Apparatus and method for configuring PCC/SCC prioritization based on extremely sparse channel information in wireless communication system

1 . A method of operating a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting a sounding reference signal (SRS) or channel state information (CSI) to a base station;

receiving a signal from the base station on the basis of the SRS or the CSI; and

estimating a number of multi-paths using a neural network for the received signal, wherein the estimating of the number of multi-paths includes:

re-shaping the received signal;

extracting a singular value of the reshaped signal;

inputting the extracted singular value into the neural network; and

estimating the number of multi-paths based on the extracted singular value.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the estimating of the number of multi-paths based on the extracted singular value includes:

encoding and decoding a matrix generated based on the singular value;

obtaining an output matrix based on the encoding and decoding; and

determining a rank value of the output matrix to be the number of multi-paths.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the encoding and decoding of the matrix generated based on the singular value is performed based on a network model optimization.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising removing noise of the CSI based on the estimated number of multi-paths.

5 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising predicting all data based on the CSI from which the noise has been removed.

6 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising quantizing all the data based on quantum levels.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the quantum level is determined according to a congestion level.

8 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising transmitting the quantized data to the base station using a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).

9 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising determining a cycle of an operation performed by the UE based on a mobility level of a network.

10 . A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller operably connected to the transceiver,

wherein the controller is configured to:

transmit a sounding reference signal (SRS) or channel state information (CSI) to a base station;

receive a signal from the base station based on the SRS or the CSI; and

estimate a number of multi-paths using a neural network for the received signal,

wherein, to estimate the number of multi-paths, the controller is configured to:

re-shape the received signal;

extract a singular value of the reshaped signal;

input the extracted singular value into the neural network; and

estimate the number of multi-paths based on the extracted singular value.

11 . The UE of claim 10 , wherein, to estimate the number of multi-paths based on the extracted singular value, the controller is configured to:

perform encoding and decoding on a matrix generated based on the singular value;

obtain an output matrix based on the encoding and decoding; and

determine a rank value of the output matrix to be the number of multi-paths.

12 . The UE of claim 11 , wherein to perform the encoding and decoding on the matrix generated based on the singular value, the controller operates based on a network model optimization.

13 . The UE of claim 10 , wherein the controller removes noise of the CSI based on the estimated number of multi-paths.

14 . The UE of claim 13 , wherein the controller predicts all data based on the CSI from which the noise has been removed.

15 . The UE of claim 14 , wherein all the data is quantized based on quantum levels.

16 . The UE of claim 15 , wherein the quantum level is determined according to a congestion level.

17 . The UE of claim 15 , wherein the controller transmits the quantized data to the base station using a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).

18 . The UE of claim 17 , wherein the controller determines a cycle of an operation performed by the UE based on a mobility level of a network.