Beam refinement for in-active state data transmission

A base station in a wireless communication network, the base station comprising:

• a first transceiver;
• and
• a first processing device coupled to the first transceiver, the first processing device being configured to:
• send system information in a System Information Block 1 (SIB1) to a device wirelessly coupled to the wireless communication network, the SIB1 including information relating to an indication of resources used to transmit a SIB-x by the wireless communication network, the device being in an inactive state,
• send the SIB-x to the device, the SIB-x including an indication of at least one resource, at least one configuration for a Downlink-Reference Signal (DL-RS) transmission by the wireless communication network, and information relating to a measurement report relating to a beam-refinement measurement that is to be performed by the device, and
• send the DL-RS transmission to the device.

A method to perform a beam-refinement measurement in a wireless communication network, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a device, system information in a System Information Block 1 (SIB1) from the wireless communication network, the SIB1 including information relating to an indication of resources used to transmit a SIB-x by the wireless communication network, the device being in an inactive state;
• receiving, by the device, the SIB-x from the wireless communication network, the SIB-x including an indication of at least one resource, at least one configuration for a Downlink-Reference Signal (DL-RS) transmission by the wireless communication network, and information relating to a measurement report relating to the beam-refinement measurement that is to be performed by the device;
• and
• receiving, by the device, the DL-RS transmission from the wireless communication network.