Latency and overhead reduction for linked channel state information reporting
Control signaling for CMR linkage in wireless communication systems addresses CSI report mismatches and overhead by configuring UE with CMR linkage and prioritization, enhancing CSI accuracy and reducing latency.
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- WO · WO
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- Applications
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- Filing Date
- 2024-09-27
- Publication Date
- 2026-04-02
AI Technical Summary
In wireless communication systems, incorrect CMR linkage can lead to incorrect CSI calculations, CSI report mismatches, and transmission overhead due to varying UE behaviors in aperiodic CSI reporting and joint triggering of linked CSI reports.
Implementing control signaling for network entities to configure UE with CMR linkage for linked CSIs, allowing UEs to determine CMR linkage based on UE capabilities and predefined rules, and prioritizing CSI reports for transmission.
Reduces latency and overhead in CSI reporting by ensuring accurate CMR linkage and proper handling of linked CSI reports, improving CSI calculation accuracy and reducing dropped reports.
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LATENCY AND OVERHEAD REDUCTION FOR LINKED CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTINGTECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present disclosure relates generally to wireless communication, and more particularly, to channel state information (CSI) configuration and reporting in a wireless communication system.BACKGROUND
[0002] The Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) specifies a radio interface referred to as fifth generation (5G) new radio (NR) (5G NR) . An architecture for a 5G NR wireless communication system includes a 5G core (5GC) network, a 5G radio access network (5G-RAN) , a 5G user equipment (5G UE) , etc. The 5G NR architecture seeks to provide increased data rates, decreased latency, and / or increased capacity compared to prior generation cellular communication systems.
[0003] Wireless communication systems, in general, provide various telecommunication services (e.g., telephony, video, data, messaging, etc. ) based on multiple-access technologies, such as orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) technologies, that support communication with multiple UEs. Improvements in mobile broadband continue the progression of such wireless communication technologies. For example, a network entity (NE) may configure a user equipment (UE) to measure and report channel state information (CSI) , which allows the NE to select a digital precoder for communication with the UE.
[0004] BRIEF SUMMARY
[0005] The following presents a simplified summary of one or more aspects in order to provide a basic understanding of such aspects. This summary is not an extensive overview of all contemplated aspects. This summary neither identifies key or critical elements of all aspects nor delineates the scope of any or all aspects. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts of one or more aspects in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.
[0006] A network entity (NE) , such as a base station or a unit of a base station, may configure a user equipment (UE) to measure and report channel state information (CSI) . For example, the NE configures one or more channel measurement resources (CMRs) for the UE to measure the downlink channel and calculate CSI based on the measurement. The NE may configure the UE to report multiple CSIs via linked CSI report configurations. Two CSI reports are linked when the calculation of a second CSI for a second CSI report is based on a) the CMR (s) configured for the second CSI and b) a first CSI for a first CSI report.
[0007] To facilitate CSI calculation, the NE may configure not only a linkage between CSI reports but also a linkage between CMRs. For example, when two CSI reports are linked, at least one CMR in the first CSI report configuration is linked with at least one CMR in the second CSI report configuration. Accordingly, the UE calculates the second CSI based both on c) measurement on the CMR (s) in the second CSI report configuration and d) measurement on the at least one linked CMR in the first CSI report configuration. In scenarios where the NE configures multiple CMRs for each of the linked CSIs, it is desirable for the UE to be able to determine the linkage between the CMRs for the linked CSIs. Otherwise, incorrect CMR linkage may result in incorrect CSI calculations by the UE.
[0008] In addition, when a UE is configured with aperiodic CSI reporting based on periodic or semi-persistent CMR (s) , the UE has the option of adopting latency reduction measures by calculating the CSI before receiving downlink control information (DCI) that triggers the CSI reporting. For a UE that does not adopt the latency reduction measures, the UE may buffer the periodic or semi-persistent CMR (s) until receiving the DCI and calculate the CSI upon receiving the DCI. These different UE behaviors may result in CSI report mismatch for linked CSI reports.
[0009] Furthermore, the NE may use one DCI or medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) to jointly trigger the reporting of multiple linked CSIs. In some scenarios, the UE may drop some of the triggered CSIs that have low priority due to constraint of processing capability. Accordingly, it is desirable to for the UE to be able to transmit the remaining CSIs while other CSIs in the linkage are dropped.
[0010] Aspects of the present disclosure address the above-noted and other deficiencies by implementing control signaling for the NE to configure the UE with CMR linkage for linked CSIs. The NE may transmit the control signaling in response to a UE capability message that indicates the UE’s support for linked CSI reporting. Alternatively, the UE and the NE may follow a predefined rule to determine CMR linkage for linked CSIs, thereby reducing transmission overhead in the control signaling.
[0011] Aspects of the present disclosure also address the potential CSI report mismatch for aperiodic CSI reporting based on periodic or semi-persistent CMR (s) . For jointly triggered CSI reports, the UE may determine the CMR (s) based on separate CSI reference resources for the first CSI and second CSI, or determine the CMR (s) based on a CSI reference resource common to the first CSI and second CSI. Alternatively, the UE may calculate the CSI based on the CMR location for the linked CSI report configurations. For separately triggered CSI reports, the UE may calculate transmit the first CSI and second CSI reports separately based on transmission occasions of the CMR (s) corresponding to the first CSI and second CSI reports.
[0012] Aspects of the present disclosure further address the scenario where a UE drops linked CSI in the joint triggering scheme. The UE may determine whether to drop or transmit the other linked CSI reports based on the priority of each individual CSI report or based on a common priority for the linked CSI reports.
[0013] According to some aspects, the UE receives, from a network entity, a first configuration for a first CSI report and a second configuration for a second CSI report linked with the first CSI report. The first configuration indicates a first CMR and the second configuration indicates a second CMR linked with the first CMR. The UE receives, from the network entity, a first reference signal on the first CMR and a second reference signal on the second CMR. The UE transmits, to the network entity, the second CSI report including second CSI calculated based on measurements of the reference signal and the second reference signal.
[0014] According to some aspects, the network entity transmits, to a UE, a first configuration of a first CSI report and a second configuration of a second CSI report linked with the first CSI report. The first configuration indicates a first CMR and the second configuration indicates a second CMR linked with the first CMR. The network entity transmits, to the UE, a first reference signal on the first CMR and a second reference signal on the second CMR. The network entity receives, from the UE, the second CSI report including second CSI calculated based on measurements of the first reference signal and the second reference signal.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0015] FIG. 1 illustrates an example diagram of a wireless communications system that includes a plurality of UEs and NEs in communication over one or more cells according to some implementations.
[0016] FIG. 2 illustrates an example diagram of the linkage between two CRI reports according to some implementations.
[0017] FIGs. 3A and 3B each illustrate an example signaling diagram of linked CSI reporting with CMR linkage according to some implementations.
[0018] FIGs. 4A and 4B each illustrate an example diagram of linked CSI report configurations with CMR linkage according to some implementations.
[0019] FIGs. 5-8 each illustrate an example diagram of the timing of jointly triggered CSI reporting according to some implementations.
[0020] FIGs. 9 illustrates an example diagram of the timing of separately triggered CSI reporting according to some implementations.
[0021] FIGs. 10 and 11 each illustrate an example diagram of linked CSI reporting with at least one CSI report dropped according to some implementations.
[0022] FIGs. 12A and 12B are each a flowchart of a method of wireless communication at a UE according to some implementations.
[0023] FIG. 13 is a flowchart of a method of wireless communication at a NE according to some implementations.
[0024] FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a hardware implementation for an example UE apparatus according to some implementations.
[0025] FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a hardware implementation for one or more example network entities according to some implementations.DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0026] FIG. 1 illustrates a diagram 100 of a wireless communications system associated with a plurality of cells 190. The wireless communications system includes user equipments (UEs) 102 and base stations / NEs 104. Some base stations may include an aggregated base station architecture and other base stations may include a disaggregated base station architecture. The aggregated base station architecture utilizes a radio protocol stack that is physically or logically integrated within a single radio access network (RAN) node. A disaggregated base station architecture utilizes a protocol stack that is physically or logically distributed among two or more units (e.g., radio unit (RU) 106, distributed unit (DU) 108, central unit (CU) 110) . For example, a CU 110 is implemented within a RAN node, and one or more DUs 108 may be co-located with the CU 110, or alternatively, may be geographically or virtually distributed throughout one or multiple other RAN nodes. The DUs 108 may be implemented to communicate with one or more RUs 106. Any of the RU 106, the DU 108 and the CU 110 can be implemented as virtual units, such as a virtual radio unit (VRU) , a virtual distributed unit (VDU) , or a virtual central unit (VCU) . The base station / network entity 104 (e.g., an aggregated base station or disaggregated units of the base station, such as the RU 106 or the DU 108) , may be referred to as a transmission reception point (TRP) .
[0027] Operations of the base station 104 and / or network designs may be based on aggregation characteristics of base station functionality. For example, disaggregated base station architectures are utilized in an integrated access backhaul (IAB) network, an open-radio access network (O-RAN) network, or a virtualized radio access network (vRAN) , which may also be referred to a cloud radio access network (C-RAN) . Disaggregation may include distributing functionality across the two or more units at various physical locations, as well as distributing functionality for at least one unit virtually, which can enable flexibility in network designs. The various units of the disaggregated base station architecture, or the disaggregated RAN architecture, can be configured for wired or wireless communication with at least one other unit. For example, the base stations 104d, 104e and / or the RUs 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d may communicate with the UEs 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d, and / or 102s via one or more radio frequency (RF) access links based on a Uu interface. In examples, multiple RUs 106 and / or base stations 104 may simultaneously serve the UEs 102, such as by intra-cell and / or inter-cell access links between the UEs 102 and the RUs 106 / base stations 104.
[0028] The RU 106, the DU 108, and the CU 110 may include (or may be coupled to) one or more interfaces configured to transmit or receive information / signals via a wired or wireless transmission medium. For example, a wired interface can be configured to transmit or receive the information / signals over a wired transmission medium, such as via the fronthaul link 160 between the RU 106d and the baseband unit (BBU) 112 of the base station 104d associated with the cell 190d. The BBU 112 includes a DU 108 and a CU 110, which may also have a wired interface (e.g., midhaul link) configured between the DU 108 and the CU 110 to transmit or receive the information / signals between the DU 108 and the CU 110. In further examples, a wireless interface, which may include a receiver, a transmitter, or a transceiver, such as an RF transceiver, configured to transmit and / or receive the information / signals via the wireless transmission medium, such as for information communicated between the RU 106a of the cell 190a and the base station 104e of the cell 190e via cross-cell communication beams 136-138 of the RU 106a and the base station 104e.
[0029] The RUs 106 may be configured to implement lower layer functionality. For example, the RU 106 is controlled by the DU 108 and may correspond to a logical node that hosts RF processing functions, or lower layer PHY functionality, such as execution of fast Fourier transform (FFT) , inverse FFT (iFFT) , digital beamforming, physical random access channel (PRACH) extraction and filtering, etc. The functionality of the RU 106 may be based on the functional split, such as a functional split of lower layers.
[0030] The RUs 106 may transmit or receive over-the-air (OTA) communication with one or more UEs 102. For example, the RU 106b of the cell 190b communicates with the UE 102b of the cell 190b via a first set of communication beams 132 of the RU 106b and a second set of communication beams 134b of the UE 102b, which may correspond to inter-cell communication beams or, in some examples, cross-cell communication beams. For instance, the UE 102b of the cell 190b may communicate with the RU 106a of the cell 190a via a third set of communication beams 134a of the UE 102b and a fourth set of communication beams 136 of the RU 106a. DUs 108 can control both real-time and non-real-time features of control plane and user plane communications of the RUs 106.
[0031] Any combination of the RU 106, the DU 108, and the CU 110, or reference thereto individually, may correspond to a base station 104. Thus, the base station 104 may include at least one of the RU 106, the DU 108, or the CU 110. The base stations 104 provide the UEs 102 with access to a core network. The base stations 104 may relay communications between the UEs 102 and the core network (not shown) . The base stations 104 may be associated with macrocells for higher-power cellular base stations and / or small cells for lower-power cellular base stations. For example, the cell 190e may correspond to a macrocell, whereas the cells 190a-190d may correspond to small cells. Small cells include femtocells, picocells, microcells, etc. A network that includes at least one macrocell and at least one small cell may be referred to as a “heterogeneous network. ”
[0032] Transmissions from a UE 102 to a base station 104 / RU 106 are referred to as uplink (UL) transmissions, whereas transmissions from the base station 104 / RU 106 to the UE 102 are referred to as downlink (DL) transmissions. Uplink transmissions may also be referred to as reverse link transmissions and downlink transmissions may also be referred to as forward link transmissions. For example, the RU 106d utilizes antennas of the base station 104d of cell 190d to transmit a downlink / forward link communication to the UE 102d or receive an uplink / reverse link communication from the UE 102d based on the Uu interface associated with the access link between the UE 102d and the base station 104d / RU 106d.
