Channel state information (CSI) associated with a spatial domain (SD) basis
By allowing the UE to select different SD basis pairs for each sub-band based on a metric, the method addresses the inflexibility of existing techniques, enhancing spectral efficiency and communication performance.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- PCT/CN2024/112615
- Authority / Receiving Office
- WO · WO
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-08-16
- Publication Date
- 2026-02-19
AI Technical Summary
The existing two-step selection technique for orthogonal spatial domain (SD) bases in MIMO systems does not provide flexibility for selecting different SD basis pairs across sub-bands, leading to potential performance degradation in some situations.
A UE selects a plurality of candidate SD bases for each sub-band based on a metric, allowing for different SD basis pairs to be chosen for each sub-band, and transmits a CSI report indicating these selections to a network node, which generates a precoder matrix accordingly.
This approach enhances spectral efficiency by enabling flexible SD basis selection per sub-band, improving communication performance and power efficiency.
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CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION (CSI) ASSOCIATED WITH A SPATIAL DOMAIN (SD) BASIS
[0001] FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE
[0002] Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to wireless communication systems, and more particularly, to channel state information (CSI) associated with a spatial domain (SD) basis in wireless communication systems.BACKGROUND
[0003] Wireless communications systems are widely deployed to provide various types of services such as voice, video, packet data, messaging, broadcast, and other types of traffic. The services may include unicast, multicast, and / or broadcast services, among other examples. Typical wireless communication systems may support multiple-access radio access technologies and include a number of base stations or network nodes, each supporting communication for multiple communication devices, which may be otherwise known as user equipment (UE) . These systems may be capable of supporting communication with multiple users by sharing available system resources (such as time domain resources, frequency domain resources, spatial domain resources, and device transmit power, among other examples) . These systems may employ multiple-access technologies such as code division multiple access (CDMA) technology, time division multiple access (TDMA) technology, frequency division multiple access (FDMA) technology, orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) technology, discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-S-OFDM) technology, single-carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) technology, and time division synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA) technology.
[0004] The above multiple-access technologies have been adopted in various telecommunication standards to provide common protocols that enable different wireless communication devices to communicate on a municipal, national, regional, or global level. An example telecommunication standard is New Radio (NR) . NR, which may also be referred to as 5G, is part of a continuous mobile broadband evolution promulgated by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) . NR (and other mobile broadband evolutions beyond NR) may be designed to better support Internet of things (IoT) and reduced capability device deployments, industrial connectivity, millimeter wave (mmWave) expansion, licensed and unlicensed spectrum access, non-terrestrial network (NTN) deployment, sidelink and other device-to-device direct communication technologies (for example, cellular vehicle-to-everything (CV2X) communication) , massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) , disaggregated network architectures and network topology expansions, multiple-subscriber implementations, carrier aggregation, high-precision positioning, and / or radio frequency (RF) sensing, among other examples. As the demand for mobile broadband access continues to increase, further improvements in NR may be implemented, and other radio access technologies, such as 6G, may be introduced to further advance mobile broadband evolution.
[0005] In a multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) system, orthogonal spatial domain (SD) bases are selected from a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) codebook structure to maintain orthogonality of the MIMO beams between different layers. To select an SD basis pair, a UE uses a two-step selection technique to select the SD basis pair for all sub-bands (SBs) of a wideband (WB) . In a first step, the UE selects a first SD basis from an oversampled DFT basis set as an anchor SD basis of the SD basis pair. In the second step, the UE selects a second SD basis from a subset of the DFT basis set that is adjacent to the selected anchor SD basis. To illustrate, the UE selects the second SD basis in accordance with a NR Type-1 channel state information (CSI) codebook which indicates a set of SD basis locations relative to the anchor SD basis from which the second SD basis may be selected. Accordingly, the UE selects a single SD basis pair for use across all SBs of the WB (a CSI reporting band) . However, the two-step selection technique does not provide the UE with the flexibility to select different SD basis pairs for each SB of the WB, and in some situations, the single SD basis pair may have degraded performance, such as less power, with respect to a particular SB as compared to another SD basis pair.SUMMARY
[0006] The following summarizes some aspects of the present disclosure to provide a basic understanding of the discussed technology. This summary is not an extensive overview of all contemplated features of the disclosure, and is intended neither to identify key or critical elements of all aspects of the disclosure nor to delineate the scope of any or all aspects of the disclosure. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts of one or more aspects of the disclosure in summary form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.
[0007] Some aspects described herein relate to a user equipment (UE) for wireless communication. The UE includes a processing system that includes one or more processors and one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors. The processing system is configured to cause the UE to, for each candidate spatial domain (SD) basis of a group of candidate SD bases, obtain a value of a metric associated with the candidate SD basis. The processing system is also configured to cause the UE to select, in accordance with the values of the metric associated with the group of candidate SD bases, a plurality of candidate SD bases from the group of candidate SD bases. The processing system is further configured to cause the UE to transmit, to a network node, a channel state information (CSI) report including wideband (WB) precoding matrix indicator (PMI) information that indicates the plurality of candidate SD bases for a WB.
[0008] Some aspects described herein relate to a method of wireless communication performed by a UE. The method includes, for each candidate SD basis of a group of candidate SD bases, obtaining a value of a metric associated with the candidate SD basis. The method also includes selecting, in accordance with the values of the metric associated with the group of candidate SD bases, a plurality of candidate SD bases from the group of candidate SD bases. The method further includes transmitting, to a network node, a CSI report including WB PMI information that indicates the plurality of candidate SD bases for a WB.
[0009] Some aspects described herein relate to an apparatus. The apparatus includes means for obtaining, for each candidate SD basis of a group of candidate SD bases, a value of a metric associated with the candidate SD basis. The apparatus also includes means for selecting, in accordance with the values of the metric associated with the group of candidate SD bases, a plurality of candidate SD bases from the group of candidate SD bases. The apparatus further includes means for transmitting, to a network node, a CSI report including WB PMI information that indicates the plurality of candidate SD bases for a WB.
[0010] Some aspects described herein relate to a non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations. The operations include obtaining, for each candidate SD basis of a group of candidate SD bases, a value of a metric associated with the candidate SD basis. The operations also include selecting, in accordance with the values of the metric associated with the group of candidate SD bases, a plurality of candidate SD bases from the group of candidate SD bases. The operations further include transmitting, to a network node, a CSI report including WB PMI information that indicates the plurality of candidate SD bases for a WB.
[0011] Some aspects described herein relate to a network node for wireless communication. The network node includes a processing system that includes one or more processors and one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors. The processing system is configured to cause the network node to receive, from a UE, a CSI report including WB PMI information that indicates a plurality of candidate SD bases for a WB. The plurality of candidate SD bases is selected from a group of candidate SD bases in accordance with values of a metric associated with the group of candidate SD bases. The processing system is also configured to cause the network node to generate a precoder matrix in accordance with the WB PMI. The processing system is further configured to cause the network node to transmit, to the UE, a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in accordance with the precoder matrix.
[0012] Some aspects described herein relate to a method of wireless communication performed by a network node. The method includes receiving, from a UE, a CSI report including WB PMI information that indicates a plurality of candidate SD bases for a WB. The plurality of candidate SD bases is selected from a group of candidate SD bases in accordance with values of a metric associated with the group of candidate SD bases. The method also includes generating a precoder matrix in accordance with the WB PMI. The method further includes transmitting, to the UE, a PDSCH in accordance with the precoder matrix.
[0013] Some aspects described herein relate to an apparatus. The apparatus includes means for receiving, from a UE, a CSI report including WB PMI information that indicates a plurality of candidate SD bases for a WB. The plurality of candidate SD bases is selected from a group of candidate SD bases in accordance with values of a metric associated with the group of candidate SD bases. The apparatus also includes means for generating a precoder matrix in accordance with the WB PMI. The apparatus further includes means for transmitting, to the UE, a PDSCH in accordance with the precoder matrix.
[0014] Some aspects described herein relate to a non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations. The operations include receiving, from a UE, a CSI report including WB PMI information that indicates a plurality of candidate SD bases for a WB. The plurality of candidate SD bases is selected from a group of candidate SD bases in accordance with values of a metric associated with the group of candidate SD bases. The operations also include generating a precoder matrix in accordance with the WB PMI. The operations further include transmitting, to the UE, a PDSCH in accordance with the precoder matrix.
[0015] Aspects of the present disclosure may generally be implemented by or as a method, apparatus, system, computer program product, non-transitory computer-readable medium, user equipment, base station, network node, network entity, wireless communication device, and / or processing system as substantially described with reference to, and as illustrated by, the specification and accompanying drawings.
[0016] Other aspects, features, and implementations of the present disclosure will become apparent to a person having ordinary skill in the art, upon reviewing the following description of specific, example implementations of the present disclosure in conjunction with the accompanying figures. While features of the present disclosure may be described relative to particular implementations and figures below, all implementations of the present disclosure can include one or more of the advantageous features described herein. In other words, while one or more implementations may be described as having particular advantageous features, one or more of such features may also be used in accordance with the various implementations of the disclosure described herein. In similar fashion, while example implementations may be described below as device, system, or method implementations, such example implementations can be implemented in various devices, systems, methods, and computer-readable media.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0017] A further understanding of the nature and advantages of the present disclosure may be realized by reference to the following drawings. In the appended figures, similar components or features may have the same reference label and designations. Further, various components of the same type may be distinguished by following the reference label by a dash and a second label that distinguishes among the similar components, or by following the reference label with a letter. If just the first reference label is used in the specification, the description is applicable to any one of the similar components having the same first reference label irrespective of the second reference label or letter.
[0018] Figure 1 is a block diagram illustrating details of an example wireless communication network in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0019] Figure 2 is a block diagram illustrating examples of a network node and a user equipment (UE) in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0020] Figure 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example disaggregated base station architecture in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0021] Figure 4 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a wireless communication system that supports selection of a set of spatial domain (SD) bases in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0022] Figure 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of SD basis selection that supports generation of a CSI report in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0023] Figure 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a CSI report generated in accordance with a selected set of SD bases in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0024] Figure 7 is a diagram illustrating another example of a CSI report generated in accordance with a selected set of SD bases in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0025] Figure 8 is a diagram illustrating another example of a CSI report generated in accordance with a selected set of SD bases in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0026] Figure 9 is a diagram illustrating another example of a CSI report generated in accordance with a selected set of SD bases in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0027] Figure 10 is a diagram illustrating another example of a CSI report generated in accordance with a selected set of SD bases in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0028] Figure 11 is a diagram illustrating another example of a CSI report generated in accordance with a selected set of SD bases in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0029] Figure 12 is a diagram illustrating another example of a CSI report generated in accordance with a selected set of SD bases in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0030] Figure 13 is a diagram illustrating another example of a CSI report generated in accordance with a selected set of SD bases in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0031] Figure 14 is a diagram illustrating another example of a CSI report generated in accordance with a selected set of SD bases in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0032] Figure 15 is a diagram illustrating another example of a CSI report generated in accordance with a selected set of SD bases in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0033] Figure 16 is a diagram illustrating another example of a CSI report generated in accordance with a selected set of SD bases in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0034] Figure 17 is a diagram illustrating another example of a CSI report generated in accordance with a selected set of SD bases in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0035] Figure 18 is a flow diagram illustrating an example process that supports selection of a set of SD bases in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0036] Figure 19 is a block diagram of an example UE that supports selection of a set of an SD bases in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0037] Figure 20 is a flow diagram illustrating an example process that supports selection of a set of SD bases in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0038] Figure 21 is a block diagram of an example network node that supports selection of a set of SD bases in accordance with the present disclosure.DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0039] Various aspects of the disclosure are described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings. This disclosure may, however, be embodied in many different forms and is not to be construed as limited to any specific structure or function presented throughout this disclosure. Rather, these aspects are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art. Based on the teachings herein, one skilled in the art may appreciate that the scope of the disclosure is intended to cover any aspect of the disclosure disclosed herein, whether implemented independently of or combined with any other aspect of the disclosure. For example, an apparatus may be implemented or a method may be practiced using any quantity of the aspects set forth herein. In addition, the scope of the disclosure is intended to cover such an apparatus or method which is practiced using other structure, functionality, or structure and functionality in addition to or other than the various aspects of the disclosure set forth herein. Any aspect of the disclosure disclosed herein may be embodied by one or more elements of a claim.
[0040] Several aspects of telecommunication systems will now be presented with reference to various apparatuses and techniques. These apparatuses and techniques will be described in the following detailed description and illustrated in the accompanying drawings by various blocks, modules, components, circuits, steps, processes, or algorithms (collectively referred to as “elements” ) . These elements may be implemented using hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software. Whether such elements are implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system.
[0041] The present disclosure provides systems, apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for selection of a spatial domain (SD) basis at a sub-band (SB) granularity and generation of a channel state information (CSI) report in accordance with the selected SD basis in wireless communication systems. Some aspects more specifically relate to SD basis selection techniques for a flexible SB SD selection codebook (CB) as compared to other wireless communication systems that generate a precoder matrix using CSI information for a single SD basis pair for all SBs in a reporting band (awideband (WB) ) . In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) selects a number X of SD bases (of free orthogonal bases) as a set of WB candidates. The UE then selects, for each SB of the reporting band, a number X1 (where X1 is less than X) of SD bases for the SB from the selected set of WB candidates, such that different SD bases can be selected for the sub-band than are selected for a different sub-band. Some other aspects more specifically relate to a CSI reporting scheme having multiple reporting quantities associated with the set of SD bases selected on a per-SB granularity to enable generation of a CSI report associated with one or more SD bases selected using the flexible SD selection CB. In such aspects, the UE generates a CSI report that includes precoding matric indicator (PMI) information determined in accordance with the selected set of WB candidates, the selected SD bases for the SB, or a combination thereof. In some implementations, the CSI report is generated in accordance with a report type of a CSI report configuration received from a network node. The network node can receive the CSI report from the UE and generate a precoder matrix in accordance with the PMI information included in the CSI report.
[0042] Particular implementations of the subject matter described in this disclosure can be implemented to realize one or more of the following potential advantages. In some aspects, the present disclosure provides for selection of a set of SD bases on a per-SB granularity that improves spectral efficiency as compared to other wireless communication systems. For example, instead of selecting a single SD basis pair for all SBs of a reporting band, the present disclosure enables a UE to select different SD basis pairs for different SBs in the same reporting band. Additionally, the UE is able to determine PMI that indicates a precoder matrix preferred by the UE, and which increases the spectral efficiency of communications that are precoded in accordance with the selected SD basis pairs. Additionally, or alternatively, the present disclosure provides a CSI reporting scheme having one or more reporting quantities for CSI reports which may be used in association with the selection techniques described herein. For example, a CSI report may indicate PMI information generated in accordance with the selected SD bases. The multiple reporting quantities can each have different overhead requirements and therefore provide flexibility for reporting CSI generated based on one or more SD bases selected using the flexible SD selection CB.
[0043] This disclosure relates generally to providing or participating in authorized shared access between two or more wireless communications systems, also referred to as wireless communications networks. In various implementations, the techniques and apparatus may be used for wireless communication networks such as code division multiple access (CDMA) networks, time division multiple access (TDMA) networks, frequency division multiple access (FDMA) networks, orthogonal FDMA (OFDMA) networks, single-carrier FDMA (SC-FDMA) networks, long term evolution (LTE) networks, Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) networks, 5th Generation (5G) or new radio (NR) networks (sometimes referred to as “5G NR” networks, systems, or devices) , as well as other communications networks. As described herein, the terms “networks” and “systems” may be used interchangeably.
[0044] Multiple-access radio access technologies (RATs) have been adopted in various telecommunication standards to provide common protocols that enable wireless communication devices to communicate on a municipal, enterprise, national, regional, or global level. For example, 5G New Radio (NR) is part of a continuous mobile broadband evolution promulgated by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) . 5G NR supports various technologies and use cases including enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) , ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) , massive machine-type communication (mMTC) , millimeter wave (mmWave) technology, beamforming, network slicing, edge computing, Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity and management, and network function virtualization (NFV) . 5G NR networks contemplate diverse deployments, diverse spectrum, and diverse services and devices that may be implemented using an OFDM-based unified, air interface.
[0045] 5G NR devices, networks, and systems may be implemented to use optimized OFDM-based waveform features. These features may include scalable numerology and transmission time intervals (TTIs) ; a common, flexible framework to efficiently multiplex services and features with a dynamic, low-latency time division duplex (TDD) or frequency division duplex (FDD) design; and advanced wireless technologies, such as massive multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) , robust mmWave transmissions, advanced channel coding, and device-centric mobility. Scalability of the numerology in 5G NR, with scaling of subcarrier spacing, may efficiently address operating diverse services across diverse spectrum and diverse deployments. For example, in various outdoor and macro coverage deployments of less than 3 gigahertz (GHz) FDD or TDD implementations, subcarrier spacing may occur with 15 kilohertz (kHz) , for example over 1, 5, 10, 20 megahertz (MHz) , and the like bandwidth. For other various outdoor and small cell coverage deployments of TDD greater than 3 GHz, subcarrier spacing may occur with 30 kHz over 80 or 100 MHz bandwidth. For other various indoor wideband implementations, using a TDD over the unlicensed portion of the 5 GHz band, the subcarrier spacing may occur with 60 kHz over a 160 MHz bandwidth. Finally, for various deployments transmitting with mmWave components at a TDD of 28 GHz, subcarrier spacing may occur with 120 kHz over a 500 MHz bandwidth.
