IP Library Granted Patent US 10,973,009
Granted Patent B2
US 10,973,009 · App. 16/659,285 · Granted Apr 6, 2021

CSI reporting method, CSI receiving method, and apparatus

Inventor: Yongxia Lyu (Ottawa, CA)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04W72/0413H04L1/0026H04L5/001H04L5/0053H04L5/0057H04L5/0091H04L27/2601
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Patent No.
US 10,973,009
App. No.
16/659,285
Granted
Apr 6, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a CSI reporting method, a CSI receiving method, and an apparatus, to resolve a technical problem that PUCCH resource overheads are relatively large during CSI reporting. In embodiments of the present invention, at least two PUCCH resources are configured for each downlink carrier group. CSI that needs to be reported in one uplink subframe may be obtained, and a format of a corresponding PUCCH resource is determined according to the to-be-reported CSI. For example, the determined format is referred to as a first format. Then, all of the to-be-reported CSI is reported after being added to a first first-format PUCCH resource.

Claims (70)

1. A channel state information (CSI) reporting method, comprising:

obtaining multiple CSI reports that are to be reported in an uplink subframe, wherein the multiple CSI reports corresponds to one downlink carrier, at least two physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources are configured for the downlink carrier, and the at least two PUCCH resources have different formats;

determining a first PUCCH resource with a first format from the at least two PUCCH resources, wherein the first PUCCH resource is a PUCCH resource among the at least two PUCCH resources; and

reporting the multiple CSI reports by using the first PUCCH resource with the first format to a network device.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:

the at least two PUCCH resources comprise a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 2 and a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 3; or

the at least two PUCCH resources comprise a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 2 and a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 4; or

the at least two PUCCH resources comprise a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 3 and a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 4; or

the at least two PUCCH resources comprise a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 2, a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 3, and a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 4.

3. A channel state information (CSI) receiving method, comprising:

determining a first PUCCH resource with a first format from at least two physical uplink control channel PUCCH resources, wherein the at least two PUCCH resources corresponds to one downlink carrier, the at least two PUCCH resources have different formats, and the first PUCCH resource is a PUCCH resource among the at least two PUCCH resources; and

receiving, from a terminal, multiple channel state information (CSI) reports reported in one uplink subframe, by using the first PUCCH resource with the first format.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein:

the at least two PUCCH resources comprise a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 2 and a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 3; or

the at least two PUCCH resources comprise a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 2 and a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 4; or

the at least two PUCCH resources comprise a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 3 and a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 4; or

the at least two PUCCH resources comprise a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 2, a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 3, and a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 4.

5. A terminal, comprising:

a processor, configured to:

obtain multiple channel state information (CSI) reports that are to be reported in an uplink subframe, wherein the multiple CSI reports corresponds to one downlink carrier, at least two physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources are configured for the downlink carrier, and the at least two PUCCH resources have different formats; and

determine a first PUCCH resource with a first format from the at least two PUCCH resources, wherein the first PUCCH resource is a PUCCH resource among the at least two PUCCH resources; and

a transceiver configured to report the multiple CSI reports by using the first PUCCH resource with the first format to a network device.

6. The terminal according to claim 5 , wherein:

the at least two PUCCH resources comprise a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 2 and a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 3; or

the at least two PUCCH resources comprise a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 2 and a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 4; or

the at least two PUCCH resources comprise a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 3 and a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 4; or

the at least two PUCCH resources comprise a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 2, a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 3, and a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 4.

7. The terminal according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine the first PUCCH resource with the first format, according to a total bits of the multiple CSI reports.

8. A network device, comprising:

a processor, configured to determine a first PUCCH resource with a first format from at least two physical uplink control channel PUCCH resources, wherein the at least two PUCCH resources corresponds to one downlink carrier, the at least two PUCCH resources have different formats, and the first PUCCH resource is a PUCCH resource among the at least two PUCCH resources; and

a receiver configured to receive, from a terminal, multiple channel state information (CSI) reports reported in one uplink subframe, by using the first PUCCH resource with the first format.

