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Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Response to Amendment
Applicant's amendment filed on 10/07/2025 has been entered. Claims 1, 5-6, 9, 17-18 and 24-25 have been amended. No claims have been added or cancelled. Claims 1-18 and 24-25 are still pending in this application, with claims 1 and 24-25, being independent.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments with respect to claim(s) 1-18 and 24-25 have been considered but are moot based on new grounds of rejections.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
This application currently names joint inventors. In considering patentability of the claims the examiner presumes that the subject matter of the various claims was commonly owned as of the effective filing date of the claimed invention(s) absent any evidence to the contrary. Applicant is advised of the obligation under 37 CFR 1.56 to point out the inventor and effective filing dates of each claim that was not commonly owned as of the effective filing date of the later invention in order for the examiner to consider the applicability of 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(C) for any potential 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) prior art against the later invention.
Claim(s) 1-5, 7-11, 14-17 and 24-25 rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Lin et al. (US 2020/0107337; hereinafter Lin) in view of Yang et al. (US 2021/0321279; hereinafter Yang).
Regarding claim 1, Lin shows an electronic device (Figure 1 shows a UE.), comprising:
a transceiver (Figure 1 shows the UE includes a transceiver.) configured to communicate with a serving cell and a neighbor cell (Figures 1-2; UE communicates with serving cell and neighbor cell.); and
a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver (Figure 1 shows the UE includes a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver.) and configured to:
determine a measurement period for a Layer 1 (L1) measurement on the neighbor cell (Figures 2 and 8; Par. 0021, 0026, 0029, 0032; the UE determines the measurement period for the L1-RSRP. UE 201 performs L1-RSRP with beam 222.) based on a sharing factor (Par. 0025-0026, 0029; the UE determines the measurement period for the L1-RSRP by applying a measurement factor P to handle reference signal (RS) overlapping and a measurement factor N to handle the RX beam training.);
receive, using the transceiver, a resource from the neighbor cell during the measurement period (Figures 2 and 8; 0025-0026, 0029-0030; the UE receives configuration information. In one embodiment, the configuration information is included in RRC configurations. The RRC configurations may include the SMTC, MG and L1-RSRP for reporting information. Upon receiving the configuration information, at step 411, the UE determines a first measurement factor N. In one embodiment, the UE determines that N=8 if the L1-RSRP measurement is SSB based, which means the L1-RSRP is performed on the SSB resources.); and
perform the L1 measurement on the neighbor cell using the received resource from the neighbor cell (Figures 2 and 8; Par. 0021, 0026, 0029, 0032; UE 201 performs L1-RSRP with beam 222.).
Lin shows all of the elements as indicated above. Lin does not specifically show wherein the sharing factor is determined based at least on a periodicity of the resource from the neighbor cell.
However, the above-mentioned claim limitations are well-established in the art as evidenced by Yang. Specifically, Yang shows wherein the sharing factor is determined based at least on a periodicity of the resource from the neighbor cell (Par. 0018, 0048-0050, 0060; UE calculates a measurement period for measuring SINR for a serving cell within a frequency range based on a CMR and an IMR. The calculating includes evaluation of a sharing factor P, which is a maximum of PCMR of the CMR and PIMR of the IMR. PCMR and PIMR are evaluated, at least in part, based on the periodicity of the CMR and the IMR in relation to other periodic measurements performed by the UE.).
In view of the above, having the system of Lin, then given the well-established teaching of Yang, it would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the system of Lin as taught by Yang, in order to provide motivation for improvements on measurement and measurement report for the NR network (Par. 0005, 0024 of Lin).
