IP Library Granted Patent US 12701451
Granted Patent B2
US 12701451 · App. 18/526,760 · Granted Aug 4, 2026

Channel state feedback for control channels

Inventors: Yi Huang (San Diego, CA); Jing Sun (San Diego, CA); Gabi Sarkis (San Diego, CA); Jing Jiang (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W24/10H04W72/20
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Patent No.
US 12701451
App. No.
18/526,760
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive (e.g., from a network entity) a control message indicating a configuration for reporting channel state feedback (CSF) for a control channel region. The configuration may indicate the control channel region and one or more resources for the UE to use to transmit a report indicating the CSF. The UE may monitor the control channel region for control channel transmissions. Based on the monitoring, the UE may transmit the report indicating the CSF via the one or more resources and according to the configuration. In some cases, the UE may perform channel measurements on the control channel region to obtain the CSF. The report may indicate a candidate aggregation level or a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR). The UE may receive subsequent control channel transmissions via the control channel region based on the report.

Claims (66)

1 . A user equipment (UE), comprising:

one or more memories storing processor-executable code; and

one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:

receive a control message indicating a configuration for reporting channel state feedback (CSF) for a control channel region, the configuration indicating the control channel region and one or more resources for transmitting a report indicating the CSF for the control channel region;

monitor the control channel region for one or more control channel transmissions; and

transmit the report indicating the CSF for the control channel region via the one or more resources in accordance with the configuration and based at least in part on the control channel region being monitored.

2 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:

receive the one or more control channel transmissions via the control channel region based at least in part on the control channel region being monitored, wherein the CSF is based at least in part on a measurement of one or more demodulation reference signals (DMRSs) associated with the one or more control channel transmissions.

3 . The UE of claim 2 , wherein the report indicates a candidate aggregation level of a plurality of candidate aggregation levels based at least in part on the measurement or indicates a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) based at least in part on the measurement, and the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:

receive one or more subsequent control channel transmissions based at least in part on the candidate aggregation level or the SINR.

4 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:

receive the one or more control channel transmissions via the control channel region based at least in part on the control channel region being monitored, wherein the CSF is based at least in part on one or more statistics associated with reception of the one or more control channel transmissions via the control channel region.

5 . The UE of claim 4 , wherein the report indicates a candidate aggregation level of a plurality of candidate aggregation levels based at least in part on the one or more statistics or indicates a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) based at least in part on the one or more statistics, and the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:

receive one or more subsequent control channel transmissions based at least in part on the candidate aggregation level or the SINR.

6 . The UE of claim 4 , wherein the one or more statistics comprise one or more log-likelihood ratio (LLR) statistics, a control channel decoding failure rate, or a combination thereof.

7 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:

receive one or more subsequent control channel transmissions based at least in part on the report.

8 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:

receive the one or more control channel transmissions, based at least in part on the control channel region being monitored, via a first set of one or more resource element groups (REGs) of the control channel region, the first set of one or more REGs different from a second set of one or more REGs of the control channel region that are empty, and

the CSF is based at least in part on the second set of one or more REGs.

9 . The UE of claim 8 , wherein the configuration further indicates the second set of one or more REGs.

10 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the configuration further indicates a set of one or more resources for receiving one or more channel state information (CSI) reference signals (CSI-RSs) for the control channel region, and the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:

receive the one or more CSI-RSs via the set of one or more resources, wherein the CSF is based at least in part on a measurement of the one or more CSI-RSs.

11 . The UE of claim 10 , wherein the report indicates a candidate aggregation level of a plurality of candidate aggregation levels based at least in part on the measurement or indicates a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) based at least in part on the measurement, and the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:

receive one or more subsequent control channel transmissions based at least in part on the candidate aggregation level or the SINR.

12 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the configuration further indicates one or more channel state information (CSI) parameters to be included in the report, a set of one or more candidate aggregation level hypotheses associated with the CSF, a CSF scheme to be used for the report being generated, or a combination thereof.

13 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the report indicates a candidate aggregation level of a plurality of candidate aggregation levels associated with the one or more control channel transmissions based at least in part on the one or more control channel transmissions being unicast.

14 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the report indicates a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) associated with the one or more control channel transmissions based at least in part on the one or more control channel transmissions being broadcast.

