Estimation of carrier frequency offsets of user equipments

A method of operating a network component:

• transmitting reference signal (RS) configuration information to a user equipment (UE) and one or more wireless nodes that configures a transmission of one or more RSs from the UE to the one or more wireless nodes;
• receiving measurement information associated with the one or more RSs from the one or more wireless nodes;
• and
• estimating a carrier frequency offset (CFO) of the UE associated with radio frequency for sensing (RF-S) operations based on the measurement information.

A method of operating a wireless node, further comprising:

• receiving reference signal (RS) configuration information from a network component that configures transmission of a RS from a user equipment (UE) to the wireless node;
• performing one or more measurements associated with the RS;
• transmitting measurement information based on the one or more measurements to the network component;
• and
• transmitting a carrier frequency offset (CFO) of the wireless node to the network component.

A user equipment (UE), comprising:

• one or more memories;
• one or more transceivers;
• and
• one or more processors communicatively coupled to the one or more memories and the one or more transceivers, the one or more processors, either alone or in combination, configured to:
• determine that the UE is capable of estimating a carrier frequency offset (CFO) of the UE associated with radio frequency for sensing (RF-S) operations;
• and
• transmit, via the one or more transceivers, an indication of the UE capability to estimate the CFO to a network component.

A network component, comprising:

• one or more memories;
• one or more transceivers;
• and
• one or more processors communicatively coupled to the one or more memories and the one or more transceivers, the one or more processors, either alone or in combination, configured to:
• receive, via the one or more transceivers, from a user equipment (UE), an indication of a user equipment (UE) capability to estimate a carrier frequency offset (CFO) of the UE associated with radio frequency for sensing (RF-S) operations;
• and
• perform one or more actions related to an RF-S operation based on the UE capability.

A network component, comprising:

• one or more memories;
• one or more transceivers;
• and
• one or more processors communicatively coupled to the one or more memories and the one or more transceivers, the one or more processors, either alone or in combination, configured to:
• transmit, via the one or more transceivers, reference signal (RS) configuration information to a user equipment (UE) and one or more wireless nodes that configures a transmission of one or more RSs from the UE to the one or more wireless nodes;
• receive, via the one or more transceivers, measurement information associated with the one or more RSs from the one or more wireless nodes;
• and
• estimate a carrier frequency offset (CFO) of the UE associated with radio frequency for sensing (RF-S) operations based on the measurement information.

A wireless node, comprising:

• one or more memories;
• one or more transceivers;
• and
• one or more processors communicatively coupled to the one or more memories and the one or more transceivers, the one or more processors, either alone or in combination, configured to:
• receive, via the one or more transceivers, reference signal (RS) configuration information from a network component that configures transmission of a RS from a user equipment (UE) to the wireless node;
• perform one or more measurements associated with the RS;
• transmit, via the one or more transceivers, measurement information based on the one or more measurements to the network component;
• and
• transmit, via the one or more transceivers, a carrier frequency offset (CFO) of the wireless node to the network component.