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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2019
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Xiaomao Mao, Paris, FR;
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
Method, apparatuses, and computer program product for overhead reduction are provided. One method may include determining a channel sparsity. The method may also include determining a shut-off ratio based on the channel sparsity ratio. In addition, the method may include providing feedback to a network node of a suggested shutoff pattern or a shut-off index from a shut-off table for reference signals, and receiving instructions from the network node to execute a shut-off pattern or a shut-off index selected by the network node. Further, the method may include executing a shut-off procedure according to the shut-off pattern or the shut-off index selected by the network node.