Methods of frequency domain intra-orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol multi Rx-beam measurement and dynamic Rx beam sweeping

A terminal device comprising:

• a receiver configured to receive a reference signal via a phased antenna array from a base station;
• a controller configured to
• switch between multiple receive configurations of the phased antenna array within a reception period of the reference signal, and
• skip, based on a signal quality value of a previously received reference signal, selected one or more receive configurations of the multiple receive configurations when switching between the multiple receive configurations;
• a transformer configured to convert the reference signal into a frequency domain reference signal;
• and
• a filter circuit configured to apply a corresponding filtering function to the frequency domain reference signal for each respective receive configuration of the multiple receive configurations that is not skipped, to identify a respective power contributed to the reference signal when using the respective receive configuration.

A wireless communication device comprising:

• a phased antenna array comprising a plurality of antennas and configured to receive a plurality of receive signals;
• a controller configured to
• switch between multiple receive configurations of the phased antenna array within a reception period of a single reference signal of the plurality of reference signals, and
• skip selected one or more receive configurations of the multiple receive configurations when switching between the multiple receive configurations, when a signal quality value of another reference signal previously received using a receive configuration included in the one or more receive configurations is below a predefined threshold value;
• and
• a signal quality determining circuit configured to determine a signal quality value of the single reference signal for each receive configuration of the multiple receive configurations that is not skipped.