Methods for Measurement Reporting, a User Equipment and Network Nodes

A user equipment (UE) comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions thereon, the instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the UE to:
• perform measurements on a plurality of beams from one or more cells associated to one or more of the UE's neighboring nodes;
• form a group measurement result of based on beam grouping information, wherein the beam grouping information indicates which beams belong to a same group, the indication comprising any of a frequency location range, a time occasion range, and a beam ID range;
• and
• send a measurement report to the UE's serving node, wherein the group measurement result is included in the measurement report.

A network node configured to serve as a serving node of a user equipment (UE), the network node comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions thereon, the instructions being configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the network node to:
• inform beam grouping information to the UE, wherein the beam grouping information indicates which beams detected from one or more cells that are associated to one or more of the UE's neighboring nodes belong to a same group, the indication comprising any of frequency location range, a time occasion range, and a beam ID range;
• and
• receive a measurement report from the UE, wherein the measurement report comprises at least one group measurement result corresponding to the beam grouping information.