[0046] The scalable numerology of 5G NR facilitates scalable TTI for diverse latency and quality of service (QoS) requirements. For example, shorter TTI may be used for low latency and high reliability, while longer TTI may be used for higher spectral efficiency. The efficient multiplexing of long and short TTIs allow transmissions to start on symbol boundaries. 5G NR also contemplates a self-contained integrated subframe design with uplink or downlink scheduling information, data, and acknowledgement in the same subframe. The self-contained integrated subframe supports communications in unlicensed or contention-based shared spectrum, adaptive uplink or downlink that may be flexibly configured on a per-cell basis to dynamically switch between uplink and downlink to meet the current traffic needs.
[0047] As the demand for broadband access increases and as technologies supported by wireless communication networks evolve, further technological improvements may be adopted in or implemented for 5G NR or future RATs, such as 6G, to further advance the evolution of wireless communication for a wide variety of existing and new use cases and applications. Such technological improvements may be associated with new frequency band expansion, licensed and unlicensed spectrum access, overlapping spectrum use, small cell deployments, non-terrestrial network (NTN) deployments, disaggregated network architectures and network topology expansion, device aggregation, advanced duplex communication, sidelink and other device-to-device direct communication, IoT (including passive or ambient IoT) networks, reduced capability (RedCap) UE functionality, industrial connectivity, multiple-subscriber implementations, high-precision positioning, radio frequency (RF) sensing, and / or artificial intelligence or machine learning (AI / ML) , among other examples. These technological improvements may support use cases such as wireless backhauls, wireless data centers, extended reality (XR) and metaverse applications, meta services for supporting vehicle connectivity, holographic and mixed reality communication, autonomous and collaborative robots, vehicle platooning and cooperative maneuvering, sensing networks, gesture monitoring, human-brain interfacing, digital twin applications, asset management, and universal coverage applications using non-terrestrial and / or aerial platforms, among other examples. The methods, operations, apparatuses, and techniques described herein may enable one or more of the foregoing technologies and / or support one or more of the foregoing use cases. For clarity, certain aspects of the present disclosure may be described below with reference to example 5G NR implementations or in a 5G-centric way, and 5G terminology may be used as illustrative examples in portions of the description below; however, the description is not intended to be limited to 5G applications.
[0048] Figure 1 is a block diagram illustrating details of an example wireless communication network 100 in accordance with the present disclosure. The wireless communication network 100 may, for example, be or include elements of a 5G (or NR) network or a 6G network, among other examples. As appreciated by those skilled in the art, components appearing in Figure 1 are likely to have related counterparts in other network arrangements including, for example, cellular-style network arrangements and non-cellular-style-network arrangements, such as device-to-device, peer-to-peer, or ad hoc network arrangements, among other examples.
[0049] The wireless communication network 100 illustrated in Figure 1 includes multiple network nodes 105, also referred to as network entities, and multiple user equipments (UEs) 115. A network node may be a station that communicates with UEs and may be referred to as a base station, an evolved node B (eNB) , a next generation eNB (gNB) , an access point, and the like. Each network node 105 may provide communication coverage for a particular geographic area. In 3GPP, the term “cell” can refer to this particular geographic coverage area of a network node or a network node subsystem serving the coverage area, depending on the context in which the term is used. In implementations of the wireless communication network 100 herein, the network nodes 105 may be associated with a same operator or different operators, such as the wireless communication network 100 may include a plurality of operator wireless networks. In some examples, an individual network node 105 or UE 115 may be operated by more than one network operating entity. In some other examples, each network node 105 and UE 115 may be operated by a single network operating entity.
[0050] The network nodes 105 and the UEs 115 of the wireless communication network 100 may communicate using the electromagnetic spectrum, which may be subdivided by frequency or wavelength into various classes, bands, carriers, and / or channels. For example, devices of the wireless communication network 100 may communicate using one or more operating bands. In some aspects, multiple wireless communication networks 100 may be deployed in a given geographic area. Each wireless communication network 100 may support a particular RAT (which may also be referred to as an air interface) and may operate on one or more carrier frequencies in one or more frequency ranges. Examples of RATs include a 4G RAT, a 5G / NR RAT, and / or a 6G RAT, among other examples. In some examples, when multiple RATs are deployed in a given geographic area, each RAT in the geographic area may operate on different frequencies to avoid interference with one another.
[0051] Various operating bands have been defined as frequency range designations FR1 (410 MHz through 7.125 GHz) , FR2 (24.25 GHz through 52.6 GHz) , FR3 (7.125 GHz through 24.25 GHz) , FR4a or FR4-1 (52.6 GHz through 71 GHz) , FR4 (52.6 GHz through 114.25 GHz) , and FR5 (114.25 GHz through 300 GHz) . Although a portion of FR1 is greater than 6 GHz, FR1 is often referred to (interchangeably) as a “Sub-6 GHz” band in some documents and articles. Similarly, FR2 is often referred to (interchangeably) as a “millimeter wave” band in some documents and articles, despite being different than the extremely high frequency (EHF) band (30 GHz through 300 GHz) , which is identified by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) as a “millimeter wave” band. The frequencies between FR1 and FR2 are often referred to as mid-band frequencies, which include FR3. Frequency bands falling within FR3 may inherit FR1 characteristics or FR2 characteristics, and thus may effectively extend features of FR1 or FR2 into mid-band frequencies. Thus, “sub-6 GHz, ” if used herein, may broadly refer to frequencies that are less than 6 GHz, that are within FR1, and / or that are included in mid-band frequencies. Similarly, the term “millimeter wave, ” if used herein, may broadly refer to frequencies that are included in mid-band frequencies, that are within FR2, FR4, FR4-aor FR4-1, or FR5, and / or that are within the EHF band. Higher frequency bands may extend 5G NR operation, 6G operation, and / or other RATs beyond 52.6 GHz. For example, each of FR4a, FR4-1, FR4, and FR5 falls within the EHF band. In some examples, the wireless communication network 100 may implement dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) , in which multiple RATs (for example, 4G / LTE and 5G / NR) are implemented with dynamic bandwidth allocation (for example, in accordance with user demand) in a single frequency band. It is contemplated that the frequencies included in these operating bands (for example, FR1, FR2, FR3, FR4, FR4- a, FR4-1, and / or FR5) may be modified, and techniques described herein may be applicable to those modified frequency ranges.
[0052] A network node 105 may include one or more devices, components, or systems that enable communication between a UE 115 and one or more devices, components, or systems of the wireless communication network 100. A network node 105 may be, may include, or may also be referred to as an NR network node, a 5G network node, a 6G network node, a Node B, an eNB, a gNB, an access point (AP) , a transmission reception point (TRP) , a mobility element, a core, a network entity, a network element, a network equipment, and / or another type of device, component, or system included in a radio access network (RAN) .
[0053] A network node 110 may be implemented as a single physical node (for example, a single physical structure) or may be implemented as two or more physical nodes (for example, two or more distinct physical structures) . For example, a network node 105 may be a device or system that implements part of a radio protocol stack, a device or system that implements a full radio protocol stack (such as a full gNB protocol stack) , or a collection of devices or systems that collectively implement the full radio protocol stack. For example, and as shown, a network node 105 may be an aggregated network node (having an aggregated architecture) , meaning that the network node 105 may implement a full radio protocol stack that is physically and logically integrated within a single node (for example, a single physical structure) in the wireless communication network 100. For example, an aggregated network node 110 may consist of a single standalone base station or a single TRP that uses a full radio protocol stack to enable or facilitate communication between a UE 115 and a core network 120 of the wireless communication network 100.
[0054] Alternatively, a network node 105 may be a disaggregated network node (sometimes referred to as a disaggregated base station) , meaning that the network node 105 may implement a radio protocol stack that is physically distributed and / or logically distributed among two or more nodes in the same geographic location or in different geographic locations. For example, a disaggregated network node may have a disaggregated architecture, as further described herein with reference to Figure 3. In some deployments, disaggregated network nodes 105 may be used in an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) network, in an open radio access network (O-RAN) (such as a network configuration in compliance with the O-RAN Alliance) , or in a virtualized radio access network (vRAN) , also known as a cloud radio access network (C-RAN) , to facilitate scaling by separating base station functionality into multiple units that can be individually deployed.
[0055] The network nodes 105 of the wireless communication network 100 may include one or more central units (CUs) , one or more distributed units (DUs) , and / or one or more radio units (RUs) . A CU may host one or more higher layer control functions, such as radio resource control (RRC) functions, packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) functions, and / or service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) functions, among other examples. A DU may host one or more of a radio link control (RLC) layer, a medium access control (MAC) layer, and / or one or more higher physical (PHY) layers depending, at least in part, on a functional split, such as a functional split defined by the 3GPP. In some examples, a DU also may host one or more lower PHY layer functions, such as a fast Fourier transform (FFT) , an inverse FFT (iFFT) , beamforming, physical random access channel (PRACH) extraction and filtering, and / or scheduling of resources for one or more UEs 115, among other examples. An RU may host RF processing functions or lower PHY layer functions, such as an FFT, an iFFT, beamforming, or PRACH extraction and filtering, among other examples, according to a functional split, such as a lower layer functional split. In such an architecture, each RU can be operated to handle over the air (OTA) communication with one or more UEs 115.
[0056] In some aspects, a single network node 105 may include a combination of one or more CUs, one or more DUs, and / or one or more RUs. Additionally, or alternatively, a network node 105 may include one or more Near-Real Time (Near-RT) RAN Intelligent Controllers (RICs) and / or one or more Non-Real Time (Non-RT) RICs. In some examples, a CU, a DU, and / or an RU may be implemented as a virtual unit, such as a virtual central unit (VCU) , a virtual distributed unit (VDU) , or a virtual radio unit (VRU) , among other examples. A virtual unit may be implemented as a virtual network function, such as associated with a cloud deployment.
[0057] Some network nodes 105 (for example, a base station, an RU, or a TRP) may provide communication coverage for a particular geographic area. In the 3GPP, the term “cell” can refer to a coverage area of a network node 105 or to a network node 105 itself, depending on the context in which the term is used. A network node 105 may support one or multiple (for example, three) cells. In some examples, a network node 105 may provide communication coverage for a macro cell, a pico cell, a femto cell, or another type of cell. A macro cell may cover a relatively large geographic area (for example, several kilometers in radius) and may allow unrestricted access by UEs 115 with service subscriptions. A pico cell may cover a relatively small geographic area and may allow unrestricted access by UEs 115 with service subscriptions. A femto cell may cover a relatively small geographic area (for example, a home) and may allow restricted access by UEs 115 having association with the femto cell (for example, UEs 115 in a closed subscriber group (CSG) ) . A network node 105 for a macro cell may be referred to as a macro network node. A network node 105 for a pico cell may be referred to as a pico network node. A network node 105 for a femto cell may be referred to as a femto network node or an in-home network node. In some examples, a cell may not necessarily be stationary. For example, the geographic area of the cell may move according to the location of an associated mobile network node 105 (for example, a train, a satellite base station, an unmanned aerial vehicle, or an NTN network node) .
[0058] The wireless communication network 100 may be a heterogeneous network that includes network nodes 105 of different types, such as macro network nodes, pico network nodes, femto network nodes, relay network nodes, aggregated network nodes, and / or disaggregated network nodes, among other examples. In the example shown in Figure 1, network nodes 105d and 105e are regular macro network nodes, while network nodes 105a-105c are macro network nodes enabled with one of 3 dimension (3D) , full dimension (FD) , or massive MIMO. Network nodes 105a-105c take advantage of their higher dimension MIMO capabilities to exploit 3D beamforming in both elevation and azimuth beamforming to increase coverage and capacity. Network node 105f is a small cell network node which may be a home node or portable access point. A network node may support one or multiple cells, such as two cells, three cells, four cells, and the like. Various different types of network nodes 105 may generally transmit at different power levels, serve different coverage areas, and / or have different impacts on interference in the wireless communication network 100 than other types of network nodes 105. For example, macro network nodes may have a high transmit power level (for example, 5 to 40 watts) , whereas pico network nodes, femto network nodes, and relay network nodes may have lower transmit power levels (for example, 0.1 to 2 watts) .
[0059] In some examples, a network node 105 may be, may include, or may operate as an RU, a TRP, or a base station that communicates with one or more UEs 115 via a radio access link (which may be referred to as a “Uu” link) . The radio access link may include a downlink and an uplink. “Downlink” (or “DL” ) refers to a communication direction from a network node 105 to a UE 115, and “uplink” (or “UL” ) refers to a communication direction from a UE 115 to a network node 105. Downlink channels may include one or more control channels and one or more data channels. A downlink control channel may be used to transmit downlink control information (DCI) (for example, scheduling information, reference signals, and / or configuration information) from a network node 105 to a UE 115. A downlink data channel may be used to transmit downlink data (for example, user data associated with a UE 115) from a network node 105 to a UE 115. Downlink control channels may include one or more physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) , and downlink data channels may include one or more physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) . Uplink channels may similarly include one or more control channels and one or more data channels. An uplink control channel may be used to transmit uplink control information (UCI) (for example, reference signals and / or feedback corresponding to one or more downlink transmissions) from a UE 115 to a network node 105. An uplink data channel may be used to transmit uplink data (for example, user data associated with a UE 115) from a UE 115 to a network node 105. Uplink control channels may include one or more physical uplink control channels (PUCCHs) , and uplink data channels may include one or more physical uplink shared channels (PUSCHs) . The downlink and the uplink may each include a set of resources on which the network node 105 and the UE 115 may communicate.
[0060] Downlink and uplink resources may include time domain resources (frames, subframes, slots, and / or symbols) , frequency domain resources (frequency bands, component carriers, subcarriers, resource blocks, and / or resource elements) , and / or spatial domain resources (particular transmit directions and / or beam parameters) . Frequency domain resources of some bands may be subdivided into bandwidth parts (BWPs) . A BWP may be a continuous block of frequency domain resources (for example, a continuous block of resource blocks) that are allocated for one or more UEs 115. A UE 115 may be configured with both an uplink BWP and a downlink BWP (where the uplink BWP and the downlink BWP may be the same BWP or different BWPs) . A BWP may be dynamically configured (for example, by a network node 105 transmitting a DCI configuration to the one or more UEs 115) and / or reconfigured, which means that a BWP can be adjusted in real-time (or near-real-time) in accordance with changing network conditions in the wireless communication network 100 and / or in accordance with the specific requirements of the one or more UEs 115. This enables more efficient use of the available frequency domain resources in the wireless communication network 100 because fewer frequency domain resources may be allocated to a BWP for a UE 115 (which may reduce the quantity of frequency domain resources that a UE 115 is required to monitor) , leaving more frequency domain resources to be spread across multiple UEs 115. Thus, BWPs may also assist in the implementation of lower-capability UEs 115 by facilitating the configuration of smaller bandwidths for communication by such UEs 115.
[0061] As described above, in some aspects, the wireless communication network 100 may be, may include, or may be included in, an IAB network. In an IAB network, at least one network node 105 is an anchor network node that communicates with the core network 120. An anchor network node 105 may also be referred to as an IAB donor (or “IAB-donor” ) . The anchor network node 105 may connect to the core network 120 via a wired backhaul link. For example, an Ng interface of the anchor network node 105 may terminate at the core network 120. Additionally, or alternatively, an anchor network node 105 may connect to one or more devices of the core network 120 that provide a core access and mobility management function (AMF) . An IAB network also generally includes multiple non-anchor network nodes 105, which may also be referred to as relay network nodes or simply as IAB nodes (or “IAB-nodes” ) . Each non-anchor network node 105 may communicate directly with the anchor network node 105 via a wireless backhaul link to access the core network 120, or may communicate indirectly with the anchor network node 105 via one or more other non-anchor network nodes 105 and associated wireless backhaul links that form a backhaul path to the core network 120. Some anchor network nodes 105 or other non-anchor network nodes 105 may also communicate directly with one or more UEs 115 via wireless access links that carry access traffic. In some examples, network resources for wireless communication (such as time resources, frequency resources, and / or spatial resources) may be shared between access links and backhaul links.
[0062] The wireless communication network 100 may support synchronous or asynchronous operation. For synchronous operation, the network nodes may have similar frame timing, and transmissions from different network nodes may be approximately aligned in time. For asynchronous operation, the network nodes may have different frame timing, and transmissions from different network nodes may not be aligned in time. In some scenarios, networks may be enabled or configured to handle dynamic switching between synchronous or asynchronous operations.
