Method for channel state information report for ultra-massive multiple-input multiple-output system
A non-linear precoder based codebook and dynamic configuration for CSI feedback address the challenges of near-field channels in ultra-massive MIMO systems, improving channel energy and network performance.
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- WO · WO
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- Applications
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- Filing Date
- 2024-10-03
- Publication Date
- 2026-04-09
AI Technical Summary
Existing codebooks for channel state information (CSI) reports in ultra-massive MIMO systems are inadequate for near-field channels due to non-linear phase differences between antenna ports, leading to suboptimal performance when the distance between network entities and user equipment is small.
A non-linear precoder based codebook is introduced for CSI feedback, along with dynamic codebook configuration and additional feedback mechanisms to handle both far-field and near-field models, enabling precise channel reporting.
Improves channel energy and signal-to-noise ratio, reducing computing resources and enhancing network communication performance.
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METHOD FOR CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORT FOR ULTRA-MASSIVE MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT SYSTEMTECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present disclosure relates generally to wireless communication, and more particularly, to channel state information (CSI) report.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, it can be challenging to define a codebook for the CSI report for a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system.
[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] For a MIMO system, a network entity (NE) selects a digital precoder for downlink transmission to a user equipment (UE) based on channel state information (CSI) . Current codebook selections for the NE are associated with a certain antenna architecture that results in a far-field channel for most UEs. The far-field channel model is usually applicable when the distance between the NE and UE is above the Fraunhofer distance. Therefore, as the number of antenna ports at NE side increases, the antenna size and corresponding Fraunhofer distance could increase. When the distance between the NE and UE is small or the distance between the NE and a reflector is small compared to the corresponding Fraunhofer distance, the channel should be based on a near-field modeling. Then, the phase difference between two antenna ports is non-linear and, thus, the current codebook does not work well for the channel. It can be challenging to define the codebook for the CSI report when the number of ports is so large that some channel paths are based on the near-field model.
[0007] The present disclosure addresses the above-noted and other deficiencies by providing a non-linear precoder based codebook for CSI feedback for ultra-massive MIMO as well as additional feedback to determine the codebook configuration and dynamic codebook configuration. Based on the received UE capabilities, the NE transmits control signaling configuring at least a first CSI report configuration based on a first codebook with at least one precoder based on a second-order phase and a channel measurement resource (CMR) , and optionally configuring a second CSI report configuration based on a second codebook based on a first-order phase, a third CSI report configuration for far-field / near-field information report, and an SRS for far-field / near-field detection. The NE and UE may perform the procedure for far-field / near-field information report or SRS for far-field / near field detection, and procedure for dynamic switching between the first codebook and second codebook for CSI report. The UE transmits the first CSI report including at least precoder matrix information based on the first codebook.
[0008] In some aspects, a UE receives, from a network entity, a control signaling configuring a first CSI report configuration based on a first codebook including a precoder based on at least one second-order phase factor and a CMR. The UE receives, from the network entity, a CSI-RS on the CMR. The UE transmits, to the network entity, the first CSI report including precoder matrix information based on the first codebook and the CSI-RS.
[0009] In some aspects, a NE transmits, to a UE, a control signaling configuring a first CSI report configuration based on a first codebook including a precoder based on at least one second-order phase factor and a CMR. The NE transmits, to the UE, a CSI-RS on the CMR. The NE receives, from the UE, the first CSI report including precoder matrix information based on the first codebook and the CSI-RS.
[0010] In this way, the channel energy is increased by using the codebook including the precoder with at least one nonlinear phase factor. The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the channel is improved. The computing resources and network bandwidths are also reduced, thereby the performance of the network communication system is improved.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0011] FIG. 1 illustrates a diagram of a wireless communications system that includes a plurality of UEs and network entities in communication over one or more cells according to an embodiment.
[0012] FIG. 2 illustrates an example of an antenna and a channel path according to an embodiment.
[0013] FIG. 3 illustrates a signaling diagram of communications between a UE and a network entity for the CSI report for ultra-massive MIMO system according to an embodiment.
[0014] FIG. 4 illustrates a signaling diagram of UE behavior for the CSI report for ultra-massive MIMO system according to an embodiment.
[0015] FIG. 5 illustrates a signaling diagram of network entity behavior for the CSI report for ultra-massive MIMO system according to an embodiment.
[0016] FIG. 6 illustrates an example of a first codebook for a first CSI report including a precoder based on at least one second-order phase factor for each antenna port according to an embodiment.
[0017] FIG. 7 illustrates an example of a codebook for the CSI report including at least one precoder based on the second-order phase factor for a subset of antenna ports based on two APGs according to an embodiment.
[0018] FIG. 8 illustrates an example of a codebook for the CSI report including at least one precoder based on the second-order phase factor for a subset of antenna ports based on 4 APGs according to an embodiment.
[0019] FIG. 9 illustrates an example of the precoder configuration to support fallback operation according to an embodiment.
[0020] FIG. 10 illustrates an example of dynamic codebook selection based on a UE report according to an embodiment.
[0021] FIG. 11 illustrates an example of the dynamic codebook selection based on a NE measurement according to an embodiment.
[0022] FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a method of wireless communication at a UE for the CSI report for the ultra-massive MIMO system according to an embodiment.
[0023] FIG. 13 is a flowchart of a method of wireless communication at a network entity for the CSI report for the ultra-massive MIMO system according to an embodiment.
[0024] FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a hardware implementation for an example UE apparatus according to some embodiments.
[0025] FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a hardware implementation for one or more example network entities according to some embodiments.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 / network entities 104. Some base stations may include an aggregated base station architecture and other base stations may include a disaggregated base station architecture. The aggregated base station architecture utilizes a radio protocol stack that is physically or logically integrated within a single radio access network (RAN) node. A disaggregated base station architecture utilizes a protocol stack that is physically or logically distributed among two or more units (e.g., radio unit (RU) 106, distributed unit (DU) 108, central unit (CU) 110) . For example, a CU 110 is implemented within a RAN node, and one or more DUs 108 may be co-located with the CU 110, or alternatively, may be geographically or virtually distributed throughout one or multiple other RAN nodes. The DUs 108 may be implemented to communicate with one or more RUs 106. Any of the RU 106, the DU 108 and the CU 110 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] Uplink / downlink signaling may also be communicated via a satellite positioning system (SPS) 114. In an example, the SPS 114 associated with the cell 190c may be in communication with one or more UEs 102, such as the UE 102c, and one or more base stations 104 / RUs 106, such as the RU 106c. The SPS 114 may correspond to one or more of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) , a global position system (GPS) , a non-terrestrial network (NTN) , or other satellite position / location system. The SPS 114 may be associated with LTE signals, NR signals (e.g., based on round trip time (RTT) and / or multi-RTT) , wireless local area network (WLAN) signals, a terrestrial beacon system (TBS) , sensor-based information, NR enhanced cell ID (NR E-CID) techniques, downlink angle-of-departure (DL-AoD) , downlink time difference of arrival (DL-TDOA) , uplink time difference of arrival (UL-TDOA) , uplink angle-of-arrival (UL-AoA) , and / or other systems, signals, or sensors.
[0039] Still referring to FIG. 1, in certain aspects, any of the UEs 102 may include a CSI report component 140 configured to receive, from a network entity, a control signaling configuring: a first CSI report configuration based on a first codebook including a precoder based on at least one second-order phase factor, and a CMR. The CSI report component 140 is configured to receive, from the network entity, a CSI-RS on the CMR. The CSI report component 140 is configured to transmit, to the network entity, the first CSI report including precoder matrix information based on the first codebook and the CSI-RS.
[0040] In certain aspects, any of the base stations 104 or a network entity of the base stations 104 may include a codebook configuration component 150 configured to transmit, to a UE, a control signaling configuring: a first CSI report configuration based on a first codebook including a precoder based on at least one second-order phase factor, and a CMR. The codebook configuration component 150 is configured to transmit, to the UE, a CSI-RS on the CMR. The codebook configuration component 150 is configured to receive, from the UE, the first CSI report including precoder matrix information based on the first codebook and the CSI-RS.
[0041] 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.
[0042] FIG. 2 illustrates an example 200 of an antenna 201 and a channel path 210 according to an embodiment. For a MIMO system, the CSI provides the key information for a network entity to select the digital precoder for a UE. Usually, the network entity can configure a CSI report using RRC signaling, e.g., CSI-ReportConfig, where channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) is used as channel measurement resource (CMR) for the UE to measure the downlink channel. Meanwhile, the network entity may configure some interference measurement resource (IMR) for UE to measure interference.
[0043] Based on the configured CMR and its associated IMR, the UE is able to identify the CSI, which may include at least one of rank indicator (RI) , precoder matrix indicator (PMI) , channel quality indicator (CQI) and layer indicator (LI) . RI and PMI are used to indicate the digital precoder, CQI is used to indicate the signal-to-interference plus noise (SINR) status in order to assist the network entity to determine the modulation and coding scheme (MCS) , and LI is used to identify the strongest layer for the reported precoder indicated by RI and PMI.
[0044] For Type1 single-panel codebook, the NE can configure two schemes for the CSI feedback, Scheme A and Scheme B. In Scheme A, for each layer, the UE reports the precoder indicating the antenna co-phasing between two polarizations, where precoder for a layer can be as follows:
[0045] Where vl, m indicates the beam for each polarization, which is generated based on a DFT vector as follows:
[0046] Where, l=0, 1, ..., N1O1-1, m=0, 1, ..., N2O2-1, and N1 indicates the number of horizontal ports, N2 indicates the number of vertical ports, O1 indicates the oversampling factor in the horizontal dimension and O2 indicates the oversampling factor in the vertical dimension; indicates the antenna co-phasing between two polarizations, and in one example it is as follows, where n=0, 1, 2, 3:
[0047] The UE reports a first PMI information indicating the l and m for each layer for the wideband precoder, and for each subband, the UE reports a second PMI information indicating value of n for each layer for the corresponding subband. The reported precoder and the precoder used for CQI calculation should be normalized. Thus, for NL layers, the precoder for each layer should be multiplied by
[0048] In Scheme B, the UE reports NL wideband beam index for NL layers based on the beams in W1, where each beam index corresponding to one layer. A beam index indicates the value of (l, m) in equation (6) .
