Specification
FIELD OF INVENTION
The present invention relates to handling of TCI state known status mismatch at gNB and UE.
More specifically, the present invention relates to different mechanisms to classify CSI
report(s) into valid/partially valid/invalid CSI report(s) by defining a new CSI evaluation
methodology. This present invention also discloses a new UE behavior of sending different
type of (valid/partially valid/invalid) CSI report to inform the gNB about the TCI state known
status at the UE. Further, an implicit or explicit signaling method is adopted to inform the type
of CSI to the gNB. The present invention further discloses new UE behavior of skipping CSI
reports between partially valid/invalid CSI report and valid CSI report during TCI state
switching/SCell activation.
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
NR uses directional beam forming technique to transmit towards a specific direction. Multiple
beams are transmitted from gNB to cover the entire area of a cell. UE receiver antenna spatial
filter direction has to be tuned to proper direction as shown in figure 1 to receive beam at peak
signal strength. When UE moves from one beam coverage to other beam coverage, UE has to
switch from one beam to other beam or adjust its spatial reception direction. For seamless
switch from one beam to another beam, UE has to track and report multiple beams to gNB.
To facilitate beam tracking, reporting and switching between beams, each beam is associated
with a Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state. gNB indicates TCI states to UE
through RRC signaling. Each TCI state is associated with a reference signal such as SSB and/or
CSI-RS. In other words, indication of a TCI state for PDSCH and/or PDCCH transmission
implies informing the device that a certain PDSCH and/or PDCCH is transmitted using the
same spatial filter as the configured reference signal such as SSB/CSI-RS.
CORESET [4] is a set of physical resources (a specific area on NR Downlink Resource Grid)
and a set of parameters that is used to carry PDCCH/DCI. In short it is equivalent to LTE
PDCCH area.
UE can be configured with upto 64 candidate PDCCH TCI states. By using MAC CE [8],
network can dynamically indicate UE to switch to a specific TCI state, within the perCORESET
[4]-configured subset. When monitoring for PDCCH within a certain CORESET,
the UE can assume that the PDCCH transmission uses the same spatial filter as the reference
signal associated with the indicated TCI by means of MAC CE. In other words, if the device
has earlier determined a suitable receiver-side beam direction for reception of the reference
signal, the device can assume that the same beam direction is suitable for reception of the
PDCCH [9].
A device can be configured with upto 128 candidate TCI states. For PDSCH beam indication,
there are two methods defined depending on the scheduling offset. That is, depending on the
transmission timing of the PDSCH relative to the corresponding PDCCH carrying scheduling
information for the PDSCH. If this scheduling offset is larger than N symbols, the DCI of the
scheduling assignment may explicitly indicate the TCI state for the PDSCH transmission. To
enable this, the device is first configured with a set of up to eight TCI states from the originally
configured set of candidate TCI states, which can be called as active TCI states. A three-bit
indicator within the DCI then indicates the exact TCI state valid for the scheduled PDSCH
transmission. If the scheduling offset is smaller or equal to N symbols, the device should
instead assume that the PDSCH transmission is QCL with the corresponding PDCCH
transmission [9].
In short, TCI state switch for PDCCH is triggered using MAC CE. TCI state switch for PDSCH
is triggered using combination of MAC CE and DCI. Active TCI state switch for PDSCH is
triggered using DCI.
TCI switch delay depends on the TCI state known status. As per TS 38.133 V15.6.0, The TCI
state is known if it has been meeting the following conditions:
TCI state switch is within [X] ms of last transmission for beam reporting/ measurement for the
target TCI state, The UE has sent at least 1 measurement report for the target TCI state, The
TCI state shall remain detectable during the TCI state switching period, SNR of the TCI state
is > -3dB, Otherwise, the TCI state is unknown.
The gNB may ask UE to switch to known or unknown TCI state based on the time when the
beam report is received from UE.
In context of this document, beam and TCI state are used interchangeably. They both carry
same meaning, unless otherwise stated Ll-RSRP is part of CSI-report. In the context of this
document, CSI report and Ll-RSRP report, Ll-RSRP are used interchangeably. They both
carry same meaning unless otherwise stated Tfirst_csi: First CSI report instance after TCI switch
command;
According to 4G standards and/or current 5G standards, TCI state known status mismatch at
gNB and UE cannot be handled according to 5G requirement.
TCI state switch delay depends on TCI state is known to UE or not. TCI state can be considered
known at UE if the beam report is sent by UE less than [X] milliseconds (ms) ago. UE TCI
state can be considered known at gNB if beam report is received by gNB less than [X] ms ago.