[0063] The UEs 115 are physically dispersed throughout the wireless communication network 100, and each UE may be stationary or mobile. It should be appreciated that, although a mobile apparatus is commonly referred to as a UE in standards and specifications promulgated by the 3GPP, such apparatus may additionally or otherwise be referred to by those skilled in the art as a mobile station (MS) , a subscriber station, a mobile unit, a subscriber unit, a wireless unit, a remote unit, a mobile device, a wireless device, a wireless communications device, a remote device, a mobile subscriber station, an access terminal (AT) , a mobile terminal, a wireless terminal, a remote terminal, a handset, a terminal, a user agent, a mobile client, a client, or some other suitable terminology. Within the present document, a “mobile” apparatus or UE need not necessarily have a capability to move, and may be stationary. Some non-limiting examples of a mobile apparatus, such as may include implementations of one or more of the UEs 115, include a mobile phone, a cellular (cell) phone, a smart phone, a session initiation protocol (SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a laptop, a personal computer (PC) , a notebook, a netbook, a smart book, a tablet, and a personal digital assistant (PDA) . A UE 115 may additionally be an “Internet of Things” (IoT) or “Internet of Everything” (IoE) device, an automotive or other transportation vehicle, a satellite radio, a global positioning system (GPS) device, a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) device, a logistics controller, a drone, a multi-copter, a quad-copter, a smart energy or security device, a solar panel or solar array, municipal lighting, water, or other infrastructure; industrial automation and enterprise devices; consumer and wearable devices, such as eyewear, a wearable camera, a smart watch, a health or fitness tracker, a mammal implantable device, a gesture tracking device, a medical device, a digital audio player (such as MP3 player) , a camera or a game console, among other examples. The UEs 115 may also include digital home or smart home devices, such as a home audio, video, and multimedia device, an appliance, a sensor, a vending machine, intelligent lighting, a home security system, or a smart meter, among other examples. In one aspect, a UE may be a device that includes a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) . In another aspect, a UE may be a device that does not include a UICC. In some aspects, UEs that do not include UICCs may be referred to as IoE devices. The UEs 115a-115d of the implementation illustrated in Figure 1 are examples of mobile smart phone-type devices accessing the wireless communication network 100. A UE may be a machine specifically configured for connected communication, including machine type communication (MTC) , enhanced MTC (eMTC) , narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) and the like. The UEs 115e-115k illustrated in Figure 1 are examples of various machines configured for communication that access the wireless communication network 100.
[0064] A mobile apparatus, such as the UEs 115, may be able to communicate with any type of the network nodes, whether macro network nodes, pico network nodes, femto network nodes, macro base stations, pico base stations, femto base stations, relays, and the like. In Figure 1, a communication link (represented as a lightning bolt) indicates wireless transmissions between a UE and a serving network node, which is a network node designated to serve the UE on the downlink or uplink, wireless transmissions between network nodes, and backhaul transmissions between network nodes. Backhaul communication between network nodes of the wireless communication network 100 may occur using wired or wireless communication links.
[0065] In some examples, two or more UEs 115 (for example, shown as UE 115i and UE 115j) may communicate directly with one another using sidelink communications (for example, without communicating by way of a network node 105 as an intermediary) . As an example, the UE 115i may directly transmit data, control information, or other signaling as a sidelink communication to the UE 115j. This is in contrast to, for example, the UE 115i first transmitting data in a UL communication to a network node 105, which then transmits the data to the UE 115j in a DL communication. In various examples, the UEs 115 may transmit and receive sidelink communications using peer-to-peer (P2P) communication protocols, device-to-device (D2D) communication protocols, vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication protocols (which may include vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) protocols, vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) protocols, and / or vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P) protocols) , and / or mesh network communication protocols. In some deployments and configurations, a network node 105 may schedule and / or allocate resources for sidelink communications between UEs 115 in the wireless communication network 100. In some other deployments and configurations, a UE 115 (instead of a network node 105) may perform, or collaborate or negotiate with one or more other UEs to perform, scheduling operations, resource selection operations, and / or other operations for sidelink communications.
[0066] In some examples, the UEs 115 and the network nodes 105 may perform MIMO communication. “MIMO” generally refers to transmitting or receiving multiple signals (such as multiple layers or multiple data streams) simultaneously over the same time and frequency resources. MIMO techniques generally exploit multipath propagation. MIMO may be implemented using various spatial processing or spatial multiplexing operations. In some examples, MIMO may support simultaneous transmission to multiple receivers, referred to as multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO) . Some RATs may employ advanced MIMO techniques, such as mTRP operation (including redundant transmission or reception on multiple TRPs) , reciprocity in the time domain or the frequency domain, single-frequency-network (SFN) transmission, or non-coherent joint transmission (NC-JT) .
[0067] As an example of operation at the wireless communication network 100, the network nodes 105a-105c serve the UEs 115a and 115b using 3D beamforming and coordinated spatial techniques, such as coordinated multipoint (CoMP) or multi-connectivity. Macro network node 105d performs backhaul communications with the network nodes 105a-105c, as well as with the small cell network node 105f. Macro network node 105d also transmits multicast services which are subscribed to and received by the UEs 115c and 115d. Such multicast services may include mobile television or streaming video, or may include other services for providing community information, such as weather emergencies or alerts, such as Amber alerts or gray alerts.
[0068] The wireless communication network 100 of implementations supports mission critical communications with ultra-reliable and redundant links for mission critical devices, such the UE 115e, which is a drone. Redundant communication links with the UE 115e include communication links from the macro network nodes 105d and 105e, as well as the small cell network node 105f. Other machine type devices, such as UE 115f (thermometer) , the UE 115g (smart meter) , and the UE 115h (wearable device) may communicate through the wireless communication network 100 either directly with network nodes, such as the small cell network node 105f and the macro network node 105e, or in multi-hop configurations by communicating with another user device which relays its information to the network, such as the UE 115f communicating temperature measurement information to the UE 115g, which is then reported to the network through the small cell network node 105f. The wireless communication network 100 may provide additional network efficiency through dynamic, low-latency TDD or FDD communications, such as in a vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) mesh network between the UEs 115i-115k communicating with the macro network node 105e.
[0069] In some aspects, one or more of the network nodes 105 and one or more of the UEs 115 may perform wireless communications that support selection of a set of SD bases and generation of a CSI report in accordance with the selected set of SD bases. For example, one or more of the UEs 115 (such as the UE 115c) may include a CSI manager 150 that manages operations that support selection of a set of SD bases and generation of a CSI report in accordance with the selected set of SD bases. The operations may include, for each candidate SD basis of a group of candidate SD bases, obtaining a value of a metric associated with the candidate SD basis; selecting, in accordance with the values of the metric associated with the group of candidate SD bases, a plurality of candidate SD bases from the group of candidate SD bases; and transmitting a CSI report including WB PMI information that indicates the plurality of candidate SD bases for a WB, as further described herein with reference to Figure 4. As another example, one or more of the network nodes 105 (such as the network node 105d) may include a precoder manager 152 that manages operations that support generation of a precoding matrix in accordance with a received CSI report. The operations may include receiving a CSI report including WB PMI information that indicates a plurality of candidate SD bases for a WB, the plurality of candidate SD bases selected from a group of candidate SD bases in accordance with values of a metric associated with the group of candidate SD bases; generating a precoder matrix in accordance with the WB PMI; and transmitting a PDSCH in accordance with the precoder matrix, as further described herein with reference to Figure 4.
[0070] Figure 2 is a block diagram illustrating examples of a network node 105 and a UE 115 in accordance with the present disclosure. The network node 105 and the UE 115 may be one of the network nodes 105 and one of the UEs 115 in Figure 1. For a restricted association scenario, the network node 105 may be the small cell network node 105f in Figure 1, and the UE 115 may be the UE 115c or 115d operating in a service area of the network node 105f, which in order to access the small cell network node 105f, would be included in a list of accessible UEs for the small cell network node 105f. Additionally, the network node 105 may be a base station or network entity of some other type. As shown in Figure 2, the network node 105 may be equipped with antennas 234a through 234t, and the UE 115 may be equipped with antennas 252a through 252r for facilitating wireless communications.
[0071] For downlink communication from the network node 105 to the UE 115, a transmit processor 220 may receive data ( “downlink data” ) from a data source 212 (such as a data pipeline or a data queue) and control information from a controller 240. The control information may be for the physical broadcast channel (PBCH) , physical control format indicator channel (PCFICH) , physical hybrid-ARQ (automatic repeat request) indicator channel (PHICH) , PDCCH, enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) , or MTC physical downlink control channel (MPDCCH) , among other examples. The data may be for the PDSCH, among other examples. The transmit processor 220 may process, such as encode and symbol map, such as in accordance with a selected modulation and coding scheme (MCS) , the data and control information to obtain data symbols and control symbols, respectively. Additionally, the transmit processor 220 may generate reference symbols for reference signals, such as for a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) , a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) , or a CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) and / or synchronization signals, such as for a primary synchronization signal (PSS) or a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) .
[0072] Transmit (TX) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) processor 230 may perform spatial processing on the data symbols, the control symbols, and / or the reference symbols, if applicable, and may provide output symbol streams to modems 232a through 232t. For example, each output symbol stream may be provided to a respective modulator component (shown as MOD) of a modem 232. In some examples, spatial processing performed on the data symbols, the control symbols, and / or the reference symbols may include precoding. Each modem 232 may use the respective modulator component to process a respective output symbol stream, such as for OFDM, among other examples, to obtain an output sample stream. Each modem 232 may additionally, or alternatively use the respective modulator component to process the output sample stream to obtain a downlink signal. For example, to process the output sample stream, each modem 232 may use the respective modulator component to convert to analog, amplify, filter, and upconvert the output sample stream to obtain the downlink signal. The modems 232a through 232t may together transmit a set of downlink signals from via the antennas 234a through 234t, respectively.
[0073] A downlink signal may include a DCI communication, a MAC control element (MAC-CE) communication, an RRC communication, a downlink reference signal, or another type of downlink communication. Downlink signals may be transmitted on a PDCCH, a PDSCH, and / or on another downlink channel. A downlink signal may carry one or more transport blocks (TBs) of data. A TB may be a unit of data that is transmitted over an air interface in the wireless communication network 100. A data stream (for example, from the data source 212) may be encoded into multiple TBs for transmission over the air interface. The quantity of TBs used to carry the data associated with a particular data stream may be associated with a TB size common to the multiple TBs. The TB size may be associated with radio channel conditions of the air interface, the MCS used for encoding the data, the downlink resources allocated for transmitting the data, and / or another parameter. In general, the larger the TB size, the greater the amount of data that can be transmitted in a single transmission, which reduces signaling overhead. However, larger TB sizes may be more prone to transmission and / or reception errors than smaller TB sizes, but such errors may be mitigated by more robust error correction techniques.
[0074] At the UE 115, the antennas 252a through 252r may receive the downlink signals from the network node 105 and may provide a set of received signals to modems 254a through 254r. For example, each received signal may be provided to a respective demodulator component (shown as DEMOD) of a modem 254. Each modem 254 may use the respective demodulator component to condition a respective received signal to obtain input samples. For example, to condition the respective received signal, the demodulator component of each modem 254 may filter, amplify, downconvert, and / or digitize the respective received signal to obtain the input samples. Each modem 254 may use the respective demodulator component to further process the input samples, such as for OFDM, among other examples, to obtain received symbols. MIMO detector 256 may obtain received symbols from modems 254a through 254r, perform MIMO detection on the received symbols if applicable, and provide detected symbols. Receive processor 258 may process the detected symbols, provide decoded data for the UE 115 to a data sink 260 (which may include a data pipeline, a data queue, and / or an application executed on the UE 115) , and provide decoded control information to a controller 280. For example, to process the detected symbols, the receive processor 258 may demodulate, deinterleave, and decode the detected symbols.
[0075] In some aspects, one or a combination of the antenna (s) 252, the modem (s) 254, the MIMO detector 256, the receive processor 258, the transmit processor 264, or the TX MIMO processor 266 may be included in a transceiver that is included in the UE 115. The transceiver may be under control of and used by one or more processors, such as the controller 280, and in some aspects in conjunction with processor-readable code stored in the memory 282, to perform aspects of the methods, processes, or operations described herein. In some aspects, the UE 115 may include another interface, another communication component, and / or another component that facilitates communication with the network node 105 and / or another UE 115. Additionally, or alternatively, one or more of the components of the UE 115 may be included in a housing 284.
[0076] For uplink communications from the UE 115 to the network node 105, a transmit processor 264 may receive and process data ( “uplink data” ) from a data source 262 and control information (such as for the PUCCH) from the controller 280. The control information may include one or more parameters, feedback, one or more signal measurements, and / or other types of control information. In some aspects, the receive processor 258 and / or the controller 280 may determine, for a received signal (such as received from the network node 105 or another UE) , one or more parameters relating to transmission of the uplink communication. The one or more parameters may include a reference signal received power (RSRP) parameter, a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) parameter, a reference signal received quality (RSRQ) parameter, a channel quality indicator (CQI) parameter, or a transmit power control (TPC) parameter, among other examples. The control information may include an indication of the RSRP parameter, the RSSI parameter, the RSRQ parameter, the CQI parameter, the TPC parameter, and / or another parameter. The control information may facilitate parameter selection and / or scheduling for the UE 115 by the network node 105.
[0077] The transmit processor 264 may generate reference symbols for a reference signal, such as an uplink DMRS, an uplink sounding reference signal (SRS) , and / or another type of reference signal. The symbols from the transmit processor 264 may be precoded by a TX MIMO processor 266, if applicable, and further processed by the modems 254a through 254r (such as for DFT-s-OFDM or CP-OFDM, among other examples) . The TX MIMO processor 266 may perform spatial processing (for example, precoding) on the data symbols, the control symbols, and / or the reference symbols, if applicable, and may provide a set of output symbol streams to the modems 254. For example, each output symbol stream may be provided to a respective modulator component (shown as MOD) of a modem 254. Each modem 254 may use the respective modulator component to process a respective output symbol stream (for example, for OFDM) to obtain an output sample stream. Each modem 254 may further use the respective modulator component to process (for example, convert to analog, amplify, filter, and / or upconvert) the output sample stream to obtain an uplink signal.
[0078] The modems 254a through 254r may transmit a set of uplink signals via the corresponding antennas 252a through 252r, respectively. An uplink signal may include a UCI communication, a MAC-CE communication, an RRC communication, or another type of uplink communication. Uplink signals may be transmitted on a PUSCH, a PUCCH, and / or another type of uplink channel. An uplink signal may carry one or more TBs of data. Sidelink data and control transmissions (that is, transmissions directly between two or more UEs 115) may generally use similar techniques as were described for uplink data and control transmission, and may use sidelink-specific channels such as a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) , a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) , and / or a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) .
[0079] At network node 105, the uplink signals from the UE 115 may be received by antennas 234a through 234t, processed by demodulator components of the modems 232a through 232t, detected by a MIMO detector 236 if applicable, and further processed by a receive processor 238 to obtain decoded data and / or control information sent by the UE 115. The receive processor 238 may provide the decoded data to a data sink 239 (which may be a data pipeline, a data queue, and / or another type of data sink) and provide the decoded control information to the controller 240.
[0080] The controllers 240 and 280 may direct the operation at the network node 105 and the UE 115, respectively. The controller 240 (or other processors and modules at the network node 105) may perform or direct the execution of various processes for the techniques described herein, such as to perform or direct the execution illustrated in Figure 20, or other processes for the techniques described herein. Similarly, the controller 280 (or other processors and modules at the UE 115) may perform or direct the execution of various processes for the techniques described herein, such as to perform or direct the execution illustrated in Figure 18, or other processes for the techniques described herein. For example, the controller 240 and / or the controller 280 may perform or control operations that support CSI associated with an SD basis. Additionally, or alternatively, the UE 115 may include the CSI manager 150 and the network node 105 may include the precoder manager 152 that are configured to manage operations to support CSI associated with an SD basis, as further described herein. Although referred to as “controllers” , the controllers 240 and 280 may include one or more processors and / or one or more controllers, and also or in the alternative be referred to as “processors” or “controller / processors” . In some aspects, a single processor may perform all of the operations described as being performed by the one or more processors or the one or more controllers. In some aspects, a first set of (one or more) processors of the one or more processors may perform a first operation described as being performed by the one or more processors, and a second set of (one or more) processors of the one or more processors may perform a second operation described as being performed by the one or more processors. The first set of processors and the second set of processors may be the same set of processors or may be different sets of processors.
[0081] The memories 242 and 282 may store data and program codes for the network node 105 and the UE 115, respectively. Reference to “one or more memories” should be understood to refer to any one or more memories of a corresponding device, such as the memory described in connection with Figure 2. For example, an operation described as being performed by one or more memories can be performed by the same subset of the one or more memories or different subsets of the one or more memories.
[0082] The network node 105 may use a scheduler 246 to schedule one or more UEs 115 for downlink or uplink communications. In some aspects, the scheduler 246 may use DCI to dynamically schedule DL transmissions to the UE 115 and / or UL transmissions from the UE 115. In some examples, the scheduler 246 may allocate recurring time domain resources and / or frequency domain resources that the UE 115 may use to transmit and / or receive communications using an RRC configuration (for example, a semi-static configuration) , for example, to perform semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) or to configure a configured grant (CG) for the UE 115.
[0083] In some examples, the network node 105 may use a communication unit 244 to communicate with a core network and / or with other network nodes. The communication unit 244 may support wired and / or wireless communication protocols and / or connections, such as Ethernet, optical fiber, common public radio interface (CPRI) , and / or a wired or wireless backhaul, among other examples. The network node 105 may use the communication unit 244 to transmit and / or receive data associated with the UE 115 or to perform network control signaling, among other examples. The communication unit 244 may include a transceiver and / or an interface, such as a network interface.
