IP Library Granted Patent US 12,549,231
Granted Patent B2
US 12,549,231 · App. 18/044,421 · Granted Feb 10, 2026

Channel state information (CSI) reference signal capability reporting for multiple transmit receive point CSI measurement

Inventors: Chenxi Hao (Beijing, CN); Mostafa Khoshnevisan (San Diego, CA); Lei Xiao (San Jose, CA); Tao Luo (San Diego, CA); Peter Gaal (San Diego, CA); Wanshi Chen (San Diego, CA); Xiaoxia Zhang (San Diego, CA); Jing Sun (San Diego, CA); Juan Montojo (San Diego, CA); Yu Zhang (San Diego, CA); Hao Xu (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04B7/0626H04B7/0456H04L5/0048
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Patent No.
US 12,549,231
App. No.
18/044,421
Granted
Feb 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine one or more channel state information (CSI) reference signal (CSI-RS) capabilities associated with multiple transmit receive point (multi-TRP) CSI measurement, each CSI-RS capability indicating at least one of a number of active CSI-RS resources or a number of active CSI-RS ports supported by the UE for multi-TRP CSI measurement. The UE may transmit an indication of the one or more CSI-RS capabilities associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Claims (118)

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

transmitting an indication of one or more channel state information (CSI) reference signal (CSI-RS) capabilities associated with multiple transmit receive point (multi-TRP) CSI measurement, each CSI-RS capability indicating at least one of a number of active CSI-RS resources or a number of active CSI-RS ports supported by the UE for multi-TRP CSI measurement, wherein the one or more CSI-RS capabilities associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement are associated with triplets of a maximum number of ports per CSI-RS resource of a band combination, a maximum number of CSI-RS resources supported by the UE for multi-TRP CSI measurement in the band combination, and a total number of ports supported by the UE for multi-TRP CSI measurement in the band combination; and

receiving a CSI-RS reporting configuration, or a request, for multi-TRP CSI measurement that is based at least in part on the indication of the one or more CSI-RS capabilities associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement.

2 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the multi-TRP CSI measurement comprises one or more CSI measurements using at least two CSI port groups associated with different transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states or at least two CSI resources associated with different TCI states, wherein a first CSI port group or a first CSI resource associated with a first TCI state is associated with a transmission from a first TRP and a second CSI port group or a second CSI resource associated with a second TCI state is associated with a transmission from a second TRP.

3 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more CSI-RS capabilities associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement are associated with at least one of:

a number of ports per TRP supported by the UE for multi-TRP CSI measurement,

a number of multi-TRP CSI hypotheses supported by the UE for multi-TRP CSI measurement, or

a total number of ports supported by the UE for multi-TRP CSI measurement.

4 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more CSI-RS capabilities associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement are associated with one or more codebook types supported by the UE; and

wherein transmitting the indication of the one or more CSI-RS capabilities comprises:

transmitting one or more CSI-RS capabilities for each codebook type.

5 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more CSI-RS capabilities associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement are associated with one or more CSI-RS capabilities, per frequency band supported by the UE, associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement; and wherein transmitting the indication of the one or more CSI-RS capabilities comprises:

transmitting an indication of the one or more CSI-RS capabilities for multi-TRP CSI measurement per frequency band.

6 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more CSI-RS capabilities associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement are associated with one or more CSI-RS capabilities, per frequency band combination supported by the UE, associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement; and

wherein transmitting the indication of the one or more CSI-RS capabilities comprises:

transmitting an indication of the one or more CSI-RS capabilities for multi-TRP CSI measurement per frequency band combination.

