Target path based beam measurement and report

A sensing node in a wireless network configured for supporting radio frequency (RF) sensing a target in the wireless network, comprising:

• a wireless transceiver configured to communicate with entities in the wireless network;
• at least one memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the wireless transceiver and the at least one memory and configured to:
• receive, via the wireless transceiver, from a network node in the wireless network a sensing-purpose beam measurement configuration;
• measure a plurality of sensing-purpose beams received from a transmitting entity;
• select one or more sensing-purpose beams for sensing the target from the plurality of sensing-purpose beams based on at least the sensing-purpose beam measurement configuration;
• and
• send, via the wireless transceiver, a sensing-purpose beam measurement report to the network node or a different network node, the sensing-purpose beam measurement report comprising at least an identification of each of the one or more selected sensing-purpose beams.

A sensing node in a wireless network configured for supporting radio frequency (RF) sensing a target in the wireless network, comprising:

• means for receiving from a network node in the wireless network a sensing-purpose beam measurement configuration;
• means for measuring a plurality of sensing-purpose beams received from a transmitting entity;
• means for selecting one or more sensing-purpose beams for sensing the target from the plurality of sensing-purpose beams based on at least the sensing-purpose beam measurement configuration;
• and
• means for sending a sensing-purpose beam measurement report to the network node or a different network node, the sensing-purpose beam measurement report comprising at least an identification of each of the one or more selected sensing-purpose beams.

A non-transitory storage medium including program code stored thereon, the program code is operable to configure at least one processor in a sensing node in a wireless network for supporting radio frequency (RF) sensing a target in the wireless network, the program code comprising instructions to:

• receive from a network node in the wireless network a sensing-purpose beam measurement configuration;
• measure a plurality of sensing-purpose beams received from a transmitting entity;
• select one or more sensing-purpose beams for sensing the target from the plurality of sensing-purpose beams based on at least the sensing-purpose beam measurement configuration;
• and
• send a sensing-purpose beam measurement report to the network node or a different network node, the sensing-purpose beam measurement report comprising at least an identification of each of the one or more selected sensing-purpose beams.