[0084] One or more antennas of the antennas 252 or the antennas 234 may include, or may be included within, one or more antenna panels, one or more antenna groups, one or more sets of antenna elements, or one or more antenna arrays, among other examples. An antenna panel, an antenna group, a set of antenna elements, or an antenna array may include one or more antenna elements (within a single housing or multiple housings) , a set of coplanar antenna elements, a set of non-coplanar antenna elements, or one or more antenna elements coupled with one or more transmission or reception components, such as one or more components of Figure 2. As used herein, “antenna” can refer to one or more antennas, one or more antenna panels, one or more antenna groups, one or more sets of antenna elements, or one or more antenna arrays. “Antenna panel” can refer to a group of antennas (such as antenna elements) arranged in an array or panel, which may facilitate beamforming by manipulating parameters of the group of antennas. “Antenna module” may refer to circuitry including one or more antennas, which may also include one or more other components (such as filters, amplifiers, or processors) associated with integrating the antenna module into a wireless communication device.
[0085] In some examples, each of the antenna elements of an antenna 234 or an antenna 252 may include one or more sub-elements for radiating or receiving radio frequency signals. For example, a single antenna element may include a first sub-element cross-polarized with a second sub-element that can be used to independently transmit cross-polarized signals. The antenna elements may include patch antennas, dipole antennas, and / or other types of antennas arranged in a linear pattern, a two-dimensional pattern, or another pattern. A spacing between antenna elements may be such that signals with a desired wavelength transmitted separately by the antenna elements may interact or interfere constructively and destructively along various directions (such as to form a desired beam) . For example, given an expected range of wavelengths or frequencies, the spacing may provide a quarter wavelength, a half wavelength, or another fraction of a wavelength of spacing between neighboring antenna elements to allow for the desired constructive and destructive interference patterns of signals transmitted by the separate antenna elements within that expected range.
[0086] The amplitudes and / or phases of signals transmitted via antenna elements and / or sub-elements may be modulated and shifted relative to each other (such as by manipulating phase shift, phase offset, and / or amplitude) to generate one or more beams, which is referred to as beamforming. The term “beam” may refer to a directional transmission of a wireless signal toward a receiving device or otherwise in a desired direction. “Beam” may also generally refer to a direction associated with such a directional signal transmission, a set of directional resources associated with the signal transmission (for example, an angle of arrival, a horizontal direction, and / or a vertical direction) , and / or a set of parameters that indicate one or more aspects of a directional signal, a direction associated with the signal, and / or a set of directional resources associated with the signal. In some implementations, antenna elements may be individually selected or deselected for directional transmission of a signal (or signals) by controlling amplitudes of one or more corresponding amplifiers and / or phases of the signal (s) to form one or more beams. The shape of a beam (such as the amplitude, width, and / or presence of side lobes) and / or the direction of a beam (such as an angle of the beam relative to a surface of an antenna array) can be dynamically controlled by modifying the phase shifts, phase offsets, and / or amplitudes of the multiple signals relative to each other.
[0087] Different UEs 115 or network nodes 105 may include different numbers of antenna elements. For example, a UE 115 may include a single antenna element, two antenna elements, four antenna elements, eight antenna elements, or a different number of antenna elements. As another example, a network node 105 may include eight antenna elements, 24 antenna elements, 64 antenna elements, 128 antenna elements, or a different number of antenna elements. Generally, a larger number of antenna elements may provide increased control over parameters for beam generation relative to a smaller number of antenna elements, whereas a smaller number of antenna elements may be less complex to implement and may use less power than a larger number of antenna elements. Multiple antenna elements may support multiple-layer transmission, in which a first layer of a communication (which may include a first data stream) and a second layer of a communication (which may include a second data stream) are transmitted using the same time and frequency resources with spatial multiplexing.
[0088] Figure 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example disaggregated base station architecture 300 in accordance with the present disclosure. One or more components of the example disaggregated base station architecture 300 may be, may include, or may be included in one or more network nodes (such as one or more network nodes 105) . The disaggregated base station architecture 300 may include a CU 310 that can communicate directly with a core network 320 via a backhaul link, or that can communicate indirectly with the core network 320 via one or more disaggregated control units, such as a Non-RT RIC 350 associated with a Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) Framework 360 and / or a Near-RT RIC 370 (for example, via an E2 link) . In some implementations, the core network 320 includes or corresponds to the core network 120 of Figure 1. The CU 310 may communicate with one or more DUs 330 via respective midhaul links, such as via F1 interfaces. Each of the DUs 330 may communicate with one or more RUs 340 via respective fronthaul links. Each of the RUs 340 may communicate with one or more UEs 115 via respective RF access links. In some deployments, a UE 115 may be simultaneously served by multiple RUs 340.
[0089] Each of the components of the disaggregated base station architecture 300, including the CUs 310, the DUs 330, the RUs 340, the Near-RT RICs 370, the Non-RT RICs 350, and the SMO Framework 360, may include one or more interfaces or may be coupled with one or more interfaces for receiving or transmitting signals, such as data or information, via a wired or wireless transmission medium.
[0090] In some aspects, the CU 310 may be logically split into one or more CU user plane (CU-UP) units and one or more CU control plane (CU-CP) units. A CU-UP unit may communicate bidirectionally with a CU-CP unit via an interface, such as the E1 interface when implemented in an O-RAN configuration. The CU 310 may be deployed to communicate with one or more DUs 330, as necessary, for network control and signaling. Each DU 330 may correspond to a logical unit that includes one or more base station functions to control the operation of one or more RUs 340. For example, a DU 330 may host various layers, such as an RLC layer, a MAC layer, or one or more PHY layers, such as one or more high PHY layers or one or more low PHY layers. Each layer (which also may be referred to as a module) may be implemented with an interface for communicating signals with other layers (and modules) hosted by the DU 330, or for communicating signals with the control functions hosted by the CU 310. Each RU 340 may implement lower layer functionality. In some aspects, real-time and non-real-time aspects of control and user plane communication with the RU (s) 340 may be controlled by the corresponding DU 330.
[0091] The SMO Framework 360 may support RAN deployment and provisioning of non-virtualized and virtualized network elements. For non-virtualized network elements, the SMO Framework 360 may support the deployment of dedicated physical resources for RAN coverage requirements, which may be managed via an operations and maintenance interface, such as an O1 interface. For virtualized network elements, the SMO Framework 360 may interact with a cloud computing platform (such as an open cloud (O-Cloud) platform 390) to perform network element life cycle management (such as to instantiate virtualized network elements) via a cloud computing platform interface, such as an O2 interface. A virtualized network element may include, but is not limited to, a CU 310, a DU 330, an RU 340, a non-RT RIC 350, and / or a Near-RT RIC 370. In some aspects, the SMO Framework 360 may communicate with a hardware aspect of a 4G RAN, a 5G NR RAN, and / or a 6G RAN, such as an open eNB (O-eNB) 380, via an O1 interface. Additionally, or alternatively, the SMO Framework 360 may communicate directly with each of one or more RUs 340 via a respective O1 interface. In some deployments, this configuration can enable each DU 330 and the CU 310 to be implemented in a cloud-based RAN architecture, such as a vRAN architecture.
[0092] The Non-RT RIC 350 may include or may implement a logical function that enables non-real-time control and optimization of RAN elements and resources, AI / ML workflows including model training and updates, and / or policy-based guidance of applications and / or features in the Near-RT RIC 370. The Non-RT RIC 350 may be coupled to or may communicate with (such as via an A1 interface) the Near-RT RIC 370. The Near-RT RIC 370 may include or may implement a logical function that enables near-real-time control and optimization of RAN elements and resources via data collection and actions via an interface (such as via an E2 interface) connecting one or more CUs 310, one or more DUs 330, and / or an O-eNB with the Near-RT RIC 370.
[0093] In some aspects, to generate AI / ML models to be deployed in the Near-RT RIC 370, the Non-RT RIC 350 may receive parameters or external enrichment information from external servers. Such information may be utilized by the Near-RT RIC 370 and may be received at the SMO Framework 360 or the Non-RT RIC 350 from non-network data sources or from network functions. In some examples, the Non-RT RIC 350 or the Near-RT RIC 370 may tune RAN behavior or performance. For example, the Non-RT RIC 350 may monitor long-term trends and patterns for performance and may employ AI / ML models to perform corrective actions via the SMO Framework 360 (such as reconfiguration via an O1 interface) or via creation of RAN management policies (such as A1 interface policies) .
[0094] The UEs 115, the CU 310, the DUs 330, the RUs 340, or any other component (s) of Figure 3 may implement one or more techniques or perform one or more operations associated with CSI associated with an SD basis, as described further herein. For example, the UEs 115 may include the CSI manager 150 and the RUs 340 may include the precoder manager 152, which may manage operations to support CSI associated with an SD basis. Although shown as being included in a single UE 115 in Figure 3, any of the UEs 115 may include the CSI manager 150, and although shown as being included in a single RU 340 in Figure 3, any of the RUs 340, the DUs 330, the CU 310, the Non-RT RIC 350, the SMO Framework 360, the Near-RT RIC 370, or a combination thereof, may include the precoder manager 152. The CSI manager 150 may direct operations of, for example, the process 1800 of Figure 18, or other processes as described herein (alone or in conjunction with one or more other processors) . Similarly, the precoder manager 152 may direct operations of, for example, the process 2000 of Figure 20, or other processes as described herein (alone or in conjunction with one or more other processors) .
[0095] In some examples, the CSI manager 150 or the precoder manager 152 may include, or have access to, a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions (for example, code or program code) for wireless communication. The memory may include one or more memories, such as a single memory or multiple different memories (of the same type or of different types) . For example, the set of instructions, when executed (for example, directly, or after compiling, converting, or interpreting) by the CSI manager 150 or one or more processors of the UE 115 may cause the one or more processors or the CSI manager 150 to perform the process 1800 of Figure 18, or other processes as described herein. As another example, the set of instructions, when executed (for example, directly, or after compiling, converting, or interpreting) by the precoder manager 152, one or more processors of the network node 105, the CU 310, the DU 330, the RU 340, the Non-RT RIC 350, the SMO Framework 360, or the Near-RT RIC 370, may cause the one or more processors or the precoder manager 152 to perform the process 2000 of Figure 20, or other processes as described herein. In some examples, executing instructions may include running the instructions, converting the instructions, compiling the instructions, and / or interpreting the instructions, among other examples.
[0096] Figure 4 is a block diagram illustrating an example wireless communication system 400 that supports selection of a set of SD bases in accordance with the present disclosure. In some examples, the wireless communication system 400 may implement aspects of the wireless communication network 100. The wireless communication system 400 includes the UE 115 and the network node 105. Although one UE 115 and one network node 105 are illustrated, in some other implementations, the wireless communication system 400 may generally include multiple UEs 115, multiple network nodes 105, or both.
[0097] The UE 115 can include a variety of components (such as structural, hardware components) used for carrying out one or more functions described herein. For example, these components can include one or more processors 402 (hereinafter referred to collectively as “the processor 402” ) , one or more memory devices 404 (hereinafter referred to collectively as “the memory 404” ) , one or more transmitters 435 (hereinafter referred to collectively as “the transmitter 435” ) , and one or more receivers 436 (hereinafter referred to collectively as “the receiver 436” ) . Although referred to as a processor, the UE 115 may include one or more chips, system-on-chips (SoCs) , chipsets, packages, or devices that individually or collectively constitute or include a processing system. The processing system includes one or more processors and one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors. Such a processing system may include processor (or “processing” ) circuitry in the form of one or multiple processors (such as the processor 402) , microprocessors, processing units (such as central processing units (CPUs) , graphics processing units (GPUs) , neural processing units (NPUs) and / or digital signal processors (DSPs) ) , processing blocks, application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) , programmable logic devices (PLDs) (such as field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) ) , or other discrete gate or transistor logic or circuitry (all of which may be generally referred to herein individually as “processors” or collectively as “the processor 402” or “the processor circuitry” ) .
[0098] One or more of the processors 402 may be individually or collectively configurable or configured to perform various functions or operations described herein. A group of processors collectively configurable or configured to perform a set of functions may include a first processor configurable or configured to perform a first function of the set of functions and a second processor configurable or configured to perform a second function of the set of functions, or may include the group of processors all being configured or configurable to perform the set of functions. The processor 402 may be configured to execute instructions 405 stored in the memory 404 to perform the operations described herein. In some implementations, the processor 402 includes or corresponds to the receive processor 258, the transmit processor 264, the controller 280, or a combination thereof, and the memory 404 includes or corresponds to the memory 282, described with reference to Figure 2. In some implementations, the processor 402, the memory 404, the instructions 405, another component of the UE 115, or a combination thereof, may include or correspond to the CSI manager 150 of Figures 1-3 and / or may perform the operations associated with the CSI manager 150 to support CSI associated with an SD basis.
[0099] The memory 404 may be configured to store one or more parameters 406 (hereinafter referred to collectively as “the parameter 406” ) , a group of candidate SD bases 408, a metric 410, a plurality of candidate SD bases 412, a set of SD bases for WB 414, a set of SD bases for SB 416, co-phasing information 418, a CQI 422, and PMI information 424. The parameter 406 includes a candidate number 432 and a set number 434. The candidate number 432 represents a value “X” that is a total number of SD bases included in the plurality of candidate SD bases 412. The set number 434 represents a value “X1” that is a total number of SD bases the UE 115 selects to be included in a set of SD bases, where the set of SD bases is for an individual SB of a WB (a reporting band) or for each SB of the WB. The value X, the value X1, or both, can be selected by the UE 115, as further described herein. Additionally, or alternatively, the value X, the value X1, or both can be configured in accordance with an RRC message received from the network node 105 or indicated by a standard. The value X can be greater than a number of SD bases needed for constructing a precoding matrix. In some implementations, the value X satisfies the condition where is a ceiling function. Additionally, the value X1 may satisfy the condition X1≤X.
[0100] In some implementations, the parameter 406 may include or indicate a first dimension N1 (ahorizontal dimension) associated with an array of beams, a second dimension N2 (avertical dimension) associated with the array of beams, a first oversampling value O1 (ahorizontal oversampling) associated with the array of beams, and a second oversampling value O2 (avertical oversampling) associated with the array of beams. In some implementations, the first offset value O1 and the second offset value O2 are associated with DFT oversampling. The first dimension N1, the second dimension N2, the first offset value O1, and the second offset value O2 may include or correspond to a capability of the UE 115.
[0101] The group of candidate SD bases 408 includes multiple candidate SD bases from which the UE 115 selects the plurality of candidate SD bases 412. In some implementations, the group of candidate SD bases 408 includes an oversampled discrete Fourier transform (DFT) basis set, such as an oversampled DFT basis set of orthogonal bases.
[0102] The metric 410 may include or indicate a value associated with an SD basis that is measured / determined by the UE 115. For example, the metric 410 may include a power metric, a noise metric, another metric, or a combination thereof. To illustrate, a value of a power metric for an SB basis may indicate a relative strength of the SB basis and may be determined by multiplying the SD basis and a channel correlation matrix (across-polarization channel correlation matrix) . In some implementations, the value of the metric 410 for an SD basis may be determined for each of one or more SBs of the WB.
[0103] The plurality of candidate SD bases 412 represents X SD bases selected by the UE 115 from the group of candidate SD bases 408. Accordingly, the plurality of candidate SD bases 412 may also be referred to as a plurality of candidate orthogonal bases. The X SD bases of the plurality of candidate SD bases 412 may be selected by the UE 115 in accordance with the metric 410. For example, the plurality of candidate SD bases 412 may be selected as the X SD bases of the group of candidate SD bases 408 having the highest value of the metric 410, such as the strongest power value, or the lowest value of the metric 410, such as the lowest noise value, as non-limiting examples.
[0104] The set of SD bases for WB 414 represents a set of SD bases selected by the UE 115 from the plurality of candidate SD bases 412. The set of SD bases for WB 414 may be selected by the UE 115 such that the set of SD bases for WB 414 is common to all SBs of the WB (an entire reporting band) .
[0105] The set of SD bases for SB 416 includes or indicates a set of SD bases selected by the UE 115 from the plurality of candidate SD bases 412. The set of SD bases for SB 416 may be selected by the UE 115 such that the set of SD bases for the SB 416 is specific to an individual SB of the WB (the reporting band) . In some implementations, the UE 115 selects, for each SB of the WB, a respective a set of SD bases for the SB. For example, the set of SD bases for SB 146 may include a set of SD bases for an SB of the WB and another set of SD bases for another SB of the WB. The set of SD bases and the other set of SD bases may be the same set of SD bases or may be different sets of SD bases, such that the UE 115 may select different sets of SD bases for different SBs of the WB.
