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US 12,633,982 · App. 17/816,611 · Granted May 19, 2026

Channel state information (CSI) acquisition for dynamic MIMO transmission

Inventors: Yu Zhang (San Diego, CA); Wanshi Chen (San Diego, CA); Chao Wei (Beijing, CN); Hao Xu (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04B7/0626H04L5/0051H04W24/10H04W76/30H04W80/08
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Patent No.
US 12,633,982
App. No.
17/816,611
Granted
May 19, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for dynamic switching of reference transmission schemes used by a UE for CSI measurement and reporting.

Claims (83)

1 . A method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

determining a reference basis for a measurement procedure based on signaling received from a base station (BS), wherein the reference basis indicates a reference transmission scheme (TS) for performing the measurement procedure, and wherein the signaling comprises an indication of the reference basis via higher layer signaling;

performing the measurement procedure based on the determination; and

transmitting a measurement report based on performing the measurement procedure.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the indication is an explicit indication of the reference basis via the higher layer signaling.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein:

the signaling comprises a configuration of one or more channel state information (CSI) reference signals (CSI-RS) resources; and

the determination is based on an association of a transmission scheme configured for each of the one or more CSI-RS resources.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein:

the signaling comprises a configuration of one or more channel state information (CSI) processes; and

the determination is based on an association of a transmission scheme configured for each of the one or more CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) processes.

5 . The method of claim 2 , wherein:

the signaling comprises a configuration of one or more channel state information (CSI) reporting schemes; and

the determination is based on an association of a transmission scheme configured for each of the one or more CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) reporting schemes.

6 . The method of claim 2 , wherein:

the signaling comprises a configuration of one or more channel state information (CSI) processes belonging to multiple aperiodic CSI (A-CSI) triggering sets; and

the determination is based on an association of a transmission scheme configured for each of the one or more A-CSI triggering sets.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein:

when the UE is triggered to report CSI for an A-CSI triggering set, the UE assumes the transmission scheme associated with the CSI process in that A-CSI triggering set.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the signaling comprises an explicit indication of a transmission scheme via Layer 1 signaling.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein:

the UE is configured with a subset of reference bases for the measurement procedure; and

the signaling indicates a basis in the configured subset.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein:

the signaling indicates a reference basis the UE is to use for the measurement procedure until receiving a release indication.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein release indication also indicates another basis in the configured subset to use for the measurement procedure until receiving a setup indication.

12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the UE assumes a default basis for the measurement procedure after receiving the release indication.

13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the UE is configured with a subset of reference bases for the measurement procedure; and

the signaling indicates the UE is to cycle through the bases in the subset for different periodic measurement reporting instances.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the UE is to begin cycling with a first basis in the subset determined based on at least one of: an indication provided in the signaling, a particular basis in the subset, or derived based on an index for a subframe in which the signaling is received.

15 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the UE is configured to, after receiving the release signaling, use at least one of a default basis or same basis as before receiving the release signaling.

16 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the signaling comprises an implicit indication of the reference basis for the measurement procedure.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the signaling comprises a subframe index.

18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the subframe index comprises: a subframe index for a subframe in which aperiodic channel state information (CSI) (A-CSI) triggering or semi-persistent CSI reporting setup signaling is received.

19 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the subframe index comprises: a subframe index for a subframe in which the channel state information (CSI) reference signal (CSI-RS) for CSI measurement is transmitted.

20 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the subframe index comprises: a subframe index for a subframe in which the measurement report is transmitted.

21 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the signaling comprises signaling for a type of control channel.

22 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the signaling comprises a configuration of a number of resource elements (REs) for each basis assumed for reporting.

23 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the signaling comprises a configuration of a ratio of physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) energy per resource element (EPRE) to channel state information (CSI) reference signal (RS) (CSI-RS) EPRE for each reference basis assumed for reporting.

24 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE uses different bases for aperiodic channel state information (CSI) reporting than for periodic CSI reporting.

25 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE provides to the BS an indication of the reference basis which is assumed for the measurement reporting.