[X] May depend on UE speed and power class. Since UE speed may not be known at gNB,
which may lead to mismatch in the assumption/estimation of [X] at gNB. Which results in the
inaccurate TCI state known status of UE at gNB.
Accurate assumption of TCI state known to UE at gNB is required for effective determination
of TCI switching delays. When the assumption at gNB about the TCI state known to UE is
incorrect, it results in inaccurate assumption of TCI switch delay requirements at gNB and UE,
which results in suboptimal performance. As a result, performance degradation or loss of
scheduling opportunities will occur during NR TCI state switch.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The following presents a simplified summary of the subject matter in order to provide a basic
understanding of some aspects of subject matter embodiments. This summary is not an
extensive overview of the subject matter. It is not intended to identify key/critical elements of
the embodiments or to delineate the scope of the subject matter.
In order to overcome at least the problems discussed above, the present invention provides
solution in one aspect wherein reporting channel state information, CSI, to a radio station by a
user equipment, UE, involves measuring at least one beam for beam measurement report and
CSI report; sending the beam measurement report of the at least one beam to the radio station;
receiving, from the radio station, a transmission configuration indicator, TCI, state indication
in response to the beam measurement report of the at least one beam; measuring at least one
specific beam indicated by the TCI state indication to acquire the CSI of the at least one specific
beam; wherein sending a valid CSI report of the at least one specific beam, if the beam
measurement report of the at least one specific beam was transmitted within a predetermined
time; and sending a partially valid CSI report or an invalid CSI report of the at least one specific
beam, if the beam measurement report of the at least one specific beam was transmitted more
than a predetermined time ago. The UE is allowed to send the valid CSI report, if the UE
successfully acquire the CSI of the at least one specific beam regardless of a timing of the beam
measurement report of the at least one specific beam; wherein the valid CSI report uses value
or values defined for successful CSI reporting wherein the UE successfully acquire the CSI,
and whereas the partially valid CSI report or the invalid CSI report uses a value outside the
defined value or values for the successful CSI reporting. The present invention also facilitates
the plurality of CSI reports to be sent by UE to radio station, that are partially valid or invalid
till UE acquires valid CSI report; or the plurality of CSI reports skipped by the UE, from
sending to radio station, in between the partially valid or invalid CSI report and valid CSI
report. Further, the CSI is measured by UE, on next available CSI resource for evaluation,
during and upon acquisition of the specified beam. The PDSCH/PDCCH are received on a new
TCI known state. Further, CSI report is categorized into partially valid or invalid CSI report,
upon determination of an unknown beam at the UE wherein the partially valid CSI report is
reported to the radio station, which also comprises of reporting of invalid CSI report to the
radio station. The present invention also provides TCI state indication command to the UE
upon determination of TCI state known status of the UE as TCI state known wherein providing
TCI state indication command to the UE is done by configuring different TCI switching delay
for the unknown TCI state of the UE.
In another embodiment of the present invention, a communication system for reporting channel
state information, CSI, is provided which comprises of a radio station; a user equipment, UE,
wherein the UE is configured to measure at least one beam for beam measurement report and
CSI report, from the radio station; and to send the beam measurement report of the at least one
beam to the radio station; wherein the radio station is configured to send a transmission
configuration indicator, TCI, state indication, to the UE, in response to the beam measurement
report of the at least one beam; wherein the UE is further configured to measure at least one
specific beam indicated by the TCI state indication to acquire the CSI of the at least one specific
beam; and to send a valid CSI report of the at least one specific beam, if the beam measurement
report was transmitted within a predetermined time; and sending, a partially valid CSI report
or an invalid CSI report of the at least one specific beam, if the beam measurement report was
transmitted more than a predetermined time ago. The UE is also allowed to send the valid CSI
report, if the UE successfully acquire the CSI of the at least one specific beam regardless of a
timing of the beam measurement report of the at least one specific beam. It is to be noted that
the valid CSI report comprises a value or values defined for successful CSI reporting and the
partially valid CSI report or the invalid CSI report comprises a value outside the value or values
defined for the successful CSI reporting. Further, the radio station is configured to receive the
plurality of CSI reports for evaluation, which comprises of partially valid or invalid CSI report
till it receives valid CSI report; or the radio station is also configured to skip the plurality of
CSI reports for evaluation, which comprises of partially valid or invalid CSI report till it
receives valid CSI report. The radio station of the present invention is also configured to receive
CSI report for the acquired beam from UE; wherein the radio station transmits PDSCH/PDCCH
on a new TCI state and is configured to categorize the CSI report into partially valid or invalid
CSI report for the unknown beam. The radio station is further configured to receive partially
valid CSI report as well as it is configured to receive invalid CSI report based on applicability.
