram 300 of SRS based performance monitoring for AI / ML based CSI, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure. As shown, the UE 102 may optionally report 302 the UE capabilities indicating the supported configurations for the SRS for performance monitoring for ML based CSI. The UE 102 may report at least one of the UE capabilities: whether it supports SRS based performance monitoring for AI / ML based CSI; supported x and y value (s) for the xTyR SRS, where x indicates the number of SRS ports per SRS resource and y indicates the total number of UE antenna ports to receive the downlink signal, e.g., CSI-RS and / or PDSCH; supported time-domain type (s) for the SRS, e.g., aperiodic / semi-persistent / periodic SRS; maximum number of SRS resource sets per bandwidth part or per serving cell or across all serving cells in a band or band combination.
[0088] Based on the received UE capabilities, the network entity 104 transmits 304 a control signaling configuring at least a CSI report configuration for AI / ML based CSI report. The control signaling includes at least a CSI-RS resource set for channel measurement. In the CSI report configuration, the network entity 104 may configure at least one of the followings: the frequency granularity for CSI measurement, e.g., wideband CSI report or subband index (es) for subband CSI report, an AI / ML model ID, an association ID for scenario and network entity 104 antenna information indication, a dataset ID for candidate model selection, a codebook configuration for AI / ML based CSI, interference measurement resource, and so on. The network entity 104 also configures at least one SRS resource or SRS resource set associated with the CSI-RS or CSI report configuration for performance monitoring.
[0089] The network entity 104 may optionally configure at least one of the followings: time-domain and / or spatial-domain configuration for the association between the SRS and CSI-RS or CSI report configuration, multiple open-loop power control parameter sets for the SRS, configuration to determine the dropping criteria for the SRS, uplink resource for the UE 102 report of power offset for the SRS, configuration of lower frequency domain density for the SRS, frequency hopping subset configuration, and burst configuration for the SRS. The network entity may transmit the control signaling by RRC signaling, e.g., RRCReconfiguration. The network entity 104 may provide some of the configures or update some of the configurations by edium access control (MAC) control element (CE) , e.g., MAC CE activating the (semi-persistent) CSI report or SRS, or downlink control information (DCI) , e.g., different triggering states for the DCI triggering the (aperiodic) CSI report or (aperiodic) SRS may correspond to different configurations.
[0090] The UE 102 and network entity 104 performs 306 a CSI measurement and report procedure based on the UE antenna port (s) corresponding to a subset of or all the SRS antenna ports for the associated SRS resource or SRS resource set. For example, the UE receives, from the network entity, a CSI-RS for channel measurement, and the UE reports, to the network entity, the CSI measured from the CSI-RS. The network entity transmits, to the UE, a CSI-RS for channel measurement, and the network entity receives, from the UE, a CSI report based on the CSI-RS. In some aspects, the network entity 104 may activate or trigger the CSI report (for semi-persistent or aperiodic CSI report) corresponding to the CSI report configuration.
[0091] For some types of SRS, e.g., semi-persistent SRS or aperiodic SRS, the network entity 104 may transmit 308 a MAC CE or DCI activating or triggering the SRS. The network entity 104 may optionally indicate the open-loop power control parameter set for the SRS transmission.
[0092] Then the UE 102 transmits 310 the SRS to the network entity 104 for calculating or computing a ground-truth CSI for performance monitoring (if the SRS does not meet any dropping criteria) . In some cases, the UE 102 may further report 312 the transmission power offset for different SRS symbols and / or SRS antenna ports for a transmission occasion for the SRS.
[0093] Fig. 4 illustrates an example diagram 400 of UE behavior for the SRS based performance monitoring for AI / ML based CSI, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure. As shown, the UE may optionally transmit 402 the UE capability on supported configurations for SRS for performance monitoring for AI / ML based CSI. The UE receives 404, from the network entity, a control signaling configuring at least a first CSI report configuration for AI / ML based CSI including at least a CSI-RS resource set for channel measurement, and at least one SRS resource or SRS resource set associated with the CSI-RS or the CSI report configuration. The control signaling optionally configures at least one of the followings: time-domain and / or spatial-domain configuration for the association between the SRS and CSI-RS or CSI report configuration, multiple open-loop power control parameter sets for the SRS, configuration to determine the dropping criteria for the SRS, uplink resource for the UE report of power offset for the SRS, configuration of lower frequency domain density for the SRS, frequency hopping subset configuration, and burst configuration for the SRS.
[0094] The UE receives 406 the CSI-RS for channel measurement and reports the CSI based on all or a subset of antenna port (s) corresponding to the SRS antenna ports for the associated SRS. The UE may receive 408 MAC CE or DCI triggering the configured SRS, which optionally indicates the open-loop power control parameter set for SRS. The UE transmits 410 the SRS for performance monitoring. The UE may transmit 412 a report of transmission power offset for the SRS.
[0095] Fig. 5 illustrates an example diagram 500 of network entity behavior for the SRS based performance monitoring for AI / ML based CSI, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure. As shown, the network entity may receive 502 the UE capability on supported configurations for SRS for performance monitoring for AI / ML based CSI.
[0096] The network entity transmits 504, to the UE, a control signaling configuring at least a first CSI report configuration for AI / ML based CSI including at least a CSI-RS resource set for channel measurement, and at least one SRS resource or SRS resource set associated with the CSI-RS or the CSI report configuration. The control signaling optionally configures at least one of the followings: time-domain and / or spatial-domain configuration for the association between the SRS and CSI-RS or CSI report configuration, multiple open-loop power control parameter sets for the SRS, configuration to determine the dropping criteria for the SRS, uplink resource for the UE report of power offset for the SRS, configuration of lower frequency domain density for the SRS, frequency hopping subset configuration, and burst configuration for the SRS.
[0097] The network entity transmits 506 the CSI-RS for channel measurement and receives the CSI report based on all or a subset of antenna ports corresponding to the SRS antenna ports for the associated SRS. The network entity may transmit 508 MAC CE or DCI triggering the configured SRS, which optionally indicates the open-loop power control parameter set for SRS.
[0098] The network entity receives 510 the SRS for performance monitoring. The network entity may receive 512 a report of transmission power offset for the SRS. The network entity may calculate 514 a ground-truth CSI based on the SRS. The network entity may monitor 516 the performance of the AI / ML based CSI using the ground-truth CSI.
[0099] In this disclosure, unless specified, a RRC signaling may indicate a RRC reconfiguration message from NE to UE, or a System Information Block (SIB) , where the SIB may be an existing SIB (e.g., SIB1) or a new SIB (e.g., SIB J, where J is an integer above 21) transmitted by gNB. In some implementations, the network entity may receive the UE capability from a UE or from a core network (e.g., Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) ) or another network entity.
[0100] Referring to Figs. 3-5, the SRS and the AI / ML based CSI report may be associated in various embodiments. For example, in one embodiment, the network entity 104 may configure one or multiple dedicated SRS resource or SRS resource set for performance monitoring. In one example, the network entity 104 may configure the usage of the SRS resource set as ‘monitoring’ . In another example, the network entity 104 may configure the SRS resource set as a dedicated SRS resource set, e.g., SRS-ResourceSetMonitoring. The UE 102 may transmit different SRS port from different UE antenna ports for the SRS resource (s) or SRS resource set(s) . In another embodiment, the network entity 104 may configure SRS resource set for performance monitoring and other functionalities, e.g., antenna switching. In one example, the network entity 104 may configure or trigger an SRS resource set for antenna switching for performance monitoring.
[0101] In an embodiment, the network entity 104 may configure the association between the SRS for performance monitoring and the CSI-RS resource or CSI-RS resource set for channel measurement for AI / ML based CSI report or CSI report configuration for AI / ML based CSI report in the same or different bandwidth part (BWP) or serving cell. Note that when CSI report sub-configuration is configured in the CSI report configuration, the CSI report sub-configuration may replace the CSI report configuration in this disclosure.
[0102] In some implementations (referred to as option 1) , the network entity 104 may configure at least one of the followings in an SRS resource or SRS resource set for performance monitoring by RRC signaling, MAC CE (e.g., MAC CE activating semi-persistent SRS) or DCI (e.g., DCI triggering aperiodic SRS) : associated CSI-RS resource index (es) , associated CSI-RS resource set index (es) , or associated CSI report configuration ID (s) .
[0103] About cross-BWP or cross-serving cell association, the network entity 104 may further configure the BWP index or serving cell index for the associated CSI-RS resource, CSI-RS resource set or CSI report configuration.
[0104] When triggering or activating the SRS for performance monitoring, the network entity 104 may trigger or activate the associated CSI-RS or CSI report by the same or different DCI field or the same or different MAC CE. The network entity 104 may further configure whether the associated CSI-RS or CSI report is jointed triggered by the triggering signaling of the SRS. The UE 102 may report the UE capability indicating whether it supports joint triggering of SRS and associated CSI-RS or CSI report. In some implementations, the network entity 104 and UE 102 may further determine whether the joint triggering is applied based on the DCI format. For example, if the SRS is triggered by a first type of DCI formats, e.g., DCI format 0_1 / 0_2, joint triggering is applied; otherwise, joint triggering is not applied.
[0105] Fig. 6A illustrates an example 600 for joint SRS and associated CSI report triggering based on the SRS request indicated by a downlink control information (DCI) , in accordance with aspects of this disclosure. As shown, upon receiving a DCI 610 via physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) including an SRS request, the UE transmits an associated CSI report 620 and a triggered SRS 630 to the network entity. In the example 600, the SRS 630 and the CSI report 620 are considered joint SRS and associated CSI report triggering based on the same SRS request indicated by the DCI 610.