Regarding claim 2, modified Lin shows wherein: to perform the L1 measurement on the neighbor cell, the processor is configured to perform an L1 Signal-to-Noise and Interference Ratio (L1-SINR) measurement on the neighbor cell or an L1 Reference Signal Received Power (L1-RSRP) measurement on the neighbor cell (Lin: Figures 2 and 8; Par. 0021, 0026, 0029, 0032; UE 201 performs L1-RSRP with beam 222.), and
the resource from the neighbor cell comprises a Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) resource from the neighbor cell (Lin: Figures 2 and 8; 0025-0026, 0029-0030; In another embodiment, the UE determines that N=1 if the L1-RSRP measurement is CSI-RS based and if a set of CSI-RS conditions are met. In one embodiment, the CSI-RS condition is met if CSI-RS resources are configured with repetition-OFF and the transmission configuration indication (TCI) is given and either QCL-D to SSB or at one resource in the CSI-RS resource set is configured with repetition-ON.).
Regarding claim 3, modified Lin shows wherein to perform the L1 measurement on the neighbor cell, the processor is configured to perform the L1-SINR measurement or the L1-RSRP measurement on the neighbor cell in Frequency Range 1 (FR1) (Lin: Figures 2 and 8; Par. 0026; The L1-RSRP measurements would be impacted by the measurements on neighbor cell beams, both in the FR1 and FR2.).
Regarding claim 4, modified Lin shows wherein to perform the L1 measurement on the neighbor cell, the processor is configured to perform the L1-SINR measurement or the L1-RSRP measurement on the neighbor cell in Frequency Range 2 (FR2) (Lin: Figures 2 and 8; Par. 0026; The L1-RSRP measurements would be impacted by the measurements on neighbor cell beams, both in the FR1 and FR2.).
Regarding claim 5, modified Lin shows wherein in response to the CSI-RS resource from the neighbor cell overlapping with a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) resource or a CSI-RS resource from the serving cell for an L1 measurement on the serving cell, the measurement period is further configured such that a measurement opportunity is divided between the L1 measurement on the neighbor cell and the L1 measurement on the serving cell (Lin: Figures 2 and 8; Par. 0025-0026; Within the SMTC period and on the configured SSB and/or CSI-RS, UE will conduct the L1-RSRP/RLM/RRM measurement. Measurement gap is configured to create a small gap during which no transmission and reception would happen. Since there is no signal transmission and reception during the gap, the UE can switch to the target cell and perform the signal quality measurement and come back to the current cell. The original L1-RSRP measurement period should be extended by a measurement factor P to become a new L1-RSRP measurement period in FR1 and FR2 to handle the RS overlapping.).
Regarding claim 7, modified Lin shows wherein the measurement period is configured such that the processor is configured to perform the L1 measurement on the neighbor cell in a time period outside of a measurement gap associated with the serving cell (Lin: Figures 2 and 8; Par. 0025-0026; Within the SMTC period and on the configured SSB and/or CSI-RS, UE will conduct the L1-RSRP/RLM/RRM measurement. Measurement gap is configured to create a small gap during which no transmission and reception would happen. Since there is no signal transmission and reception during the gap, the UE can switch to the target cell and perform the signal quality measurement and come back to the current cell. The original L1-RSRP measurement period should be extended by a measurement factor P to become a new L1-RSRP measurement period in FR1 and FR2 to handle the RS overlapping.).
Regarding claim 8, modified Lin shows wherein the measurement period is configured such that the processor is configured to perform the L1 measurement on the neighbor cell in a time period outside of a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) based measurement timing configuration (SMTC) associated with the serving cell (Lin: Figures 2 and 8; Par. 0025-0026; Within the SMTC period and on the configured SSB and/or CSI-RS, UE will conduct the L1-RSRP/RLM/RRM measurement. Measurement gap is configured to create a small gap during which no transmission and reception would happen. Since there is no signal transmission and reception during the gap, the UE can switch to the target cell and perform the signal quality measurement and come back to the current cell. The original L1-RSRP measurement period should be extended by a measurement factor P to become a new L1-RSRP measurement period in FR1 and FR2 to handle the RS overlapping.).