[0049] For each subband, the UE calculates the co-phasing between two polarizations, and compressed the polarizations from N3 subbands into Mv coefficients based on Mv frequency domain (FD) basis. Then for one layer the precoder for all the subbands can be generated as equation (7)
[0050] Where is a 2 by Mv matrix and WFD is a Mv by N3 matrix indicating Mv FD basis from a set of FD basis, e.g., DFT basis as defined in 38.214 section 5.2.2.2.5, based on number of subbands. The UE can apply a time offset to keep the first coefficient always from the first FD basis. Thus, it reports a subset of or all the coefficients from the 2 by Mv matrix and Mv-1 FD basis. The reported precoder and the precoder used for CQI calculation should be normalized. Thus, for NL layers, the precoder for each layer should be multiplied by
[0051] For Type2 / eType2 codebook, the UE reports the precoder based on similar approach as scheme B for Type1 codebook, where the UE can report more than one beams for each layer. Thus, the UE can report L beams for each layer in W1, and the enhanced beam combining matrix is a 2L by Mv matrix. The UE can report one or multiple non-zero-power coefficients for the enhanced beam combining matrix and it can report amplitude and phase for each coefficient. Note that Type2 codebook may indicate Type2 codebook or eType2 codebook in this disclosure.
[0052] Referring to FIG. 2, the codebook which fits for the NE with a certain antenna architecture may result in a far-field channel for a UE. For the far-field channel, the phase from a NE side antenna port s (e.g., the antenna port 201) , for a channel path (e.g., the channel path 210) , can be modeled as follows (the common initial phase for all antenna port is not included) :
[0053] Where (ys, zs) indicates the location of the antenna port s as shown in FIG. 2; θ indicates the Zenith angle Of Departure (ZoD) (e.g., ZOD 211) for the channel path; φ indicates the Azimuth angle Of Departure (AoD) (e.g., AOD 212) of the channel path; λ is the waveform length.
[0054] The far-field channel model is usually applicable when the distance between the NE and UE is above the Fraunhofer distance, which is calculated as follows:
[0055] where D is the largest antenna spacing between two antennas, or the largest dimension of the radiator (e.g., the diameter) , or the largest dimension of the antenna port. λ is the waveform length. Assuming the antenna spacing is half waveform and the antenna ports are deployed in the horizontal domain, the Fraunhofer distance for a 3 GHz system with different antenna structure may be as shown in Table 1.
[0056] Table 1: An example for Fraunhofer distance for different antenna structure for 3 GHz system
[0057] Therefore, as the number of antenna ports at the NE side increases, the antenna size and corresponding Fraunhofer distance may increase. Then when the distance between the NE and the UE is small or the distance between the NE and a reflector is small compared to corresponding Fraunhofer distance, the channel should be based on a near-field model, where the phase from the NE side antenna port s for the channel path can be modeled as follows (the common initial phase for all antenna port is not included) :
[0058] Where rs indicates the distance between the UE or reflector and the antenna port s, which can be calculated as follows; r indicates the distance between the UE or reflector and a reference point 220 of the antenna array at the NE side, e.g., middle of the antenna array (assuming the location is (0, 0, 0) ) , as shown in FIG. 2.
[0059] Then it can be observed that the phase difference between two antenna ports is non-linear, thus the codebook with linear phase difference cannot fit the channel well, while a codebook with a non-linear phase difference based on the near-field model fits the channel better. From simulation results for different types of codebook, e.g., where the distance between the UE / reflector and the NE is randomly generated between 10 meters to 50 meters, carrier frequency is 3 GHz, the number of horizontal ports is 64 and the number of vertical ports is 8, the codebook with the second-order phase difference discloses herein can provide higher channel energy, higher signal-noise ratio, thus better performance of the wireless communication system.
[0060] Solutions are provided herein regarding how to define the codebook for the CSI report when the number of ports is so large that some channel paths are based on the near-field model. Further, how to define the codebook for the CSI report when the channel is in a mixed status, e.g., some paths are based on the far-field model and others are based on the near-field model are discussed below. Methods and systems for the CSI feedback for the ultra-massive MIMO system are provided, including: the non-linear, e.g., second-order, precoder based codebook for the CSI feedback, additional feedback to determine the codebook configuration, and / or dynamic codebook configuration.
[0061] FIG. 3 illustrates a signaling diagram 300 of communications between a UE 102 and a network entity 104 for the CSI report for ultra-massive MIMO system according to an embodiment. The network entity 104 may correspond to a base station or a unit of a base station, such as the RU 106, the DU 108, the CU 110, etc.
[0062] The UE 102 may transmit 302 a UE capability message indicating a UE capability for supporting at least one of: a first codebook including the precoder based on a second-order phase factor in a vertical dimension, the first codebook including a precoder based on a second-order phase factor in a horizontal dimension, the first codebook including a precoder based on a cross-vertical-horizontal phase factor, maximum number of antenna ports for the first codebook, or antenna port combinations for the first codebook. The UE may report 302 the UE capabilities indicating the supported configurations for the first CSI report based on the codebook with at least one second-order phase factor. The UE may report at least one of the UE capabilities: whether it supports to report the CSI based on the codebook with a third / fourth / fifth factor (will be defined below) configured; the supported maximum number of ports for the codebook; supported ports combination (number of ports in a horizontal dimension and number of ports in a vertical dimension) for the codebook.
[0063] The NE 104 transmits 304, to the UE 102, a control signaling configuring: the first CSI report configuration based on the first codebook including the precoder based on at least one second-order phase factor, and a CMR. The UE 102 receives 304, from the NE 104, the control signaling configuring the first CSI report configuration based on the first codebook including the precoder based on the at least one second-order phase factor and the CMR. Based on the received UE capabilities, the NE 104 transmits 304 the control signaling configuring at least the first CSI report configuration based on the first codebook with the at least one precoder based on the at least one second-order phase and the CMR.
[0064] The NE / UE may transmit / receive 304 at least one of: a second CSI report configuration based on a second codebook associated with at least one of: Type1 single-panel codebook, Type1 multiple-panel codebook, Type2 codebook, enhanced Type2 codebook, or enhanced Type2 codebook for precoder matrix indicator prediction; a third CSI report configuration for at least one of a far-field information report or a near-field information report, or a sounding reference signal (SRS) for at least one of far-field detection or near-field detection. The NE 104 may transmit 304 the control signaling optionally configuring a second CSI report configuration based on a second codebook associated with at least one of: Type1 single-panel codebook, Type1 multiple-panel codebook, Type2 codebook, enhanced Type2 codebook, or enhanced Type2 codebook for precoder matrix indicator prediction; a third CSI report configuration for far-field / near-field information report, an SRS for far-field / near-field detection.
[0065] The network entity 104 may transmit the control signaling by RRC signaling, e.g., RRCReconfiguration. The NE may provide some of the configurations or update some of the configurations by Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) , e.g., MAC CE activating the (semi-persistent) CSI report, or Downlink Control Information (DCI) , e.g., different triggering states for the DCI triggering the (aperiodic) CSI report may correspond to different configurations. The NE may also provide some of the configurations or update some of the configurations by MAC PDU, MIB or SIB.
[0066] The UE 102 and the NE 104 may perform 306 a procedure including at least one of:transmitting / receiving at least one of a far-field information report or a near-field information report, transmitting / receiving an SRS for at least one of a far-field detection or a near-field detection, or receiving / transmitting another control signaling for switching between the first codebook and the second codebook. In some examples, the NE and UE may perform the procedure for far-field / near-field information report, the SRS for far-field / near field detection, and / or procedure for dynamic switching between the first codebook and the second codebook for the first / second CSI report.
[0067] The NE 104 may transmit 308, to the UE 102, a second control signaling triggering the first CSI report. The UE 102 may receive 308, from the NE 104, the second control signaling triggering the first CSI report. In some examples, for semi-persistent CSI report or aperiodic CSI report, the network entity may transmit MAC CE or DCI activating or triggering the CSI report. For semi-persistent CSI-RS or aperiodic CSI-RS, the NE may transmit MAC CE or DCI activating / deactivating or triggering the CSI-RS.
[0068] The NE 104 transmits 310, to the UE 102, the CSI-RS on the CMR. The UE 102 receives 310, from the network entity 104, the CSI-RS on the CMR.
[0069] The UE 102 transmits 312, to the NE 104, the first CSI report including precoder matrix information based on the first codebook and the CSI-RS. The UE 102 may report precoder matrix information based on the wideband manner, e.g., the whole bandwidth of the CSI-RS on the CMR and / or precoder matrix information for one or multiple subbands based on the bandwidth of the CSI-RS on the CMR, where the subband (s) may be configured by the NE 104 or pre-defined. The NE receives 312, from the UE 102, the first CSI report including precoder matrix information based on the first codebook and the CSI-RS. The UE may transmit the CSI report including at least precoder matrix information based on the first codebook. The UE may transmit the CSI report by an RRC message, e.g., an RRC message for performance monitoring, MAC CE, e.g., a MAC CE for performance monitoring, or uplink control information (UCI) on PUCCH, e.g., short PUCCH (PUCCH with less than 4 symbols) or long PUCCH (PUCCH with 4 or more symbols) or PUSCH.
[0070] In this disclosure, unless specified, a RRC signaling may indicate a RRC reconfiguration message from NE to UE, or a System Information Block (SIB) , where the SIB can be an existing SIB (e.g., SIB1) or a new SIB (e.g., SIB J, where J is an integer above 21) transmitted by gNB. In some implementations, the network entity may receive the UE capability from a UE or from a core network (e.g., Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) ) or another network entity.
[0071] FIG. 4 illustrates a signaling diagram of UE behavior for the CSI report for ultra-massive MIMO system according to an embodiment. The UE 102 may transmit 402 a UE capability message indicating a UE capability for supporting at least one of: a first codebook including the precoder based on a second-order phase factor in a vertical dimension, the first codebook including a precoder based on a second-order phase factor in a horizontal dimension, the first codebook including a precoder based on a cross-vertical-horizontal phase factor, maximum number of antenna ports for the first codebook, or antenna port combinations for the first codebook. The UE may report 302 the UE capabilities indicating the supported configurations for the first CSI report based on the codebook with at least one second-order phase factor. The UE may report at least one of the UE capabilities: whether it supports to report the CSI based on the codebook with a third / fourth / fifth factor (will be defined below) configured; the supported maximum number of ports for the codebook; supported ports combination (number of ports in a horizontal dimension and number of ports in a vertical dimension) for the codebook.
[0072] The UE 102 receives 404, from the NE 104, a control signaling configuring: the first CSI report configuration based on the first codebook including the precoder based on at least one second-order phase factor, and a CMR.