[0106] In some implementations, the NE may configure the associated SRS resource index (es) or SRS resource set index (es) in a CSI-RS resource or CSI-RS resource set or CSI report configuration. With regard to cross-BWP or cross-serving cell association, the NE may further configure the BWP index or serving cell index for the associated SRS resource or SRS resource set. With regard to UE power saving, the NE may configure the associated SRS port index (es) . Then UE may use the same antenna ports to receive the CSI-RS as the antenna ports to transmit the associated SRS port index (es) . The NE may provide the configuration by RRC signaling, MAC CE (e.g., MAC CE activating semi-persistent CSI-RS or CSI report) or DCI (e.g., DCI triggering aperiodic CSI report) .
[0107] When triggering or activating the CSI-RS or CSI report, the NE may trigger or activate the associated SRS by the same or different DCI field or the same or different MAC CE. The NE may further configure whether the associated SRS is jointed triggered by the triggering signaling of the CSI request. The UE may report the UE capability indicating whether it supports joint triggering of associated SRS and CSI-RS or CSI report.
[0108] Fig. 6B illustrates an example 650 for joint CSI report and associated SRS triggering based on the CSI request indicated by a DCI, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure. As shown, upon receiving a DCI 612 via PDCCH including a CSI request, the UE transmits a triggered CSI report 622 and an associated SRS 632 to the network entity. In the example 650, the SRS 632 and the CSI report 622 are considered for joint CSI report and associated SRS triggering based on the CSI request indicated by the DCI 612.
[0109] In some other implementations, the UE 102 may report the associated SRS resource index (es) or SRS resource set index (es) for a CSI report or CSI-RS resource or CSI-RS resource set. With regard to cross-BWP or cross-serving cell association, the UE 102 may further report the BWP index or serving cell index for the associated SRS resource or SRS resource set.
[0110] With regard to UE power saving, the UE 102 may report the associated SRS port index (es) . Then UE 102 may use the same antenna ports to receive the associated CSI-RS for channel measurement as the antenna ports to transmit the SRS from the associated SRS port (s) .
[0111] The UE 102 may report such associated SRS information (associated SRS resource index (es) , associated SRS resource set index (es) and / or associated SRS port index (es) ) in the CSI report or by another uplink control information (UCI) on PUCCH or PUSCH or by a MAC CE or by a RRC message, e.g., UE capability report or UE 102 assistance information. The NE may configure whether UE 102 should report such associated SRS information in the CSI report or not.
[0112] In an embodiment, the UE 102 may use the same UE antenna ports and / or the same antenna virtualization scheme (e.g., beam) to transmit the SRS as that the UE 102 used to receive the associated CSI-RS resource or associated CSI-RS resource set or CSI-RS resource configured for channel measurement in the associated CSI report configuration.
[0113] In an embodiment, the association may be in transmission occasion level. Thus, the network entity 104 and UE 102 may determine a transmission occasion of the SRS for performance monitoring is associated with a transmission occasion of the associated CSI-RS or CSI report.
[0114] In one example, for joint triggering of SRS and associated CSI-RS or CSI report, the network entity 104 and UE 102 may determine the triggered transmission occasion of the SRS and CSI-RS or CSI report are associated.
[0115] Fig. 7A illustrates an example 700 for transmission occasion level association between SRS and CSI-RS or CSI report (time-domain association) , in accordance with aspects of this disclosure. As shown, the UE receives CSI-RS 710a, 710b, 710c at multiple transmission occasions from the network entity, and transmits an SRS 720 after X slot (s) 730 (X being an integer) . That is, the network entity 104 and UE 102 may determine a transmission occasion of SRS for performance monitoring to be associated with a pre-defined transmission occasion of the associated CSI-RS or CSI report, e.g., the most recent transmission occasion 710c of the associated CSI-RS or CSI report before X slots 730 or symbols before the first slot or symbol of the transmission occasion of the SRS or before first slot or symbol of the PDCCH triggering the SRS, as shown in Fig. 7A. The value of X may be pre-defined (e.g., the minimum processing delay for SRS transmission) , or configured by the network entity 104, or reported by the UE 102.
[0116] In another example, the network entity 104 may indicate the associated transmission occasion of CSI-RS or CSI report for a transmission occasion of the SRS for performance monitoring. In another example, the UE 102 may report the associated transmission occasion of CSI-RS or CSI report for a transmission occasion of the SRS for performance monitoring. In another example, the UE 102 may report the associated transmission occasion of SRS for performance monitoring for a CSI report.
[0117] In an embodiment, the UE 102 may calculate a subset of layers for the reported CSI based on the CSI-RS for channel measurement that it received from a subset of UE antenna ports. In one example, the UE 102 may calculate a first set of layers, e.g., layers for the first codeword based on the CSI-RS that it received from a first subset of UE antenna ports, and the UE 102 may calculate a second set of layers, e.g., layers for the second codeword based on the CSI-RS that it received from a second subset of UE antenna ports. Then the association between the CSI report and the SRS may be in layer or codeword level. Thus, when calculating the ground truth CSI for a layer, the network entity 104 may only use the SRS from corresponding antenna ports.
[0118] Fig. 7B illustrates an example 750 for the association between layer / codeword and SRS antenna ports (spatial-domain association) , in accordance with aspects of this disclosure. As shown, the reported CSI 770 is based on a number (P) of ports CSI-RS and six layers, corresponding to SRS resources 760 (SRS resources 1 and 2) and 762 (SRS resources 3 and 4) . The UE 102 may report the UE antenna ports or SRS antenna ports for CSI calculation for the layers or codewords.
[0119] In some embodiments, the UE 102 reports whether it supports multiple, e.g., two, SRS antenna ports groups for CSI calculation. If the UE 102 supports this feature and / or this feature is enabled by the network entity 104 via RRC signaling, MAC CE or DCI, the UE 102 may calculate the CSI for the first codeword or the first subset of layers based on the first half of UE antenna corresponding to the SRS antenna ports from the first antenna ports group, and calculate the CSI for the second codeword or the second subset of layers based on the second half of UE antenna corresponding to the SRS antenna ports from the second antenna ports group.
[0120] In another example, the UE 102 may report the UE antenna ports for CSI calculation for each layer or codeword. The UE 102 may apply different SRS antenna ports to layer / codeword association scheme for different number of layers / codewords case. The UE 102 may report the SRS antenna ports to layer / codeword association information by RRC message (e.g., UE capability, UE assistance information) , or MAC CE, or UCI on PUCCH or PUSCH (e.g., CSI report) . The network entity 104 may configure the SRS antenna ports to layer / codeword association information by RRC signaling, or MAC CE, or DCI.
[0121] In an embodiment, the network entity 104 may configure at least one SRS resource set for antenna switching for performance monitoring, and the network entity 104 may also calculate the CSI based on the SRS resource set for antenna switching. The network entity 104 may configure multiple sets of open-loop power control parameters for the SRS resource set. In the multiple sets of open-loop power control parameters, the network entity 104 may configure different value for at least one of the parameters: target received power (P0) , pathloss compensation ratio (alpha) , pathloss reference signal or pathloss offset. As an extension, the open-loop power control parameter may also include a closed-loop power control process index.
[0122] The network entity 104 may configure the open-loop power control parameter sets per transmission configuration indication (TCI) state, per SRS resource, per SRS resource set, per BWP, per serving cell, or per serving cell group. The network entity 104 may configure or indicate the open-loop power control parameter set for each transmission occasion of the SRS by RRC signaling, MAC CE or DCI.
[0123] In one example, for a transmission occasion of the SRS based on open-loop power control parameter set k, the UE may determine the transmission power as follows: PTx (i) =min {PCMAX (i) , P0 (k) +α (k) ×PL+ΔBW+f (i, j) }
[0124] where PCMAX (i) indicates the maximum transmission power at transmission occasion i; P0 is the target receiving power spectrum density; α is a fractional power control factor, 0<α≤1; ΔBW is the bandwidth factor, in one example, ΔBW=10 log10 (2uMRB, where u indicates the subcarrier spacing scaling factor and MRB denotes the number of scheduled RBs; f (i, j) is the closed-loop power control factor for closed-loop power control process j; PL is the pathloss measured based on a pathloss reference signal. The PL be based on the measured pathloss and the pathloss offset if the pathloss offset is configured. Detailed definition for each factor may be found in 3GPP TS 38.213 section 7.3.1.
[0125] For periodic or semi-persistent SRS, the network entity 104 may configure the transmission occasions for each open-loop power control parameter set. In one example, the network entity 104 may configure two open-loop power control parameter sets, and configure the periodicity and slot offset for a first set of transmission occasions among all the transmission occasions (configured by periodicity and slot offset for the SRS) to apply the first or second open-loop power control parameter set. Then the UE 102 transmit the SRS on the first set of transmission occasions based on the first or second open-loop power control parameter set and transmit the SRS on the remaining transmission occasions based on the other open-loop power control parameter set, as shown in Fig. 8A, which illustrates an example 800 for periodic or semi-persistent SRS with multiple open-loop power control parameter sets, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure. As shown, the network entity may configure transmission occasion (s) 810 of SRS based on the first set of open-loop power control parameters and transmission occasion (s) 820 of SRS based on the second set of open-loop power control parameters. The configuration may further include the SRS periodicity 830 and the periodicity 840 to apply the first set of open-loop power control parameter set (monitoring periodicity) .
