Beamforming codebook adaptation for flexible wireless devices
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A codebook adaptation may be performed for a flexible user equipment (UEs) to determine a codebook for a physical configuration of the UE. For example, if the UE determines that the physical configuration does not correspond to a pre-loaded codebook in its memory, the UE may provide information about the physical configuration to a base station to determine a corresponding codebook. Additionally, the UE may request that the base station provide channel information to assist with the codebook determination. In some cases, this request may indicate for the base station to allocate a specific number of channel state information reference signal symbols that the UE can use for the codebook determination. Additionally or alternatively, the UE may generate the codebook internally and then signal to the base station a request for a beam refinement procedure with the generated codebook.
1. An apparatus for wireless communications at a wireless device, comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and configured to cause the wireless device to:
transmit, to a network entity, signaling comprising an indication of a physical configuration of the wireless device and a request for channel information for a subsequent communication with the network entity, wherein the physical configuration of the wireless device comprises a physical configuration of a flexible display of the wireless device, and wherein an antenna array configuration used to transmit is based at least in part on the physical configuration of the wireless device;
receive, from the network entity, the channel information in response to the request; and
communicate, with the network entity, based at least in part on a beamforming codebook, wherein the beamforming codebook is based at least in part on the physical configuration of the wireless device and the channel information.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein the antenna array configuration comprises a physical arrangement of one or more antenna arrays based at least in part on a state of the physical configuration of the flexible display.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the wireless device to:
determine one or more characteristics of one or more beams based at least in part on the beamforming codebook, wherein the one or more characteristics include a beamwidth, a direction, a gain in a certain direction, or a combination thereof for the one or more beams.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the wireless device to:
determine that the physical configuration of the flexible display comprises a foldable state of the flexible display; and
determine whether the foldable state corresponds to a previous foldable state reported to the network entity.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the wireless device to:
determine that the physical configuration of the flexible display comprises an intermediate foldable state of the flexible display; and
perform a codebook adaptation procedure based on the intermediate foldable state.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the wireless device to:
transmit, to the network entity, a message that indicates a current or upcoming physical configuration of the wireless device does not correspond to an a priori beamforming codebook.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the wireless device to:
transmit subsequent communications with the network entity while in the physical configuration of the wireless device, wherein the beamforming codebook is used for the subsequent communications.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the physical configuration of the wireless device fails to correspond to at least one beamforming codebook of the wireless device.
9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the wireless device to:
identify the physical configuration of the wireless device;
access a plurality of beamforming codebooks available for the wireless device to use; and
determine that the identified physical configuration fails to correspond to at least one beamforming codebook of the wireless device from the plurality of beamforming codebooks.
10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors configured to cause the wireless device to access the plurality of beamforming codebooks are further configured to cause the wireless device to:
access a plurality of pre-loaded beamforming codebooks in the one or more memories of the wireless device, wherein the plurality of pre-loaded beamforming codebooks is associated with beamformed communications over a number of radio frequency chains with the network entity, wherein the number of radio frequency chains is smaller than a number of antenna elements of the wireless device, and wherein the plurality of pre-loaded beamforming codebooks is stored in radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) memory.
11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the indication of the physical configuration comprises:
an explicit or an implicit indication of the physical configuration of the wireless device relative to past physical configurations of the wireless device;
an indication of one or more antenna shapes, antenna subarrays, antenna dimensions, or a combination thereof for the physical configuration of the wireless device;
a quantized indication with a finite size; or
information for a plurality of applications at a firmware layer, hardware layer, software layer, application layer, or a combination thereof for the wireless device.
12. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the wireless device to:
transmit, to a modem and a radio frequency integrated circuit associated with the modem in the wireless device, an indication of the beamforming codebook.
13. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the wireless device to:
transmit, to the network entity, a beam refinement procedure request based at least in part on the beamforming codebook for the physical configuration of the wireless device, wherein the beam refinement procedure request comprises the request for channel information.
14. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the wireless device to:
deactivate one or more antennas based at least in part on the physical configuration of the wireless device.
15. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the physical configuration of the wireless device comprises a plurality of antenna elements that forms an antenna array pattern that corresponds to the physical configuration of the wireless device or a foldable state of the wireless device corresponding to one or more folding states of the flexible display.
16. An apparatus for wireless communications at a wireless device, comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and configured to cause the wireless device to:
transmit, to a network entity, signaling comprising an indication of a physical configuration of the wireless device and a request for channel information for a subsequent communication with the network entity, the channel information comprising a plurality of contiguous channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources, wherein an antenna array configuration used to transmit is based at least in part on the physical configuration of the wireless device;
receive, from the network entity, the channel information in response to the request; and
communicate, with the network entity, based at least in part on a beamforming codebook, wherein the beamforming codebook corresponding to the physical configuration is based at least in part on the plurality of contiguous CSI- RS resources.
