IP Library Granted Patent US 12,368,484
Granted Patent B2
US 12,368,484 · App. 17/827,540 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Cross link interference based channel state information reporting

Inventors: Abdelrahman Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim (San Diego, CA); Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar (San Jose, CA); Huilin Xu (Temecula, CA); Seyedkianoush Hosseini (San Diego, CA); Ahmed Attia Abotabl (San Diego, CA); Mostafa Khoshnevisan (San Diego, CA); Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli (San Diego, CA); Wanshi Chen (San Diego, CA); Thomas Valerrian Pasca Santhappan (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04B7/0626H04B7/0639H04B17/336H04L5/0051H04W24/10
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Patent No.
US 12,368,484
App. No.
17/827,540
Granted
Jul 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may transmit channel state information (CSI) that is based on an estimated cross link interference (CLI) at the UE. For example, a network entity may indicate, to a first UE and a second UE, transmission parameters of a multi-port CLI-reference signal (CLI-RS) that is associated with estimation of CLI channel between the first UE and the second UE. The network entity may indicate, to the first UE, one or more precoding parameters associated with uplink precoding at the second UE. The second UE may transmit the multi-port CLI-RS to the first UE, and the network entity may transmit a CSI-reference signal (CSI-RS) to the first UE. The first UE may transmit a report that includes CSI based on the multi-port CLI-RS, the CSI-RS, and the one or more precoding parameters.

Claims (68)

1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a first user equipment (UE), comprising:

a processor; and

memory coupled with the processor, the processor configured to:

obtain one or more control messages that indicate one or more transmission parameters of a multi-port reference signal associated with estimation of a cross link interference channel between the first UE and a second UE, the one or more control messages indicating one or more precoding parameters associated with uplink precoding at the second UE, wherein the one or more transmission parameters of the multi-port reference signal indicate a quantity of two or more antenna ports to communicate the multi-port reference signal;

obtain, using the quantity of two or more antenna ports, the multi-port reference signal associated with estimation of the cross link interference channel between the first UE and the second UE based at least in part on the one or more transmission parameters;

obtain a channel state information-reference signal associated with estimation of a channel between the first UE and a network entity; and

output a report comprising channel state information that is based at least in part on the multi-port reference signal associated with estimation of the cross link interference channel between the first UE and the second UE, the channel state information-reference signal associated with estimation of the channel between the first UE and the network entity, and the one or more precoding parameters associated with uplink precoding at the second UE.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

output a capability message that indicates a capability of the first UE to estimate the cross link interference channel based at least in part on the multi-port reference signal, wherein the one or more control messages indicating the one or more transmission parameters of the multi-port reference signal are obtained based at least in part on the capability message.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

generate the channel state information based at least in part on the one or more control messages including an indication for the first UE to generate the channel state information based at least in part on the multi-port reference signal, the channel state information-reference signal, and the one or more precoding parameters.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

generate, based at least in part on the one or more transmission parameters of the multi-port reference signal indicating a measurement resource for the multi-port reference signal, the channel state information based at least in part on the multi-port reference signal, the channel state information-reference signal, and the one or more precoding parameters.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

estimate the channel between the first UE and the network entity based at least in part on the channel state information-reference signal, the cross link interference channel, and the one or more precoding parameters associated with uplink precoding at the second UE, the channel state information based at least in part on the estimated channel.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

estimate the channel between the first UE and the network entity using a linear transformation associated with uncorrelation of antenna ports of the first UE used to receive the channel state information-reference signal, the linear transformation based at least in part on the cross link interference channel and the one or more precoding parameters associated with uplink precoding at the second UE; and

compute a spectral efficiency associated with candidate channel state information based at least in part on the linear transformation, wherein the report comprises the candidate channel state information based at least in part on the computed spectral efficiency.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

obtain downlink control information that triggers reporting of the channel state information that is based at least in part on the multi-port reference signal, the channel state information-reference signal, and the one or more precoding parameters associated with uplink precoding at the second UE.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the multi-port reference signal associated with estimation of the cross link interference channel is a sounding reference signal.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the quantity of two or more antenna ports corresponds to a quantity of transmission antenna ports at the second UE.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the channel state information comprises a precoding matrix indicator, a channel quality indicator, a rank indicator, or a combination thereof, that is selected based at least in part on the multi-port reference signal, the channel state information-reference signal, and the one or more precoding parameters associated with uplink precoding at the second UE.

11. An apparatus for wireless communication at a second user equipment (UE), comprising:

a processor; and

memory coupled with the processor, the processor configured to:

obtain a control message that indicates one or more transmission parameters of a multi-port reference signal associated with estimation of a cross link interference channel between the second UE and a first UE, wherein the one or more transmission parameters of the multi-port reference signal indicate a quantity of two or more antenna ports to communicate the multi-port reference signal; and

output, using the quantity of two or more antenna ports, the multi-port reference signal associated with estimation of the cross link interference channel between the second UE and the first UE based at least in part on the one or more transmission parameters.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

obtain a second control message that triggers communication of the multi-port reference signal, wherein the multi-port reference signal is output in response to the second control message.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the second control message comprises downlink control information that schedules an aperiodic resource to communicate the multi-port reference signal or downlink control information that activates a semi-persistent scheduling resource to communicate the multi-port reference signal.

14. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein, to output the multi-port reference signal, the processor is configured to:

output the multi-port reference signal using a sounding reference signal codebook indicated by the one or more transmission parameters, the sounding reference signal codebook associated with uplink transmissions to a network entity.

15. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the multi-port reference signal is a multi-port sounding reference signal, and wherein, to output the multi-port reference signal, the processor is configured to:

output the multi-port sounding reference signal using a beam that has a first beam width that is greater than a second beam width associated with sounding reference signal transmissions to a network entity.

16. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the multi-port reference signal is a sounding reference signal configured to enable the estimation of the cross link interference channel.

17. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

obtain a second control message that indicates a transmission precoding matrix indicator associated with precoding of an uplink message, the transmission precoding matrix indicator based at least in part on the cross link interference channel between the second UE and the first UE; and

output an uplink message in accordance with a precoding matrix indicated by the transmission precoding matrix indicator.

18. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the quantity of two or more antenna ports corresponds to a quantity of transmission antenna ports at the second UE.

19. An apparatus for wireless communication at a network entity, comprising:

a processor; and

memory coupled with the processor, the processor configured to:

output one or more control messages that indicate one or more transmission parameters of a multi-port reference signal associated with estimation of a cross link interference channel between a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE and indicate one or more precoding parameters associated with uplink precoding at the second UE, wherein the one or more transmission parameters of the multi-port reference signal indicate a quantity of two or more antenna ports to communicate the multi-port reference signal;

output a channel state information-reference signal associated with estimation of a channel between the first UE and the network entity; and

obtain a report comprising channel state information associated with the channel between the first UE and the network entity, the channel state information based at least in part on the multi-port reference signal associated with estimation of the cross link interference channel between the first UE and the second UE, the channel state information-reference signal associated with estimation of the channel between the first UE and the network entity, and the one or more precoding parameters associated with uplink precoding at the second UE.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

obtain a capability message that indicates a capability of the first UE to estimate the cross link interference channel based at least in part on the multi-port reference signal, wherein the one or more control messages that indicate the one or more transmission parameters of the multi-port reference signal are output based at least in part on the capability message.

21. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

output a second control message that triggers communication of the multi-port reference signal.

22. The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the second control message comprises downlink control information that schedules an aperiodic resource to communicate the multi-port reference signal or downlink control information that activates a semi-persistent scheduling resource to communicate the multi-port reference signal.

23. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

output downlink control information triggering reporting of the channel state information that is based at least in part on the multi-port reference signal, the channel state information-reference signal, and the one or more precoding parameters associated with uplink precoding at the second UE.

24. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the one or more transmission parameters of the multi-port reference signal indicate a sounding reference signal codebook to communicate the multi-port reference signal.

25. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the one or more transmission parameters of the multi-port reference signal indicate a beam to communicate the multi-port reference signal, the beam associated with a first beam width that is greater than a second beam width associated with sounding reference signal transmissions to the network entity.

26. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the multi-port reference signal associated with estimation of the cross link interference channel is a sounding reference signal.

27. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

output a second control message that includes a transmission precoding matrix indicator associated with precoding an uplink message at the second UE, the transmission precoding matrix indicator based at least in part on the channel state information associated with the channel between the first UE and the network entity; and

obtain an uplink message in accordance with a precoding matrix indicated by the transmission precoding matrix indicator.

28. A method for wireless communication at a first user equipment (UE), comprising:

obtaining one or more control messages indicating one or more transmission parameters of a multi-port reference signal associated with estimation of a cross link interference channel between the first UE and a second UE and indicating one or more precoding parameters associated with uplink precoding at the second UE, wherein the one or more transmission parameters of the multi-port reference signal indicate a quantity of two or more antenna ports for communicating the multi-port reference signal;

obtaining, using the quantity of two or more antenna ports, the multi-port reference signal associated with estimation of the cross link interference channel between the first UE and the second UE based at least in part on the one or more transmission parameters;

obtaining a channel state information-reference signal associated with estimation of a channel between the first UE and a network entity; and

outputting a report comprising channel state information that is based at least in part on the multi-port reference signal associated with estimation of the cross link interference channel between the first UE and the second UE, the channel state information-reference signal associated with estimation of the channel between the first UE and the network entity, and the one or more precoding parameters associated with uplink precoding at the second UE.

29. The method of claim 28 , further comprising:

outputting a capability message indicating a capability of the first UE to estimate the cross link interference channel based at least in part on the multi-port reference signal, wherein the one or more control messages indicating the one or more transmission parameters of the multi-port reference signal are obtained based at least in part on the capability message.

30. The method of claim 28 , further comprising:

generating the channel state information based at least in part on the one or more control messages including an indication for the first UE to generate the channel state information based at least in part on the multi-port reference signal, the channel state information-reference signal, and the one or more precoding parameters.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2022
From: IBRAHIM, ABDELRAHMAN MOHAMED AHMED MOHAMED; ABDELGHAFFAR, MUHAMMAD SAYED KHAIRY; XU, HUILIN; HOSSEINI, SEYEDKIANOUSH; ABOTABL, AHMED ATTIA; KHOSHNEVISAN, MOSTAFA; MUKKAVILLI, KRISHNA KIRAN; CHEN, WANSHI; SANTHAPPAN, THOMAS VALERRIAN PASCA
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 060411/0970 →
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