[0126] Fig. 8B illustrates an example 850 for DCI based open-loop power control parameter indication for SRS, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure. As shown, the network entity may configure transmission occasion (s) 812 of SRS based on the first set of open-loop power control parameters (e.g., open-loop power control parameter set = 0) and transmission occasion (s) 822 of SRS based on the second set of open-loop power control parameters (e.g., open-loop power control parameter set = 1) . Upon receiving the DCI 832 indicating that open-loop power control parameter set is equal to 0, the UE transmits the transmission occasion 812 of SRS based on the first set of open-loop power control parameters. Upon receiving the DCI 834 indicating that open-loop power control parameter set is equal to 1, the UE transmits the transmission occasion 822 of SRS based on the second set of open-loop power control parameters.
[0127] For aperiodic SRS, the network entity 104 may indicate the open-loop power control parameter set index by the triggering DCI. In one example, the network entity 104 may indicate the open-loop power control parameter set index by a dedicated DCI field. In another example, the network entity 104 may indicate the open-loop power control parameter set index by the aperiodic SRS trigger state. Thus, different aperiodic SRS trigger states may correspond to different open-loop power control parameter sets, as shown in Fig. 8B.
[0128] In some implementations, when reporting the Type3 power headroom teport (PHR) based on the SRS with multiple open-loop power control parameter sets configured, the UE 102 may calculate and report one power headroom (PH) based on a default power control parameter set, or one of the configured open-loop power control parameter sets, which may be pre-defined, e.g., the first one, or configured by the network entity 104, or reported by the UE 102. Alternatively, the UE 102 may calculate and report multiple Type3 PH, where each PH corresponds to each open-loop power control parameter set. The network entity 104 may configure whether the UE 102 should report one Type3 PH or multiple Type3 PH. When multiple Type3 PH is configured, if there is an SRS transmission occasion, the UE 102 may report an actual Type3 PH based on the open-loop power control parameter set that is applied for the SRS transmission occasion and report a reference PH based on the open-loop power control parameter set that is not applied for the SRS transmission occasion. When multiple Type3 PH is configured, if there is no SRS transmission occasion, the UE 102 may report multiple reference Type3 PH and each reference Type3 PH corresponds to one open-loop power control parameter set.
[0129] In an embodiment, the UE 102 may drop a transmission occasion or a symbol for an SRS that does not provide sufficient measurement accuracy. For example, when the UE 102 identifies one or more of the following, an SRS resource or SRS resource set may be dropped. For example, the uplink transmission power, e.g., energy per resource element (EPRE) , for one or multiple symbols of the SRS transmission occasion or for the SRS symbol is smaller than a first threshold.
[0130] In another example, the target uplink receiving power, e.g., received EPRE, for one or multiple symbols of the SRS transmission occasion or for the SRS symbol is smaller than a second threshold, where the UE 102 calculates the target uplink receiving power based on the transmission power and the pathloss (including or excluding the configured pathloss offset) . In another example, the uplink transmission power difference for different symbols of the SRS transmission occasion is above a third threshold.
[0131] In another example, the offset between the actual uplink transmission power and the target uplink transmission power according to the power control parameters for one or multiple symbols of the SRS transmission occasion or for the SRS symbol is below a fourth threshold, where the UE 102 may calculate the offset as PTx (i) - {P0 (k) +α (k) ×PL+ΔBW+f (i, j) } .
[0132] In another example, at least one of the symbols in the same SRS resource or one of the SRS resources in the same SRS resource set has been dropped. In the aforementioned examples, the respective thresholds may be pre-defined, configured by the network entity 104, or reported by the UE 102.
[0133] In some implementations, the network entity 104 may configure whether to enable the SRS dropping or not. The UE may perform the SRS dropping above if it is enabled. The UE may report the UE capability indicating whether it supports SRS dropping.
[0134] In some implementations, with regard to SRS for multiple functionalities, the determination of the dropping may be for a set of transmission occasions, where the set of transmission occasions may be configured by the network entity 104 by RRC signaling, MAC CE, or DCI, similar to the transmission occasion configuration for different open-loop power control parameter set in the option 1 noted above.
[0135] In an embodiment, the UE 102 may report the transmission power or transmission power offset for each port and / or each symbol one or multiple transmission occasions for the SRS, e.g., an SRS resource or SRS resource set, to the network entity 104. The UE 102 may calculate the transmission power offset based on a reference port and / or reference symbol for the SRS. The reference port and / or reference symbol may be pre-defined, e.g., the first port or the first symbol, or may be configured by the network entity 104, or reported by the UE 102. The transmission occasion (s) of the SRS may be configured by the network entity 104, or reported by the UE 102, or predefined, e.g., the most recent transmission occasion of the SRS before Z slots before the first slot of the report or before a minimum preparation delay before the report. The value of Z may be predefined or configured by the network entity 104 or reported by the UE 102. The minimum preparation delay may be predefined or configured by the network entity 104 or reported by the UE 102.
[0136] In some other implementations, the UE 102 may report port index (es) or symbol index (es) and / or transmission power offset for the port / symbol compared to the reference port or symbol. Fig. 9 illustrates an example 900 for the transmission power or transmission power offset information report, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure. As shown, the RBs 910 for SRS and the RB (s) 920 for another different uplink signal may occupy different symbols. The UE may perform power scaling for the SRS by applying a power offset 930 for each symbol (e.g., in dB) .
[0137] In some implementations, the network entity 104 may configure or trigger such UE report periodically, semi-persistently, or aperiodically by RRC signaling, MAC CE or DCI.
[0138] In some other implementations, the UE 102 may trigger the transmission of the UE report if it identifies one or multiple of the following events or examples. For example, the uplink transmission power offset between two SRS ports / symbols / resources for an SRS transmission is above a fifth threshold. In another example, at least one of the symbols in the same SRS resource or one of the SRS resources in the same SRS resource set has been dropped. In yet another example, the thresholds above may be pre-defined or configured by the network entity 104 or reported by the UE 102.
[0139] In some other implementations, the UE 102 may report an indication that it detects one or multiple of the events above instead of reporting the transmission power or transmission power offset.
[0140] In some implementations, the UE 102 may transmit the report of transmission power or transmission power offset information above by RRC message (e.g., UE capability or UE assistance information (e.g., UEAssistanceInformation) ) , MAC CE, or UCI on PUCCH or PUSCH, or PRACH.
[0141] In some other implementations, UE 102 may always keep the same transmission power for a transmission occasion for the SRS, e.g., SRS resource or SRS resource set for performance monitoring. Thus, when UE 102 performs power scaling for one symbol for a transmission occasion, it performs the same power scaling for other symbols for the transmission occasion. UE 102 may report whether it supports the consistent transmission power for a transmission occasion for the SRS by UE capability.
[0142] In an embodiment, the network entity 104 may configure the UE 102 to transmit the SRS with lower frequency domain density. As such, a power limited UE 102 may be capable of transmitting the SRS from wider bandwidth.
[0143] In some implementations, the network entity 104 may configure the UE 102 to transmit the SRS from larger comb value (e.g., comb 12, 24, or higher) . Then the UE 102 transmits the SRS in every 12 subcarriers for each SRS symbol. The network entity 104 may configure the UE 102 to transmit different antenna ports of the SRS with different comb offset. Thus, the UE 102 may transmit different antenna ports of the SRS in different subcarriers. The comb offset for each port may be based on the comb value, comb offset for the first port and the port index. In some implementations, some of SRS ports in a group may share the same subcarriers and the SRS ports in different groups may be with different subcarrier comb offsets. The UE 102 may transmit SRS from SRS ports in a group by different cyclic shifts. The network entity 104 may configure the number of ports in a group or number of groups for an SRS resource.
[0144] Fig. 10 illustrates an example 1000 for a four-port SRS with two groups and comb 12, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure. As shown, the comb offset is zero and the network entity configures the two groups of the resource element (RE) 1010 for SRS port 1000 and 1002, and configures the RE 1020 for SRS port 1001 and 1003.
[0145] In some implementations, the network entity 104 may configure the RB level density for the UE 102 to transmit the SRS. Thus, the network entity 104 may configure the UE 102 to transmit the SRS on every M RBs by configuring the value of M and the RB offset within the M RBs. In one example, the network entity 104 may configure the UE 102 to transmit the SRS on even RBs or odd RBs or every RBs from the configured bandwidth for the SRS.
[0146] In an embodiment, the network entity 104 may configure the UE 102 to report the AI / ML based CSI for a subset of subbands from all the subbands based on the bandwidth of the CSI-RS for channel measurement, and the network entity 104 may configure the UE 102 to transmit the SRS from a subset of hops, which may be aligned with the CSI measurement operation. The network entity 104 may configure the subset of hops for each SRS resource, then when transmitting the SRS, the UE 102 only transmits the SRS from the subset of hops. In one example, the network entity 104 may configure the subset of hops by a bitmap, where bit X may indicate whether hop X is the candidate hop or not.
[0147] Fig. 11 illustrates an example 1100 for the frequency hopping based on a subset configuration, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure. As shown, the network entity 104 configures the UE 102 to transmit the SRS from a subset of hops, given the RBs 1110 for the CSI report and the RBs 1120 for SRS of a full hopping pattern, and the hopping subset configuration is {1011} . The UE 102 transmits the SRS on the RBs 1130 based on the hopping subset configuration {1011} .
[0148] Fig. 12 illustrates an example 1200 for a burst-like SRS for a number of hops, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure. As shown, the network entity 104 configures SRS resources 1210, 1220, and 1230 for different hops (e.g., NK hops where N and K are integers) , and provides an interval 1240 between SRS transmissions, and a burst periodicity 1250. As such, the network entity 104 may configure the UE 102 to transmit the SRS, e.g., SRS resource (s) or SRS resource set (s) based on burst-like manner to support wide bandwidth sounding with limited coverage within a time to avoid the channel variation impact for the performance monitoring.