[0073] The UE may receive 404 at least one of: a second CSI report configuration based on a second codebook associated with at least one of: Type1 single-panel codebook, Type1 multiple-panel codebook, Type2 codebook, enhanced Type2 codebook, or enhanced Type2 codebook for precoder matrix indicator prediction; a third CSI report configuration for at least one of a far-field information report or a near-field information report, or a sounding reference signal (SRS) for at least one of far-field detection or near-field detection. The UE 102 may transmit 304 the control signaling optionally configuring a second CSI report configuration based on a second codebook based on the first-order phase, a third CSI report configuration for far-field / near-field information report, an SRS for far-field / near-field detection.
[0074] The UE 102 and the NE 104 may perform 406 a procedure including at least one of: transmitting at least one of a far-field information report or a near-field information report, transmitting an SRS for at least one of a far-field detection or a near-field detection, or receiving another control signaling for switching between the first codebook and the second codebook. In some examples, the NE and UE may perform the procedure for far-field / near-field information report, the SRS for far-field / near field detection, and / or procedure for dynamic switching between the first codebook and the second codebook for the first / second CSI report.
[0075] The UE 102 may receive 408, from the NE 104, the second control signaling triggering the first CSI report. In some examples, for semi-persistent CSI report or aperiodic CSI report, the UE may receive MAC CE or DCI activating or triggering the CSI report. For semi-persistent CSI-RS or aperiodic CSI-RS, the UE may receive MAC CE or DCI activating / deactivating or triggering the CSI-RS.
[0076] The UE 102 receives 410, from the network entity 104, the CSI-RS on the CMR.
[0077] The UE 102 transmits 412, to the NE 104, the first CSI report including precoder matrix information based on the first codebook and the CSI-RS. The UE may transmit the CSI report including at least precoder matrix information based on the first codebook. The UE may transmit the CSI report by an RRC message, e.g., an RRC message for performance monitoring, MAC CE, e.g., a MAC CE for performance monitoring, or uplink control information (UCI) on PUCCH, e.g., short PUCCH (PUCCH with less than 4 symbols) or long PUCCH (PUCCH with 4 or more symbols) or PUSCH.
[0078] FIG. 5 illustrates a signaling diagram of network entity behavior for the CSI report for ultra-massive MIMO system according to an embodiment. The NE 104 may receive 502 a UE capability message indicating a UE capability for supporting at least one of: a first codebook including the precoder based on a second-order phase factor in a vertical dimension, the first codebook including a precoder based on a second-order phase factor in a horizontal dimension, the first codebook including a precoder based on a cross-vertical-horizontal phase factor, maximum number of antenna ports for the first codebook, or antenna port combinations for the first codebook. The NE 104 may receive 302 the UE capabilities indicating the supported configurations for the first CSI report based on the codebook with at least one second-order phase factor.
[0079] The NE 104 transmits 504, to the UE 102, a control signaling configuring: the first CSI report configuration based on the first codebook including the precoder based on at least one second-order phase factor, and a CMR. Based on the received UE capabilities, the NE 104 transmits 304 the control signaling configuring at least the first CSI report configuration based on the first codebook with the at least one precoder based on the at least one second-order phase and the CMR.
[0080] The NE may transmit 504 at least one of: a second CSI report configuration based on a second codebook associated with at least one of: Type1 single-panel codebook, Type1 multiple-panel codebook, Type2 codebook, enhanced Type2 codebook, or enhanced Type2 codebook for precoder matrix indicator prediction; a third CSI report configuration for at least one of a far-field information report or a near-field information report, or a sounding reference signal (SRS) for at least one of far-field detection or near-field detection. The NE 104 may transmit 304 the control signaling optionally configuring a second CSI report configuration based on a second codebook based on the first-order phase, a third CSI report configuration for far-field / near-field information report, an SRS for far-field / near-field detection.
[0081] The network entity 104 may transmit the control signaling by RRC signaling, e.g., RRCReconfiguration. The NE may provide some of the configurations or update some of the configurations by Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) , e.g., MAC CE activating the (semi-persistent) CSI report, or Downlink Control Information (DCI) , e.g., different triggering states for the DCI triggering the (aperiodic) CSI report may correspond to different configurations. The NE may also provide some of the configurations or update some of the configurations by MAC PDU, MIB or SIB.
[0082] The NE 104 and the UE 102 may perform 506 a procedure including at least one of:receiving at least one of a far-field information report or a near-field information report, receiving an SRS for at least one of a far-field detection or a near-field detection, or transmitting another control signaling for switching between the first codebook and the second codebook. In some examples, the NE and UE may perform the procedure for far-field / near-field information report, the SRS for far-field / near field detection, and / or procedure for dynamic switching between the first codebook and the second codebook for the first / second CSI report.
[0083] The NE 104 may transmit 508, to the UE 102, a second control signaling triggering the first CSI report. In some examples, for semi-persistent CSI report or aperiodic CSI report, the network entity may transmit MAC CE or DCI activating or triggering the CSI report. For semi-persistent CSI-RS or aperiodic CSI-RS, the NE may transmit MAC CE or DCI activating / deactivating or triggering the CSI-RS.
[0084] The NE 104 transmits 510, to the UE 102, the CSI-RS on the CMR.
[0085] The NE receives 512, from the UE 102, the first CSI report including precoder matrix information based on the first codebook and the CSI-RS. The UE may transmit the CSI report including at least precoder matrix information based on the first codebook. The UE may transmit the CSI report by an RRC message, e.g., an RRC message for performance monitoring, MAC CE, e.g., a MAC CE for performance monitoring, or uplink control information (UCI) on PUCCH, e.g., short PUCCH (PUCCH with less than 4 symbols) or long PUCCH (PUCCH with 4 or more symbols) or PUSCH.
[0086] FIG. 6 illustrates an example 600 of the first codebook for the first CSI report including a precoder based on at least one second-order phase factor for each antenna port according to an embodiment. For each of a plurality of antenna ports, the first codebook includes the precoder based on a first-order phase factor and at least one second-order phase factor. In some examples, the first codebook includes the precoder based on the first-order and the second-order phase compensation for all antenna ports.
[0087] Referring back to FIG. 2, in some examples, rs indicates the distance between a UE and an antenna port s, r indicates the distance between the UE and a reference point of an antenna array at the NE side, e.g., middle of the antenna array (assuming the location is (0, 0, 0) ) , the difference between rs and r is denote as ds as follows: dS=rS-r (12)
[0088] Then ds can be calculated as follows:
[0089] Then, if only the second-order Taylor expansion is considered, the ds can be calculated as follows:
[0090] Since and could be quite small, the ds can be calculated as follows:
[0091] Denote the phase factor for the antenna ports as follows:
[0092] The first-order phase in the horizontal dimension :
[0093] The first-order phase in the vertical dimension:
[0094] The second-order phase in the horizontal dimension:
[0095] The second-order phase in the vertical dimension:
[0096] The cross-vertical-horizontal phase:
[0097] Referring back to FIG. 6, the NE 104 may configure the first codebook for the first CSI report including the at least one precoder with the phase determined based on the second-order phase (s) above for all the antenna ports. The phase of the precoder may also be determined based on the first-order phase (s) above additionally. As shown in FIG. 6, the NE 104 may configure the UE 102 to calculate the precoder with the phase 607b determined based on the first-order phase in the horizontal dimension and in the vertical dimension, and at least one second-order phase for each antenna port of the antenna ports 605, assuming an initial phase 607a of a first antenna is 0.
[0098] In some examples, for an antenna port of a plurality of antenna ports, the first codebook includes the precoder including at least one of:
[0099] a first phase factor to compensate for impact from a first-order phase in a horizontal dimension ;
[0100] a second phase factor to compensate for impact from the first-order phase in a vertical dimension: and
[0101] at least one of:
[0102] a third phase factor to compensate for impact from a second-order phase in the horizontal dimension ;
[0103] a fourth phase factor to compensate for impact from the second-order phase in the vertical dimension; or
[0104] a fifth phase factor to compensate for impact from a cross-vertical-horizontal phase.
[0105] In some examples, separate phase searching may be performed for each phase factor discussed above. Each of the first phase factor, the second phase factor, the third phase factor, the fourth factor, and the fifth phase factor may be searched based on a respective phase. For an antenna port s, which may be at (ns, ms) in one polarization (the ns-th port in the horizontal dimension and ms-th port in the vertical dimension) , where the first port may be in the location of (0, 0) , to compensate the phase offset difference, the NE may configure the precoder (s) in the codebook, e.g., the first codebook, to include at least one of the following factors:
[0106] A first factor to compensate the impact from the first-order phase in the horizontal dimension :
[0107] A second factor to compensate the impact from the first-order phase in the vertical dimension:
[0108] A third factor to compensate the impact from the second-order phase in the horizontal dimension :
[0109] A fourth factor to compensate the impact from the second-order phase in the vertical dimension:
[0110] A fifth factor to compensate the impact from the cross-vertical-horizontal phase:
[0111] Then the NE 104 and the UE 102 may determine the precoder in the codebook based on equation (1) , (6) and (7) by replacing the vl, m as which is calculated as follows:
[0112] where K indicates the number of factors selected for the codebook generation.
[0113] Then for one beam or one layer, the UE may report the beam index or precoder matrix index indicating the selected value of l1, l2, ..., lK. The corresponding normalization factor, e.g., should be applied to the precoder with NL layers.
[0114] In one example, the NE 104 may configure the codebook, e.g., the first codebook, for the CSI report, e.g., the first CSI report, including precoders with the first, second and third factor above. Then, the NE 104 and the UE 102 may determine the precoder based on the (1) , (6) and (7) by replacing the vl, m as which is calculated as follows:
[0115] In some examples, the NE 104 may configure the search space for the phase, e.g., α (x) , corresponding to at least one factor above. In some other examples, the search space for the phase corresponding to at least one factor above may be pre-defined.
[0116] In one example, the NE 104 and the UE 102 may determine the search space for the first phase α (1) based on the step size of in the range of The NE 104 and the UE 102 may determine the search space for the second phase α (2) based on the step size of in the range of
[0117] In another example, the NE may configure at least one of the followings for the search space of the third / fourth / fifth phase:
[0118] ● Minimum value
[0119] ● Maximum value
[0120] ● Number of steps
[0121] ● Step size
[0122] The NE 104 and the UE 102 may determine the phases in the search space of the third / fourth / fifth phase based on a linear quantization or non-linear quantization.
[0123] In another example, the NE 104 and the UE 102 may determine at least one of the above for the search space of the third / fourth / fifth phase based on at least one of the followings:
[0124] ● Number of antenna ports in the horizontal dimension
[0125] ● Number of antenna ports in the vertical dimension
[0126] ● Carrier frequency
[0127] In some implementations, the NE 104 and the UE 102 may determine whether the third / fourth / fifth factor should be included in the precoder for the codebook or not based on the number of antenna ports in the horizonal direction and / or the number of antenna ports in the vertical dimension, and / or the band (e.g., carrier frequency) or frequency range.