[0106] The co-phasing information 418 may indicate a co-phase (arelative phase rotation) to restrict an SD basis for one or more layers. For example, the co-phasing may be configured to maintain the orthogonality between different layers (e.g., different polarizations) . The co-phasing information 418 may represent co-phasing for a set of SD bases, such as the set of SD bases for WB 414 or the set of SD bases for SB 416. To illustrate, the co-phasing information 418 may include a co-phase for an SD basis of the set of SD bases for WB 414. Additionally, the WB co-phasing can be the same for each SD basis of the set of SD bases for WB 414, or can be SD basis-specific for each SD basis of the set of SD bases for WB 414. To further illustrate, the co-phasing information 418 may be a co-phase for an SD basis of the set of SD bases for SB 416. Additionally, the SB co-phasing can be the same for each SD of the set of SD bases for SB 416, or can be SD basis-specific for each SD of the set of SD bases for SB 416.
[0107] The CQI 422 may include or indicate a CQI value using signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) values across multiple layers, such as multiple layers corresponding to a PMI. For example, the CQI 422 may include or indicate a first CQI value of a first codeword that is divided across a first layer (layer 1) and a second layer (layer 2) , in addition to a second CQI value of a second codeword that is divided across a third layer (layer 3) , a fourth layer (layer 4) , and a fifth layer (layer 5) . In some implementations, the UE 115 calculates the CQI 442 in accordance with reception of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and a randomly selected precoder matrix from multiple precoder matrices, where the multiple precoder matrices are associated with the plurality of candidate SD bases 412.
[0108] The PMI information 424 indicates a precoding for downlink transmission on the PDSCH. For example, the PMI information 424 may include WB PMI information, SB PMI information, or a combination thereof. The WB PMI information is associated with a WB (areporting band) and may include or indicate the plurality of candidate SD bases 412, the set of SD bases for WB 414, the co-phasing information 418, or a combination thereof. Examples of the WB PMI information are described further herein at least with reference to Figures 8, 9, and 11-17. The SB PMI information is associated with an SB of the WB and may include or indicate the set of SD bases for SB 416, the co-phasing information 418, or a combination thereof. Examples of the SB PMI information are described further herein at least with reference to Figures 10-13, 15, and 17.
[0109] The transmitter 435 is configured to transmit reference signals, control information and data to one or more other devices, and the receiver 436 is configured to receive reference signals, synchronization signals, control information and data from one or more other devices. For example, the transmitter 435 may transmit signaling, control information and data to, and the receiver 436 may receive signaling, control information and data from, the network node 105. In some implementations, the transmitter 435 and the receiver 436 may be integrated in one or more transceivers. Additionally, or alternatively, the transmitter 435 or the receiver 436 may include or correspond to one or more components of the UE 115 described with reference to Figure 2.
[0110] The network node 105 can include a variety of components (such as structural, hardware components) used for carrying out one or more functions described herein. For example, these components can include one or more processors 450 (hereinafter referred to collectively as “the processor 450” ) , one or more memory devices 452 (hereinafter referred to collectively as “the memory 452” ) , one or more transmitters 462 (hereinafter referred to collectively as “the transmitter 462” ) , and one or more receivers 464 (hereinafter referred to collectively as “the receiver 464” ) . Although referred to as a processor, the network node 105 may include one or more chips, SoCs, chipsets, packages, or devices that individually or collectively constitute or include a processing system. The processing system includes one or more processors and one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors. Such a processing system may include processor (or “processing” ) circuitry in the form of one or multiple processors (such as the processor 450) , microprocessors, processing units (such as CPUs, GPUs, NPUs and / or DSPs) , processing blocks, ASICs, PLDs (such as FPGAs) , or other discrete gate or transistor logic or circuitry (all of which may be generally referred to herein individually as “processors” or collectively as “the processor 450” or “the processor circuitry” ) .
[0111] One or more of the processors 450 may be individually or collectively configurable or configured to perform various functions or operations described herein. A group of processors collectively configurable or configured to perform a set of functions may include a first processor configurable or configured to perform a first function of the set of functions and a second processor configurable or configured to perform a second function of the set of functions, or may include the group of processors all being configured or configurable to perform the set of functions. The processor 450 may be configured to execute instructions 453 stored in the memory 452 to perform the operations described herein. In some implementations, the processor 450 includes or corresponds to the receive processor 238, the transmit processor 220, the controller 240, or a combination thereof, and the memory 452 includes or corresponds to the memory 242, described with reference to Figure 2. In some implementations, the processor 450, the memory 452, the instructions 453, another component of the network node 105, or a combination thereof, may include or correspond to the precoder manager 152 of Figures 1-3 and / or may perform the operations associated with to the precoder manager 152 to support CSI associated with an SD basis.
[0112] The memory 452 may be configured to store a precoder matrix 458. The precoder matrix 458 may be generated by the network node 105 in accordance with PMI information, such as the PMI information 424 received from the UE 115. The PMI information may include or indicate WB PMI or SB PMI, and accordingly the precoder matrix 458 may include a precoder matrix for the WB (areporting band) generated in accordance with the WB PMI, a precoder matrix for an SB of the WB generated in accordance with the SB PMI, or a combination thereof.
[0113] The transmitter 462 is configured to transmit reference signals, synchronization signals, control information, and data to one or more other devices, and the receiver 464 is configured to receive reference signals, control information and data from one or more other devices. For example, the transmitter 462 may transmit signaling, control information and data to, and the receiver 464 may receive signaling, control information and data from, the UE 115. In some implementations, the transmitter 462 and the receiver 464 may be integrated in one or more transceivers. Additionally, or alternatively, the transmitter 462 or the receiver 464 may include or correspond to one or more components of network node 105 described with reference to Figure 2.
[0114] In some implementations, the wireless communication system 400 is configured to implement a 5G NR network or a 6G network. For example, the wireless communication system 400 may include multiple 5G-capable UEs 115 (or 6G-capable UEs 115) and multiple 5G-capable network nodes 105 (or 6G-capable network nodes 105) , such as UEs and network nodes configured to operate in accordance with a 5G NR network protocol, or a 6G network protocol, such as that defined by the 3GPP.
[0115] During operation of the wireless communication system 400, the network node 105 transmits a CSI report configuration 470 to the UE 115. In some implementations, the CSI report configuration 470 is an RRC message. Alternatively, the CSI report configuration 470 may be included in downlink control information (DCI) or a medium access control (MAC) control element (MAC-CE) .
[0116] The CSI report configuration 470 may include or indicate a report type 471 associated with a CSI report to be generated by the UE 115. The report type 471 may include or indicate a CSI report quantity. To illustrate, the CSI report configuration 470 can be a CSI-ReportConfig parameter that includes the report type 471, and the report type 471 can be a higher layer reportQuantity parameter that indicates a type of CSI report. As described further herein, the UE 115 may generate the PMI information 424 in accordance with the report type 471.
[0117] In some implementations, the CSI report configuration 470, or an RRC message sent to the UE 115 by the network node 105, indicates the candidate number 432, the set number 434, or a combination thereof. To illustrate, the network node 105 may determine the value X of the candidate number 432, the value X1 of the set number 434, or a combination thereof, and the CSI report configuration 470 or the RRC message can include or indicate the value X of the candidate number 432, the value X1 of the set number 434, or a combination thereof.
[0118] In order to generate a CSI report, the UE 115 performs an SD selection technique for a flexible SB SD selection CB. As part of the SD selection technique, the UE 115 obtains the value X of the candidate number 432, the value X1 of the set number 434 or a combination thereof. For example, the UE 115 obtains the value of X, the value of X1, or both, from the CSI report configuration 470. As another example, the UE 115 can determine the value X, the value X1, or both, in accordance with a rank (arank indicator) that indicates a number of recommended transmission layers for downlink transmission. Additionally, or alternatively, the UE 115 determines the value X1 in accordance with the value X, where X1 is determined to be less than X.
[0119] In some implementations, the UE 115, for each candidate SD basis of the group of candidate SD bases 408, obtains a value of the metric 410 associated with the candidate SD bases. For example, the UE 115 may perform one or more measurements of each SD basis of the group of candidate SD bases 408 to generate a matrix of values of the metric 410 for the group of candidate SD bases 408. The metric 410 may include, for each of the SD bases, a power metric, a noise metric, or a combination thereof, as illustrative, non-limiting examples. The UE 115 may sort the values of the metric 410 and select, in accordance with the sorted values, the plurality of candidate SD bases 412. As an example, the UE 115 may select the X SD bases of the group of candidate SD bases 408 that have the strongest power metric values from the sorted matrix of power metric values. In other examples, the UE 115 may select the X SD bases that have the strongest (or weakest) of a different one of the metric 410.
[0120] After selecting the plurality of candidate SD bases 412, the UE 115 then selects the set of SD bases for WB 414, the set of SD bases for SB 416, or a combination thereof, from the plurality of candidate SD bases 412. In some examples, the UE 115 determines multiple sets of SD bases from the plurality of candidate SD bases 412 and selects, for each SB of the WB, a respective set of SD bases that have a strongest (or weakest) combined value of the metric 410 for the SB. In some implementations, the UE 115 also generates the co-phasing information 418 for the set of SD bases for WB 414, the set of SD bases for SB 416, or both. In some examples, for a selected set of SD bases, the UE 115 generates the co-phasing information 418 for an SD basis of the selected set of SD bases to maintain orthogonality between different layers.
[0121] The UE 115 generates the PMI information 424 in accordance with the plurality of candidate SD bases 412, the set of SD bases for WB 414, the set of SD bases for SB 416, the co-phasing information 418, or a combination thereof. To generate the PMI information 424, the UE 115 generates WB PMI information, SB PMI information, or a combination thereof. The WB PMI information may include or indicate the plurality of candidate SD bases 412, the set of SD bases for WB 414, the co-phasing information 418 (for the set of SD bases for WB 414) , or a combination thereof. In some implementations, to indicate the plurality of candidate SD bases 412, the X SD bases of the plurality of candidate SD bases 412 may be listed as a combination of an oversampling group and an SD basis (acluster that includes the SD basis) . For example, WB PMI information may indicate an SD basis of the plurality of candidate SD bases 412 using bits to indicate an oversampling offset, and combinatorial indicator bits to indicate the selected “X” SDs (clusters) with the same oversampling offset. Additionally, or alternatively, to indicate the set of SD bases for WB 414, each of the X1 SD bases of the set of SD bases for WB 414 may be indicated using a number of bits determined as the combinatorial number or a permutation number The SB PMI information may include or indicate, for at least one SB of the WB, the set of SD bases for SB 416 of the at least one SB, the co-phasing information (for the set of SD bases for SB 416 of the at least one SB) , or a combination thereof. In some implementations, to indicate the set of SD bases for SB 416, the X1 SD bases of the set of SD bases for SB 416 may be indicated using a number of bits determined as the combinatorial number or a permutation number
[0122] Upon generation of the PMI information 424, the UE 115 generates the CSI report 472 in accordance with the received report type 471, such that the format or information included in the CSI report 472 matches the format or information included in a CSI report having the report type 471. The CSI report 472 may include one or more parts, such as a CSI part 1, a CSI part 2, or a combination thereof. In some examples, the CSI report 472 includes two parts that are sent in sequence: a CSI part 1 that identifies a size of the CSI part 2 and is transmitted by the UE 115 prior to transmission of the CSI part 2.
[0123] In implementations in which the CSI report 472 includes the CSI part 1, the CSI part 1 includes a CSI-reference signal resource indicator (CRI) , a rank indicator (RI) , the CQI 422 (of the first codeword) , or a combination thereof. The CRI indicates a beam, such as a beam preferred by the UE 115. The RI indicates a number of transmission layers for downlink transmission recommended by the UE 115. In some implementations, the CSI part 1 also includes or indicates the candidate number 432 (the value X) , the set number 434 (the value X1) , or a combination thereof.
[0124] In some implementations in which the CSI report 472 includes the CSI part 2, the CSI part 2 includes the CQI 422 (of the second codeword) , a layer indicator (LI) , the PMI information 424, or a combination thereof. The LI may include or indicate which column of the precoder matrix (determined by the UE 115) of the reported PMI corresponds to a strongest layer of a codeword (the first codeword or the second codeword) . The PMI information 424 may include a WB PMI, an SB PMI, or a combination thereof.
[0125] CSI report generation will now be explained in the context of the following examples of CSI reports, labeled ordinally, each of which may be the CSI report 472 having a type that is indicated by the report type 471, also labeled ordinally. To illustrate, the UE 115 generates an nth CSI report (i.e., the CSI report 472) having an nth report type if the report type 471 indicates the nth report type. For each of the following examples, the CSI report may include the CSI part 1 and the CSI part 2. The CSI part 1 of the first CSI report includes the CRI, the RI, and the CQI 422 (of the first codeword) . Additionally, or alternatively, the CSI part 1 of the first CSI report includes or indicates the candidate number 432 (the value X) , the set number 434 (the value X1) , or a combination thereof.
[0126] In a first example, the UE 115 generates a first CSI report in accordance with a first report type. The CSI part 2 of the first CSI report includes the CQI (of the second codeword) , the LI, the WB PMI, the SB PMI, or a combination thereof. The WB PMI included in the CSI part 2 of the first CSI report may include or indicate the plurality of candidate SD bases 412, the set of SD bases for WB 414, the co-phasing information 418 (for the set of SD bases for WB 414) , or a combination thereof. The SB PMI included in the CSI part 2 of the first CSI report may include or indicate, for each SB of one or more SBs of the WB, the set of SD bases for SB 416 of the SD, the co-phasing information (for the set of SD bases for SB 416 of the SB) , or a combination thereof. In some implementations, the CQI 422 associated with the first CSI report may be generated in accordance with reception of a PDSCH and a randomly selected precoder matrix from multiple precoder matrices that are associated with the plurality of candidate SD bases 412.
[0127] In a second example, the UE 115 generates the CSI report 472 in accordance with a second report type. The CSI part 2 of the second CSI report includes the CQI (of the second codeword) , the LI, the WB PMI, or a combination thereof. The WB PMI included in the CSI part 2 of the second CSI report may include or indicate the plurality of candidate SD bases 412. In some implementations, the CQI 422 associated with the second CSI report may be generated in accordance with reception of a PDSCH and a randomly selected precoder matrix from multiple precoder matrices that are associated with the plurality of candidate SD bases 412. For example, the CQI 422 may be calculated conditioned on the reported X SD bases assuming PDSCH transmission with one or more precoders (corresponding to the same X bases but different X1 basis and co-phasing) , where the UE 115 assumes that one precoder is randomly selected from the one or more precoders for each PRG for PDSCH.
[0128] In a third example, the UE 115 generates the CSI report 472 in accordance with a third report type. The CSI part 2 of the third CSI report includes the CQI (of the second codeword) , the LI, the WB PMI, the SB PMI, or a combination thereof. The WB PMI included in the CSI part 2 of the third CSI report may include or indicate the plurality of candidate SD bases 412, the co-phasing information 418 (for the set of SD bases for WB 414) , or a combination thereof. The SB PMI included in the CSI part 2 of the third CSI report may include the co-phasing information 418 (for the set of SD bases for SB 416) . In some implementations, the CSI part 2 of the third CSI report includes the WB PMI and the SB PMI. In other implementations, the CSI part 2 of the third CSI report can include the WB PMI but not the SB PMI. The CQI 422 associated with the third CSI report may be generated in accordance with reception of a PDSCH and a randomly selected precoder matrix from multiple precoder matrices that are associated with the plurality of candidate SD bases 412. For example, the CQI 422 may be calculated conditioned on the reported X SD bases and the reported co-phasing assuming PDSCH transmission with one or more precoders (corresponding to the same X bases but different X1 basis) , where the UE 115 assumes that one precoder is randomly selected from the one or more precoders for each PRG for PDSCH.
[0129] In a fourth example, the UE 115 generates the CSI report 472 in accordance with a fourth report type. The CSI part 2 of the fourth CSI report includes the CQI (of the second codeword) , the LI, the WB PMI, the SB PMI, or a combination thereof. The WB PMI included in the CSI part 2 of the fourth CSI report may include or indicate the plurality of candidate SD bases 412, the set of SD bases for WB 414, or a combination thereof. The SB PMI included in the CSI part 2 of the fourth CSI report may include the set of SD bases for SB 416 for an SB of the WB. In some implementations, the CSI part 2 of the fourth CSI report includes the WB PMI and the SB PMI. In other implementations, the CSI part 2 of the fourth CSI report can include the WB PMI but not the SB PMI. The CQI 422 associated with the fourth CSI report may be generated in accordance with reception of a PDSCH and a randomly selected precoder matrix from multiple precoder matrices that are associated with the plurality of candidate SD bases 412. For example, the CQI 422 may be calculated conditioned on the reported X SD bases and the reported X1 SD basis assuming PDSCH transmission with one or more precoders (corresponding to the same X bases but different co-phasing) , where the UE 115 assumes that one precoder is randomly selected from the one or more precoders for each PRG for PDSCH.
[0130] Once the CSI report 472 is generated, the UE 115 transmits the CSI report 472 to the network node 105. The network node 105 receives the CSI report 472 and generates the precoder matrix 458 in accordance with the CSI report 472. For example, the network node 105 can generate a first precoder matrix in accordance with a WB PMI included in the CSI report 472. Additionally, or alternatively, the network node 105 can generate a second precoder matrix in accordance with an SB PMI included in the CSI report 472. After generating the precoder matrix 458, the network node 105 transmits, to the UE 115, a PDSCH 474 in accordance with the precoder matrix 458. For example, the network node 105 may use the precoder matrix 458 to precode one or more downlink data packets scheduled for transmission to the UE 115 via the PDSCH 474.
