Granted Patent B2

US 12,255,713 · App. 17/632,329 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Inventors: Chenxi Hao (Beijing, CN); Yu Zhang (San Diego, CA); Alexandros Manolakos (Escondido, CA); Joseph Binamira Soriaga (San Diego, CA); Wanshi Chen (San Diego, CA)

Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated

H04B7/0626H04L5/0051H04W24/08

Abstract

Claims (90)

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

receiving one or more channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS);

measuring the one or more CSI-RS;

generating compressed CSI feedback based on the measuring of the one or more CSI-RS, wherein the CSI feedback is compressed in a time domain (TD) using TD bases;

determining a mapping order for placing the compressed CSI feedback in one or more CSI reports; and

sending the one or more CSI reports providing the compressed CSI feedback including at least linear combination coefficients associated with the TD bases.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the compressed CSI feedback is further compressed in a spatial domain (SD) using SD bases, a frequency domain (FD) using subbands or FD bases, or both.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein determining the mapping order comprises determining the mapping order for placing the compressed CSI feedback in each of the one or more CSI reports in any order of the SD bases, the TD bases, layers, and the subbands or the FD bases.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein determining the mapping order for placing the compressed CSI feedback comprises determining an order for placing a bitmap indicating linear combination coefficients positions according to the any order of the SD bases, the TD bases, the layers, and the subbands or the FD bases, followed by quantized linear combination coefficients associated with the SD bases, the TD bases, the layers, and the subbands or the FD bases.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the mapping order comprises:

grouping the linear combination coefficients according to a configured rule; and

mapping the linear combination coefficients in order of group indices.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein:

the compressed CSI feedback is further compressed in a spatial domain (SD) using SD bases, a frequency domain (FD) using subbands or FD bases, or both; and

determining the mapping order for placing the compressed CSI feedback comprises determining the mapping order for placing, for each grouping of linear combination coefficients, a bitmap indicating coefficients positions according to any order of the SD bases, the TD bases, layers, and the subbands or the FD bases, followed by quantized linear combination coefficients associated with the SD bases, the TD bases, the layers, and the subbands or the FD bases.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing an indication of the mapping order of the TD bases.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining an allocated uplink resource is insufficient to carry the entire CSI report of at least one of the one or more CSI reports; and

omitting a portion of the compressed CSI feedback from at least one of the one or more CSI reports, wherein the portion of the compressed CSI feedback to omit is preconfigured, hardcoded, or fixed according a wireless standard.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein omitting the portion of the compressed CSI feedback comprises omitting the portion of the compressed CSI feedback block by block, for a plurality of blocks of the linear combination coefficients, following a priority order, until the allocated uplink resource is sufficient to carry the CSI report after the omission of the portion of the compressed CSI feedback.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the omission starts from the block of the linear combination coefficients with a lowest priority order of the plurality of blocks of linear combination coefficients, and wherein the priority order is based on the mapping order.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein:

the compressed CSI feedback is further compressed in a spatial domain (SD) using SD bases, a frequency domain (FD) using subbands or FD bases, or both; and

each block of the linear combination coefficients corresponds to the linear combination coefficients associated with a group index, one of the SD bases, one of the TD bases, a layer, one of the FD bases, or a subset of the subbands.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein each block of the linear combination coefficients further corresponds to a bitmap indicating positions of the linear combination coefficients according to any order of the SD bases, the TD bases, layers, and the FD bases or the subbands.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining an allocated uplink resource is insufficient to carry the entire CSI report of at least one of the one or more CSI reports;

calculating a portion of compressed CSI feedback to omit based on a total payload of the CSI feedback and maximum available payload size at the UE; and

omitting the portion of the compressed CSI feedback from at least one of the one or more CSI reports.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the omitting starts from a block of the linear combination coefficients with a lowest priority order of a plurality of blocks of the linear combination coefficients, and wherein the priority order is based on the mapping order.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein:

the compressed CSI feedback is further compressed in a spatial domain (SD) using SD bases, a frequency domain (FD) using subbands or FD bases, or both; and

each block of the linear combination coefficients corresponds to the linear combination coefficients associated with a group index, one of the SD bases, one of the TD bases, a layer, one of the FD bases, or a subset of the subbands.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more CSI-RS comprises a bundled plurality of CSI-RS transmitted at different times.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the compressed CSI feedback includes a Doppler frequency.

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

outputting one or more channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS) to a user equipment (UE);

obtaining one or more CSI reports from the UE, the one or more CSI reports providing time domain (TD) compressed CSI feedback including at least linear combination coefficients associated with TD bases used for the TD compression;

identifying the reported CSI following an order; and

reconstructing the CSI based on the identification.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the TD compressed CSI feedback is further spatial domain (SD) compressed using SD bases, frequency domain (FD) compressed using subbands or FD bases, or both.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the CSI feedback in each of the one or more CSI reports is mapped to the CSI report in any order of the SD bases, the TD bases, layers, the FD bases, and the subbands or the FD bases.

