Type II CSI Compression With Layer-Specific Coefficient Reporting

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing wireless communication technologies face challenges in efficiently reducing the overhead of Type II channel state information (CSI) feedback, particularly in high-rank scenarios, where the overhead of reporting coefficients for multiple layers can lead to inaccurate beam configuration and increased latency.

Innovation Solution

Implementing layer-specific coefficient quantity and quantization scheme reporting for Type II CSI compression, where different layers are assigned varying numbers of coefficients and quantization schemes based on their channel gains, allowing for more accurate beam configuration with reduced overhead.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If the number of coefficients and quantization schemes is increased for each layer to improve beam configuration accuracy, then the beam formation precision is improved, but the feedback overhead increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebeam configuration accuracyVSAvoidfeedback overhead
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by assigning different numbers of coefficients and different quantization schemes to different layers based on their specific channel conditions. Specifically, layers with higher channel gains are allocated more coefficients and finer quantization schemes, while layers with lower channel gains use fewer coefficients and coarser quantization schemes. This layer-specific differentiation resolves the contradiction by optimizing beam configuration accuracy locally for each layer without uniformly increasing feedback overhead across all layers.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the parameters of coefficient quantity and quantization scheme precision dynamically based on layer index and channel gain conditions. The system adjusts these parameters adaptively - using more coefficients and higher precision quantization for important layers (higher gain) and fewer coefficients with lower precision for less critical layers. This parameter adaptation resolves the contradiction by matching resource allocation to actual channel conditions, improving accuracy where needed while reducing overhead where less precision is sufficient.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Measurement precision

If the number of coefficients is increased for all layers to improve CSI accuracy, then the channel state information precision is improved, but the latency increases due to larger feedback payload

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveCSI accuracyVSAvoidfeedback latency
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by differentiating coefficient allocation across layers based on their channel gain characteristics. Instead of uniformly increasing coefficients for all layers, the system locally optimizes by allocating more coefficients only to layers that require higher precision (those with higher channel gains), while using fewer coefficients for layers where lower precision is acceptable. This resolves the contradiction by achieving necessary CSI accuracy locally for critical layers without universally increasing feedback payload size and latency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the coefficient quantity parameter adaptively based on layer-specific channel conditions. The system dynamically adjusts the number of coefficients allocated to each layer according to channel gain measurements, using more coefficients when high accuracy is needed and fewer coefficients when lower accuracy suffices. This adaptive parameter change resolves the contradiction by achieving adequate CSI accuracy with minimized feedback payload, thereby reducing latency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Device complexity

If uniform quantization scheme is used for all layers, then the system complexity is reduced, but the beam formation precision deteriorates for layers with different channel gains

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvequantization scheme complexityVSAvoidbeam formation precision
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by assigning different quantization schemes to different layers based on their channel gain characteristics. Layers with higher channel gains use finer quantization schemes to maintain beam formation precision, while layers with lower channel gains use coarser quantization schemes. This layer-specific quantization approach resolves the contradiction by optimizing precision locally for each layer's actual channel conditions rather than applying a uniform scheme that would either over-complexify the system or under-perform for certain layers.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the quantization scheme parameter adaptively based on layer index and channel gain. The system selects different quantization precision levels for different layers, using higher precision quantization for layers requiring accurate beam formation and lower precision for less critical layers. This adaptive parameter change resolves the contradiction by achieving necessary beam formation precision where needed while reducing overall system complexity through coarser quantization elsewhere.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentEP3912416B1Layer-specific coefficient quantity and/or quantization scheme reporting for type ii channel state information compression
Publication Date: 2026.02.18 QUALCOMM INC
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AI summary

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may determine at least one of: a first number of coefficients to be included in a first set of coefficients in a transfer domain that characterize compressed channel state information (CSI) for a first layer, or a first quantization scheme to be used to interpret the first set of coefficients. The UE may determine at least one of: a second number of coefficients to be included in a second set of coefficients in the transfer domain that characterize the compressed CSI for a second layer, or a second quantization scheme to be used to interpret the second set of coefficients. The UE may transmit a report that identifies the first set of coefficients and the second set of coefficients based at least in part on the determination(s). Other aspects are provided.