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US 12,567,891 · App. 18/257,939 · Granted Mar 3, 2026

Methods for reducing overhead of NR type II channel state information feedback using angle and delay reciprocity

Inventors: Xinlin Zhang (Västra Frölunda, SE); Siva Muruganathan (Stittsville, CA); Mattias Frenne (Uppsala, SE); Fredrik Athley (Västra Frölunda, SE); Shiwei Gao (Nepean, CA)
Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
H04B7/0481H04B7/0626H04B7/10
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Patent No.
US 12,567,891
App. No.
18/257,939
Granted
Mar 3, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method, network node and wireless device for reducing overhead of New Radio (NR) Type II channel state information (CSI) feedback using angle and delay reciprocity are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method in a wireless device (WD) includes receiving a configuration of CSI report setting that indicates frequency domain basis vectors from a discrete Fourier transform, CSI reference signal (RS) ports and a subset of pairs of spatial domain and frequency domain vectors for the N CSI-RS CSI-RS ports. The method also includes determining linear combination coefficients corresponding to the selected frequency domain basis vectors and the selected subset of CSI-RS ports, determining linear combination coefficients corresponding to the selected frequency domain basis vectors and the selected subset of pairs of vectors in the spatial domain and the frequency domain.

Claims (170)

1 . A network node configured to communicate with a wireless device (WD), the network node comprising:

processing circuitry configured to configure the WD with a channel state information (CSI) report setting, the CSI report setting including at least one of:

a CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) resource with N CSI-RS CSI-RS ports for channel measurement, each of the N CSI-RS ports being associated with a pair of spatial domain (SD) and frequency domain (FD) vectors;

a first subset of length N3 frequency domain, FD, FD basis vectors of a discrete Fourier transform, the first subset comprising N basis vectors, one of which is a direct current (DC) basis vector containing all ones, where 1<=N<=N3; and

a number M of FD basis vectors of a second subset of M FD basis vectors, the second subset being determined by the WD from the first subset of FD basis vectors, one of the M FD basis vectors being the DC basis vector, where M<=N; and

a radio interface in communication with the processing circuitry and configured to:

transmit a CSI-RS to the WD;

request the WD to feedback a CSI based on a CSI-RS and according to the CSI report setting;

receive from the WD a CSI report comprising:

an indication of a number of transmission layers;

an indication of a selection by the WD of a subset of the N CSI-RS CSI-RS ports;

an indication of a selection by the WD of M FD basis vectors out of the N FD basis vectors;

an indication of a set of linear combination coefficients associated with the selected subset of the CSI-RS ports and the selected M frequency domain basis vectors per transmission layer; and

an indication of a total number of non-zero linear combination coefficients associated with all the M frequency domain basis vectors; and

the reporting being associated with N p,sel /2 pairs of vectors that are common to two polarizations out of a total of N p N CSI-RS /2 pairs of vectors using at most

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 wherein N p,sel is a total number of ports to be selected for both polarizations, and N p =1.

2 . The network node of claim 1 , wherein the radio interface is further configured to receive a non-zero coefficient (NZC) bitmap, for each transmission layer, wherein each bit in the bitmap is associated with one of the selected CSI-RS ports and one of the M FD basis vectors.

3 . The network node of claim 1 , wherein the radio interface is configured to receive from the WD an indication of a selection by the WD of the M frequency domain basis vectors only when N is greater than one and M is less than N.

4 . A method in a network node configured to communicate with a wireless device (WD), the method comprising:

configuring the WD with a channel state information (CSI) report setting, the CSI report setting including at least one of:

a CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) resource with N CSI-RS CSI-RS ports for channel measurement, each of the N CSI-RS ports being associated with a pair of spatial domain (SD) and frequency domain (FD) vectors;

a first subset of length N3 (FD) basis vectors of a discrete Fourier transform, the first subset comprising N basis vectors, one of which is a direct current (DC) basis vector containing all ones, where 1<=N<=N3; and

a number M of FD basis vectors of a second subset of M FD basis vectors, the second subset being determined by the WD from the first subset of FD basis vectors, one of the M FD basis vectors being the DC basis vector, where M<=N;

transmitting a CSI-RS to the WD;

requesting the WD to feedback a CSI based on a CSI-RS and according to the CSI report setting;

receiving from the WD a CSI report comprising:

an indication of a number of transmission layers;

an indication of a selection by the WD of a subset of the N CSI-RS CSI-RS ports;

an indication of a selection by the WD of M FD basis vectors out of the N FD basis vectors;

an indication of a set of linear combination coefficients associated with the selected subset of the CSI-RS ports and the selected M frequency domain basis vectors per transmission layer; and

an indication of one of a total number of non-zero linear combination coefficients (NZC) per transmission layer associated with non-DC frequency domain basis vectors in the M frequency domain basis vectors, and an indication of a total number of non-zero linear combination coefficients associated with all the M frequency domain basis vectors; and

the reporting being associated with N p,sel /2 pairs of vectors that are common to two polarizations out of a total of N p N CSI-RS /2 pairs of vectors using at most

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 wherein N p,sel is a total number of ports to be selected for both polarizations, and N p =1.