7 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more CSI-RS capabilities associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement are associated with one or more sets of concurrent codebooks supported by the UE, wherein a set of concurrent codebooks, included in the one or more set of concurrent codebooks, includes two or more codebooks whose associated CSI-RSs are to be counted towards active CSI-RS resources and CSI-RS ports concurrently in a slot and an indication of whether the set of concurrent codebooks is associated with single TRP communications or multi-TRP communications; and

wherein transmitting the indication of the one or more CSI-RS capabilities comprises:

transmitting an indication of the one or more sets of concurrent codebooks supported by the UE; and

transmitting, for each set of concurrent codebooks included in the one or more sets of concurrent codebooks, an indication of the one or more CSI-RS capabilities.

8 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more CSI-RS capabilities are associated with:

a set of codebook pairs associated with multi-TRP communications supported by the UE; and

for each codebook pair included in the set of codebook pairs, one or more CSI-RS capabilities associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement.

9 . The method of claim 8 ,

wherein transmitting the indication of the one or more CSI-RS capabilities associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement comprises:

transmitting an indication of the set of codebook pairs supported by the UE; and

transmitting one or more CSI-RS capabilities, associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement, for each set of codebook pairs supported by the UE.

10 . A method of wireless communication performed by a network entity, comprising:

receiving an indication of one or more channel state information (CSI) reference signal (CSI-RS) capabilities of a user equipment (UE) associated with multiple transmit receive point (multi-TRP) CSI measurement, each CSI-RS capability of the UE indicating at least one of a number of active CSI-RS resources or a number of active CSI-RS ports supported by the UE for multi-TRP CSI measurement, wherein the one or more CSI-RS capabilities associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement are associated with triplets of a maximum number of ports per CSI-RS resource of a band combination, a maximum number of CSI-RS resources supported by the UE for multi-TRP CSI measurement in the band combination, and a total number of ports supported by the UE for multi-TRP CSI measurement in the band combination; and

transmitting a CSI report configuration, or a request, for multi-TRP CSI measurement associated with the UE based at least in part on the one or more CSI-RS capabilities of the UE.

11 . The method of claim 10 ,

wherein receiving the indication of the one or more CSI-RS capabilities of the UE associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement comprises receiving an indication of at least one of:

a number of ports per TRP supported by the UE for multi-TRP CSI measurement,

a number of multi-TRP CSI hypotheses supported by the UE for multi-TRP CSI measurement, or

a total number of ports supported by the UE for multi-TRP CSI measurement.

12 . The method of claim 10 ,

wherein receiving the indication of the one or more CSI-RS capabilities of the UE associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement comprises receiving an indication of:

one or more codebook types supported by the UE, and

one or more CSI-RS capabilities, for each of the one or more codebook types, associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement.

13 . The method of claim 10 ,

wherein receiving the indication of the one or more CSI-RS capabilities of the UE associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement comprises receiving an indication of at least one of:

a number of ports per CSI-RS resource supported by the UE for multi-TRP CSI measurement, or

a number of ports per CSI-RS port group supported by the UE for multi-TRP CSI measurement.

14 . The method of claim 10 ,

wherein receiving the indication of the one or more CSI-RS capabilities of the UE associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement comprises receiving an indication of at least one of:

a number of CSI-RS resources supported by the UE for multi-TRP CSI measurement,

a number of CSI-RS port group pairs supported by the UE for multi-TRP CSI measurement, or

a number of CSI-RS resource pairs supported by the UE for multi-TRP CSI measurement.

15 . The method of claim 10 ,

wherein receiving the indication of the one or more CSI-RS capabilities of the UE associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement comprises:

receiving an indication of one or more CSI-RS capabilities of the UE, per frequency band supported by the UE, associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement.

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

a memory; and

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

transmit an indication of one or more channel state information (CSI) reference signal (CSI-RS) capabilities associated with multiple transmit receive point (multi-TRP) CSI measurement, each CSI-RS capability indicating at least one of a number of active CSI-RS resources or a number of active CSI-RS ports supported by the UE for multi-TRP CSI measurement, wherein the one or more CSI-RS capabilities associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement are associated with triplets of a maximum number of ports per CSI-RS resource of a band combination, a maximum number of CSI-RS resources supported by the UE for multi-TRP CSI measurement in the band combination, and a total number of ports supported by the UE for multi-TRP CSI measurement in the band combination; and

receive a CSI-RS reporting configuration, or a request, for multi-TRP CSI measurement that is based at least in part on the indication of the one or more CSI-RS capabilities associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement.

