Granted Patent B2

US 12,549,235 · App. 18/334,835 · Granted Feb 10, 2026

Inventors: Wonjun Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Suhwook Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Seunghyun Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Juho Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Hyeondeok Jang (Gyeonggi-do, KR)

Assignee: Samsung Electronics., Ltd

H04B7/0626H04B7/0628H04B7/063H04L5/0051

Abstract

Claims (90)

1 . An operating method of a base station (BS) for reporting channel state information (CSI) in a wireless communication system, the operating method comprising:

receiving, from a user equipment (UE), information about capability of the UE;

receiving, from the UE, information about the CSI measured based on a first CSI-reference signal (RS);

determining, based on the information about the CSI, one autoencoder (AE) comprising an encoder that compresses at least one CSI data between the BS and the UE and a decoder that reconstructs the compressed at least one CSI data, from among a plurality of AEs, wherein the one AE is determined from among the plurality of AEs based on the information about the capability of the UE and a network environment identification (ID) included in the information about the CSI;

transmitting, to the UE, information indicating the encoder included in the determined AE;

transmitting a second CSI-RS to the UE;

receiving, from the UE, CSI data compressed based on CSI measured using the second CSI-RS and the indicated encoder; and

performing reconstruction based on the compressed CSI data and a decoder included in the determined AE,

wherein the network environment ID indicates one network environment label corresponding to the CSI from among a plurality of classified network environment labels, and

wherein the plurality of network environment labels are classified based on at least one of a deployment scenario, a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) level, obstruction state information on a line of sight/non-line of sight (LOS/NLOS) state, UE mobility information, UE position information, or indoor/outdoor state information.

2 . The operating method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, from the UE, information about capability of the UE,

wherein the information about the CSI comprises CSI data, and

wherein the one AE is determined from among the plurality of AEs based on the information about the capability of the UE and the CSI data included in the information about the CSI.

3 . The operating method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the UE, information about capability of the UE;

receiving, from the UE, a sounding reference signal (SRS); and

determining one AE from among the plurality of AEs based on the SRS and the information about the capability of the UE.

4 . The operating method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the UE, information about a plurality of encoders; and

receiving, from the UE, an encoder index identified based on the information about the plurality of encoders and information about capability of the UE,

wherein the one AE is determined from among the plurality of AEs based on the encoder index and the information about the CSI.

5 . The operating method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the UE, information about a plurality of encoders; and

receiving, from the UE, an encoder index identified based on the information about the plurality of encoders and information about capability of the UE,

wherein the one AE is determined from among the plurality of AEs based on the encoder index and a network environment identification (ID) included in the information about the CSI,

wherein the network environment ID indicates one network environment label corresponding to the CSI from among a plurality of classified network environment labels, and

wherein the plurality of network environment labels are classified based on at least one of a deployment scenario, a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) level, obstruction state information on a line of sight/non-line of sight (LOS/NLOS) state, UE mobility information, UE position information, or indoor/outdoor state information.

6 . The operating method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the UE, information about a plurality of encoders;

receiving, from the UE, an encoder index identified based on the information about the plurality of encoders and information about capability of the UE; and

receiving, from the UE, a sounding reference signal (SRS),

wherein the one AE is determined from among the plurality of AEs based on the encoder index and the SRS.

7 . An operating method of a user equipment (UE) for reporting channel state information (CSI) in a wireless communication system, the operating method comprising:

transmitting, to BS, information about capability of the UE;

identifying one network environment label corresponding to the CSI from among a plurality of classified network environment labels;

transmitting, to a base station (the BS), information about the CSI measured based on a first CSI-reference signal (RS), wherein the information about the CSI comprises a network environment identification (ID) indicating the identified one network environment label, and wherein the plurality of network environment labels are classified based on at least one of a deployment scenario, a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) level, obstruction state information on a line of sight/non-line of sight (LOS/NLOS) state, UE mobility information, UE position information, or indoor/outdoor state information;

receiving, from the BS, information indicating an encoder included in one autoencoder (AE) determined based on the information about the CSI from among a plurality of AEs; and

transmitting, to the BS, CSI compressed based on CSI measured using a second CSI-RS and the indicated encoder.

