# US 12,193,042 B2 · Procedure for combining HD/FD CSI in one report on PUSCH/PUCCH transmissions > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,193,042 B2 - Document ID: US12193042B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/513,604 - Filed: 2021-10-28 - Published: 2023-05-04 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2021-10-28 - Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Applicants: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Inventors: Abdelrahman Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim; Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar; Ahmed Attia Abotabl - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12193042B2 ## CPC - H04W 72/542: using measured or perceived quality - H04L 1/1812: Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ] - H04L 5/0048: {Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091)} - H04L 5/0051: {of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal} - H04L 5/0057: {Physical resource allocation for CQI} - H04L 5/0094: {Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated} - H04L 5/14: Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex - H04W 72/21: in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network - H04W 72/56: based on priority criteria - H04L 1/1671: {the supervisory signal being transmitted together with control information} - H04L 1/1861: {Physical mapping arrangements (for ACK signaling see also H04L5/0053)} - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04L 5/0055: {Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK (for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861)} - 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 A user equipment may be configured to implement a procedure for combining half-duplex and full-duplex channel state information (CSI) into a single report. In some aspects, the user equipment may receive uplink control information configuration information including one or more parameters for multiplexing half-duplex (HD) channel state information (CSI) and full-duplex (FD) CSI as a combined CSI report, and receive a first reference signal associated with a HD mode and a second reference signal associated with a FD mode. Further, the user equipment may transmit, to a base station, the combined CSI report based on the one or more parameters, the first reference signal, and the second reference signal. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising: a memory storing computer-executable instructions; and at least one processor coupled with the memory and configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to: receive uplink control information (UCI) configuration information from a base station, the UCI configuration information including one or more parameters for multiplexing half-duplex (HD) channel state information (CSI) and full-duplex (FD) CSI as a combined CSI report; receive, from the base station, a first reference signal associated with a HD mode; receive, from the base station, a second reference signal associated with a FD mode; determine base information based on measuring the first reference signal; determine differential information based on the base information and measuring the second reference signal; and transmit, to the base station, the combined CSI report based on the one or more parameters, the first reference signal, and the second reference signal, wherein the differential information is included in an excludable part of the combined CSI report. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The UE of claim 1, wherein the base information is reported within the combined CSI report according to at least one of three priority groupings and the differential information is reported within the combined CSI report according to a fourth priority grouping having a lower priority level than the three priority groupings. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The UE of claim 1, wherein a portion of the base information is reported within the combined CSI report as a first priority grouping and the differential information is reported within the combined CSI report according to a second or third priority grouping having a lower priority level than the first priority grouping. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The UE of claim 1, wherein to transmit the combined CSI report, the at least one processor is further configured to: transmit, via format two of a physical uplink control channel, a non-excludable part of the combined CSI report while omitting transmission of the excludable part of the combined CSI report. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The UE of claim 1, wherein to transmit the combined CSI report, the at least one processor is further configured to: transmit the combined CSI report via format three or format four of a physical uplink control channel, wherein the base information and the differential information are jointly encoded within the excludable part of the combined CSI report. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The UE of claim 1, wherein the one or more parameters include a beta scaling offset that defines a number of resource elements used for the excludable part of the combined CSI report. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The UE of claim 1, wherein the combined CSI report includes a non-excludable part and the excludable part, the excludable part comprises a first excludable part of a higher priority and a second excludable part of a lower priority and the differential information is included in the first excludable part or the second excludable part. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The UE of claim 7, wherein to transmit the combined CSI report, the at least one processor is further configured to: transmit, via format two of a physical uplink control channel, the non-excludable part of the combined CSI report while omitting transmission of the second excludable part of the combined CSI report. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The UE of claim 7, wherein to transmit the combined CSI report, the at least one processor is further configured to: transmit the combined CSI report via format three or format four of a physical uplink control channel, wherein the base information and the differential information are separately encoded within the combined CSI report. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The UE of claim 7, wherein the one or more parameters include a beta scaling offset that defines a number of resource elements in a physical uplink shared channel used for the second excludable part of the combined CSI report. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The UE of claim 7, wherein to transmit the combined CSI report, the at least one processor is further configured to: map the second excludable part to one or more resource elements reserved for a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgment; and replace a portion of the differential information with the HARQ acknowledgement. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The UE of claim 7, wherein to transmit the combined CSI report, the at least one processor is further configured to: map the second excludable part to one or more resource elements that are not reserved for a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgment. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The UE of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: receive, from the base station, a radio resource control signal indicating a semi-static beta offset that defines a number of resource elements in a physical uplink shared channel used for the combined CSI report. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The UE of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: receive, from the base station, downlink control information including two bits indicating a dynamic beta scaling offset that defines a number of resource elements in a physical uplink shared channel used for the combined CSI report. ### Claim 15 A method of wireless communication at a UE, comprising: receiving uplink control information (UCI) configuration information from a base station, the UCI configuration information including one or more parameters for multiplexing half-duplex (HD) channel state information (CSI) and full-duplex (FD) CSI as a combined CSI report; receiving, from the base station, a first reference signal associated with a HD mode; receiving, from the base station, a second reference signal associated with a FD mode; determining base information based on measuring the first reference signal; determining differential information based on the base information and measuring the second reference signal; and transmitting, to the base station, the combined CSI report based on the one or more parameters, the first reference signal, and the second reference signal, wherein the differential information is included in an excludable part of the combined CSI report. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the combined CSI report includes a non-excludable part and the excludable part, the excludable part comprises a first excludable part of a higher priority and a second excludable part of a lower priority with the differential information included in the first excludable part or the second excludable part. ### Claim 17 A base station for wireless communication, comprising: a memory storing computer-executable instructions; and at least one processor coupled with the memory and configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to: generate uplink control information (UCI) configuration information for a user equipment, the UCI configuration information including one or more parameters for configuring a UE to multiplex half-duplex (HD) channel state information (CSI) and full-duplex (FD) CSI as a combined CSI report; transmit the UCI configuration information to the UE; transmit, to the UE, a first reference signal associated with a HD mode and a second reference signal associated with a FD mode; and receive, from the UE, the combined CSI report based on the one or more parameters, the first reference signal, and the second reference signal, wherein the one or more parameters configure the UE to generate the combined CSI report to include base information based on UE measurement of the first reference signal, differential information based on the base information and UE measurement of the second reference signal, and wherein the differential information is included in an excludable part of the combined CSI report. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The base station of claim 17, wherein the one or more parameters configure the UE to report the base information within the combined CSI report according to at least one of three priority groupings and report the differential information within the combined CSI report according to a fourth priority grouping having a lower level than the three priority groupings. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The base station of claim 17, wherein the one or more parameters configure the UE to report a portion of the base information within the combined CSI report as a first priority grouping and the differential information within the combined CSI report as a second or third priority grouping having a lower priority level than the first priority grouping. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The base station of claim 17, wherein the one or more parameters configure the UE to transmit, via format two of a physical uplink control channel, a non-excludable part of the combined CSI report while omitting transmission of the excludable part of the combined CSI report. ### Claim 21 (depends on 17) The base station of claim 17, wherein the one or more parameters configure the UE to transmit the combined CSI report via format three or format four of a physical uplink control channel, and wherein the base information and the differential information are jointly encoded within the excludable part of the combined CSI report. ### Claim 22 (depends on 17) The base station of claim 17, wherein the one or more parameters configure the UE to generate the combined CSI report to include a non-excludable part that includes at least a portion of the base information and the excludable part, the excludable part comprises a first excludable part of a higher priority and a second excludable part of a lower priority with the differential information included in the first executable part or the second excludable part. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The base station of claim 22, wherein the one or more parameters configure the UE to transmit, via format two of a physical uplink control channel, the non-excludable part of the combined CSI report while omitting transmission of the second excludable part of the combined CSI report. ### Claim 24 (depends on 22) The base station of claim 22, wherein the one or more parameters configure the UE to transmit the combined CSI report via format three or format four of a physical uplink control channel, and wherein the base information and the differential information are separately encoded the combined CSI report. ### Claim 25 (depends on 22) The base station of claim 22, wherein the one or more parameters configure the UE to map the second excludable part to one or more resource elements reserved for a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgment. ### Claim 26 (depends on 22) The base station of claim 22, wherein the one or more parameters configure the UE to map the second excludable part to one or more resource elements reserved for a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgment. ### Claim 27 (depends on 17) The base station of claim 17, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to transmit, to the UE, a radio resource control signal indicating a semi-static beta offset that defines a number of resource elements in a physical uplink shared channel used for the combined CSI report. ### Claim 28 (depends on 17) The base station of claim 17, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: transmit, to the UE, downlink control information including two bits indicating a dynamic beta scaling offset that defines a number of resource elements in a physical uplink shared channel used for the combined CSI report. ### Claim 29 A method of wireless communication at a base station, comprising: generating uplink control information (UCI) configuration information for a user equipment, the UCI configuration information including one or more parameters for configuring a UE to multiplex half-duplex (HD) channel state information (CSI) and full-duplex (FD) CSI as a combined CSI report; transmitting the UCI configuration information to the UE; transmitting, to the UE, a first reference signal associated with a HD mode and a second reference signal associated with a FD mode; and receiving, from the UE, the combined CSI report based on the one or more parameters, the first reference signal, and the second reference signal, wherein the one or more parameters configure the UE to generate the combined CSI report to include base information based on UE measurement of the first reference signal, differential information based on the base information and UE measurement of the second reference signal, and wherein the differential information is included in an excludable part of the combined CSI report. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The method of claim 29, wherein the combined CSI report includes a non-excludable part and the excludable part, the excludable part comprises a first excludable part of a higher priority and a second excludable part of a lower priority with the differential information included in the first excludable part or the second excludable part.