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Granted Patent B2
US 12,470,268 · App. 17/998,743 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Channel state information feedback for multiple antennas

Inventors: Runxin Wang (San Diego, CA); Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar (San Jose, CA); Yu Zhang (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
H04B7/0478H04B7/0626H04B7/0639H04B7/06952
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Patent No.
US 12,470,268
App. No.
17/998,743
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine a first channel state information (CSI) for a first group of antennas of the UE and a second CSI for a second group of antennas of the UE, where the first group of antennas are different than the second group of antennas. The UE may transmit one or more of the first CSI or the second CSI in a CSI report. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Claims (45)

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

determining a first channel state information (CSI) for a first group of antennas of the UE and a second CSI for a second group of antennas of the UE, wherein the first group of antennas and the second group of antennas are grouped for CSI reporting based at least in part on a demodulation complexity of the UE satisfying a low complexity threshold, and the first group of antennas are different than the second group of antennas; and

transmitting one or more of the first CSI or the second CSI in a CSI report.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the CSI report includes transmitting one of the first CSI or the second CSI in the CSI report based at least in part on a configuration for a common CSI report.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the CSI report includes transmitting the first CSI and the second CSI in the CSI report based at least in part on a configuration for a multi-CSI report.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the low complexity threshold is satisfied when a complexity of demodulation for antennas of the UE is below a complexity threshold.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a radio resource control message that indicates a CSI reporting configuration for multi-CSI reporting for the first group of antennas and the second group of antennas, and wherein transmitting the CSI report includes transmitting the CSI report based at least in part on the CSI reporting configuration.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first CSI includes a first precoding matrix indicator (PMI) and the second CSI includes a second PMI.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the CSI report includes one or more wideband information fields for the first PMI and one or more wideband information fields for the second PMI.

8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the CSI report includes one or more subband information fields for the first PMI and one or more subband information fields for the second PMI.

9 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the CSI report includes at least two parts, and wherein one of the at least two parts includes the second PMI.

10 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising calculating a channel quality indicator based at least in part on the first PMI and the second PMI.

11 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising omitting one or more of a first portion of the first CSI or a second portion of the second CSI from the CSI report based at least in part on one or more of a priority of the first portion or a priority of the second portion.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the first portion and the second portion have a same priority level.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the first portion has a greater priority level than the second portion.

14 . The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the CSI report includes refraining from transmitting the second CSI on a physical uplink control channel.

15 . A method of wireless communication performed by a base station, comprising:

receiving a first channel state information (CSI) for a first group of antennas of a user equipment (UE) and a second CSI for a second group of antennas of the UE, wherein the first group of antennas and the second group of antennas are grouped for CSI reporting based at least in part on a demodulation complexity of the UE satisfying a low complexity threshold, and the first group of antennas are different than the second group of antennas;

determining a first precoder for the first group of antennas and a second precoder for the second group of antennas; and

transmitting the first precoder and the second precoder to the UE.

16 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising transmitting a configuration for a common CSI report.

17 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising transmitting a configuration for a multi-CSI report.

18 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising transmitting a radio resource control message that indicates a CSI reporting configuration for multi-CSI reporting for the first group of antennas and the second group of antennas.

19 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the first CSI includes a first precoding matrix indicator (PMI) and the second CSI includes a second PMI.

20 . The method of claim 19 , wherein the CSI report includes one or more wideband information fields for the first PMI and one or more wideband information fields for the second PMI.

21 . The method of claim 19 , wherein the CSI report includes one or more subband information fields for the first PMI and one or more subband information fields for the second PMI.

22 . The method of claim 19 , wherein the CSI report includes at least two parts, and wherein one of the at least two parts includes the second PMI.

23 . The method of claim 19 , wherein the CSI report includes a channel quality indicator that is calculated based at least in part on the first PMI and the second PMI.

24 . The method of claim 15 , wherein receiving the CSI report includes receiving the CSI report without one or more of a first portion of the first CSI or a second portion of the second CSI from the CSI report based at least in part on one or more of a priority of the first portion or a priority of the second portion.

25 . The method of claim 24 , wherein the first portion and the second portion have a same priority level.

26 . The method of claim 24 , wherein the first portion has a greater priority level than the second portion.

27 . A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

one or more memories; and

one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories, the one or more processors configured to:

determine a first channel state information (CSI) for a first group of antennas of the UE and a second CSI for a second group of antennas of the UE, wherein the first group of antennas and the second group of antennas are grouped for CSI reporting based at least in part on a demodulation complexity of the UE satisfying a low complexity threshold, and the first group of antennas are different than the second group of antennas; and

transmit one or more of the first CSI or the second CSI in a CSI report.

28 . A base station for wireless communication, comprising:

one or more memories; and

one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories, the one or more processors configured to:

receive a first channel state information (CSI) for a first group of antennas of a user equipment (UE) and a second CSI for a second group of antennas of the UE, wherein the first group of antennas and the second group of antennas are grouped for CSI reporting based at least in part on a demodulation complexity of the UE satisfying a low complexity threshold, and the first group of antennas are different than the second group of antennas;

determine a first precoder for the first group of antennas and a second precoder for the second group of antennas; and

transmit the first precoder and the second precoder to the UE.

29 . An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

means for determining a first channel state information (CSI) for a first group of antennas of the apparatus and a second CSI for a second group of antennas of the apparatus, wherein the first group of antennas and the second group of antennas are grouped for CSI reporting based at least in part on a demodulation complexity of the apparatus satisfying a low complexity threshold, and the first group of antennas are different than the second group of antennas; and

means for transmitting one or more of the first CSI or the second CSI in a CSI report.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2022
From: WANG, RUNXIN; ABDELGHAFFAR, MUHAMMAD SAYED; ZHANG, YU
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 061761/0828 →
Continuity (1)
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