[0033] Communication links between the UEs 102 and the base stations 104 / RUs 106 may be based on multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) antenna technology, including spatial multiplexing, beamforming, and / or transmit diversity. The communication links may be associated with one or more carriers. The UEs 102 and the base stations 104 / RUs 106 may utilize a spectrum bandwidth of Y MHz (e.g., 5, 10, 15, 20, 100, 400, 800, 1600, 2000, etc. MHz) per carrier allocated in a carrier aggregation of up to a total of Yx MHz, where x component carriers (CCs) are used for communication in each of the uplink and downlink directions. The carriers may or may not be adjacent to each other along a frequency spectrum. In examples, uplink and downlink carriers may be allocated in an asymmetric manner, with more or fewer carriers allocated to either the uplink or the downlink. A primary component carrier and one or more secondary component carriers may be included in the component carriers. The primary component carrier may be associated with a primary cell (PCell) and a secondary component carrier may be associated with a secondary cell (SCell) .
[0034] Some UEs 102, such as the UEs 102a and 102s, may perform device-to-device (D2D) communications over sidelink. For example, a sidelink communication / D2D link utilizes a spectrum for a wireless wide area network (WWAN) associated with uplink and downlink communications. Such sidelink / D2D communication may be performed through various wireless communications systems, such as wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) systems, Bluetooth systems, Long Term Evolution (LTE) systems, New Radio (NR) systems, etc.
[0035] The UEs 102 and the base stations 104 / RUs 106 may each include a plurality of antennas. The plurality of antennas may correspond to antenna elements, antenna panels, and / or antenna arrays that may facilitate beamforming operations. For example, the RU 106b transmits a downlink beamformed signal based on a first set of communication beams 132 to the UE 102b in one or more transmit directions of the RU 106b. The UE 102b may receive the downlink beamformed signal based on a second set of communication beams 134b from the RU 106b in one or more receive directions of the UE 102b. In a further example, the UE 102b may also transmit an uplink beamformed signal (e.g., sounding reference signal (SRS) ) to the RU 106b based on the second set of communication beams 134b in one or more transmit directions of the UE 102b. The RU 106b may receive the uplink beamformed signal from the UE 102b in one or more receive directions of the RU 106b. The UE 102b may perform beam training to determine the best receive and transmit directions for the beamformed signals. The transmit and receive directions for the UEs 102 and the base stations 104 / RUs 106 may or may not be the same.
[0036] In further examples, beamformed signals may be communicated between a first base station / RU 106a and a second base station 104e. For instance, the base station 104e of the cell 190e may transmit a beamformed signal to the RU 106a based on the communication beams 138 in one or more transmit directions of the base station 104e. The RU 106a may receive the beamformed signal from the base station 104e of the cell 190e based on the RU communication beams 136 in one or more receive directions of the RU 106a. In further examples, the base station 104e transmits a downlink beamformed signal to the UE 102e based on the communication beams 138 in one or more transmit directions of the base station 104e. The UE 102e receives the downlink beamformed signal from the base station 104e based on UE communication beams 130 in one or more receive directions of the UE 102e. The UE 102e may also transmit an uplink beamformed signal to the base station 104e based on the UE communication beams 130 in one or more transmit directions of the UE 102e, such that the base station 104e may receive the uplink beamformed signal from the UE 102e in one or more receive directions of the base station 104e.
[0037] The base station 104 may include and / or be referred to as a network entity. That is, “network entity” may refer to the base station 104 or at least one unit of the base station 104, such as the RU 106, the DU 108, and / or the CU 110. The base station 104 may also include and / or be referred to as a next generation evolved Node B (ng-eNB) , a next generation NB (gNB) , an evolved NB (eNB) , an access point, a base transceiver station, a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a transceiver function, a basic service set (BSS) , an extended service set (ESS) , a TRP, a network node, network equipment, or other related terminology. The base station 104 or an entity at the base station 104 can be implemented as an IAB node, a relay node, a sidelink node, an aggregated (monolithic) base station, or a disaggregated base station including one or more RUs 106, DUs 108, and / or CUs 110. A set of aggregated or disaggregated base stations may be referred to as a next generation-radio access network (NG-RAN) . In some examples, the UE 102a operates in dual connectivity (DC) with the base station 104e and the base station / RU 106a. In such cases, the base station 104e can be a master node and the base station / RU 160a can be a secondary node.
[0038] Still referring to FIG. 1, any of the UEs 102 may include a CSI processing component 140 configured to receive, from a network entity, a first configuration for a first CSI report and a second configuration for a second CSI report linked with the first CSI report. The first configuration indicates a first CMR and the second configuration indicates a second CMR linked with the first CMR. The CSI processing component 140 is configured to receive, from the network entity, a first reference signal on the first CMR and a second reference signal on the second CMR. The CSI processing component 140 is configured to transmit, to the network entity, the second CSI report including second CSI calculated based on measurements of the first reference signal and the second reference signal.
[0039] The base stations 104 or a network entity of the base stations 104 may include a CSI configuration component 150 configured to transmit, to a UE, a first configuration of a first CSI report and a second configuration of a second CSI report linked with the first CSI report. The first configuration indicates a first CMR and the second configuration indicates a second CMR linked with the first CMR. The CSI configuration component 150 is configured to transmit, to the UE, a first reference signal on the first CMR and a second reference signal on the second CMR. The CSI configuration component 150 is configured to receive, from the UE, the second CSI report including second CSI calculated based on measurements of the first reference signal and the second reference signal.
[0040] Accordingly, FIG. 1 describes a wireless communication system that may be implemented in connection with aspects of one or more other figures described herein. Further, although the following description may be focused on 5G NR, the concepts described herein may be applicable to other similar areas, such as 5G-Advanced and future versions, LTE, LTE-advanced (LTE-A) , and other wireless technologies, such as 6G.
[0041] FIG. 2 illustrates an example diagram 200 of the timing of linked CSI reporting according to some implementations. The CSI reporting illustrated in FIG. 2 may be implemented in a wireless communications system, such as the wireless communications system of FIG. 1, which involves a UE 102 and a NE 104.
[0042] In the illustrated example, the NE 104 configures two channel measurement resources (CMRs) , a first CMR 202a and a second CMR 202b, for two CSI reports, a first CSI report 212a and a second CSI report 212b, respectively. The two CMRs 202a and 202b may include, e.g., one or multiple CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) resources, one or multiple synchronization signal block (SSB) resources, and / or one or multiple sounding reference signal (SRS) resources. In some implementations, the NE 104 may further configure one or multiple CSI-RS resources, one or multiple channel state information interference measurement (CSI-IM) resources, and / or one or multiple SRS resources as interference measurement resource (s) (IMR (s) ) for the UE 102 to measure interference over the downlink channel.
[0043] Using the two CMRs 202a and 202b, the UE 102 measures the downlink channel and calculates first and second CSI to include in CSI reports 212a and 212b, respectively. For example, the UE 102 calculates first CSI based on the first CMR 202a and calculates second CSI based on the second CMR 202 and the first CSI (e.g., the first CMR 202a) . This way, the first CSI and the second CSI are linked. The NE 104 may configure the UE 102 with the link dependency between the first CMR and the second CMR, e.g., whether the calculation of the first CSI is based on the first and second CMRs or the calculation of the second CSI is based on the first and second CMRs.
[0044] The NE 104 may configure the first CSI report 212a and the second CSI report 212b using radio resource control (RRC) signaling, such as a RRC message having a field of CSI-ReportConfig. When the first CSI and the second CSI are linked, the corresponding configurations are also linked. Although the implementations described with reference to FIG. 2 have only two linked CSI reports, other implementations may have more than two linked CSI reports. For example, the UE 102 in some implementations may further be configured with a third CSI report that is linked with the second report. In this case, the UE 102 may calculate the third CSI based on the second CMR 202b. Alternatively or additionally, the UE 102 in some implementations may further be configured with a fourth CSI report that is linked with both the first CSI report and the second CSI report in a one-to-multiple linkage. In this case, the UE 102 may calculate both the first CSI and the second CSI based on the fourth CSI. Alternatively or additionally, the UE 102 in some implementations may further be configured with a fifth CSI report, corresponding to a fifth CMR, that is linked with both the first CSI report and the second CSI report in a multiple-to-one linkage. In this case, the UE 102 may calculate the fifth CSI based on the fifth CMR, the first CSI, and the second CSI. The NE 104 may configure the UE 102 with link dependency that involves more than two CSI reports.
[0045] In a CSI report configuration, the NE 104 may configure the report quantity for the CSI report, which may include one or more of the followings: SSB resource indicator (SSBRI) , CSI-RS resource indicator (CRI) , rank indicator (RI) , precoder matrix indicator (PMI) , channel quality indicator (CQI) , layer indicator (LI) , time-domain channel property (TDCP) , delay offset (DO) , frequency offset (FO) , phase offset (PO) , layer 1 reference signal received power (L1-RSRP) , layer 1 signal-to-interference plus noise ratio (L1-SINR) , or received signal strength indication (RSSI) . The SSBRI may indicate one of the configured SSB resources for the CSI report. The CRI may indicate one of the configured CSI-RS resources for the CSI report. RI and PMI may indicate the digital precoder, CQI may indicate the signal-to-interference plus noise (SINR) status in order to assist the network entity to determine the modulation and coding scheme (MCS) , and LI may identify the strongest layer for the reported precoder indicated by RI and PMI. TDCP may indicate the cross-correlation for channel in different time-domain, which reflects the channel variance speed. DO may indicate the delay difference between two CSI-RS resource sets, e.g., two transmission and reception points (TRPs) . FO may indicate the frequency difference between two CSI-RS resource sets, e.g., two TRPs. PO may indicate the uplink and downlink channel phase difference between two CSI-RS resources, e.g., two TRPs. L1-RSRP may indicate the signal quality for each resource element (RE) . L1-SINR may indicate the SINR for each RE. RSSI may indicate the interference strength. For each report quantity, the NE 104 may configure the UE 102 to report one or multiple values based on different CMRs or IMRs. The concept of report quantity is described in Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Technical Specification (TS) 38.214, Section 5.2.1.4.2. For the linked CSI report configurations, the NE may configure the same or different report quantities. In one example, the NE may configure the report quantity for the first CSI report configuration based on one or multiple of the report quantities above, and may configure the report quantity for the second CSI report configuration based on one or multiple of the report quantities above excluding the report quantities configured in the first CSI report configuration.
[0046] FIGs. 3A and 3B each illustrate an example signaling diagram, 300A and 300B, respectively, of linked CSI reporting with CMR linkage according to some implementations. FIGs. 3A and 3B illustrates scenarios where the UE is configured with two CSI reports, the first CSI report (or CSI report 1) and the second CSI report (or CSI report 2) that is linked with the first CSI report. The signaling diagram in FIG. 3A illustrates a case where the NE 104 uses one downlink message to jointly trigger both CSI report, whereas the signaling diagram in FIG. 3B illustrates a case where the NE 104 uses multiple downlink messages to separately trigger the first and second CSI reports. More generally, the features described with reference to FIGs. 3A and 3B apply to scenarios with more than two linked CSI reports.
[0047] Starting from FIG. 3A, the UE 102 may transmit a message to the NE 104 to report UE capabilities with regard to supported configurations for CSI reporting based on linked CSI report configurations. Examples UE capabilities include: whether the UE 102 supports CSI reporting based on linked CSI report configurations; whether the UE 102 supports joint triggering or separate triggering of CSI reporting based on linked CSI report configurations; supported report quantity combination (s) for the linked CSI report configurations; supported time-domain behavior (e.g., periodic, semi-persistent, or aperiodic) combination (s) for the CMR for the linked CSI report configurations; supported time-domain behavior (e.g., periodic, semi-persistent, or aperiodic) combination (s) for the CSI reports for the linked CSI report configurations; and the maximum number of linked CSI report configurations.
[0048] Based on the UE capabilities, the NE 104 transmits 304 control signaling to configure the UE 102 with linked CSI reporting. The control signaling, which may include at least one of a radio resource control (RRC) signal (e.g., an RRCReconfiguration message) , a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) , or a downlink control information (DCI) , includes one or more downlink messages transmitted to the UE 102 at the same time or at different times. The control signaling may provide the UE 102 with initial CSI reporting configurations or updated CSI reporting configurations, e.g., new configurations for a current or past CSI reporting procedure.
