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US 12,213,159 · App. 17/308,720 · Granted Jan 28, 2025

Techniques for measurement of signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR)

Inventors: Yan Zhou (San Diego, CA); Kiran Venugopal (Raritan, NJ); Tao Luo (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W72/51H04L5/0048H04W24/08H04W56/001
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Patent No.
US 12,213,159
App. No.
17/308,720
Granted
Jan 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for configuration of resources to determine signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR). A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes transmitting, to a base station (BS), an indication that the UE is configured with at least one capability to support a combination of a channel measurement resource (CMR) and at least one interference measurement resource (IMR), if group based beam reporting is configured, receiving a reference signal (RS) resource setting for the CMR to perform channel measurement based, at least in part, on the capability of the UE, receiving at least one RS resource setting for the at least one IMR to perform interference measurement based, at least in part, on the capability of the UE, determining at least one signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) parameter based on results of performing the channel measurement and the interference measurement, and transmitting the SINR parameter to the BS.

Claims (50)

1. A method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

transmitting, to a base station (BS), an indication that the UE is configured with at least one capability to support a combination of a channel measurement resource (CMR) and at least one interference measurement resource (IMR), when group based beam reporting is configured, wherein the indication indicates that the UE is configured with the at least one capability to support the combination of the CMR and the at least one IMR based on whether the group based beam reporting is enabled or disabled, wherein the indication that the UE is configured with the at least one capability comprises an indication that the UE supports at least:

a non-zero power (NZP) channel state information (CSI) reference signal (RS) being configured for the CMR, and a zero power (ZP) CSI-RS or a NZP CSI-RS being configured for the at least one IMR;

receiving an RS resource setting for the CMR to perform channel measurement based, at least in part, on the capability of the UE;

receiving at least one RS resource setting for the at least one IMR to perform interference measurement based, at least in part, on the capability of the UE;

determining at least one signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) parameter based on results of performing the channel measurement and the interference measurement; and

transmitting the SINR parameter to the BS.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indication that the UE is configured with the at least one capability further comprises an indication that the UE supports a synchronization signal block (SSB) being configured for the CMR, and the ZP CSI-RS and the NZP CSI-RS being configured for the at least one IMR.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indication that the UE is configured with the at least one capability further comprises an indication that the UE supports the NZP CSI-RS being configured for the CMR and the at least one IMR.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indication that the UE is configured with the at least one capability further comprises an indication that the UE supports a first NZP CSI-RS resource setting for the CMR and a second NZP CSI-RS resource setting for the at least one IMR.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indication that the UE is configured with the at least one capability further comprises an indication that the UE supports a synchronization signal block (SSB) being configured for the CMR and the NZP CSI-RS being configured for the at least one IMR.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indication that the UE is configured with the at least one capability further comprises an indication that the UE supports a synchronization signal block (SSB) being configured for the CMR and the ZP CSI-RS being configured for the at least one IMR.

7. A method for wireless communication by a base station (BS), comprising:

receiving an indication that a user equipment (UE) is configured with at least one capability to support a combination of a channel measurement resource (CMR) and at least one interference measurement resource (IMR), when group based beam reporting is configured at the UE, wherein the indication indicates that the UE is configured with the at least one capability to support the combination of the CMR and the at least one IMR based on whether the group based beam reporting is enabled or disabled, wherein the indication that the UE is configured with the at least one capability comprises an indication that the UE supports at least:

a non-zero power (NZP) channel state information (CSI) reference signal (RS) being configured for the CMR, and a zero power (ZP) CSI-RS or a NZP CSI-RS being configured for the at least one IMR;

transmitting, based, at least in part, on the capability of the UE, an RS resource setting for the CMR for the UE to perform channel measurement;

transmitting, based, at least in part, on the capability of the UE, at least one RS resource setting for the at least one IMR for the UE to perform interference measurement; and

receiving at least one signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) parameter determined based on results of the UE performing the channel measurement and the interference measurement.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the indication that the UE is configured with the at least one capability further comprises an indication that the UE supports a synchronization signal block (SSB) being configured for the CMR, and the ZP CSI-RS and the NZP CSI-RS being configured for the at least one IMR.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the indication that the UE is configured with the at least one capability further comprises an indication that the UE supports the NZP CSI-RS being configured for the CMR and the at least one IMR.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the indication that the UE is configured with the at least one capability further comprises an indication that the UE supports a first NZP CSI-RS resource setting for the CMR and a second NZP CSI-RS resource setting for the at least one IMR.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the indication that the UE is configured with the at least one capability further comprises an indication that the UE supports a synchronization signal block (SSB) being configured for the CMR and the NZP CSI-RS being configured for the at least one IMR.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the indication that the UE is configured with the at least one capability further comprises an indication that the UE supports a synchronization signal block (SSB) being configured for the CMR and the ZP CSI-RS being configured for the at least one IMR.