Regarding claim 9, modified Lin shows wherein in response to CSI-RS resource overlapping with a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) based measurement timing configuration (SMTC) associated with the serving cell, the measurement period is configured such that the processor is further configured to perform the L1 measurement on the neighbor cell during an SMTC occasion of the SMTC associated with the serving cell (Lin: Figure 7; performing L1-RSRP measurement 712 during SMTC (i.e. intra-frequency measurement) 731.).
Regarding claim 10, modified Lin shows wherein the measurement period is configured such that the processor is configured to perform the L1 measurement on the neighbor cell in a time period outside of a measurement gap and a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) based measurement timing configuration (SMTC) associated with the serving cell (Lin: Figure 6; performing L1-RSRP measurement 612 outside of a measurement gap and SMTC occasion/intra-frequency measurement.).
Regarding claim 11, modified Lin shows wherein the measurement period is configured such that the processor is configured to perform the L1 measurement on the neighbor cell in a time period overlapping with one of a measurement gap or a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) based measurement timing configuration (SMTC) occasion associated with the serving cell (Lin: Figure 7; performing L1-RSRP measurement 712 during SMTC (i.e. intra-frequency measurement) 731.).
Regarding claim 14, modified Lin shows to perform the L1 measurement on the neighbor cell, the processor is configured to perform a L1 Reference Signal Received Power (L1-RSRP) measurement on the neighbor cell, and the resource from the neighbor cell comprises a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) resource from the neighbor cell (Lin: Figures 2 and 8; Par. 0021, 0026, 0029, 0032; UE 201 performs L1-RSRP with beam 222 using an SSB resource from a neighbor cell.).
Regarding claim 15, modified Lin shows wherein to perform the L1 measurement on the neighbor cell, the processor is configured to perform the L1-RSRP measurement on the neighbor cell in Frequency Range 1 (FR1) ) (Lin: Figures 2 and 8; Par. 0026; The L1-RSRP measurements would be impacted by the measurements on neighbor cell beams, both in the FR1 and FR2.).
Regarding claim 16, modified Lin shows wherein to perform the L1 measurement on the neighbor cell, the processor is configured to perform the L1-RSRP measurement on the neighbor cell in Frequency Range 2 (FR2) ) (Lin: Figures 2 and 8; Par. 0026; The L1-RSRP measurements would be impacted by the measurements on neighbor cell beams, both in the FR1 and FR2.).
Regarding claim 17, modified Lin shows wherein in response to the SSB resource from the neighbor cell overlapping with an SSB resource from the serving cell for an L1-RSRP measurement on the serving cell, the measurement period is further configured such that a measurement opportunity is divided between the L1-RSRP measurement on the neighbor cell and the L1-RSRP measurement on the serving cell (Lin: Figures 2 and 8; Par. 0025-0026; Within the SMTC period and on the configured SSB and/or CSI-RS, UE will conduct the L1-RSRP/RLM/RRM measurement. Measurement gap is configured to create a small gap during which no transmission and reception would happen. Since there is no signal transmission and reception during the gap, the UE can switch to the target cell and perform the signal quality measurement and come back to the current cell. The original L1-RSRP measurement period should be extended by a measurement factor P to become a new L1-RSRP measurement period in FR1 and FR2 to handle the RS overlapping.).
Regarding claim 24, Lin shows a method (Figures 2 and 8 shows a method performed by a UE.), comprising:
determining, by a user equipment (UE) that communicates with a serving cell (Figures 1-2; UE communicates with serving cell and neighbor cell.), a measurement period for a Layer 1 (L1) measurement on a neighbor cell (Figures 2 and 8; Par. 0021, 0026, 0029, 0032; the UE determines the measurement period for the L1-RSRP. UE 201 performs L1-RSRP with beam 222.) based on a sharing factor (Par. 0025-0026, 0029; the UE determines the measurement period for the L1-RSRP by applying a measurement factor P to handle reference signal (RS) overlapping and a measurement factor N to handle the RX beam training.);
receiving, by the UE, a resource from the neighbor cell during the measurement period (Figures 2 and 8; 0025-0026, 0029-0030; the UE receives configuration information. In one embodiment, the configuration information is included in RRC configurations. The RRC configurations may include the SMTC, MG and L1-RSRP for reporting information. Upon receiving the configuration information, at step 411, the UE determines a first measurement factor N. In one embodiment, the UE determines that N=8 if the L1-RSRP measurement is SSB based, which means the L1-RSRP is performed on the SSB resources.); and
performing, by the UE, the L1 measurement on the neighbor cell using the received resource from the neighbor cell (Figures 2 and 8; Par. 0021, 0026, 0029, 0032; UE 201 performs L1-RSRP with beam 222.).