[0149] In some embodiments, the network entity 104 may configure at least one of the followings: number of SRS transmission occasions within a burst, interval between two consecutive transmission occasions within a burst, time domain location for the first transmission occasion within a burst, e.g., slot offset, periodicity for each burst, and the time domain location for the first burst within a period, e.g., slot offset. Then the UE 102 may perform independent frequency hopping for SRS transmission occasion within each burst, as shown in Fig. 12. In some implementations, the network entity 104 may also provide such configuration for periodic or semi-persistent SRS.
[0150] Fig. 13A illustrates an example 1300 for the frequency hopping indication for aperiodic SRS, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure. As shown, upon receiving an indication 1310 of restarting hopping via PDCCH, the UE transmits SRS 1320 from hop {1, 2, ..., K} . Upon receiving an indication 1330 of continuing hopping via PDCCH, the UE transmits SRS 1340 from hop {1, 2, ..., K} +K, K being an integer. For example, for aperiodic SRS, the network entity 104 may configure whether the UE 102 should perform the frequency hopping by continuing the frequency hopping from the previous transmission occasion for the same SRS resource or restarting the frequency hopping from the previous transmission occasion. Then the network entity 104 may trigger multiple transmission occasions of the aperiodic SRS with continuous hopping to scan the wider bandwidth. In some implementations, the network entity 104 may configure the starting hop index for frequency hopping for the aperiodic SRS.
[0151] Fig. 13B illustrates an example 1350 for the joint hopping operation from two linked SRS resources, in accordance with aspects of this disclosure. As shown, the SRS 1312, 1322, and 1332 from different hops may be linked for joint hopping (the example 1350 showing the SRS resource 1 and 2 being linked SRS resources for joint hopping) . In some embodiments, the network entity 104 may configure whether two or more SRS resources are linked for joint hopping operation. If this is configured, the UE 102 may transmit the two SRS resources from different hops based on joint hopping operation, e.g., the UE 102 determines the starting hop for one SRS resource based on the most recent transmission occasion for the linked SRS resources. The network entity 104 may further configure the two SRS resources are from the same UE 102 antenna ports. The network entity 104 may provide the same hopping configuration, e.g., the same value for one or multiple parameters in freqHopping, for the linked SRS resources.
[0152] Fig. 14 illustrates a flowchart of a method 1400 of wireless communication at a UE. With reference to Figs. 1, 3-5, and 16, the method may be performed by the UE 102, the UE apparatus 1602, etc., which may include the memory 1626', 1606', 1616, and which may correspond to the entire UE 102 or the entire UE apparatus 1602, or a component (e.g., the SRS configuration component 150) of the UE 102 or the UE apparatus 1602, such as the wireless baseband processor 1626 and / or the application processor 1606.
[0153] As shown in Fig. 14, the method 1400 starts where the UE optionally transmits 1402, to a network entity, UE capability information for supporting sounding reference signal (SRS) based performance monitoring of ML based CSI (similar to operations 302 and 402 of Figs. 3 and 4) .
[0154] The UE receives 1404, from the network entity, a channel state information (CSI) report configuration including: a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resource set for channel measurement, and a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource associated with the CSI-RS resource set (similar to operations 304 and 404 of Figs. 3 and 4) .
[0155] The UE receives 1406a, from the network entity, a CSI-RS based on the CSI-RS resource set. The UE transmits 1406b, to the network entity, a CSI report based on the CSI-RS and one or more antenna ports corresponding to one or more SRS antenna ports associated with the SRS resource (similar to operations 306 and 406 of Figs. 3 and 4) .
[0156] The UE optionally receives 1408 from the network entity, a signal triggering the SRS used for calculating a ground-truth CSI (similar to operations 308 and 408 of Figs. 3 and 4) .
[0157] The UE transmits 1410, to the network entity, an SRS based on the SRS resource associated with the CSI-RS resource set (similar to operations 310 and 410 of Figs. 3 and 4) . The UE may optionally transmit 1412, to the network entity, an indication of a transmission power offset for the SRS (similar to operations 312 and 412 of Figs. 3 and 4) .
[0158] In aspects, the method 1400 further includes performing CSI measurements based on the CSI-RS for the CSI report, wherein the CSI report is associated with machine learning (ML) based CSI; and receiving, from the network entity, a control signal triggering the SRS, wherein the SRS is used for calculating a ground-truth CSI.
[0159] In aspects, the control signal indicates an open-loop power control parameter set for the SRS resource. The method further includes: transmitting, to the network entity, an indication of a transmission power offset for the SRS.
[0160] In aspects, the method 1400 further includes transmitting, to the network entity, UE capability information for supporting SRS based performance monitoring of ML based CSI.
[0161] In aspects, the CSI report configuration further comprises at least one of: a time-domain configuration for associating the SRS with the CSI-RS resource set, a spatial-domain configuration for associating the SRS with the CSI-RS resource set, a plurality of open-loop power control parameter sets for the SRS, a configuration to determine dropping criteria for the SRS, an uplink resource for reporting power offset for the SRS, a frequency domain configuration for the SRS for performance monitoring having a lower frequency domain density than a frequency domain density of another SRS for another purpose, a frequency hopping subset configuration for the SRS, or a burst configuration for the SRS.
[0162] In aspects, the CSI report configuration further includes, for configuring an ML based CSI report for the CSI report, at least one of: a frequency granularity for CSI measurement, an ML model identifier (ID) , an association ID for antenna information indication, a dataset ID for candidate ML model selection, a codebook configuration for ML based CSI, or interference measurement resource.
[0163] In aspects, the CSI report configuration configures at least one of: one or more dedicated SRS sets including the SRS resource for performance monitoring, a first usage for the SRS resource set to monitoring, or a second usage for the SRS resource set to antenna switching.
[0164] In aspects, a CSI-RS resource is included in a CSI-RS resource set. The SRS resource is included in an SRS resource set. The CSI report configuration configures at least one of: an associated CSI-RS resource index for the SRS resource, an associated CSI-RS resource index for the SRS resource set, an associated CSI-RS resource set index for the SRS resource, an associated CSI-RS resource set index for the SRS resource set, an associated CSI report configuration ID for the SRS resource, or an associated CSI report configuration ID for the SRS resource set.
[0165] In aspects, a CSI-RS resource is included in a CSI-RS resource set. The SRS resource is included in an SRS resource set. The CSI report configuration configures at least one of: an associated SRS resource index for the CSI-RS resource, an associated SRS resource index for the CSI-RS resource set, an associated SRS resource set index for the CSI-RS resource, or an associated SRS resource set index for the CSI-RS resource set.
[0166] In aspects, a CSI-RS resource is included in a CSI-RS resource set. The SRS resource is included in an SRS resource set. The transmitting the CSI report comprises reporting at least one of: an associated SRS resource index for the CSI-RS resource, an associated SRS resource index for the CSI-RS resource set, an associated SRS resource set index for the CSI-RS resource, or an associated SRS resource set index for the CSI-RS resource set.
[0167] In aspects, the transmitting the SRS uses a same antenna port or a same antenna virtualization scheme as the receiving the CSI-RS.
[0168] In aspects, the method 1400 further includes: dropping a transmission occasion or a symbol for the SRS when identifying at least one of: an uplink transmission power being lower than a first threshold; a target uplink receiving power being lower than a second threshold; an uplink transmission power difference for different symbols of the SRS being above a third threshold; an offset between the uplink transmission power and the target uplink transmission power being below a fourth threshold; or another symbol for the SRS resource having been dropped.
[0169] In aspects, the configuration further indicates at least one of: transmission of the SRS at a different comb value or a different comb offset for each antenna port, at a lower frequency domain density than that of the CSI report; transmission of the CSI report for a subset of subbands based on a bandwidth of the CSI-RS resource for channel measurement, and transmission of the SRS from a subset of hops aligned with the CSI report; or transmission of the SRS in a burst manner, and at least one of: a number of transmission occasions in a burst, an interval between two consecutive transmission occasions, a time domain location of a first transmission occasion, a periodicity for the burst, or a time domain location of a first burst within a period.
[0170] Fig. 15 is a flowchart of a method 1500 of wireless communication at a network entity. The method 1500 is complementary to the method 1400 of Fig. 14. With reference to Figs. 1, 3, 5, and 17, the method 1500 may be performed by one or more network entities 104, which may correspond to a base station or a unit of the base station, such as the RU 106, the DU 108, the CU 110, an RU processor 1706, a DU processor 1726, a CU processor 1746, etc. The one or more network entities 104 may include memory 1706’ / 1726’ / 1746’, which may correspond to an entirety of the one or more network entities 104, or a component of the one or more network entities 104, such as the RU processor 1706, the DU processor 1726, or the CU processor 1746.
[0171] As shown in Fig. 15, the network entity optionally receives 1502, from a UE, UE capability information for supporting sounding reference signal (SRS) based performance monitoring of ML based CSI (similar to operations 302 and 502 of Figs. 3 and 5) .
[0172] The network entity transmits 1504, to the UE, a channel state information (CSI) report configuration including: a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resource set for channel measurement, and a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource associated with the CSI-RS resource set (similar to operations 304 and 504 of Figs. 3 and 5) .
[0173] The network entity transmits 1506a, to the UE, a CSI-RS based on the CSI-RS resource set. The network entity receives 1506b, from the UE, a CSI report based on the CSI-RS and one or more antenna ports corresponding to one or more SRS antenna ports associated with the SRS resource (similar to operations 306 and 506 of Figs. 3 and 5) .