[0131] As described with reference to Figure 4, the present disclosure provides for selection of a set of SD bases on a per-SB granularity that improves spectral efficiency as compared to other wireless communication systems. For example, instead of selecting a single SD basis pair for all SBs of a reporting band, the present disclosure enables the UE 115 to select different SD basis pairs for different SBs in the same reporting band, which increases the spectral efficiency of communications that are precoded in accordance with the selected SD basis pairs. Additionally, or alternatively, the present disclosure provides a CSI reporting scheme having one or more reporting quantities for CSI reports which may be used in association with the selection techniques described herein. For example, the CSI report 472 may indicate the PMI information 424 generated in accordance with the selected SD bases. The CSI report 472 that is generated based the multiple reporting quantities may reduce a CSI report overhead as compared to conventional CSI reports.
[0132] Figure 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of SD basis selection that supports generation of a CSI report in accordance with the present disclosure. For example, the SD basis selection may be performed by a UE, such as the UE 115, as described above with reference to Figure 4. In the example of SD basis selection of Figure 5, a number of SD bases for WB, also referred to as a value of X, is equal to 4 and a number of SD bases for SB, also referred to as X1, is equal to 2.
[0133] Figure 5 depicts an array 500 of an oversampled SD DFT basis set that includes multiple SD bases, such as a representative SD basis 502. In some implementations, the array 500 represents SD bases that correspond to a WB, such as a reporting band, or that correspond to an SB of the WB. In the example shown in Figure 5, a first dimension N1 (a horizontal dimension) of the array 500 is equal 4, a second dimension N2 (a vertical dimension) of the array 500 is equal 4, a first oversampling value O1 (ahorizontal oversampling) of the array 500 is equal 4, and a second oversampling value O2 (a vertical oversampling) of the array 500 is equal 4, any of which may include or correspond to the parameter 406 of Figure 4. In this example, each square of the array 500 represents a DFT oversampled beam. A group of candidate SD bases, for example the group of candidate SD bases 408, are indicated in the array 500 as squares having shading or cross-hatching. Accordingly, the group of candidate SD bases includes 16 candidate SD bases as indicated in the array 500.
[0134] To perform SD selection, the UE 115 selects X SD bases from the identified group of candidate SD bases as a plurality of candidate SD bases 530, which may include or correspond to the plurality of candidate SD bases 412. To select the X SD bases, the UE 115 may determine, for each candidate SD basis of the group of candidate SD bases, a value of a metric for the candidate SD basis, and the UE 115 may select X of the candidate SD bases having a particular metric value (e.g., a highest metric value, a lowest metric value, metric values that satisfy a threshold, etc. ) . In some implementations, the metric may be a power metric, a noise metric, or a combination thereof. As an illustrative example, the UE may select the four (X = 4) of the sixteen candidate SD bases that have the highest power value as the plurality of candidate SD bases 530.
[0135] The UE 115 may identify one or more sets of SD bases in accordance with the plurality of candidate SD bases 530. Each set of SD bases of the one or more sets of SD bases are available to be selected on a per-SB basis for one or more SBs of a reporting band or to be selected for all SBs of the reporting band. To illustrate, each set of SD bases may include two (X1 = 2) SD bases of the four SD bases included in the plurality of candidate SD bases 530. For example, the UE 115 may identify a first set of SD bases, a second set of SD bases, a third set of SD bases, a fourth set of SD bases, a fifth set of SD bases, and a sixth set of SD bases from the group of four SD bases. The UE 115 may select, for an SB of the WB, one of the identified sets of SD bases. For example, for the SB, the UE 115 selects the set of SD bases (from the six identified sets of SD bases) that collectively has the strongest (or weakest) value of a metric (the metric 410) . The selected set of SD bases for the SB may be used to construct a precoder matrix. In some implementations, for each SB of the WB, the UE 115 selects a respective set of SD bases for the SB from the identified sets of SD bases. The selected set of SD bases for one SB can be the same as the selected set of SD bases for another SB, or each set of SD bases may be selected for a single SB. In some implementations, the UE 115 may also determine co-phasing (the co-phasing information 418) for an SD basis of a selected set of SD bases for the SB to maintain orthogonality of the SD basis between polarizations.
[0136] Figures 6-17 are diagrams of different examples of a CSI report generated in accordance with a selected set of SD bases in accordance with the present disclosure. Each CSI report of Figures 6-17 may include or correspond to the CSI report 472 of Figure 4 that is associated with a reporting band (aWB) . Each CSI report of Figures 6-17 is generated by the UE 115 in accordance with the parameter 406, the plurality of candidate SD bases 412, the set of SD bases for WB 414, the set of SD bases for SB 416, the co-phasing information 418, or a combination thereof.
[0137] Figure 6 illustrates a CSI report 600 that includes a candidate number 602 and a set number 604. The candidate number 602 represents the value X that is a total number of SD bases included in the plurality candidate SD bases, such as the total number of SD bases selected from the group of candidate SD bases 408 of Figure 4. The set number 604 represents the value X1 that is a total number of SD bases selected, from the plurality of candidate SD bases, for each SB of the WB. In some implementations, the candidate number 602 and the set number 604 may include or correspond to the candidate number 432 and the set number 434, respectively. Although the CSI report 600 is described as including both the candidate number 602 and the set number 604, in other implementations, the CSI report 600 may include the candidate number 602 and not the set number 604, or vice versa.
[0138] Figure 7 illustrates a CSI report 700 that includes a CSI part 1 710. The CSI part 1 includes or indicates a CRI 712, a rank 714 (a rank indicator) , a CQI 716, the candidate number 602, and the set number 604. The CRI 712 may indicate or identify a beam, such as a preferred beam for downlink communication. The rank 714 may represents a number of layers, such as a number of layers for downlink transmission. The CQI 715 represents a channel quality of a codeword, such as a first codeword. The CQI 715 may include or correspond to the CQI 433. In some implementations, the CSI report 700 may also include a CSI part 2 (not shown in Figure 7) .
[0139] Although the CSI part 1 710 is described as including each of the CRI 712, the rank 714, the CQI 716, the candidate number 602, and the set number 604, in other implementations, the CSI part 1 710 may not include the CRI 712, the rank 714, the CQI 716, the candidate number 602, or the set number 604. For example, the CSI part 1 710 may not include the candidate number 602, the set number 604, or both. In some implementations, the rank 714 may implicitly indicate the candidate number 602, the set number 604, or both. To illustrate, the candidate number 602, the set number 604, or both, may be determinable or derivable using the rank 714 and, optionally, preconfigured information that may be described in a wireless communications standard. Additionally, or alternatively, in implementations in which the value X or the value X1 are determined in accordance with an RRC message from a network node or set in accordance with standard, the CSI part 1 710 may not include the candidate number 602, the set number 604, or both.
[0140] Figure 8 illustrates a CSI report 800 that includes WB PMI 820. The WB PMI 820 may include or indicate a plurality of candidate SD bases 822. In some implementations, the WB PMI 820 and the plurality of candidate SD bases 822 include or correspond to the PMI information 424 and the plurality of candidate SD bases 412, respectively. Additionally, or alternatively, the CSI report 800 may include or correspond to the CSI report 600 or 700. For example, the WB PMI 820 may be included in the CSI report 600 or 700.
[0141] Figure 9 illustrates a CSI report 900 that includes a CSI part 2 930. The CSI part 2 930 includes a CQI 932, an LI 934, and the WB PMI 820. In some implementations, The CQI 932 includes or indicates a channel quality of a codeword, such as a first codeword. In some implementations, the CQI 932 may include or correspond to the CQI 422 of Figure 4.
[0142] The LI 934 may indicate which column of a precoder matrix of a reported PMI corresponds to the strongest layer of a codeword corresponding to a largest reported wideband CQI. If two wideband CQIs are reported and have equal value, the LI 934 may correspond to a strongest layer of the first codeword, such as the CQI 716 of the CSI part 1 710. In some implementations, the LI 934 includes or corresponds to the parameter 406.
[0143] In some implementations, the CSI report 900 may also include one or more aspects of the CSI report 600 or 700. For example, the CSI report 900 may include the candidate number 602 or the set number 604 of Figure 6. As another example, the CSI report 900 may include the CSI part 1 710 of Figure 7. In this example, the CSI part 1 710 included in the CSI report 900 may be separate from the CSI part 2 930.
[0144] Figure 10 illustrates a CSI report 1000 that includes SB PMI 1040. The SB PMI 1040 may include or indicate a set of SD bases for SB 1042 and co-phasing information 1044. The co-phasing information 1044 may indicate a co-phase associated with the set of SD bases for SB 1042. Although the SB PMI 1040 is described as including both the set of SD bases for SB 1042 and the co-phasing information 1044, in other implementations, the SB PMI 1040 may include the set of SD bases for SB 1042 and not the co-phasing information 1044, or vice versa. In some implementations, the SB PMI 1040, the set of SD bases for SB 1042, and the co-phasing information 1044 include or correspond to the PMI information 424, the set of SD bases for SB 416, and the co-phasing information 418, respectively.
[0145] In some implementations, the CSI report 1000 may also include one or more aspects of the CSI report 600, 700, 800, or 900. For example, the CSI report 1000 may include the candidate number 602 or the set number 604 of Figure 6. As another example, the CSI report 1000 may include the CSI part 1 710 of Figure 7. In this example, the SB PMI 1040 included in the CSI report 1000 may be separate from the CSI part 1 710. As a further example, the CSI report 1000 may include the WB PMI 802 of Figure 8. As an additional example, the CSI report 1000 may include the CSI part 2 930 of Figure 9. In this example, the SB PMI 1040 may be included in the CSI part 2 930. In some implementations, the CSI report 1000 includes the CSI part 1 710 of Figure 7 and the CSI part 2 930 of Figure 9.
[0146] Figure 11 illustrates a CSI report 1100 that includes the WB PMI 820 and the SB PMI 1040. Although the SB PMI 1040 is shown in Figure 11 as including both the set of SD bases for SB 1042 and the co-phasing information 1044, in other implementations, the SB PMI 1040 may include the set of SD bases for SB 1042 and not the co-phasing information 1044, or vice versa.
[0147] In some implementations, the CSI report 1100 may also include one or more aspects of the CSI report 600, 700, 900, or 1000. For example, the CSI report 1100 may include the candidate number 602 or the set number 604 of Figure 6. As another example, the CSI report 1100 may include the CSI part 1 710 of Figure 7. In this example, the SB PMI 1040 included in the CSI report 1100 may be separate from the CSI part 1 710. As an additional example, the CSI report 1100 may include the CSI part 2 930 of Figure 9. In this example, the SB PMI 1040 may be included in the CSI part 2 930. In some implementations, the CSI report 1100 includes the CSI part 1 710 of Figure 7 and the CSI part 2 930 of Figure 9, and the SB PMI 1040 is included in the CSI part 2 930.
[0148] Figure 12 illustrates a CSI report 1200 that a CSI part 2 1250. The CSI part 2 1250 includes a CQI 1252, an LI 1254, the WB PMI 820, and the SB PMI 1040. Although the SB PMI 1040 is shown in Figure 12 as including both the set of SD bases for SB 1042 and the co-phasing information 1044, in other implementations, the SB PMI 1040 may include the set of SD bases for SB 1042 and not the co-phasing information 1044, or vice versa. Additionally, or alternatively, although the CSI part 2 1250 is described as including each of the CQI 1252, the LI 1254, and the WB PMI 820, in other implementations, the CSI part 2 1250 may not include the CQI 1252, the LI 1254, or the WB PMI 820. In some implementations, the CSI part 2 1250, CQI 1252, and the LI 1254 may include or correspond to the CSI part 2 930, the CQI 932, and the LI 934 of Figure 9, respectively.
[0149] In some implementations, the CSI report 1200 may also include one or more aspects of the CSI report 600, 700, 800, 900, or 1100. For example, the CSI report 1200 may include the candidate number 602 or the set number 604 of Figure 6. As another example, the CSI report 1200 may include the CSI part 1 710 of Figure 7. In this example, CSI part 2 1250 may be separate from the CSI part 1 710.
[0150] Figure 13 illustrates a CSI report 1300 that includes a WB PMI 1320 and the SB PMI 1040. The WB PMI 1320 includes a plurality of candidate SD bases 1322, a set of SD bases for WB 1324, and co-phasing information 1326 (for the set of SD bases for WB 1324) . Although the WB PMI 1320 is described as including each of the plurality of candidate SD bases 1322, the set of SD bases for WB 1324, and the co-phasing information 1326, in other implementations, the WB PMI 1320 may not include the plurality of candidate SD bases 1322, the set of SD bases for WB 1324, or the co-phasing information 1326. In some implementations, the WB PMI 1320 may include or correspond to the PMI information 424 or the WB PMI 820. Additionally, or alternatively, the plurality of candidate SD bases 1322, the set of SD bases for WB 1324, and the co-phasing information 1326 may include or correspond to the plurality of candidate SD bases 412 or 822, the set of SD bases for WB 414, and the co-phasing information 418, respectively.
[0151] In some implementations, the CSI report 1300 includes a CSI part 1, a CSI part 2, or a combination thereof. The CSI part 2 may include the WB PMI 1320, the SB PMI 1040, or a combination thereof. In some implementations, the CSI part 1 and the CSI part 2 include or correspond to the CSI part 1 710 and the CSI part 2 930 or 1250, respectively.
[0152] Figure 14 illustrates a CSI report 1400 that includes a WB PMI 1420. The WB PMI 1420 includes a plurality of candidate SD bases 1422 and co-phasing information 1426. Although the WB PMI 1420 is described as including each of the plurality of candidate SD bases 1422 and the co-phasing information 1426, in other implementations, the WB PMI 1420 may not include the plurality of candidate SD bases 1422 or the co-phasing information 1426. In some implementations, the WB PMI 1420 may include or correspond to the PMI information 424, or the WB PMI 820 or 1320. Additionally, or alternatively, the plurality of candidate SD bases 1422 and the co-phasing information 1426 may include or correspond to the plurality of candidate SD bases 412, 822, or 1322 and the co-phasing information 418, respectively.
[0153] In some implementations, the CSI report 1400 includes a CSI part 1, a CSI part 2, or a combination thereof. For example, the CSI part 1 may include or correspond to the CSI part 1 710. The CSI part 2 may include or correspond to the CSI part 2 930 or 1250. In implementations that include the CSI part 2, the CSI part 2 may include the WB PMI 1420.
[0154] Figure 15 illustrates a CSI report 1500 that includes the WB PMI 1420 and an SB PMI 1540. The SB PMI 1540 includes co-phasing information 1544 (for a set of SD bases for SB) . Although the CSI report 1500 is described as including each of the WB PMI 1420 and the SB PMI 1540, in other implementations, the CSI report 1500 may not include the WB PMI 1420 or the SB PMI 1540. Further, although the WB PMI 1420 is illustrated in Figure 15 as including each of the plurality of candidate SD bases 1422 and the co-phasing information 1426, in other implementations, the WB PMI 1420 may not include the plurality of candidate SD bases 1422 or the co-phasing information 1426. Additionally, or alternatively, the WB PMI 1420 may also include co-phasing information, such as co-phasing information for a set of SD bases for WB.
[0155] In some implementations, the CSI report 1500 includes a CSI part 1, a CSI part 2, or a combination thereof. For example, the CSI part 1 may include or correspond to the CSI part 1 710. The CSI part 2 may include or correspond to the CSI part 2 930 or 1250. In implementations that include the CSI part 2, the CSI part 2 may include the WB PMI 1420, the SB PMI 1540, or a combination thereof. In some implementations, the SB PMI 1540 includes or corresponds to the PMI information 424 or the SB PMI 1040. Additionally, or alternatively, the co-phasing information 1544 may include or correspond to co-phasing information 418 or 1044.
[0156] Figure 16 illustrates a CSI report 1600 that includes a WB PMI 1620. The WB PMI 1620 includes a plurality of candidate SD bases 1622 and a set of SD bases for WB 1624. Although the WB PMI 1620 is described as including each of the plurality of candidate SD bases 1622 and the set of SD bases for WB 1624, in other implementations, the WB PMI 1620 may not include the plurality of candidate SD bases 1622 or the set of SD bases for WB 1624.
[0157] In some implementations, the CSI report 1600 includes a CSI part 1, a CSI part 2, or a combination thereof. For example, the CSI part 1 may include or correspond to the CSI part 1 710. The CSI part 2 may include or correspond to the CSI part 2 930 or 1250. In implementations that include the CSI part 2, the CSI part 2 may include the WB PMI 1620. In some implementations, the WB PMI 1620 may include or correspond to the PMI information 424 or the WB PMI 820, 1320, or 1420. Additionally, or alternatively, the plurality of candidate SD bases 1622 and the set of SD bases for WB 1624 may include or correspond to the plurality of candidate SD bases 412, 822, 1322, or 1422 and the set of SD bases for WB 414 or 1324, respectively.