The radio station is further configured to transmit switching command to the UE upon
determination of the TCI state known status of the UE as TCI state known and to transmit
switching command to the UE by configuring different TCI switching delay for the unknown
TCI state of the UE.
In an additional embodiment of the present invention, a method of scheduling TCI for a UE by
a radio station is also provided; which comprises of registering the UE; receiving at least one
beam measurement report; transmitting, a transmission configuration indicator state indication
based on the received measurement report which consists of at least one beam; receiving an
updated UE TCI state known status implicitly using different type of CSI report during and
upon beam acquisition of said TCI state by the UE; wherein receiving, a valid CSI report of
the at least one specific beam, if the beam measurement report was received within a
predetermined time; and receiving, a partially valid CSI report or an invalid CSI report of the
at least one specific beam, if the beam measurement report was received more than a
predetermined time ago; and adjusting the TCI switching delay based on the type of CSI report
received. In the present invention the radio station, receives plurality of CSI reports from the
UE for evaluation which comprises of partially valid or invalid CSI report till it receives valid
CSI report; or skipping the plurality of CSI reports from the UE for evaluation in between the
partially valid or invalid CSI report and valid CSI report. Further, the transmission of
PDSCH/PDCCH on a new TCI known state and receiving partially valid or invalid or valid
CSI reports. The present invention also determines UE TCI known state for transmitting
switching command and adjusting TCI switching delay according to the updated TCI state
known status implicitly acquired from the partially valid or invalid or valid CSI report.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF FIGURES
The foregoing and further objects, features and advantages of the present subject matter will
become apparent from the following description of exemplary embodiments with reference to
the accompanying drawings, wherein like numerals are used to represent like elements.
It is to be noted, however, that the appended drawings along with the reference numerals
illustrate only typical embodiments of the present subject matter, and are therefore, not to be
considered for limiting of its scope, for the subject matter may admit to other equally effective
embodiments.
FIGURE 1 illustrates multiple beams transmission.
FIGURE 2 illustrates a flow diagram of the UE behaviour in accordance with the
present disclosure.
FIGURE 3 illustrates UE behaviour when beam report is sent less than a
predetermined time ago, according to the present disclosure.
FIGURE 4 illustrates UE behaviour when beam report is sent more than a
predetermined time ago and UE TCI state known status is TCI state
unknown/not known in accordance with the present disclosure.
FIGURE 5 illustrates a UE behaviour when beam report is sent more than a
predetermined time ago and UE TCI state known status is TCI state
known in accordance with the present disclosure.
FIGURE 6 illustrates UE behaviour when beam report is sent more than a
predetermined time ago, in accordance with the present disclosure.
FIGURE 7 illustrates UE behaviour when beam report is sent more than a
predetermined time ago and UE TCI state known status is TCI state
unknown/not known at UE in accordance with the present disclosure
FIGURE 8 illustrates an alternative wherein UE behaviour when beam report is sent
more than a predetermined time ago and UE TCI state known status is
TCI state unknown/not known at UE in accordance with the present
disclosure
FIGURE 9 illustrates UE behaviour when beam report is sent more than a
predetermined time ago and UE TCI state known status is TCI state
known in accordance with the present disclosure
FIGURE 10 illustrates CSI evaluation and CSI classification at UE, in accordance
with the present disclosure.
FIGURE 11 illustrates gNB behavior for the UE behavior, in accordance with the
present disclosure.
FIGURE 12 illustrates gNB behaviour when beam report was received more than a
predetermined time ago (when TCI state indication sent) and UE sends
valid CSI report, in accordance with the present disclosure.
FIGURE 13 illustrates gNB behaviour when beam report was received more than a
predetermined time ago (when TCI state indication sent) and UE sends
invalid/partially valid CSI report in accordance with the present
disclosure.
FIGURE 14
FIGURE 15
FIGURE 16
FIGURE 17
FIGURE 18
FIGURE 19
FIGURE 20
illustrates gNB behaviour when beam report was received more than a
predetermined time ago (when TCI state indication sent) and UE sends
invalid/partially valid CSI report in accordance with the present
disclosure.
illustrates UE behavior and gNB behavior during TCI switching error
cases, in accordance with the present disclosure.
illustrates UE behaviour when beam report was sent less than
predetermined time but UE TCI state known status is TCI state
unknown/not known/no longer known in accordance with the present
disclosure.
illustrates an alternate solution of UE behaviour when beam report sent
less than predetermined time but UE TCI state known status is TCI state
unknown/not known/no longer known in accordance with the present
disclosure.
illustrates gNB behaviour when beam report was received less than
predetermined time (when TCI state indication issued) but UE sends
partially valid or invalid CSI report in accordance with the present
disclosure.
illustrates an alternate solution of gNB behaviour when beam report was
received less than predetermined time (when TCI state indication
command issued) but UE sends partially valid or invalid CSI report in
accordance with the present disclosure.
illustrates general block diagram for UE in accordance with the present
disclosure.
