Beam management procedures for network nodes and terminal devices

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A method for performing a beam management procedure, the method being performed by a terminal device, the method comprising:

• providing configuration information to a network node that provides network access to the terminal device, wherein the configuration information specifies that the terminal device is in need for evaluating different polarization states in different time units during the beam management procedure;
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• performing the beam management procedure with the network node, wherein the beam management procedure involves the terminal device to, per slot, receive reference signals from the network node according to a reference signal reception scheme, and wherein the reference signal reception scheme depends on the provided configuration information.

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A network node for performing a beam management procedure, the network node) comprising processing circuitry, the processing circuitry being configured to cause the network node to:

• obtain configuration information from a terminal device for which the network node provides network access, wherein the configuration information specifies that the terminal device is in need for evaluating different polarization states in different time units during the beam management procedure;
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• perform the beam management procedure with the terminal device, wherein the beam management procedure involves the network node to, per slot, transmit reference signals according to a reference signal transmission scheme, and wherein the reference signal transmission scheme depends on the obtained configuration information.

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A terminal device for performing a beam management procedure, the terminal device comprising processing circuitry, the processing circuitry being configured to cause the terminal device to:

• provide configuration information to a network node that provides network access to the terminal device, wherein the configuration information specifies that the terminal device is in need for evaluating different polarization states in different time units during the beam management procedure;
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• perform the beam management procedure with the network node, wherein the beam management procedure involves the terminal device to, per slot, receive reference signals from the network node according to a reference signal reception scheme, and wherein the reference signal reception scheme depends on the provided configuration information.

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A computer program product for performing a beam management procedure, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer code which, when run on processing circuitry of a network node, causes the network node to:

• obtain configuration information from a terminal device for which the network node provides network access, wherein the configuration information specifies that the terminal device is in need for evaluating different polarization states in different time units during the beam management procedure;
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• perform the beam management procedure with the terminal device, wherein the beam management procedure involves the network node to, per slot, transmit reference signals according to a reference signal transmission scheme, and wherein the reference signal transmission scheme depends on the obtained configuration information.

A computer program product for performing a beam management procedure, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer code which, when run on processing circuitry of a terminal device, causes the terminal device to:

• provide configuration information to a network node that provides network access to the terminal device, wherein the configuration information specifies that the terminal device is in need for evaluating different polarization states in different time units during the beam management procedure;
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• perform the beam management procedure with the network node, wherein the beam management procedure involves the terminal device to, per slot, receive reference signals from the network node according to a reference signal reception scheme, and wherein the reference signal reception scheme depends on the provided configuration information.

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