[0158] Figure 17 illustrates a CSI report 1700 that includes the WB PMI 1620 and an SB PMI 1740. The SB PMI 1740 includes a set of SD bases for SB 1742. Although the CSI report 1700 is described as including each of the WB PMI 1620 and the SB PMI 1740, in other implementations, the CSI report 1700 may not include the WB PMI 1620 or the SB PMI 1740. Further, although the WB PMI 1620 is illustrated in Figure 17 as including each of the plurality of candidate SD bases 1622 and the set of SD bases for WB 1624, in other implementations, the WB PMI 1620 may not include the plurality of candidate SD bases 1622 or the set of SD bases for WB 1624. Additionally, or alternatively, the WB PMI 1620 may also include co-phasing information, such as co-phasing information for the set of SD bases for WB 1624.
[0159] In some implementations, the CSI report 1700 includes a CSI part 1, a CSI part 2, or a combination thereof. For example, the CSI part 1 may include or correspond to the CSI part 1 710. The CSI part 2 may include or correspond to the CSI part 2 930 or 1250. In implementations that include the CSI part 2, the CSI part 2 may include the WB PMI 1620, the SB PMI 1740, or a combination thereof. In some implementations, the SB PMI 1740 includes or corresponds to the PMI information 424 or the SB PMI 1040 or 1540. Additionally, or alternatively, the set of SD bases for SB 1742 may include or correspond to the set of SD bases for SB 416 or 1042.
[0160] Figure 18 is a flow diagram illustrating an example process 1800 that supports selection of a set of SD bases in accordance with the present disclosure. Operations of the process 1800 may be performed by a UE, such as the UE 115 described above with reference to Figures 1-17. For example, example operations (also referred to as “blocks” ) of the process 1800 may enable the UE to supports selection of a set of SD bases, according to some aspects of the present disclosure.
[0161] Figure 19 is a block diagram of an example UE 1900 that supports selection of a set of SD bases in accordance with the present disclosure. The UE 1900 may be configured to perform operations, including the blocks of the process 1800 described with reference to Figure 18, to perform selection of a set of SD bases. In some implementations, the UE 1900 includes the structure, hardware, and components shown and described with reference to the UE 115 of Figures 1-4. For example, the UE 1900 includes the controller 280, which operates to execute logic or computer instructions stored in the memory 282, as well as controlling the components of the UE 1900 that provide the features and functionality of the UE 1900. The UE 1900, under control of the controller 280, transmits and receives signals via wireless radios 1901a-r and the antennas 252a-r. The wireless radios 1901a-r include various components and hardware, as illustrated in Figure 2 for the UE 115, including the modems 254 a-r, the MIMO detector 256, the receive processor 258, the transmit processor 264, and the TX MIMO processor 266.
[0162] As shown, the memory 282 may include the CSI manager 150, a plurality of candidate SD bases 1902, and PMI information 1903. Although illustrated in Figure 19 as being included in the memory 282, in other implementations, the CSI manager 150 may be a separate component of the UE 1900. The CSI manager 150 may be configured to manage one or more operations supporting selection of an SD basis, such as, for each candidate SD basis of a group of candidate SD bases, obtaining a value of a metric associated with the candidate SD basis; selecting, in accordance with the values of the metric associated with the group of candidate SD bases, a plurality of candidate SD bases from the group of candidate SD bases; and generating a CSI report including WB PMI information that indicates the plurality of candidate SD bases for a WB. The plurality of candidate SD bases 1902 may include or correspond to the plurality of candidate SD bases 412 of Figure 4. The PMI information 1903 may include or correspond to the PMI information 424 of Figure 4. The UE 1900 may receive signals from or transmit signals to one or more network nodes, such as the network node 105 of Figures 1-4 or a network node as illustrated in Figure 21.
[0163] Referring back to the process 1800 of Figure 18, in block 1802, the UE 1900 obtains, for each candidate SD basis of a group of candidate SD bases, a value of a metric associated with the candidate SD basis. For example, the group of candidate SD bases may include or correspond to the group of candidate SD bases 408. The metric may include or correspond to the metric 410.
[0164] In block 1804, the UE 1900 selects, in accordance with the values of the metric associated with the group of candidate SD bases, a plurality of candidate SD bases from the group of candidate SD bases. For example, the plurality of candidate SD bases may include or correspond to the plurality of candidate SD bases 412 or 1902.
[0165] In block 1806, the UE 1900 transmits, to a network node, a CSI report including WB PMI information that indicates the plurality of candidate SD bases for a WB. For example, CSI report may include or correspond to the CSI report 472, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400, 1500, 1600, or 1700. The WB PMI information may include or correspond to the PMI information 424 or 1903, or the WB PMI 820, 1320, 1420, or 1620. The network node may include or correspond to the network node 105 or the network node as illustrated in Figure 21.
[0166] In some implementations, the CSI report indicates a number of SD bases included in the plurality of candidate SD bases, a number of SD bases associated with one or more SBs for construction of a precoder matrix, or a combination thereof. For example, the number of SD bases included in the plurality of candidate SD bases may include or correspond to the parameter 406 (the candidate number 432) or the candidate number 602. The number of SD bases associated with the one or more SBs may include or correspond to the parameter 406 (the set number 434) or the set number 604.
[0167] In some implementations, the UE 1900 selects, from the plurality of candidate SD bases, a set of SD bases for the WB. For example, the set of SD bases for the WB may include or correspond to the set of SD bases for WB 414 or the set of SD bases for WB 1324 or 1624. In some such implementations, the WB PMI information of the CSI reports may indicate a set of SD bases for the WB. Additionally, or alternatively, the WB PMI information further indicates co-phasing information for the WB. For example, the co-phasing for the WB may include or correspond to the co-phasing information 418, 1326, or 1426.
[0168] In some implementations, the CSI report can include SB PMI information for an SB of the WB. For example, the SB PMI information may include or correspond to the PMI information 424 or 1903, or the SB PMI 1040, 1540, or 1740. The SB PMI information may indicate, for the SB of the WB, a set of SD bases for the SB, selected from the plurality of candidate SD bases, for the SB. For example, the set of SD bases for the SB may include or correspond to the set of SD bases for SB 416, 1042, or 1742. Additionally, or alternatively, the SB PMI information for the SB of the WB may indicate co-phasing information for the SB. For example, the co-phasing information for the SB may include or correspond to the co-phasing information 418, 1044, or 1544.
[0169] In some implementations, the UE 1900 computes a CQI in accordance reception of PDSCH and a randomly selected precoder matrix from multiple precoder matrices. For example, the CQI may include or correspond to the CQI 422, 716, or 932. The PDSCH may include or correspond to the PDSCH 474. The multiple precoder matrices may be associated with the plurality of candidate SD bases for the WB. In some implementations, the CSI report further indicates the CQI.
[0170] In some implementations, the UE 1900 receives, from the network node, a CSI report configuration that indicates a report type. For example, the CSI report configuration may include or correspond to the CSI report configuration 470, an RRC message, or a combination thereof. The UE 1900 may generate the CSI report in accordance with the report type. Additionally, or alternatively, the UE 1900 can receive a PDSCH from the network node. For example, the PDSCH may include or correspond to the PDSCH 474. The PDSCH can be transmitted in accordance with a precoder matrix generated in accordance with the WB PMI information.
[0171] Figure 20 is a flow diagram illustrating an example process 2000 that supports selection of a set of SD bases in accordance with the present disclosure. Operations of the process 2000 may be performed by a network node, such as the network node 105 described above with reference to Figures 1-4. For example, example operations of the process 2000 may enable a network node to generate a precoder matrix.
[0172] Figure 21 is a block diagram of an example network node 2100 that supports selection of a set of SD bases in accordance with the present disclosure. The network node 2100 may be configured to perform operations, including the blocks of the process 2000 described with reference to Figure 20, to generate a precoder matrix. In some implementations, the network node 2100 includes the structure, hardware, and components shown and described with reference to the network node 105 of Figures 1-4. For example, the network node 2100 may include the controller 240, which operates to execute logic or computer instructions stored in the memory 242, as well as controlling the components of the network node 2100 that provide the features and functionality of the network node 2100. The network node 2100, under control of the controller 240, transmits and receives signals via wireless radios 2101a-t and the antennas 234a-t. The wireless radios 2101a-t include various components and hardware, as illustrated in Figure 2 for the network node 105, including the modems 232a-t, the transmit processor 220, the TX MIMO processor 230, the MIMO detector 236, and the receive processor 238.
[0173] As shown, the memory 242 may include the precoder manager 152, PMI information 2102, and a precoder matrix 2103. Although illustrated in Figure 21 as being included in the memory 242, in other implementations, the precoder manager 152 may be a separate component of the network node 2100. The precoder manager 152 may be configured to manage one or more operations supporting generation of a precoder matrix, such as: receiving a CSI report including WB PMI information that indicates a plurality of candidate SD bases for a WB, the plurality of candidate SD bases selected from a group of candidate SD bases in accordance with values of a metric associated with the group of candidate SD bases; and generating a precoder matrix in accordance with the WB PMI. The PMI information 2102 may include or correspond to the PMI information 424 of Figure 4. The precoder matrix 2103 may include or correspond to the precoder matrix 458 of Figure 4. The network node 2100 may receive signals from or transmit signals to one or more UEs, such as the UE 115 of Figures 1-4 or the UE 1900 of Figure 19.
[0174] Referring back to the process 2000 of Figure 20, in block 2002, the network node 2100 receives, from a UE, a CSI report including WB PMI information that indicates a plurality of candidate SD bases for a WB. For example, the CSI report may include or correspond to the CSI report 472, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400, 1500, 1600, or 1700. The UE may include or correspond to the UE 115 or 1900. The WB PMI information may include or correspond to the PMI information 424 or 2102, or the WB PMI 820, 1320, 1420, or 1620. The plurality of candidate SD bases may include or correspond to the plurality of candidate SD bases 412. The plurality of candidate SD bases is selected from a group of candidate SD bases in accordance with values of a metric associated with the group of candidate SD bases. For example, the group of candidate SD bases may include or correspond to the group of candidate SD bases 408. The metric may include or correspond to the metric 410.
[0175] In block 2004, the network node 2100 generates a precoder matrix in accordance with the WB PMI. For example, the precoder matrix may include or correspond to the precoder matrix 458 or 2103. In block 2006, the network node 2100 transmits, to the UE, a PDSCH in accordance with the precoder matrix. For example, the PDSCH may include or correspond to the PDSCH 474.
[0176] In some implementations, the CSI report indicates a number of SD bases included in the plurality of candidate SD bases, a number of SD bases associated with one or more SBs for construction of a precoder matrix, or a combination thereof. For example, the number of SD bases included in the plurality of candidate SD bases may include or correspond the candidate number 432 or 602. The number of SD bases associated with the one or more SBs may include or correspond to the set number 434 or 604.
[0177] In some implementations, the WB PMI information further indicates a set of SD bases for the WB selected from the plurality of candidate SD bases. For example, the set of SD bases for the WB may include or correspond to the set of SD bases for WB 414 or the set of SD bases for WB 1324 or 1624. Additionally, or alternatively, the WB PMI information further indicates co-phasing information for the WB. For example, the co-phasing for the WB may include or correspond to the co-phasing information 418, 1326, or 1426.
[0178] In some implementations, the CSI report includes SB PMI information for an SB of the WB. For example, the SB PMI information may include or correspond to the PMI information 424 or 2102, or the SB PMI 1040, 1540, or 1740. The SB PMI information can indicate, for each SB of the WB, a respective set of SD bases for the SB selected from the plurality of candidate SD bases. For example, the set of SD bases for the SB may include or correspond to 416, 1042, or 1742. Additionally, or alternatively, the SB PMI information may indicate co-phasing information for a set of SD bases for the SB. For example, the co-phasing information for the SB may include or correspond to the co-phasing information 418, 1044, or 1544.
[0179] It is noted that one or more blocks (or operations) described with reference to Figures 18 and 20 may be combined with one or more blocks (or operations) described with reference to another of the figures. For example, one or more blocks (or operations) of Figure 18 may be combined with one or more blocks (or operations) of Figure 20. As another example, one or more blocks associated with Figure 18 or 20 may be combined with one or more blocks (or operations) associated with Figures 1-17. Additionally, or alternatively, one or more operations described above with reference to Figures 1-17 may be combined with one or more operations described with reference to Figures 19 or 21.
[0180] In the following, further examples are described to facilitate the understanding of the disclosure.
[0181] According to Example 1, a UE for wireless communication includes a processing system that includes one or more processors and one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors, the processing system configured to cause the UE to: for each candidate SD basis of a group of candidate SD bases, obtain a value of a metric associated with the candidate SD basis; select, in accordance with the values of the metric associated with the group of candidate SD bases, a plurality of candidate SD bases from the group of candidate SD bases; and transmit, to a network node, a CSI report including WB PMI information that indicates the plurality of candidate SD bases for a WB.
[0182] Example 2 includes the UE of Example 1, where the CSI report indicates a number of SD bases included in the plurality of candidate SD bases, a number of SD bases associated with one or more SBs for construction of a precoder matrix, or a combination thereof.
[0183] Example 3 includes the UE of Examples 1 or 2, where the processing system is further configured to cause the UE to: select, from the plurality of candidate SD bases, a set of SD bases for the WB; and where the WB PMI information further indicates the set of SD bases for the WB.
[0184] Example 4 includes the UE of any of Examples 1 to 3, where the CSI report further includes SB PMI information that indicates, for each SB of the WB, a respective set of SD bases, selected from the plurality of candidate SD bases, for the SB.
[0185] Example 5 includes the UE of any of Examples 1 to 4, where the WB PMI information further indicates co-phasing information for the WB.
[0186] Example 6 includes the UE of Example 1 or Example 2, where the CSI report further includes SB PMI information for an SB of the WB, and where the SB PMI information indicates co-phasing information for the SB.
[0187] Example 7 includes the UE of any of Examples 1 to 6, where the processing system is further configured to: cause the UE to compute a CQI in accordance with reception of a PDSCH and a randomly selected precoder matrix from multiple precoder matrices; where the multiple precoder matrices are associated with the plurality of candidate SD bases for the WB; and where the CSI report further indicates the CQI.
[0188] Example 8 includes the UE of any of Examples 1 to 7, where the processing system is further configured to cause the UE to: receive, from the network node, a CSI report configuration that indicates a report type; generate the CSI report in accordance with the report type; and receive a PDSCH from the network node, the PDSCH transmitted in accordance with a precoder matrix generated in accordance with the WB PMI information.
[0189] According to Example 9, a method of wireless communication by a UE includes: for each candidate SD basis of a group of candidate SD bases, obtaining a value of a metric associated with the candidate SD basis; selecting, in accordance with the values of the metric associated with the group of candidate SD bases, a plurality of candidate SD bases from the group of candidate SD bases; and transmit, to a network node, a CSI report including WB PMI information that indicates the plurality of candidate SD bases for a WB.
[0190] Example 10 includes the method of Example 9, where the CSI report indicates a number of SD bases included in the plurality of candidate SD bases, a number of SD bases associated with one or more SBs for construction of a precoder matrix, or a combination thereof.
[0191] Example 11 includes the method of Examples 9 or 10 and further includes selecting, from the plurality of candidate SD bases, a set of SD bases for the WB; and where the WB PMI information further indicates the set of SD bases for the WB.
[0192] Example 12 includes the method of any of Examples 9 to 11, where the CSI report further includes SB PMI information that indicates, for each SB of the WB, a respective set of SD bases, selected from the plurality of candidate SD bases, for the SB.
[0193] Example 13 includes the method of any of Examples 9 to 12, where the WB PMI information further indicates co-phasing information for the WB.
[0194] Example 14 includes the method of Example 9 or Example 10, where the CSI report further includes SB PMI information for an SB of the WB, and where the SB PMI information indicates co-phasing information for the SB.
[0195] Example 15 includes the method of any of Examples 9 to 14 and further includes: computing a CQI in accordance reception of PDSCH and a randomly selected precoder matrix from multiple precoder matrices, where the multiple precoder matrices associated with the plurality of candidate SD bases for the WB; and where the CSI report further indicates the CQI.
[0196] Example 16 includes the method of any of Examples 9 to 15 and further includes: receiving, from the network node, a CSI report configuration that indicates a report type; generating the CSI report in accordance with the report type; and receiving PDSCH from the network node, the PDSCH transmitted in accordance with a precoder matrix generated in accordance with the WB PMI information.
[0197] According to Example 17, a network node for wireless communication includes a processing system that includes one or more processors and one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors, the processing system configured to cause the network node to: receive, from a UE, a CSI report including WB PMI information that indicates a plurality of candidate SD bases for a WB, the plurality of candidate SD bases selected from a group of candidate SD bases in accordance with values of a metric associated with the group of candidate SD bases; generate a precoder matrix in accordance with the WB PMI; and transmit, to the UE, a PDSCH in accordance with the precoder matrix.
[0198] Example 18 includes the network node of Example 17, where the WB PMI information indicates: a set of SD bases for the WB selected from the plurality of candidate SD bases; and co-phasing information for the set of SD bases for the WB; and where the CSI report further includes SB PMI information that indicates, for an SB of the WB: a set of SD bases for the SB selected from the plurality of candidate SD bases; and co-phasing information for the set of SD bases for the SB.
