Single sided beam management for bistatic air interface based radio frequency sensing in millimeter wave systems

A method for single sided beam management in bistatic radio frequency sensing, comprising:

• transmitting a scanning reference signal;
• receiving a scanning signal report indicating one or more target groups associated with the scanning reference signal;
• transmitting tracking signal configuration information based on the scanning reference signal and the one or more target groups, wherein the tracking signal configuration information includes target group identification information for each of the one or more target groups;
• and
• transmitting a tracking reference signal for each of the one or more target groups.

An apparatus for tracking targets with bistatic radio frequency sensing, comprising:

• a memory;
• at least one transceiver;
• at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory and the at least one transceiver and configured to:
• receive a scanning reference signal;
• generate a scanning signal report indicating one or more target groups associated with the scanning reference signal;
• transmit the scanning signal report;
• receive tracking signal configuration information indicating a tracking reference signal associated with the one or more target groups, wherein the tracking signal configuration information includes target group identification information for each of the one or more target groups;
• receive the tracking reference signal identified in the tracking signal configuration information;
• and
• track the one or more target groups associated with the tracking reference signal.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a memory;
• at least one transceiver;
• at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory and the at least one transceiver and configured to:
• transmit a scanning reference signal;
• receive a scanning signal report indicating one or more target groups associated with the scanning reference signal;
• transmit tracking signal configuration information based on the scanning reference signal and the one or more target groups, wherein the tracking signal configuration information includes target group identification information for each of the one or more target groups;
• and
• transmit a tracking reference signal for each of the one or more target groups.