IP Library Granted Patent US 12707307
Granted Patent B2
US 12707307 · App. 17/436,535 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

Reporting configurations for channel and interference measurement

Inventors: Alexandros Manolakos (Escondido, CA); Yan Zhou (San Diego, CA); Yu Zhang (Beijing, CN); Tao Luo (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W24/10H04B17/345H04W24/08
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Patent No.
US 12707307
App. No.
17/436,535
Filed
Apr 25, 2022
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2473
USPC
370/252
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station (e.g., next-generation NodeB ((gNB)) may transmit a report configuration to a user equipment (UE). The report configuration may include a first set of quasi co-location parameters for channel measurement and a second set of quasi co-location parameters for interference measurement. At least one quasi co-location reference associated with a first quasi co-location parameter of the first set may be different than a quasi co-location reference associated with a second quasi co-location parameter of the second set. The quasi co-location references may include different quasi co-location Typed references that correspond to different spatial receive beams. The UE may perform the channel measurement based on a first resource setting for the channel measurement and the first set of quasi co-location parameters. The UE may perform the interference measurement based on a second resource setting for the interference measurement and the second set of quasi co-location parameters.

Claims (101)

1 . A method for wireless communication at a user equipment, comprising:

receiving, from a base station, a report configuration comprising a first set of quasi co-location parameters for channel measurement and a second set of quasi co-location parameters for interference measurement;

identifying a resource for the channel measurement based at least in part on a first resource setting for the channel measurement;

performing, using a first spatial receive beam associated with a quasi co-location reference from the first set of quasi co-location parameters, the quasi co-location reference from the first set of quasi co-location parameters comprising a first quasi co-location TypeD reference, the channel measurement on the identified resource based at least in part on the first resource setting for the channel measurement and the first set of quasi co-location parameters;

performing, using a second spatial receive beam associated with a quasi co-location reference from the second set of quasi co-location parameters, the interference measurement based at least in part on a second resource setting for the interference measurement and the second set of quasi co-location parameters, wherein the quasi co-location reference from the second set of quasi co-location parameters is different from the quasi co-location reference from the first set of quasi co-location parameters; and

transmitting, to the base station, a report based at least in part on the channel measurement and the interference measurement.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

generating the report based at least in part on the channel measurement, the interference measurement, and the report configuration, wherein transmitting the report is based at least in part on generating the report.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the second set of quasi co-location parameters for the interference measurement comprises a subset of the first set of quasi co-location parameters for the channel measurement.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of quasi co-location parameters for the channel measurement and the second set of quasi co-location parameters for the interference measurement corresponds to one or more spatial receive beams.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the quasi co-location reference from the first set of quasi co-location parameters comprises a first quasi co-location TypeD reference that corresponds to the first spatial receive beam and the quasi co-location reference from the second set of quasi co-location parameters comprises a second quasi co-location TypeD reference that corresponds to the second spatial receive beam.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying one or more resources for the interference measurement based at least in part on the second resource setting; and

measuring the interference measurement on the one or more resources using the second spatial receive beam, the quasi co-location reference from the second set of quasi co-location parameters comprising a second quasi co-location TypeD reference,

wherein performing the interference measurement is further based at least in part on measuring the interference measurement on the one or more resources using the second spatial receive beam, wherein the second spatial receive beam is different than the first spatial receive beam.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying a resource for the channel measurement based at least in part on the first resource setting; and

measuring the channel measurement on the resource using at least two spatial receive beams associated with the first set of quasi co-location parameters, the at least two spatial receive beams including the first spatial receive beam and a third spatial receive beam, wherein the third spatial receive beam of the at least two spatial receive beams corresponds to an additional quasi co-location parameter of the first set of quasi co-location parameters, the first spatial receive beam having the first quasi co-location TypeD reference and the third spatial receive beam having a second quasi co-location TypeD reference,

wherein performing the channel measurement is further based at least in part on measuring the channel measurement on the resource using the at least two spatial receive beams.

8 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

identifying one or more resources for the interference measurement based at least in part on the second resource setting; and

measuring the interference measurement on the one or more resources using the second spatial receive beam, wherein the second spatial receive beam comprises at least one spatial receive beam of the at least two spatial receive beams associated with the channel measurement, the second spatial receive beam having the second quasi co-location TypeD reference,

wherein performing the interference measurement is further based at least in part on measuring the interference measurement on the one or more resources using the second spatial receive beam.

9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving multiple different quasi co-location parameter sets via higher layer signaling, wherein the higher layer signaling comprises medium access control element signaling or radio resource control signaling, or both.

10 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

receiving control information comprising an indication of a selection of a quasi co-location parameter set of the multiple different quasi co-location parameter sets, wherein the selected quasi co-location parameter set comprises at least one of the first set of quasi co-location parameters, the second set of quasi co-location parameters, or a third set of quasi co-location parameters;

selecting at least the first spatial receive beam for channel measurement based at least in part on the indication; and

measuring the channel measurement on a resource using at least the first spatial receive beam,

wherein performing the channel measurement is further based at least in part on measuring the channel measurement on the resource using the at least the first spatial receive beam.

