Systems and methods for enhancing channel measurement and beam management

1 . A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless communication device from a wireless communication node, a configuration including two or more channel measurement reference signal (RS) resources (CMRs);

determining, by the wireless communication device according to the configuration, X sets of CMRs, where X is an integer greater than 1;

determining, by the wireless communication device according to the configuration, a mapping between a first group of CMRs and a second group of CMRs, each of the first and second groups corresponding to one of the X sets;

performing, by the wireless communication device according to the configuration, measurement of the two or more CMRs; and

sending, by the wireless communication device to the wireless communication node, a report including CMR indexes for a plurality of report groups, the CMR indexes including a first CMR index for at least one CMR from the first group and a second CMR index for at least one CMR from the second group,

wherein the first CMR index for the first group, which is reported first from the plurality of report groups in the report, is determined by its global index, and

each remaining CMR index is determined by its local index within the first group.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the report further includes a channel quality, and the channel quality comprises:

reference signal received power (RSRP).

3 . The method of claim 1 , comprising performing, by the wireless communication device, the mapping of CMRs between the first group of CMRs and the second group of CMRs, according to a value of a mode parameter.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein if the mode parameter is configured with the value, the performing, by the wireless communication device, mapping of CMRs between the first group and the second group, comprises:

mapping every two CMRs from different groups.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the report includes a parameter to indicate a CMR with a maximum reference signal received power (RSRP).

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

first CMRs in each report group are from a first group of CMRs, and second CMRs in each report group are from a second group of CMRs.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

a CMR index with a largest measured reference signal received power (RSRP) is reported first in a report group that is reported first among report groups in the report.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the report includes a parameter to indicate a CMR with a maximum reference signal received power (RSRP), and wherein the global index corresponding to the first CMR index corresponds to the CMR having the maximum RSRP, and each remaining CMR index is determined based on its local index within a corresponding group of CMRs.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein, for a group-based reporting, the report further includes measurement information reported according to a measurement information mode, the measurement information mode is selected from at least one of:

a first mode in which the measurement information includes information specific to each CMR in a report group, and

a second mode in which the measurement information includes information shared across all CMRs in a report group or shared across all report groups.

10 . A method comprising:

sending, by a wireless communication node to a wireless communication device, a configuration including two or more channel measurement reference signal (RS) resources (CMRs), wherein the wireless communication device performs measurement of the two or more CMRs, according to the configuration,

wherein sending the configuration causes the wireless communication device to:

determine, according to the configuration, X sets of CMRs, where X is an integer greater than 1;

determine, according to the configuration, a mapping between a first group of CMRs and a second group of CMRs, each of the first and second groups corresponding to one of the X sets; and

perform, according to the configuration, measurement of the two or more CMRs; and

receiving, by the wireless communication node from the wireless communication device, a report including CMR indexes for a plurality of report groups, the CMR indexes including a first CMR index for at least one CMR from the first group and a at least one second CMR index from the second group,

wherein the first CMR index for the first group, which is reported first from the plurality of report groups in the report, is determined by its global index, and each remaining CMR index is determined by its local index within the first group.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the report further includes a channel quality, and the channel quality comprises:

reference signal received power (RSRP).

12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the configuration causes the wireless communication device to perform the mapping of CMRs between a first group of CMRs and a second group of CMRs, according to a value of a mode parameter.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein if the mode parameter is configured with the value, the wireless communication device maps the CMRs by mapping every two CMRs from different groups.

14 . The method of claim 10 , wherein:

the report includes a parameter to indicate a CMR with a maximum reference signal received power (RSRP).

15 . A wireless communication device, comprising:

at least one processor configured to:

receive, via a transceiver from a wireless communication node, a configuration including two or more channel measurement reference signal (RS) resources (CMRs);

determine, according to the configuration, X sets of CMRs, wherein X is an integer greater than 1;

determine, according to the configuration, a mapping between a first group of CMRs and a second group of CMRs, each of the first and second groups corresponding to one of the X sets;

perform, according to the configuration, measurement of the two or more CMRs; and

send, via the transceiver to the wireless communication node, a report including CMR indexes for a plurality of report groups, the CMR indexes including a first CMR index for at least one CMR from the first group and a second CMR index from the second group,

wherein the first CMR index for the first group, which is reported first from the plurality of report groups in the report, is determined by its global index, and each remaining CMR index is determined by its local index within the first group.

16 . A wireless communication node, comprising:

at least one processor configured to:

send, via a transceiver to a wireless communication device, a configuration including two or more channel measurement reference signal (RS) resources (CMRs), wherein the wireless communication device performs measurement of the two or more CMRs, according to the configuration,

wherein sending the configuration causes the wireless communication device to:

determine, according to the configuration, X sets of CMRs, where X is an integer greater than 1;

determine, according to the configuration, a mapping between a first group of CMRs and a second group of CMRs, each of the first and second groups corresponding to one of the X sets; and

perform, according to the configuration, measurement of the two or more CMRs; and

receive, via the transceiver from the wireless communication device, a report including CMR indexes for a plurality of report groups, the CMR indexes including a first CMR index for at least one CMR from the first group and a second CMR index from the second group,

wherein the first CMR index for the first group, which is reported first from the plurality of report groups in the report, is determined by its global index, and each remaining CMR index is determined by its local index within the first group.