IP Library Granted Patent US 12671478
Granted Patent B2
US 12671478 · App. 18/352,896 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Channel information obtaining method and related device

Inventors: Yiling Yuan (Shanghai, CN); Shibin Ge (Shanghai, CN); Li Fan (Shanghai, CN); Jie Wang (Shanghai, CN); Huangping Jin (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04B7/0626H04B7/0456H04B7/0639H04L5/0048
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Patent No.
US 12671478
App. No.
18/352,896
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

This application provides a channel information obtaining method and a related device. In the method, first indication information may be received, where the first indication information indicates one of a plurality of parameter configuration combinations of a reference signal, and the plurality of parameter configuration combinations are associated with a same codebook. A terminal device may feed back channel state information based on the indicated parameter configuration combination.

Claims (123)

1 . A communication method, applied to a first apparatus, wherein the method comprises:

receiving first indication information, wherein the first indication information indicates one of a plurality of parameter configuration combinations of a reference signal, and the plurality of parameter configuration combinations are associated with a same codebook W; and

feeding back channel state information based on the indicated parameter configuration combination, wherein

the codebook W meets the following characteristic:

W

=

W

1

W

~

2

W

f

H

,

wherein

W 1 is an angle and delay information selection matrix or a port selection matrix whose dimension is OP×L, and indicates L pieces of angle and delay information or L ports selected by the first apparatus from OP pieces of angle and delay information or OP ports, wherein O≥1, P≥1, and 1≤L≤OP;

O represents an amount of angle-delay pair information or angle information loaded onto each port of the reference signal, or represents a quantity of resource configurations of the reference signal, or represents a quantity of pattern configurations of the reference signal, and P represents a quantity of ports corresponding to one pattern configuration and one resource configuration of the reference signal;

{tilde over (W)} 2 is a complex coefficient matrix whose dimension is L×M, and {tilde over (W)} 2 comprises a maximum of K 0 non-zero elements, wherein 1≤K 0 ≤L×M; and

W f is a frequency domain selection matrix whose dimension is N f ×M, and indicates M frequency domain vectors selected by the first apparatus from K frequency domain vectors corresponding to each port, and N f represents a quantity of frequency domain units comprised in a transmission bandwidth of the reference signal, wherein 1≤M≤K≤N f , and

the parameter configuration combination indicated by the first indication information comprises O and P and one or more of the following parameters of the codebook W;

L, N f , M, K, or K 0 .

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the indicated parameter configuration combination is associated with an angle and delay information loading manner; or

the indicated parameter configuration combination is associated with a channel state information (CSI) feedback mode.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the parameter configuration combination indicated by the first indication information comprises K, wherein K≥1; and

when K is equal to 1, angle-delay pair information is loaded onto the port of the reference signal; or

when K is greater than 1, angle information or a part of angle-delay pair information is loaded onto the port of the reference signal.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the parameter configuration combination indicated by the first indication information comprises M, wherein K≥1, and 1≤M≤K; and

when M is greater than 1, angle information or a part of angle-delay pair information is loaded onto the port of the reference signal.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein

each port of the reference signal corresponds to K same frequency domain vectors in each resource configuration and each pattern configuration.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein

the parameter configuration combination indicated by the first indication information further comprises a length K of a window; and

the window is an index range of optional frequency domain vectors that comprise the K frequency domain vectors corresponding to each port of the reference signal.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein

indexes of the K frequency domain vectors are consecutive, a start index of the K frequency domain vectors represents a start point of the window, and the start index is a default value.

8 . A communication apparatus, wherein the communication apparatus comprises: at least one processor, and one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving first indication information, wherein the first indication information indicates one of a plurality of parameter configuration combinations of a reference signal, the plurality of parameter configuration combinations are associated with a same codebook W; and

feeding back channel state information based on the indicated parameter configuration combination, wherein

the codebook W meets the following characteristic:

W

=

W

1

W

~

2

W

f

H

,

wherein

W 1 is an angle and delay information selection matrix or a port selection matrix whose dimension is OP×L, and indicates L pieces of angle and delay information or L ports selected from OP pieces of angle and delay information or OP ports, wherein O≥1, P≥1, and 1≤L≤OP;

O represents an amount of angle-delay pair information or angle information loaded onto each port of the reference signal, or represents a quantity of resource configurations of the reference signal, or represents a quantity of pattern configurations of the reference signal, and P represents a quantity of ports corresponding to one pattern configuration and one resource configuration of the reference signal;

{tilde over (W)} 2 is a complex coefficient matrix whose dimension is L×M, and {tilde over (W)} 2 comprises a maximum of K 0 non-zero elements, wherein 1≤K 0 L×M; and

W f is a frequency domain selection matrix whose dimension is N f ×M, and indicates M frequency domain vectors selected from K frequency domain vectors corresponding to each port, and N f represents a quantity of frequency domain units comprised in a transmission bandwidth of the reference signal, wherein 1≤M≤K≤N f , and

the parameter configuration combination indicated by the first indication information comprises O and P and one or more of the following parameters of the codebook W;

L, Nr, M, K, or K 0 .

