Method and apparatus for beam measurement and management in wireless systems

A method for operating a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

• transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), configuration information regarding a channel state information (CSI) reporting, the configuration information configuring the UE to transmit report information for at least two transmit beams that are associated with a same receive beam of the UE;
• and
• receiving, from the UE, the report information based on the configuration information, the report information comprising first information for indicating a first of the two transmit beams and second information for indicating a second of the two transmit beams,
• wherein a receive beam of the UE is usable for receiving a first signal based on the first transmit beam and a second signal based on the second transmit beam.

A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

• at least one transceiver;
• and
• at least one processor operatively coupled to the at least one transceiver, and configured to:
• receive, from a base station (BS), configuration information regarding a channel state information (CSI) reporting, the configuration information configuring the UE to transmit report information for at least two transmit beams that are associated with a same receive beam of the UE, and
• transmit, to the BS, the report information based on the configuration information, the report information comprising first information for indicating a first of the two transmit beams and second information for indicating a second of the two transmit beams,
• wherein a receive beam of the UE is usable for receiving a first signal based on the first transmit beam and a second signal based on the second transmit beam.

A base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the BS comprising:

• at least one transceiver;
• and
• at least one processor operatively coupled to the at least one transceiver, and configured to:
• transmit, to a user equipment (UE), configuration information regarding a channel state information (CSI) reporting, the configuration information configuring the UE to transmit report information for at least two transmit beams that are associated with a same receive beam of the UE, and
• receive, from the UE, the report information based on the configuration information, the report information comprising first information for indicating a first of the two transmit beams and second information for indicating a second of the two transmit beams,
• wherein a receive beam of the UE is usable for receiving a first signal based on the first transmit beam and a second signal based on the second transmit beam.