# US 12,184,577 B2 · Channel state information reporting and time restriction > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,184,577 B2 - Document ID: US12184577B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/751,357 - Filed: 2022-05-23 - Published: 2023-12-21 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2022-05-23 - Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Applicants: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Inventors: Ahmed Attia Abotabl; Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar; Hung Dinh Ly - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12184577B2 ## CPC - H04L 5/0051: {of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal} - H04W 52/225: {Calculation of statistics, e.g. average or variance} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a first message indicating that a configuration for a time restriction is disabled for the UE, such that the UE may measure one or more resources transmitted from a network entity with respect to a reference resource. The UE may receive a second message indicating that the UE is to measure one or more resources transmitted by a network entity at a first of multiple transmit power levels, the one or more resources transmitted before the reference resource, and the reference resource associated with one of the multiple transmit power levels. The UE may perform a first average measurement of the one or more resources and transmit a first report indicating the first average measurement, where the UE performs the average measurement of the one or more resources based on the second message. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising: a processor; memory coupled with the processor; and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to: receive a first message indicating a configuration associated with a time restriction is disabled for the UE, wherein the UE measures one or more resources with respect to a reference resource when the configuration associated with the time restriction is disabled; receive a second message indicating that the UE is to measure the one or more resources transmitted by a network entity at a first transmit power level of a plurality of transmit power levels, wherein the reference resource is associated with one of the plurality of transmit power levels; and transmit a first report indicating a first average measurement of the one or more resources associated with the first transmit power level, wherein the UE measures the one or more resources based at least in part on the second message. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to: perform the first average measurement of the one or more resources associated with the first transmit power level, wherein the one or more resources associated with the first transmit power level occur before the reference resource in time; transmit the first report indicating the first average measurement of the one or more resources associated with the first transmit power level; perform a second average measurement of the one or more resources associated with a second transmit power level, wherein the one or more resources associated with the second transmit power level occur before the reference resource in a time domain; and transmit a second report indicating the second average measurement of the one or more resources associated with the second transmit power level. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to: perform the first average measurement of the one or more resources associated with the first transmit power level, wherein a first quantity of the one or more resources associated with the first transmit power level is larger than a second quantity of the one or more resources associated with a second transmit power level; and transmit the first report indicating the first average measurement of the one or more resources associated with the first transmit power level. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3, wherein a third transmit power level that occurs after the second transmit power level in a time domain is equal to the first transmit power level. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to: perform the first average measurement of the one or more resources associated with the first transmit power level; apply a power scale to the first average measurement based at least in part on performing the first average measurement, wherein the power scale associates the first average measurement with a second transmit power level; and transmit the first report indicating the first average measurement of the one or more resources, wherein the first average measurement is in terms of the second transmit power level based at least in part on applying the power scale. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The apparatus of claim 5, wherein a third transmit power level that occurs after the second transmit power level in a time domain is equal to the second transmit power level. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to: perform the first average measurement of the one or more resources associated with the first transmit power level and a second average measurement of the one or more resources associated with a second transmit power level, compare the first average measurement and the second average measurement to identify a correlation between the first average measurement and the second average measurement; and transmit the first report indicating the first average measurement of the one or more resources associated with the first transmit power level based at least in part on the correlation satisfying a threshold, wherein a first quantity of the one or more resources associated with the first transmit power level is larger than a second quantity of the one or more resources associated with the second transmit power level. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the instructions to transmit the first report are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to: transmit the first report indicating the second average measurement of the one or more resources associated with the second transmit power level based at least in part on the correlation satisfying the threshold, wherein the first quantity and the second quantity are equal. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the instructions to transmit the first report are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to: transmit the first report indicating the second average measurement of the one or more resources associated with the second transmit power level based at least in part on the correlation failing to satisfy the threshold, wherein the first quantity is greater than or equal to the second quantity. ### Claim 10 An apparatus for wireless communication at a network entity, comprising: a processor; memory coupled with the processor; and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to: transmit a first message indicating that a configuration of a time restriction is disabled at a user equipment (UE), wherein the UE measures one or more resources with respect to a reference resource when the configuration associated with the time restriction is disabled; transmit a second message indicating that the UE is to measure the one or more resources transmitted by the network entity at a first transmit power level of a plurality of transmit power levels, wherein the reference resource is associated with one of the plurality of transmit power levels; and receive a first report indicating a first average measurement of the one or more resources associated with the first transmit power level, wherein the UE measures the one or more resources based at least in part on the second message. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the instructions to receive the first report are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to: receive the first report indicating the first average measurement of the one or more resources associated with the first transmit power level; and receive a second report indicating a second average measurement of the one or more resources associated with a second transmit power level. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the instructions to receive the first report are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to: receive the first report indicating the first average measurement of the one or more resources associated with the first transmit power level, wherein a first quantity of the one or more resources associated with the first transmit power level is larger than a second quantity of the one or more resources associated with a second transmit power level. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12, wherein a third transmit power level that occurs after the second transmit power level in a time domain is equal to the first transmit power level. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the instructions to receive the first report are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to: receive the first report indicating the first average measurement of the one or more resources, wherein the first average measurement is in terms of a second transmit power level based at least in part on a power scale, wherein the power scale associates the first average measurement with the second transmit power level. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to: a third transmit power level that occur after the second transmit power level in a time domain is equal to the second transmit power level. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the instructions to receive the first report are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to: receive the first report indicating the first average measurement of the one or more resources associated with the first transmit power level based at least in part on a correlation between the first average measurement and a second average measurement of the one or more resources associated with a second transmit power level satisfying a threshold, wherein a first quantity of the one or more resources associated with the first transmit power level is larger than a second quantity of the one or more resources associated with the second transmit power level. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the instructions to receive the first report are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to: receive the first report indicating the second average measurement of the one or more resources associated with the second transmit power level based at least in part on the correlation satisfying the threshold, wherein the first quantity and the second quantity are equal. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the instructions to receive the first report are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to: receive the first report indicating the second average measurement of the one or more resources associated with the second transmit power level based at least in part on the correlation failing to satisfy the threshold, wherein the first quantity is greater than or equal to the second quantity. ### Claim 19 A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving a first message indicating a configuration associated with a time restriction is disabled for the UE, wherein the UE measures one or more resources with respect to a reference resource when the configuration associated with the time restriction is disabled; receiving a second message indicating that the UE is to measure the one or more resources transmitted by a network entity at a first transmit power level of a plurality of transmit power levels, wherein the reference resource is associated with one of the plurality of transmit power levels; and transmitting a first report indicating a first average measurement of the one or more resources associated with the first transmit power level, wherein the UE measures the one or more resources based at least in part on the second message. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, further comprising: performing the first average measurement of the one or more resources associated with the first transmit power level, wherein the one or more resources associated with the first transmit power level occur before the reference resource in time; transmitting the first report indicating the first average measurement of the one or more resources associated with the first transmit power level; performing a second average measurement of the one or more resources associated with a second transmit power level, wherein the one or more resources associated with the second transmit power level occur before the reference resource in a time domain; and transmitting a second report indicating the second average measurement of the one or more resources associated with the second transmit power level. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, further comprising: performing the first average measurement of the one or more resources associated with the first transmit power level, wherein a first quantity of the one or more resources associated with the first transmit power level is larger than a second quantity of the one or more resources associated with a second transmit power level; and transmitting the first report indicating the first average measurement of the one or more resources associated with the first transmit power level. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, wherein a third transmit power level that occurs after the second transmit power level in a time domain is equal to the first transmit power level. ### Claim 23 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, further comprising: performing the first average measurement of the one or more resources associated with the first transmit power level; applying a power scale to the first average measurement based at least in part on performing the first average measurement, wherein the power scale associates the first average measurement with a second transmit power level; and transmitting the first report indicating the first average measurement of the one or more resources, wherein the first average measurement is in terms of the second transmit power level based at least in part on applying the power scale. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The method of claim 23, wherein a third transmit power level that occurs after the second transmit power level in a time domain is equal to the second transmit power level. ### Claim 25 A method for wireless communication at a network entity, comprising: transmitting a first message indicating that a configuration of a time restriction is disabled at a user equipment (UE), wherein the UE measures one or more resources with respect to a reference resource when the configuration associated with the time restriction is disabled; transmitting a second message indicating that the UE is to measure the one or more resources transmitted by the network entity at a first transmit power level of a plurality of transmit power levels, wherein the reference resource is associated with one of the plurality of transmit power levels; and receiving a first report indicating a first average measurement of the one or more resources associated with the first transmit power level, wherein the UE measures the one or more resources based at least in part on the second message. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The method of claim 25, wherein receiving the first report comprises: receiving the first report indicating the first average measurement of the one or more resources associated with the first transmit power level; and receiving a second report indicating a second average measurement of the one or more resources associated with a second transmit power level. ### Claim 27 (depends on 25) The method of claim 25, wherein receiving the first report comprises: receiving the first report indicating the first average measurement of the one or more resources associated with the first transmit power level, wherein a first quantity of the one or more resources associated with the first transmit power level is larger than a second quantity of the one or more resources associated with a second transmit power level. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The method of claim 27, wherein a third transmit power level that occurs after the second transmit power level in a time domain is equal to the first transmit power level. ### Claim 29 (depends on 25) The method of claim 25, wherein receiving the first report comprises: receiving the first report indicating the first average measurement of the one or more resources, wherein the first average measurement is in terms of a second transmit power level based at least in part on a power scale, wherein the power scale associates the first average measurement with the second transmit power level. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The method of claim 29, further comprising: a third transmit power level that occurs after the second transmit power level in a time domain is equal to the second transmit power level.