15 . A network entity, comprising:

one or more memories storing processor-executable code; and

one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the network entity to:

transmit, to a user equipment (UE), a control message indicating a configuration for reporting channel state feedback (CSF) for a control channel region, the configuration indicating the control channel region and one or more resources for a report indicating the CSF for the control channel region;

transmit, via the control channel region, one or more control channel transmissions; and

receive, from the UE, the report indicating the CSF for the control channel region via the one or more resources in accordance with the configuration and based at least in part on the one or more control channel transmissions.

16 . The network entity of claim 15 , wherein the CSF is based at least in part on a measurement of one or more demodulation reference signals (DMRSs) associated with the one or more control channel transmissions.

17 . The network entity of claim 16 , wherein the report indicates a candidate aggregation level of a plurality of candidate aggregation levels based at least in part on the measurement or indicates a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) based at least in part on the measurement, and the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the network entity to:

transmit one or more subsequent control channel transmissions based at least in part on the candidate aggregation level or the SINR.

18 . The network entity of claim 15 , wherein the CSF is based at least in part on one or more statistics associated with reception, by the UE, of the one or more control channel transmissions via the control channel region.

19 . The network entity of claim 18 , wherein the report indicates a candidate aggregation level of a plurality of candidate aggregation levels based at least in part on the one or more statistics or indicates a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) based at least in part on the one or more statistics, and the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the network entity to:

transmit one or more subsequent control channel transmissions based at least in part on the candidate aggregation level or based at least in part on the SINR.

20 . The network entity of claim 18 , wherein the one or more statistics comprise one or more log-likelihood ratio (LLR) statistics, a control channel decoding failure rate, or a combination thereof.

21 . The network entity of claim 15 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the network entity to:

transmit one or more subsequent control channel transmissions based at least in part on the report.

22 . The network entity of claim 21 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the network entity to:

transmit the one or more subsequent control channel transmissions in accordance with an aggregation level that is selected based at least in part on a plurality of reports including the report, the plurality of reports from a plurality of UEs including the UE.

23 . The network entity of claim 15 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the network entity to:

transmit, to a second UE, a second one or more control channel transmissions via the control channel region; and

receive, from the second UE, a second report indicating a second CSF for the control channel region.

24 . The network entity of claim 23 , wherein the one or more control channel transmissions are transmitted via a first resource element group (REG) of the control channel region and the second one or more control channel transmissions are transmitted via a second REG of the control channel region, and the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the network entity to:

transmit a third one or more control channel transmissions via the second REG based at least in part on the first REG being associated with a first interference level that is greater than a second interference level associated with the second REG, wherein the report indicates the first interference level and the second report indicates the second interference level.

25 . The network entity of claim 15 , wherein:

the one or more control channel transmissions are transmitted via a first set of one or more resource element groups (REGs) of the control channel region, the first set of one or more REGs different from a second set of one or more REGs of the control channel region that are empty, and

the CSF is based at least in part on the second set of one or more REGs.

26 . The network entity of claim 25 , wherein the configuration further indicates the second set of one or more REGs.

27 . The network entity of claim 15 , wherein the configuration further indicates a set of one or more resources for transmitting one or more channel state information (CSI) reference signals (CSI-RSs) for the control channel region, and the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the network entity to:

transmit the one or more CSI-RSs via the set of one or more resources, wherein the CSF is based at least in part on a measurement of the one or more CSI-RSs.

28 . The network entity of claim 27 , wherein the report indicates a candidate aggregation level of a plurality of candidate aggregation levels based at least in part on the measurement or indicates a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) based at least in part on the measurement, and the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the network entity to:

transmit one or more subsequent control channel transmissions based at least in part on the candidate aggregation level or based at least in part on the SINR.

29 . A method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving a control message indicating a configuration for reporting channel state feedback (CSF) for a control channel region, the configuration indicating the control channel region and one or more resources for transmitting a report indicating the CSF for the control channel region;

monitoring the control channel region for one or more control channel transmissions; and

transmitting the report indicating the CSF for the control channel region via the one or more resources in accordance with the configuration and based at least in part on the monitoring.

30 . A method for wireless communication by a network entity, comprising:

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a control message indicating a configuration for reporting channel state feedback (CSF) for a control channel region, the configuration indicating the control channel region and one or more resources for a report indicating the CSF for the control channel region;

transmitting, via the control channel region, one or more control channel transmissions; and

receiving, from the UE, the report indicating the CSF for the control channel region via the one or more resources in accordance with the configuration and based at least in part on the one or more control channel transmissions.