FIGURE 21 illustrates general block diagram for (R)AN in accordance with the
present disclosure.
FIGURE 22 illustrates a general block diagram for Core Network Node in
accordance with the present disclosure.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Exemplary embodiments now will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The disclosure may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be
construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are
provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey its scope
to those skilled in the art. The terminology used in the detailed description of the particular
exemplary embodiments illustrated in the accompanying drawings is not intended to be
limiting. In the drawings, like numbers refer to like elements.
It is to be noted, however, that the reference numerals in claims illustrate only typical
embodiments of the present subject matter, and are therefore, not to be considered for limiting
of its scope, for the subject matter may admit to other equally effective embodiments.
The specification may refer to "an", "one" or "some" embodiments) in several locations. This
does not necessarily imply that each such reference is to the same embodiment(s), or that the
feature only applies to a single embodiment. Single features of different embodiments may also
be combined to provide other embodiments.
As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms
as well, unless expressly stated otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms
"includes", "comprises", "including" and/or "comprising" when used in this specification,
specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or
components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features,
integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. It will be understood
that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "coupled" to another element, it
can be directly connected or coupled to the other element or intervening elements may be
present. Furthermore, "connected" or "coupled" as used herein may include operatively
connected or coupled. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations and
arrangements of one or more of the associated listed items.
Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have
the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this
disclosure pertains. It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly
used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their
meaning in the context of the relevant art and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly
formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.
The figures depict a simplified structure only showing some elements and functional entities,
all being logical units whose implementation may differ from what is shown. The connections
shown are logical connections; the actual physical connections may be different. It is apparent
to a person skilled in the art that the structure may also comprise other functions and structures.
Also, all logical units described and depicted in the figures include the software and/or
hardware components required for the unit to function. Further, each unit may comprise within
itself one or more components which are implicitly understood. These components may be
operatively coupled to each other and be configured to communicate with each other to perform
the function of the said unit.
In the context of this document, TCI state indication, TCI state switch command, beam
switch command are used interchangeably. All of them carry same meaning unless
otherwise stated
First embodiment:
In an embodiment (first embodiment) of the present invention and as shown in Fig. 2, the
detailed steps describe the UE behavior when the beam report is sent less than predetermined
time ago and more than predetermined time ago to solve problem existed in the prior art. The
flow of the UE behavior is outlined below.
At 201, the RRC reconfiguration for beam management is initiated.
At 202, beam measurement report by UE is provided.
At 203, the TCI state switch command by gNB is provided.
At 204, CSI report by UE is provided and as part of this, UE have to perform TCI state
acquisition, CSI computation and evaluation. The CSI report by UE is based on applicability
and is categorized, wherein if beam report is sent less than predetermined time ago, then UE
shall send valid CSI report, if beam report is sent more than predetermined time ago and if UE
cannot acquire beam (i.e. beam is not known), UE sends invalid (or partially valid) CSI report.
However, if UE can acquire beam (i.e. beam is known), UE shall send valid CSI report. The
valid CSI report is for example the same as legacy CSI report, where it is assumed that the UE
can acquire the intended beam successfully.
In detail, at 201, once UE is RRC connected, gNB configures UE with SSB/CSI-RS for beam
management through RRC reconfiguration. gNB may configure UE with multiple SSB/CSIRS
resources for CSI measurement and multiple reporting configurations for CSI measurement
report through RRC reconfiguration. At 202, UE performs measurements on the configured
measurement resources and reports the measurement report on the configured measurement
reporting instance. This measurement report may contain serving beam and/or neighboring
beams based on configuration from gNB. Number of beams to be reported is configurable by
gNB. Though UE may be measuring in every measurement instance (that is every RS
transmission instance), UE will be reporting to gNB only in measurement reporting instance.
Number of measurement instances and number of reporting instances may not be same.
For example, by considering a scenario where, gNB may be using 8 beams (beam index or TCI
state 1, 2, 3... 8) to transmit across the coverage area of the cell. gNB may configure UE to
measure one or more beams (for example beam index or TCI state 4, 6, 8). UE measures beams
corresponding to beam index 4, 6, and 8 when the measurement resources are available, and
reports beam measurement report of beam index 4, 6 and 8 to gNB when reporting resources
are available.