13. An apparatus for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors coupled to the memory, the memory and the one or more processors being configured to:

transmit, to a base station (BS), an indication that the UE is configured with at least one capability to support a combination of a channel measurement resource (CMR) and at least one interference measurement resource (IMR), when group based beam reporting is configured, wherein the indication indicates that the UE is configured with the at least one capability to support the combination of the CMR and the at least one IMR based on whether the group based beam reporting is enabled or disabled, wherein the indication that the UE is configured with the at least one capability comprises an indication that the UE supports at least:

a non-zero power (NZP) channel state information (CSI) reference signal (RS) being configured for the CMR, and a zero power (ZP) CSI-RS or a NZP CSI-RS being configured for the at least one IMR;

receive an RS resource setting for the CMR to perform channel measurement based, at least in part, on the capability of the UE;

receive at least one RS resource setting for the at least one IMR to perform interference measurement based, at least in part, on the capability of the UE;

determine at least one signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) parameter based on results of performing the channel measurement and the interference measurement; and

transmit the SINR parameter to the BS.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the indication that the UE is configured with the at least one capability further comprises an indication that the UE supports a synchronization signal block (SSB) being configured for the CMR, and the ZP CSI-RS and the NZP CSI-RS being configured for the at least one IMR.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the indication that the UE is configured with the at least one capability further comprises an indication that the UE supports at least one NZP CSI-RS being configured for the CMR and the at least one IMR.

16. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the indication that the UE is configured with the at least one capability further comprises an indication that the UE supports a first NZP CSI-RS resource setting for the CMR and a second NZP CSI-RS resource setting for the at least one IMR.

17. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the indication that the UE is configured with the at least one capability further comprises an indication that the UE supports a synchronization signal block (SSB) being configured for the CMR and the NZP CSI-RS being configured for the at least one IMR.

18. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the indication that the UE is configured with the at least one capability further comprises an indication that the UE supports a synchronization signal block (SSB) being configured for the CMR and the ZP CSI-RS being configured for the at least one IMR.

19. An apparatus for wireless communication by a base station (BS), comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors coupled to the memory, the memory and the one or more processors being configured to:

receive, an indication that a user equipment (UE) is configured with at least one capability to support a combination of a channel measurement resource (CMR) and at least one interference measurement resource (IMR), when group based beam reporting is configured at the UE, wherein the indication indicates that the UE is configured with the at least one capability to support the combination of the CMR and the at least one IMR based on whether the group based beam reporting is enabled or disabled, wherein the indication that the UE is configured with the at least one capability comprises an indication that the UE supports at least:

a non-zero power (NZP) channel state information (CSI) reference signal (RS) being configured for the CMR, a zero power (ZP) CSI-RS or a NZP CSI-RS being configured for the at least one IMR;

transmit, based, at least in part, on the capability of the UE, an RS resource setting for the CMR for the UE to perform channel measurement;

transmit, based, at least in part, on the capability of the UE, at least one RS resource setting for the at least one IMR for the UE to perform interference measurement; and

receive at least one signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) parameter determined based on results of the UE performing the channel measurement and the interference measurement.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the indication that the UE is configured with the at least one capability further comprises an indication that the UE supports a synchronization signal block (SSB) being configured for the CMR, and the ZP CSI-RS and the NZP CSI-RS being configured for the at least one IMR.

21. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the indication that the UE is configured with the at least one capability further comprises an indication that the UE supports at least one NZP CSI-RS being configured for the CMR and the at least one IMR.

22. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the indication that the UE is configured with the at least one capability further comprises an indication that the UE supports a first NZP CSI-RS resource setting for the CMR and a second NZP CSI-RS resource setting for the at least one IMR.

23. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the indication that the UE is configured with the at least one capability further comprises an indication that the UE supports a synchronization signal block (SSB) being configured for the CMR and the NZP CSI-RS being configured for the at least one IMR.

24. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the indication that the UE is configured with the at least one capability further comprises an indication that the UE supports a synchronization signal block (SSB) being configured for the CMR and the ZP CSI-RS being configured for the at least one IMR.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 17, 2021
From: ZHOU, YAN; VENUGOPAL, KIRAN; LUO, TAO
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63021652 · May 7, 2020
Related Publication 20210352651A1 · Nov 11, 2021
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