9. The network device according to claim 8 , wherein:

the at least two PUCCH resources comprise a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 2 and a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 3; or

the at least two PUCCH resources comprise a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 2 and a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 4; or

the at least two PUCCH resources comprise a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 3 and a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 4; or

the at least two PUCCH resources comprise a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 2, a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 3, and a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 4.

10. The network device according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine the first PUCCH resource with the first format, according to a total bits of the multiple CSI reports.

11. The network device according to claim 10 , wherein the at least two PUCCH resources comprise a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 2 and a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 3; and the processor is configured to:

determine that the format of the PUCCH resource corresponding to the to-be-reported CSI is the PUCCH format 3 if the quantity of carriers is greater than a first quantity; and

determine that the format of the PUCCH resource corresponding to the to-be-reported CSI is the PUCCH format 2 if the quantity of carriers is equal to or less than the first quantity.

12. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer processor configure the compute processor to perform steps comprising:

obtaining multiple Channel State Information (CSI) reports that are to be reported in an uplink subframe, wherein the multiple CSI reports corresponds to one downlink carrier group, at least two physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources are configured for the downlink carrier, and the at least two PUCCH resources have different formats;

determining a first PUCCH resource with a first format from the at least two PUCCH resources, wherein the first PUCCH resource is a PUCCH resource among the at least two PUCCH resources; and

reporting the multiple CSI reports by using the first PUCCH resource with the first format to a network device.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer processor configure the compute processor to perform steps comprising:

determining a first PUCCH resource with a first format from at least two physical uplink control channel PUCCH resources, wherein the at least two PUCCH resources corresponds to one downlink carrier, the at least two PUCCH resources have different formats, and the first PUCCH resource is a PUCCH resource among the at least two PUCCH resources; and

receiving, from a terminal, multiple channel state information (CSI) reports reported in one uplink subframe, by using the first PUCCH resource with the first format.

14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining, a first PUCCH resource with a first format from the at least two PUCCH resources comprises:

determining the first PUCCH resource with the first format, according to a total bits of the multiple CSI reports.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the at least two PUCCH resources comprise a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 2 and a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 3; and

wherein the determining the first PUCCH resource with the first format, according to a total bits of the multiple CSI reports comprises:

if the total bits of the multiple CSI reports is greater than a first quantity, determining that the first format is the PUCCH format 3; otherwise, determining that the first format is the PUCCH format 2.

16. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first PUCCH resource is determined from at least one first format PUCCH resource corresponding to the downlink carrier to which the one or more CSI report belongs.

17. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first PUCCH resource has a format with a smallest capacity possible to transmit the multiple CSI reports.

18. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the determining, the first PUCCH resource with the first format from the at least two PUCCH resources comprises:

determining the first PUCCH resource with the first format, according to a total bits of the multiple CSI reports.

19. The method according to claim 18 , wherein the at least two PUCCH resources comprise a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 2 and a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 3; and

wherein the determining the first PUCCH resource with the first format, according to a total bits of the multiple CSI reports comprises:

if the total bits of the multiple CSI reports is greater than a first quantity, determining that the first format is the PUCCH format 3; and

if the total bits of the multiple CSI reports is less than or equal to the first quantity, determining that the first format is the PUCCH format 2.

20. The terminal according to claim 7 , wherein the at least two PUCCH resources comprise a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 2 and a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 3; and

wherein the processor is configured to:

determine that the format of the PUCCH resource corresponding to the to-be-reported CSI is the PUCCH format 3 if the quantity of carriers is greater than a first quantity; and

determine that the format of the PUCCH resource corresponding to the to-be-reported CSI is the PUCCH format 2 if the quantity of carriers is equal to or less than the first quantity.

21. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 13 , wherein,

the at least two PUCCH resources comprise a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 2 and a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 3; or

the at least two PUCCH resources comprise a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 2 and a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 4; or

the at least two PUCCH resources comprise a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 3 and a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 4; or

the at least two PUCCH resources comprise a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 2, a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 3, and a PUCCH resource corresponding to a PUCCH format 4.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2024
From: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
To: GODO KAISHA IP BRIDGE 1
Reel/Frame 067782/0405 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2021
From: LYU, YONGXIA
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055159/0880 →
Continuity (3)
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