11 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

receiving additional control information comprising a second indication of a second selection of a second quasi co-location parameter set of the multiple different quasi co-location parameter sets, wherein the selected second quasi co-location parameter set comprises at least one of the first set of quasi co-location parameters, the second set of quasi co-location parameters, or a third set of quasi co-location parameters;

selecting at least the second spatial receive beam for the interference measurement based at least in part on the second indication, wherein the at least the second spatial receive beam comprises at least one of one or more spatial receive beams associated with the channel measurement; and

measuring the interference measurement on one or more resources using the selected at least the second spatial receive beam,

wherein performing the interference measurement is further based at least in part on measuring the interference measurement on the one or more resources using the selected at least the second spatial receive beam.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein receiving the additional control information comprises receiving downlink control information signaling, medium access control element signaling, or radio resource control signaling.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein selecting at least the second spatial receive beam associated with the second set of quasi co-location parameters comprises selecting, for each resource set associated with the second resource setting for the interference measurement, a quasi co-location parameter in the second set of quasi co-location parameters sequentially.

14 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting capability information to the base station, the capability information comprising a single transmission and reception point capability, a set of transmission and reception point capabilities, or a set of tracking reference signaling capabilities, or any combination thereof,

wherein receiving the report configuration is further based at least in part on the capability information.

15 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the report comprises signal to interference and noise ratio information,

wherein transmitting, to the base station, the report comprises transmitting the signal to interference and noise ratio information.

16 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the report comprises channel quality comprises a channel quality indicator, a precoding matrix indicator, or a rank indicator, or any combination thereof, and wherein transmitting, to the base station, the report comprises transmitting the channel quality indicator, the precoding matrix indicator, or the rank indicator, or any combination thereof.

17 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the report configuration comprises a layer one signal to interference and noise ratio report setting or a channel state information report setting or both.

18 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first resource setting or the second resource setting, or both comprises zero power channel state information-reference signal resources or non-zero power channel state information-reference signal resources, or both.

19 . A method for wireless communication at a base station, comprising:

allocating a resource for a channel measurement, wherein a first resource setting for the channel measurement comprises the allocated resource;

configuring, for a user equipment, a report configuration comprising a first set of quasi co-location parameters for channel measurement and a second set of quasi co-location parameters for interference measurement, wherein:

the first set of quasi co-location parameters comprises a quasi co-location reference indicative of a first spatial receive beam to be used for the channel measurement on the allocated resource, the quasi co-location reference indicative of the first spatial receive beam comprising a first quasi co-location TypeD reference;

the second set of quasi co-location parameters comprises a quasi co-location reference indicative of a second spatial receive beam to be used for the interference measurement; and

at least one quasi co-location reference associated with a first quasi co-location parameter of the first set of quasi co-location parameters is different than a quasi co-location reference associated with a second quasi co-location parameter of the second set of quasi co-location parameters; and

transmitting the report configuration to the user equipment.

20 . An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

one or more processors of a user equipment;

a transceiver coupled with the one or more processors; and

memory coupled with the one or more processors, the memory and the one or more processors configured to cause the apparatus to:

receive, from a base station via the transceiver, a report configuration comprising a first set of quasi co-location parameters for channel measurement and a second set of quasi co-location parameters for interference measurement;

identify a resource for the channel measurement based at least in part on a first resource setting for the channel measurement;

perform, using a first spatial receive beam associated with a quasi co-location reference from the first set of quasi co-location parameters, the quasi co-location reference from the first set of quasi co-location parameters comprising a first quasi co-location TypeD reference, the channel measurement on the identified resource based at least in part on the first resource setting for the channel measurement and the first set of quasi co-location parameters;

perform, using a second spatial receive beam associated with a quasi co-location reference from the second set of quasi co-location parameters, the interference measurement based at least in part on a second resource setting for the interference measurement and the second set of quasi co-location parameters, wherein the quasi co-location reference from the second set of quasi co-location parameters is different from quasi co-location reference from the first set of quasi co-location parameters; and

transmit, to the base station via the transceiver, a report based at least in part on the channel measurement and the interference measurement.

21 . The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the memory and the one or more processors are further configured to cause the apparatus to:

generate the report based at least in part on the channel measurement, the interference measurement, and the report configuration, wherein transmitting the report is based at least in part on generating the report.

22 . The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the second set of quasi co-location parameters for the interference measurement comprises a subset of the first set of quasi co-location parameters for the channel measurement.

23 . The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the memory and the one or more processors are further configured to cause the apparatus to:

identify one or more resources for the interference measurement based at least in part on the second resource setting; and

measure the interference measurement on the one or more resources using the second spatial receive beam, the quasi co-location reference from the second set of quasi co-location parameters comprising a second quasi co-location TypeD reference,

wherein performing the interference measurement is further based at least in part on measuring the interference measurement on the one or more resources using the second spatial receive beam, wherein the second spatial receive beam is different than the first spatial receive beam.

