Full-duplex user equipment operation

A method performed by a user equipment (“UE”), the method comprising:

• receiving a joint configuration that defines a paired uplink (“UL”) reference signal (“RS”) resource and a paired downlink (“DL”) RS resource for self-interference measurement in a full-duplex operation, wherein the paired UL RS resource is associated with a UL transmit (“Tx”) beam and the paired DL RS resource is associated with a DL receive (“Rx”) beam that is different from the UL transmit beam;
• performing a self-interference measurement using the paired UL RS resource and the paired DL RS resource that are configured within a same symbol and that occupy overlapping or non-overlapping frequency resources within the symbol;
• reporting an indication identifying the UL Tx beam and the DL Rx beam as a beam pair based on the self-interference measurement;
• and
• receiving at least one downlink control information (“DCI”) that schedules simultaneous UL transmission and DL reception in the full-duplex operation based on the beam pair.

A network equipment for wireless communication, comprising:

• at least one memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the network equipment to:
• transmit a joint configuration that defines a paired uplink (“UL”) reference signal (“RS”) resource and a paired downlink (“DL”) resource for self-interference measurement for full-duplex operation, wherein the paired UL RS resource is associated with a UL transmit (“Tx”) beam and the paired DL RS resource is associated with a DL receive (“Rx”) beam that is different from the UL Tx beam, and wherein the paired UL RS resource and the paired DL RS resource are configured within a same symbol and occupy overlapping or non-overlapping frequency resources within the symbol;
• receive an indication identifying the UL Tx beam and DL Rx beam as a beam pair based on a self-interference measurement performed by a user equipment (UE) using the paired UL and DL reference signal resources;
• and
• transmit at least one downlink control information (“DCI”) that schedules simultaneous UL transmission and DL reception in the full-duplex operation based on the beam pair.

A method performed by a network equipment, comprising:

• transmitting a joint configuration that defines a paired uplink (“UL”) reference signal (“RS”) resource and a paired downlink (“DL”) RS resource for self-interference measurement for full-duplex operation, wherein the paired UL RS resource is associated with a UL transmit (“Tx”) beam and the paired DL RS resource is associated with a DL receive (“Rx”) beam that is different from the UL Tx beam, and wherein the paired UL RS resource and the paired DL RS resource are configured within a same symbol and occupy overlapping or non-overlapping frequency resources within the symbol;
• receiving an indication identifying the UL Tx beam and DL Rx beam as a beam pair based on a self-interference measurement performed by a user equipment (UE) using the paired UL and DL reference signal resources;
• and
• transmitting at least one downlink control information (“DCI”) that schedules simultaneous UL transmission and DL reception in the full-duplex operation based on the beam pair.