26 . A method for wireless communications by a base station (BS), comprising:

providing signaling to a user equipment (UE) allowing the UE to determine a reference basis for a measurement procedure, wherein the reference basis indicates a reference transmission scheme (TS) for performing the measurement procedure, and wherein the signaling comprises an indication of the reference basis via higher layer signaling; and

receiving a measurement report from the UE based on the measurement performed according to the reference basis.

27 . The method of claim 26 , wherein the indication is an explicit indication of the reference basis via the higher layer signaling.

28 . The method of claim 27 , wherein:

the signaling comprises a configuration of one or more channel state information (CSI) reference signals (CSI-RS) resources; and

each of the one or more CSI-RS resources has an associated reference basis.

29 . The method of claim 27 , wherein:

the signaling comprises a configuration of one or more measurement processes; and

each of the one or more measurement processes has an associated reference basis for the measurement procedure.

30 . The method of claim 27 , wherein:

the signaling comprises a configuration of one or more measurement reporting schemes; and

each of the one or more measurement reporting schemes has an associated reference basis.

31 . The method of claim 27 , wherein:

the signaling comprises a configuration of one or more channel state information (CSI) processes belonging to multiple aperiodic CSI (A-CSI) triggering sets; and

each of the one or more A-CSI triggering sets has an associated reference basis.

32 . The method of claim 31 , wherein:

when the UE is triggered to report CSI for an A-CSI triggering set, the BS assumes the UE used the reference basis associated with the CSI process in that A-CSI triggering set.

33 . The method of claim 32 , wherein the signaling comprises an explicit indication of a reference basis for the measurement procedure via Layer 1 signaling.

34 . The method of claim 33 , wherein:

the UE is configured with a subset of reference bases for the measurement procedure; and

the signaling indicates a basis in the configured subset.

35 . The method of claim 33 , wherein:

the signaling indicates a reference basis the UE is to use for the measurement procedure until the BS sends the UE a release indication.

36 . The method of claim 35 , wherein release indication also indicates another basis in the configured subset to use for the measurement procedure until the BS transmits the UE a setup indication.

37 . The method of claim 35 , wherein the BS assumes the UE uses a default basis after receiving the release indication.

38 . The method of claim 26 , wherein:

the UE is configured with a subset of reference bases for the measurement procedure; and

the signaling indicates the UE is to cycle through the bases in the subset for different periodic CSI reporting instances.

39 . The method of claim 38 , wherein the UE is to begin cycling with a first basis in the subset determined based on at least one of: an indication provided in the signaling, a particular basis in the subset, or derived based on an index for a subframe in which the signaling is received.

40 . The method of claim 38 , wherein the BS is configured to assume, after transmitting the release signaling, that the UE uses at least one of a default basis or same basis as before the BS transmitted the release signaling.

41 . The method of claim 26 , wherein the signaling comprises an implicit indication of a reference basis for the measurement procedure.

42 . The method of claim 41 , wherein the signaling comprises a subframe index.

43 . The method of claim 42 , wherein the subframe index comprises: a subframe index for a subframe in which aperiodic channel state information (CSI) (A-CSI) triggering or semi-persistent CSI reporting setup signaling is received.

44 . The method of claim 42 , wherein the subframe index comprises: a subframe index for a subframe in which a channel state information (CSI) reference signal (CSI-RS) for CSI measurement is transmitted.

45 . The method of claim 42 , wherein the subframe index comprises: a subframe index for a subframe in which the measurement report is transmitted.

46 . The method of claim 41 , wherein the signaling comprises signaling for a type of control channel.

47 . The method of claim 26 , wherein the signaling comprises a configuration of a number of resource elements (REs) for each basis for the measurement procedure assumed for reporting.

48 . The method of claim 26 , wherein the signaling comprises a configuration of a ratio of physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) energy per resource element (EPRE) to channel state information (CSI) reference signal (RS) (CSI-RS) EPRE for each reference basis for the measurement procedure assumed for reporting.

49 . The method of claim 26 , wherein the BS configures the UE to use different bases for aperiodic CSI reporting than for periodic CSI reporting.

50 . The method of claim 26 , further comprising receiving, from the UE, an indication of the reference basis which is assumed for the CSI reporting.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 1, 2022
From: ZHANG, YU; CHEN, WANSHI; CHAO, WEI; XU, HAO
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 060688/0540 →
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Continuation 16336986
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