System and method for reporting signal quality information

A non-transitory memory medium storing program instructions, wherein the program instructions, when executed by a processor, cause a base station (BS) to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, from a user equipment (UE), layer 1 signal to interference-and-noise ratio (L1-SINR) information in a second time slot, wherein the L1-SINR information is based at least on a measurement of a beam in a first time slot, wherein the measurement is further based on a channel measurement resource (CMR) and an interference measurement resource (IMR);
• wherein if a measurement restriction is configured for the CMR, the measurement corresponds to signal power and is based on a most recent instance of the CMR;
• wherein if a measurement restriction is not configured for the CMR, the measurement corresponds to signal power, is based on one or more instances of the CMR, and further corresponds to being performed no later than the second time slot;
• wherein if a measurement restriction is configured for the IMR, the measurement corresponds to at least one of interference and noise and is based on a most recent instance of the IMR;
• and
• wherein if a measurement restriction is not configured for the IMR, the measurement corresponds to at least one of interference and noise, is based on one or more instances of the IMR, and further corresponds to being performed no later than the second time slot.

An apparatus, comprising:

• at least one processor configured to cause a user equipment (UE) to:
• perform a measurement for a beam in a first time slot, wherein the measurement is based on a channel measurement resource (CMR) and an interference measurement resource (IMR);
• determine layer 1 signal to interference-and-noise ratio (L1-SINR) information based at least on the measurement;
• transmit the L1-SINR information to a base station in a second time slot;
• wherein if a measurement restriction is configured for the CMR, the UE performs the measurement corresponding to signal power and based on a most recent instance of the CMR;
• wherein if a measurement restriction is not configured for the CMR, the UE performs the measurement corresponding to signal power and based on one or more instances of the CMR no later than the second time slot;
• wherein if a measurement restriction is configured for the IMR, the UE performs the measurement corresponding to at least one of interference and noise and based on a most recent instance of the IMR;
• and
• wherein if a measurement restriction is not configured for the IMR, the UE performs the measurement corresponding to at least one of interference and noise and based on one or more instances of the IMR no later than the second time slot.