24 . The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the memory and the one or more processors are further configured to cause the apparatus to:

identify a resource for the channel measurement based at least in part on the first resource setting; and

measure the channel measurement on the resource using at least two spatial receive beams associated with the first set of quasi co-location parameters, the at least two spatial receive beams including the first spatial receive beam and a third spatial receive beam, wherein the third spatial receive beam of the at least two spatial receive beams corresponds to an additional quasi co-location parameter of the first set of quasi co-location parameters, the first spatial receive beam having the first quasi co-location TypeD reference and the third spatial receive beam having a second quasi co-location TypeD reference,

wherein performing the channel measurement is further based at least in part on measuring the channel measurement on the resource using the at least two spatial receive beams.

25 . The apparatus of claim 24 , wherein the memory and the one or more processors are further configured to cause the apparatus to:

identify one or more resources for the interference measurement based at least in part on the second resource setting; and

measure the interference measurement on the one or more resources using the second spatial receive beam, wherein the second spatial receive beam comprises at least one spatial receive beam of the at least two spatial receive beams associated with the channel measurement, the second spatial receive beam having the second quasi co-location TypeD reference,

wherein performing the interference measurement is further based at least in part on measuring the interference measurement on the one or more resources using the second spatial receive beam.

26 . The apparatus of claim 25 , wherein the memory and the one or more processors are further configured to cause the apparatus to:

receive control information comprising an indication of a selection of a quasi co-location parameter set of multiple different quasi co-location parameter sets, wherein the selected quasi co-location parameter set comprises at least one of the first set of quasi co-location parameters, the second set of quasi co-location parameters, or a third set of quasi co-location parameters;

select at least the first spatial receive beams for channel measurement based at least in part on the indication; and

measure the channel measurement on a resource using at least the first spatial receive beam,

wherein the channel measurement is further based at least in part on measuring the channel measurement on the resource using the at least the first spatial receive beam.

27 . The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the memory and the one or more processors are further configured to cause the apparatus to:

receive multiple different quasi co-location parameter sets via higher layer signaling, wherein the higher layer signaling comprises medium access control element signaling or radio resource control signaling, or both.

28 . The apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the memory and the one or more processors are further configured to cause the apparatus to:

receive additional control information comprising a second indication of a second selection of a second quasi co-location parameter set of the multiple different quasi co-location parameter sets, wherein the selected second quasi co-location parameter set comprises at least one of the first set of quasi co-location parameters, the second set of quasi co-location parameters, or a third set of quasi co-location parameters;

select at least the second spatial receive beam for the interference measurement based at least in part on the second indication, wherein the at least the second spatial receive beam comprises at least one of one or more spatial receive beams associated with the channel measurement; and

measure the interference measurement on one or more resources using the selected at least the second spatial receive beam,

wherein performing the interference measurement is further based at least in part on measuring the interference measurement on the one or more resources using the selected at least the second spatial receive beam.

29 . The apparatus of claim 28 , wherein the memory and the one or more processors are further configured to cause the apparatus to receive the additional control information by receiving downlink control information signaling, medium access control element signaling, or radio resource control signaling.

30 . The apparatus of claim 28 , wherein the memory and the one or more processors are further configured to cause the apparatus to select the at least the second spatial receive beam associated with the second set of quasi co-location parameters by selecting, for each resource set associated with the second resource setting for the interference measurement, a quasi co-location parameter in the second set of quasi co-location parameters sequentially.

31 . The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the report configuration comprises a layer one signal to interference and noise ratio report setting or a channel state information report setting or both.

32 . The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the first resource setting or the second resource setting, or both comprises zero power channel state information-reference signal resources or non-zero power channel state information-reference signal resources, or both.

33 . An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

one or more processors of a base station; and

memory coupled with the one or more processors, the memory and the one or more processors configured to cause the apparatus to:

allocate a resource for a channel measurement, wherein a first resource setting for the channel measurement comprises the allocated resource;

configure, for a user equipment, a report configuration comprising a first set of quasi co-location parameters for channel measurement and a second set of quasi co-location parameters for interference measurement, wherein:

the first set of quasi co-location parameters comprises a quasi co-location reference indicative of a first spatial receive beam to be used for the channel measurement on the allocated resource, the quasi co-location reference indicative of the first spatial receive beam comprising a first quasi co-location TypeD reference; and wherein

the second set of quasi co-location parameters comprises a quasi co-location reference indicative of a second spatial receive beam to be used for the interference measurement; and

at least one quasi co-location reference associated with a first quasi co-location parameter of the first set of quasi co-location parameters is different than a quasi co-location reference associated with a second quasi co-location parameter of the second set of quasi co-location parameters; and

transmit, via the transceiver, the report configuration to the user equipment.