[0174] The network entity optionally transmits 1508, to the UE, a signal triggering the SRS used for calculating a ground-truth CSI (similar to operations 308 and 508 of Figs. 3 and 5) .
[0175] The network entity receives 1510, from the UE, an SRS based on the SRS resource associated with the CSI-RS resource set (similar to operations 310 and 510 of Figs. 3 and 5) . The network entity may also receive 1512, from the UE, an indication of a transmission power offset for the SRS (similar to operations 312 and 512 of Figs. 3 and 5) .
[0176] The network entity optionally calculates 1514 a ground-truth CSI based on the SRS (similar to operation 514 of Fig. 5) . The network entity optionally monitors 1516 the performance of the AI / ML based CSI using the ground-truth CSI (similar to operation 516 of Fig. 5) .
[0177] In aspects, the configuration further configures at least one of: a first CSI-RS resource set for channel measurement associated with the first type of CSI report, and a second CSI-RS resource set for channel measurement associated with the second type of CSI report; the first codebook configuration for the first type of CSI report, and the second codebook configuration for the second type of CSI report; a first CSI report configuration for the first type of CSI report associated with performance monitoring of the ML based CSI, and a second CSI report configuration for the second type of CSI report associated with reporting the ML based CSI, wherein the second CSI report configuration is associated to the first CSI report configuration; a report quantity indicating at least one PMI report; a frequency granularity; an interference measurement resource; a configuration of thresholds for a measurability determination for the CSI report; a configuration for a CSI triggering window; a configuration for a CSI measurement window; or a configuration for a CSI reporting window.
[0178] In aspects, the configuration includes a first CSI report sub-configuration for the first type of CSI report for performance monitoring of ML based CSI, and a second CSI report sub-configuration for the second type of CSI report indicating a model ID for the ML based CSI.
[0179] In aspects, the first and the second codebook configurations comprise Type2 codebook, eType2 codebook, or eType2-Doppler codebook, and wherein a first codebook for the first type of CSI report is for a ground-truth CSI report and a second codebook for the second type of CSI report is for ML based CSI report.
[0180] A UE apparatus 1602, as described in Fig. 16, may perform the method 1400. The one or more network entities (or BS) 104, as described in Fig. 17, may perform the method 1500.
[0181] Fig. 16 is a diagram 1600 illustrating an example of a hardware implementation for a UE apparatus 1602. The UE apparatus 1602 may be the UE 102, a component of the UE 102, or may implement UE functionality. The UE apparatus 1602 may include an application processor 1606, which may have on-chip memory 1606’. In examples, the application processor 1606 may be coupled to a secure digital card 1608 and / or a display 1610. The application processor 1606 may also be coupled to a sensor (s) module 1612, a power supply 1614, an additional module of memory 1616, a camera 1618, and / or other related components. For example, the sensor (s) module 1612 may control a barometric pressure sensor / altimeter, a motion sensor such as an inertial management unit (IMU) , a gyroscope, accelerometer (s) , a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) device, a radio-assisted detection and ranging (RADAR) device, a sound navigation and ranging (SONAR) device, a magnetometer, an audio device, and / or other technologies used for positioning.
[0182] The UE apparatus 1602 may further include a wireless baseband processor 1626, which may be referred to as a modem. The wireless baseband processor 1626 may have on-chip memory 1626'. Along with, and similar to, the application processor 1606, the wireless baseband processor 1626 may also be coupled to the sensor (s) module 1612, the power supply 1614, the additional module of memory 1616, the camera 1618, and / or other related components. The wireless baseband processor 1626 may be additionally coupled to one or more subscriber identity module (SIM) card (s) 1620 and / or one or more transceivers 1630 (e.g., wireless RF transceivers) .
[0183] Within the one or more transceivers 1630, the UE apparatus 1602 may include a Bluetooth module 1632, a WLAN module 1634, an SPS module 1636 (e.g., GNSS module) , and / or a cellular module 1638. The Bluetooth module 1632, the WLAN module 1634, the SPS module 1636, and the cellular module 1638 may each include an on-chip transceiver (TRX) , or in some cases, just a transmitter (TX) or just a receiver (RX) . The Bluetooth module 1632, the WLAN module 1634, the SPS module 1636, and the cellular module 1638 may each include dedicated antennas and / or utilize antennas 1640 for communication with one or more other nodes. For example, the UE apparatus 1602 may communicate through the transceiver (s) 1630 via the antennas 1640 with another UE 102 (e.g., sidelink communication) and / or with a network entity 104 (e.g., uplink / downlink communication) , where the network entity 104 may correspond to a base station or a unit of the base station, such as the RU 106, the DU 108, or the CU 110.
[0184] The wireless baseband processor 1626 and the application processor 1606 may each include a computer-readable medium / memory 1626', 1606', respectively. The additional module of memory 1616 may also be considered a computer-readable medium / memory. Each computer-readable medium / memory 1626', 1606', 1616 may be non-transitory. The wireless baseband processor 1626 and the application processor 1606 may each be responsible for general processing, including execution of software stored on the computer-readable medium / memory 1626', 1606', 1616. The software, when executed by the wireless baseband processor 1626 / application processor 1606, causes the wireless baseband processor 1626 / application processor 1606 to perform the various functions described herein. The computer-readable medium / memory may also be used for storing data that is manipulated by the wireless baseband processor 1626 / application processor 1606 when executing the software. The wireless baseband processor 1626 / application processor 1606 may be a component of the UE 102. The UE apparatus 1602 may be a processor chip (e.g., modem and / or application) and include just the wireless baseband processor 1626 and / or the application processor 1606. In other examples, the UE apparatus 1602 may be the entire UE 102 and include the additional modules of the apparatus 1602.
[0185] As discussed in Fig. 1 and implemented with respect to Figs. 3 and 4, the SRS component 140 is configured to receive, from the network entity 104, a CSI report configuration. The CSI report configuration includes: a CSI-RS resource set for channel measurement, and an SRS resource associated with the CSI-RS resource set. The SRS component 140 is further configured to receive, from the network entity 104, a CSI-RS based on the CSI-RS resource set, and to transmit, to the network entity 104, a CSI report based on the CSI-RS and one or more antenna ports corresponding to one or more SRS antenna ports associated with the SRS resource. The SRS component 140 is configured to transmit, to the network entity 104, an SRS based on the SRS resource associated with the CSI-RS resource set.
[0186] The SRS component 140 may be within the application processor 1606 (e.g., at 140a) , the wireless baseband processor 1626 (e.g., at 170b) , or both the application processor 1606 and the wireless baseband processor 1626. The SRS component 140a-140b may be one or more hardware components specifically configured to carry out the stated processes / algorithm, implemented by one or more processors configured to perform the stated processes / algorithm, stored within a computer-readable medium for implementation by the one or more processors, or a combination thereof.
[0187] Fig. 17 is a diagram 1700 illustrating an example of a hardware implementation for one or more network entities 104. The one or more network entities 104 may be a base station, a component of a base station, or may implement base station functionality. The one or more network entities 104 may include, or may correspond to, at least one of the RU 106, the DU 108, or the CU 110. The CU 110 may include a CU processor 1746, which may have on-chip memory 1746'. In some aspects, the CU 110 may further include an additional module of memory 1756 and / or a communications interface 1748, both of which may be coupled to the CU processor 1746. The CU 110 may communicate with the DU 108 through a midhaul link 162, such as an F1 interface between the communications interface 1748 of the CU 110 and a communications interface 1728 of the DU 108.
[0188] The DU 108 may include a DU processor 1726, which may have on-chip memory 1726'. In some aspects, the DU 108 may further include an additional module of memory 1736 and / or the communications interface 1728, both of which may be coupled to the DU processor 1726. The DU 108 may communicate with the RU 106 through a fronthaul link 160 between the communications interface 1728 of the DU 108 and a communications interface 1708 of the RU 106.
[0189] The RU 106 may include an RU processor 1706, which may have on-chip memory 1706'. In some aspects, the RU 106 may further include an additional module of memory 1716, the communications interface 1708, and one or more transceivers 1730, all of which may be coupled to the RU processor 1706. The RU 106 may further include antennas 1740, which may be coupled to the one or more transceivers 1730, such that the RU 106 may communicate through the one or more transceivers 1730 via the antennas 1740 with the UE 102.
[0190] The on-chip memory 1706', 1726', 1746' and the additional modules of memory 1716, 1736, 1756 may each be considered a computer-readable medium / memory. Each computer-readable medium / memory may be non-transitory. Each of the processors 1706, 1726, 1746 is responsible for general processing, including execution of software stored on the computer-readable medium / memory. The software, when executed by the corresponding processor (s) 1706, 1726, 1746 causes the processor (s) 1706, 1726, 1746 to perform the various functions described herein. The computer-readable medium / memory may also be used for storing data that is manipulated by the processor (s) 1706, 1726, 1746 when executing the software. In examples, the SRS configuration component 150 may sit at any of the one or more network entities 104, such as at the CU 110; both the CU 110 and the DU 108; each of the CU 110, the DU 108, and the RU 106; the DU 108; both the DU 108 and the RU 106; or the RU 106.