17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the wireless device to:
use a plurality of sets of analog sampling beams over the plurality of contiguous CSI-RS resources to determine the beamforming codebook corresponding to the physical configuration of the wireless device.
18. An apparatus for wireless communications at a wireless device, comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and configured to cause the wireless device to:
transmit, to a network entity, signaling comprising an indication of a physical configuration of the wireless device and a request for channel information for a subsequent communication with the network entity, wherein an antenna array configuration used to transmit is based at least in part on the physical configuration of the wireless device;
receive, from the network entity, the channel information in response to the request;
transmit, to a central processing unit (CPU) within the wireless device, sensor information regarding the physical configuration;
generate, at the CPU, a beamforming codebook corresponding to the physical configuration based at least in part on the sensor information; and
communicate, with the network entity, based at least in part on the beamforming codebook while in the physical configuration.
19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the sensor information comprises information from a potentiometer, a gyro, or a combination thereof.
20. An apparatus for wireless communications at a network entity, comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and configured to cause the network entity to:
obtain signaling comprising an indication of a physical configuration of a wireless device and a request for channel information for a subsequent communication with the network entity;
output the channel information in response to the request; and
communicate based at least in part on a beamforming codebook, wherein the beamforming codebook is based at least in part on the physical configuration of the wireless device and the channel information.
21. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the network entity to:
receive, from the wireless device, a message that indicates a current or upcoming physical configuration of the wireless device does not correspond to an a priori beamforming codebook.
22. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the network entity to:
receive, from the wireless device, a request for the network entity to allocate a plurality of contiguous channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources, wherein the beamforming codebook corresponding to the physical configuration is based at least in part on the plurality of contiguous CSI-RS resources.
23. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the physical configuration of the wireless device comprises a physical configuration of a flexible display of the wireless device.
24. A method for wireless communications at a wireless device, comprising:
transmitting, to a network entity, signaling comprising an indication of a physical configuration of the wireless device and a request for channel information for a subsequent communication with the network entity, the physical configuration of the wireless device comprising a physical configuration of a flexible display of the wireless device, wherein an antenna array configuration used for the transmitting is based at least in part on the physical configuration of the wireless device;
receiving, from the network entity, the channel information in response to the request; and
communicating, with the network entity, based at least in part on a beamforming codebook, wherein the beamforming codebook is based at least in part on the physical configuration of the wireless device and the channel information.
25. The method of claim 24 , wherein the antenna array configuration comprises a physical arrangement of one or more antenna arrays based at least in part on a state of the physical configuration of the flexible display.
26. The method of claim 24 , further comprising:
determining one or more characteristics of one or more beams based at least in part on the beamforming codebook, wherein the one or more characteristics include a beamwidth, a direction, a gain in a certain direction, or a combination thereof for the one or more beams.
27. The method of claim 24 , further comprising:
determining that the physical configuration of the wireless device comprises a foldable state of the flexible display; and
determining whether the foldable state corresponds to a previous foldable state reported to the network entity.
28. The method of claim 24 , further comprising:
determining that the physical configuration of the flexible display comprises an intermediate foldable state of the flexible display; and
performing a codebook adaptation procedure based on the intermediate foldable state.
29. The method of claim 24 , further comprising:
transmitting, to the network entity, a message indicating that a current or upcoming physical configuration of the wireless device does not correspond to an a priori beamforming codebook.
30. The method of claim 24 , further comprising:
transmitting, to the network entity, a request for the network entity to allocate a plurality of contiguous channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources, wherein the beamforming codebook corresponding to the physical configuration of the wireless device is based at least in part on the plurality of contiguous CSI-RS resources.
31. The method of claim 30 , further comprising:
using a plurality of sets of analog sampling beams over the plurality of contiguous CSI-RS resources to determine the beamforming codebook corresponding to the physical configuration of the wireless device.
32. A method for wireless communications at a network entity, comprising:
obtaining signaling comprising an indication of a physical configuration of a wireless device and a request for channel information for a subsequent communication with the network entity;
outputting the channel information in response to the request; and
communicating based at least in part on a beamforming codebook, wherein the beamforming codebook is based at least in part on the physical configuration of the wireless device and the channel information.
33. The method of claim 32 , further comprising:
receiving, from the wireless device, a message indicating that a current or upcoming physical configuration of the wireless device does not correspond to an a priori beamforming codebook.
34. The method of claim 32 , further comprising:
receiving, from the wireless device, a request for the network entity to allocate a plurality of contiguous channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources, wherein the beamforming codebook corresponding to the physical configuration is based at least in part on the plurality of contiguous CSI-RS resources.
35. The method of claim 32 , wherein the physical configuration of the wireless device comprises a physical configuration of a flexible display of the wireless device.
36. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications at a wireless device, the code comprising instructions executable by one or more processors to cause the wireless device to:
transmit, to a network entity, signaling comprising an indication of a physical configuration of the wireless device and a request for channel information for a subsequent communication with the network entity, wherein the physical configuration of the wireless device comprises a physical configuration of a flexible display of the wireless device, and wherein an antenna array configuration used to transmit is based at least in part on the physical configuration of the wireless device;
receive, from the network entity, the channel information in response to the request; and
communicate, with the network entity, based at least in part on a beamforming codebook, wherein the beamforming codebook is based at least in part on the physical configuration of the wireless device and the channel information.
37. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 36 , wherein the antenna array configuration comprises a physical arrangement of one or more antenna arrays based at least in part on a state of the physical configuration of the flexible display.
38. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications at a network entity, the code comprising instructions executable by one or more processors to cause the network entity to:
obtain signaling comprising an indication of a physical configuration of a wireless device and a request for channel information for a subsequent communication with the network entity;
output the channel information in response to the request; and
communicate based at least in part on a beamforming codebook, wherein the beamforming codebook is based at least in part on the physical configuration of the wireless device and the channel information.
39. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 38 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the network entity to:
receive, from the wireless device, a message indicating that a current or upcoming physical configuration of the wireless device does not correspond to an a priori beamforming codebook.
40. An apparatus for wireless communications at a wireless device, comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and configured to cause the wireless device to:
transmit, to a network entity, signaling comprising an indication of a physical configuration of the wireless device and a request for channel information for a subsequent communication with the network entity, wherein the transmission is based at least in part on the physical configuration of the wireless device which fails to correspond to at least one analog beamforming codebook of the wireless device, and wherein the physical configuration comprises a foldable state of the wireless device corresponding to different possible foldings of a flexible display unit; and
receive, from the network entity, the channel information in response to the request.
41. The apparatus of claim 40 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the wireless device to:
identify the physical configuration of the wireless device;
access a plurality of analog beamforming codebooks available for the wireless device to use; and
determine the identified physical configuration fails to correspond to at least one analog beamforming codebook of the wireless device from the plurality of analog beamforming codebooks, wherein the one or more processors configured to cause the wireless device to access the plurality of analog beamforming codebooks are further configured to cause the wireless device to:
access a plurality of pre-loaded analog beamforming codebooks in the one or more memories of the wireless device, wherein the plurality of pre-loaded analog beamforming codebooks is associated with beamformed communications over a limited number of radio frequency chains with the network entity, and wherein the number of radio frequency chains is smaller than a number of antenna elements of the wireless device.
42. The apparatus of claim 40 , wherein the request for channel information for the subsequent communication with the network entity comprises a request for a plurality of contiguous channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources for an analog beamforming codebook determination, and wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the wireless device to:
receive, from the network entity, the plurality of contiguous CSI-RS resources;
determine an analog beamforming codebook corresponding to the physical configuration based at least in part on the plurality of contiguous CSI-RS resources, wherein the analog beamforming codebook is used for the subsequent communication with the network entity while in the physical configuration; and
use a plurality of sets of analog sampling beams over the plurality of contiguous CSI-RS resources to determine the analog beamforming codebook corresponding to the physical configuration.
43. The apparatus of claim 40 , wherein the indication of the physical configuration comprises an explicit or an implicit indication of the physical configuration relative to past physical configurations of the wireless device.
44. The apparatus of claim 40 , wherein the indication of the physical configuration comprises information for a plurality of applications at a firmware layer, hardware layer, software layer, application layer, or a combination thereof for the wireless device.
45. The apparatus of claim 40 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the wireless device to:
deactivate one or more antennas based at least in part on the physical configuration.
46. An apparatus for wireless communications at a network entity, comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and configured to cause the network entity to:
receive, for a wireless device, signaling comprising an indication of a physical configuration for the wireless device, wherein the physical configuration comprises a foldable state of the wireless device corresponding to different possible foldings of a flexible display unit;
receive, for the wireless device, a request for channel information corresponding to the physical configuration for the wireless device; and
transmit, for the wireless device, the channel information in response to the request.
47. The apparatus of claim 46 , wherein the one or more processors configured to cause the network entity to transmit the channel information are further configured to cause the network entity to:
transmit, to the wireless device, a plurality of contiguous channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources, wherein the plurality of contiguous CSI-RS resources are determined based at least in part on the indication of the physical configuration for the wireless device; and
transmit the plurality of contiguous CSI-RS resources on a beam that is specific to the physical configuration to the wireless device.
48. The apparatus of claim 46 , wherein the indication of the physical configuration comprises an explicit or an implicit indication of the physical configuration relative to past physical configurations of the wireless device.
49. The apparatus of claim 46 , wherein the indication of the physical configuration comprises a quantized indication with a finite size.
50. The apparatus of claim 46 , wherein the indication of the physical configuration comprises information for a plurality of applications at a firmware layer, hardware layer, software layer, application layer, or a combination thereof for the wireless device.
51. The apparatus of claim 46 , wherein the physical configuration comprises a plurality of antenna elements that forms an antenna array pattern that corresponds to the physical configuration.