[0199] Example 19 includes the network node of Example 17, where the CSI report further indicates a number of SD bases included in the plurality of candidate SD bases, a number of SD bases to be selected from the plurality of candidate SD bases, or a combination thereof.
[0200] Example 20 includes the network node of Examples 17 or 19, where the WB PMI information further indicates co-phasing information for the WB.
[0201] Example 21 includes the network node of Examples 17, 19, or 20, where the CSI report further includes SB PMI information for an SB of the WB, and where the SB PMI information indicates co-phasing information for the SB.
[0202] Example 22 includes the network node of Examples 17 or 19, where the WB PMI information further indicates a set of SD bases for the WB selected from the plurality of candidate SD bases.
[0203] Example 23 includes the network node of any of Examples 17, 19, or 22, where the CSI report further includes SB PMI information that indicates, for each SB of the WB, a respective set of SD bases for the SB selected from the plurality of candidate SD bases.
[0204] According to Example 24, a method of wireless communication by a network node includes: receiving, from a UE, a CSI report including WB PMI information that indicates a plurality of candidate SD bases for a WB, the plurality of candidate SD selected from a group of candidate SD bases in accordance with values of a metric associated with the group of candidate SD bases; generating a precoder matrix in accordance with the WB PMI; and transmitting, to the UE, a PDSCH in accordance with the precoder matrix.
[0205] Example 25 includes the method of Example 24, where the WB PMI information further indicates: a set of SD bases for the WB selected from the plurality of candidate SD bases; and co-phasing information for the set of SD bases for the WB; and where the CSI report includes SB PMI information that indicates, for an SB of the WB: a set of SD bases for the SB selected from the plurality of candidate SD bases; and co-phasing information for the set of SD bases for the SB.
[0206] Example 26 includes the method of Example 24, where the CSI report further indicates a number of SD bases included in the plurality of candidate SD bases, a number of SD bases to be selected from the plurality of candidate SD bases, or a combination thereof.
[0207] Example 27 includes the method of Examples 24 or 26, where the WB PMI information further indicates co-phasing information for the WB.
[0208] Example 28 includes the method of Examples 24, 26, or 27, where the CSI report further includes SB PMI information for an SB of the WB, and where the SB PMI information indicates co-phasing information for the SB.
[0209] Example 29 includes the method of Examples 24 or 26, where the WB PMI information further indicates a set of SD bases for the WB selected from the plurality of candidate SD bases.
[0210] Example 30 includes the method of any of Examples 24, 26, or 29, where the CSI report further includes SB PMI information that indicates, for each SB of the WB, a respective set of SD bases for the SB selected from the plurality of candidate SD bases.
[0211] Those of skill in the art would understand that information and signals may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies and techniques. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, and chips that may be referenced throughout the above description may be represented by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or particles, optical fields or particles, or any combination thereof.
[0212] Components, the functional blocks, and the modules described herein with respect to Figures 1-21 include processors, electronics devices, hardware devices, electronics components, logical circuits, memories, software codes, firmware codes, among other examples, or any combination thereof. In addition, features discussed herein may be implemented via specialized processor circuitry, via executable instructions, or combinations thereof.
[0213] Those of skill would further appreciate that the various illustrative logics, logical blocks, modules, circuits, and algorithm processes described in connection with the disclosure herein may be implemented as electronic hardware, computer software, or combinations of both. To clearly illustrate this interchangeability of hardware and software, various illustrative components, blocks, modules, circuits, and processes have been described above generally in terms of their functionality. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present disclosure. Skilled artisans will also readily recognize that the order or combination of components, methods, or interactions that are described herein are merely examples and that the components, methods, or interactions of the various aspects of the present disclosure may be combined or performed in ways other than those illustrated and described herein.
[0214] As used herein, the term “component” is intended to be broadly construed as hardware or a combination of hardware and at least one of software or firmware. “Software” shall be construed broadly to mean instructions, instruction sets, code, code segments, program code, programs, subprograms, software modules, applications, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executables, threads of execution, procedures, or functions, among other examples, whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, or otherwise. As used herein, a “processor” is implemented in hardware or a combination of hardware and software. It will be apparent that systems or methods described herein may be implemented in different forms of hardware or a combination of hardware and software. The actual specialized control hardware or software code used to implement these systems or methods is not limiting of the aspects. Thus, the operation and behavior of the systems or methods are described herein without reference to specific software code, because those skilled in the art will understand that software and hardware can be designed to implement the systems or methods based, at least in part, on the description herein. A component being configured to perform a function means that the component has a capability to perform the function, and does not require the function to be actually performed by the component, unless noted otherwise.
[0215] The hardware and data processing apparatus used to implement the various illustrative logics, logical blocks, modules and circuits described in connection with the aspects disclosed herein may be implemented or performed with a general purpose single-or multi-chip processor, a digital signal processor (DSP) , an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) , a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described herein. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor, or, any conventional processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. In some implementations, a processor may be implemented as a combination of computing devices, such as a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration. In some implementations, particular processes and methods may be performed by circuitry that is specific to a given function.
[0216] If implemented in software, the functions may be stored on or transmitted over as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium. The processes of a method or algorithm disclosed herein may be implemented in a processor-executable software module which may reside on a computer-readable medium. Computer-readable media includes both computer storage media and communication media including any medium that can be enabled to transfer a computer program from one place to another. A storage media may be any available media that may be accessed by a computer. By way of example, and not limitation, such computer-readable media may include random access memory (RAM) , read-only memory (ROM) , electronically erasable programable ROM (EEPROM) , compact disc (CD) ROM (CD-ROM) , or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that may be used to store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that may be accessed by a computer. Also, any connection can be properly termed a computer-readable medium. Disk and disc, as used herein, includes compact disc (CD) , laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc (DVD) , floppy disk, and Blu-ray disc where disks usually reproduce data magnetically, while discs reproduce data optically with lasers. Combinations of the above should also be included within the scope of computer-readable media. Additionally, the operations of a method or algorithm may reside as one or any combination or set of codes and instructions on a machine readable medium and computer-readable medium, which may be incorporated into a computer program product or a computer-readable storage device.
[0217] Certain features that are described in this specification in the context of separate implementations also can be implemented in combination in a single implementation. Conversely, various features that are described in the context of a single implementation also can be implemented in multiple implementations separately or in any suitable subcombination. Moreover, although features may be described above as acting in certain combinations and even initially claimed as such, one or more features from a claimed combination can in some cases be excised from the combination, and the claimed combination may be directed to a subcombination or variation of a subcombination.
[0218] Similarly, while operations are depicted in the drawings in a particular order, this should not be understood as requiring that such operations be performed in the particular order shown or in sequential order, or that all illustrated operations be performed, to achieve desirable results. Further, the drawings may schematically depict one or more example processes in the form of a flow diagram. However, other operations that are not depicted can be incorporated in the example processes that are schematically illustrated. For example, one or more additional operations can be performed before, after, simultaneously with, or between any of the illustrated operations. In certain circumstances, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous. Moreover, the separation of various system components in the implementations described above should not be understood as requiring such separation in all implementations, and it should be understood that the described program components and systems can generally be integrated together in a single software product or packaged into multiple software products. Additionally, some other implementations are within the scope of the following claims. In some cases, the actions recited in the claims can be performed in a different order and still achieve desirable results.
[0219] As used herein, including in the claims, the term “or, ” when used in a list of two or more items, means that any one of the listed items can be employed by itself, or any combination of two or more of the listed items can be employed. For example, if a composition is described as containing components A, B, or C, the composition can contain A alone; B alone; C alone; A and B in combination; A and C in combination; B and C in combination; or A, B, and C in combination. Also, as used herein, including in the claims, “or” as used in a list of items prefaced by “at least one of” indicates a disjunctive list such that, for example, a list of “at least one of A, B, or C” means A or B or C or AB or AC or BC or ABC (that is A and B and C) or any of these in any combination thereof. The term “substantially” is defined as largely but not necessarily wholly what is specified (and includes what is specified; for example, substantially 90 degrees includes 90 degrees and substantially parallel includes parallel) , as understood by a person of ordinary skill in the art. In any disclosed implementations, the term “substantially” may be substituted with “within [apercentage] of” what is specified, where the percentage includes 0.1, 1, 5, or 10 percent.
[0220] As used herein, “satisfying a threshold” may, depending on the context, refer to a value being greater than the threshold, greater than or equal to the threshold, less than the threshold, less than or equal to the threshold, equal to the threshold, or not equal to the threshold, among other examples. Such a threshold may be a single value or a range of values. As an illustrative example, a value may satisfy a threshold range of values if the value is greater than or equal to each of the threshold values included within in the threshold range of values.
[0221] No element, act, or instruction used herein should be construed as critical or essential unless explicitly described as such. Also, as used herein, the articles “a” and “an” are intended to include one or more items and may be used interchangeably with “one or more. ” It should be understood that “one or more” is equivalent to “at least one. ” Further, as used herein, the article “the” is intended to include one or more items referenced in connection with the article “the” and may be used interchangeably with “the one or more. ” Furthermore, as used herein, the terms “set” and “group” are intended to include one or more items and may be used interchangeably with “one or more. ” Where only one item is intended, the phrase “only one” or similar language is used. Also, as used herein, the terms “has, ” “have, ” “having, ” and similar terms are intended to be open-ended terms that do not limit an element that they modify (for example, an element “having” A may also have B) . Further, the phrase “based on” is intended to mean “based on or otherwise in association with” unless explicitly stated otherwise. Similarly, the phrase “in accordance with” is intended to mean “based on or otherwise in association with” unless explicitly stated otherwise.
[0222] The previous description of the disclosure is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the disclosure. Various modifications to the implementations described in this disclosure may be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other variations without departing from the scope of this disclosure. Thus, the disclosure is not intended to be limited to the examples and designs described herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.
[0223] Even though particular combinations of features are recited in the claims or disclosed in the specification, these combinations are not intended to limit the disclosure of various aspects. Many of these features may be combined in ways not specifically recited in the claims or disclosed in the specification. The disclosure of various aspects includes each dependent claim in combination with every other claim in the claim set.
Claims
1.A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:a processing system that includes one or more processors and one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors, the processing system configured to cause the UE to:for each candidate spatial domain (SD) basis of a group of candidate SD bases, obtain a value of a metric associated with the candidate SD basis;select, in accordance with the values of the metric associated with the group of candidate SD bases, a plurality of candidate SD bases from the group of candidate SD bases; andtransmit, to a network node, a channel state information (CSI) report including wideband (WB) precoding matrix indicator (PMI) information that indicates the plurality of candidate SD bases for a WB.2.The UE of claim 1, wherein the CSI report indicates a number of SD bases included in the plurality of candidate SD bases, a number of SD bases associated with one or more sub-bands (SBs) for construction of a precoder matrix, or a combination thereof.3.The UE of claim 1, wherein:the processing system is further configured to cause the UE to select, from the plurality of candidate SD bases, a set of SD bases for the WB; andthe WB PMI information further indicates the set of SD bases for the WB.4.The UE of claim 3, wherein the CSI report further includes sub-band (SB) PMI information that indicates, for each SB of the WB, a respective set of SD bases, selected from the plurality of candidate SD bases, for the SB.5.The UE of claim 1, wherein the WB PMI information further indicates co-phasing information for the WB.6.The UE of claim 1, wherein the CSI report further includes sub-band (SB) PMI information for an SB of the WB, and wherein the SB PMI information indicates co-phasing information for the SB.7.The UE of claim 1, wherein:the processing system is further configured to cause the UE to compute a channel quality indicator (CQI) in accordance with reception of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and a randomly selected precoder matrix from multiple precoder matrices;the multiple precoder matrices are associated with the plurality of candidate SD bases for the WB; andthe CSI report further indicates the CQI.8.The UE of claim 1, wherein the processing system is further configured to cause the UE to:receive, from the network node, a CSI report configuration that indicates a report type;generate the CSI report in accordance with the report type; andreceive a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) from the network node, the PDSCH transmitted in accordance with a precoder matrix generated in accordance with the WB PMI information.9.A method of wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) , comprising:for each candidate spatial domain (SD) basis of a group of candidate SD bases, obtaining a value of a metric associated with the candidate SD basis;selecting, in accordance with the values of the metric associated with the group of candidate SD bases, a plurality of candidate SD bases from the group of candidate SD bases; andtransmitting, to a network node, a channel state information (CSI) report including wideband (WB) precoding matrix indicator (PMI) information that indicates the plurality of candidate SD bases for a WB.10.The method of claim 9, wherein the CSI report indicates a number of SD bases included in the plurality of candidate SD bases, a number of SD bases associated with one or more sub-bands (SBs) for construction of a precoder matrix, or a combination thereof.11.The method of claim 9, further comprising:selecting, from the plurality of candidate SD bases, a set of SD bases for the WB; andwherein the WB PMI information further indicates the set of SD bases for the WB.12.The method of claim 11, wherein the CSI report further includes sub-band (SB) PMI information that indicates, for each SB of the WB, a respective set of SD bases, selected from the plurality of candidate SD bases, for the SB.13.The method of claim 9, wherein the WB PMI information further indicates co-phasing information for the WB.14.The method of claim 9, wherein the CSI report further includes sub-band (SB) PMI information for an SB of the WB, and wherein the SB PMI information indicates co-phasing information for the SB.15.The method of claim 9, further comprising:computing a channel quality indicator (CQI) in accordance reception of physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and a randomly selected precoder matrix from multiple precoder matrices, wherein the multiple precoder matrices associated with the plurality of candidate SD bases for the WB; andwherein the CSI report further indicates the CQI.16.The method of claim 9, further comprising:receiving, from the network node, a CSI report configuration that indicates a report type;generating the CSI report in accordance with the report type; andreceiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) from the network node, the PDSCH transmitted in accordance with a precoder matrix generated in accordance with the WB PMI information.17.A network node for wireless communication, comprising:a processing system that includes one or more processors and one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors, the processing system configured to cause the network node to:receive, from a user equipment (UE) , a channel state information (CSI) report including wideband (WB) precoding matrix indicator (PMI) information that indicates a plurality of spatial domain (SD) bases for a WB, the plurality of candidate SD bases selected from a group of candidate SD bases in accordance with values of a metric associated with the group of candidate SD bases;generate a precoder matrix in accordance with the WB PMI; andtransmit, to the UE, a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in accordance with the precoder matrix.18.The network node of claim 17, wherein:the WB PMI information indicates:a set of SD bases for the WB selected from the plurality of candidate SD bases; andco-phasing information for the set of SD bases for the WB; andthe CSI report further includes sub-band (SB) PMI information that indicates, for an SB of the WB:a set of SD bases for the SB selected from the plurality of candidate SD bases; andco-phasing information for the set of SD bases for the SB.19.The network node of claim 17, wherein the CSI report further indicates a number of SD bases included in the plurality of candidate SD bases, a number of SD bases to be selected from the plurality of candidate SD bases, or a combination thereof.20.The network node of claim 17, wherein the WB PMI information further indicates co-phasing information for the WB.21.The network node of claim 20, wherein the CSI report further includes sub-band (SB) PMI information for an SB of the WB, and wherein the SB PMI information indicates co-phasing information for the SB.22.The network node of claim 17, wherein the WB PMI information further indicates a set of SD bases for the WB selected from the plurality of candidate SD bases.23.The network node of claim 22, wherein the CSI report further includes sub-band (SB) PMI information that indicates, for each SB of the WB, a respective set of SD bases for the SB selected from the plurality of candidate SD bases.24.A method of wireless communication by a network node, comprising:receiving, from a user equipment (UE) , a channel state information (CSI) report including wideband (WB) precoding matrix indicator (PMI) information that indicates a plurality of spatial domain (SD) bases for a WB, the plurality of candidate SD selected from a group of candidate SD bases in accordance with values of a metric associated with the group of candidate SD bases;generating a precoder matrix in accordance with the WB PMI; andtransmitting, to the UE, a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in accordance with the precoder matrix.25.The method of claim 24, wherein:the WB PMI information further indicates:a set of SD bases for the WB selected from the plurality of candidate SD bases; andco-phasing information for the set of SD bases for the WB; andthe CSI report includes sub-band (SB) PMI information that indicates, for an SB of the WB:a set of SD bases for the SB selected from the plurality of candidate SD bases; andco-phasing information for the set of SD bases for the SB.26.The method of claim 24, wherein the CSI report further indicates a number of SD bases included in the plurality of candidate SD bases, a number of SD bases to be selected from the plurality of candidate SD bases, or a combination thereof.27.The method of claim 24, wherein the WB PMI information further indicates co-phasing information for the WB.28.The method of claim 24, wherein the CSI report further includes sub-band (SB) PMI information for an SB of the WB, and wherein the SB PMI information indicates co-phasing information for the SB.29.The method of claim 24, wherein the WB PMI information further indicates a set of SD bases for the WB selected from the plurality of candidate SD bases.30.The method of claim 24, wherein the CSI report further includes sub-band (SB) PMI information that indicates, for each SB of the WB, a respective set of SD bases for the SB selected from the plurality of candidate SD bases.
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