LTE cell-specific reference signal interference handling

A base station for wireless communication, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:
• transmit, to a user equipment (UE), a configuration of a set of resource elements for long term evolution (LTE) cell-specific reference signal (LTE-CRS) interference measurements associated with one or more neighboring LTE cells;
• and
• receive, from the UE, an interference measurement indication associated with the LTE-CRS interference measurements in the set of resource elements, the interference measurement indication comprising:
• a report that indicates respective interference measurements for one or more LTE-CRS hypotheses, wherein each LTE-CRS hypothesis of the one or more LTE-CRS hypotheses is associated with a respective LTE-CRS antenna port of a neighboring LTE cell of the one or more neighboring LTE cells.

A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• receiving, from a base station, a configuration of a set of resource elements for long term evolution (LTE) cell-specific reference signal (LTE-CRS) interference measurements associated with one or more neighboring LTE cells;
• performing the LTE-CRS interference measurements on the set of resource elements;
• and
• transmitting, to the base station, an interference measurement indication based at least in part on the LTE-CRS interference measurements, the interference measurement indication comprising:
• a report that indicates respective interference measurements for one or more LTE-CRS hypotheses, wherein each LTE-CRS hypothesis of the one or more LTE-CRS hypotheses is associated with a respective LTE-CRS antenna port of a neighboring LTE cell of the one or more neighboring LTE cells.

A method of wireless communication performed by a base station, comprising:

• transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a configuration of a set of resource elements for long term evolution (LTE) cell-specific reference signal (LTE-CRS) interference measurements associated with one or more neighboring LTE cells;
• and
• receiving, from the UE, an interference measurement indication associated with the LTE-CRS interference measurements in the set of resource elements, the interference measurement indication comprising:
• a report that indicates respective interference measurements for one or more LTE-CRS hypotheses, wherein each LTE-CRS hypothesis of the one or more LTE-CRS hypotheses is associated with a respective LTE-CRS antenna port of a neighboring LTE cell of the one or more neighboring LTE cells.