9 . The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein

the indicated parameter configuration combination is associated with an angle and delay information loading manner; or

the indicated parameter configuration combination is associated with a channel state information (CSI) feedback mode.

10 . The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein

the parameter configuration combination indicated by the first indication information comprises K, wherein K≥1; and

when K is equal to 1, angle-delay pair information is loaded onto the port of the reference signal; or

when K is greater than 1, angle information or a part of angle-delay pair information is loaded onto the port of the reference signal.

11 . The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein

the parameter configuration combination indicated by the first indication information comprises M, wherein K≥1, and 1≤M≤K; and

when M is greater than 1, angle information or a part of angle-delay pair information is loaded onto the port of the reference signal.

12 . The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein

each port of the reference signal corresponds to K same frequency domain vectors in each resource configuration and each pattern configuration.

13 . The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein

the parameter configuration combination indicated by the first indication information further comprises a length K of a window; and

the window is an index range of optional frequency domain vectors that comprise the K frequency domain vectors corresponding to each port of the reference signal.

14 . The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein

indexes of the K frequency domain vectors are consecutive, a start index of the K frequency domain vectors represents a start point of the window, and the start index is a default value.

15 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, comprising instructions for being executed by at least one processor to cause an apparatus to perform operations comprising:

receiving first indication information, wherein the first indication information indicates one of a plurality of parameter configuration combinations of a reference signal, the plurality of parameter configuration combinations are associated with a same codebook W; and

feeding back channel state information based on the indicated parameter configuration combination, wherein

the codebook W meets the following characteristic:

W

=

W

1

W

~

2

W

f

H

,

wherein

W 1 is an angle and delay information selection matrix or a port selection matrix whose dimension is OP×L, and indicates L pieces of angle and delay information or L ports selected from OP pieces of angle and delay information or OP ports, wherein O≥1, P≥1, and 1≤L≤OP;

O represents an amount of angle-delay pair information or angle information loaded onto each port of the reference signal, or represents a quantity of resource configurations of the reference signal, or represents a quantity of pattern configurations of the reference signal, and P represents a quantity of ports corresponding to one pattern configuration and one resource configuration of the reference signal;

{tilde over (W)} 2 is a complex coefficient matrix whose dimension is L×M, and {tilde over (W)} 2 comprises a maximum of K 0 non-zero elements, wherein 1≤K 0 ≤L×M; and

W f is a frequency domain selection matrix whose dimension is N f × M, and indicates M frequency domain vectors selected from K frequency domain vectors corresponding to each port, and N f represents a quantity of frequency domain units comprised in a transmission bandwidth of the reference signal, wherein 1≤M≤K≤N f ; and

the parameter configuration combination indicated by the first indication information comprises O and P and one or more of the following parameters of the codebook W;

L, N f , M, K, or K 0 .

16 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein

the indicated parameter configuration combination is associated with an angle and delay information loading manner; or

the indicated parameter configuration combination is associated with a channel state information (CSI) feedback mode.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein

the parameter configuration combination indicated by the first indication information comprises K, wherein K≥1; and

when K is equal to 1, angle-delay pair information is loaded onto the port of the reference signal; or

when K is greater than 1, angle information or a part of angle-delay pair information is loaded onto the port of the reference signal.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein

the parameter configuration combination indicated by the first indication information comprises M, wherein K≥1, and 1≤M≤K; and

when M is greater than 1, angle information or a part of angle-delay pair information is loaded onto the port of the reference signal.

19 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein

each port of the reference signal corresponds to K same frequency domain vectors in each resource configuration and each pattern configuration.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 19 , wherein

the parameter configuration combination indicated by the first indication information further comprises a length K of a window; and

the window is an index range of optional frequency domain vectors that comprise the K frequency domain vectors corresponding to each port of the reference signal.

21 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 20 , wherein

indexes of the K frequency domain vectors are consecutive, a start index of the K frequency domain vectors represents a start point of the window, and the start index is a default value.