[0128] In one example, if the number of antenna ports in the horizontal dimension is above or equal to a threshold, the UE 102 may determine at least the third factor should be included; otherwise, the UE 102 may determine the third factor should not be included. In another example, if the number of antenna ports in the vertical dimension is above or equal to a threshold, the UE 102 may determine at least the fourth factor should be included; otherwise, the UE 102 may determine the fourth factor should not be included. In another example, if the number of antenna ports in the vertical dimension and the number of antenna ports in the horizontal dimension are above or equal to a threshold, the UE 102 may determine at least the fifth factor should be included; otherwise, the UE 102 may determine the fifth factor should not be included. In another example, if the third factor and the fourth factor are included, the UE 102 may determine the fifth factor should be included; otherwise, the UE 102 may determine the fifth factor should not be included. The threshold may be different in different bands or frequency ranges.
[0129] In some other implementations, the NE 104 may configure whether the third / fourth / fifth factor should be included in the precoder for the codebook or not. The NE 104 may provide the configuration per CSI report configuration or per CSI sub-report configuration.
[0130] In some examples, each of the first phase factor, the second phase factor, the third phase factor, the fourth factor, or the fifth phase factor may be searched based a Zenith angle Of Departure (ZoD) for a channel path and an Azimuth angle Of Departure (AoD) of the channel path. For an antenna port s, which may be at (ns, ms) in one polarization (the ns-th port in the horizontal dimension and ms-th port in the vertical dimension) , where the first port may be in the location of (0, 0) , to compensate the phase offset difference, the NE may configure the precoder (s) in the codebook to include at least one of the following factors:
[0131] A first factor to compensate the impact from the first-order phase in the horizontal dimension :
[0132] A second factor to compensate the impact from the first-order phase in the horizontal dimension :
[0133] A third factor to compensate the impact from the second-order phase in the horizontal dimension :
[0134] A fourth factor to compensate the impact from the second-order phase in the vertical dimension:
[0135] A fifth factor to compensate the impact from the cross-vertical-horizontal phase:
[0136] Where indicates the ZoD for the channel path; indicates the AoD of the channel path, ns represents a position of the antenna port in the horizonal dimension, ms represents a position of the antenna port in the vertical dimension, indicates the reference distance corresponding to the indicator l3, which may indicate the distance between the UE 102 or a reflector and a reference point of an antenna array at the NE 104, and the value of q1, q2, q3 are pre-defined or configured by the network entity. The value of q1 / q2 / q3 may be pre-defined, e.g., q1=0.5, q2=0.5 or 0.8, and q3 equals to the waveform length for current serving cell, or configured by the NE.
[0137] Then the NE and UE may determine the precoder in the codebook based on equation (1) , (6) and (7) by replacing the vl, m as which is calculated as follows:
[0138] In one example, the NE 104 may configure the codebook for the CSI report including precoders with the first, second and third factor above. Then, the NE and UE may determine the precoder based on the (1) , (6) and (7) by replacing the vl, m as which is calculated as follows:
[0139] Then for one beam or one layer, the UE 102 may report the beam index or precoder matrix index indicating the selected value of l1, l2, l3. Thus, the UE may search the ZoD, AoD and the reference distance r for the beam or precoder. The corresponding normalization factor, e.g., should be applied to the precoder with NL layers.
[0140] In some implementations, the NE 104 may configure the search space for the ZoD, AoD and the reference distance for the precoder searching. In some other implementations, the search space corresponding to at least one factor above may be pre-defined.
[0141] In one example, the NE 104 and the UE 102 may determine the search space for the ZoD, e.g., l1, based on the step size of in the range of The NE and UE may determine the search space for the AoD, e.g., l2, based on the step size of in the range of
[0142] In another example, the NE 104 may configure at least one of the following for the search space of the reference distance:
[0143] ● Minimum value
[0144] ● Maximum value
[0145] ● Number of steps
[0146] ● Step size
[0147] The NE104 and the UE 102 may determine the reference distances in the search space based on a linear quantization or non-linear quantization.
[0148] In another example, the NE 104 and the UE 102 may determine at least one of the above for the search space of the reference distance based on at least one of the followings:
[0149] ● Number of antenna ports in the horizontal dimension
[0150] ● Number of antenna ports in the vertical dimension
[0151] ● Carrier frequency
[0152] FIG. 7 illustrates an example 700 of a first codebook for the first CSI report including at least one precoder based on the second-order phase factor for a subset of antenna ports based on two antenna port groups (APGs) according to an embodiment. In some examples, for a subset of a plurality of antenna ports, the first codebook includes the precoder based on the second-order phase factor; and wherein, for all of the plurality of antenna ports, the first codebook includes the precoder based on a first-order phase factor. The first codebook may include the precoder with the first-order phase compensation for all antenna ports and the second-order phase compensation for partial antenna ports.
[0153] The NE 104 may configure the first codebook for the first CSI report including at least one precoder with the phase determined based on the second-order phase (s) above for a subset of antenna ports. The phase of the precoder may also be determined based on the first-order phase (s) above additionally for all the antenna ports. The NE 104 may configure the UE 102 to calculate the precoder based on the first-order phase in the horizontal dimension and in the vertical dimension for all the antenna ports, and at least one of the second-order phases for a subset of antenna ports. Thus, the UE may apply different factors for different antenna ports.
[0154] Referring to FIG. 7, the UE 102 may apply the first factor and the second factor for the antenna ports 705 in the first antenna port group (APG) 705a, and the first, second and third factor for the antenna ports in the second APG 705b. The antenna ports in each APG may be configured by the NE 104 or determined based on the number of ports in the horizontal dimension , the number of ports in the vertical dimension and / or the carrier frequency. Assuming an initial phase 707a of a first antenna is 0, the NE 104 may configure the UE 102 to calculate the precoder with the phase 707b determined based on the first-order phase in the horizontal dimension and in the vertical dimension for the antenna ports in the first APG 705a. The NE 104 may configure the UE 102 to calculate the precoder with the phase 707c determined based on the first-order phase in the horizontal dimension and in the vertical dimension, and at least one second-order phase for the antenna ports in the second APG 705b.
[0155] FIG. 8 illustrates an example 800 of the first codebook for the first CSI report including at least one precoder based on the second-order phase factor for a subset of antenna ports based on 4 APGs according to an embodiment. Referring to FIG. 8, the UE 102 may apply the first and second factor for the antenna ports 805 in the first APG 805a, the first, second and third factor for the antenna ports in the second APG 805b, the first, second and fourth factor for the antenna ports in the third APG 805c, and all factors for the antenna ports in the fourth APG 805d.
[0156] The antenna ports in each APG may be configured by the NE 104 or determined based on the number of ports in the horizontal dimension , the number of ports in the vertical dimension and / or the carrier frequency. Assuming an initial phase 807a of a first antenna is 0, the NE 104 may configure the UE 102 to calculate the precoder with the phase 807b determined based on the first-order phase in the horizontal dimension and in the vertical dimension for the antenna ports in the first APG 805a. The NE 104 may configure the UE 102 to calculate the precoder with the phase 807c determined based on the first-order phase in the horizontal dimension and in the vertical dimension, and at least one second-order phase in the horizontal dimension for the antenna ports in the second APG 805b. The NE 104 may configure the UE 102 to calculate the precoder with the phase 807d determined based on the first-order phase in the horizontal dimension and in the vertical dimension, and at least one second-order phase in the vertical dimension for the antenna ports in the third APG 805c. The NE 104 may configure the UE 102 to calculate the precoder with the phase 807d determined based on the first-order phase in the horizontal dimension and in the vertical dimension, at least one second-order phase in the horizontal dimension and in the vertical dimension, and the fifth factor for the antenna ports in the fourth APG 805d.
[0157] FIG. 9 illustrates an example 900 of the precoder configuration to support fallback to far-field operation according to an embodiment. In some examples, for a subset of a plurality of antenna ports, the first codebook includes a precoder with non-zero-power (NZP) coefficients based on the second-order phase factor. The UE 102 transmits, to the network entity, antenna port information based on the NZP coefficients associated with the precoder matrix information. In the first codebook, the NE 104 may configure some precoders with ZP coefficient for some ports and the NZP coefficients for the other ports based on the first and second factors.
[0158] Referring to FIG. 9, the NE 104 may configure a first set of precoders 903a for a first set of antenna ports APG1 905a and a second set of precoders 903b for all the antenna ports 905, including the first set of antenna ports APG1 905a and the second set of antenna ports APG2 905b. The NE may configure the first set of precoders 903a and the second set of precoders 903b in one codebook, e.g., the first code book, or separate codebooks. Assuming an initial phase 907a of a first antenna is 0, the NE 104 may configure the UE 102 to calculate the precoder with the phase 907b determined based on the first-order phase in the horizontal dimension and in the vertical dimension for the antenna ports in the first APG 905a. The NE 104 may configure the UE 102 to calculate the precoder with the phase 907c determined based on the first-order phase in the horizontal dimension and in the vertical dimension, and at least one second-order phase for the antenna ports in the second APG 905b.
[0159] In one example, the NE 104 and the UE 102 may calculate such precoder as in equation (2) and the following:
[0160] The value of K1 and K2 may be configured by the NE, or reported by the UE, or determined based on the value of N1, N2 and / or carrier frequency.
[0161] In some examples, the UE 102 may report the UE recommended NZP antenna ports associated with the reported precoder matrix information. In some implementations, the UE may report the NZP antenna port index (es) . In some other implementations, the UE may report the antenna ports threshold (s) , e.g., K1 and K2. Then the NE and UE may determine an antenna port s with the port location (ns, ms) is an NZP antenna port, if ns<K1 and ms<K2; the NE and UE may determine an antenna port s with the port location (ns, ms) is a ZP antenna port, otherwise.
[0162] The UE 102 may report the NZP antenna ports information per layer, per layer combination (layers that share the same beam) , or per polarization, or per layer and per polarization.
[0163] In some examples, the UE 102 may calculate the CQI based on the measured channel and reported precoder for all the antenna ports. In some other implementations, the UE may calculate the CQI based on the measured channel and reported precoder for the NZP antenna ports.
[0164] In some implementations, the UE 102 may calculate the CQI based on a pre-defined or configured power offset, e.g., energy per resource element (EPRE) ratio between PDSCH and CSI-RS.