Lin shows all of the elements as indicated above. Lin does not specifically show wherein the sharing factor is determined based at least on a periodicity of the resource from the neighbor cell.
However, the above-mentioned claim limitations are well-established in the art as evidenced by Yang. Specifically, Yang shows wherein the sharing factor is determined based at least on a periodicity of the resource from the neighbor cell (Par. 0018, 0048-0050, 0060; UE calculates a measurement period for measuring SINR for a serving cell within a frequency range based on a CMR and an IMR. The calculating includes evaluation of a sharing factor P, which is a maximum of PCMR of the CMR and PIMR of the IMR. PCMR and PIMR are evaluated, at least in part, based on the periodicity of the CMR and the IMR in relation to other periodic measurements performed by the UE.).
In view of the above, having the system of Lin, then given the well-established teaching of Yang, it would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the system of Lin as taught by Yang, in order to provide motivation for improvements on measurement and measurement report for the NR network (Par. 0005, 0024 of Lin).
Regarding claim 25, Lin shows a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a user equipment (UE) (Figures 1-2 shows UE including program stored in memory and executed by a processor to perform the disclosed method.) that communicates with a serving cell (Figure 2; UE communicates with a serving cell.), cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
determining a measurement period for a Layer 1 (L1) measurement on a neighbor cell (Figures 2 and 8; Par. 0021, 0026, 0029, 0032; the UE determines the measurement period for the L1-RSRP. UE 201 performs L1-RSRP with beam 222.) based on a sharing factor (Par. 0025-0026, 0029; the UE determines the measurement period for the L1-RSRP by applying a measurement factor P to handle reference signal (RS) overlapping and a measurement factor N to handle the RX beam training.);
receiving a resource from the neighbor cell during the measurement period (Figures 2 and 8; 0025-0026, 0029-0030; the UE receives configuration information. In one embodiment, the configuration information is included in RRC configurations. The RRC configurations may include the SMTC, MG and L1-RSRP for reporting information. Upon receiving the configuration information, at step 411, the UE determines a first measurement factor N. In one embodiment, the UE determines that N=8 if the L1-RSRP measurement is SSB based, which means the L1-RSRP is performed on the SSB resources.); and
performing the L1 measurement on the neighbor cell using the received resource from the neighbor cell (Figures 2 and 8; Par. 0021, 0026, 0029, 0032; UE 201 performs L1-RSRP with beam 222.). Lin shows all of the elements as indicated above. Lin does not specifically show wherein the sharing factor is determined based at least on a periodicity of the resource from the neighbor cell.
However, the above-mentioned claim limitations are well-established in the art as evidenced by Yang. Specifically, Yang shows wherein the sharing factor is determined based at least on a periodicity of the resource from the neighbor cell (Par. 0018, 0048-0050, 0060; UE calculates a measurement period for measuring SINR for a serving cell within a frequency range based on a CMR and an IMR. The calculating includes evaluation of a sharing factor P, which is a maximum of PCMR of the CMR and PIMR of the IMR. PCMR and PIMR are evaluated, at least in part, based on the periodicity of the CMR and the IMR in relation to other periodic measurements performed by the UE.).
In view of the above, having the system of Lin, then given the well-established teaching of Yang, it would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the system of Lin as taught by Yang, in order to provide motivation for improvements on measurement and measurement report for the NR network (Par. 0005, 0024 of Lin).
