Non-orthogonal design for channel state information reference signals for a 5G air interface or other next generation network interfaces

A network device, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
• transmitting a reference signal related to a mobile device to the mobile device via a network device of network devices of a wireless network;
• in response to the transmitting the reference signal, receiving channel state data, via a feedback channel, from the mobile device;
• in response to the receiving the channel state data, filtering the channel state data to reduce a signal interference associated with the channel state data, resulting in filtered channel state data, wherein the channel state data comprises a pilot symbol associated with a channel estimation of the mobile device;
• determining a downlink transmission parameter based on the filtered channel state data;
• and
• in response to the determining the downlink transmission parameter, transmitting data via a data traffic channel of the wireless network, wherein the data is utilized to facilitate a channel estimation based on the pilot symbol.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

• receiving channel state data, via a feedback channel, from a mobile device, wherein the channel state data comprises a pilot symbol associated with a channel estimation of the mobile device;
• in response to the receiving the channel state data, filtering a signal associated with the channel state data to reduce an interference associated with the signal;
• based on the channel state data, determining a downlink transmission parameter;
• transmitting the downlink transmission parameter via a downlink control channel to be used for downlink transmissions via the downlink control channel;
• and
• in response to the transmitting the downlink transmission parameter, transmitting data via a data traffic channel used for data transmissions.