# US 11,910,320 B2 · Handling new radio (NR) traffic configured with non-integer periodicity > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,910,320 B2 - Document ID: US11910320B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/446,817 - Filed: 2021-09-02 - Published: 2022-12-08 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2021-06-07 - Assignees: Apple Inc. - Applicants: Apple Inc. - Inventors: Weidong Yang; Huaning Niu; Chunhai Yao; Chunxuan Ye; Dawei Zhang; Haitong Sun; Hong He; Oghenekome Oteri; Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian; Sigen Ye; Wei Zeng; Yushu Zhang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11910320B2 ## CPC - H04W 52/0232: {according to average transmission signal activity} - H04B 7/0626: {Channel coefficients, e.g. channel state information [CSI]} - H04W 52/0216: {using a pre-established activity schedule, e.g. traffic indication frame} - H04W 72/1263: Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows - H04W 72/54: based on quality criteria - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04B: TRANSMISSION ## Abstract A user equipment (UE) is configured to report channel state information (CSI). The UE receives CSI configuration information corresponding to downlink new radio (NR) traffic with non-integer periodicity, wherein the CSI configuration information includes one of CSI measurement configuration information, CSI reporting configuration information or CSI measurement configuration information and CSI reporting configuration information, receives CSI measurement resources and reports CSI feedback to a network. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A processor of a user equipment (UE) configured to perform operations comprising: receiving channel state information (CSI) configuration information corresponding to downlink new radio (NR) traffic with non-integer periodicity, wherein the CSI configuration information includes one of CSI measurement configuration information, CSI reporting configuration information or CSI measurement configuration information and CSI reporting configuration information; receiving CSI measurement resources; and reporting CSI feedback to a network. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The processor of claim 1, wherein the CSI measurement resources comprise channel measurement resources (CMRs) and interference measurement resources (IMRs) and the IMRs are transmitted by the network with non-integer periodicity. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The processor of claim 1, wherein the periodicity of the CSI reporting is a non-integer periodicity based on a downlink semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) periodicity. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The processor of claim 1, wherein the periodicity of the CSI reporting is a non-integer periodicity based on one or more downlink semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) periodicities. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The processor of claim 1, wherein the periodicity of the CSI measurement resources is a non-integer periodicity based on one or more downlink semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) periodicities. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The processor of claim 1, wherein the CSI configuration information included in a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising a first integer, a second integer and an offset integer and wherein the first integer and the second integer are used to derive a non-integer CSI reporting periodicity. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The processor of claim 1, wherein the CSI configuration information is included in a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising a first integer, a second integer and an offset integer and wherein the first integer and the second integer are used to derive a non-integer periodicity for channel measurement resources (CMR). ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The processor of claim 1, wherein the CSI configuration information is included in a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising a first integer, a second integer and an offset integer and wherein the first integer and the second integer are used to derive a non-integer periodicity for interference measurement resources (IMR). ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The processor of claim 1, the operations further comprising: receiving an information element (IE) from the network indicating a relationship between downlink semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) and CSI measurement and reporting occasions. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The processor of claim 1, wherein a CSI-FrequencyOccupation is determined based on downlink semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) frequency allocation. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The processor of claim 1, wherein a CSI-ReportingBand is determined based on downlink semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) frequency allocation. ### Claim 12 A processor of a base station configured to perform operations comprising: transmitting channel state information (CSI) configuration information corresponding to downlink new radio (NR) traffic with non-integer periodicity to a user equipment (UE), wherein the CSI configuration information includes one or more of CSI measurement configuration information and CSI reporting configuration information; transmitting CSI measurement resources; and receiving CSI feedback from the UE. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The processor of claim 12, wherein the CSI measurement and reporting configuration information is included in a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising a first integer, a second integer and an offset integer and wherein the first integer and the second integer arc to be used by the UE to derive a non-integer CSI reporting periodicity. ### Claim 14 A processor of a user equipment (UE) configured to perform operations comprising: receiving connected discontinuous reception (cDRX) configuration information for downlink new radio (NR) traffic with non-integer periodicity; implementing a cDRX cycle based on the configuration information; and receiving physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) during an onDuration of the cDRX cycle. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The processor of claim 14, the operations further comprising: determining a drxStartOffset using a floor function,wherein the cDRX cycle is further based on a subframe number (SFN) and a hyper-frame number (HFN). ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The processor of claim 14, the operations further comprising: receiving a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) from a network indicating a change to a drxStartOffset. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The processor of claim 14, wherein implementing the cDRX cycle includes using a combination of a short DRX cycle and a long DRX cycle and wherein a start of the short DRX cycle and the long DRX cycle is based on a hyper-frame number (HFN). ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The processor of claim 14, the operations further comprising: receiving a PDCCH wake up signal (WUS), wherein the PDCCH WUS comprises information for semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The processor of claim 18, wherein the information comprises differential modulation and coding scheme (MCS) or an indication to extend the resource allocation. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The processor of claim 14, the operations further comprising: receiving a PDCCH wake up signal (WUS), wherein the PDCCH WUS comprises information for configured grant (CG) physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).