[0165] In some other examples, the UE 102 may calculate the CQI based on the pre-defined or configured power offset between the PDSCH and CSI-RS, and the number of ports for the CSI-RS (N) and / or the number of NZP ports corresponding to the precoder (K) . In one example, denote the linear value of the pre-defined or configured power offset as X, the UE may calculate the CQI based on the EPRE ratio between PDSCH and CSI-RS as XK / N or XN / K.
[0166] In some examples, the NE 104 may configure different factors for the precoders for different ranks. In one example, the NE may configure the precoders for the rank smaller than or equal to a threshold, e.g., rank = 2 (2 layers) , to be based on the first and second factor and at least one of the third / fourth / fifth factors, and configure the precoders for other ranks based on the first and second factor.
[0167] In another example, the NE 104 may configure different codebook subset restriction (CBSR) for different ranks (different number of layers) . Different CBSR may indicate different beams or precoders based on different factors. Then for each rank, the UE may select the beam or precoder based on the subset of beams or precoders configured by the CBSR.
[0168] In some implementations, when the UE 102 determines to report the precoder for more than one layers, the UE may report the precoder where every two layers are orthogonal. Thus, the cosine similarity between every two layers is 0.
[0169] In another example, for rank > 1 case, the NE 104 and the UE 102 may determine the precoders for some layers are based on the same beam, e.g., the same vector v, but based on different polarization co-phasing factor. Thus, the NE 104 and the UE 102 may determine the number of beams based on the number of layers.
[0170] In one example, the precoders for 2L+1 layers can be as follows:
[0171] In another example, the precoders for 2L layers can be as follows:
[0172] In some implementations, the NE and UE may determine co-phasing factor nk are common for a subset of layers or all layers. In some other implementations, the NE and UE may determine a subset of co-phasing factors are pre-defined. In some other implementations, the UE may report separate co-phasing factors for every 2 layers.
[0173] In some implementations, the two polarization co-phasing factors for two layers that share the same beam may be selected from {1, -1} or {j, -j} , and the polarization co-phasing factors for orphan layer (layer that does not share the same beam with another layer) , may be selected from {1, j, -1, -j} .
[0174] In another example, for rank > 1 case, the NE and UE may determine the precoders each layer is based on separate beam, e.g., separate vector v. The layers may be based on the same or different co-phasing factor.
[0175] In one example, the precoders for L layers can be as follows:
[0176] In some implementations, the NE 104 and the UE 102 may determine co-phasing factor nk are common for a subset of layers or all layers. In some other implementations, the NE 104 and the UE 102 may determine a subset of co-phasing factors are pre-defined. In some other implementations, the UE may report separate co-phasing factors for every layer.
[0177] FIG. 10 illustrates an example of a dynamic codebook selection based on a UE report according to an embodiment. In some examples, a codebook selection may be based on the UE report. Referring to FIG. 10, the UE 102 may receive 1022, from the network entity 104, a downlink reference signal for at least one of a far-field information report or a near-field information report. The NE 104 may transmit 1022, to the UE 102, a downlink reference signal for at least one of a far-field information report or a near-field information report. In some examples, to determine whether to configure the UE 102 to report CSI based on a codebook based on a far-field model or near-field model (e.g., the second codebook or the first codebook) , the NE 104 may configure the UE 102 to report at least one of the followings for one downlink reference signal:
[0178] ● Average delay or timing advance (TA)
[0179] ● Line-of-sight (LOS) or non-LOS (NLOS) status
[0180] ● Delay and power information for N path (s) , where N may be pre-defined or configured by the NE
[0181] ● Indication of one of the far-field model, the near-field model, both or no identified one is suggested from UE side.
[0182] The NE 104 may configure the UE 102 to measure the information above for one or multiple downlink reference signals, e.g., SSB / CSI-RS / PRS.
[0183] The UE 102 may transmit 1024, to the network entity 104, the at least one of the far-field information report or the near-field information report including at least one of:
[0184] an average delay or timing advance (TA) ,
[0185] a line-of-sight (LOS) or non-LOS, status,
[0186] a delay and power information for a plurality of paths, wherein the plurality of paths is predefined or configured by the network entity 104, or
[0187] an indication of at least one of the far-field model or the near-field model.
[0188] The NE 104 may receive 1024, from the UE 102, the at least one of the far-field information report or the near-field information report including at least one of:
[0189] an average delay or timing advance (TA) ,
[0190] a line-of-sight (LOS) or non-LOS, status,
[0191] a delay and power information for a plurality of paths, wherein the plurality of paths is predefined or configured by the network entity 104, or
[0192] an indication of at least one of the far-field model or the near-field model.
[0193] The UE 102 may transmit the report based on RRC message, e.g., UE assistance information, MAC CE, or UCI on PUCCH or PUSCH configured or scheduled by the NE.
[0194] The NE 104 may determine 1026 the codebook based on the at least one of the far-field information report or the near-field information report. In one example, if the UE 102 reports it is in LOS state, and the NE 104 can calculate the value of r for the LOS path based on the average delay or TA. The NE can also determine whether there is any strong NLOS path based on the reported power information for the LOS path and other paths. If there is no strong NLOS path and the value of r is greater than a threshold, e.g., Fraunhofer distance, the NE 104 may configure the UE to report the CSI based on the codebook based on far-field model, e.g., the first codebook; otherwise, the NE may configure the UE to report the CSI based on the codebook based on near-field model, e.g., the second codebook.
[0195] In some examples, the NE 104 may configure the UE 102 to report a UE recommended codebook type for CSI report, or a far-field status indication or a near-field status indication. In one example, the UE 102 may report whether the UE recommends the CSI report based on the first codebook or the second codebook. The NE 104 may configure one or multiple downlink reference signals for the UE 102 to determine the report.
[0196] In some other implementations, the UE 102 may report the UE recommended factors for the codebook configuration. In one example, the UE 102 may report whether the UE recommends to perform CSI report based on the codebook with the third / fourth / fifth factor (s) included in addition to the first / second factor.
[0197] The NE 104 may transmit 1028 a control signaling for a codebook activation or deactivation or a CSI report configuration activation or deactivation. The UE 102 may receive 1028 a control signaling for a codebook activation or deactivation or a CSI report configuration activation or deactivation. The NE 104 may transmit 1028 the control signaling for switching between the first codebook and the second codebook. The UE 102 may receive 1028 the control signaling for switching between the first codebook and the second codebook. The NE 104 may transmit 1028 the control signaling for dynamically selecting the first codebook or the second codebook. The UE 102 may receive 1028 the control signaling for dynamically selecting the first codebook or the second codebook.
[0198] FIG. 11 illustrates an example of the dynamic codebook selection based on the NE measurement according to an embodiment. In some examples, the codebook selection is based on uplink (UL) measurement.
[0199] Referring to FIG. 11, the UE 102 may transmit 1132, to the network entity 104, one or more sounding reference signals (SRSs) based on a timing advance (TA) . In some examples, to determine whether to configure the UE 102 to report CSI based on a codebook based on the far-field model or the near-field model, the NE 104 may configure the UE 102 to transmit one or multiple SRSs based on the TA. The TA may be configured by the NE 104 or reported by the UE 102 or pre-defined, e.g., TA=0. The NE 104 may further configure the transmission power for the SRS. Alternatively, the UE 102 may report the transmission power for the SRS. Alternatively, the UE 102 may report an offset to the UE maximum transmission power.
[0200] Then based on the measurement of the SRS, the NE 104 may determine whether the UE 102 is in the far-field status or the near-field status and configure the corresponding codebook for the CSI report. The NE 104 may determine 1126 the codebook based on the one or more SRSs.
[0201] The NE 104 may configure the UE 102 to transmit the SRS in a periodic, semi-persistent or aperiodic manner. Alternatively, the UE 102 may transmit the SRS based on a detected event, e.g., after receiving the reconfiguration of CSI report or CSI-RS, a prohibit timer for the SRS transmission expires, the performance offset (e.g., cosine similarity) between the reported CSI and the channel eigenvector is below a threshold, activation of a secondary cell or secondary cell group.
[0202] Based on the determining the codebook, the NE 104 may transmit 1128 a control signaling for a codebook activation or deactivation or a CSI report configuration activation or deactivation. The UE 102 may receive 1128 a control signaling for a codebook activation or deactivation or a CSI report configuration activation or deactivation. The NE 104 may transmit 1128 the control signaling for switching between the first codebook and the second codebook. The UE 102 may receive 1128 the control signaling for switching between the first codebook and the second codebook. The NE 104 may transmit 1128 the control signaling for dynamically selecting the first codebook or the second codebook. The UE 102 may receive 1128 the control signaling for dynamically selecting the first codebook or the second codebook.
[0203] The codebook, e.g., the first codebook or the second codebook, may be dynamically activated or deactivated. In some examples, the NE 104 may configure the first codebook and the second codebook, where the first codebook may be based on the near-field model, e.g., at least one of the third / fourth / fifth factors in addition to the first / second factor, and the second codebook may be based on the far-field model, e.g., the first / second factor. The NE 104 may provide the configuration by RRC signaling. Then the NE 104 may activate or deactivate one codebook by an RRC message, MAC CE or DCI.
[0204] Before receiving the RRC message, MAC CE or DCI for activation / deactivation of the codebook (or before the RRC message, MAC CE or DCI is applied or effective) , the NE 104 and the UE 102 may determine a default codebook is used for the CSI report, where the default codebook may be pre-defined, e.g., the first or second codebook, or configured by the NE, e.g., via RRC signaling (e.g., SIB / MIB or another RRC message) . Alternatively, the NE 104 and the UE 102 may determine the CSI report configuration with the codebook (s) configured is deactivated.
[0205] The dynamic codebook switching may be performed by dynamic activation or deactivation of the CSI report configuration.
[0206] In some examples, the NE 104 may configure the first CSI report configuration based on the first codebook and the second CSI report configuration based on the second codebook. The first codebook may be based on the near-field model, e.g., including at least one of the third factor, the fourth factor, or the fifth factor in addition to the first factor and / or the second factor. The second codebook may be based on the far-field model, e.g., including the first factor and / or the second factor. The NE 104 may provide the configuration by RRC signaling. Then the NE 104 may activate or deactivate the first CSI report configuration or the second CSI report configuration by RRC message, MAC CE or DCI. In some aspects, the NE 104 may configure whether dynamic activation or deactivation is enabled for a CSI report configuration. The NE 104 may provide the configuration by RRC parameter (s) , MAC CE or DCI. In one example, for the first and second CSI report configuration, the NE 104 may enable the dynamic activation and / or deactivation and for other CSI report configuration, the NE 104 may disable the dynamic activation or deactivation. An RRC parameter may be introduced for the UE 102 to identify which CSI report configurations can be dynamically activated / deactivated.
