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US 12,452,864 · App. 18/476,530 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Systems and methods for PDSCH based CSI measurement

Inventors: Yushu Zhang (Beijing, CN); Chunxuan Ye (San Diego, CA); Dawei Zhang (Saratoga, CA); Haitong Sun (Cupertino, CA); Huaning Niu (San Jose, CA); Oghenekome Oteri (San Diego, CA); Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian (San Diego, CA); Wei Zeng (Saratoga, CA); Weidong Yang (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: APPLE INC.
H04W72/1273H04B7/0626H04L5/0012H04L5/0051H04W72/232H04W72/54
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Patent No.
US 12,452,864
App. No.
18/476,530
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods provide a channel state information (CSI) measurement based on measuring a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission. A user equipment (UE) triggers measuring of a CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) from a base station. The UE triggers measuring of a DMRS for a PDSCH transmission from the base station. The UE generates a CSI report to report the CSI measurement, based on both the CSI-RS and the DMRS for the PDSCH transmission. The UE may then send the CSI report to report the CSI measurement to the base station.

Claims (39)

1. A method for a user equipment (UE) to report a channel state information (CSI) measurement, the method comprising:

triggering measuring of a CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) from a base station;

triggering measuring of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission from the base station;

generating a CSI report to report the CSI measurement based on both the CSI-RS and the DMRS for the PDSCH transmission; and

sending the CSI report to report the CSI measurement to the base station.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein measuring the DMRS for the PDSCH transmission comprises measuring the DMRS for the PDSCH transmission using frequency hopping.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein measuring the CSI-RS and the DMRS for the PDSCH transmission is triggered by a single downlink control information (DCI) from the base station, and wherein the single DCI comprises a CSI request field.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein measuring the CSI-RS is triggered by a first downlink control information (DCI) from the base station and measuring the DMRS for the PDSCH transmission is triggered by a second DCI from the base station.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein a single bit in the second DCI indicates the PDSCH transmission is used for the CSI measurement.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein a preparation delay for the CSI report indicates the PDSCH transmission is used for the CSI measurement.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising using the CSI-RS for a channel measurement and using the DMRS for the PDSCH transmission for an interference measurement.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

receiving, from the base station, an indication of whether a time domain measurement restriction (TDMR) for the PDSCH transmission is enabled or not;

if the TDMR is enabled, performing the interference measurement based on a latest PDSCH instance that satisfies a predetermined processing delay; and

if the TDMR is not enabled, performing the interference measurement based on one or more PDSCH instances that satisfy the predetermined processing delay after interference averaging.

9. An apparatus for a user equipment (UE) to report a channel state information (CSI) measurement, comprising:

a memory to store a CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) from a base station; and

one or more processors configured to cause the UE to:

trigger measuring of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission from the base station;

generate a CSI report to report the CSI measurement based on both the CSI-RS and the DMRS for the PDSCH transmission; and

send the CSI report to report the CSI measurement to the base station.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein measuring the DMRS for the PDSCH transmission comprises measuring the DMRS for the PDSCH transmission using frequency hopping.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein measuring the CSI-RS and the DMRS for the PDSCH transmission is triggered by a single downlink control information (DCI) from the base station, and wherein the single DCI comprises a CSI request field.

12. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein measuring the CSI-RS is triggered by a first downlink control information (DCI) from the base station and measuring the DMRS for the PDSCH transmission is triggered by a second DCI from the base station.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein a single bit in the second DCI indicates the PDSCH transmission is used for the CSI measurement.

14. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein a preparation delay for the CSI report indicates the PDSCH transmission is used for the CSI measurement.

15. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to use the CSI-RS for a channel measurement and using the DMRS for the PDSCH transmission for an interference measurement.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive, from the base station, an indication of whether a time domain measurement restriction (TDMR) for the PDSCH transmission is enabled or not;

if the TDMR is enabled, perform the interference measurement based on a latest PDSCH instance that satisfies a predetermined processing delay; and

if the TDMR is not enabled, perform the interference measurement based on one or more PDSCH instances that satisfy the predetermined processing delay after interference averaging.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE) configured to report a channel state information (CSI) measurement, cause the UE to:

trigger measuring of a CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) from a base station;

trigger measuring of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission from the base station;

generate a CSI report to report the CSI measurement based on both the CSI-RS and the DMRS for the PDSCH transmission; and

send the CSI report to report the CSI measurement to the base station.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein measuring the DMRS for the PDSCH transmission comprises measuring the DMRS for the PDSCH transmission using frequency hopping.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein measuring the CSI-RS and the DMRS for the PDSCH transmission is triggered by a single downlink control information (DCI) from the base station, and wherein the single DCI comprises a CSI request field.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein measuring the CSI-RS is triggered by a first downlink control information (DCI) from the base station and measuring the DMRS for the PDSCH transmission is triggered by a second DCI from the base station.

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