IP Library Granted Patent US 12,355,534
Granted Patent B2
US 12,355,534 · App. 18/234,405 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Apparatus and method

Inventor: Hiroaki Takano (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
H04B7/0632H04B7/0417H04B7/0478H04B7/0617H04B17/21H04B17/24H04B17/309H04B17/318H04B17/345H04L1/0026H04L25/0202H04W16/28H04W24/08
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Patent No.
US 12,355,534
App. No.
18/234,405
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

[Object] To provide a mechanism capable of more appropriately ascertaining an interference condition of a data signal. [Solution] An apparatus includes: a processing unit that feeds back a channel quality indicator (CQI) of a serving base station, which is calculated on a basis of results of measuring reference signals received from the serving base station and a neighbor base station and information related to a power difference between the reference signal and a data signal of the neighbor base station, to the serving base station.

Claims (27)

1. An apparatus comprising:

processing circuitry configured to

acquire scheduling information from another apparatus;

measure a first reference signal non-zero-power (NZP) CSI-RS received from the serving base stations for channel measurement;

measure a second reference signal CSI-RS received for interference measurement;

derive a channel quality indicator (CQI) based on a ratio of PDSCH energy per resource element (EPRE) to CSI-RS EPRE; and

feed back channel status information including the CQI, wherein the CQI is reported for each sub-band.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the CQI is reported for each sub-band when a certain condition is satisfied.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the certain condition is concerning a signal.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the signal is a data signal.

5. An apparatus comprising:

processing circuitry configured to

provide scheduling information to another apparatus;

derive a channel quality indicator (CQI) based on a ratio of PDSCH energy per resource element (EPRE) to CSI-RS EPRE; and

receive feed back channel status information including the CQI, wherein the CQI is reported for each sub-band.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the CQI is reported for each sub-band when a certain condition is satisfied.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the certain condition concerns a signal.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the signal is a data signal.

9. A method comprising:

acquiring scheduling information from another apparatus;

measuring a first reference signal non-zero-power (NZP) CSI-RS received from the serving base stations for channel measurement;

measuring a second reference signal CSI-RS received for interference measurement;

deriving a channel quality indicator (CQI) based on a ratio of PDSCH energy per resource element (EPRE) to CSI-RS EPRE for each resource; and

feeding back channel status information including the CQI, wherein the CQI is reported for each sub-band.

10. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising reporting the CQI for each sub-band when a certain condition is satisfied.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the certain condition concerns a signal.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the signal is a data signal.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 16, 2023
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064616/0077 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-217673 · Nov 5, 2015 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16936453 · Jul 23, 2020
Continuation 15755579
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