RAN1 / Meeting 118bis
RAN1#118bis
Shenzhen, China ·
Oct 14, 2024
— Oct 18, 2024
By the numbers
29
Tdocs indexed
1
Work items
11
Companies
1751
Total submitted
Top contributors:
ZTE (6) ·
Huawei (5) ·
Spreadtrum (5) ·
FUTUREWEI (3) ·
Tejas Network Limited (3) ·
Ericsson (2)
Synthesized summary
The RAN1_118bis meeting was entirely dominated by AI/ML for NR Air Interface work, with all 29 contributions from 11 companies addressing this single work item. Contributions focused heavily on two main technical themes: AI/ML-based beam management procedures including performance monitoring and model inference, and UE-side data collection mechanisms for model training with associated reporting procedures. Areas of apparent contention emerged around MNO controllability options for AI/ML data collection, as evidenced by InterDigital's liaison presenting multiple unresolved options requiring SA input, while substantive technical proposals from companies like Futurewei addressed specification support for Release 19 beam management and CSI compression applications.
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