[0191] The SRS configuration component 150 may perform various operations and signaling (such as the operations in Figs. 3 and 5) according to the examples provided herein and be within one or more processors of the one or more network entities 104, such as the RU processor 1706 (e.g., at 150a) , the DU processor 1726 (e.g., at 150b) , and / or the CU processor 1746 (e.g., at 150c) . As discussed in Fig. 1 and implemented with respect to Figs. 3 and 5, the SRS configuration component 150 is configured to transmit, to a UE 102, a CSI report configuration including: a CSI-RS resource set for channel measurement, and an SRS resource associated with the CSI-RS resource set. The SRS configuration component 150 is configured to transmit, to the UE 102, a CSI-RS based on the CSI-RS resource set. The SRS configuration component 150 is configured to receive, from the UE 102, a CSI report based on the CSI-RS and one or more antenna ports corresponding to one or more SRS antenna ports associated with the SRS resource. The SRS configuration component 150 is configured to receive, from the UE 102, an SRS based on the SRS resource associated with the CSI-RS resource set.
[0192] The SRS configuration component 150a-150c may be one or more hardware components specifically configured to carry out the stated processes / algorithm, implemented by one or more processors 1706, 1726, 1746 configured to perform the stated processes / algorithm, stored within a computer-readable medium for implementation by the one or more processors 1706, 1726, 1746, or a combination thereof.
[0193] The specific order or hierarchy of blocks in the processes and flowcharts disclosed herein are an illustration of example approaches. Hence, the specific order or hierarchy of blocks in the processes and flowcharts may be rearranged. Some blocks may also be combined or deleted. Dashed lines may indicate example / optional elements of the diagrams. The accompanying method claims present elements of the various blocks in an example order, and are not limited to the specific order or hierarchy presented in the claims, processes, and flowcharts.
[0194] The detailed description set forth herein describes various configurations in connection with the drawings and does not represent the only configurations in which the concepts described herein may be practiced. The detailed description includes specific details for the purpose of providing a thorough explanation of various concepts. However, these concepts may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well known structures and components are shown in block diagram form in order to avoid obscuring such concepts.
[0195] Aspects of wireless communication systems, such as telecommunication systems, are presented with reference to various apparatuses and methods. These apparatuses and methods are described in the following detailed description and are illustrated in the accompanying drawings by various blocks, components, circuits, processes, call flows, systems, algorithms, etc. (collectively referred to as “elements” ) . These elements may be implemented using electronic hardware, computer software, or combinations thereof. Whether such elements are implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system.
[0196] An element, or any portion of an element, or any combination of elements may be implemented as a “processing system” that includes one or more processors. Examples of processors include microprocessors, microcontrollers, graphics processing units (GPUs) , central processing units, application processors, digital signal processors (DSPs) , reduced instruction set computing (RISC) processors, systems-on-chip (SoC) , baseband processors, field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) , programmable logic devices (PLDs) , state machines, gated logic, discrete hardware circuits, and other similar hardware configured to perform the various functionality described throughout this disclosure. One or more processors in the processing system may execute software, which may be referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, or otherwise. Software may be construed broadly to mean instructions, instruction sets, code, code segments, program code, programs, subprograms, software components, applications, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executables, threads of execution, procedures, functions, or any combination thereof.
[0197] If the functionality described herein is implemented in software, the functions may be stored on, or encoded as, one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium, such as a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. Computer-readable media includes computer storage media and may include a random-access memory (RAM) , a read-only memory (ROM) , an electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM) , optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage, other magnetic storage devices, combinations of these types of computer-readable media, or any other medium that may be used to store computer executable code in the form of instructions or data structures that may be accessed by a computer. Storage media may be any available media that may be accessed by a computer.
[0198] Aspects, implementations, and / or use cases described herein may be implemented across many differing platform types, devices, systems, shapes, sizes, and packaging arrangements. For example, the aspects, implementations, and / or use cases may come about via integrated chip implementations and other non-module-component based devices, such as end-user devices, vehicles, communication devices, computing devices, industrial equipment, retail / purchasing devices, medical devices, artificial intelligence (AI) -enabled devices, machine learning (ML) -enabled devices, etc. The aspects, implementations, and / or use cases may range from chip-level or modular components to non-modular or non-chip-level implementations, and further to aggregate, distributed, or original equipment manufacturer (OEM) devices or systems incorporating one or more techniques described herein.
[0199] Devices incorporating the aspects and features described herein may also include additional components and features for the implementation and practice of the claimed and described aspects and features. For example, transmission and reception of wireless signals necessarily includes a number of components for analog and digital purposes, such as hardware components, antennas, RF-chains, power amplifiers, modulators, buffers, processor (s) , interleavers, adders / summers, etc. Techniques described herein may be practiced in a wide variety of devices, chip-level components, systems, distributed arrangements, aggregated or disaggregated components, end-user devices, etc., of varying configurations.
[0200] The description herein is provided to enable a person skilled in the art to practice the various aspects described herein. Various modifications to these aspects will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other aspects. Thus, the claims are not limited to the aspects described herein, but are to be interpreted in view of the full scope of the present disclosure consistent with the language of the claims.
[0201] Reference to an element in the singular does not mean “one and only one” unless specifically stated, but rather “one or more. ” Terms such as “if, ” “when, ” and “while” do not imply an immediate temporal relationship or reaction. That is, these phrases, e.g., “when, ” do not imply an immediate action in response to or during the occurrence of an action, but simply imply that if a condition is met then an action will occur, but without requiring a specific or immediate time constraint for the action to occur. The terms “may, ” “might, ” and “may, ” as used in this disclosure, often carry certain connotations. For example, “may” refers to a permissible feature that may or may not occur, “might” refers to a feature that probably occurs, and “may” refers to a capability (e.g., capable of) . The phrase “For example” often carries a similar connotation to “may” and, therefore, “may” is sometimes excluded from sentences that include “for example” or other similar phrases.
[0202] Unless specifically stated otherwise, the term “some” refers to one or more. Combinations such as “at least one of A, B, or C” or “one or more of A, B, or C” include any combination of A, B, and / or C, such as A and B, A and C, B and C, or A and B and C, and may include multiples of A, multiples of B, and / or multiples of C, or may include A only, B only, or C only. Sets may be interpreted as a set of elements where the elements number one or more.
[0203] Unless otherwise specifically indicated, ordinal terms such as “first” and “second” do not necessarily imply an order in time, sequence, numerical value, etc., but are used to distinguish between different instances of a term or phrase that follows each ordinal term. Reference numbers, as used in the specification and figures, are sometimes cross-referenced among drawings to denote same or similar features. A feature that is exactly the same in multiple drawings may be labeled with the same reference number in the multiple drawings. A feature that is similar among the multiple drawings, but not exactly the same, may be labeled with reference numbers that have different leading numbers, but have one or more of the same trailing numbers (e.g., 206, 306, 406, etc., may refer to similar features in the drawings) . Sometimes an “X” is used to universally denote multiple variations of a feature. For instance, “X06” may universally refer to all reference numbers that end in “06” (e.g., 206, 306, 406, etc. ) .
[0204] It is noted that throughout this disclosure, an expression of “X / Y” may include meaning of “X or Y” . It is noted that throughout this disclosure, an expression of “X / Y” may include meaning of “X and Y” . It is noted that throughout this disclosure, an expression of “X / Y” may include meaning of “X and / or Y” . It is noted that throughout this disclosure, an expression of “ (A) B” or “B (A) ” may include concept of “only B” . It is noted that throughout this disclosure, an expression of “ (A) B” or “B (A) ” may include concept of “A+B” or “B+A” .
[0205] It is noted that some or all of the foregoing or the following embodiments may be jointly combined or formed to be a new or another one embodiment.
[0206] It is noted that the foregoing or the following embodiments may be used to solve at least (but not limited to) the issue (s) or scenario (s) mentioned in this disclosure.
[0207] The following additional considerations may apply to the foregoing and the following discussions.
[0208] It is noted that any two or more than two of the foregoing or the following paragraphs, (sub) -bullets, points, actions, or claims described in each method / embodiment / implementation may be combined logically, reasonably, and properly to form a specific method.
[0209] It is noted that any sentence, paragraph, (sub) -bullet, point, action, or claim described in each of the foregoing or the following embodiment (s) / implementations / concept (s) may be implemented independently and separately to form a specific method. Dependency, e.g., “based on, ” “more specifically, ” “where” or etc., in embodiment (s) / implementations / concept (s) mentioned in this disclosure is just one possible embodiment which would not restrict the specific method.
[0210] A user device in which the techniques of this disclosure may be implemented (e.g., the UE 102) may be any suitable device capable of wireless communications such as a smartphone, a tablet computer, a laptop computer, a mobile gaming console, a point-of-sale (POS) terminal, a health monitoring device, a drone, a camera, a media-streaming dongle or another personal media device, a wearable device such as a smartwatch, a wireless hotspot, a femtocell, or a broadband router. Further, the user device in some cases may be embedded in an electronic system such as the head unit of a vehicle or an advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) . Still further, the user device may operate as an internet-of-things (IoT) device or a mobile-internet device (MID) . Depending on the type, the user device may include one or more general-purpose processors, a computer-readable memory, a user interface, one or more network interfaces, one or more sensors, etc.
[0211] Certain embodiments are described in this disclosure as including logic or a number of components or modules. Modules may be software modules (e.g., code stored on non-transitory machine-readable medium) or hardware modules. A hardware module is a tangible unit capable of performing certain operations and may be configured or arranged in a certain manner. A hardware module may comprise dedicated circuitry or logic that is permanently configured (e.g., as a special-purpose processor, such as a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) ) to perform certain operations. A hardware module may also comprise programmable logic or circuitry (e.g., as encompassed within a general-purpose processor or other programmable processor) that is temporarily configured by software to perform certain operations. The decision to implement a hardware module in dedicated and permanently configured circuitry, or in temporarily configured circuitry (e.g., configured by software) may be driven by cost and time considerations.