21. The method of claim 20 , wherein the one or more CSI reports comprise a bitmap indicating linear combination coefficients positions according to the any order of the SD bases, the TD bases, the layers, and the FD bases or the subbands, followed by quantized linear combination coefficients associated with the SD bases, the TD bases, the layers, and the FD bases or the subbands.

22. The method of claim 18 , wherein:

the linear combination coefficients are grouped into groups of linear combination coefficients according to a configured rule;

each group of linear combination coefficients is associated with a group index; and

the TD compressed CSI feedback in each of the one or more CSI reports is received in order of group indices.

23. The method of claim 22 , wherein:

the TD compressed CSI feedback is further spatial domain (SD) compressed using SD bases, frequency domain (FD) compressed using subbands or FD bases, or both; and

the TD compressed CSI feedback in each CSI report comprises, for each group, a bitmap indicating linear combination coefficients positions according to any order of the SD bases, the TD bases, layers, and the FD bases or the subbands, followed by quantized coefficients associated with the SD bases, the TD bases, the layers, and the FD bases or the subbands.

24. The method of claim 18 , further comprising obtaining an indication from the UE of an order of the TD bases.

25. The method of claim 18 , wherein:

the one or more CSI-RS comprises a bundled plurality of CSI-RS transmitted at different times; and

the TD compressed CSI feedback is based on the bundled plurality of CSI-RS.

26. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

determining the entire CSI payload size based on a first part of a CSI report of the one or more CSI reports; and

determining whether the UE omits at least a portion of the TD compressed CSI from a second part of the CSI feedback based on whether an allocated uplink resource is sufficient to carry the entire CSI report, wherein the portion of the TD compressed CSI feedback to omit is preconfigured, hardcoded, or fixed according a wireless standard.

27. The method of claim 26 , further comprising determining the portion of the TD compressed CSI feedback the UE omits block by block, for a plurality of blocks of the linear combination coefficients, following a priority order, until the allocated uplink resource is sufficient to carry the CSI report after the omission of the portion of the TD compressed CSI feedback.

28. The method of claim 27 , wherein the omission starts from the block of the linear combination coefficients with a lowest priority order of the plurality of blocks of the linear combination coefficients, and wherein the priority order corresponds to an order of a mapping of the plurality of blocks of the linear combination coefficients to the CSI reports.

29. The method of claim 27 , wherein:

the TD compressed CSI feedback is further spatial domain (SD) compressed using SD bases, frequency domain (FD) compressed using subbands or FD bases, or both; and

each block of the linear combination coefficients corresponds to the linear combination coefficients associated with a group index, one of the SD bases, one of the TD bases, a layer, one of the FD bases, or a set of the subbands.

30. The method of claim 29 , wherein each block of the linear combination coefficients further corresponds to a bitmap indicating the linear combination coefficients positions according to any order of the SD bases, the TD bases, layers, and the FD bases or the subbands.

31. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

determining whether the UE omits at least a portion of the TD compressed CSI feedback based on whether an allocated uplink resource is sufficient to carry the entire CSI report; and

determining the portion of the TD compressed CSI feedback is omitted starting from a block of the linear combination coefficients with a lowest priority order of a plurality of blocks of the linear combination coefficients, wherein the priority order corresponds to the order.

32. The method of claim 31 , wherein:

the TD compressed CSI feedback is further spatial domain (SD) compressed using SD bases, frequency domain (FD) compressed using subbands or FD bases, or both; and

each block of the linear combination coefficients corresponds to the linear combination coefficients associated with a group index, one of the SD bases, one of the TD bases, a layer, one of the FD bases, or a set of the subbands.

33. An apparatus for wireless communication, the apparatus comprising:

means for receiving one or more channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS);

means for measuring the one or more CSI-RS;

means for generating compressed CSI feedback based on the measuring of the one or more CSI-RS, wherein the CSI feedback is compressed in a time domain (TD) using TD bases;

means for determining a mapping order for placing the compressed CSI feedback in one or more CSI reports; and

means for sending the one or more CSI reports providing the compressed CSI feedback including at least linear combination coefficients associated with the TD bases.

34. An apparatus for wireless communication, the apparatus comprising:

memory comprising computer executable code; and

at least one processor coupled with the memory and configured to execute the computer executable code and cause the apparatus to:

receive one or more channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS);

measure the one or more CSI-RS;

generate compressed CSI feedback based on the measuring of the one or more CSI-RS, wherein the CSI feedback is compressed in a time domain (TD) using TD bases;

determine a mapping order for placing the compressed CSI feedback in one or more CSI reports; and

send the one or more CSI reports providing the compressed CSI feedback including at least linear combination coefficients associated with the TD bases.

35. An apparatus for wireless communication, the apparatus comprising:

memory comprising computer executable code; and

at least one processor coupled with the memory and configured to execute the computer executable code and cause the apparatus to:

output one or more channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS) for transmission to a user equipment (UE);

obtain one or more CSI reports from the UE, the one or more CSI reports providing time domain (TD) compressed CSI feedback including at least linear combination coefficients associated with TD bases used for the TD compression;

identify the reported CSI following an order; and

reconstruct the CSI based on the identification.

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