[0049] In some implementations, the control signaling includes a first CSI report configuration and a second CSI report configuration for the first CSI report and the second CSI report, respectively. The first CSI report configuration may indicate one or more first CMRs for the UE 102 to measure reference signals corresponding to the first CMRs. Likewise, the second CSI report configuration may indicate one or more second CMRs for the UE 102 to measure reference signals corresponding to the second CMRs.
[0050] The first CSI report configuration is linked with the second CSI report configuration including a linkage of a first CMR (of the first CSI report configuration) with a second CMR (of the second CSI report configuration) . According to such linkage, the UE 102 may either a) calculate the first CSI based not only on the first one or more CMRs but also the second CMR that is linked with a first CMR, or b) calculate the second CSI based not only on the second one or more CMRs but also the first CMR that is linked with a second CMR. Whether the UE 102 follows a) or b) may be indicated in the control signaling. For simplicity of description, the procedure in diagram 300A assumes b) .
[0051] In some implementations, the UE 102 obtains a variety of information relating to CSI reporting configurations. For example, the UE 102 may determine 318 the linkage between the first and second CMRs, determine 320 the priorities of the first and second CSI reports, determine 322 the number of CSI processing units (CPUs) , and / or determine 324 CSI reference resources for the first and second CSI reports. The outcomes of these determinations may be used for reducing CSI reporting latency or improving CSI reporting robustness, as described later in this specification.
[0052] In some implementations, the UE 102 may receive 306 a signal from the NE 104 that jointly triggers the first CSI report and the second CSI report. The triggering signal may include, e.g., a MAC CE that activates semi-persistent CSI reporting or DCI that triggers aperiodic CSI reporting. In some implementations, DCI with different triggering states correspond to different CSI report configurations. The NE may transmit a MAC CE, a MAC packet data unit (PDU) (e.g., a random access response) , or DCI triggering the CSI reports based on the linked CSI report configurations.
[0053] After configuring the UE 102, the NE 104 transmits 308a a first reference signal on the first CMR and transmits 308b a second reference signal on the second CMR. Transmissions at 308a and 308b may be collectively referred to as 308 in this disclosure. In some implementations, the first or second CMR includes multiple downlink transmissions of reference signals at different times (different CMR transmission occasions) , and the UE 102 makes multiple measurements on the received reference signals accordingly.
[0054] The UE 102 calculates 326 the first CSI based on the first CMR, e.g., based on the measurement of the reference signal (s) received on the first CMR. Similarly, the UE 102 calculates 328 the second CSI based on the second CMR, e.g., based on the measurement of the reference signal (s) received on the second CMR. Because of the linkage between the first CSI report and the second CSI report, the calculation 328 of the second CSI is also based on the first CSI.
[0055] After calculating the first CSI and the second CSI, the UE 102 transmits 310 the first CSI report and / or the second CSI report to the NE 104. Whether the UE 102 transmits both CSI reports or one CSI report may depend on transmission occasion or dropping procedures. The transmission occasion or dropping procedure may include the triggering of one or both CSI reports, the availability of CSI processing capability, the assignment of priority to one or both CSI reports, etc. The UE 102 may transmit the first and / or second CSI reports by an RRC message, a MAC CE, or uplink control information (UCI) on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) . The PUCCH may be a short PUCCH, e.g., PUCCH with less than 4 symbols, or a long PUCCH, e.g., a PUCCH with 4 or more symbols.
[0056] Turning to FIG. 3B, the diagram 300B illustrates operations that are similar to those in the diagram 300A, such as operations at 302, 304, 308, and 318-328. For brevity, this disclosure omits further descriptions of these operations.
[0057] The procedure in FIG. 3B differs from the procedure in FIG. 3A in the triggering of CSI reporting. In FIG. 3B, the NE 104 triggers 306a the first CSI report separately from the triggering 306b of the second CSI report. Correspondingly, the UE 102 transmits 310a the first CSI report separately from the transmission 310b of the second CSI report. FIG. 3B illustrates that the UE 102 may receive 306a the downlink message that triggers the first CSI report, receives 308a the reference signal on the first CMR, calculates 326 the first CSI based on the first CMR, and transmits 310a the first CSI report prior to the corresponding operations 306b, 308b, 328, and 310b for the second CSI report. However, the timing illustrated is merely an example. Other implementations may have different timings.
[0058] FIGs. 4A and 4B each illustrate an example diagram, 400A and 400B, respectively, of linked CSI report configurations with CMR linkage according to some implementations. In each figure, a first CSI report configuration 401a is linked with a second CSI report configuration 401b. A network entity, such as the NE 104, may provide the first and second CSI report configuration 401a and 401b to a UE, such as the UE 102. The NE 104 may provide the first and second CSI report configuration 401a and 401b in a single downlink control message or multiple downlink control messages.
[0059] In FIG. 4A, the first CSI report configuration 401a indicates a first CMR 402a and a second CMR 402b. Similarly, the second CSI report configuration 401b indicates a third CMR 402c and a fourth CMR 402d. Additionally, the first CSI report configuration 401a indicates DO as the first CSI report quantity, whereas the second CSI report configuration 401b indicates RI, PMI, and CQI as the second CSI report quantity. The first and second CSI report configuration 401a and 401b may provide other configurations for CSI reporting.
[0060] In some implementations, the NE 104 intends a linkage between the first CMR 402a and the fourth CMR 402d, e.g., for channel state estimation toward the same transmission and reception point (TRP) , TRP1. Similarly, the NE 104 intends a linkage between the second CMR 402b and the third CMR 402c, e.g., for channel state estimation toward another TRP, TRP2. For example, the first CSI report configuration 401a may configure the UE 102 to calculate the DO between the first and second CMRs 402a and 402b. The second CSI report configuration 401b may configure the UE 102 to use the DO between the first and second CMRs 402a and 402b as the DO between the third and fourth CMRs 402c and 402d, and to calculate RI, PMI, and / or CQI based on the DO and the third and fourth CMRs 402c and 402d. To improve accuracy of calculation, it is desirable for the UE 102 to be able to obtain the intended linkages and perform CSI calculation accordingly.
[0061] To this end, the NE 104 may transmit a signal to UE 102 to indicate the intended linkages. For example, the NE 104 may transmit a message as part of control signaling to explicitly configure the UE 102 with a linkage between the first CMR 402a and the fourth CMR 402d and a linkage between the second CMR 402b and the third CMR 402c. The message may include, e.g., a RRC parameter associated with at least one of the linked CSI report configurations, a MAC CE activating at least one of the linked CSI reports, or DCI triggering at least one of the linked CSI reports. In the message, the NE 104 may identify a CMR by an index or an identifier (ID) , such as a resource ID or a resource set ID, or may identify a CMR by an entry order or configuration order, such as the order of a CMR in a list of configured CMRs. The NE 104 may specify the link dependency between CMRs in the first CSI report configuration 401a, in the second CSI report configuration 401b, or in both of the first CSI report configuration 401a and the second CSI report configuration 401b.
[0062] In FIG. 4B, the first CSI report configuration 401a and the second CSI report configuration 401c are similar to their counterparts in FIG. 4A. A difference between FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B is that the second CSI report configuration 401c additionally indicates a fifth CMR 402e that is not linked with any CMRs indicated by the first CSI report configuration 401a. The fifth CMR 402e thus may be referred to as an orphan CMR, which means that the CMR is not linked with any other CMRs for other CSI reports. Upon being configured with an orphan CMR 402e, the UE 102 may assume a linkage between the orphan CMR 402e and a default CMR (e.g., the first CMR 402a or the second CMR 402b) of the first CSI report configuration 401a and calculate the second CSI accordingly. Alternatively, the UE 102 may omit the orphan CMR 402e for the second CSI calculation and use the non-orphan CMRs 402c and 402d for the second CSI calculation. Alternatively, the UE 102 may omit the non-orphan CMRs 402c and 402d for the second CSI calculation and use only the orphan CMR 402e for the second CSI calculation. Alternatively, the UE 102 may drop the reporting of the second CSI for which the orphan CMR 402e is configured.
[0063] The UE 102 may choose among these alternative operations based on some criteria, such as the location or index of the CMR. As an example, if the orphan CMR is in the first CSI report configuration (i.e., the independent CSI in the linkage) , the UE may report the first CSI based on the configured CMRs including the orphan CMR; if the orphan CMR is in the second CSI report configuration (i.e., the dependent CSI in the linkage) , the UE may report the second CSI based on the configured CMRs excluding the orphan CMR, drop one of the linked CSI reports, or drop both the linked CSI reports. The UE 102 may support some or all of the alternative operations described above, and may indicate the supported operations in a UE capability message to the NE 104.
[0064] In some implementations, the NE 104 may, by itself or after communicating with the UE 102, determine to refrain from configuring the UE 102 with orphan CMRs. In other words, the NE 104 may configure the UE 102 with CMRs that are always linked to another CMR. In one example, the NE 104 may configure the same number of CMRs in the first and second CSI report configuration, where the CMRs in the first CSI report configuration are one-to-one linked with the CMRs in the second CSI report configuration.
[0065] In some implementations, instead of explicitly indicating the CMR linkages to the UE 102, the NE 104 organizes the CMRs in the CSI report configurations according to a predefined rule. Correspondingly, the UE 102 determines the CMR linkages as indicated in the CSI report configurations according to the same rule. For example, the rule may specify that certain CMR in the first CSI report configuration 401a is to be linked with certain CMR in the second CSI report configuration 401b / 401c. The rule may use a CMR index or ID or an order of a CMR in a list to specify a certain CMR. Alternatively or additionally, the rule may use the quasi-co-location (QCL) profile to specify CMR linkages. For example, the rule may specify that CMRs are linked when the two CMRs share the same QCL source or the same root SSB of QCL source that are quasi-co-located.
[0066] As discussed above, CMR linkages may be one-to-multiple or multiple-to-one. The configurations for these linkages are the same as or similar to the configurations explained above with reference to FIGs. 4A and 4B.
[0067] In some implementations, via control signaling, the NE 104 configures the UE 102 with time-domain behavior for the CMRs for the linked CSI report configurations. The NE 104 may transmit the time-domain behavior configurations to the UE 102 in a message along with or separate from the CSI report configurations 401a and 401b / 401c. Example time-domain behaviors include: periodic CMR in the first CSI report configuration, and periodic CMR in the second CSI report configuration; periodic CMR in the first CSI report configuration, and semi-persistent CMR in the second CSI report configuration; periodic CMR in the first CSI report configuration, and aperiodic CMR in the second CSI report configuration; semi-persistent CMR in the first CSI report configuration, and periodic CMR in the second CSI report configuration; semi-persistent CMR in the first CSI report configuration, and semi-persistent CMR in the second CSI report configuration; semi-persistent CMR in the first CSI report configuration, and aperiodic CMR in the second CSI report configuration; aperiodic CMR in the first CSI report configuration, and periodic CMR in the second CSI report configuration; aperiodic CMR in the first CSI report configuration, and semi-persistent CMR in the second CSI report configuration; aperiodic CMR in the first CSI report configuration, and aperiodic CMR in the second CSI report configuration. The NE 104 may configure the UE 102 with a combination of the time-domain behaviors, and may configure the UE 102 to exclude certain time-domain behaviors. In some implementations, the NE 104 may refrain from configuring the UE 102 with one or multiple of the time-domain behaviors above. In some implementations, the UE 102 indicates the supported time-domain behaviors to the NE 104 via a UE capability message.
[0068] In some implementations, via control signaling, the NE 104 configures the CMRs in the linked CSI report configurations based on the same or different granularities. Levels of granularity include resource and resource set. As an example of different granularities, the NE 104 may configure a CMR in the first CSI report configuration based on one CSI-RS / SSB resource set and configure a CMR in the second CSI report configuration based on one CSI-RS / SSB resource. As another example of different granularities, the NE 104 may configure a CMR in the first CSI report configuration based on one CSI-RS / SSB resource and configure a CMR in the second CSI report configuration based on one CSI-RS / SSB resource set. As an example of the same granularity, the NE 104 may configure a CMR in the first CSI report configuration based on a CSI-RS / SSB resource set and configure a CMR in the second CSI report configuration also based on a CSI-RS / SSB resource set. As another example of the same granularity, the NE 104 may configure a CMR in the first CSI report configuration based on a CSI-RS / SSB resource and configure a CMR in the second CSI report configuration also based on a CSI-RS / SSB resource.
[0069] FIGs. 5-8 each illustrate an example diagram, 500-800, respectively, of the timing of jointly triggered linked CSI reporting according to some implementations. The diagrams illustrated in FIGs. 5-8 may apply to CSI reporting scenarios in which a network entity, e.g., NE 104, configures a UE, e.g., UE 102, to report CSI aperiodically based on periodic or semi-persistent CMRs.