[0212] When implemented in software, the techniques may be provided as part of the operating system, a library used by multiple applications, a particular software application, etc. The software may be executed by one or more general-purpose processors or one or more special-purpose processors.
[0213] Structural and functional equivalents to elements of the various aspects described throughout this disclosure that are known or later come to be known to those of ordinary skill in the art are expressly incorporated herein by reference and are encompassed by the claims. The words “module, ” “mechanism, ” “element, ” “device, ” and the like may not be a substitute for the word “means. ” As such, no claim element is to be construed as a means plus function unless the element is expressly recited using the phrase “means for. ” As used herein, the phrase “based on” may not be construed as a reference to a closed set of information, one or more conditions, one or more factors, or the like. In other words, the phrase “based on A, ” where “A” may be information, a condition, a factor, or the like, may be construed as “based at least on A” unless specifically recited differently.
[0214] Example Aspects
[0215] Example 1 is a method of wireless communications by a user equipment (UE) (102) , the method comprising:
[0216] receiving (304) , from a network entity (104) , a channel state information (CSI) report configuration including:
[0217] a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resource set for channel measurement, and
[0218] a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource associated with the CSI-RS resource set;
[0219] receiving, from the network entity, a CSI-RS based on the CSI-RS resource set;
[0220] transmitting, to the network entity, a CSI report based on the CSI-RS and one or more; antenna ports corresponding to one or more SRS antenna ports associated with the SRS resource; and
[0221] transmitting (310) , to the network entity (104) , an SRS based on the SRS resource associated with the CSI-RS resource set.
[0222] Example 2 is a method of Example 1, further comprising:
[0223] performing (306) CSI measurements based on the CSI-RS for the CSI report, wherein the CSI report is associated with machine learning (ML) based CSI; and
[0224] receiving (308) , from the network entity (104) , a control signal triggering the SRS, wherein the SRS is used for calculating a ground-truth CSI.
[0225] Example 3 is a method of Example 1 or 2, wherein the control signal indicates an open-loop power control parameter set for the SRS resource, and the method further comprises:
[0226] transmitting (312) , to the network entity (104) , an indication of a transmission power offset for the SRS.
[0227] Example 4 is a method of any one of Examples 1 to 3, further comprising:
[0228] transmitting (302) , to the network entity (104) , UE capability information for supporting SRS based performance monitoring of ML based CSI.
[0229] Example 5 is a method of any one of Examples 1 to 4, wherein the CSI report configuration further comprises at least one of:
[0230] a time-domain configuration for associating the SRS with the CSI-RS resource set,
[0231] a spatial-domain configuration for associating the SRS with the CSI-RS resource set,
[0232] a plurality of open-loop power control parameter sets for the SRS,
[0233] a configuration to determine dropping criteria for the SRS,
[0234] an uplink resource for reporting power offset for the SRS,
[0235] a frequency domain configuration for the SRS for performance monitoring having a lower frequency domain density than a frequency domain density of another SRS for another purpose,
[0236] a frequency hopping subset configuration for the SRS, or
[0237] a burst configuration for the SRS.
[0238] Example 6 is a method of any one of Examples 1 to 5, wherein the CSI report configuration further comprises, for configuring an ML based CSI report for the CSI report, at least one of:
[0239] a frequency granularity for CSI measurement,
[0240] an ML model identifier (ID) ,
[0241] an association ID for antenna information indication,
[0242] a dataset ID for candidate ML model selection,
[0243] a codebook configuration for ML based CSI, or
[0244] interference measurement resource.
[0245] Example 7 is a method of any one of Examples 1 to 6, wherein the CSI report configuration configures at least one of:
[0246] one or more dedicated SRS sets including the SRS resource for performance monitoring,
[0247] a first usage for the SRS resource set to monitoring, or
[0248] a second usage for the SRS resource set to antenna switching.
[0249] Example 8 is a method of any one of Examples 1 to 7, wherein:
[0250] the CSI-RS resource is included in a CSI-RS resource set,
[0251] the SRS resource is included in an SRS resource set, and
[0252] the CSI report configuration configures at least one of:
[0253] an associated CSI-RS resource index for the SRS resource,
[0254] an associated CSI-RS resource index for the SRS resource set,
[0255] an associated CSI-RS resource set index for the SRS resource,
[0256] an associated CSI-RS resource set index for the SRS resource set,
[0257] an associated CSI report configuration ID for the SRS resource, or
[0258] an associated CSI report configuration ID for the SRS resource set.
[0259] Example 9 is a method of any one of Examples 1 to 7, wherein:
[0260] the CSI-RS resource is included in a CSI-RS resource set,
[0261] the SRS resource is included in an SRS resource set, and
[0262] the CSI report configuration configures at least one of:
[0263] an associated SRS resource index for the CSI-RS resource,
[0264] an associated SRS resource index for the CSI-RS resource set,
[0265] an associated SRS resource set index for the CSI-RS resource, or
[0266] an associated SRS resource set index for the CSI-RS resource set.
[0267] Example 10 is a method of any one of Examples 1 to 7, wherein:
[0268] the CSI-RS resource is included in a CSI-RS resource set,
[0269] the SRS resource is included in an SRS resource set, and
[0270] the transmitting (310) the CSI report comprises reporting at least one of:
[0271] an associated SRS resource index for the CSI-RS resource,
[0272] an associated SRS resource index for the CSI-RS resource set,
[0273] an associated SRS resource set index for the CSI-RS resource, or
[0274] an associated SRS resource set index for the CSI-RS resource set.
[0275] Example 11 is a method of any one of Examples 1 to 10, wherein the transmitting the SRS uses a same antenna port or a same antenna virtualization scheme as the receiving the CSI-RS.
[0276] Example 12 is a method of any one of Examples 1 to 11, further comprising:
[0277] dropping a transmission occasion or a symbol for the SRS when identifying at least one of:
[0278] an uplink transmission power being lower than a first threshold;
[0279] a target uplink receiving power being lower than a second threshold;
[0280] an uplink transmission power difference for different symbols of the SRS being above a third threshold;
[0281] an offset between the uplink transmission power and the target uplink transmission power being below a fourth threshold; or
[0282] another symbol for the SRS resource having been dropped.
[0283] Example 13 is a method of any one of Examples 1 to 12, wherein the configuration further indicates at least one of:
[0284] transmission of the SRS at a different comb value or a different comb offset for each antenna port, at a lower frequency domain density than that of the CSI report;
[0285] transmission of the CSI report for a subset of subbands based on a bandwidth of the CSI-RS resource for channel measurement, and transmission of the SRS from a subset of hops aligned with the CSI report; or
[0286] transmission of the SRS in a burst manner, and at least one of: a number of transmission occasions in a burst, an interval between two consecutive transmission occasions, a time domain location of a first transmission occasion, a periodicity for the burst, or a time domain location of a first burst within a period.
[0287] Example 14 is a method of wireless communications by a network entity (104) , the method comprising:
[0288] transmitting (304) , to a user equipment (UE) (102) , a channel state information (CSI) report configuration including:
[0289] a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resource set for channel measurement, and
[0290] a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource associated with the CSI-RS resource set;
[0291] transmitting, to the UE, a CSI-RS based on the CSI-RS resource set;
[0292] receiving, from the UE, a CSI report based on the CSI-RS and one or more antenna ports corresponding to one or more SRS antenna ports associated with the SRS resource; and
[0293] receiving (310) , from the UE, an SRS based on the SRS resource associated with the CSI-RS resource set.
[0294] Example 15 is a method of Example 14, further comprising:
[0295] transmitting (308) , to the UE (102) , a control signal triggering the CSI report and the SRS, wherein the CSI report is associated with machine learning (ML) based CSI; and
[0296] calculating a ground-truth CSI based on the SRS;
[0297] monitoring performance of the ML based CSI using the ground-truth CSI and the CSI report.
[0298] Example 16 is a method of Example 14 or 15, wherein the control signal indicates an open-loop power control parameter set for the SRS, and the method further comprises:
[0299] receiving (312) , from the UE (102) , an indication of a transmission power offset for the SRS.
[0300] Example 17 is a method of any one of Examples 14 to 16, further comprising:
[0301] receiving (302) , from the UE (102) , UE capability information for supporting SRS based performance monitoring of ML based CSI.
[0302] Example 18 is a method of any one of Examples 14 to 17, wherein the configuration further comprises at least one of:
[0303] a time-domain configuration for associating the SRS with the CSI-RS resource set,
[0304] a spatial-domain configuration for associating the SRS with the CSI-RS resource set,
[0305] a plurality of open-loop power control parameter sets for the SRS,
[0306] a configuration to determine dropping criteria for the SRS,
[0307] an uplink resource for reporting power offset for the SRS,
[0308] a frequency domain configuration for the SRS for performance monitoring having a lower frequency domain density than a frequency domain density of another SRS for another purpose,
[0309] a frequency hopping subset configuration for the SRS, or
[0310] a burst configuration for the SRS.
[0311] Example 19 is a method of any one of Examples 14 to 18, wherein the configuration further comprises, for configuring an ML based CSI report, at least one of:
[0312] a frequency granularity for CSI measurement,
[0313] an ML model identifier (ID) ,
[0314] an association ID for scenario and antenna information indication,
[0315] a dataset ID for candidate model selection,
[0316] a codebook configuration for ML based CSI, or
[0317] interference measurement resource.
[0318] Example 20 is a method of any one of Examples 14 to 19, wherein the configuration configures:
[0319] one or more dedicated SRS sets including the SRS resource for performance monitoring,
[0320] a first usage for the SRS resource set to monitoring, or
[0321] a second usage for the SRS resource set to antenna switching.
