Correlation of multiple channel state information reports for multi-layer communication
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a UE may receive multiple CSI report configurations that include at least a first CSI report configuration and a second CSI report configuration that are associated with one or more CSI reference resources; determine a dependency between the first CSI report configuration and the second CSI report configuration; and calculate at least one of a first CSI for the first CSI report configuration or a second CSI for the second CSI report configuration based at least in part on an assumption of a joint transmission using the one or more CSI reference resources, wherein the assumption is based at least in part on the determination of the dependency. report at least one of the first CSI in a first CSI report or the second CSI in a second CSI report. Numerous other aspects are provided.
1. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving multiple channel state information (CSI) report configurations that include at least a first CSI report configuration and a second CSI report configuration that are associated with one or more CSI reference resources,
wherein the second CSI report configuration includes an indication that the first CSI report configuration is a reference CSI report configuration for the second CSI report configuration;
determining a dependency between the first CSI report configuration and the second CSI report configuration;
calculating at least one of a first CSI for the first CSI report configuration or a second CSI for the second CSI report configuration based at least in part on an assumption of a joint transmission using the one or more CSI reference resources, wherein the assumption is based at least in part on the determination of the dependency; and
reporting at least one of the first CSI in a first CSI report or the second CSI in a second CSI report.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dependency between the first CSI report configuration and the second CSI report configuration comprises at least one of:
dependency of the second CSI report configuration on the first CSI report configuration, or
mutual dependency between the first CSI report configuration and the second CSI report configuration.
3. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:
a memory; and
one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:
receive multiple channel state information (CSI) report configurations that include at least a first CSI report configuration and a second CSI report configuration that are associated with one or more CSI reference resources,
wherein the second CSI report configuration includes an indication that the first CSI report configuration is a reference CSI report configuration for the second CSI report configuration;
determine a dependency between the first CSI report configuration and the second CSI report configuration;
calculate at least one of a first CSI for the first CSI report configuration or a second CSI for the second CSI report configuration based at least in part on an assumption of a joint transmission using the one or more CSI reference resources,
wherein the assumption is based at least in part on the determination of the dependency; and
report at least one of the first CSI in a first CSI report or the second CSI in a second CSI report.
4. The UE of claim 3 , wherein the dependency between the first CSI report configuration and the second CSI report configuration comprises at least one of:
dependency of the second CSI report configuration on the first CSI report configuration, or
mutual dependency between the first CSI report configuration and the second CSI report configuration.
5. The UE of claim 3 ,
wherein the one or more processors, to determine the dependency between the first CSI report configuration and the second CSI report configuration, are configured to:
determine that the second CSI report configuration is dependent on the first CSI report configuration based at least in part on the indication that the first CSI report configuration is the reference CSI report configuration for the second CSI report configuration.
6. The UE of claim 3 , wherein the one or more processors, to determine the dependency between the first CSI report configuration and the second CSI report configuration, are configured to:
determine that the first CSI report configuration and the second CSI report configuration are mutually dependent based at least in part on at least one of:
an indication in the first CSI report configuration that indicates that the second CSI report configuration is a reference of the first CSI report configuration, or
the indication in the second CSI report configuration that indicates that the first CSI report configuration is the reference CSI report configuration for the second CSI report configuration.
7. The UE of claim 6 , wherein the one or more processors, to calculate the CSI for at least one of the first CSI report configuration and the second CSI report configuration based at least in part on the assumption of the joint transmission using the one or more CSI reference resources, are configured to:
calculate the first CSI and the second CSI based at least in part on an assumption of a physical downlink shared channel communication via the first CSI and the second CSI; or
calculate:
the first CSI based at least in part on an assumption of interference that is based at least in part on reporting the second CSI, and
the second CSI based at least in part on an assumption of interference that is based at least in part on reporting the first CSI.
8. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
determine that the second CSI report configuration is associated with a spatial-division multiplexing scheme based at least in part on an indication in the second CSI report configuration; and
calculate and report the second CSI based at least in part on the determination.
9. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors, to calculate and report the CSI for at least one of the first CSI report configuration and the second CSI report configuration based at least in part on the assumption of the joint transmission using the one or more CSI reference resources, are configured to:
calculate the first CSI and calculate and report the second CSI, wherein the first CSI and the second CSI have a same rank; and
report the first CSI and the second CSI with the same rank as indicated in the first CSI report configuration.
10. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
determine that the second CSI report configuration is associated with a frequency-division multiplexing scheme or a time-division multiplexing scheme based at least in part on an indication in the second CSI report configuration; and
calculate and report the second CSI based at least in part on the determination.
11. The UE of claim 3 , wherein the first CSI comprises a first CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) resource indicator (CRI),
wherein the second CSI comprises a second CRI,
wherein a first value of the first CRI and the second CRI indicates that the first CSI and the second CSI are calculated based at least in part on an assumption of independent transmissions of the first CSI report configuration using a first CSI reference resource of the one or more CSI reference resources and the second CSI report configuration using a second CSI reference resource of the one or more CSI reference resources; and
wherein a second value of the first CRI and the second CRI indicates that the first CSI and the second CSI are calculated based at least in part on an assumption of a joint transmission using a CSI reference resource of the one or more CSI reference resources that is associated with the first CSI report configuration and the second CSI report configuration.
12. The UE of claim 3 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
receive an indication of a CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) resource indicator (CRI) restriction that configures the UE to report only a subset of CRI values.
