Granted Patent B2

US 12,368,485 · App. 18/401,173 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Inventors: Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX); Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX)

Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

H04B7/0626H04J1/16H04L5/0048H04W24/08

Abstract

Claims (59)

1. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive information about a measurement region that is associated with P ports, where P ≥1; and

a processor operably coupled to the transceiver, the processor, based on the information, configured to:

identity the measurement region,

measure the P ports associated with the measurement region, and

determine a channel state information (CSI) report based on the measurement;

wherein the transceiver is further configured to transmit the CSI report,

wherein the information about the measurement region includes at least two of (i) a set of physical resource blocks (PRBs), (ii) a set of time slots, and (iii) a set of CSI-reference signal (RS) resources, and

wherein:

P×O f =Q, where Q is a number of precoding dimensions,

O f =a number of precoding dimensions per port associated with the CSI report, and

O f is fixed, configured, or reported by the UE via UE capability reporting.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the P ports are measured (i) within each PRB of the set of PRBs and (ii) across the set of time slots.

3. The UE of claim 2 , wherein the set of time slots corresponds to one of:

a multi-shot transmission of a single CSI-RS resource in the set of time slots with a separation between two consecutive time slots configured to the UE, and

a one-shot transmission of multiple CSI-RS resources that are separated in time and included in the set of CSI-RS resources.

4. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the P ports are measured within a frequency domain (FD) unit and across the set of time slots, where the FD unit comprises multiple PRBs from the set of PRBs.

5. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the P ports are measured within a frequency domain (FD) unit and across the set of CSI-RS resources.

6. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the P ports are measured across the set of time slots and the set of CSI-RS resources, where the set of CSI-RS resources are measured within each PRB of the set of PRBs.

7. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the P ports are measured across the set of PRBs, the set of time slots, and the set of CSI-RS resources, where the set of CSI-RS resources are measured within each PRB of the set of PRBs.

8. The UE of claim 1 , wherein:

the measurement region is associated with a port density d, where a value of the port density is configured such that Q precoding dimensions are conveyed based on the P ports and where P≠Q,

the port density d is one of a set of values, and

the set of values is reported by the UE as a UE capability reporting.

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

receiving information about a measurement region that is associated with P ports, where P≥10;

based on the information,

identifying the measurement region,

measuring the P ports associated with the measurement region, and

determining a channel state information (CSI) report based on the measurement; and

transmitting the CSI report,

wherein the information about the measurement region includes at least two of (i) a set of physical resource blocks (PRBs), (ii) a set of time slots, and (iii) a set of CSI-reference signal (RS) resources, and

wherein:

P×O f =Q, where Q is a number of precoding dimensions,

O f =a number of precoding dimensions per port associated with the CSI report, and

O f is fixed, configured, or reported by the UE via UE capability reporting.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the P ports are measured (i) within each PRB of the set of PRBs and (ii) across the set of time slots.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the set of time slots corresponds to one of:

a multi-shot transmission of a single CSI-RS resource in the set of time slots with a separation between two consecutive time slots configured to the UE, and

a one-shot transmission of multiple CSI-RS resources that are separated in time and included in the set of CSI-RS resources.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the P ports are measured within a frequency domain (FD) unit and across the set of time slots, where the FD unit comprises multiple PRBs from the set of PRBs.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the P ports are measured within a frequency domain (FD) unit and across the set of CSI-RS resources.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the P ports are measured across the set of time slots and the set of CSI-RS resources, where the set of CSI-RS resources are measured within each PRB of the set of PRBs.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the P ports are measured across the set of PRBs, the set of time slots, and the set of CSI-RS resources, where the set of CSI-RS resources are measured within each PRB of the set of PRBs.

16. A base station (BS) comprising:

a processor; and

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

transmit information about a measurement region that is associated with P ports, where P≥17; and

receive a channel state information (CSI) report that is based on the P ports associated with the measurement region,

wherein the information about the measurement region includes at least two of (i) a set of physical resource blocks (PRBs), (ii) a set of time slots, and (iii) a set of CSI-reference signal (RS) resources, and

wherein:

P×O f =Q, where Q is a number of precoding dimensions,

O f =a number of precoding dimensions per port associated with the CSI report, and

O f is fixed, configured, or reported by a user equipment (UE) via UE capability reporting.

17. The BS of claim 16 , wherein the P ports are measured (i) within each PRB of the set of PRBs and (ii) across the set of time slots.

18. The BS of claim 17 , wherein the set of time slots corresponds to one of:

a multi-shot transmission of a single CSI-RS resource in the set of time slots with a separation between two consecutive time slots configured to the UE, and

a one-shot transmission of multiple CSI-RS resources that are separated in time and included in the set of CSI-RS resources.

19. The BS of claim 16 , wherein the P ports are measured within a frequency domain (FD) unit and across the set of time slots, where the FD unit comprises multiple PRBs from the set of PRBs.

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