8 . The operating method of claim 7 , further comprising transmitting, to the BS, information about capability of the UE,

wherein the information about the CSI comprises CSI data, and

wherein the information indicating the encoder included in the one AE is further determined based on the information about the capability of the UE and the information about the CSI from among the plurality of AEs.

9 . The operating method of claim 7 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the BS, information about capability of the UE; and

transmitting, to the BS, a sounding reference signal (SRS).

10 . The operating method of claim 7 , further comprising:

receiving, from the BS, information about a plurality of encoders;

identifying an encoder index based on the information about the plurality of encoders and information about capability of the UE; and

transmitting, to the BS, the identified encoder index.

11 . The operating method of claim 7 , further comprising:

receiving, from the BS, information about a plurality of encoders;

identifying an encoder index based on the information about the plurality of encoders and information about capability of the UE;

transmitting, to the BS, the identified encoder index; and

identifying one network environment label corresponding to the CSI from among a plurality of classified network environment labels,

wherein the information about the CSI comprises a network environment ID indicating the identified one network environment label, and

wherein the plurality of network environment labels are classified based on at least one of a deployment scenario, a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) level, obstruction state information on a line of sight/non-line of sight LOS/NLOS) state, UE mobility information, UE position information, or indoor/outdoor state information.

12 . The operating method of claim 7 , further comprising:

receiving, from the BS, information about a plurality of encoders;

identifying an encoder index based on information about capability of the UE and the information about the plurality of encoders;

transmitting, to the BS, the identified encoder index; and

transmitting, to the BS, a sounding reference signal (SRS).

13 . A base station (BS) for reporting channel state information (CSI) in a wireless communication system, the BS comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

receive, from a user equipment (UE), information about capability of the UE;

receive, from the UE, information about the CSI measured based on a first CSI-reference signal (RS),

determine one AE comprising an encoder that compresses at least one CSI data between the BS and the UE and a decoder that reconstructs the compressed at least one CSI data from among a plurality of AEs based on the information about the CSI, wherein the one AE is determined from among the plurality of AEs based on the information about the capability of the UE and a network environment identification (ID) included in the information about the CSI,

transmit, to the UE, information indicating an encoder included in the determined AE,

transmit, to the UE, a second CSI-RS,

receive, from the UE, CSI compressed based on CSI measured using the second CSI-RS and the indicated encoder, and

perform reconstruction based on the compressed CSI and a decoder included in the determined AE,

wherein the network environment ID indicates one network environment label corresponding to the CSI from among a plurality of classified network environment labels, and

wherein the plurality of network environment labels are classified based on at least one of a deployment scenario, a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) level, obstruction state information on a line of sight/non-line of sight (LOS/NLOS) state, UE mobility information, UE position information, or indoor/outdoor state information.

14 . The BS of claim 13 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive, from the UE, information about capability of the UE, and

determine one AE from among the plurality of AEs based on the information about the capability of the UE and CSI data included in the information about the CSI.

15 . The BS of claim 13 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive, from the UE, information about capability of the UE,

receive, from the UE, a sounding reference signal (SRS), and

determine one AE from among the plurality of AEs based on the SRS and the information about the capability of the UE.

16 . The BS of claim 13 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

transmit, to the UE, information about a plurality of encoders,

receive, from the UE, an encoder index identified based on the information about the plurality of encoders and information about capability of the UE, and

determine one AE from among the plurality of AEs based on the encoder index and the information about the CSI.

17 . A user equipment (UE) for reporting channel state information (CSI) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

transmit, to a base station (BS), information about capability of the UE, identify one network environment label corresponding to the CSI from among a plurality of classified network environment labels;

transmit information about CSI measured based on a first CSI-reference signal, wherein the information about the CSI comprises a network environment identification (ID) indicating the identified one network environment label, and wherein the plurality of network environment labels are classified based on at least one of a deployment scenario, a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) level, obstruction state information on a line of sight/non-line of sight (LOS/NLOS) state, UE mobility information, UE position information, or indoor/outdoor state information,

receive, from a base station (BS), information indicating an encoder included in one autoencoder (AE) determined based on the information about the CSI from among a plurality of AEs, and

transmit, to the BS, CSI compressed based on CSI measured using a second CSI-RS and the indicated encoder.

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