At 203, based on the beam report from UE, whenever there is a stronger beam (beam index 6
may be stronger in the example described above) than the serving beam (for example beam
index or TCI state of serving beam index is 1), gNB may initiate a TCI state switch by issuing
a TCI state indication for switching the PDCCH or PDSCH TCI state (i.e. switch to beam index
6 from current serving beam index 1 in the example described above). Upon receiving the TCI
state indication/TCI state switch command (i.e. switch to beam index or TCI state 6 in the
example described above), via PDCCH (DCI command) or PDSCH (MAC CE or RRC), UE
should be able switch to new TCI state with in the TCI switch delay (TTCI switch Delay) as defined
[3] below.
DCI based TCI switch delay
If target TCI state is known:
• TTCI SwitchDelay timeDurationForQCL
MAC-CE based TCI state switch delay:
If target TCI state is known:
• TTCI_Switch_Delay = T H A R Q +3 1TLS +TOk*(Tfirst-SSB + TsSB-proc).
If Target TCI state is unknown:
• TTCI_Switch_Delay = T H A R Q +3 1TLS + T L I - R S R P +TOuk*(Tfirst-SSB+ TsSB-proc)
RRC based TCI state delay:
If target TCI state is known:
• TTCI_Switch_Delay = TRRC_processing +TOk*(Tfirst-SSB + TsSB-proc)
If Target TCI state is unknown:
• TTCI_Switch_Delay = TRRC_processing + T L 1 - R S R P +TOuk*(Tfirst-SSB + TsSB-proc)
Where,
timeDurationForQCL is the time required by the UE to perform PDCCH reception and
applying spatial QCL information received in DCI for PDSCH processing [7];
THARQ is the timing between DL data transmission and acknowledgement;
Tfirst-ssB is time to first SSB transmission after TCI state command is received by the UE;
TssB-proc = 2 ms;
TOk = 1 if target TCI state is not in the active TCI state list for PDSCH, 0 otherwise;
TOuk = 1 for CSI-RS based Ll-RSRP measurement, and 0 for SSB based Ll-RSRP
measurement;
TLI-RSRP is the time for Ll-RSRP measurement for Rx beam refinement;
TRRc_processingis the RRC processing delay;
At 204, when UE receives TCI state indication (for example beam index 6 in the example
described above)/TCI switch command through PDSCH (MAC CE or RRC) or PDCCH (DCI
command), UE may start procedure of beam acquisition (beam index 6 in the example
described above) and measures the CSI on the next available CSI resources which may be
SSB/CSI-RS and perform CSI report evaluation. Based on the beam reported instance (time),
UE sends the CSI report as described below, If the beam report is sent less than [X] ms ago,
UE shall send valid CSI report as shown in Fig. 3.
If the beam report is sent more than predetermined time ago, as shown in Fig. 4, if TCI state is
not known to UE, UE should start performing the beam acquisition procedure. When CSI
reporting resources are available, UE shall send partially valid or invalid CSI report. Partially
valid or invalid CSI report may mean any value(s) which is not used in the normal (i.e. valid
CSI report) CSI reporting, or any value(s) which is defined for the case where the UE cannot
get the valid (i.e. appropriate) CSI. It is also possible that the invalid CSI report and the partially
valid CSI report are the same or different from each other. Existing CSI (Ll-RSRP) reporting
table(s) of [3] may be used for indicating invalid and partially valid CSI reporting to gNB. As
shown in Fig. 5, if TCI state is known, UE shall send valid CSI report.
Second embodiment:
As shown in Fig. 6, another embodiment (second embodiment) describes UE behaviour w.r.t
CSI reporting when beam report is sent more than predetermined time ago, to solve problem
statement. The flow of the UE behaviour is outlined below.
At 601, RRC reconfiguration for beam management is initiated.
At 602, Beam measurement report by UE is provided.
At 603, TCI state indication by gNB is provided.
At 604, TCI switching by UE is performed. As part of this UE have to perform TCI state
acquisition, TCI state known status update, CSI computation and evaluation and CSI reporting
based on applicability; wherein If beam report is sent less than predetermined time ago, UE
shall send valid CSI report and if beam report is sent more than predetermined time ago and if
UE cannot acquire the beam (i.e. beam is unknown or not known), UE sends invalid (or
partially valid) CSI report till UE acquires TCI state (beam). Upon TCI state acquisition (i.e.
beam is known now) UE sends valid CSI report. If beam is known, UE shall send valid CSI
report on the first CSI reporting instance and UE switch to new TCI state.
In detail, at 601, gNB configures UE with measurement resources and measurement reporting
resources. At 602, based on the measurement resources and measurement reporting
configuration, UE measures and report beam measurements to gNB.
At 603, based on the beam measurement report, gNB may send a TCI state indication if any
stronger TCI state is found in beam report.
