Combining proprietary and standardized techniques for channel state information (CSI) feedback

Abstract

Embodiments include methods for a radio access network (RAN) node configured to serve one or more user equipment (UEs). Such methods include transmitting reference signals (RS) for a downlink (DL) channel and receiving, from a UE, a report including encoded feedback representing the DL channel. The encoded feedback comprises a UE DL channel estimate mapped to a channel feature set based on a first mapping that is proprietary to the UE. The channel feature set is compressed based on a second mapping that is known by the UE and the RAN node. Such methods also include, using a decoder function of a neural-network autoencoder (NNAE), decoding the encoded feedback to obtain a reconstruction of the channel feature set. Other embodiments include complementary methods for a UE, as well as RAN nodes and UEs configured to perform such methods.

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