Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices, apparatuses and computer readable storage media for Uplink Control Information (UCI) design. The method comprises determining, at a terminal device, a matrix comprising a set of non-zero linear combination coefficients for quantizing a channel between the terminal device and a network device, the matrix having spatial components and frequency components; shifting the frequency components of the matrix circularly, such that a target coefficient of the set of non-zero linear combination coefficients is located in a frequency component with a predetermined index of the frequency components in a shifted matrix; generating a first indication indicating the spatial component associated with the target coefficient in the matrix; and transmitting, to the network device, uplink control information comprising the first indication. In this way, a new solution for designing the UCI may reduce the overhead for reporting the parameters in the UCI.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices, apparatuses and computer readable storage media for Uplink Control Information (UCI) design. The method comprises determining, at a terminal device, a matrix comprising a set of non-zero linear combination coefficients for quantizing a channel between the terminal device and a network device, the matrix having spatial components and frequency components; shifting the frequency components of the matrix circularly, such that a target coefficient of the set of non-zero linear combination coefficients is located in a frequency component with a predetermined index of the frequency components in a shifted matrix; generating a first indication indicating the spatial component associated with the target coefficient in the matrix; and transmitting, to the network device, uplink control information comprising the first indication. In this way, a new solution for designing the UCI may reduce the overhead for reporting the parameters in the UCI.

Abstract: Various example embodiments relate to channel measurement and reporting. A user equipment may obtain an association between one or more transmission-reception points and one or more groups of resources for channel measurement. The user equipment may receive, from a network node, an indication indicating muting or unmuting of at least one of the one or more transmission-reception points. The user equipment may determine, based at least partly on the association and the received indication, one or more sets of the resources to be measured.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for multi-channel communications are disclosed. A method provides precoding, based on sounding reference signal received from a communication device, reference signal ports in spatial and frequency domain by determining pairs of spatial and frequency domain components where the frequency domain components are arranged in clusters comprising one or more frequency domain components, and pairing of at least one of the spatial domain components with at least two clusters of frequency domain components is enabled; sending information of the precoding to the other communication device; and combining the precoding with a report of precoding received in response from the other communication device. Another method provides sending of the sounding reference signal; receiving, the information of the precoding; performing port selection operation based on the clustered information of frequency domain components; and preparing and sending the report based on the selection operation.

Abstract: A method for operating a first apparatus (102) and the first apparatus (102) comprising at least one processor, at least one receiver and at least one memory including program code that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the first apparatus (102) at least to receive at least one RRC configuration comprising a configuration of a channel state information, CSI, wideband report setting and a configuration of a CSI, subband report setting, receive at least one message (302) to trigger CSI wideband reporting and CSI subband reporting, and transmit a CSI wideband report (304) in a first slot comprising information on CSI wideband reporting and transmit a CSI subband report (306) comprising information on CSI subband reporting in a second slot based on the message (302) to trigger CSI wideband reporting and CSI subband reporting.

Abstract: There is provided a method at a network node of a communication network, comprising: receiving an uplink reference signal from a user equipment; estimating, based on the received uplink reference signal, delay information regarding a delay profile of a communication channel between the user equipment and the network node and spatial information regarding the communication channel; applying both the delay information and the spatial information in precoding of at least one downlink reference signal; transmitting the at least one precoded downlink reference signal to the user equipment; and receiving, from the user equipment as a response to the transmission of the at least one precoded downlink reference signal, channel information, the channel information indicating at least non-zero coefficients of at least one channel transmission layer.

Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprising: selecting, by a user equipment, a subset of linear combination coefficients from a linearized two-dimensional matrix having columns of frequency domain components and rows of spatial beams components for channel state information determination, wherein the number of linear combination coefficients in the subset is less than all of the linear combination coefficients; determining indication comprising information associated with column indices of the selected subset of linear combination coefficients from the linearized two-dimensional matrix, wherein the indication excludes the index of the column with lowest index of the linearized two-dimensional matrix; determining compressed channel state information comprising locations in the linearized two-dimensional matrix of the subset of linear combination coefficients and corresponding values of the linear combination coefficients at those locations; and reporting, from the use

Abstract: Techniques of generating CSI reports include designating at least one of the reports as a reference and the other reports as dependent on the reference. For example, a dependent CSI report may have a differential value of a CSI quantity rather than a raw value of the CSI quantity. Because generally for parameters in a CSI report, the differential quantity has a smaller range of values than the raw values of the CSI quantity, a quantization of the differential value of the CSI quantity will have fewer bits than the raw value; for example, for L1-RSRP, the raw value has 7 bits while the differential value has 4 bits. In another example, a dependent value of a CSI quantity is a flag indicating that the CSI quantity value is located in a reference CSI report.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided for partial reciprocity-based adaptive port selection codebook configuration. A method, apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided for partial reciprocity- based adaptive port selection codebook configuration. In an example implementation, the method may include a user equipment receiving at least one channel state information reporting configuration from a network node, the at least one channel state information reporting configuration including precoding matrix indicator as reporting quantity and an adaptive port selection codebook configuration for the precoding matrix indicator and determining whether partial reciprocity operations for adaptive port selection precoding matrix indicator are activated, the determining based at least on information in a sounding reference signal (SRS) request field of a downlink control information, an active semi- persistent SRS, or a periodic SRS configured by higher layers.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for co-polarized transmission and port selection associated therewith are provided. For example, a method can include feeding back compressed channel state information. The channel state information can include combining coefficients used to combine a number of space domain, frequency domain, or both space and frequency domain ports. At least one layer can be restricted to be transmitted on one polarization. The feedback for the at least one layer only involves the combining coefficients on the one polarization.

