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US 12,231,367 · App. 18/487,446 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Method and apparatus for diversity-based data transmission in mobile communication system

Inventors: Youngwoo Kwak (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Hoondong Noh (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Cheolkyu Shin (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Taehan Bae (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Seunghoon Choi (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Taehyoung Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Sungjin Park (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jeongho Yeo (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
H04L5/0051H04B7/0417H04W72/23H04B7/0626
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Patent No.
US 12,231,367
App. No.
18/487,446
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and apparatuses in a communication system is provided. One or more configurations associated with an aperiodic channel state information (CSI) report are received from a base station via higher layer signaling. Downlink control information (DCI) including a CSI request field indicating a configuration among the one or more configurations is received from the base station. The aperiodic CSI report is transmitted to the base station based on the configuration. In case that a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) is used to map the configuration to a value of the CSI request field based on a number of the one or more configurations and a size of the CSI request field, the CSI request field indicates the configuration from at least one configuration selected via the MAC CE.

Claims (52)

1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station via higher layer signaling, one or more configurations associated with an aperiodic channel state information (CSI) report;

receiving, from the base station, downlink control information (DCI) including a CSI request field indicating a configuration among the one or more configurations; and

transmitting, to the base station, the aperiodic CSI report based on the configuration,

wherein, in case that a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) is used to map the configuration to a value of the CSI request field, the CSI request field indicates the configuration from at least one configuration selected via the MAC CE, and

wherein a number of the one or more configurations and a size of the CSI request field are considered to determine whether the MAC CE is used to map the configuration to the value of the CSI request field.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the CSI request field directly indicates the configuration from the one or more configurations, based on the number of the one or more configurations and the size of the CSI request field.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the CSI request field with all bits 0 indicates that no CSI report is requested.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration is associated with an CSI-reference signal (CSI-RS) resource for the aperiodic CSI report.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein:

the configuration includes an offset for the CSI-RS resource for the aperiodic CSI report, and

an aperiodic CSI-RS is received on the CSI-RS resource based on the offset.

6. A method performed by a base station in a communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE) via higher layer signaling, one or more configurations associated with an aperiodic channel state information (CSI) report;

transmitting, to the UE, downlink control information (DCI) including a CSI request field indicating a configuration among the one or more configurations; and

receiving, from the UE, the aperiodic CSI report based on the configuration,

wherein, in case that a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) is used to map the configuration to a value of the CSI request field, the CSI request field indicates the configuration from at least one configuration selected via the MAC CE, and

wherein a number of the one or more configurations and a size of the CSI request field are considered to determine whether the MAC CE is used to map the configuration to the value of the CSI request field.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the CSI request field directly indicates the configuration from the one or more configurations, based on the number of the one or more configurations and the size of the CSI request field.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the CSI request field with all bits 0 indicates that no CSI report is requested.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the configuration is associated with an CSI-reference signal (CSI-RS) resource for the aperiodic CSI report.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein:

the configuration includes an offset for the CSI-RS resource for the aperiodic CSI report, and

an aperiodic CSI-RS is transmitted on the CSI-RS resource based on the offset.

11. A user equipment (UE) in a communication system, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller configured to:

receive, from a base station via higher layer signaling, one or more configurations associated with an aperiodic channel state information (CSI) report,

receive, from the base station, downlink control information (DCI) including a CSI request field indicating a configuration among the one or more configurations, and

transmit, to the base station, the aperiodic CSI report based on the configuration,

wherein, in case that a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) is used to map the configuration to a value of the CSI request field, the CSI request field indicates the configuration from at least one configuration selected via the MAC CE, and

wherein a number of the one or more configurations and a size of the CSI request field are considered to determine whether the MAC CE is used to map the configuration to the value of the CSI request field.

12. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the CSI request field directly indicates the configuration from the one or more configurations, based on the number of the one or more configurations and the size of the CSI request field.

13. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the CSI request field with all bits 0 indicates that no CSI report is requested.

14. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the configuration is associated with an CSI-reference signal (CSI-RS) resource for the aperiodic CSI report.

15. The UE of claim 14 , wherein:

the configuration includes an offset for the CSI-RS resource for the aperiodic CSI report, and

an aperiodic CSI-RS is received on the CSI-RS resource based on the offset.

16. A base station in a communication system, the base station comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller configured to:

transmit, to a user equipment (UE) via higher layer signaling, one or more configurations associated with an aperiodic channel state information (CSI) report,

transmit, to the UE, downlink control information (DCI) including a CSI request field indicating a configuration among the one or more configurations, and

receive, from the UE, the aperiodic CSI report based on the configuration,

wherein, in case that a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) is used to map the configuration to a value of the CSI request field, the CSI request field indicates the configuration from at least one configuration selected via the MAC CE, and

wherein a number of the one or more configurations and a size of the CSI request field are considered to determine whether the MAC CE is used to map the configuration to the value of the CSI request field.

17. The base station of claim 16 , wherein the CSI request field directly indicates the configuration from the one or more configurations, based on the number of the one or more configurations and the size of the CSI request field.

18. The base station of claim 16 , wherein the CSI request field with all bits 0 indicates that no CSI report is requested.

19. The base station of claim 16 , wherein the configuration is associated with an CSI-reference signal (CSI-RS) resource for the aperiodic CSI report.

20. The base station of claim 19 , wherein:

the configuration includes an offset for the CSI-RS resource for the aperiodic CSI report, and

an aperiodic CSI-RS is transmitted on the CSI-RS resource based on the offset.

Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2017-0043247 · Apr 3, 2017 · national
KR 10-2017-0093806 · Jul 24, 2017 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17510987 · Oct 26, 2021
Continuation 16500214
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