Receiver beamforming for measurements

1. A method for wireless communication, comprising:

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a request to measure a beamformed reference signal;

transmitting, to the UE, a beamforming configuration indicating a plurality of beamformed measuring options for measuring the beamformed reference signal;

transmitting an activation message to activate one or more beamformed measuring options of the plurality of beamformed measuring options, the activated one or more beamformed measuring options indicating a beam pattern for measuring the beamformed reference signal, wherein the beam pattern indicates a directional receive parameter associated with the beamformed reference signal; and

transmitting the beamformed reference signal.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of beamformed measuring options include measuring the beamformed reference signal using a directional configuration and an omni-directional configuration.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

transmitting an indication of whether to use the directional configuration or the omni-directional configuration to measure the beamformed reference signal.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the indication indicates use of the omni-directional configuration when a signal quality is at or above a threshold, and indicates use of the directional configuration when the signal quality is below the threshold.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the indication indicates use of the omni-directional configuration when the signal quality measured using the omni-directional configuration or the directional configuration is at or above the threshold.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the indication indicates use of the directional configuration when the signal quality measured using the omni-directional configuration or the directional configuration is below the threshold.

7. The method of claim 4 , wherein the signal quality is based at least in part on a reference signal received power (RSRP), a reference signal received quality (RSRQ), a channel quality indicator (CQI), a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), or a combination thereof.

8. The method of claim 3 , wherein the indication indicates a measuring beam shape to use to measure the beamformed reference signal, wherein the measuring beam shape comprises a beam width, an array gain, a beam direction, or a combination thereof.

9. The method of claim 3 , wherein the indication indicates use of the omni-directional configuration when the beamformed reference signal overlaps with a reference signal from a neighboring transmitter.

10. The method of claim 3 , wherein the indication indicates use of both the directional configuration and the omni-directional configuration.

11. The method of claim 3 , wherein the indication comprises a measuring beam sweep pattern that comprises a repeated reference signal in a plurality of symbols to indicate use of the omni-directional configuration.

12. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

determining that a frequency of beam switches is at or above a threshold, wherein the indication indicates use of the omni-directional configuration based at least in part on the determination.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of beamformed measuring options includes a first configuration associated with a first measuring beam formable at the UE and a second configuration associated with a second measuring beam formable at the UE.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the beam pattern for measuring the beamformed reference signal is based at least in part on a transmitting beam pattern, and wherein the beamformed reference signal is transmitted in accordance with the transmitting beam pattern.

15. A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving a request to measure a beamformed reference signal;

receiving a beamforming configuration indicating a plurality of beamformed measuring options for measuring the beamformed reference signal;

receiving an activation message to activate one or more beamformed measuring options of the plurality of beamformed measuring options, the activated one or more beamformed measuring options indicating a beam pattern for measuring the beamformed reference signal, wherein the beam pattern indicates a directional receive parameter associated with the beamformed reference signal; and

measuring the beamformed reference signal using the beam pattern based at last in part on the direction receive parameter.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of beamformed measuring options include measuring the beamformed reference signal using a directional configuration and an omni-directional configuration.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

receiving an indication of whether to use the directional configuration or the omni-directional configuration to measure the beamformed reference signal.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

determining to use the directional configuration if the indication indicates use of the directional configuration or determining to use the omni-directional configuration if the indication indicates use of the omni-directional configuration.

19. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

transmitting a message indicating whether the directional configuration or the omni-directional configuration was used to measure the beamformed reference signal.

20. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

transmitting a configuration request requesting a reference signal beam sweep type that is compatible with the omni-directional configuration.

21. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a processor;

memory coupled with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the apparatus to:

transmit, to a user equipment (UE), a request to measure a beamformed reference signal;

transmit, to the UE, a beamforming configuration indicating a plurality of beamformed measuring options for measuring the beamformed reference signal;

transmit an activation message to activate one or more beamformed measuring options of the plurality of beamformed measuring options, the activated one or more beamformed measuring options indicating a beam pattern for measuring the beamformed reference signal, wherein the beam pattern indicates a directional receive parameter associated with the beamformed reference signal; and

transmit the beamformed reference signal.

22. The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the plurality of beamformed measuring options include measuring the beamformed reference signal using a directional configuration and an omni-directional configuration.

23. The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:

transmit an indication of whether to use the directional configuration or the omni-directional configuration to measure the beamformed reference signal.

24. The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the indication indicates use of the omni-directional configuration when a signal quality is at or above a threshold, and indicates use of the directional configuration when the signal quality is below the threshold.

25. The apparatus of claim 24 , wherein the signal quality is based at least in part on a reference signal received power (RSRP), a reference signal received quality (RSRQ), a channel quality indicator (CQI), a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), or a combination thereof.

26. The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the indication indicates a measuring beam shape to use to measure the beamformed reference signal, wherein the measuring beam shape comprises a beam width, an array gain, a beam direction, or a combination thereof.

27. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

a processor;

memory coupled with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the apparatus to:

receive a request to measure a beamformed reference signal;

receive a beamforming configuration indicating a plurality of beamformed measuring options for measuring the beamformed reference signal;

receive an activation message to activate one or more beamformed measuring options of the plurality of beamformed measuring options, the activated one or more beamformed measuring options indicating a beam pattern for measuring the beamformed reference signal, wherein the beam pattern indicates a directional receive parameter associated with the beamformed reference signal; and

measure the beamformed reference signal using the beam pattern based at last in part on the direction receive parameter.

28. The apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the plurality of beamformed measuring options include measuring the beamformed reference signal using a directional configuration and an omni-directional configuration.

29. The apparatus of claim 28 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:

receive an indication of whether to use the directional configuration or the omni-directional configuration to measure the beamformed reference signal.

30. The apparatus of claim 29 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:

determine to use the directional configuration if the indication indicates use of the directional configuration or determining to use the omni-directional configuration if the indication indicates use of the omni-directional configuration.