System and Method for Beam Management Procedure Configuration

An apparatus, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• processing circuitry arranged to, when executing instructions stored in the memory, cause the apparatus to:
• determine which of periodic or aperiodic beam management reference signals to target for a beamforming report;
• measure the beam management reference signals from a base station based on the determining;
• decode a Downlink Control Information (DCI) of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) that triggers beam reporting;
• and
• encode, for transmission to the base station, the beamforming report, the beamforming report comprising beam management reference signal measurements of the beam management reference signals.

A user equipment (UE), comprising:

• a radio;
• and
• processing circuitry coupled to the radio and configured to:
• determine which of periodic or aperiodic beam management reference signals to target for a beamforming report;
• measure the beam management reference signals from a base station based on the determining;
• decode a Downlink Control Information (DCI) of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) that triggers beam reporting;
• and
• encode, for transmission to the base station, the beamforming report.

A non-transitory computer readable memory medium storing instructions executable by processing circuitry of a user equipment (UE) to cause the UE to:

• determine which of periodic or aperiodic beam management reference signals to target for a beamforming report;
• measure the beam management reference signals from a base station based on the determining;
• decode a Downlink Control Information (DCI) of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) that triggers beam reporting;
• and
• encode, for transmission to the base station, the beamforming report.