[0322] Example 21 is a method of any one of Examples 14 to 20, wherein:
[0323] the CSI-RS resource is included in a CSI-RS resource set,
[0324] the SRS resource is included in an SRS resource set, and
[0325] the CSI report configuration configures at least one of:
[0326] an associated CSI-RS resource index for the SRS resource,
[0327] an associated CSI-RS resource index for the SRS resource set,
[0328] an associated CSI-RS resource set index for the SRS resource,
[0329] an associated CSI-RS resource set index for the SRS resource set,
[0330] an associated CSI report configuration ID for the SRS resource, or
[0331] an associated CSI report configuration ID for the SRS resource set.
[0332] Example 22 is a method of any one of Examples 14 to 20, wherein:
[0333] the CSI-RS resource is included in a CSI-RS resource set,
[0334] the SRS resource is included in an SRS resource set, and
[0335] the CSI report configuration configures at least one of:
[0336] an associated SRS resource index for the CSI-RS resource,
[0337] an associated SRS resource index for the CSI-RS resource set,
[0338] an associated SRS resource set index for the CSI-RS resource, or
[0339] an associated SRS resource set index for the CSI-RS resource set.
[0340] Example 23 is a method of any one of Examples 14 to 20, wherein:
[0341] the CSI-RS resource is included in a CSI-RS resource set,
[0342] the SRS resource is included in an SRS resource set, and
[0343] the transmitting (310) the CSI report comprises reporting at least one of:
[0344] an associated SRS resource index for the CSI-RS resource,
[0345] an associated SRS resource index for the CSI-RS resource set,
[0346] an associated SRS resource set index for the CSI-RS resource, or
[0347] an associated SRS resource set index for the CSI-RS resource set.
[0348] Example 24 is a method of any one of Examples 14 to 23, wherein the transmitting the SRS uses a same antenna port or a same antenna virtualization scheme as the receiving the CSI-RS.
[0349] Example 25 is an apparatus comprising:
[0350] one or more radio frequency (RF) modems;
[0351] a processor coupled to the one or more RF modems; and
[0352] at least one memory storing executable instructions, the executable instructions to manipulate at least one of the processor or the one or more RF modems to perform the method of any of Examples 1 to 24.
Claims
1.A method of wireless communications by a user equipment (UE) (102) , the method comprising:receiving (304) , from a network entity (104) , a channel state information (CSI) report configuration including:a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resource set for channel measurement, anda sounding reference signal (SRS) resource associated with the CSI-RS resource set;receiving (306) , from the network entity, a CSI-RS based on the CSI-RS resource set;transmitting (306) , to the network entity, a CSI report based on the CSI-RS and one or more antenna ports corresponding to one or more SRS antenna ports associated with the SRS resource; andtransmitting (310) , to the network entity (104) , an SRS based on the SRS resource associated with the CSI-RS resource set.2.The method of claim 1, further comprising:performing (306) CSI measurements based on the CSI-RS for the CSI report, wherein the CSI report is associated with machine learning (ML) based CSI; andreceiving (308) , from the network entity (104) , a control signal triggering the SRS, wherein the SRS is used for calculating a ground-truth CSI.3.The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the control signal indicates an open-loop power control parameter set for the SRS resource, and the method further comprises:transmitting (312) , to the network entity (104) , an indication of a transmission power offset for the SRS.4.The method of any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising:transmitting (302) , to the network entity (104) , UE capability information for supporting SRS based performance monitoring of ML based CSI.5.The method of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the CSI report configuration further comprises at least one of:a time-domain configuration for associating the SRS with the CSI-RS resource set, a spatial-domain configuration for associating the SRS with the CSI-RS resource set,a plurality of open-loop power control parameter sets for the SRS,a configuration to determine dropping criteria for the SRS,an uplink resource for reporting power offset for the SRS,a frequency domain configuration for the SRS for performance monitoring having a lower frequency domain density than a frequency domain density of another SRS for another purpose,a frequency hopping subset configuration for the SRS, ora burst configuration for the SRS.6.The method of any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the CSI report configuration further comprises, for configuring an ML based CSI report for the CSI report, at least one of:a frequency granularity for CSI measurement,an ML model identifier (ID) ,an association ID for antenna information indication,a dataset ID for candidate ML model selection,a codebook configuration for ML based CSI, orinterference measurement resource.7.The method of any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the CSI report configuration configures at least one of:one or more dedicated SRS sets including the SRS resource for performance monitoring,a first usage for the SRS resource set to performance monitoring, ora second usage for the SRS resource set to antenna switching.8.The method of any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein:a CSI-RS resource is included in a CSI-RS resource set,the SRS resource is included in an SRS resource set, andthe CSI report configuration configures at least one of:an associated CSI-RS resource index for the SRS resource,an associated CSI-RS resource index for the SRS resource set,an associated CSI-RS resource set index for the SRS resource,an associated CSI-RS resource set index for the SRS resource set,an associated CSI report configuration ID for the SRS resource, oran associated CSI report configuration ID for the SRS resource set.9.The method of any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein:a CSI-RS resource is included in a CSI-RS resource set,the SRS resource is included in an SRS resource set, andthe CSI report configuration configures at least one of:an associated SRS resource index for the CSI-RS resource,an associated SRS resource index for the CSI-RS resource set,an associated SRS resource set index for the CSI-RS resource, oran associated SRS resource set index for the CSI-RS resource set.10.The method of any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein:a CSI-RS resource is included in a CSI-RS resource set,the SRS resource is included in an SRS resource set, andthe transmitting (310) the CSI report comprises reporting at least one of:an associated SRS resource index for the CSI-RS resource,an associated SRS resource index for the CSI-RS resource set,an associated SRS resource set index for the CSI-RS resource, oran associated SRS resource set index for the CSI-RS resource set.11.The method of any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the transmitting the SRS uses a same antenna port or a same antenna virtualization scheme as the receiving the CSI-RS.12.The method of any one of claims 1 to 11, further comprising:dropping a transmission occasion or a symbol for the SRS when identifying at least one of:an uplink transmission power being lower than a first threshold;a target uplink receiving power being lower than a second threshold;an uplink transmission power difference for different symbols of the SRS being above a third threshold;an offset between the uplink transmission power and a target uplink transmission power being below a fourth threshold; oranother symbol for the SRS resource having been dropped.13.The method of any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein the CSI report configuration further indicates at least one of:transmission of the SRS at a different comb value or a different comb offset for each antenna port, at a lower frequency domain density than that of the CSI report;transmission of the CSI report for a subset of subbands based on a bandwidth of the CSI-RS resource for channel measurement, and transmission of the SRS from a subset of hops aligned with the CSI report; ortransmission of the SRS in a burst manner, and at least one of: a number of transmission occasions in a burst, an interval between two consecutive transmission occasions, a time domain location of a first transmission occasion, a periodicity for the burst, or a time domain location of a first burst within a period.14.A method of wireless communications by a network entity (104) , the method comprising:transmitting (304) , to a user equipment (UE) (102) , a channel state information (CSI) report configuration including:a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resource set for channel measurement, anda sounding reference signal (SRS) resource associated with the CSI-RS resource set;transmitting (306) , to the UE, a CSI-RS based on the CSI-RS resource set;receiving (306) , from the UE, a CSI report based on the CSI-RS and one or more antenna ports corresponding to one or more SRS antenna ports associated with the SRS resource; andreceiving (310) , from the UE, an SRS based on the SRS resource associated with the CSI-RS resource set.15.The method of claim 14, further comprising:transmitting (308) , to the UE (102) , a control signal triggering the CSI report and the SRS, wherein the CSI report is associated with machine learning (ML) based CSI;calculating a ground-truth CSI based on the SRS; andmonitoring performance of the ML based CSI using the ground-truth CSI and the CSI report.16.The method of claim 14 or 15, wherein the CSI report configuration further comprises at least one of:a time-domain configuration for associating the SRS with the CSI-RS resource set,a spatial-domain configuration for associating the SRS with the CSI-RS resource set,a plurality of open-loop power control parameter sets for the SRS,a configuration to determine dropping criteria for the SRS,an uplink resource for reporting power offset for the SRS,a frequency domain configuration for the SRS for performance monitoring having a lower frequency domain density than a frequency domain density of another SRS for another purpose,a frequency hopping subset configuration for the SRS, ora burst configuration for the SRS.17.The method of any one of claims 14 to 16, wherein:a CSI-RS resource is included in a CSI-RS resource set,the SRS resource is included in an SRS resource set, andthe CSI report configuration configures at least one of:an associated CSI-RS resource index for the SRS resource,an associated CSI-RS resource index for the SRS resource set,an associated CSI-RS resource set index for the SRS resource,an associated CSI-RS resource set index for the SRS resource set,an associated CSI report configuration ID for the SRS resource, oran associated CSI report configuration ID for the SRS resource set.18.The method of any one of claims 14 to 16, wherein:a CSI-RS resource is included in a CSI-RS resource set,the SRS resource is included in an SRS resource set, andthe CSI report configuration configures at least one of:an associated SRS resource index for the CSI-RS resource,an associated SRS resource index for the CSI-RS resource set,an associated SRS resource set index for the CSI-RS resource, oran associated SRS resource set index for the CSI-RS resource set.19.An apparatus comprising:one or more radio frequency (RF) modems;a processor coupled to the one or more RF modems; andat least one memory storing executable instructions, the executable instructions to manipulate at least one of the processor or the one or more RF modems to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 18.
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