Handling collisions between bundled radar reference signals and communication signals in wireless communications systems

A network node, comprising:

• a memory;
• at least one transceiver;
• and
• at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory and the at least one transceiver, the at least one processor configured to:
• detect a collision between at least one wireless communication signal scheduled to be transmitted by the network node and two or more bundled radar reference signals scheduled to be transmitted by the network node, wherein the at least one wireless communication signal is scheduled to be transmitted during a gap between a first radar reference signal and a second radar reference signal of the two or more bundled radar reference signals;
• perform a collision avoidance operation based on detection of the collision;
• and
• transmit, via the at least one transceiver, the two or more bundled radar reference signals.

A network node, comprising:

• a memory;
• at least one transceiver;
• and
• at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory and the at least one transceiver, the at least one processor configured to:
• detect a collision between at least one downlink wireless communication signal scheduled to be transmitted by the network node to a user equipment (UE) and two or more bundled radar reference signals scheduled to be transmitted by the network node, wherein the at least one downlink wireless communication signal is scheduled to be transmitted during a gap between a first radar reference signal and a second radar reference signal of the two or more bundled radar reference signals;
• and
• perform a collision avoidance operation based on detection of the collision.