IP Library Granted Patent US 10,873,439
Granted Patent B2
US 10,873,439 · App. 15/833,746 · Granted Dec 22, 2020

Method and apparatus for multiplexing channel state information

Inventors: Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX); Md Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX); Aris Papasakellariou (Houston, TX)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04L5/0057H04B7/0417H04B7/0486H04W72/0413H04W72/0446H04W72/06H04W72/085H04B7/0478H04B7/0626H04B7/0632
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Patent No.
US 10,873,439
App. No.
15/833,746
Granted
Dec 22, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for multiplexing channel state information (CSI). A user equipment (UE) includes a transceiver configured to receive configuration information for CSI reporting. The UE further includes a processor configured to decode the configuration information and calculate a CSI according to the configuration information. The transceiver is further configured to transmit the calculated CSI on an uplink (UL) channel. The CSI includes N segments and is transmitted in one slot, where N>1. A first of the N segments includes a rank indicator (RI) and at least one other CSI parameter. A base station (BS) includes a processor configured to generate configuration information for CSI reporting. The BS further includes a transceiver configured to transmit, to a UE, the configuration information via a downlink (DL) channel; and receive, from the UE, a CSI report calculated in accordance with the configuration information on an uplink UL channel.

Claims (48)

1. A user equipment (UE), comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive configuration information for channel state information (CSI) reporting; and

a processor operably connected to the transceiver, the processor configured to decode the configuration information and calculate a CSI according to the configuration information,

wherein the transceiver is further configured to transmit the calculated CSI on an uplink (UL) channel,

wherein the CSI includes N segments and is transmitted in one slot,

wherein N is two,

wherein a first of the two segments includes a rank indicator (RI) and a channel quality indicator (CQI) for a first codeword (CW),

wherein, in case that the RI reported in the first segment is greater than four, a second of the two segments contains a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) and CQI relating to a second CW,

wherein, in case that the RI reported in the first segment is equal to or less than four, the second of the two segments contains the PMI without the CQI relating to the second CW, and

wherein the first segment and the second segment are separately encoded.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the first segment further includes two indicators that correspond to a number of reported wideband amplitude coefficients for a first and a second layer, respectively.

3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the PMI includes PMI part 1 and PMI part 2.

4. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the PMI and the CQI relating to the second CW in the second segment are jointly encoded in case that the RI reported in the first segment is greater than four.

5. The UE of claim 1 , wherein a payload of the second segment is identified based on a value reported in the first segment.

6. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the RI and the CQI for the first CW in the first segment are jointly encoded.

7. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the calculated CSI is transmitted on a physical shared channel (PUSCH).

8. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the first segment further includes a CSI reference signal resource indicator (CRI).

9. A base station (BS), comprising:

a processor configured to generate configuration information for channel state information (CSI) reporting; and

a transceiver operably connected to the processor, the transceiver configured to:

transmit, to a user equipment (UE), the configuration information via a downlink (DL) channel, and

receive, from the UE a CSI calculated in accordance with the configuration information on an uplink (UL) channel,

wherein the CSI includes separately encoded N segments, and is received in one slot,

wherein N is two,

wherein a first of the two segments includes a rank indicator (RI), and a channel quality indicator (CQI) for a first codeword (CW), and

wherein, in case that the RI reported in the first segment is greater than four, a second of the two segments contains a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) and CQI relating to a second CW, and

wherein, in case that the RI reported in the first segment is equal to or less than four, the second of the two segments contains the PMI without the CQI relating to the second CW.

10. The BS of claim 9 , wherein the first segment further includes two indicators that correspond to a number of reported wideband amplitude coefficients for a first and a second layer, respectively.

11. The BS of claim 9 , wherein the PMI includes PMI part 1 and PMI part 2.

12. The BS of claim 9 , wherein the second segment includes jointly encoded the PMI and the CQI relating to the second CW in case that the RI reported in the first segment is greater than four.

13. The BS of claim 9 , wherein a payload of the second segment is identified based on a value reported in the first segment.

14. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the RI and the CQI for the first CW in the first segment are jointly encoded.

15. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the calculated CSI is transmitted on a physical shared channel (PUSCH).

16. A method for operating a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving and decoding configuration information for channel state information (CSI) reporting;

decoding the configuration information;

calculating a CSI according to the configuration information; and

transmitting the calculated CSI on an uplink (UL) channel,

wherein the CSI includes N segments and is transmitted in one slot,

wherein N is two,

wherein a first of the two segments includes a rank indicator (RI) and a channel quality indicator (CQI) for a first codeword (CW), and

wherein, in case that the RI reported in the first segment is greater than four, a second of the two segments contains a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) and CQI relating to a second CW,

wherein, in case that the RI reported in the first segment is equal to or less than four, the second of the two segments contains the PMI without the CQI relating to the second CW, and

wherein the first segment and the second segment are separately encoded.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the first segment further includes two indicators that correspond to a number of reported wideband amplitude coefficients for a first and a second layer, respectively.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein the second of the two segments includes CSI parameters associated with a precoding matrix indicator (PMI).

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the second segment further includes the CQI for a second CW when the RI reported in the first segment is greater than four.

20. The method of claim 16 , wherein the first segment further includes a CSI reference signal resource indicator (CRI).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 6, 2017
From: ONGGOSANUSI, EKO; RAHMAN, MD SAIFUR; PAPASAKELLARIOU, ARIS
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Continuity (9)
Provisional Application 62435536 · Dec 16, 2016
Provisional Application 62446145 · Jan 13, 2017
Provisional Application 62462431 · Feb 23, 2017
Provisional Application 62470633 · Mar 13, 2017
Provisional Application 62501492 · May 4, 2017
Provisional Application 62521848 · Jun 19, 2017
Provisional Application 62558078 · Sep 13, 2017
Provisional Application 62559287 · Sep 15, 2017
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