Techniques for set based beam reporting

A method of wireless communication performed by a network entity, comprising:

• determining one or more sets of candidate beams for transmitting communications to a user equipment (UE), wherein each set of candidate beams includes a first beam combination and a second beam combination, the first beam combination including a first beam as a channel measurement resource (CMR) and a second beam as an interference measurement resource (IMR) for measuring interference by the second beam on the first beam, and the second beam combination including the second beam as a CMR and the first beam as an IMR;
• transmitting an indication of the one or more sets of candidate beams to the UE;
• and
• receiving a measurement report from the UE, the measurement report indicating a first measurement value for the first beam combination of a candidate set of beams of the one or more sets of candidate beams, and a second measurement value for the second beam combination of the candidate set of beams.

A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to:
• receive, from a network entity, an indication of one or more sets of candidate beams, wherein each set of candidate beams includes a first beam combination and a second beam combination, the first beam combination including a first beam as a channel measurement resource (CMR) and a second beam as an interference measurement resource (IMR) for measuring interference by the second beam on the first beam, and the second beam combination including the second beam as a CMR and the first beam as an IMR;
• determine, for each of the one or more sets of candidate beams, a measurement value for the first beam combination and a measurement value for the second beam combination;
• determine a candidate set of beams, of the one or more sets of candidate beams, to report based at least in part on the measurement values;
• and
• transmit, to the network entity, a measurement report indicating a first measurement value for the first beam combination of the candidate set of beams and a second measurement value for the second beam combination of the candidate set of beams.

A network entity for wireless communication, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to:
• determine one or more sets of candidate beams for transmitting communications to a user equipment (UE), wherein each set of candidate beams includes a first beam combination and a second beam combination, the first beam combination including a first beam as a channel measurement resource (CMR) and a second beam as an interference measurement resource (IMR) for measuring interference by the second beam on the first beam, and the second beam combination including the second beam as a CMR and the first beam as an IMR;
• transmit an indication of the one or more sets of candidate beams to the UE;
• and
• receive a measurement report from the UE, the measurement report indicating a first measurement value for the first beam combination of a candidate set of beams of the one or more sets of candidate beams, and a second measurement value for the second beam combination of the candidate set of beams.