[0207] Before receiving the RRC message, MAC CE or DCI for activation / deactivation of the CSI report configuration (or before the RRC message, MAC CE or DCI is applied or effective) , the NE 104 and the UE 102 may determine a default CSI report configuration is used for the CSI report. The default CSI report configuration may be pre-defined, e.g., the first or second CSI report configuration, or configured by the NE, e.g., via RRC signaling. Alternatively, the NE and UE may determine none of the CSI report configuration is used for the CSI report.
[0208] The codebook subset may be dynamically updated. In some examples, the NE 104 may configure the first CSI report configuration based on the first codebook. The first codebook may include a first set of precoders based on the near-field model, e.g., including at least one of the third factor, the fourth factor, or the fifth factor in addition to the first factor and / or the second factor, and a second set of precoders based on the far-field model, e.g., including the first factor and / or the second factor. The NE 104 may further configure a CBSR configuration a subset of precoders for the configured codebook for the first CSI report configuration. The NE 104 may provide the configuration by RRC signaling. Then the NE 104 may update the CBSR for the first CSI report configuration by RRC message, MAC CE or DCI.
[0209] In one example, if the NE 104 determines to require the UE 102 to perform the CSI report based on the near-field model, the NE 104 may configure the CBSR indicating the UE 102 to perform the CSI report based on the first set of precoders. If the NE 104 determines to require the UE 102 to perform the CSI report based on the far-field model, the NE 104 may configure the CBSR indicating the UE 102 to perform the CSI report based on the second set of precoders.
[0210] FIGs. 2-11 illustrate the CSI report including at least one precoder based on the second-order phase factor for the ultra-massive MIMO system. FIGs. 12-13 show methods for implementing one or more aspects of FIGs. 2-11. In particular, FIG. 12 shows an implementation by the UE 102 of the one or more aspects of FIGs. 2-11. FIG. 13 shows an implementation by the network entity 104 of the one or more aspects of FIGs. 2-11.
[0211] FIG. 12 illustrates a flowchart 1200 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 embodiments, the UE 102 may transmit 1202, to the network entity 104, a UE capability message indicating a UE capability for supporting at least one of:
[0212] the first codebook including the precoder based on a second-order phase factor in a vertical dimension,
[0213] the first codebook including a precoder based on a second-order phase factor in horizontal dimension,
[0214] the first codebook including a precoder based on a cross-vertical-horizontal phase factor,
[0215] maximum number of antenna ports for the first codebook, or
[0216] antenna port combinations for the first codebook.
[0217] For example, referring to FIG. 3, the UE 102 may transmit 302 a UE capability message indicating a UE capability for supporting at least one of: a first codebook including the precoder based on a second-order phase factor in a vertical dimension, the first codebook including a precoder based on a second-order phase factor in a horizontal dimension, the first codebook including a precoder based on a cross-vertical-horizontal phase factor, maximum number of antenna ports for the first codebook, or antenna port combinations for the first codebook.
[0218] The UE 102 receives 1204, from the network entity 104, a control signaling configuring: a first CSI report configuration based on a first codebook including a precoder based on at least one second-order phase factor, and a CMR. For example, referring to FIG. 3, the UE 102 receives 304, from the NE 104, the control signaling configuring the first CSI report configuration based on the first codebook including the precoder based on the at least one second-order phase factor and the CMR.
[0219] The UE 102 performs 1206, with the network entity 104, at least one of:
[0220] transmitting, to the network entity 104, at least one of a far-field information report or a near-field information report,
[0221] transmitting, to the network entity 104, SRS for at least one of a far-field detection or a near-field detection, or
[0222] receiving, from the network entity 104, another control signaling for switching between the first codebook and the second codebook.
[0223] For example, referring to FIG. 3, the UE 102 and the NE 104 may perform 306 a procedure including at least one of: transmitting / receiving at least one of a far-field information report or a near-field information report, transmitting / receiving an SRS for at least one of a far-field detection or a near-field detection, or receiving / transmitting another control signaling for switching between the first codebook and the second codebook.
[0224] The UE 102 may receive 1208, from the network entity 104, a second control signaling triggering the first CSI report. For example, referring to FIG. 3, the UE 102 may receive 308, from the NE 104, the second control signaling triggering the first CSI report. The UE receives 1210, from the network entity 104, a CSI-RS on the CMR. For example, referring to FIG. 3, the UE 102 receives 310, from the network entity 104, the CSI-RS on the CMR.
[0225] The UE 102 transmits 1212, to the network entity, the first CSI report including precoder matrix information based on the first codebook and the CSI-RS. For example, referring to FIG. 3, the UE 102 transmits 312, to the NE 104, the first CSI report including precoder matrix information based on the first codebook and the CSI-RS.
[0226] The UE 102 may receive 1222, from the network entity 104, a downlink reference signal for at least one of the far-field information report or the near-field information report. For example, referring to FIG. 10, the UE 102 may receive 1022, from the network entity 104, a downlink reference signal for at least one of a far-field information report or a near-field information report.
[0227] The UE 102 may transmit 1224 to the network entity 104, the at least one of the far-field information report or the near-field information report including at least one of:
[0228] an average delay or timing advance, TA,
[0229] a line-of-sight, LOS, or non-LOS, status,
[0230] a delay and power information for a plurality of paths, wherein the plurality of paths is predefined or configured by the network entity 104, or
[0231] an indication of at least one of a far-field model or a near-field model.
[0232] For example, referring to FIG. 10, the UE 102 may transmit 1024, to the network entity 104, the at least one of the far-field information report or the near-field information report including at least one of:
[0233] an average delay or timing advance (TA) ,
[0234] a line-of-sight (LOS) or non-LOS, status,
[0235] a delay and power information for a plurality of paths, wherein the plurality of paths is predefined or configured by the network entity 104, or
[0236] an indication of at least one of the far-field model or the near-field model.
[0237] FIG. 12 describes a method from a UE-side of a wireless communication link, whereas FIG. 13 describes a method from a network-side of the wireless communication link.
[0238] 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 one or more network entities 104, which may correspond to a base station or a unit of the base station, such as the RU 106, the DU 108, and / or the CU 110. In embodiments, the network entity 104 may receive 1302, from a UE 102, a UE capability message indicating a UE capability for supporting at least one of:
[0239] the first codebook including the precoder based on a second-order phase factor in a vertical dimension,
[0240] the first codebook including a precoder based on a second-order phase factor in horizontal dimension,
[0241] the first codebook including a precoder based on a cross-vertical-horizontal phase factor,
[0242] maximum number of antenna ports for the first codebook, or
[0243] antenna port combinations for the first codebook.
[0244] For example, referring to FIG. 3, the NE104 may receive 302 a UE capability message indicating a UE capability for supporting at least one of: a first codebook including the precoder based on a second-order phase factor in a vertical dimension, the first codebook including a precoder based on a second-order phase factor in a horizontal dimension, the first codebook including a precoder based on a cross- vertical-horizontal phase factor, maximum number of antenna ports for the first codebook, or antenna port combinations for the first codebook.
[0245] The NE 104 transmits 1304, to the UE 102, a control signaling configuring: a first CSI report configuration based on a first codebook including a precoder based on at least one second-order phase factor, and a CMR. For example, referring to FIG. 3, the NE 104 transmits 304, to the UE 102, a control signaling configuring: the first CSI report configuration based on the first codebook including the precoder based on at least one second-order phase factor, and a CMR.
[0246] The NE 104 performs 1306, with the UE 102, at least one of:
[0247] receiving, from the UE 102, at least one of a far-field information report or a near-field information report,
[0248] receiving, from the UE 102, SRS for at least one of a far-field detection or a near-field detection, or
[0249] transmitting, to the UE 102, another control signaling for switching between the first codebook and the second codebook.
[0250] For example, referring to FIG. 3, the UE 102 and the NE 104 may perform 306 a procedure including at least one of: transmitting / receiving at least one of a far-field information report or a near-field information report, transmitting / receiving an SRS for at least one of a far-field detection or a near-field detection, or receiving / transmitting another control signaling for switching between the first codebook and the second codebook.
[0251] The NE 104 may transmit 1308, to the UE 102, a second control signaling triggering the first CSI report. For example, referring to FIG. 3, the NE 104 may transmit 1308, to the UE 102, a second control signaling triggering the first CSI report The NE 104 transmits 1310, to the UE 102, a CSI-RS on the CMR. For example, referring to FIG. 3, the NE 104 transmits 1310, to the UE 102, a CSI-RS on the CMR.
[0252] The NE 104 receives 1312, from the UE, the first CSI report including precoder matrix information based on the first codebook and the CSI-RS. For example, referring to FIG. 3, the NE receives 312, from the UE 102, the first CSI report including precoder matrix information based on the first codebook and the CSI-RS.
[0253] The NE 102 may transmit 1322, to the UE 102, a downlink reference signal for at least one of the far-field information report or the near-field information report. For example, referring to FIG. 10, The NE 104 may transmit 1022, to the UE 102, a downlink reference signal for at least one of a far-field information report or a near-field information report.
[0254] The NE 104 may receive 1324, from the UE 102, the at least one of the far-field information report or the near-field information report including at least one of:
[0255] an average delay or timing advance, TA,
[0256] a line-of-sight, LOS, or non-LOS, status,
[0257] a delay and power information for a plurality of paths, wherein the plurality of paths is predefined or configured by the network entity 104, or
[0258] an indication of at least one of a far-field model or a near-field model.
[0259] For example, referring to FIG. 10, the NE 104 may receive 1024, from the UE 102, the at least one of the far-field information report or the near-field information report including at least one of:
[0260] an average delay or timing advance (TA) ,
[0261] a line-of-sight (LOS) or non-LOS, status,
[0262] a delay and power information for a plurality of paths, wherein the plurality of paths is predefined or configured by the network entity 104, or
[0263] an indication of at least one of the far-field model or the near-field model.
[0264] A UE apparatus 1402, as described in FIG. 14, may perform the method of flowchart 1400. The one or more network entities 104, as described in FIG. 15, may perform the method of flowchart 1500.
[0265] 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.
[0266] 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) .
[0267] 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.
[0268] 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.
[0269] As discussed in FIG. 1 and implemented with respect to FIG. 12, the CSI report component 140 is configured to receive, from a network entity, a control signaling configuring: a first CSI report configuration based on a first codebook including a precoder based on at least one second-order phase factor, and a CMR. The CSI report component 140 is configured to receive, from the network entity, a CSI-RS on the CMR. The CSI report component 140 is configured to transmit, to the network entity, the first CSI report including precoder matrix information based on the first codebook and the CSI-RS. The CSI report 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 report component 140a-140b may be one or more hardware components specifically configured to carry out the stated processes / algorithm, implemented by one or more processors configured to perform the stated processes / algorithm, stored within a computer-readable medium for implementation by the one or more processors, or a combination thereof.