[0070] As illustrated in the diagram 500 of FIG. 5, the NE 104 configures the UE 102 to jointly report first and second CSI reports 550 at time t3, e.g., via PUCCH or PUSCH. To configure the first CSI report (e.g., CSI report 1) , the NE 104 indicates two first CMR (e.g., CMR 1 for report 1) transmission occasions, 502a-1 and 502a-2 (collectively referred to as 502a) . At each of the first CMR transmission occasions 502a, the NE 104 transmits a first reference signal for the UE 102 to make channel measurement. Similarly, to configure the second CSI report (e.g., CSI report 2) , the NE 104 indicates two second CMR (e.g., CMR 2 for report 2) transmission occasions, 502b-1 and 502b-2 (collectively referred to as 502b) . At each of the second CMR transmission occasions 502b, the NE 104 transmits a second reference signal for the UE 102 to make channel measurement. The NE 104 also transmits a trigger message 530, e.g., DCI or a MAC CE, that jointly triggers the CSI reports 550. As illustrated, the transmission of the trigger message 530 happens between the first CMR transmission occasion 502a-1 and the second CMR transmission occasion 502a-1.
[0071] As discussed previously, the UE 102 may calculate the first CSI before or after receiving the trigger message 530, depending on whether the UE 102 is configured to reduce latency. Because the second CSI report is linked with the first CSI report, the UE 102 may report different values for the second CSI, depending on whether the UE 102 is configured to reduce latency. When the NE 104 receives the CSI reports from the UE 102, the NE 104 may be unable to ascertain the first transmission occasion that the UE 102 used for calculating the first CSI, and thus may be unable to correctly interpret the first and second CSI reports.
[0072] In some implementations illustrated in FIG. 5, the UE 102 measures on CMRs and report CSI based on a CSI reference resource. For example, the UE 102 calculates a first minimum processing delay for the first CSI report by adding a) the time for calculating the first CSI report and b) the time for preparing to transmit the first CSI report. The UE 102 then determines a first CSI reference resource 505 that occurs at t1, which is at least (the minimum processing delay) earlier than the scheduled report transmission time, t3. Likewise, the UE 102 calculates a second minimum processing delay for the second CSI report and determines a second CSI reference resource 506 that occurs at t2.
[0073] With the first and second CSI reference resources 505 and 506 determined, the UE 102 may be configured to use the first CMR before (e.g., immediately before) the first CSI reference resource 505 for calculating the first CSI, and to use the second CMR before (e.g., immediately before) the second CSI reference resource 505 for calculating the second CSI.
[0074] In the case of FIG. 5, because the first CMR transmission occasion 502a-2 and the second CMR transmission occasion 502b-2 are immediately before the first and second CSI reference resources 505 and 506, respectively, the UE 102 calculates the first CSI based on the first CMR transmission occasion 502a-2, and calculates the second CSI based on the second CMR transmission occasion 502b-2 and the first CSI. Assuming, in a different case, the timing for the first and second CSI reference resources 505 and 506 is t4 and t5, respectively, the UE 102 may instead use the first CMR transmission occasion 502a-1 and the second CMR transmission occasion 502b-1 for CSI calculation. In this case, the UE 102 calculates the first CSI before the trigger message 530, thereby reducing latency.
[0075] Correspondingly, the NE 104, which is aware of the first and second CSI reference resources 505 and 506, is able to ascertain the CMR transmission occasions that the UE 102 uses for CSI calculation. Accordingly, the NE 104 may properly interpret the CSI reports from the UE 102, thereby improving the robustness of CSI reporting while allowing latency reduction.
[0076] Turing to FIG. 6, the implementations illustrated in FIG. 6 are similar to those illustrated in FIG. 5. For example, the NE 104 configures the UE 102 to jointly report first and second CSI reports 650 at time t3. The NE 104 also configures the UE 102 with CMR transmission occasions 602a-1, 602b-1, 602a-2, and 602b-2, which are similar to the CMR transmission occasions 502a-1, 502b-1, 502a-2, and 502b-2, respectively. The NE 104 in FIG. 6 also transmits a trigger message 630 to jointly trigger the CSI reports 650.
[0077] Different from the implementations of FIG. 5, the implementations of FIG. 6 determine a common CSI reference resource 607 for both CSI reports. The UE 102 determines the common CSI reference resource 607 based on a minimum processing delay for both CSI reports, which may be a combination of the respective minimum processing delays for the first and second CSI reports. For example, the UE 102 calculates the minimum processing delay for the common CSI reference resource 607 by adding the time for calculating the first CSI report (e.g., CSI report 1) , the time for calculating the second CSI report (e.g., CSI report 2) , and the time for preparing the transmissions of the first and second CSI reports. Based on the minimum processing delay, the UE 102 determines the common CSI reference resource 607 that occurs at time t0.
[0078] With the common CSI reference resource 607 determined, the UE 102 may be configured to use the first CMR before (e.g., immediately before) the common CSI reference resource 607 for calculating the first CSI, and to use the second CMR before (e.g., immediately before) the common CSI reference resource 607 for calculating the second CSI. In the case of FIG. 6, the UE 102 uses the CMR transmission occasion 602a-2 to calculate the first CSI, and uses the CMR transmission occasion 602b-1 and the first CSI to calculate the second CSI.
[0079] In some implementations, the NE 104 configures the time domain restriction for channel measurement for each CSI report configuration to indicate whether the UE 102 should calculate the CSI based on one CMR transmission occasion or multiple CMR transmission occasions. For example, the NE 104 may set the parameter timeRestrictionForChannelMeasurements as “Configured” to indicate that the UE 102 should calculate each CSI based on one CMR transmission occasion, and may set the parameter timeRestrictionForChannelMeasurements as “notConfigured” to indicate that the UE 102 should calculate the CSI based on multiple CMR transmission occasions. The NE 104 may set the parameter timeRestrictionForChannelMeasurements to have the same value for the first CSI report and the second CSI report. Alternatively, the NE 104 may set the parameter timeRestrictionForChannelMeasurements to have the different values for the first CSI report and the second CSI report.
[0080] In some implementations, the NE 104 includes a CSI request field in the DCI that triggers CSI reporting on PUSCH. In response, the UE 102 may provide a valid CSI report when certain conditions are met.
[0081] In a first example, when the CSI request field on a DCI triggers a CSI report corresponding to the first CSI report configuration, the UE 102 provides a valid CSI report if i) the first uplink symbol to carry the corresponding CSI report including the effect of the timing advance, starts no earlier than at symbol Zref, 1, and ii) the first uplink symbol to carry the CSI report including the effect of the timing advance, starts no earlier than at symbol Z'ref, 1.
[0082] In a second example, when the CSI request field on a DCI triggers a CSI report corresponding to the second CSI report configuration, the UE 102 provides a valid CSI report if iii) the first uplink symbol to carry the corresponding CSI report including the effect of the timing advance, starts no earlier than at symbol Zref, 2, and iv) the first uplink symbol to carry the CSI report including the effect of the timing advance, starts no earlier than at symbol Z'ref, 2.
[0083] In the two examples above, Zref, 1 and Zref, 2 are defined as the next uplink symbol with its cyclic prefix (CP) starting Tproc, CSI= (Z) (2048+144) ·κ2-μ·TC+Tswitch after the end of the last symbol of the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) triggering the CSI report (s) ; Z'ref, 1 and Z'ref, 2 are defined as the next uplink symbol with its CP starting T'proc, CSI= (Z') (2048+144) ·κ2-μ·TCafter the end of the last symbol in time of the latest of the CMR / IMR for the first and second CSI report. The other variables are defined in 3GPP TS 38.214 section 5.4. The value of Zref, 1, Z'ref, 1, Zref, 2, Z'ref, 2, may be pre- defined, e.g., as defined in 3GPP TS 38.214 section 5.4, or reported by the UE capability or configured by the NE 104.
[0084] In some implementations, when the CSI request field on a DCI triggers CSI reports corresponding to the first and second CSI report configurations on PUSCH, the UE 102 determines whether to provide valid CSI reports based on at least one of Zref, 1, Z'ref, 1, Zref, 2, or Z'ref, 2.
[0085] In an example, the UE provides valid CSI reports if v) the first uplink symbol to carry the corresponding CSI report including the effect of the timing advance, starts no earlier than at symbol Zref, 3 and vi) the first uplink symbol to carry the CSI report including the effect of the timing advance, starts no earlier than at symbol Z’ref, 3. Here, Zref, 3 = Zref, 1+Zref, 2+d or Z’ref, 1+Zref, 2+d; Z’ref, 3 = Z’ref, 1+Z’ref, 2+d, where d may be pre-defined, e.g., d=0, or reported via UE capability or configured by the NE 104. The value of d may be positive or negative. For instance, Zref, 3 is defined as the next uplink symbol with its CP starting Tproc, CSI= (Z) (2048+144) ·κ2-μ·TC+Tswitch after the end of the last symbol of the PDCCH triggering the CSI reports; Z'ref, 3 is defined as the next uplink symbol with its CP starting T'proc, CSI= (Z') (2048+144) ·κ2-μ·TCafter the end of the last symbol in time of the latest or most recent CMR / IMR for the linked report configurations; the other variables are defined in 3GPP TS 38.214 section 5.4.
[0086] If the requirement above for the minimum processing delay is not satisfied, the UE 102 may report outdated CSI (e.g., CSI calculated in a past session) for at least one of the linked CSI reports or drop at least one of the linked CSI reports.
[0087] In some implementations, the NE 104 and UE 102 determine the number of CPUs for the linked CSI reports based on the sum, or the minimum number, or the maximum number of CPUs for each CSI report. If the number of CPUs exceeds the maximum number of CPUs, the UE 102 may report outdated CSI for at least one of the linked CSI reports or drop at least one of the linked CSI reports. Otherwise, the UE 102 may report the linked CSI reports according to the CSI report configuration.
[0088] In some implementations, the NE 104 configures whether the UE 102 should calculate the jointly triggered CSI by separate CSI reference resources (e.g., as described with reference to FIG. 5) or a common CSI reference resource (e.g., as described with reference to FIG. 6) . The NE 104 may include such configuration in the control signaling and transmit the control signaling via RRC signaling, a MAC CE (e.g., MAC CE activating semi-persistent CSI reporting) , or DCI (e.g., DCI triggering aperiodic CSI reporting) . The UE 102 may report the UE capability indicating whether the UE 102 supports separate CSI reference resources and / or common CSI reference resource.
[0089] FIGs. 5 and 6 above illustrate determining the CMR transmission occasion for CSI calculation based on CSI reference resources. As an alternative or an addition to these features, FIGs. 7 and 8 below illustrate determining the CMR transmission occasion for CSI calculation based on the CMR location for the linked CSI report configurations.
[0090] The implementations illustrated in FIG. 7 are similar to those illustrated in FIG. 5. For example, the NE 104 configures the UE 102 to jointly report first and second CSI reports 750 at time t3. The NE 104 also configures the UE 102 with CMR transmission occasions 702a-1, 702b-1, 702a-2, and 702b-2, which are similar to the CMR transmission occasions 502a-1, 502b-1, 502a-2, and 502b-2, respectively. The NE 104 in FIG. 7 also transmits a trigger message 730 to jointly trigger the CSI reports 750.
[0091] In some implementations, the UE 102 determines the transmission occasion (s) for the first CMR for calculating the first CSI based on a first CSI reference resource. For example, the UE 102 may calculate the first CSI based on a first CMR that is before (e.g., immediately before) the first CSI reference resource. The UE 102 may further determine the transmission occasion (s) for the second CMR for calculating the second CSI based on the determined transmission occasion (s) of the first CMR and a second CSI reference resource. For example, the UE 102 may calculate the second CSI based on a second CMR that is before or after the last transmission occasion of the first CMR and before the second CSI reference resource. The UE 102 may determine the first and second CSI reference resources based on calculations similar to those described with reference to FIGs. 5 and 6. When the UE 102 is configured to determine a common CSI reference resource, the UE 102 may treat both the first and second CSI reference resources as equal to the common CSI reference resource.
[0092] In the example of FIG. 7, assuming the UE 102 is configured to calculate the common CSI reference resource 707 at time t0, the UE 102 may calculate the first CSI based on the first CMR 702a-2 at time t5 that is immediately before the common CSI reference resource 707. The UE 102 may calculate the second CSI based on a second CMR that occurs during a time window between time t5 and time t0. In the illustrated example, the UE 102 calculates the second CSI based on the second CMR 702b-2 in addition to the first CSI.
[0093] In some implementations, if the UE 102 does not identify at least one valid transmission occasion of the second CMR for the second CSI report, the UE 102 performs at least one of the followings: drop the second CSI report; drop both the first and second CSI reports; calculate the second CSI based on at least one transmission occasion of the second CMR before the CSI reference resource and the most recently transmitted first CSI report before trigger message. In some implementations, the UE 102 reports the time stamp of the first CSI report that the UE 102 uses for the CSI calculation for the second CSI. For example, the UE 102 may report whether the UE 102 calculates the second CSI based on the jointly triggered first CSI report or a most recently transmitted first CSI report, e.g., a recent first CSI report prior to the joint trigger message.