At 604, when UE receives TCI state indication through PDSCH (MAC CE or RRC) or PDCCH
(DCI command), the UE may start procedure of beam acquisition, UE may update TCI state
known status, measures the CSI and perform the CSI report evaluation. Based on the beam
report instance (time), UE sends the CSI report as described below.
If the beam report is sent less than [X] ms ago, UE shall send valid CSI report.
If the beam report is sent more than [X] ms ago, as shown in Fig. 7, if TCI state is not known
to UE, UE should start performing the beam acquisition procedure. When CSI reporting
resources are available, UE shall send partially valid or invalid CSI report till UE completes
beam acquisition procedure. Upon TCI state acquisition, UE should send valid CSI report.
Partially valid or invalid CSI report may mean any value(s) which is not used in the normal
(i.e. valid CSI report) CSI reporting, or any value(s) which is defined for the case where the
UE cannot get the valid (i.e. appropriate) CSI. It is also possible that the invalid CSI report and
the partially valid CSI report are the same or different from each other. Existing CSI (Ll-
RSRP) reporting table(s) of [3] may be used for indicating invalid and partially valid CSI report
to gNB.
Alternate solution for this problem as shown in Fig. 8 is, between first instance of (partially
valid/invalid) CSI report and till UE completes beam acquisition and sends valid CSI report,
UE shall not send any CSI reports. That means even though gNB configures a UE with CSI
reporting resources, since first CSI report is partially valid or invalid CSI report, subsequent
reports till the valid CSI report, are also partially valid or invalid CSI reports, it means that
gNB is not getting any useful information from the UE. Hence it is beneficial to skip the CSI
reports in between the partially valid/invalid CSI reports to valid CSI report even when UE has
CSI reporting resources configured. Time till which UE does not send CSI reports can be
configured.
As shown in Fig. 9, if TCI state is known, UE shall send valid CSI report on first instance of
CSI reporting after TCI switch command. TCI switch delay should be updated to TCI switch
delay (known). UE expected to receive PDCCH/PDSCH on new TCI state at the end of TCI
state switch delay corresponding to TCI state known. UE switches to new TCI state and
subsequent PDSCH/PDCCH is received on the new TCI state.
Third embodiment:
Another embodiment (third embodiment) of the present invention describes CSI evaluation and
CSI classification at UE to solve the problem statement. Outline of the solution is described
below as well as illustrated in Fig. 10. Entire flow of the solution is divided into four steps and
outline of the solution is described below
At 1001, RRC reconfiguration for beam management is initiated.
At 1002, Beam measurement report by UE is provided.
At 1003, TCI state indication by gNB is provided.
At 1004, TCI switching by UE is performed. As part of this UE have to perform, TCI state
acquisition, TCI state known status update, CSI computation and evaluation; wherein if UE
cannot acquire the beam (i.e. beam is unknown at UE) UE CSI report is classified into partially
valid/invalid CSI report; UE also has to send CSI report based on the applicability, upon which
the UE switch to new TCI state
In detail, at 1001, gNB configures UE with measurement resources and measurement reporting
resources. At 1002, based on the measurement resources and measurement reporting
configuration UE measures and report beam measurements to gNB. At 1003, based on the
beam measurement report, gNB may send a TCI state indication if any stronger TCI state is
found in beam report. At 1004, when UE receives TCI state indication through PDSCH (MAC
CE or RRC) or PDCCH (DCI command), the UE starts procedure of beam acquisition, updates
TCI state known status, measures the CSI and perform the CSI report evaluation as described
below.
TCI state known status update at UE upon reception of TCI state indication:
Upon reception of TCI state indication/TCI state switch command, UE may start acquiring
target beam and may update the TCI state known status as described below.
• If the TCI state is detectable, then the beam is considered known and UE may update
TCI state known status to TCI state known.
• If the TCI state is not detectable, then the beam is considered unknown and UE may
update TCI state known status to TCI state unknown.
Partially Valid CSI report: If UE can detect and measure the beam and measured Ll-RSRP
value satisfies following criteria of Y < | CSI Report latest -CSI Report_prev \ < Z dBm.
Where CSI Report latest is the latest measured CSI report after receiving the TCI state
indication and CSI Report_prev is the last reported CSI report value before receiving the TCI
switch command.
Invalid CSI report: If UE can't detect the beam, it reports an invalid Ll-RSRP.
Y and Z values in the above method are configurable.
Upon performing the CSI report evaluation, UE reports the CSI based on the evaluation result.
