# US 12,192,805 B2 · Ongoing transmission protection and interference management > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,192,805 B2 - Document ID: US12192805B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/442,073 - Filed: 2021-01-14 - Published: 2023-03-30 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2021-01-14 - Assignees: Apple Inc. - Applicants: Apple Inc. - Inventors: Huaning Niu; Yushu Zhang; Dawei Zhang; Haitong Sun; Hong He; Oghenekome Oteri; Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian; Wei Zeng - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12192805B2 ## CPC - H04B 7/0626: {Channel coefficients, e.g. channel state information [CSI]} - H04W 24/08: Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic - H04B 7/0617: {for beam forming} - H04L 5/001: {the frequencies being arranged in component carriers} - H04L 5/005: {of common pilots, i.e. pilots destined for multiple users or terminals} - H04L 5/0051: {of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal} - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04L 5/0057: {Physical resource allocation for CQI} - H04L 5/0073: {Allocation arrangements that take into account other cell interferences} - H04W 72/541: using the level of interference - H04W 72/542: using measured or perceived quality - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to provide reception assisted access and interference management for a communication network. ## Claims ### Claim 1 One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having instructions that, when executed, cause processing circuitry to: identify a channel state information interference measurement (CSI-IM) configuration message received from a first cell, the CSI-IM configuration message for configuration with resources for interference measurement; perform interference measurement using an intended reception beam for the first cell to measure a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) transmitted by a second cell on at least some of the resources; determine, based on the interference measurement, a physical cell identifier (PCI) associated with an interfering signal that could interfere with reception of a desired signal on a resource using the intended reception beam; process a report configuration for configuration with a report quantity information element that includes: a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB) index and a reference signal received power (RSRP) from channel measurement resource (CMR) and interference measurement resource (IMR) index associated with the second cell; a channel state information resource indicator (CRI) and an RSRP from CMR and IMR index associated with the second cell; an SSB index and a signal-to-noise and interference ratio (SINR) from CMR and IMR index associated with the second cell; or a CRI and an SINR from CMR and IMR index associated with the second cell; and generate a report with the PCI for transmission to the first cell to identify a source of potential interference. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the CSI-RS transmitted by the second cell is a non-zero power CSI-RS. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the CSI-IM configuration message is for configuration to perform measurement of the resources for performance of the interference measurement. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processing circuitry to: determine a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) associated with the interfering signal, wherein the report includes the TCI. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 4, wherein the report a second report quantity information element that includes one or more interference measurement resource indexes associated with the PCI. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein: the report quantity information element includes the SSB index and the SINR from the CMR and the IMR index associated with the second cell, or the CRI and the SINR from the CMR and the IMR index associated with the second cell; and the SINR is calculated per a CMR-IMR pair or an IMR is not included in the interference measurement. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processing circuitry to apply a quasi-colocation (QCL) parameter for an associated channel measurement resource (CMR) to receive an interference measurement resource (IMR) for the interference measurement. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processing circuitry to report an interference measurement resource (IMR) associated with the second cell in the report quantity information element. ### Claim 9 One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having instructions that, when executed, cause processing circuitry to: generate a configuration message including a channel state information-interference measurement (CSI-IM) configuration for transmission, the CSI-IM configuration for interference measurement of a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) to be transmitted by a cell; generate a report configuration for transmission, the report configuration to configure reports to include report quantity information element, the report quantity information element to include: a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB) index and a reference signal received power (RSRP) from channel measurement resource (CMR) and interference measurement resource (IMR) index associated with the cell; a channel state information resource indicator (CRI) and an RSRP from CMR and IMR index associated with the cell; an SSB index and a signal-to-noise and interference ratio (SINR) from CMR and IMR index associated with the cell; or a CRI and an SINR from CMR and IMR index associated with the cell; identify an indication of a physical cell identifier (PCI) associated with an interfering signal that could interfere with reception of a desired signal on a resource using an intended reception beam; and coordinate scheduling with the cell based on the indication of the PCI. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 9, wherein the CSI-IM configuration is for configuration with a non-zero power CSI-RS resource for performance of the interference measurement. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 9, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processing circuitry to identify an indication of a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) corresponding to the interfering signal, where the coordination of the scheduling is further based on the indication of the TCI. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 9, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processing circuitry to schedule physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmissions. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 9, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processing circuitry to configure a set of channel state information interference measurement (CSI-IM)/non-zero power interference measurement resource (NZP-IMR) for the interference measurement. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 13, wherein the set of CSI-IM/NZP-IMR is associated with one or more PCIs of the cell. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 9, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processing circuitry to configure, based on an interference measurement resource (IMR) index, a set of channel state information interference measurement (CSI-IM) associated with the cell or a set of non-zero power interference measurement resource (NZP-IMR) associated with the cell, a quasi-colocation for the CSI-IM or the NZP-IMR, or a number of IMR indexes for interference measurement. ### Claim 16 An apparatus comprising: processing circuitry to: determine interference measurement results from an interference measurement of a first cell; determine a physical cell identifier (PCI) associated with an interfering signal that could interfere with reception of a desired signal on a resource using an intended reception beam for a second cell; and generate, for transmission to the second cell, a report quantity information element that includes the PCI to indicate a source of potential interference, wherein the report quantity information element further includes: a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB) index and a reference signal received power (RSRP) from channel measurement resource (CMR) and interference measurement resource (IMR) index associated with the second cell; a channel state information resource indicator (CRI) and an RSRP from CMR and IMR index associated with the second cell; an SSB index and a signal-to-noise and interference ratio (SINR) from CMR and IMR index associated with the second cell; or a CRI and an SINR from CMR and IMR index associated with the second cell; and interface circuitry coupled with the processing circuitry, the interface circuitry to communicatively couple the processing circuitry with a component of a device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the processing circuitry is further to perform an interference measurement for channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources indicated by the second cell, the interference measurement being performed using the intended reception beam for the second cell. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The apparatus of claim 17, wherein to perform the interference measurement includes to perform the interference measurement on CSI-RS resources transmitted by the first cell during the interference measurement. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the processing circuitry is further to: determine a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) corresponding to the interfering signal; and report, to the second cell, the TCI with the PCI to indicate the source of potential interference.