[0094] The implementations illustrated in FIG. 8 are similar to those illustrated in FIG. 5. For example, the NE 104 configures the UE 102 to jointly report first and second CSI reports 850 at time t3. The NE 104 also configures the UE 102 with CMR transmission occasions 802a-1, 802b-1, 802a-2, and 802b-2, which are similar to the CMR transmission occasions 502a-1, 502b-1, 502a-2, and 502b-2, respectively. The NE 104 in FIG. 8 also transmits a trigger message 830 to jointly trigger the CSI reports 850.
[0095] In some implementations, the UE 102 determines the transmission occasion (s) for the second CMR for the calculating second CSI based on a second CSI reference resource. For example, the UE 102 may calculate the second CSI based on a second CMR that is before (e.g., immediately before) the second CSI reference resource. The UE 102 may further determine the transmission occasion (s) for the first CMR for calculating the second CSI based on the determined transmission occasion (s) of the second CMR and a first CSI reference resource. For example, the UE 102 may calculate the first CSI based on a first CMR that is before or after the last transmission occasion of the second CMR and before the first CSI reference resource.
[0096] In the example of FIG. 8, assuming the UE 102 is configured to calculate the common CSI reference resource 807 at time t0, the UE 102 may calculate the second CSI based on the second CMR 802b-1 at time t6 that is immediately before the common CSI reference resource 807. The UE 102 may calculate the first CSI based on a first CMR that occurs at a time before t6 and before t0. In the illustrated example, the UE 102 calculates the second CSI based on the second CMR 802a-1.
[0097] In some implementations, if the UE 102 does not identify at least one valid transmission occasion of the first CMR for the first CSI report, the UE 102 performs at least one of the followings: drop the first CSI report and transmit the second CSI report; drop both the first and second CSI reports; transmit the first and second CSI report. The UE may calculate the second CSI based on at least one transmission occasions of the second CMR before the CSI reference resource and another first CSI report, e.g., the most recently transmitted first CSI report before trigger message. Alternatively, the UE may calculate the second CSI based on at least one transmission occasions of the second CMR before the CSI reference resource and a default value of the first CSI report, where the default value may be pre-defined or configured by the NE or reported by the UE. In some implementations, the UE 102 reports the time stamp of the first CSI report that the UE 102 uses for the CSI calculation for the second CSI. For example, the UE 102 may report whether the UE 102 calculates the second CSI based on the jointly triggered first CSI report or a most recently transmitted first CSI report, e.g., a recent first CSI report prior to the joint trigger message.
[0098] In some other implementations, if the UE 102 determines the first CSI for the first CMR for the first CSI report as invalid CSI, e.g., UE may report its report quantity as invalid or outage, the UE 102 performs at least one of the followings: drop the first CSI report and transmit the second CSI report; drop both the first and second CSI reports; drop the second CSI report and transmit the first CSI report. The UE may calculate the second CSI based on at least one transmission occasions of the second CMR before the CSI reference resource and the most recently transmitted first CSI report before trigger message. Alternatively, the UE may calculate the second CSI based on at least one transmission occasions of the second CMR before the CSI reference resource and a default value of the first CSI report, where the default value may be pre-defined or configured by the NE or reported by the UE. In one example, if the UE determines the DO for a CMR in the first CSI report as invalid or outage, it may calculate the second CSI for the corresponding CMR based on a pre-defined value of DO, e.g., DO=0 (no DO compensation for the second CSI calculation) . In another example, if the UE determines the DO for a CMR in the first CSI report as invalid or outage, it may drop the second CSI for the corresponding CMR or the whole second CSI report. It may further drop the first CSI.
[0099] In some implementations, the UE 102 reports the UE capability indicating the supported UE behavior based on at least one of the features described with reference to FIGs. 8 and 9. The NE 104 may configure the UE behavior based on at least one of these described features. For example, The NE 104 may configure the dependency between the first CMR and the second CMR, i.e., whether the UE 102 should report CSI according to the behaviors described with reference to FIG. 8 or according to the behaviors described with reference to FIG. 9. More specifically, if the UE 102 is configured for the first CSI report configuration, the UE 102 may report CSI according to the behaviors described with reference to FIG. 9; if the UE 102 is configured for the first CSI report configuration, the UE 102 may report CSI according to the behaviors described with reference to FIG. 8. The NE 104 may transmit the configuration via, e.g., RRC signaling, a MAC CE, or DCI.
[0100] FIGs. 9 illustrates an example diagram of the timing of separately triggered CSI reporting according to some implementations. The diagram illustrated in FIG. 9 may apply to CSI reporting scenarios in which a network entity, e.g., NE 104, configures a UE, e.g., UE 102, to report CSI aperiodically based on periodic or semi-persistent CMRs.
[0101] As illustrated to FIG. 9, by triggering the first CSI report, the NE 104 configures the UE 102 with three transmissions of the first CSI report, 951-1, 952-2, and 951-3. The NE 104 also separately transmits a trigger message 932 to trigger the second CSI report 952. The NE 104 configures a second CMR 902 for the UE 102 to perform measurement. The UE 102 thus performs CSI calculation based on the second CMR 902 and the first CSI in one or more of the first CSI reports 951-1, 952-2, and 951-3. The UE 102 has several options for determining which transmission (s) among the transmissions 951-1, 952-2, and 951-3 to use in the calculation of the second CSI.
[0102] As a first option, the UE 102 uses the most recent first CSI report transmission that is at least X symbols before the first symbol of the physical downlink shared channel (s) (PDSCH) or PDCCH of the trigger message 932.
[0103] As a second option, the UE 102 uses the most recent first CSI report transmission that is at least Y symbols before the transmission occasion of the second CMR 902. If there are multiple transmission occasions of the second CMR 902, the UE 102 may use the first or the last transmission occasion of the second CMR 902 for determining the first CSI report transmission.
[0104] As a third option, the UE 102 uses the most recent first CSI report transmission that is at least Z symbols before the second CSI reference resource 907.
[0105] The values of X, Y, and Z in the options above may be pre-defined or configured by the NE 104 or reported by the UE 102. In some implementations, alternatively or in addition to configuring the values of X, Y, and Z, the NE 104 specifies to the UE 102 which of the transmissions 951-1, 952-2, and 951-3 the UE 102 should use for calculating the second CSI. Likewise, alternatively or in addition to reporting the values of X, Y, and Z, the UE 102 indicates to the NE 104 which of the transmissions 951-1, 952-2, and 951-3 the UE 102 will use or has used for calculating the second CSI. This way, the NE 104 is able to ascertain the linkage of CSI transmissions and thus process the received CSI reports properly. The NE 104 may transmit the configurations via by RRC signaling, a MAC CE, or DCI. The UE 102 may report the configurations via a UE capability message, UE assistance information (UAI) , a MAC CE, or uplink control information (UCI) . For example, the UE 102 may include UCI as part of the second CSI report to report the configurations.
[0106] In some implementations, if the UE 102 does not identify or transmit a valid (e.g., not outdated) first CSI report, the UE 102 may perform at least one of the followings after receiving the trigger message that triggers the second CSI report: drop the second CSI report; transmit an outdated / random CSI or CSI report; calculate the second CSI based on a default or pre-configured CSI value for the first CSI report (e.g., if the first CSI report is configured for DO reporting, the UE 102 calculates the second CSI assuming the value of DO is by default 0, where the default value may be pre-defined or configured by the NE 104 or reported by the UE 102) and transmit the second CSI report with the calculated second CSI.
[0107] In some implementations, if the UE 102 reports a CSI for a CMR in the identified transmission occasion of first CSI report as an invalid CSI, e.g., UE may report its report quantity as invalid or outage, the UE 102 may perform at least one of the followings after receiving the trigger message that triggers the second CSI report: drop the second CSI report; transmit an outdated / random CSI or CSI report; calculate the second CSI based on a default or pre-configured CSI value for the first CSI report (e.g., calculating the second CSI based on the value of DO in the first CSI as 0, thus no DO compensation for the second CSI calculation) and transmit the second CSI report with the calculated second CSI; identify another transmission occasion of the first CSI report with valid CSI reported for the calculation of the second CSI report, e.g., most recent transmission occasion before the identified one with invalid CSI reported.
[0108] In some implementations, the NE 104 configures the time-domain behavior for separately triggered linked CSI reporting. Example time-domain behaviors have been discussed above and are not repeated here.
[0109] The NE 104 may semi-statically configure, e.g., via RRC signaling, the UE 102 whether to receive joint or separate CSI report triggers. In some implementations, if the NE 104 configures the UE 102 with joint triggering, the NE 104 and the UE 102 treat the triggering of one or a subset of the linked CSI reports as triggering of all the linked CSI reports.
[0110] The NE 104 may also dynamically configure, e.g., via a MAC CE or DCI, the UE 102 whether to receive joint or separate CSI report triggers. In some implementations, if the NE 104 configures the UE 102 with joint triggering, the NE 104 and the UE 102 treat the triggering of a subset of the linked CSI reports as triggering of all the linked CSI reports. Otherwise, the UE 102 may determine that the linked CSI reports are separately triggered.
[0111] In some implementations, the NE 104 may configure two or more linked CSI reports, and the NE 104 may transmit a MAC CE to the UE 102 to jointly trigger linked CSI reporting, separately trigger linked CSI report, or trigger independent (i.e., non-linked) CSI reports. In some implementations, the UE may determine the linked CSI reports are jointly triggered if the trigger message triggers all the linked CSI reports. In some implementations, the UE may determine the linked CSI reports are separately triggered if the trigger message triggers only one of the linked CSI reports. Alternatively, if the trigger message triggers only one of the linked CSI reports, the UE 102 may determine that the CSI conveyed by the triggered CSI report is calculated independently without considering other CSI reports.
[0112] FIGs. 10 and 11 illustrate example diagrams, 1000 and 1100, respectively, of linked CSI reporting with at least one dropped CSI report according to some implementations. The diagrams illustrated in FIGs. 10 and 11 may apply to jointly triggered CSI reporting from a UE, e.g., the UE 102, to a network entity, e.g., NE 104. In such scenarios, the behaviors of the UE 102 may depend on the priorities the CSI reports.
[0113] In some implementations as illustrated in FIG. 10, the UE 102 is configured to transmit the first CSI report 1001 and the second CSI report 1002 to the NE 104, with the first CSI report 1001 linked with the second CSI report 1002. The first CSI report 1001 may have a lower priority than the second CSI report 1002.
[0114] The UE 102 may determine to drop the first CSI report 1001 associated with the configured CSI reporting. For example, the UE 102 may drop the first CSI report 1001 when there are insufficient CPUs, when the UE 102 determines that the first CSI report 1001 is invalid or outdated, or when otherwise configured by the network. In such scenarios, the UE 102 has a first option to drop 1011 the other linked CSI report, i.e., the second CSI report 1002, such that both CSI reports 1001 and 1002 are dropped. Alternatively, the UE 102 has a second option to transmit 1012 the second CSI report 1002 despite dropping the first CSI report 1001.
[0115] The UE 102 may determine which option to pursue based on the dependency between the first and second CSI reports 1001 and 1002. For example, assuming that the calculation of the second CSI depends on the first CSI, the UE 102 may drop the second CSI report 1002 when the first CSI report 1001 is dropped (first option) . Conversely, assuming that the calculation of the first CSI depends on the second CSI, the UE 102 may transmit the second CSI report 1002 despite the dropping of the first CSI report 1001 (second option) .
[0116] In some implementations where the calculation of the second CSI depends on the first CSI, the UE 102 may determine (e.g., due to higher priority of the second CSI report) to transmit the second CSI report 1002 even if the first CSI report 1001 is dropped. In the calculation of the second CSI, the UE 102 may need to determine a substitute for the dropped first CSI. To this end, the UE 102 may calculate 1013 the second CSI based on a previously transmitted first CSI report (e.g., a most recent first CSI report or an outdated first CSI report) . Alternatively or additionally, the UE 102 may calculate 1014 the second CSI based on a default value of first CSI report. The NE 104 may configure the UE 102 with the default value. Alternatively or additionally, the UE 102 may determine the default value and indicate the default value to the NE 104.
[0117] In some implementations as illustrated in FIG. 11, the UE 102 is configured to jointly transmit the linked first and second CSI reports 1101 to the NE 104. The UE 102 is also configured to transmit a third CSI report 1103, which may be independent to the first and second CSI reports 1101.