17 . A network entity for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

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

receive an indication of one or more channel state information (CSI) reference signal (CSI-RS) capabilities of a user equipment (UE) associated with multiple transmit receive point (multi-TRP) CSI measurement, each CSI-RS capability of the UE indicating at least one of a number of active CSI-RS resources or a number of active CSI-RS ports supported by the UE for multi-TRP CSI measurement, wherein the one or more CSI-RS capabilities associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement are associated with triplets of a maximum number of ports per CSI-RS resource of a band combination, a maximum number of CSI-RS resources supported by the UE for multi-TRP CSI measurement in the band combination, and a total number of ports supported by the UE for multi-TRP CSI measurement in the band combination; and

transmit a CSI report configuration, or a request, for multi-TRP CSI measurement associated with the UE based at least in part on the one or more CSI-RS capabilities of the UE.

18 . The UE of claim 16 ,

wherein the one or more CSI-RS capabilities associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement are associated with one or more sets of concurrent codebooks supported by the UE, wherein a set of concurrent codebooks, included in the one or more set of concurrent codebooks, includes two or more codebooks whose associated CSI-RSs are to be counted towards active CSI-RS resources and CSI-RS ports concurrently in a slot, at least one codebook of the two or more codebooks being a codebook pair, and an indication of whether the set of concurrent codebooks is associated with single TRP communications or multi-TRP communications; and

wherein the one or more processors, to transmit the indication of the one or more CSI-RS capabilities, are configured to:

transmit an indication of the one or more sets of concurrent codebooks supported by the UE; and

transmit, for each set of concurrent codebooks included in the one or more sets of concurrent codebooks, an indication of one or more CSI-RS capabilities.

19 . The UE of claim 16 ,

wherein the CSI-RS reporting configuration, or the request, indicates at least one of one or more CSI-RS resources, one or more CSI-RS ports, or one or more CSI-RS port groups.

20 . The UE of claim 16 ,

wherein the one or more CSI-RS capabilities are associated with at least one of:

one or more CSI-RS capabilities associated with spatial division multiplexing (SDM) multi-TRP CSI measurement, wherein SDM multi-TRP CSI measurement comprises calculating two precoding matrix indicators (PMIs) assuming different layers of a transmission associated with the two PMIs are transmitted on a same frequency domain resource and a same time domain resource,

one or more CSI-RS capabilities associated with single frequency network (SFN) multi-TRP CSI measurement, wherein SFN multi-TRP CSI measurement comprises calculating two PMIs assuming one or more layers of a transmission associated with the two PMIs are transmitted on a same frequency domain resource and a same time domain resource,

one or more CSI-RS capabilities associated with frequency division multiplexing (FDM) multi-TRP CSI measurement, wherein FDM multi-TRP CSI measurement comprises calculating two PMIs assuming one or more layers of a transmission associated with the two PMIs are transmitted on different frequency domain resources, or

one or more CSI-RS capabilities associated with time division multiplexing (TDM) multi-TRP CSI measurement, wherein TDM multi-TRP CSI measurement comprises calculating two PMIs assuming one or more layers of a transmission associated with the two PMIs are transmitted on different time domain resources.

21 . The UE of claim 16 ,

wherein the one or more processors, to transmit the indication of the one or more CSI-RS capabilities associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement, are configured to transmit an indication of at least one of:

one or more CSI-RS capabilities associated with spatial division multiplexing multi-TRP CSI measurement,

one or more CSI-RS capabilities associated with single frequency network multi-TRP CSI measurement,

one or more CSI-RS capabilities associated with frequency division multiplexing multi-TRP CSI measurement, or

one or more CSI-RS capabilities associated with time division multiplexing multi-TRP CSI measurement.