Abstract: A UE determines a PMI, by performing at least the following: determining an intermediate set of vectors from a FD codebook; forming a subset of the intermediate set of vectors; mapping the subset of vectors to a combinatorial indicator; and forming the PMI at least from the combinatorial indicator. The UE sends the PMI toward a wireless network. A base station receives the PMI from the UE. The PMI includes a combinatorial indicator that maps to a subset of vectors from the FD codebook. The base station determines, using at least the received PMI, information from at least the FD codebook to apply to data for transmission toward the UE.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for providing channel state information report, comprising: receiving configuration information for configuring a measurement window to form a compression matrix of a port selection codebook from a codebook set of vector components, wherein the configuration information defines the size of the measurement window, which is common to all of at least one layer to be reported; selecting a number of indices of the measurement window based on the configuration information to form the compression matrix from the codebook set of vector components; and remapping the selected indices, associated to vector components of the compression matrix, with respect to an index of a reference vector component, such that the index of the reference vector component is remapped to a first index of the measurement window; reporting channel state information including precoding matrix indicator to a network, the precoding matrix indicator comprising information of the compression matrix after remapping.

Abstract: An apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium performing estimating spatial overlap of beams associated with one or more combinations of at least two user devices of a plurality of user devices of a mobile communications system based, at least in part, on angular direction of radiated power of the user devices, wherein the user devices include candidate user devices to be scheduled on a network resource for multi user channel transmission; and determining scheduling metrics associated with the one or more combinations of the at least two user devices of the plurality of user devices based on the estimated spatial overlap.

Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprising: selecting, by a user equipment, a subset of linear combination coefficients from a linearized two-dimensional matrix having columns of frequency domain components and rows of spatial beams components for channel state information determination, wherein the number of linear combination coefficients in the subset is less than all of the linear combination coefficients; determining indication comprising information associated with column indices of the selected subset of linear combination coefficients from the linearized two-dimensional matrix, wherein the indication excludes the index of the column with lowest index of the linearized two-dimensional matrix; determining compressed channel state information comprising locations in the linearized two-dimensional matrix of the subset of linear combination coefficients and corresponding values of the linear combination coefficients at those locations; and reporting, from the use

Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method, apparatus and software program product for partitioning channel state information into groups of different priority levels, wherein said channel state information comprises non zero coefficients and said partitioning comprises using at least one permutation function to prioritize said non-zero coefficients substantially based on an amplitude distribution of said non zero coefficients to determine mapping of said non zero coefficients to said groups, and further for omitting zero or more non-zero coefficients in accordance with said amplitude distribution based prioritizing from said groups, and for transmitting remaining non zero coefficients in said groups.

Abstract: A UE measures RSs from at least two different groups of RSs transmitted from at least two different TRPs from corresponding different base stations. The UE calculates CSI for the at least two TRPs based on RSs configured in the at least two different groups. The UE sends report(s) corresponding to the calculated CSI, the report(s) comprising information for at least the two TRPs of a number of reported hypotheses for a single-TRP measurement and a corresponding association to a number of configured hypotheses for a single-TRP measurement. A TRP, under control of the base station, sends the RSs and receives the report(s).

Abstract: A method for predicting channel state information is described. The method includes determining whether or not geodesic prediction is to be performed and transmitting the determination of whether or not geodesic prediction is to be performed in a first part of uplink control signaling. In response to determining that geodesic prediction is not to be performed, the method includes transmitting a current channel estimate in a second part of uplink control signaling, and in response to determining that geodesic prediction is to be performed, the method includes transmitting either a determined current value of a tangent vector, or a determined step size parameter, or both the determined current value of the tangent vector and the determined step size parameter in the second part of uplink control signaling. Channel state information is predicted based on information provided in the first and second parts of uplink control signaling.

Abstract: An apparatus (101) comprising means for performing: grouping columns of a linear combination coefficient matrix into a predefined number of clusters; and sending at least one of the clusters in a second part of a uplink control signalling transmission of a channel to an access node, wherein the uplink control signalling transmission comprises a first part and the second part.

Abstract: A UE determines a PMI, by performing at least the following: determining an intermediate set of vectors from a FD codebook; forming a subset of the intermediate set of vectors; mapping the subset of vectors to a combinatorial indicator; and forming the PMI at least from the combinatorial indicator. The UE sends the PMI toward a wireless network. A base station receives the PMI from the UE. The PMI includes a combinatorial indicator that maps to a subset of vectors from the FD codebook. The base station determines, using at least the received PMI, information from at least the FD codebook to apply to data for transmission toward the UE.

Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprising: selecting, by a user equipment, a subset of linear combination coefficients from a linearized two-dimensional matrix having columns of frequency domain components and rows of spatial beams components for channel state information determination, wherein the number of linear combination coefficients in the subset is less than all of the linear combination coefficients; determining indication comprising information associated with column indices of the selected subset of linear combination coefficients from the linearized two-dimensional matrix, wherein the indication excludes the index of the column with lowest index of the linearized two-dimensional matrix; determining compressed channel state information comprising locations in the linearized two-dimensional matrix of the subset of linear combination coefficients and corresponding values of the linear combination coefficients at those locations; and reporting, from the use