[0118] The UE 102 may determine whether to jointly drop the first and second CSI reports 1101 by comparing a common priority of the first and second CSI reports 1101 with the priority of the third CSI report 1103. For example, if the common priority of the first and second CSI reports 1101 is lower than the priority of the third CSI report 1103, the UE 102 may determine to drop the first and second CSI reports 1101 and transmit the third CSI report 1103.
[0119] In the implementations described above with reference to FIGs. 10 and 11, the UE 102 and the NE 104 determine the priority of a configured CSI report based on a variety of factors. Example factors include: serving cell for the CSI report or the corresponding CMR; time-domain behavior for the report type, e.g., aperiodic, semi-persistent, or periodic; report quantity; CSI report configuration ID; or whether the CSI report is linked with another CSI report for joint triggering. For example, the UE 102 and the NE 104 may determine that linked CSI reports have higher priority than independent CSI report, i.e., non-linked CSI report. Alternatively or additionally, the UE 102 and the NE 104 may determine the priority of a CSI report based on existing techniques, e.g., based on the procedure described in 3GPP TS 38.214 section 5.2.5.
[0120] With the priority of each individual CSI report determined, the UE 102 and the NE 104 determine a common priority of the jointly triggered CSI reports. The common priority may be a minimum priority in the linkage, a maximum priority in the linkage, an average priority of all CSI reports in the linkage, or a total priority of all CSI reports in the linkage.
[0121] In some implementations, the UE 102 may consider the time domain behavior of linked CSI reports when determining CSI report priority. If the CSI reports in a linkage have different time domain behaviors, the UE 102 may treat all CSI reports in the linkage as having the same time domain behaviors For example, if the first CSI report in the linkage is semi-persistent and the second CSI report in the linkage is aperiodic, the UE 102 may treat both the first and the second CSI reports as aperiodic, which has a higher priority than a semi-persistent CSI report. Alternatively, the UE 102 may treat both the first and the second CSI reports as semi-persistent, which has a lower priority than an aperiodic CSI report.
[0122] FIGs. 12A and 12B are each a flowchart, 1200A and 1200B, respectively, of a method of wireless communication at a UE. With reference to FIGs. 1-11, the method may be performed by the UE 102 in communication with the NE 104.
[0123] Starting from FIG. 12A, in some implementations, the UE 102 may transmit 1202 a UE capability message to the NE 104.
[0124] In some implementations, the UE 102 receives 1204 control signaling with first and second CSI report configurations from the NE 104. For example, referring to FIGs. 4A and 4B, the UE 102 receives first and second CSI report configurations 401a and 401b / 401c from the NE 104.
[0125] In some implementations, the UE 102 makes one or more determinations 1218-1224. For example, the UE 102 determines 1218 the CMR linkage for the first and second CSI reports, such as the CMR linkage among CMRs 402a, 402b, 402c, and 402d in FIGs. 4A and 4B.
[0126] Alternatively or additionally, the UE 102 determines 1220 the priorities of the CSI reports. The determination 1220 may be similar to the operations described above with reference to FIGs. 10 and 11.
[0127] Alternatively or additionally, the UE 102 determines 1222 the number of CPUs for processing the configured CSI reports.
[0128] Alternatively or additionally, the UE 102 determines 1224 the CSI reference resources for the configured CSI reports. For example, the CSI reference resources may be separate CSI reference resources 505, 506, and 907 as illustrated in FIG. 5 and 9, or may be a common CSI reference resources 607, 707, and 807 as illustrated in FIG. 6-8.
[0129] In some implementations, the UE 102 may receive 1206 a downlink message that jointly triggers the first CSI report and the second CSI report. For example, the downlink message may be the trigger message 530, 630, 730, or 830 as illustrated in FIGs. 5-8.
[0130] In some implementations, the UE 102 receives 1208a and 1280b reference signals on the first and second CMR.
[0131] In some implementations, the UE 102 calculates 1226 the first CSI based on the first CMR. The UE 102 also calculates 1228 the second CSI based on the second CMR and the first CSI.
[0132] In some implementations, the UE 102 transmits the first and / or the second CSI reports to the NE 104. The transmissions may be subject to at least one of a transmission occasion or a dropping procedure.
[0133] Turing to FIG. 12B, the flowchart 1200B is similar to the flowchart 1200A except that in the flowchart 1200B, the NE 104 separately triggers the first and second CSI reports.
[0134] As illustrated, the UE 102 receives 1206a a first downlink message that separately triggers the first CSI report. After receiving 1208a the reference signal on the first CMR and calculating 1226 the first CSI based on the first CMR, the UE 102 transmits 1210a the first CSI report to the NE 104.
[0135] Likewise, the UE 102 receives 1206b a second downlink message that separately triggers the second CSI report. After receiving 1208b the reference signal on the second CMR and calculating 1228 the second CSI based on the second CMR and the first CSI, the UE 102 transmits 1210b the second CSI report to the NE 104.
[0136] FIG. 13 is a flowchart 1300 of a method of wireless communication at a network entity. With reference to FIGs. 1-11, the method may be performed by the NE 104, which may correspond to a base station or a unit of the base station, such as the RU 106, the DU 108, and / or the CU 110.
[0137] In some implementations, the NE 104 may receive 1302 a UE capability message from the UE 102.
[0138] In some implementations, the NE 104 transmits 1304 control signaling with first and second CSI report configurations to the UE 102. For example, referring to FIGs. 4A and 4B, the NE 104 transmits first and second CSI report configurations 401a and 401b / 401c to the UE 102.
[0139] In some implementations, the NE 104 may transmit 1306 a downlink message to trigger the first CSI report and the second CSI report. The downlink message may be a joint trigger message, such as the trigger message 530, 630, 730, or 830 as illustrated in FIGs. 5-8. The downlink message may alternatively include multiple separate trigger messages.
[0140] In some implementations, the NE 104 transmits 1308 the reference signals on the first and second CMRs for the first and second CSI reports. The UE 102 may measure the reference signals and calculate CSI accordingly.
[0141] In some implementations, the NE 104 receives 1310 the first and / or the second CSI reports from the UE 102. The receptions may be subject to at least one of a transmission occasion or a dropping procedure.
[0142] A UE apparatus 1402, as described in FIG. 14, may perform the method of flowcharts 1200a and 1200b. The NE 104, as described in FIG. 15, may perform the method of flowchart 1300.
[0143] FIG. 14 is a diagram 1400 illustrating an example of a hardware implementation for a UE apparatus 1402. The UE apparatus 1402 may be the UE 102, a component of the UE 102, or may implement UE functionality. The UE apparatus 1402 may include an application processor 1406, which may have on-chip memory 1406’. In examples, the application processor 1406 may be coupled to a secure digital (SD) card 1408 and / or a display 1410. The application processor 1406 may also be coupled to a sensor (s) module 1412, a power supply 1414, an additional module of memory 1416, a camera 1418, and / or other related components.
[0144] The UE apparatus 1402 may further include a wireless baseband processor 1426, which may be referred to as a modem. The wireless baseband processor 1426 may have on-chip memory 1426'. Along with, and similar to, the application processor 1406, the wireless baseband processor 1426 may also be coupled to the sensor (s) module 1412, the power supply 1414, the additional module of memory 1416, the camera 1418, and / or other related components. The wireless baseband processor 1426 may be additionally coupled to one or more subscriber identity module (SIM) card (s) 1420 and / or one or more transceivers 1430 (e.g., wireless RF transceivers) .
[0145] Within the one or more transceivers 1430, the UE apparatus 1402 may include a Bluetooth module 1432, a WLAN module 1434, an SPS module 1436 (e.g., GNSS module) , and / or a cellular module 1438. The Bluetooth module 1432, the WLAN module 1434, the SPS module 1436, and the cellular module 1438 may each include an on-chip transceiver (TRX) , or in some cases, just a transmitter (TX) or just a receiver (RX) . The Bluetooth module 1432, the WLAN module 1434, the SPS module 1436, and the cellular module 1438 may each include dedicated antennas and / or utilize antennas 1440 for communication with one or more other nodes. For example, the UE apparatus 1402 can communicate through the transceiver (s) 1430 via the antennas 1440 with another UE (e.g., sidelink communication) and / or with a network entity 104 (e.g., uplink / downlink communication) , where the network entity 104 may correspond to a base station or a unit of the base station, such as the RU 106, the DU 108, or the CU 110.
[0146] The wireless baseband processor 1426 and the application processor 1406 may each include a computer-readable medium / memory 1426', 1406', respectively. The additional module of memory 1416 may also be considered a computer-readable medium / memory. Each computer-readable medium / memory 1426', 1406', 1416 may be non-transitory. The wireless baseband processor 1426 and the application processor 1406 may each be responsible for general processing, including execution of software stored on the computer-readable medium / memory 1426', 1406', 1416. The software, when executed by the wireless baseband processor 1426 / application processor 1406, causes the wireless baseband processor 1426 / application processor 1406 to perform the various functions described herein. The computer-readable medium / memory may also be used for storing data that is manipulated by the wireless baseband processor 1426 / application processor 1406 when executing the software. The wireless baseband processor 1426 / application processor 1406 may be a component of the UE 102. The UE apparatus 1402 may be a processor chip (e.g., modem and / or application) and include just the wireless baseband processor 1426 and / or the application processor 1406. In other examples, the UE apparatus 1402 may be the entire UE 102 and include the additional modules of the apparatus 1402.
[0147] As discussed in FIG. 1 and implemented with respect to FIGs. 12A and 12B, the CSI processing component 140 is configured to receive, from a network entity, a first configuration for a first CSI report and a second configuration for a second CSI report linked with the first CSI report. The first configuration indicates a first CMR and the second configuration indicates a second CMR linked with the first CMR. The CSI processing component 140 is configured to receive, from the network entity, a first reference signal on the first CMR and a second reference signal on the second CMR. The CSI processing component 140 is configured to transmit, to the network entity, the second CSI report including second CSI calculated based on measurements of the first reference signal and the second reference signal.
[0148] The CSI processing component 140 may be within the application processor 1406 (e.g., at 140a) , the wireless baseband processor 1426 (e.g., at 140b) , or both the application processor 1406 and the wireless baseband processor 1426. The CSI processing components 140a-140b may be one or more hardware components specifically configured to carry out the stated processes / algorithm, implemented by one or more processors configured to perform the stated processes / algorithm, stored within a computer-readable medium for implementation by the one or more processors, or a combination thereof.
[0149] FIG. 15 is a diagram 1500 illustrating an example of a hardware implementation for one or more NEs 104. The one or more NEs 104 may be a base station, a component of a base station, or may implement base station functionality. The one or more NEs 104 may include, or may correspond to, at least one of the RU 106, the DU, 108, or the CU 110. The CU 110 may include a CU processor 1546, which may have on-chip memory 1546'. In some aspects, the CU 110 may further include an additional module of memory 1556 and / or a communications interface 1548, both of which may be coupled to the CU processor 1546. The CU 110 can communicate with the DU 108 through a midhaul link 162, such as an F1 interface between the communications interface 1548 of the CU 110 and a communications interface 1528 of the DU 108.
[0150] The DU 108 may include a DU processor 1526, which may have on-chip memory 1526'. In some aspects, the DU 108 may further include an additional module of memory 1536 and / or the communications interface 1528, both of which may be coupled to the DU processor 1526. The DU 108 can communicate with the RU 106 through a fronthaul link 160 between the communications interface 1528 of the DU 108 and a communications interface 1508 of the RU 106.
[0151] The RU 106 may include an RU processor 1506, which may have on-chip memory 1506'. In some aspects, the RU 106 may further include an additional module of memory 1516, the communications interface 1508, and one or more transceivers 1530, all of which may be coupled to the RU processor 1506. The RU 106 may further include antennas 1540, which may be coupled to the one or more transceivers 1530, such that the RU 106 can communicate through the one or more transceivers 1530 via the antennas 1540 with the UE 102.
[0152] The on-chip memory 1506', 1526', 1546' and the additional modules of memory 1516, 1536, 1556 may each be considered a computer-readable medium / memory. Each computer-readable medium / memory may be non-transitory. Each of the processors 1506, 1526, 1546 is responsible for general processing, including execution of software stored on the computer-readable medium / memory. The software, when executed by the corresponding processor (s) 1506, 1526, 1546 causes the processor (s) 1506, 1526, 1546 to perform the various functions described herein. The computer-readable medium / memory may also be used for storing data that is manipulated by the processor (s) 1506, 1526, 1546 when executing the software. In examples, the CSI configuration component 150 may sit at any of the one or more NEs 104, such as at the CU 110; both the CU 110 and the DU 108; each of the CU 110, the DU 108, and the RU 106; the DU 108; both the DU 108 and the RU 106; or the RU 106.