22 . The UE of claim 16 ,

wherein the one or more processors, to transmit the indication of the one or more CSI-RS capabilities associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement, are configured to:

transmit an indication of one or more scaling factors associated with the one or more CSI-RS capabilities, wherein a scaling factor indicates a number of times that a CSI-RS resource or CSI-RS port are to be counted towards a number of active CSI-RS resources or active CSI-RS ports when used by the UE for multi-TRP CSI measurement.

23 . The UE of claim 16 ,

wherein the one or more processors, to transmit the indication of the one or more CSI-RS capabilities associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement, are configured to:

transmit an indication of one or more scaling factors that are to be applied if a CSI-RS resource or CSI-RS port is used for single TRP CSI measurement and multi-TRP CSI measurement.

24 . The UE of claim 16 ,

wherein the one or more processors, to transmit the indication of the one or more CSI-RS capabilities associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement, are configured to:

transmit an indication of one or more scaling factors that are to be applied if a CSI-RS resource or CSI-RS port is used for multi-TRP CSI measurement.

25 . The UE of claim 16 ,

wherein the one or more processors, to transmit the indication of the one or more CSI-RS capabilities associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement, are configured to transmit an indication of at least one of:

one or more scaling factors per frequency band supported by the UE, or

one or more scaling factors per frequency band combination supported by the UE.

26 . The network entity of claim 17 ,

wherein the one or more processors, to receive the indication of the one or more CSI-RS capabilities of the UE associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement, are configured to:

receiving an indication of one or more CSI-RS capabilities of the UE, per frequency band combination supported by the UE, associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement.

27 . The network entity of claim 17 ,

wherein the one or more processors, to receive the indication of the one or more CSI-RS capabilities of the UE associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement, are configured to receive an indication of:

one or more sets of concurrent codebooks supported by the UE, wherein a set of concurrent codebook, included in the one or more sets of concurrent codebooks, includes two or more codebooks and an indication of whether the set of concurrent codebooks is associated with single TRP communications or multi-TRP communications; and

one or more CSI-RS capabilities of the UE, for each set of concurrent codebooks included in the one or more sets of concurrent codebooks, associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement.

28 . The network entity of claim 17 ,

wherein the one or more processors, to receive the indication of the one or more CSI-RS capabilities of the UE associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement, are configured to receive an indication of:

one or more sets of concurrent codebooks supported by the UE, wherein a set of concurrent codebooks, included in the one or more set of concurrent codebooks, includes two or more codebooks whose associated CSI-RSs are to be counted towards active CSI-RS resources and CSI-RS ports concurrently in a slot, at least one codebook of the two or more codebooks being a codebook pair, and an indication of whether the set of concurrent codebooks is associated with single TRP communications or multi-TRP communications; and

one or more CSI-RS capabilities of the UE, associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement, corresponding to each of the one or more sets of concurrent codebooks supported by the UE.

29 . The network entity of claim 17 ,

wherein the one or more processors, to receive the indication of the one or more CSI-RS capabilities of the UE associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement, are configured to receive an indication of:

a set of codebook pairs associated with multi-TRP communications supported by the UE; and

one or more CSI-RS capabilities of the UE, for each codebook pair included in the set of codebook pairs, associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement.

30 . The network entity of claim 17 ,

wherein the one or more processors, to receive the indication of the one or more CSI-RS capabilities of the UE associated with multi-TRP CSI measurement, are configured to:

receive an indication of one or more scaling factors that are to be applied if a CSI-RS resource or CSI-RS port is used by the UE for multi-TRP CSI measurement.

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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2023
From: HAO, CHENXI; KHOSHNEVISAN, MOSTAFA; XIAO, LEI; LUO, TAO; GAAL, PETER; CHEN, WANSHI; ZHANG, XIAOXIA; SUN, JING; MONTOJO, JUAN; ZHANG, YU; XU, HAO
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
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