At each CSI reporting instance, UE should report based on the reporting configuration. Which
may involve target TCI state and other TCI states according to reporting configuration. The
reported value is determined as described below
Ll-RSRP reporting:
Ll-RSRP report may be part of CSI report. For Ll-RSRP reporting, if the higher layer
parameter nrofReportedRS in CSI-ReportConfigis configured to be one, the reported Ll-RSRP
value is defined by a 7-bit value in the range [-140, -44] dBm with IdB step size, if the higher
layer parameter nrofReportedRS is configured to be larger than one, or if the higher layer
parameter groupBasedBeamReporting is configured as 'enabled', the UE shall use differential
Ll-RSRP based reporting, where the largest measured value of Ll-RSRP is quantized to a 7-
bit value in the range [-140, -44] dBm with IdB step size, and the differential Ll-RSRP is
quantized to a 4-bit value. The differential Ll-RSRP value is computed with 2 dB step size
with a reference to the largest measured Ll-RSRP value which is part of the same Ll-RSRP
reporting instance. The mapping between the reported Ll-RSRP value and the measured
quantity is described in Table 1 and Table 2, which are described in TS 38.133, [3].
Signaling design of partially valid/invalid CSI report:
CSI report can be signaled using implicit or explicit signaling. Implicit signaling implies using
existing Ll-RSRP table, UE indicates the type of CSI report to gNB. In table 1, RSRPO to
RSRP15 and RSRP114 to RSRP126 are not used for Ll-RSRP reporting, as the reporting
range of Ll-RSRP is [-140 to -44] dBm. In the table 1, these values are indicated as not valid.
Implicit Method:
In this method, the unused/Not valid values of LI SS-RSRP /CSI-RSRP quantity of table 1 are
used to convey more accurate CSI type information to gNB.
To report partially valid CSI, UE may use any unused Ll-RSRP values ("Not valid") of Table
1 [3]. For example UE may use any value in the range from RSRPO to RSRP15. It just
informs gNB that CSI is partially valid. It won't give any information on signal strength.
To report invalid CSI, UE may use any unused Ll-RSRP values ("Not valid") of Table 1 [3].
For example UE may use any value in the range from RSRP114 to RSRP126. It just informs
gNB that CSI is invalid. It won't give any information on signal strength.
a. Upon determining the type of CSI and CSI value to be reported, UE reports CSI
report based on the applicability
b. When UE is ready with Rx spatial filter direction to receive the beam, UE switches
to new TCI state. Upon UE switch to new TCI state, subsequent PDSCH/PDCCH
is received on the new TCI state
Reported value
DIFFRSRPO
DIFFRSRP1
DIFFRSRP2
DIFFRSRP3
DIFFRSRP4
DIFFRSRP5
DIFFRSRP6
DIFFRSRP7
DIFFRSRP8
DIFFRSRP9
DIFFRSRP10
DIFFRSRP11
DIFFRSRP12
DIFFRSRP13
DIFFRSRP14
DIFFRSRP15
Measured quantity value(difference in
measured RSRP from strongest RSRP)
0>ARSRP>-2
-2>ARSRP>-4
-4>ARSRP>-6
-6>ARSRP>-8
-8>ARSRP>-10
-10>ARSRP>-12
-12>ARSRP>-14
-14>ARSRP>-16
-16>ARSRP>-18
-18>ARSRP>-20
-20>ARSRP>-22
-22>ARSRP>-24
-24>ARSRP>-26
-26>ARSRP>-28
-28>ARSRP>-30
-30>ARSRP
Unit
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
Differential SS-RSRP and CSI-RSRP measurement report mapping
Table 2: SS-RSRP and CSI-RSRP measurement report mapping
Fourth embodiment:
Another embodiment (fourth embodiment) of the present invention describes the gNB behavior
for TCI scheduling and CSI report handling. Outline of the solution is described below as well
as illustrated in Fig. 11. Entire flow of the solution is divided into four steps and outlined below.
At 1101, RRC reconfiguration for beam management is initiated.