[0270] FIG. 15 is a diagram 1500 illustrating an example of a hardware implementation for one or more network entities 104. The one or more network entities 104 may be a base station, a component of a base station, or may implement base station functionality. The one or more network entities 104 may include, or may correspond to, at least one of the RU 106, the DU, 108, or the CU 110. The CU 110 may include a CU processor 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.
[0271] 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.
[0272] 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.
[0273] 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 codebook configuration component 150 may sit at any of the one or more network entities 104, such as at the CU 110; both the CU 110 and the DU 108; each of the CU 110, the DU 108, and the RU 106; the DU 108; both the DU 108 and the RU 106; or the RU 106.
[0274] As discussed in FIG. 1 and implemented with respect to FIG. 13, the codebook configuration component 150 is configured to transmit, to a UE, a control signaling configuring: a first CSI report configuration based on a first codebook including a precoder based on at least one second-order phase factor, and a CMR. The codebook configuration component 150 is configured to transmit, to the UE, a CSI-RS on the CMR. The codebook configuration component 150 is configured to receive, from the UE, the first CSI report including precoder matrix information based on the first codebook and the CSI-RS. The codebook configuration component 150 may be within one or more processors of the one or more network entities 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 codebook configuration component 150a-150c may be one or more hardware components specifically configured to carry out the stated processes / algorithm, implemented by one or more processors 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.
[0275] 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.
[0276] 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.
[0277] 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.
[0278] 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.
[0279] 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.
[0280] 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.
[0281] 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.
[0282] 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.
[0283] 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.
[0284] 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 “a widget” does not preclude reference to multiples of said widget, as “multiple widgets” necessarily includes “a widget” . Hence, the recitation “a widget” may be interpreted as “at least one widget” or, similarly, interpreted as “one or more widgets” .
[0285] 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.
[0286] 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.
[0287] 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.
[0288] The following examples are illustrative only and may be combined with other examples or teachings described herein, without limitation.
[0289] Example 1 is a method of wireless communication at a UE, including: receiving, from a network entity , a control signaling configuring: a first CSI report configuration based on a first codebook including a precoder based on at least one second-order phase factor, and a CMR; receiving, from the network entity, a CSI-RS on the CMR; and transmitting, to the network entity, the first CSI report including precoder matrix information based on the first codebook and the CSI-RS.
[0290] Example 2 may be combined with Example 1 and includes that transmitting, to the network entity, a UE capability message indicating a UE capability for supporting at least one of:
[0291] the first codebook including the precoder based on a second-order phase factor in a vertical dimension,
[0292] the first codebook including a precoder based on a second-order phase factor in horizontal dimension,
[0293] the first codebook including a precoder based on a cross-vertical-horizontal phase factor,
[0294] maximum number of antenna ports for the first codebook, or
[0295] antenna port combinations for the first codebook.
[0296] Example 3 may be combined with any of Examples 1-2 and further includes that the receiving the control signaling further comprises receiving at least one of:
[0297] a second CSI report configuration based on a second codebook associated with at least one of:
[0298] Type1 single-panel codebook,
[0299] Type1 multiple-panel codebook,
[0300] Type2 codebook,
[0301] enhanced Type2 codebook, or
[0302] enhanced Type2 codebook for precoder matrix indicator prediction;
[0303] a third CSI report configuration for at least one of a far-field information report or a near-field information report, or
[0304] a sounding reference signal, SRS, for at least one of far-field detection or near-field detection.
[0305] Example 4 may be combined with Example 3 and further includes that performing, with the network entity, at least one of:
[0306] transmitting, to the network entity, at least one of a far-field information report or a near-field information report,
[0307] transmitting, to the network entity, SRS for at least one of a far-field detection or a near-field detection, or
[0308] receiving, from the network entity, another control signaling for switching between the first codebook and the second codebook.
[0309] Example 5 may be combined with any of Examples 1-4 and further includes that, for each of a plurality of antenna ports, the first codebook includes the precoder based on a first-order phase factor and the at least one second-order phase factor.
[0310] Example 6 may be combined with any of Examples 1-5 and further includes that, for an antenna port of a plurality of antenna ports, the first codebook includes the precoder based on:
[0311] a first phase factor to compensate for impact from a first-order phase in a horizontal dimension;
[0312] a second phase factor to compensate for impact from a first-order phase in a vertical dimension; and
[0313] at least one of:
[0314] a third phase factor to compensate for impact from a second-order phase in the horizontal dimension,
[0315] a fourth phase factor to compensate for impact from a second-order phase in the vertical dimension, or
[0316] a fifth phase factor to compensate for impact from a cross-vertical-horizontal phase.
[0317] Example 7 may be combined with Example 6 and further includes that searching each of the first phase factor, the second phase factor, the third phase factor, the fourth factor, and the fifth phase factor based on a respective phase, and
[0318] wherein the third phase factor is calculated as:
[0319] wherein the fourth phase factor is calculated as:
[0320] wherein the fifth phase factor is calculated as: and
[0321] wherein represents a third phase, represents a fourth phase, represents a fifth phase, ns represents a position of the antenna port in the horizonal dimension, and ms represents a position of the antenna port in the vertical dimension.
[0322] Example 8 may be combined with any of Examples 1-6 and further includes that searching each of the first phase factor, the second phase factor, the third phase factor, the fourth factor, and the fifth phase factor based a Zenith angle Of Departure (ZoD) for a channel path and an Azimuth angle Of Departure (AoD) of the channel path, and
[0323] wherein the third phase factor is calculated as:
[0324] wherein the fourth phase factor is calculated as:
[0325] wherein the fifth phase factor is calculated as:
[0326] and wherein indicates the ZoD for the channel path; indicates the AoD of the channel path, ns represents a position of an antenna port in the horizonal dimension, ms represents a position of the antenna port in the vertical dimension, indicates a reference distance corresponding to an indicator l3, and a value of q1, q2, or q3 is pre-defined or configured by the network entity.
[0327] Example 9 may be combined with any of Examples 1-4 and further includes that, for a subset of a plurality of antenna ports, the first codebook includes the precoder based on the second-order phase factor; and wherein, for all of the plurality of antenna ports, the first codebook includes the precoder based on a first-order phase factor.
[0328] Example 10 may be combined with any of Examples 1-4 and further includes that, , for a subset of a plurality of antenna ports, the first codebook includes a precoder with non-zero-power, NZP, coefficients based on the second-order phase factor, wherein the transmitting the first CSI report further comprising: transmitting, to the network entity, antenna port information based on the NZP coefficients associated with the precoder matrix information.
[0329] Example 11 may be combined with any of Examples 1-10 and further includes that receiving, from the network entity, a second control signaling triggering the first CSI report.
[0330] Example 12 may be combined with any of Examples 1-11 and further includes that receiving, from the network entity, a downlink reference signal for at least one of a far-field information report or a near-field information report.
[0331] Example 13 may be combined with Example 12 and further includes that transmitting, to the network entity, the at least one of the far-field information report or the near-field information report including at least one of:
[0332] an average delay or timing advance, TA,
[0333] a line-of-sight, LOS, or non-LOS, status,
[0334] a delay and power information for a plurality of paths, wherein the plurality of paths is predefined or configured by the network entity, or
[0335] an indication of at least one of a far-field model or a near-field model.
[0336] Example 14 may be combined with any of Examples 1-11 and further includes transmitting, to the network entity, one or more sounding reference signals, SRSs, based on a timing advance, TA.
[0337] Example 15 is a method of wireless communication at a network entity (104) , comprising:
[0338] transmitting, to a UE, a control signaling configuring:
[0339] a first CSI report configuration based on a first codebook including a precoder based on at least one second-order phase factor, and
[0340] a channel measurement resource, CMR;
[0341] transmitting, to the UE, a CSI-RS on the CMR; and
[0342] receiving, from the UE, the first CSI report including precoder matrix information based on the first codebook and the CSI-RS.
[0343] Example 16 may be combined with Example 15 and further includes that receiving, from the UE, a UE capability message indicating a UE capability for supporting at least one of:
[0344] the first codebook including the precoder based on a second-order phase factor in a vertical dimension,
[0345] the first codebook including a precoder based on a second-order phase factor in horizontal dimension,
[0346] the first codebook including a precoder based on a cross-vertical-horizontal phase factor,
[0347] maximum number of antenna ports for the first codebook, or
[0348] antenna port combinations for the first codebook.
[0349] Example 17 may be combined with any of Examples 15-16 and further includes that the transmitting the control signaling further comprises transmitting at least one of:
[0350] a second CSI report configuration based on a second codebook associated with at least one of:
[0351] Type1 single-panel codebook,
[0352] Type1 multiple-panel codebook,
[0353] Type2 codebook,
[0354] enhanced Type2 codebook, or
[0355] enhanced Type2 codebook for precoder matrix indicator prediction;
[0356] a third CSI report configuration for at least one of a far-field or near-field information report, or
[0357] a sounding reference signal, SRS, for at least one of a far-field detection or a near-field detection.
[0358] Example 18 may be combined with Example 17 and further includes that performing, with the UE, at least one of:
[0359] receiving, from the UE, at least one of a far-field information report or a near-field information report,
[0360] receiving, from the UE, an SRS for at least one of a far-field detection or a near-field detection, or
[0361] transmitting, to the UE, another control signaling for switching between the first codebook and the second codebook.
[0362] Example 19 may be combined with any of Examples 15-18 and further includes that, for each of a plurality of antenna ports, the first codebook includes the precoder based on a first-order phase factor and the at least one second-order phase factor.
[0363] Example 20 may be combined with any of Examples 15-19 and further includes that, for an antenna port of a plurality of antenna ports, the first codebook includes the precoder based on:
[0364] a first phase factor to compensate for impact from a first-order phase in a horizontal dimension;
[0365] a second phase factor to compensate for impact from the first-order phase in a vertical dimension; and
[0366] at least one of:
[0367] a third phase factor to compensate for impact from a second-order phase in the horizontal dimension;
[0368] a fourth phase factor to compensate for impact from the second-order phase in the vertical dimension; or
[0369] a fifth phase factor to compensate for impact from a cross-vertical-horizontal phase.
