IP Library Granted Patent US 11,601,169
Granted Patent B2
US 11,601,169 · App. 17/011,914 · Granted Mar 7, 2023

Method and apparatus for port selection in wireless communication systems

Inventors: Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX); Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04B7/0482H04B7/0626H04B7/0634H04B7/0639H04W80/08
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Patent No.
US 11,601,169
App. No.
17/011,914
Granted
Mar 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for operating a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving configuration information for a CSI report. The configuration information includes information to: configure a codebook and parameters for the codebook, the codebook comprising a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) indicating a set of components S to represent N 3 precoding matrices, where N 3 ≥1; and partition the PMI into two subsets, a first PMI subset indicating a first subset of components S1 from the set of components S, and a second PMI subset indicating a second subset of components S2 from the set of components S different from the first subset of components S1. The method further comprises determining the CSI report based on the configuration information, the CSI report including the second PMI subset indicating the second subset of components S2, and transmitting the determined CSI report over an uplink (UL) channel.

Claims (69)

1. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive, from a base station, configuration information to report channel state information (CSI), the configuration information including information regarding a number of M frequency domain (FD) basis vectors to be selected and information regarding a total number of N FD basis vectors; and

a processor operably coupled to the transceiver, the processor configured to identify, based on the number of M FD basis vectors to be selected and the total number of N FD basis vectors, whether to report a first codebook index indicating the M FD basis vectors;

wherein the transceiver is further configured to, in case that it is identified to not report the first codebook index, transmit, to the base station, a CSI report not including a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) value corresponding to the first codebook index.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the configuration information to report CSI further includes information regarding a parameter used to select L spatial domain (SD) ports and information regarding a number of CSI-reference signal (RS) ports (P CSI-RS ),

the processor is further configured to:

select, based on the parameter used to select L SD ports and the number of CSI-RS ports, L SD ports from among P CSI-RS /2 CSI-RS ports;

identify, a second codebook index indicating L SD port selection vectors each corresponding to the selected L SD ports; and

the transceiver is further configured to transmit, to the base station, the CSI report including a PMI value corresponding to the second codebook index.

3. The UE of claim 2 , wherein:

each of the L SD port selection vectors includes P CSI-RS /2 elements, and

one element from among the P CSI-RS /2 elements has value of 1 and remaining elements from among the P CSI-RS /2 elements have value of 0.

4. The UE of claim 2 , wherein the PMI value corresponding to the second codebook index has one of the values from 0 to

(

P

CSI

-

RS

2

L

)

-

1.

5. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the CSI report further includes:

a PMI value corresponding to a third codebook index, the third codebook index indicating a strongest coefficient;

a PMI value corresponding to a fourth codebook index, the fourth codebook index indicating a bitmap of at least one non-zero coefficient;

a PMI value corresponding to a fifth codebook index, the fifth codebook index indicating amplitude of the at least one non-zero coefficient; and

a PMI value corresponding to a sixth codebook index, the sixth codebook index indicating phase of the at least one non-zero coefficient.

6. A base station (BS) comprising:

a processor; and

a transceiver operably coupled to the transceiver, the transceiver configured to:

transmit, to a user equipment (UE), configuration information to report channel state information (CSI), the configuration information including information regarding a number of M frequency domain (FD) basis vectors to be selected and information regarding a total number of N FD basis vectors; and

in case that it is identified to not report a first codebook index indicating the M FD basis vectors by the UE, receive, from the UE, a CSI report not including a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) value corresponding to the first codebook index.

7. The BS of claim 6 , wherein:

the configuration information to report CSI further includes information regarding a parameter used to select L spatial domain (SD) ports and information regarding a number of CSI-reference signal(RS) ports (P CSI-RS ), and

the transceiver is further configured to receive, from the UE, the CSI report including a PMI value corresponding to a second codebook index, the second codebook index indicating L SD port selection vectors each corresponding to selected L SD ports.

8. The BS of claim 6 , wherein the CSI report further includes:

a PMI value corresponding to a third codebook index, the third codebook index indicating a strongest coefficient;

a PMI value corresponding to a fourth codebook index, the fourth codebook index indicating a bitmap of at least one non-zero coefficient;

a PMI value corresponding to a fifth codebook index, the fifth codebook index indicating amplitude of the at least one non-zero coefficient; and

a PMI value corresponding to a sixth codebook index, the sixth codebook index indicating phase of the at least one non-zero coefficient.

9. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station, configuration information to report channel state information (CSI), the configuration information including information regarding a number of M frequency domain (FD) basis vectors to be selected and information regarding a total number of N FD basis vectors;

identifying, based on the number of M FD basis vectors to be selected and the total number of N FD basis vectors, whether to report a first codebook index indicating the M FD basis vectors; and

in case that it is identified to not report the first codebook index, transmitting, to the base station, a CSI report not including a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) value corresponding to the first codebook index.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the configuration information to report CSI further includes information regarding a parameter used to select L spatial domain (SD) ports and information regarding a number of CSI-reference signal (RS) ports (P CSI-RS ),

wherein the method further comprises:

selecting, based on the parameter used to select L SD ports and the number of CSI-RS ports, L SD ports from among P CSI-RS /2 CSI-RS ports;

identifying, a second codebook index indicating L SD port selection vectors each corresponding to the selected L SD ports; and

transmitting, to the base station, the CSI report including a PMI value corresponding to the second codebook index.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein:

each of the L SD port selection vectors includes P CSI-RS /2 elements, and

one element from among the P CSI-RS /2 elements has value of 1 and remaining elements from among the P CSI-RS /2 elements have value of 0.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the PMI value corresponding to the second codebook index has one of the values from 0 to

(

P

CSI

-

RS

2

L

)

-

1.

13. The method of claim 9 wherein the CSI report further includes:

a PMI value corresponding to a third codebook index, the third codebook index indicating a strongest coefficient;

a PMI value corresponding to a fourth codebook index, the fourth codebook index indicating a bitmap of at least one non-zero coefficient;

a PMI value corresponding to a fifth codebook index, the fifth codebook index indicating amplitude of the at least one non-zero coefficient; and

a PMI value corresponding to a sixth codebook index, the sixth codebook index indicating phase of the at least one non-zero coefficient.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2020
From: RAHMAN, MD. SAIFUR; ONGGOSANUSI, EKO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Continuity (3)
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