At 1102, Beam measurement report by UE is provided
At 1103, TCI state indication by gNB is provided
At 1104, TCI switching is performed, which comprises of TCI state acquisition at UE, TCI
state (beam) known status update at UE (if UE can acquire the beam, beam is known; if UE
Reported value
RSRP_0
RSRP_1
RSRP_2
RSRP_3
RSRP_4
RSRP_5
RSRP_6
RSRP_7
RSRP_8
RSRP_9
RSRP_10
RSRP_11
RSRP_12
RSRPJ.3
RSRP_14
RSRP_15
RSRP_16
RSRP_17
RSRPJ.8
RSRP_111
RSRP_112
RSRP_113
RSRP_114
RSRPJ.15
RSRP_116
RSRP_117
RSRP_118
RSRP_119
RSRPJ.20
RSRP_121
RSRP_122
RSRP_123
RSRP_124
RSRPJ.25
RSRP_126
RSRP_127
(Note)
Measured quantity
value(L3 SS-RSRP)
SS-RSRP<-156
-156< SS-RSRP<-155
-155< SS-RSRP<-154
-154< SS-RSRP<-153
-153< SS-RSRP<-152
-152< SS-RSRP<-151
-151< SS-RSRP<-150
-150< SS-RSRP<-149
-149< SS-RSRP<-148
-148< SS-RSRP<-147
-147< SS-RSRP<-146
-146< SS-RSRP<-145
-145< SS-RSRP<-144
-144< SS-RSRP<-143
-143< SS-RSRP<-142
-142< SS-RSRP<-141
-141< SS-RSRP<-140
-140< SS-RSRP<-139
-139< SS-RSRP<-138
-46< SS-RSRP<-45
-45< SS-RSRP<-44
-44< SS-RSRP<-43
-43< SS-RSRP<-42
-42< SS-RSRP<-41
-41< SS-RSRP<-40
-40< SS-RSRP<-39
-39< SS-RSRP<-38
-38< SS-RSRP<-37
-37< SS-RSRP<-36
-36< SS-RSRP<-35
-35< SS-RSRP<-34
-34< SS-RSRP<-33
-33< SS-RSRP<-32
-32< SS-RSRP<-31
-31< SS-RSRP
Infinity
Measured quantity value(Ll SSRSRP
and CSI-RSRP)
Not valid
Not valid
Not valid
Not valid
Not valid
Not valid
Not valid
Not valid
Not valid
Not valid
Not valid
Not valid
Not valid
Not valid
Not valid
Not valid
RSRP<-140
-140
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| 1 |
201911032978-STATEMENT OF UNDERTAKING (FORM 3) [14-08-2019(online)].pdf |
2019-08-14 |
| 2 |
201911032978-POWER OF AUTHORITY [14-08-2019(online)].pdf |
2019-08-14 |
| 3 |
201911032978-FORM 1 [14-08-2019(online)].pdf |
2019-08-14 |
| 4 |
201911032978-DRAWINGS [14-08-2019(online)].pdf |
2019-08-14 |
| 5 |
201911032978-DECLARATION OF INVENTORSHIP (FORM 5) [14-08-2019(online)].pdf |
2019-08-14 |
| 6 |
201911032978-COMPLETE SPECIFICATION [14-08-2019(online)].pdf |
2019-08-14 |
| 7 |
201911032978-Power of Attorney-190819.pdf |
2019-08-23 |
| 8 |
201911032978-Correspondence-190819.pdf |
2019-08-23 |
| 9 |
abstract.jpg |
2019-09-05 |
| 10 |
201911032978-Proof of Right (MANDATORY) [24-10-2019(online)].pdf |
2019-10-24 |
| 11 |
201911032978-OTHERS-281019.pdf |
2019-10-31 |
| 12 |
201911032978-Correspondence-281019.pdf |
2019-10-31 |
| 13 |
201911032978-Request Letter-Correspondence [07-05-2020(online)].pdf |
2020-05-07 |
| 14 |
201911032978-Form 1 (Submitted on date of filing) [07-05-2020(online)].pdf |
2020-05-07 |
| 15 |
201911032978-FORM 18 [20-07-2023(online)].pdf |
2023-07-20 |
| 16 |
201911032978-FER.pdf |
2024-06-25 |
| 17 |
201911032978-FORM 3 [06-08-2024(online)].pdf |
2024-08-06 |
| 18 |
201911032978-FORM 3 [06-08-2024(online)]-1.pdf |
2024-08-06 |
| 19 |
201911032978-OTHERS [19-09-2024(online)].pdf |
2024-09-19 |
| 20 |
201911032978-FORM-26 [19-09-2024(online)].pdf |
2024-09-19 |
| 21 |
201911032978-FER_SER_REPLY [19-09-2024(online)].pdf |
2024-09-19 |
| 22 |
201911032978-COMPLETE SPECIFICATION [19-09-2024(online)].pdf |
2024-09-19 |
| 23 |
201911032978-CLAIMS [19-09-2024(online)].pdf |
2024-09-19 |
| 24 |
201911032978-ABSTRACT [19-09-2024(online)].pdf |
2024-09-19 |
| 25 |
201911032978-GPA-230924.pdf |
2024-09-30 |
| 26 |
201911032978-Correspondence-230924.pdf |
2024-09-30 |
| 27 |
201911032978-RELEVANT DOCUMENTS [11-10-2024(online)].pdf |
2024-10-11 |
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SearchHistory(1)E_24-06-2024.pdf |