5 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising receiving a non-zero coefficient NZC bitmap, for each transmission layer, wherein each bit in the bitmap is associated with one of the selected CSI-RS ports and one of the M FD basis vectors.

6 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising receiving from the WD an indication of a selection by the WD of the M frequency domain basis vectors only when N is greater than one and M is less than N.

7 . A wireless device (WD) configured to communicate with a network node, the WD comprising:

processing circuitry configured to:

receive a configuration of a channel state information (CSI) report setting, the CSI report setting including at least one of:

a CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) resource with N CSI-RS CSI-RS ports for channel measurement, each of the N CSI-RS ports being associated with a pair of spatial domain (SD) and frequency domain (FD) vectors;

a first subset of length N3 FD basis vectors of a discrete Fourier transform, the first subset including N basis vectors, one of which is a direct current (DC) basis vector containing all ones, where 1<=N<=N3; and

a number M of a second subset of M FD basis vectors, the second subset being determined by the WD from the first subset of FD basis vectors, one of the M FD basis vectors being the DC basis vector, where <=N; and

measure CSI based on the N CSI-RS CSI-RS ports and according to the CSI report setting, the measuring including at least one of:

selecting M FD basis vectors out of the N frequency domain basis vectors;

selecting a subset of CSI-RS ports out of the N CSI-RS CSI-RS ports; and

determining a set of linear combination coefficients corresponding to the selected M frequency domain basis vectors and the selected subset of CSI-RS ports;

a radio interface in communication with the processing circuitry and configured to transmit a CSI report message comprising:

an indication of the selected M frequency domain basis vectors;

an indication of the selected subset of CSI-RS ports;

an indication of the set of linear combination coefficients; and

an indication of a total number of non-zero linear combination coefficients associated with all the selected M FD basis vectors; and

the processing circuitry is further configured to choose N p,sel /2 pairs of vectors that are common to two polarizations out of a total of N p N CSI-RS /2 pairs of vectors using at most

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to report for each transmission layer, wherein N p,sel is a total number of ports to be selected for both polarizations, and N p =1.

8 . The WD of claim 7 , wherein, when N=1, the first subset of frequency domain basis vectors is a set containing only the DC frequency domain basis vector.

9 . The WD of claim 7 , wherein the radio interface is configured to transmit an indication of a selection of the selected M frequency domain basis vectors only when M≠N and M is greater than one.

10 . The WD of claim 7 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to select a second subset of frequency domain basis vectors for frequency domain channel compression.

11 . The WD of claim 7 , wherein the selected M frequency domain basis vectors is common for all transmission layers.

12 . A method in a wireless device (WD) configured to communicate with a network node, the method comprising:

receiving a configuration of a channel state information (CSI) report setting, the CSI report setting including at least one of:

a CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) resource with N CSI-RS CSI-RS ports for channel measurement, each of the N CSI-RS ports being associated with a pair of spatial domain (SD) and frequency domain (FD) vectors;

a first subset of length N3 FD basis vectors of a discrete Fourier transform, the first subset including N basis vectors, one of which is a direct current (DC) basis vector containing all ones, where 1<=N<=N3; and

a number M of a second subset of M FD basis vectors, the second subset being determined by the WD from the first subset of FD basis vectors, one of the M FD basis vectors being the DC basis vector, where <=N; and

measuring CSI based on the N CSI-RS CSI-RS ports and according to the CSI report setting, the measuring including at least one of:

selecting M FD basis vectors out of the N frequency domain basis vectors;

selecting a subset of CSI-RS ports out of the N CSI-RS CSI-RS ports; and

determining a set of linear combination coefficients corresponding to the selected M frequency domain basis vectors and the selected subset of CSI-RS ports;

transmitting a CSI report message comprising:

an indication of the selected M frequency domain basis vectors;

an indication of the selected subset of CSI-RS ports;

an indication of the set of linear combination coefficients; and

an indication of a total number of non-zero linear combination coefficients associated with all the selected M FD basis vectors; and

choosing N p,sel /2 pairs of vectors that are common to two polarizations out of a total of N p N CSI-RS /2 pairs of vectors using at most

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to report for each transmission layer, wherein N p,sel is a total number of ports to be selected for both polarizations, and N p =1.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein, when N=1, the first subset of frequency domain basis vectors is a set containing only the DC frequency domain basis vector.

14 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising transmitting an indication of a selection of the selected M frequency domain basis vectors only when M≠N and M is greater than one.

15 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising selecting a second subset of frequency domain basis vectors for frequency domain channel compression.

16 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the selected M frequency domain basis vectors is common for all transmission layers.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2023
From: ZHANG, XINLIN; MURUGANATHAN, SIVA; FRENNE, MATTIAS; ATHLEY, FREDRIK; GAO, SHIWEI
To: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
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Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 63131665 · Dec 29, 2020
Provisional Application 63131113 · Dec 28, 2020
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