Dynamic and compact measurement report resolution in wireless systems

A radio access network (RAN) node comprising:

• a wireless transceiver;
• a memory;
• and
• one or more processors communicatively coupled to the wireless transceiver and the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute instructions stored on the memory that cause the RAN node to:
• transmit, to a user equipment (UE), a report setting before receiving an indication, the report setting indicating a first measurement report resolution and beam measurements to be included in the measurement report;
• transmit, to the UE, via the wireless transceiver, the indication indicating to the UE to use a reduced measurement report resolution for the beam measurements in the measurement report by indicating that each of one or more reported measurements of the beam measurements is to be reduced by a specific number of bits, the reduced measurement report resolution having reported beam measurements that less than the first measurement report resolution previously indicated to be used for the beam measurements, the indication further indicating to the UE to set a quantization level in the measurement report;
• transmit, via the wireless transceiver, a plurality of beams;
• and
• receive, from the UE, via the wireless transceiver, the measurement report comprising the beam measurements using the reduced measurement report resolution multiplied by the quantization level.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, from a radio access network (RAN) entity, a report setting before receiving an indication, the report setting indicating a first measurement report resolution and beam measurements to be included in a measurement report;
• receiving, from the RAN entity, via a wireless transceiver, the indication indicating to a user equipment (UE) to use a reduced measurement report resolution for the beam measurements in the measurement report by indicating that each of one or more reported measurements of the beam measurements is to be reduced by a specific number of bits, the reduced measurement report resolution having reported beam measurements less than the first measurement report resolution previously indicated to be used for the beam measurements, the indication further indicating to the UE to set a quantization level in the measurement report;
• receiving, via the wireless transceiver, a plurality of beams;
• performing measurements on the plurality of beams;
• and
• transmitting, to the RAN entity, via the wireless transceiver, the measurement report comprising the beam measurements using the reduced measurement report resolution multiplied by the quantization level.