13. The UE of claim 3 , wherein the first CSI report and the second CSI report are triggered simultaneously.
14. The UE of claim 13 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
receive an indication in the second CSI report configuration;
determine that the second CSI report configuration is dependent on the first CSI report configuration based at least in part on the indication;
receive an indication in downlink control information (DCI) that triggers the second CSI report; and
determine that the first CSI report and the second CSI report are both triggered based at least in part on the dependency of the second CSI report configuration on the first CSI report configuration and the indication in the DCI that triggers the second CSI report.
15. The UE of claim 3 , wherein the first CSI report is triggered at a same as, or earlier than, the second CSI report with an offset between first DCI, that triggers the first CSI report, and second DCI, that triggers the second CSI report, that is less than or equal to a first threshold.
16. The UE of claim 15 , wherein a first set of CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) resources, measured for the first CSI report, occur or begin at a same time as, or earlier than, a second set of CSI-RS resources, measured for the second CSI report, with an offset between the first set of CSI-RS resources and the second set of CSI-RS resources that is less than or equal to a second threshold.
17. The UE of claim 16 , wherein the at least one of the first threshold or the second threshold is fixed, or
wherein the at least one of the first threshold or the second threshold is based at least in part on a capability of the UE and a report of the capability of the UE.
18. The UE of claim 15 , wherein the first CSI report and the second CSI report are transmitted in a same physical uplink control channel resource and configured with a same slot offset.
19. The UE of claim 3 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
determine that the first CSI report and the second CSI report are periodic CSI reports or semi-persistent CSI reports, wherein a slot offset between a transmission occasion of the first CSI report and a transmission occasion of the second CSI report is less than or equal to a threshold.
20. The UE of claim 19 , wherein a periodicity of the first CSI report and a periodicity of the second CSI report are a same periodicity.
21. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:
a memory; and
one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:
receive an aggregate channel state information (CSI) report configuration that includes at least a first CSI report configuration and a second CSI report configuration that are associated with a CSI reference resource;
determine that the first CSI report configuration and the second CSI report configuration are mutually dependent; and
calculate a first CSI for the first CSI report configuration and a second CSI for the second CSI report configuration based at least in part on an assumption of a joint transmission using the CSI reference resource, wherein the assumption is based at least in part on inclusion of the first CSI report configuration and the second CSI report configuration in the aggregate CSI report configuration and the determination that the first CSI report configuration and the second CSI report configuration are mutually dependent.
22. The UE of claim 21 , wherein the first CSI comprises a first CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) resource indicator (CRI),
wherein the second CSI comprises a second CRI, and
wherein a value of the first CRI and the second CRI indicates that the first CSI and the second CSI are calculated based at least in part on an assumption of a joint transmission using the CSI reference resource.
23. The UE of claim 21 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
receive an indication of a CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) resource indicator (CRI) restriction that configures the UE to report only a subset of CRI values.
24. The UE of claim 21 , wherein the aggregate CSI report configuration indicates a rank indication pair restriction for the first CSI report configuration and the second CSI report configuration, and
wherein the rank indication pair restriction indicates a combination of rank indications that are permitted to be included in a first CSI report, associated with the first CSI report configuration, and included in a second CSI report associated with the second CSI report configuration.
25. The UE of claim 24 , wherein the aggregate CSI report configuration further indicates a multiplexing scheme for the first CSI report configuration and the second CSI report configuration.
26. The UE of claim 21 , wherein a multiplexing scheme of the first CSI report configuration and the second CSI report configuration is implicitly indicated by a rank indication pair restriction for the first CSI report configuration and the second CSI report configuration, and
wherein the multiplexing scheme is indicated as a time-division multiplexing scheme or a frequency-division multiplexing scheme based at least in part on a common rank restriction in the rank indication pair restriction.
27. The UE of claim 21 , wherein the one or more processors, to calculate the first CSI and the second CSI based at least in part on the assumption of the joint transmission using the CSI reference resource, are configured to:
calculate the first CSI and the second CSI based at least in part on an assumption of a physical downlink shared channel communication via the first CSI and the second CSI; or
calculate:
the first CSI based at least in part on an assumption of interference that is based at least in part on reporting the second CSI, and
the second CSI based at least in part on an assumption of interference that is based at least in part on reporting the first CSI.
28. The UE of claim 21 , wherein the one or more processors, to calculate and report the first CSI for the first CSI report configuration and the second CSI for the second CSI report configuration based at least in part on the assumption of the joint transmission using the CSI reference resource, are configured to:
calculate and report the first CSI and calculate and report the second CSI, wherein the first CSI and the second CSI have a same rank.
29. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:
a memory; and
one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:
receive a channel state information (CSI) report configuration that indicates a plurality of non-zero power CSI-reference signal (NZP CSI-RS) resources for channel measurement or a plurality of NZP CSI-RS port-groups for channel measurement,
wherein the CSI report configuration includes a rank indication pair restriction that indicates a combination of rank indications that are permitted to be reported if multiple resources of the plurality of NZP CSI-RS resources or multiple port-groups of the plurality of NZP CSI-RS port groups are selected by the UE; and
calculate CSI based at least in part on an assumption of a joint transmission using multiple resources of the plurality of NZP CSI-RS resources or multiple port-groups of the plurality of NZP CSI-RS port-groups based at least in part on the rank indication pair restriction.
30. The UE of claim 29 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
report the CSI to a network associated with the CSI report configurations.