Codebooks have been indispensable for wireless communication standard since the first release of the Long-Term Evolution in 2009.They offer an efficient way to acquire the channel state information(CSI)for multiple an...Codebooks have been indispensable for wireless communication standard since the first release of the Long-Term Evolution in 2009.They offer an efficient way to acquire the channel state information(CSI)for multiple antenna systems.Nowadays,a codebook is not limited to a set of pre-defined precoders,it refers to a CSI feedback framework,which is more and more sophisticated.In this paper,we review the codebooks in 5G New Radio(NR)standards.The codebook timeline and the evolution trend are shown.Each codebook is elaborated with its motivation,the corresponding feedback mechanism,and the format of the precoding matrix indicator.Some insights are given to help grasp the underlying reasons and intuitions of these codebooks.Finally,we point out some unresolved challenges of the codebooks for future evolution of the standards.In general,this paper provides a comprehensive review of the codebooks in 5G NR and aims to help researchers understand the CSI feedback schemes from a standard and industrial perspective.展开更多
基金supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities and the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 62071191.
文摘Codebooks have been indispensable for wireless communication standard since the first release of the Long-Term Evolution in 2009.They offer an efficient way to acquire the channel state information(CSI)for multiple antenna systems.Nowadays,a codebook is not limited to a set of pre-defined precoders,it refers to a CSI feedback framework,which is more and more sophisticated.In this paper,we review the codebooks in 5G New Radio(NR)standards.The codebook timeline and the evolution trend are shown.Each codebook is elaborated with its motivation,the corresponding feedback mechanism,and the format of the precoding matrix indicator.Some insights are given to help grasp the underlying reasons and intuitions of these codebooks.Finally,we point out some unresolved challenges of the codebooks for future evolution of the standards.In general,this paper provides a comprehensive review of the codebooks in 5G NR and aims to help researchers understand the CSI feedback schemes from a standard and industrial perspective.
