Method of type II CSI reporting for multiple spatial layers
Some embodiments of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for reporting channel state information (CSI) for multiple spatial layers. The apparatuses and methods can include at least: determining, by a user equipment (UE), a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) for a set of precoding matrixes, wherein the PMI is determined based on a combination of digital Fourier transformation (DFT) spatial domain (SD) vectors, or based on DFT-based frequency domain (FD) compression; and transmitting, by the UE, the PMI to a next-generation NodeB (gNB).
1. A method of reporting channel state information (CSI) for multiple spatial layers comprising:
determining, by a user equipment (UE), a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) for a set of precoding matrixes, wherein the PMI is determined based on a combination of mutually orthogonal digital Fourier transformation (DFT) spatial domain (SD) vectors with DFT-based frequency-domain (FD) compression, wherein the mutually orthogonal DFT SD vectors are selected as N subsets of a plurality of oversampled DFT SD vectors and a total number of elements of the N subsets is fixed, where N is a positive number greater than 1; and
transmitting, by the UE, the PMI to a base station.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the PMI includes transmitting in a channel state information (CSI) report.
3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising generating the CSI report to include a channel quality indicator (CQI) or a rank indicator (RI).
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the PMI includes transmitting via a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating a codebook to include the set of precoding matrixes.
6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising defining the codebook for a set of ranks.
7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising constructing, by the UE, a column of a precoding matrix in the codebook based on a linear combination of spatial domain (SD) vectors.
8. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE), cause the UE to perform operations comprising:
determining a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) for a set of precoding matrixes, wherein the PMI is determined based on a combination of mutually orthogonal digital Fourier transformation (DFT) spatial domain (SD) vectors with DFT-based frequency-domain (FD) compression, wherein the mutually orthogonal DFT SD vectors are selected as N subsets of a plurality of oversampled DFT SD vectors and a total number of elements of the N subsets is fixed, where N is a positive number greater than 1; and
transmitting the PMI to a base station.
9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the transmitting the PMI includes transmitting in a channel state information (CSI) report.
10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise generating the CSI report to include a channel quality indicator (CQI) or a rank indicator (RI).
11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the transmitting the PMI includes transmitting via a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).
12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise generating a codebook to include the set of precoding matrixes.
13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise defining the codebook for a set of ranks.
14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise constructing a column of a precoding matrix in the codebook based on a linear combination of spatial domain (SD) vectors.
15. A user equipment (UE) comprising:
a processor configured to determine a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) for a set of precoding matrixes, wherein the PMI is determined based on a combination of mutually orthogonal digital Fourier transformation (DFT) spatial domain (SD) vectors with DFT-based frequency-domain (FD) compression, wherein the mutually orthogonal DFT SD vectors are selected as N subsets of a plurality of oversampled DFT SD vectors and a total number of elements of the N subsets is fixed, where N is a positive number greater than 1; and
a radio frequency integrated circuit, coupled to the processor, configured to transmit the PMI to a base station.
16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the PMI is transmitted to the base station in a channel state information (CSI) report.
17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the CSI report further includes a channel quality indicator (CQI) or a rank indicator (RI).
18. The system of claim 15 , wherein the PMI is transmitted to the base station via a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).
19. The system of claim 15 , wherein the set of precoding matrixes are included in a codebook.
20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the codebook is defined for a set of ranks.