Filter coefficient configuration in new radio systems

An apparatus of a base station (BS), the apparatus comprising:

• memory;
• and processing circuitry adapted to:
• configure a reference signal (RS)-type filter configuration to include at least one of a synchronization signal block (SSB)-based coefficient or a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS)-based coefficient, wherein the SSB-based coefficient is a separate coefficient from the CSI-RS-based coefficient;
• configure at least one of a reference signal received power (RSRP) filter coefficient, a reference signal received quality (RSRQ) filter coefficient and a reference signal-signal to interference plus noise ratio (RS-SINR) filter coefficient, wherein the RSRP filter coefficient, the RSRQ filter coefficient, and the RS-SINR filter coefficient are separate layer 3 filtering coefficients;
• configure a measurement quantity parameter to include at least one of a cell quantity coefficient or a beam quantity coefficient, wherein the cell quantity coefficient is a separate coefficient from the beam quantity coefficient;
• configure a measurement configuration information element (IE) to include the RS-type filter configuration, the measurement quantity parameter and at least one of the layer 3 filtering coefficients;
• encode radio resource control (RRC) signaling to include the measurement configuration IE, for transmission to a user equipment (UE), for determining at least one of a measurement evaluation input for a measurement reporting operation or a beam measurement selection input for a beam measurement selection operation;
• and
• decode, from signalling received from the UE, a measurement report including at least one of measurement report information and beam measurement selection information, based on the measurement configuration IE, and
• wherein the memory is configured to store the measurement report.

A computer-readable hardware storage device that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE), the instructions to configure the one or more processors to:

• decode, from radio resource control (RRC) signaling, a measurement configuration information element (IE) including a measurement quantity parameter, a reference signal (RS)-type filter configuration and at least one filter coefficient, wherein the measurement quantity parameter indicates at least one of a cell measurement quantity and a beam measurement quantity;
• adapt a layer 3 filter to filter the at least one of the cell measurement result and the beam measurement result, according to the measurement configuration IE, wherein if the measurement quantity parameter indicates the cell measurement quantity, the processing circuitry is configured to adapt the layer 3 filter to filter the cell measurement result according to the RS type filter configuration and the filter coefficient to determine a measurement evaluation input for a measurement reporting operation, and
• wherein if the measurement quantity parameter indicates the beam measurement quantity, the processing circuitry is configured to adapt the layer 3 filter to filter the beam measurement result according to the RS type filter configuration and the filter coefficient to determine a beam measurement selection input for a beam measurement selection operation;
• and
• encode a measurement report, for transmission to a base station (BS), the measurement report including at least one of measurement report information and beam measurement selection information, based on the measurement reporting operation and the beam measurement selection operation.