Generalized beam management framework

Abstract

Various aspects of the technology described herein are directed towards a generalized beam management framework in which beam management takes into account interference to steer a beam. Aspects comprise configuring a report request comprising a resource setting with channel state information-reference signal resource data and an associated report setting with parameter data corresponding to the one or more channel state information-reference signal resources. The report request is configured to instruct a user equipment device to include interference information when performing user equipment device beam management and reporting. Upon receiving the report request, the user equipment performs a beam measurement operation that includes interference information when generating the beam management report sent to the network device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method, comprising:
 receiving, by a user equipment comprising a processor, a request from network equipment to provide a beam management report comprising channel measurement information and interference information; and   performing, by the user equipment, at least one beam measurement operation to obtain the channel measurement information and the interference information corresponding to beams; and   sending the beam management report to the network equipment, wherein the beam management report is based on the channel measurement information and the interference information.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the request specifies a quantity of beams to employ to provide the beam management report. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the interference information is based on non-zero power-channel state information-reference signal resources as a measure of interference. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the interference information is based on channel state information-interference measurement resources as a measure of interference. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the interference information comprises a channel quality indicator value. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the channel measurement information comprises channel state information-reference signal resource indicator reference signal received power. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the request specifies a time domain for the beam management report. 
     
     
         8 . A user equipment, comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 receiving a request to provide a beam management report comprising channel measurement information and interference information; and 
 executing a beam measurement process to obtain the channel measurement information and the interference information corresponding to beams; and 
 transmitting the beam management report, wherein the beam management report is derived from the channel measurement information and the interference information. 
   
     
     
         9 . The user equipment of  claim 8 , wherein the request specifies a quantity of beams to employ to provide the beam management report. 
     
     
         10 . The user equipment of  claim 8 , wherein the interference information is based on non-zero power-channel state information-reference signal resources as a measure of interference. 
     
     
         11 . The user equipment of  claim 8 , wherein the interference information is based on channel state information-interference measurement resources as a measure of interference. 
     
     
         12 . The user equipment of  claim 8 , wherein the interference information comprises a channel quality indicator value. 
     
     
         13 . The user equipment of  claim 8 , wherein the channel measurement information comprises channel state information-reference signal resource indicator reference signal received power. 
     
     
         14 . The user equipment of  claim 8 , wherein the request specifies a frequency domain for the beam management report. 
     
     
         15 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a mobile device, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 in response to receiving, from a network device, a request to provide a beam management report comprising channel measurement information and interference information:
 executing a beam measurement process to obtain the channel measurement information and the interference information corresponding to beams, and 
 transmitting, to the network device, the beam management report, wherein the beam management report comprises the channel measurement information and the interference information. 
   
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the request identifies a frequency-domain granularity for the beam management report. 
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the interference information is based on non-zero power-channel state information-reference signal resources as a measure of interference. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the interference information is based on channel state information-interference measurement resources as a measure of interference. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the interference information comprises a channel quality indicator value. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the channel measurement information comprises channel state information-reference signal resource indicator reference signal received power.