Apparatus and method for determining whether to provide a CSI report

1. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) configured to transmit a channel state information (CSI) report, the WTRU comprising:

a receiver configured to receive an aperiodic CSI reporting request on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH);

circuitry configured to:

determine a time gap between a last symbol of the PDCCH of which the aperiodic CSI reporting request is received and a first uplink symbol of an uplink channel for transmission of a corresponding CSI report, wherein the determination of the time gap includes consideration of a timing advance value;

determine a time threshold based on subcarrier spacing used by the WTRU; and

determine whether the determined time threshold is shorter than the determined time gap; and

a transmitter configured to:

on a condition the determined time gap is not shorter than the determined time threshold, transmit the CSI report in response to the CSI reporting request,

wherein, on a condition the determined time gap is shorter than the determined time threshold, transmission of the CSI report from the WTRU is not required, and

wherein the transmitter is further configured, when the CSI report is not transmitted and even when a Hybrid Automatic Repeat request (HARQ) ACK (Acknowledgement) would have been multiplexed on the uplink channel with the CSI report in a case where the determined time gap is not shorter than the time threshold, to:

not transmit the CSI report; and

transmit the HARQ ACK.

2. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the time threshold is determined based on a CSI reporting bandwidth.

3. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the time threshold is determined based on a number of antenna ports.

4. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the time threshold is determined based on a number of antenna ports corresponding to a wideband frequency bandwidth.

5. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the time threshold is determined based on a codebook type.

6. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the uplink channel is one of a physical uplink shared data channel (PUSCH) and a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).

7. A method performed by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising:

receiving an aperiodic channel state information (CSI) reporting request on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH);

determining a time gap between a last symbol of the PDCCH of which the aperiodic CSI reporting request is received and a first uplink symbol of an uplink channel for transmission of a corresponding CSI report, wherein the time gap is determined based on a timing advance value;

determining a time threshold based on subcarrier spacing used by the WTRU;

determining whether the determined time gap is shorter than the determined time threshold; and

transmitting, on a condition the determined time gap is not shorter than the determined time threshold, the CSI report in response to the CSI reporting request;

wherein, on a condition the determined time gap is shorter than the time threshold, transmission of the CSI report from the WTRU is not required, and

wherein, when the CSI report is not transmitted and even when a Hybrid Automatic Repeat request (HARQ) ACK (Acknowledgement) would have been multiplexed on the uplink channel with the CSI report in a case where the determined time gap is not shorter than the time threshold:

not transmitting the CSI report; and

transmitting the HARQ ACK.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the time threshold is determined based on a granularity of feedback to be reported.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the time threshold is determined based on a Type I single panel codebook.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the CSI report includes CSI corresponding to a wideband frequency granularity.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the CSI report includes CSI corresponding to a maximum of 4 CSI-RS ports.

12. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

receiving one or more parameters related to the determination of the time threshold, via radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

13. A radio communication apparatus comprising:

a radio transceiver; and

circuitry configured to:

transmit, to a transmit/receive unit (WTRU) via the radio transceiver, an aperiodic channel state information (CSI) report request on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); and

on a condition a time gap which is determined by the WTRU is not shorter than a time threshold, receive the CSI report from the WTRU via the radio transceiver in response to the CSI reporting request,

wherein the time gap is between a last symbol of the PDCCH of which the aperiodic CSI reporting request is received by the WTRU and a first uplink symbol of an uplink channel for transmission of a corresponding CSI report from the WTRU, wherein the time gap includes consideration of a timing advance value,

wherein the time threshold is based on subcarrier spacing used by the WTRU, and

wherein the circuitry is further configured, when the time gap is shorter than the time threshold and even when a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) ACK (Acknowledgement) would have been multiplexed on the uplink channel with the CSI report in a case where the determined time gap is not shorter than the time threshold, to:

not receive the CSI report; and

receive the HARQ ACK.

14. The radio communication apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the radio communication apparatus is a gNB or one of multiple network elements included in the gNB.

15. A method for a radio communication apparatus, a method comprising:

transmitting, to a transmit/receive unit (WTRU), an aperiodic channel state information (CSI) report request on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); and

on a condition a time gap which is determined by the WTRU is not shorter than a time threshold, receive the CSI report from the WTRU in response to the CSI reporting request,

wherein, on a condition the time gap is shorter than the time threshold, reception of the CSI report is not required,

wherein the time gap is between a last symbol of the PDCCH of which the aperiodic CSI reporting request is received by the WTRU and a first uplink symbol of an uplink channel for transmission of a corresponding CSI report from the WTRU, wherein the time gap includes consideration of a timing advance value,

wherein the time threshold is based on subcarrier spacing used by the WTRU, and

wherein, when the time gap is shorter than the time threshold and even when a Hybrid Automatic Repeat request (HARQ) ACK (Acknowledgement) would have been multiplexed on the uplink channel the CSI report in a case where the determined time gap is not shorter than the time threshold:

not receiving the CSI report; and

receiving the HARQ ACK.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the radio communication apparatus is a gNB or one of multiple network elements included in the gNB.