Avoiding collisions with reference signals

1. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving a configuration for a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) of an SPS communication, wherein the configuration is determined to avoid collisions with one or more resource elements that are to be used for a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) pattern, wherein the CRS pattern includes a first CRS pattern of a first transmit receive point (TRP) and a second CRS pattern of a second TRP, and wherein the configuration is determined to rate match the SPS communication around the CRS pattern; and

receiving the SPS communication based at least in part on the configuration, wherein the SPS communication does not collide with a CRS received by the UE based at least in part on rate matching the SPS communication around the CRS pattern.

2. A method of wireless communication performed by a base station, comprising:

determining one or more resource elements that are to be used for a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) pattern, wherein the CRS pattern includes a first CRS pattern of a first transmit receive point (TRP) and a second CRS pattern of a second TRP;

determining a configuration for a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) of an SPS communication to a user equipment (UE), wherein the configuration avoids a collision with the one or more resource elements of the CRS pattern, and wherein the configuration is determined to rate match the SPS communication around the CRS pattern; and

transmitting the configuration to the UE.

3. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to cause the UE to:

receive a configuration for a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) of an SPS communication, wherein the configuration is determined to avoid a collision with one or more resource elements that are to be used for a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) pattern, wherein the CRS pattern includes a first CRS pattern of a first transmit receive point (TRP) and a second CRS pattern of a second TRP, and wherein the configuration is determined to rate match the SPS communication around the CRS pattern; and

receive the SPS communication based at least in part on the configuration, wherein the SPS communication does not collide with a CRS received by the UE based at least in part on rate matching the SPS communication around the CRS pattern.

4. A base station for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to cause the base station to:

determine one or more resource elements that are to be used for a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) pattern, wherein the CRS pattern includes a first CRS pattern of a first transmit receive point (TRP) and a second CRS pattern of a second TRP;

determine a configuration for a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) of an SPS communication to a user equipment (UE), wherein the configuration is determined to avoid a collision with the one or more resource elements of the CRS pattern, and wherein the configuration is determined to rate match the SPS communication around the CRS pattern; and

transmit the configuration to the UE.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration schedules the SPS communication in one or more other resource elements that do not overlap with the one or more resource elements that are to be used for the CRS pattern.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration rate matches a first downlink data transmission around the first CRS pattern and rate matches a second downlink data transmission around the second CRS pattern.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first TRP is associated with a first base station and the second TRP is associated with a second base station.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration is associated with a downlink communication.

9. The method of claim 2 , wherein the configuration schedules the SPS communication in one or more other resource elements that do not overlap with the one or more resource elements that are to be used for the CRS pattern.

10. The method of claim 2 , wherein the configuration rate matches a first downlink data transmission around the first CRS pattern and rate matches a second downlink data transmission around the second CRS pattern.

11. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first TRP is associated with the base station and the second TRP is associated with another base station.

12. The method of claim 2 , wherein the configuration is associated with a downlink communication.

13. The UE of claim 3 , wherein the configuration schedules the SPS communication in one or more other resource elements that do not overlap with the one or more resource elements that are to be used for the CRS pattern.

14. The UE of claim 3 , wherein the configuration rate matches a first downlink data transmission around the first CRS pattern and rate matches a second downlink data transmission around the second CRS pattern.

15. The UE of claim 3 , wherein the first TRP is associated with a first base station and the second TRP is associated with a second base station.

16. The UE of claim 3 , wherein the configuration is associated with a downlink communication.

17. The base station of claim 4 , wherein the configuration schedules the SPS communication in one or more other resource elements that do not overlap with the one or more resource elements that are to be used for the CRS pattern.

18. The base station of claim 4 , wherein the configuration rate matches a first downlink data transmission around the first CRS pattern and rate matches a second downlink data transmission around the second CRS pattern.

19. The base station of claim 4 , wherein the first TRP is associated with the base station and the second TRP is associated with another base station.

20. The base station of claim 4 , wherein the configuration is associated with a downlink communication.