Network node, user equipment and methods in a radio access network

A method of receiving a received signal strength measured by a radio device in a radio access network, RAN, the method comprising or initiating the step of:

• receiving a report indicative of the received signal strength measured at the radio device, wherein the received signal strength is measured on a radio resource in the spatial domain, the received signal strength comprising a received signal strength indicator, RSSI;
• and
• providing radio access to the radio device in the RAN or one or more radio devices including the radio device in the RAN, the radio access being provided based the received report;
• the report being indicative of at least one of the received signal strength for each of the selected at least one spatial domain and a TCI state index of the selected at least one spatial domain.

A radio device for measuring a received signal strength by the radio device in a radio access network, RAN, the radio device being configured to:

• obtain a radio resource information indicative of a spatial domain of a radio resource for measuring a received signal strength, the spatial domain of the radio resource being configured to correspond to a combination of antenna elements in the radio device according to a spatial domain filter;
• measure the received signal strength on the radio resource in the spatial domain according to the obtained radio resource information;
• transmit a report to the RAN, the report adapted to be indicative of the received signal strength, the received signal strength comprising a received signal strength indicator, RSSI;
• one of both the obtaining and the measuring comprising selecting at least one spatial domain at the radio device;
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• the report being indicative of the received signal strength for each of the selected at least one spatial domain and a TCI state index of the selected at least one spatial domain.

A network node for receiving a received signal strength measured by a radio device in a radio access network, RAN, the network node configured to:

• receive a report indicative of the received signal strength measured at the radio device, the received signal strength being measured on a radio resource in a spatial domain, the received signal strength comprising a received signal strength indicator, RSSI;
• and
• provide radio access to the radio device in the RAN or one or more radio devices including the radio device in the RAN, the radio access being configured to be provided based the received report;
• the report being indicative of at least one of the received signal strength for each of the selected at least one spatial domain and a TCI state index of the selected at least one spatial domain.