[0153] As discussed in FIG. 1 and implemented with respect to FIG. 13, the CSI configuration component 150 is configured to transmit, to a UE, a first configuration of a first CSI report and a second configuration of a second CSI report linked with the first CSI report. The first configuration indicates a first CMR and the second configuration indicates a second CMR linked with the first CMR. The CSI configuration component 150 is configured to transmit, to the UE, a first reference signal on the first CMR and a second reference signal on the second CMR. The CSI configuration component 150 is configured to receive, from the UE, the second CSI report including second CSI calculated based on measurements of the first CMR and the second CMR.
[0154] The CSI configuration components 150 may be within one or more processors of the one or more NEs 104, such as the RU processor 1506 (e.g., at 150a) , the DU processor 1526 (e.g., at 150b) , and / or the CU processor 1546 (e.g., at 150c) . The CSI configuration components 150a-150c may be one or more hardware components specifically configured to carry out the stated processes / algorithm, implemented by one or more processors 1506, 1526, 1546 configured to perform the stated processes / algorithm, stored within a computer-readable medium for implementation by the one or more processors 1506, 1526, 1546, or a combination thereof.
[0155] The specific order or hierarchy of blocks in the processes and flowcharts disclosed herein is an illustration of example approaches. Hence, the specific order or hierarchy of blocks in the processes and flowcharts may be rearranged. Some blocks may also be combined or deleted. Dashed lines may indicate optional elements of the diagrams. The accompanying method claims present elements of the various blocks in an example order, and are not limited to the specific order or hierarchy presented in the claims, processes, and flowcharts.
[0156] The detailed description set forth herein describes various configurations in connection with the drawings and does not represent the only configurations in which the concepts described herein may be practiced. The detailed description includes specific details for the purpose of providing a thorough explanation of various concepts. However, these concepts may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well known structures and components are shown in block diagram form in order to avoid obscuring such concepts.
[0157] Aspects of wireless communication systems, such as telecommunication systems, are presented with reference to various apparatuses and methods. These apparatuses and methods are described in the following detailed description and are illustrated in the accompanying drawings by various blocks, components, circuits, processes, call flows, systems, algorithms, etc. (collectively referred to as “elements” ) . These elements may be implemented using electronic hardware, computer software, or combinations thereof. Whether such elements are implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system.
[0158] An element, or any portion of an element, or any combination of elements may be implemented as a “processing system” that includes one or more processors. Examples of processors include microprocessors, microcontrollers, graphics processing units (GPUs) , central processing units (CPUs) , application processors, digital signal processors (DSPs) , reduced instruction set computing (RISC) processors, systems-on-chip (SoC) , baseband processors, field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) , programmable logic devices (PLDs) , state machines, gated logic, discrete hardware circuits, and other similar hardware configured to perform the various functionality described throughout this disclosure. One or more processors in the processing system may execute software, which may be referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, or otherwise. Software shall be construed broadly to mean instructions, instruction sets, code, code segments, program code, programs, subprograms, software components, applications, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executables, threads of execution, procedures, functions, or any combination thereof.
[0159] If the functionality described herein is implemented in software, the functions may be stored on, or encoded as, one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium, such as a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. Computer-readable media includes computer storage media and can include a random-access memory (RAM) , a read-only memory (ROM) , an electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM) , optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage, other magnetic storage devices, combinations of these types of computer-readable media, or any other medium that can be used to store computer executable code in the form of instructions or data structures that can be accessed by a computer. Storage media may be any available media that can be accessed by a computer.
[0160] Aspects, implementations, and / or use cases described herein may be implemented across many differing platform types, devices, systems, shapes, sizes, and packaging arrangements. For example, the aspects, implementations, and / or use cases may come about via integrated chip implementations and other non-module-component based devices, such as end-user devices, vehicles, communication devices, computing devices, industrial equipment, retail / purchasing devices, medical devices, artificial intelligence (AI) -enabled devices, machine learning (ML) -enabled devices, etc. The aspects, implementations, and / or use cases may range from chip-level or modular components to non-modular or non-chip-level implementations, and further to aggregate, distributed, or original equipment manufacturer (OEM) devices or systems incorporating one or more techniques described herein.
[0161] Devices incorporating the aspects and features described herein may also include additional components and features for the implementation and practice of the claimed and described aspects and features. For example, transmission and reception of wireless signals necessarily includes a number of components for analog and digital purposes, such as hardware components, antennas, RF-chains, power amplifiers, modulators, buffers, processor (s) , interleavers, adders / summers, etc. Techniques described herein may be practiced in a wide variety of devices, chip-level components, systems, distributed arrangements, aggregated or disaggregated components, end-user devices, etc., of varying configurations.
[0162] The description herein is provided to enable a person skilled in the art to practice the various aspects described herein. Various modifications to these aspects will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other aspects. Thus, the claims are not limited to the aspects described herein, but are to be interpreted in view of the full scope of the present disclosure consistent with the language of the claims.
[0163] Reference to an element in the singular does not mean “one and only one” unless specifically stated, but rather “one or more. ” Terms such as “if, ” “when, ” and “while” do not imply an immediate temporal relationship or reaction. That is, these phrases, e.g., “when, ” do not imply an immediate action in response to or during the occurrence of an action, but simply imply that if a condition is met then an action will occur, but without requiring a specific or immediate time constraint for the action to occur. The terms “may” , “might” , and “can” , as used in this disclosure, often carry certain connotations. For example, “may” refers to a permissible feature that may or may not occur, “might” refers to a feature that probably occurs, and “can” refers to a capability (e.g., capable of) . The phrase “For example” often carries a similar connotation to “may” and, therefore, “may” is sometimes excluded from sentences that include “for example” or other similar phrases.
[0164] Unless specifically stated otherwise, the term “some” refers to one or more. Combinations such as “at least one of A, B, or C” or “one or more of A, B, or C” include any combination of A, B, and / or C, such as A and B, A and C, B and C, or A and B and C, and may include multiples of A, multiples of B, and / or multiples of C, or may include A only, B only, or C only. Sets should be interpreted as a set of elements where the elements number one or more. Terms or articles such as “a” , “an” , and / or “the” may refer to one of an item, feature, element, etc., that the term or article precedes, or may refer to more than one of said item, feature, element, etc. that the term or article precedes. For example, the recitation “awidget” does not preclude reference to multiples of said widget, as “multiple widgets” necessarily includes “awidget” . Hence, the recitation “awidget” may be interpreted as “at least one widget” or, similarly, interpreted as “one or more widgets” .
[0165] Unless otherwise specifically indicated, ordinal terms such as “first” and “second” do not necessarily imply an order in time, sequence, numerical value, etc., but are used to distinguish between different instances of a term or phrase that follows each ordinal term.
[0166] Reference numbers, as used in the specification and figures, are sometimes cross-referenced among drawings to denote same or similar features. A feature that is exactly the same in multiple drawings may be labeled with the same reference number in the multiple drawings. A feature that is similar among the multiple drawings, but not exactly the same, may be labeled with reference numbers that have different leading numbers but have one or more of the same trailing numbers (e.g., 206, 306, 406, etc., may refer to similar features in the drawings) . Hence, like numbers may refer to like actions.
[0167] Structural and functional equivalents to elements of the various aspects described throughout this disclosure that are known or later come to be known to those of ordinary skill in the art are expressly incorporated herein by reference and are encompassed by the claims. The words “module, ” “mechanism, ” “element, ” “device, ” and the like may not be a substitute for the word “means. ” As such, no claim element is to be construed as a means plus function unless the element is expressly recited using the phrase “means for. ” As used herein, the phrase “based on” shall not be construed as a reference to a closed set of information, one or more conditions, one or more factors, or the like. In other words, the phrase “based on A” , where “A” may be information, a condition, a factor, or the like, shall be construed as “based at least on A” unless specifically recited differently.
[0168] The following examples are illustrative only and may be combined with other examples or teachings described herein, without limitation.
[0169] Example 1 is a method of wireless communication at a user equipment, UE, including: receiving, from a network entity, a first configuration for a first channel state information, CSI, report and a second configuration for a second CSI report linked with the first CSI report, the first configuration indicating a first channel measurement resource, CMR, and the second configuration indicating a second CMR linked with the first CMR; receiving, from the network entity, a first reference signal on the first CMR and a second reference signal on the second CMR; and transmitting, to the network entity, the second CSI report including second CSI calculated based on measurements of the first reference signal and the second reference signal.
[0170] Example 2 may be combined with Example 1, further including: transmitting, to the network entity, the first CSI report including first CSI calculated based on measurement of the first reference signal.
[0171] Example 3 may be combined with Example 2, wherein the transmitting the second CSI report, further includes at least one of: transmitting, to the network entity, the second CSI report in a joint transmission with the first CSI report; or transmitting, to the network entity, the second CSI report in a separate transmission from the first CSI report.
[0172] Example 4 may be combined with Example 3, further including: receiving, from the network entity, a downlink message that triggers the joint transmission of the first CSI report and the second CSI report.
[0173] Example 5 may be combined with Example 4, wherein the downlink message includes: a medium access control, MAC, control element, CE, that activates semi-persistent CSI reporting, or downlink control information, DCI, that triggers aperiodic CSI reporting.
[0174] Example 6 may be combined with Example 5, further including: receiving, from the network entity, a first downlink message that triggers the first CSI report; and receiving, from the network entity, a second downlink message that triggers the second CSI report, the first downlink message being separate from the second downlink message.
[0175] Example 7 may be combined with Example 6, wherein at least one of the first downlink message or the second downlink message includes: a medium access control, MAC, control element, CE, that activates semi-persistent CSI reporting, or downlink control information, DCI, that triggers aperiodic CSI reporting.
[0176] Example 8 may be combined with any of Examples 1-7, further including: receiving, from the network entity, a signal that indicates a linkage between the first CMR and the second CMR based on at least one of: an index of the first CMR, an index of the second CMR, an order of the first CMR, or an order of the second CMR.
[0177] Example 9 may be combined with any of Examples 1-8, wherein the first configuration indicates an orphan first CMR that is not linked with the second CMR, or the second configuration indicates an orphan second CMR that is not linked with the first CMR.
[0178] Example 10 may be combined with any of Examples 1-9, further including: determining a linkage between the first CMR and the second CMR according to at least one of: linking the first CMR and the second CMR based on a CMR order, linking the first CMR and the second CMR based on a CMR index, or linking the first CMR and the second CMR based on a quasi-co-location, QCL, configuration.
[0179] Example 11 may be combined with any of Examples 1-10, wherein the UE is configured with aperiodic CSI reporting, wherein the UE is configured to receive the first reference signal periodically or semi-persistently, and wherein the UE is configured to receive the second reference signal periodically or semi-persistently.
[0180] Example 12 may be combined with any of Examples 1-10, further including: determining the first CMR based on a first CSI reference resource; calculating the first CSI based on the first CMR; determining the second CMR based on a second CSI reference resource; and calculating the second CSI based on the second CMR and the first CSI.
[0181] Example 13 may be combined with Example 12, wherein the first CMR precedes the first CSI reference resource, and wherein the second CMR precedes the second CSI reference resource.
[0182] Example 14 may be combined with Example 12, wherein the determining the second CMR is further based on the first CMR.
[0183] Example 15 may be combined with Example 13 or 14, wherein the determining the first CMR is further based on the second CMR.
[0184] Example 16 may be combined with Example 13 or 14, further including: receiving, from the network entity, a third configuration indicating a link dependency between the first CMR and the second CMR.
[0185] Example 17 may be combined with any of Examples 12-16, further including determining the first CSI reference resource based on a first minimum processing delay for the first CSI report, and determining the second CSI reference resource based on a second minimum processing delay for the second CSI report.
[0186] Example 18 may be combined with any of Examples 12-17, further including: receiving, from the network entity, a fourth configuration indicating whether the first CSI reference resource and the second CSI reference resource correspond to a common CSI reference resource.
[0187] Example 19 may be combined with Example 3, further including: determining a timing of the first CSI report; determining a second CSI reference resource; determining the second CMR based on the second CSI reference resource and the timing of the first CSI report; and calculating the second CSI based on the second CMR and the first CSI.
[0188] Example 20 may be combined with Example 19, wherein the timing of the first CSI report is at least one of: a most recent transmission timing of the first CSI report that is at least X symbols before a first symbol of the second downlink message; a most recent transmission timing of the first CSI report that is at least Y symbols before the second CMR that precedes the second CSI reference resource; or a most recent transmission timing of the first CSI report that is at least Z symbols before the second CSI reference resource, wherein the method includes: receiving, from the network entity, a value of at least one of X, Y, or Z, or transmitting, to the network entity, a value of at least one of X, Y, or Z.
[0189] Example 21 may be combined with Example 19 or 20, further including: receiving, from the network entity, an indication of the timing of the first CSI report.