Claim(s) 6 and 18 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Lin in view of Yang and Hindy et al. (US 2022/0140981; hereinafter Hindy).
Regarding claim 6, modified Lin shows wherein in response to the CSI-RS resource from the neighbor cell overlapping with a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) resource or a CSI-RS resource from the serving cell for an L1 measurement on the serving cell, the measurement period is further configured such that a measurement opportunity is divided (Lin: Figures 2 and 8; Par. 0025-0026; Within the SMTC period and on the configured SSB and/or CSI-RS, UE will conduct the L1-RSRP/RLM/RRM measurement. Measurement gap is configured to create a small gap during which no transmission and reception would happen. Since there is no signal transmission and reception during the gap, the UE can switch to the target cell and perform the signal quality measurement and come back to the current cell. The original L1-RSRP measurement period should be extended by a measurement factor P to become a new L1-RSRP measurement period in FR1 and FR2 to handle the RS overlapping.).
Modified Lin shows all of the elements as indicated above. Modified Lin does not specifically show prioritizing the L1 measurement on the serving cell over the L1 measurement on the neighbor cell.
However, the above-mentioned claim limitations are well-established in the art as evidenced by Hindy. Specifically, Hindy shows prioritizing the L1 measurement on the serving cell over the L1 measurement on the neighbor cell (Par. 0056; CSI reports may be prioritized according to: 1) time-domain behavior and physical channel, where more dynamic reports are given precedence over less dynamic reports and a physical uplink shared channel (“PUSCH”) has precedence over a physical uplink control channel (“PUCCH”); 2) CSI content, where beam reports (e.g., layer 1 (“L1”) reference signal received power (“RSRP”) (“L1-RSRP”) reporting) have priority over regular CSI reports; 3) a serving cell to which the CSI corresponds (e.g., for carrier aggregation (“CA”) operation—CSI corresponding to a primary cell (“PCell”) has priority over CSI corresponding to secondary cells (“SCells”)).).
In view of the above, having the system of Lin, then given the well-established teaching of Hindy, it would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the system of Lin as taught by Hindy, in order to provide motivation to improve a spectral efficiency as well as a reliability and robustness of a connection (Par. 0053 of Hindy).
Regarding claim 18, modified Lin shows wherein in response to the SSB resource from the neighbor cell overlapping with an SSB resource from the serving cell for an L1-RSRP measurement on the serving cell, the measurement period is configured such that a measurement opportunity is divided (Lin: Figures 2 and 8; Par. 0025-0026; Within the SMTC period and on the configured SSB and/or CSI-RS, UE will conduct the L1-RSRP/RLM/RRM measurement. Measurement gap is configured to create a small gap during which no transmission and reception would happen. Since there is no signal transmission and reception during the gap, the UE can switch to the target cell and perform the signal quality measurement and come back to the current cell. The original L1-RSRP measurement period should be extended by a measurement factor P to become a new L1-RSRP measurement period in FR1 and FR2 to handle the RS overlapping.).
Modified Lin shows all of the elements as indicated above. Modified Lin does not specifically show prioritizing the L1-RSRP measurement on the serving cell over the L1-RSRP measurement on the neighbor cell.
However, the above-mentioned claim limitations are well-established in the art as evidenced by Hindy. Specifically, Hindy shows prioritizing the L1-RSRP measurement on the serving cell over the L1-RSRP measurement on the neighbor cell (Par. 0056; CSI reports may be prioritized according to: 1) time-domain behavior and physical channel, where more dynamic reports are given precedence over less dynamic reports and a physical uplink shared channel (“PUSCH”) has precedence over a physical uplink control channel (“PUCCH”); 2) CSI content, where beam reports (e.g., layer 1 (“L1”) reference signal received power (“RSRP”) (“L1-RSRP”) reporting) have priority over regular CSI reports; 3) a serving cell to which the CSI corresponds (e.g., for carrier aggregation (“CA”) operation—CSI corresponding to a primary cell (“PCell”) has priority over CSI corresponding to secondary cells (“SCells”)).).