[0370] Example 21 may be combined with Example 20 and further includes that each of the first phase factor, the second phase factor, the third phase factor, the fourth factor, and the fifth phase factor is searched based on a respective phase, and
[0371] wherein the third phase factor is calculated as:
[0372] wherein the fourth phase factor is calculated as:
[0373] wherein the fifth phase factor is calculated as: and
[0374] wherein represents a third phase, represents a fourth phase, represents a fifth phase, ns represents a position of the antenna port in the dimension, and ms represents a position of the antenna port in the vertical dimension.
[0375] Example 22 may be combined with Example 20 and further includes that each of the first phase factor, the second phase factor, the third phase factor, the fourth factor, and the fifth phase factor is searched based a Zenith angle Of Departure (ZoD) for a channel path and an Azimuth angle Of Departure (AoD) of the channel path, and
[0376] wherein the third phase factor is calculated as:
[0377] wherein the fourth phase factor is calculated as:
[0378] wherein the fifth phase factor is calculated as:
[0379] and wherein indicates the ZoD for the channel path; indicates the AoD of the channel path, ns represents a position of an antenna port in the horizonal direction, ms represents a position of the antenna port in the vertical direction, indicates a reference distance corresponding to an indicator l3, and the value of q1, q2, q3 are pre-defined, or configured by the network entity.
[0380] Example 23 may be combined with any of Examples 15-18 and further includes that, for a subset of a plurality of antenna ports of, the first codebook includes the precoder based on the second-order phase factor; and wherein, for all of the plurality of antenna ports, the first codebook includes the precoder based on a first-order phase factor.
[0381] Example 24 may be combined with any of Examples 15-18 and further includes that, for a subset of a plurality of antenna ports, the first codebook includes a precoder with non-zero-power, NZP, coefficient based on the second-order phase factor, where the receiving the first CSI report further comprising: receiving, from the UE, antenna port information based on the NZP coefficients associated with the precoder matrix information.
[0382] Example 25 may be combined with any of Examples 15-24 and further includes that transmitting, to the UE, a second control signaling triggering the first CSI report.
[0383] Example 26 may be combined with any of Examples 15-25 and further includes that transmitting, to the UE, a downlink reference signal for at least one of a far-field information report or a near-field information report.
[0384] Example 27 may be combined with Example 26 and further includes that receiving, from the UE, the at least one of the far-field or near-field information report including at least one of:
[0385] an average delay or timing advance, TA,
[0386] a line-of-sight, LOS, or non-LOS status,
[0387] a delay and power information for a plurality of paths, wherein the plurality of paths is pre-defined or configured by the network entity (104) , or
[0388] an indication, of at least one of a far-field model or a near-field model.
[0389] Example 28 may be combined with any of Examples 15-25 and further includes that receiving, from the UE, one or more sounding reference signals (SRSs) based on a timing advance (TA) .
[0390] Example 29 is an apparatus for wireless communication including a transceiver, a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver, the apparatus being configured to implement a method as in any of claims 1-28.
[0391] Example 30 is an apparatus for wireless communication including means for implementing a method as in any of examples 1-28.
[0392] Example 31 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 1-28.
Claims
1.A method of wireless communication at a user equipment, UE, (102) , comprising:receiving (304) , from a network entity (104) , a control signaling configuring:a first channel state information, CSI, report configuration based on a first codebook including a precoder based on at least one second-order phase factor, anda channel measurement resource, CMR;receiving (310) , from the network entity (104) , a channel state information reference signal, CSI-RS, on the CMR; andtransmitting (312) , to the network entity (104) , the first CSI report including precoder matrix information based on the first codebook and the CSI-RS.2.The method of claim 1, further comprising:transmitting (302) , to the network entity (104) , a UE capability message indicating a UE capability for supporting at least one of:the first codebook including the precoder based on a second-order phase factor in a vertical dimension,the first codebook including a precoder based on a second-order phase factor in horizontal dimension,the first codebook including a precoder based on a cross-vertical-horizontal phase factor,maximum number of antenna ports for the first codebook, orantenna port combinations for the first codebook.3.The method of any of claims 1-2, wherein the receiving (304) the control signaling further comprises receiving at least one of:a second CSI report configuration based on a second codebook associated with at least one of:Type1 single-panel codebook,Type1 multiple-panel codebook,Type2 codebook,enhanced Type2 codebook, orenhanced Type2 codebook for precoder matrix indicator prediction;a third CSI report configuration for at least one of a far-field information report or a near-field information report, ora sounding reference signal, SRS, for at least one of far-field detection or near-field detection.4.The method of claim 3, further comprising:performing (306) , with the network entity (104) , at least one of:transmitting, to the network entity (104) , at least one of a far-field information report or a near-field information report,transmitting, to the network entity (104) , SRS for at least one of a far-field detection or a near-field detection, orreceiving, from the network entity (104) , another control signaling for switching between the first codebook and the second codebook.5.The method of any of claims 1-4, wherein, for each of a plurality of antenna ports, the first codebook includes the precoder based on a first-order phase factor and the at least one second-order phase factor.6.The method of any of claims 1-5, wherein, for an antenna port of a plurality of antenna ports, the first codebook includes the precoder based on:a first phase factor to compensate for impact from a first-order phase in a horizontal dimension;a second phase factor to compensate for impact from a first-order phase in a vertical dimension; andat least one of:a third phase factor to compensate for impact from a second-order phase in the horizontal dimension,a fourth phase factor to compensate for impact from a second-order phase in the vertical dimension, ora fifth phase factor to compensate for impact from a cross-vertical-horizontal phase.7.The method of claim 6, further comprising:searching each of the first phase factor, the second phase factor, the third phase factor, the fourth factor, and the fifth phase factor based on a respective phase, andwherein the third phase factor is calculated as: wherein the fourth phase factor is calculated as: wherein the fifth phase factor is calculated as: andwhereinrepresents a third phase, represents a fourth phase, represents a fifth phase, ns represents a position of the antenna port in the horizonal dimension, and ms represents a position of the antenna port in the vertical dimension.8.The method of claim 6, further comprising:searching each of the first phase factor, the second phase factor, the third phase factor, the fourth factor, and the fifth phase factor based a Zenith angle Of Departure (ZoD) for a channel path and an Azimuth angle Of Departure (AoD) of the channel path, andwherein the third phase factor is calculated as:wherein the fourth phase factor is calculated as:wherein the fifth phase factor is calculated as:and whereinindicates the ZoD for the channel path; indicates the AoD of the channel path, ns represents a position of an antenna port in the horizonal dimension, ms represents a position of the antenna port in the vertical dimension, indicates a reference distance corresponding to an indicator l3, and a value of q1, q2, or q3 is pre-defined or configured by the network entity.9.The method of any of claims 1-4, wherein, for a subset of a plurality of antenna ports, the first codebook includes the precoder based on the second-order phase factor; andwherein, for all of the plurality of antenna ports, the first codebook includes the precoder based on a first-order phase factor.10.The method of any of claims 1-4, wherein, for a subset of a plurality of antenna ports, the first codebook includes a precoder with non-zero-power, NZP, coefficients based on the second-order phase factor, wherein the transmitting (312) the first CSI report further comprising:transmitting, to the network entity (104) , antenna port information based on the NZP coefficients associated with the precoder matrix information.11.The method of any of claims 1-10, further comprising:receiving (1022) , from the network entity (104) , a downlink reference signal for at least one of a far-field information report or a near-field information report.12.The method of claim 11, further comprising:transmitting (1024) , to the network entity (104) , the at least one of the far-field information report or the near-field information report including at least one of:an average delay or timing advance, TA,a line-of-sight, LOS, or non-LOS, status,a delay and power information for a plurality of paths, wherein the plurality of paths is predefined or configured by the network entity (104) , oran indication of at least one of a far-field model or a near-field model.13.The method of any of claims 1-10, further comprising:transmitting (1132) , to the network entity (104) , one or more sounding reference signals, SRSs, based on a timing advance, TA.14.A method of wireless communication at a network entity (104) , comprising:transmitting (304) , to a user equipment (UE) (102) , a control signaling configuring:a first channel state information, CSI, report configuration based on a first codebook including a precoder based on at least one second-order phase factor, anda channel measurement resource, CMR;transmitting (310) , to the UE (102) , a channel state information reference signal, CSI-RS, on the CMR; andreceiving (312) , from the UE (102) , the first CSI report including precoder matrix information based on the first codebook and the CSI-RS.15.The method of claim 14, wherein the transmitting (304) the control signaling further comprises transmitting at least one of:a second CSI report configuration based on a second codebook associated with at least one of:Type1 single-panel codebook,Type1 multiple-panel codebook,Type2 codebook,enhanced Type2 codebook, orenhanced Type2 codebook for precoder matrix indicator prediction;a third CSI report configuration for at least one of a far-field or near-field information report, ora sounding reference signal, SRS, for at least one of a far-field detection or a near-field detection.16.The method of claim 15, further comprising:performing (306) , with the UE (102) , at least one of:receiving, from the UE (102) , at least one of a far-field information report or a near-field information report,receiving, from the UE (102) , an SRS for at least one of a far-field detection or a near-field detection, ortransmitting, to the UE (102) , another control signaling for switching between the first codebook and the second codebook.17.The method of any of claims 14-16, wherein, for each of a plurality of antenna ports, the first codebook includes the precoder based on a first-order phase factor and the at least one second-order phase factor.18.The method of any of claims 14-17, wherein, for an antenna port of a plurality of antenna ports, the first codebook includes the precoder based on:a first phase factor to compensate for impact from a first-order phase in a horizontal dimension;a second phase factor to compensate for impact from the first-order phase in a vertical dimension; andat least one of:a third phase factor to compensate for impact from a second-order phase in the horizontal dimension;a fourth phase factor to compensate for impact from the second-order phase in the vertical dimension; ora fifth phase factor to compensate for impact from a cross-vertical-horizontal phase.19.The method of any of claims 14-16, wherein, for a subset of a plurality of antenna ports of, the first codebook includes the precoder based on the second-order phase factor; andwherein, for all of the plurality of antenna ports, the first codebook includes the precoder based on a first-order phase factor.20.The method of any of claims 14-19, further comprising:transmitting (1022) , to the UE (102) , a downlink reference signal for at least one of a far-field information report or a near-field information report; andreceiving (1024) , from the UE (102) , the at least one of the far-field or near-field information report including at least one of:an average delay or timing advance, TA,a line-of-sight, LOS, or non-LOS status,a delay and power information for a plurality of paths, wherein the plurality of paths is pre-defined or configured by the network entity (104) , oran indication, of at least one of a far-field model or a near-field model.21.An apparatus for wireless communication comprising a transceiver, a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver, the apparatus being configured to implement a method as in any of claims 1-20.
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