Uplink beam management for enabling simultaneous transmission or reception from multiple antenna panels

A method in a network node for facilitating an uplink reference signal (RS) based beam management procedure, the method comprising:

• receiving an indication of a capability of simultaneous transmission and/or reception from multiple panels of a wireless device, each panel representing a group of related antennas, wherein the indication comprises:
• a number of or identifiers of those panels that are capable of simultaneous reception;
• and/or
• a number of or identifiers of one or more subgroups of panels such that the panels in each subgroup are capable of simultaneous reception;
• transmitting to the wireless device an UL RS configuration indicating at least two UL RS resources to be transmitted from different panels;
• and
• receiving a plurality of UL RSs from the wireless device in accordance with the UL RS configuration.

A wireless device for facilitating the determination of a beam to be used for communication with a network, the wireless device comprising processing circuitry configured to cause the wireless device to:

• indicate to the network a capability of simultaneous transmission and/or reception from multiple panels, each panel representing a group of related antennas, wherein the capability comprises:
• a number of or identifiers of those panels that are capable of simultaneous reception;
• and/or
• a number of or identifiers of one or more subgroups of panels such that the panels in each subgroup are capable of simultaneous reception;
• receive from the network an uplink (UL) reference signal (RS) configuration indicating at least two UL RS resources to be transmitted from different panels;
• and
• transmit on one or more of the UL RS resources using the different panels in accordance with the UL RS configuration.

A network node for determining a beam to be used for communication with a wireless device, the network node comprising processing circuitry configured to:

• receiving an indication of a capability of simultaneous transmission and/or reception from multiple panels of the wireless device, each panel representing a group of related antennas, wherein the capability comprises:
• a number of or identifiers of those panels that are capable of simultaneous reception;
• and/or
• a number of or identifiers of one or more subgroups of panels such that the panels in each subgroup are capable of simultaneous reception;
• transmit to the wireless device an uplink (UL) reference signal (RS) configuration indicating at least two UL RS resources to be transmitted from different panels;
• and
• receive a plurality of UL RSs from the wireless device in accordance with the UL RS configuration.