Reference signal measurement mechanisms during secondary cell activation in new radio

A processor, comprising:

• memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
• receive, from a base station (BS) configured to support activation of a secondary cell (SCell), a request to provide a measurement report;
• perform, in response to the request, one or more measurements on the SCell using one or more reference signals (RSs);
• generate, based on the one or more measurements, the measurement report;
• transmit the measurement report to the BS;
• determine, based on the one or more measurements, a pathloss estimation;
• perform, based at least in part on an activation of at least one of the one or more PL-RSs and an uplink spatial relation (USR), one or more additional pathloss measurements;
• and
• determine, based on the one or more additional pathloss measurements, an additional pathloss estimation.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a processor configured to, when executing instructions stored in a memory, perform operations comprising:
• receiving, from a base station (BS) configured to support activation of a secondary cell (SCell), a request to provide a measurement report;
• performing, in response to the request, one or more measurements on the SCell using one or more reference signals (RSs);
• generating, based on the one or more measurements, the measurement report;
• transmitting the measurement report to the BS;
• determining, based on the one or more measurements, a pathloss estimation;
• performing, based at least in part on an activation of at least one of the one or more PL-RSs and an uplink spatial relation (USR), one or more additional pathloss measurements;
• and
• determining, based on the one or more additional pathloss measurements, an additional pathloss estimation.