Apparatuses and methods for communicating on ai enabled and non-ai enabled air interfaces

Abstract

An air interface is the wireless communications link between two or more communicating devices. An air interface generally includes a number of components that specify how a transmission is to be sent and/or received, e.g. components defining a waveform, a frame structure, a multiple access scheme, a coding scheme, etc. Artificial intelligence (AI) may be implemented in relation to one or more components of the air interface. Therefore, a network may need to accommodate operation for both air interfaces that are not AI enabled and air interfaces that are AI enabled. In some embodiments, methods are provided for switching between different AI modes and a non-AI mode. In some embodiments, a measurement signaling mechanism and related feedback channel configuration is provided so that the same measurement signaling mechanism and related feedback channel may be used regardless of whether a device implements an AI-enabled air interface.