Selecting near field visibility regions for a user equipment

A user equipment (UE), comprising:

• one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing one or more computer-executable instructions for receiving a visibility region (VR) from a base station (BS) comprising an antenna array comprising a plurality of antenna ports;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media, and configured to execute the one or more computer-executable instructions to cause the UE to:
• receive, from the BS, a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) configuration, wherein:
• the CSI-RS comprises a plurality of CSI-RS resource sets,
• each CSI-RS resource set in the plurality of CSI-RS resource sets identifying one or more resources for a VR in a plurality of unique non-overlapping VRs, and
• each VR in the plurality of VRs comprising a different subset of the plurality of antenna ports of the BS;
• generate a set of one or more channel quality measurement reports, each channel quality measurement report in the set of channel quality measurement reports corresponding to a CSI-RS resource set in the plurality of CSI-RS resource sets;
• transmit the set of one or more channel quality measurement reports to the BS;
• and
• receive, from the BS, a VR for use by the UE selected based on the set of one or more channel quality measurement reports, the selected VR comprising one or more VRs in the plurality of VRs.

A method for receiving a visibility region for a user equipment (UE) from a base station (BS) comprising an antenna array having a plurality of antenna ports, the method comprising:

• receiving, at the UE, from the BS, a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) configuration comprising a plurality of CSI-RS resource sets, each CSI-RS resource set in the plurality of CSI-RS resource sets identifying one or more resources for a unique non-overlapping VR in a plurality of VRs, each VR in the plurality of VRs comprising a different non-overlapping subset of the plurality of antenna ports of the BS;
• transmitting a set of one or more channel quality measurement reports to the BS, each channel quality measurement report in the set of channel quality measurement reports corresponding to a CSI-RS resource set in the plurality of CSI-RS resource sets;
• and
• receiving a VR for the UE based on the set of one or more channel quality measurement reports, the selected VR comprising one or more VRs in the plurality of VRs.