NR-SS unified operation mode in coordinated and uncoordinated bands

A method of wireless communication, comprising:

• transmitting, by a next generation Node B (gNB) to a user equipment (UE), a reservation request (RRQ);
• detecting, by the gNB, a reservation response signal (RRS) transmitted by the UE in response to the RRQ, wherein the RRS includes a precoded sounding reference signal (SRS) modulated by an indication of interference estimated by UE;
• and
• employing the indication of interference to select, for wireless communication between the UE and the gNB, at least one of:
• a precoder;
• a rank;
• or
• a modulation and coding scheme (MCS).

A method of wireless communication, comprising:

• transmitting, by a next generation Node B (gNB) to a user equipment (UE), a reservation request (RRQ);
• detecting, by the gNB, a reservation response signal (RRS) transmitted by the UE in response to the RRQ, wherein the RRS includes a precoded sounding reference signal (SRS) modulated by an indication of interference estimated by the UE, wherein the indication of interference communicates a rise in interference level, to wireless communications between the UE and a serving gNB thereof, that is attributable to one or more wireless transmissions by the gNB;
• and
• transmitting, by the gNB in response to the RRS, the wireless transmissions in a manner that avoids causing interference to the wireless communications that exceeds a predetermined interference level threshold.