Handling signal quality measurements in a wireless communication network

An apparatus comprising:

• one or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions;
• and
• one or more processors coupled with the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media and configured to execute the instructions to:
• receive a power parameter associated with a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) to be provided to at least one wireless device operating on a wireless communication network;
• and
• communicate the power parameter in a data structure including a plurality of parameters corresponding to the CSI-RS to the at least one wireless device, wherein the at least one wireless device is configured to determine, based at least in part on the power parameter and the CSI-RS, a power characteristics associated with a channel in which the CSI-RS is provided, wherein the plurality of parameters includes antenna ports count parameter, resource configuration parameter, and subframe configuration parameter, wherein the power characteristics is a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP), and wherein the power parameter is a scaling parameter applied to calculate RSRP using an RSRP calculation function, wherein to calculate RSRP includes to multiply a parameter estimated on the channel using an antenna port of the CSI-RS, by the scaling parameter, wherein the scaling parameter is to range from −8 dB to 15 dB, wherein the scaling parameter is to range from −8 dB to 15 dB.

An apparatus comprising:

• one or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions;
• and
• one or more processors coupled with the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media and configured to execute the instructions to:
• receive a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS);
• receive a power parameter associated with the CSI-RS in a data structure including a plurality of parameters associated with the CSI-RS, wherein the plurality of parameters includes antenna ports count parameter, resource configuration parameter, and subframe configuration parameter, and the power parameter indicating a power value adjustment associated with the received CSI-RS;
• and
• determine, based at least in part on the power parameter and the CSI-RS, a power characteristics associated with a channel in which the CSI-RS is provided, wherein the power characteristics is a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP), and wherein the power parameter is a scaling parameter applied to calculate RSRP using an RSRP calculation function, wherein to determine the power characteristics includes to multiply a parameter estimated on the channel using an antenna port of the CSI-RS, by the scaling parameter, wherein the scaling parameter is to range from −8 dB to 15 dB.

At least one non-transitory computing device-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon wherein the instructions, in response to execution on a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• generate a power parameter corresponding to a power value adjustment associated with a reference signal to be provided to at least one wireless device operating on a wireless communication network;
• provide the reference signal generated based at least in part on the generated power parameter to the at least one wireless device;
• and
• provide the generated power parameter to one or more transmission points,
• wherein at least one of the one or more transmission points is configured to communicate the power parameter to the at least one wireless device in a data structure including a plurality of parameters associated with the reference signal, wherein the at least one wireless device is configured to determine, based at least in part on the power parameter, a power characteristics associated with a channel in which the reference signal is provided, wherein the plurality of parameters includes antenna ports count parameter, resource configuration parameter, and subframe configuration parameter, wherein the power characteristics is a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP), and wherein the power parameter is a scaling parameter applied to calculate RSRP using an RSRP calculation function, wherein to determine the power characteristics includes to multiply a parameter estimated on the channel using an antenna port of a channel state information signal (CSI-RS), by the scaling parameter, wherein the scaling parameter is to range from −8 dB to 15 dB, wherein the reference signal is the CSI-RS.