| CPC H04L 5/0057 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0417 (2013.01); H04B 7/0626 (2013.01); H04W 72/21 (2023.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)] | 18 Claims |

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1. A user equipment (UE) comprising:
a transceiver configured to:
receive information about N measurement entities, where N>1, and
receive an indication via two-level downlink control information (DCI) including a first DCI (DCI1) and a second DCI (DCI2), wherein the indication triggers a channel state information (CSI) report; and
a processor operably coupled to the transceiver, the processor configured to:
measure, based on the information, the N measurement entities,
determine, based on the indication and the measurement, M CSIs, where M<=N, and
partition the M CSIs into two parts, CSI part 1 and CSI part 2;
wherein the transceiver is further configured to transmit the CSI report including the M CSIs, and
wherein the CSI part 1 and the CSI part 2 are included in two-part uplink control information (UCI), UCI part 1 and UCI part 2, respectively.
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