In view of the above, having the system of Lin, then given the well-established teaching of Hindy, it would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the system of Lin as taught by Hindy, in order to provide motivation to improve a spectral efficiency as well as a reliability and robustness of a connection (Par. 0053 of Hindy).
Claim(s) 12-13 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Lin in view of Yang and Ryu et al. (US Pat. 10,868,656; hereinafter Ryu).
Regarding claim 12, modified Lin shows all of the elements except wherein to perform the L1 measurement on the neighbor cell, the processor is configured to perform an L1 Signal-to-Noise and Interference Ratio (L1-SINR) measurement on the neighbor cell using a Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) resource from the neighbor cell and using Interference Measurement Resource (IMR) and Channel Measurement Resource (CMR).
However, the above-mentioned claim limitations are well-established in the art as evidenced by Ryu. Specifically, Ryu shows wherein to perform the L1 measurement on the neighbor cell, the processor is configured to perform an L1 Signal-to-Noise and Interference Ratio (L1-SINR) measurement on the neighbor cell using a Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) resource from the neighbor cell and using Interference Measurement Resource (IMR) and Channel Measurement Resource (CMR) (col. 12, line 43 to col. 13, line 8; the L1-SINR measurement resource configuration indicates that L1-SINR is to be measured on both CMRs and on IMRs (e.g., that dedicated IMRs are configured for L1-SINR measurements). In some aspects, the L1-SINR measurement resource configuration may indicate CSI-RSs for the CMRs (e.g., CSI-RS-based CMRs) and may indicate ZP IMRs.).
In view of the above, having the system of Lin, then given the well-established teaching of Ryu, it would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the system of Lin as taught by Ryu, in order to provide motivation to appropriately determine a CSI computation delay requirement to be used for CSI reports that include an L1-SINR, and may selectively update CSI reports accordingly (col. 13, lines 48-52 of Ryu).
Regarding claim 13, modified Lin shows all of the elements except wherein to perform the L1 measurement on the neighbor cell, the processor is configured to perform an L1 Signal-to-Noise and Interference Ratio (L1-SINR) measurement on the neighbor cell using a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) resource from the neighbor cell and using Interference Measurement Resource (IMR) and Channel Measurement Resource (CMR).
However, the above-mentioned claim limitations are well-established in the art as evidenced by Ryu. Specifically, Ryu shows wherein to perform the L1 measurement on the neighbor cell, the processor is configured to perform an L1 Signal-to-Noise and Interference Ratio (L1-SINR) measurement on the neighbor cell using a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) resource from the neighbor cell and using Interference Measurement Resource (IMR) and Channel Measurement Resource (CMR) (col. 12, line 43 to col. 13, line 8; the L1-SINR measurement resource configuration indicates that L1-SINR is to be measured on both CMRs and on IMRs (e.g., that dedicated IMRs are configured for L1-SINR measurements). For example, in some aspects, the L1-SINR measurement resource configuration may indicate SSBs for the CMRs (e.g., SSB-based CMRs) and may indicate ZP IMRs.).
In view of the above, having the system of Lin, then given the well-established teaching of Ryu, it would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the system of Lin as taught by Ryu, in order to provide motivation to appropriately determine a CSI computation delay requirement to be used for CSI reports that include an L1-SINR, and may selectively update CSI reports accordingly (col. 13, lines 48-52 of Ryu).
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
US 20210211176 A1 - A wireless communication method is described for a user equipment to receive a reporting configuration, measure one or more resources, and generate a report transmitted to a base station. The report may include one or more CSI values that describe signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) or reference signal received quality (RSRQ), where the CSI values are determined based on measuring at least some of the one or more resources. The report may also include one or more identifiers associated with at least some of one or more channel measurement resource (CMR) or at least some of interference measurement resource (IMR), or at least some of one or more CMR groups or at least some of one or more IMR groups.
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