[0190] Example 23 may be combined with any of Examples 1-3, further including at least one of: dropping at least one of the first CSI report or the second CSI report in association with a dropping occasion; transmitting at least one of an outdated or random CSI report; or transmitting at least one of the first CSI report or the second CSI report with CSI calculated based on a default or preconfigured value.
[0191] Example 24 may be combined with Example 23, further including: determining a first priority of the first CSI report and a second priority of the second CSI report.
[0192] Example 25 may be combined with Example 24, wherein the first priority and the second priority are determined based on at least one of: a serving cell of the UE, a time-domain behavior of each of the first CSI report and the second CSI report, a CSI report quantity, a CSI report configuration identifier, or whether each of the first CSI report and the second CSI report is linked to a third CSI report.
[0193] Example 26 may be combined with any of Examples 23-25, wherein the dropping occasion includes: determining that one of the first CSI report and the second CSI report has a lower priority than another one of the first CSI report and the second CSI report.
[0194] Example 27 may be combined with any of Examples 23-25, further including: determining, based on the first priority and the second priority, a common priority of the first CSI report and the second CSI report, wherein the dropping occasion includes: determining that the common priority is lower than a third priority of a third CSI report.
[0195] Example 28 may be combined with Example 27, wherein the common priority is determined based on at least one of: a maximum priority between the first priority and the second priority, a minimum priority between the first priority and the second priority, or a total priority between the first priority and the second priority.
[0196] Example 29 may be combined with Example 23, wherein the dropping occasion includes: determining that a number of CSI processing units, CPUs, for processing the first CSI report and the second CSI report exceeds a threshold number.
[0197] Example 30 may be combined with any of Examples 1-29, wherein the transmitting the second CSI report, includes: transmitting, to the network entity, an indication of a time stamp of the first CSI report.
[0198] Example 31 may be combined with any of Examples 1-30, further including: receiving a parameter that indicates a time domain restriction for at least one of the first CSI or the second CSI.
[0199] Example 32 may be combined with any of Examples 1-31, further including: transmitting, to the network entity, a UE capability message indicating at least one of: support for CSI reporting based on linked CSI report configurations; support for joint triggering of the linked CSI report configurations; support for separate triggering of the linked CSI report configurations; support for one or more combinations of report quantity of the linked CSI report configurations; support for one or more combinations of time-domain behavior for CMRs of the linked CSI report configurations; support for one or more combinations of time-domain behavior for CSI reports of the linked CSI report configurations; or a maximum number of linked CSI report configurations.
[0200] Example 33 may be combined with any of Examples 1-32, wherein the first configuration specifies the first CMR based on a first granularity, and the second configuration specifies the second CMR based on a second granularity.
[0201] Example 34 is a method of wireless communication at a network entity, including: transmitting, to a user equipment, UE, a first configuration of a first channel state information, CSI, report and a second configuration of a second CSI report linked with the first CSI report, the first configuration indicating a first channel measurement resource, CMR, and the second configuration indicating a second CMR linked with the first CMR; transmitting, to the UE, a first reference signal on the first CMR and a second reference signal on the second CMR; and receiving, from the UE according to a transmission occasion, the second CSI report including second CSI calculated based on measurements of the first CMR and the second CMR.
[0202] Example 35 may be combined with Example 34, further including: receiving, from the UE, the first CSI report including first CSI calculated based on a first measurement of the first CMR.
[0203] Example 36 may be combined with Example 35, wherein the receiving the second CSI report, further includes: receiving, from the UE, the second CSI report in a joint transmission with the first CSI report.
[0204] Example 37 may be combined with Example 36, wherein the transmission occasion includes: transmitting, to the UE, a downlink message that triggers the joint transmission of the first CSI report and the second CSI report.
[0205] Example 38 may be combined with Example 37, wherein the downlink message includes: a medium access control, MAC, control element, CE, that activates semi-persistent CSI reporting, or downlink control information, DCI, that triggers aperiodic CSI reporting.
[0206] Example 39 may be combined with Example 38, wherein the receiving the second CSI report, further includes: receiving, from the UE, the second CSI report in a separate transmission from the first CSI report.
[0207] Example 40 may be combined with Example 39, wherein the transmission occasion includes: transmitting, to the UE, a first downlink message that triggers the first CSI report; and transmitting, to the UE, a second downlink message that triggers the second CSI report, the first downlink message being separate from the second downlink message.
[0208] Example 41 may be combined with Example 40, wherein at least one of the first downlink message or the second downlink message includes: a medium access control, MAC, control element, CE, that activates semi-persistent CSI reporting, or downlink control information, DCI, that triggers aperiodic CSI reporting.
[0209] Example 42 may be combined with any of Examples 34-41, further including: transmitting, to the UE, a signal that indicates a linkage between the first CMR and the second CMR.
[0210] Example 43 may be combined with Example 42, wherein the signal includes at least one of: an index of the first CMR or the second CMR, or an order of the first CMR or the second CMR.
[0211] Example 44 may be combined with any of Examples 34-43, wherein the first configuration indicates an orphan first CMR that is not linked with the second CMR, or the second configuration indicates an orphan second CMR that is not linked with the first CMR.
[0212] Example 45 may be combined with any of Examples 34-41, further including: linking the first CMR and the second CMR according to a predefined rule.
[0213] Example 46 may be combined with Example 45, wherein the predefined rule includes at least one of: linking the first CMR and the second CMR based on a CMR order, linking the first CMR and the second CMR based on a CMR index, or linking the first CMR and the second CMR based on a quasi-co-location, QCL, configuration.
[0214] Example 47 may be combined with any of Examples 34-46, further including: configuring the UE with aperiodic CRI reporting; transmitting the first reference signal periodically or semi-persistently; and transmitting the second reference signal periodically or semi-persistently.
[0215] Example 48 may be combined with any of Examples 34-47, further including: transmitting, to the UE, a third configuration indicating a link dependency between the first CMR and the second CMR.
[0216] Example 49 may be combined with any of Examples 34-48, further including: receiving, from the UE, an indication of a timing of the first CSI report.
[0217] Example 51 may be combined with any of Examples 34-50, further including, at a dropping occasion: receiving at least one of an outdated or random CSI report; or receiving at least one of the first CSI report or the second CSI report with CSI calculated based on a default or preconfigured value.
[0218] Example 52 may be combined with Example 51, further including: assigning a first priority to the first CSI report and a second priority to the second CSI report.
[0219] Example 53 may be combined with Example 52, wherein the first priority and the second priority are assigned based on at least one of: a serving cell of the UE, a time-domain behavior of each of the first CSI report and the second CSI report, a CSI report quantity, a CSI report configuration identifier, or whether each of the first CSI report and the second CSI report is linked to a third CSI report.
[0220] Example 54 may be combined with any of Examples 34-53, wherein the receiving the second CSI report, includes: receiving, from the UE, an indication of a time stamp of the first CSI report.
[0221] Example 55 may be combined with any of Examples 34-54, further including: transmitting a parameter that indicates a time domain restriction for at least one of the first CSI or the second CSI.
[0222] Example 56 may be combined with any of Examples 34-55, further including: receiving, from the UE, a message indicating whether the UE has a capability, wherein the capability includes at least one of: CSI reporting based on linked CSI report configurations; joint triggering of the linked CSI report configurations; separate triggering of the linked CSI report configurations; supporting one or more combinations of report quantity of the linked CSI report configurations; supporting one or more combinations of time-domain behavior for CMRs of the linked CSI report configurations; supporting one or more combinations of time-domain behavior for CSI reports of the linked CSI report configurations; or a maximum number of supported linked CSI report configurations.
[0223] Example 57 may be combined with any of Examples 34-56, wherein the first configuration specifies the first CMR based on a first granularity, and the second configuration specifies the second CMR based on a second granularity.
[0224] Example 58 is an apparatus for wireless communication including a memory, a transceiver, and a processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver, the apparatus being configured to implement a method as in any of Examples 1-57.
[0225] Example 59 is a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable code, the code when executed by a processor causes the processor to implement a method as in any of Examples 1-58.
Claims
1.A method of wireless communication at a user equipment, UE, (102) , comprising:receiving (304) , from a network entity (104) , a first configuration for a first channel state information, CSI, report and a second configuration for a second CSI report linked with the first CSI report, the first configuration indicating a first channel measurement resource, CMR, and the second configuration indicating a second CMR linked with the first CMR;receiving (308) , from the network entity (104) , a first reference signal on the first CMR and a second reference signal on the second CMR; andtransmitting (310) , to the network entity (104) , the second CSI report including second CSI calculated based on measurements of the first reference signal and the second reference signal.2.The method of claim 1, further comprising:transmitting, to the network entity (104) , the first CSI report including first CSI calculated based on measurement of the first reference signal.3.The method of claim 2, wherein the transmitting (310) the second CSI report, further comprises at least one of:transmitting, to the network entity (104) , the second CSI report in a joint transmission with the first CSI report; ortransmitting, to the network entity (104) , the second CSI report in a separate transmission from the first CSI report.4.The method of any of claims 1-3, further comprising: receiving, from the network entity (104) , a signal that indicates a linkage between the first CMR and the second CMR based on at least one of: an index of the first CMR, an index of the second CMR, an order of the first CMR, or an order of the second CMR.5.The method of any of claims 1-4, wherein the first configuration indicates an orphan first CMR that is not linked with the second CMR, or the second configuration indicates an orphan second CMR that is not linked with the first CMR.6.The method of any of claims 1-5, further comprising: determining (318) a linkage between the first CMR and the second CMR according to at least one of:linking the first CMR and the second CMR based on a CMR order,linking the first CMR and the second CMR based on a CMR index, orlinking the first CMR and the second CMR based on a quasi-co-location, QCL, configuration.7.The method of any of claims 1-6, further comprising:determining the first CMR based on a first CSI reference resource;calculating the first CSI based on the first CMR;determining the second CMR based on a second CSI reference resource; andcalculating the second CSI based on the second CMR and the first CSI.8.The method of claim 7, further comprising: receiving, from the network entity (104) , a third configuration indicating whether the first CSI reference resource and the second CSI reference resource correspond to a common CSI reference resource.9.The method of any of claims 1-6, further comprising:determining a timing of the first CSI report;determining a second CSI reference resource;determining the second CMR based on the second CSI reference resource and the timing of the first CSI report; andcalculating the second CSI based on the second CMR and the first CSI.10.The method of any of claims 1-9, further comprising at least one of:dropping at least one of the first CSI report or the second CSI report in association with a dropping occasion;transmitting at least one of an outdated or random CSI report; ortransmitting at least one of the first CSI report or the second CSI report with CSI calculated based on a default or preconfigured value.11.The method of any of claims 1-10, wherein the transmitting (310) the second CSI report, comprises: transmitting, to the network entity (104) , an indication of a time stamp of the first CSI report.12.The method of any of claims 1-11, further comprising: receiving a parameter that indicates a time domain restriction for at least one of the first CSI or the second CSI.13.The method of any of claims 1-12, further comprising: transmitting (302) , to the network entity (104) , a UE capability message indicating at least one of:support for CSI reporting based on linked CSI report configurations;support for joint triggering of the linked CSI report configurations;support for separate triggering of the linked CSI report configurations;support for one or more combinations of report quantity of the linked CSI report configurations;support for one or more combinations of time-domain behavior for CMRs of the linked CSI report configurations;support for one or more combinations of time-domain behavior for CSI reports of the linked CSI report configurations; ora maximum number of linked CSI report configurations.14.A method of wireless communication at a network entity (104) , comprising:transmitting (304) , to a user equipment, UE, (102) , a first configuration of a first channel state information, CSI, report and a second configuration of a second CSI report linked with the first CSI report, the first configuration indicating a first channel measurement resource, CMR, and the second configuration indicating a second CMR linked with the first CMR;transmitting (308) , to the UE (102) , a first reference signal on the first CMR and a second reference signal on the second CMR; andreceiving (310) , from the UE (102) , the second CSI report including second CSI calculated based on measurements of the first reference signal and the second reference signal.15.The method of claim 14, further comprising at least one of:transmitting (306) , to the UE (102) , a downlink message that triggers a joint transmission of the first CSI report and the second CSI report; ortransmitting (306a) , to the UE (102) , a first downlink message that triggers the first CSI report, and transmitting (306b) , to the UE (102) , a second downlink message that triggers the second CSI report, the first downlink message being separate from the second downlink message.16.The method of claim 14 or 15, further comprising: transmitting, to the UE (102) , a signal that indicates a linkage between the first CMR and the second CMR based on at least one of: an index of the first CMR, an index of the second CMR, an order of the first CMR, or an order of the second CMR.17.An apparatus for wireless communication comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver, the apparatus being configured to implement a method as in any of claims 1-16.
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