Assisting a user equipment (UE) in reference signal measurements based on measurement report

1. A method for wireless communication by a base station (BS), comprising:

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a request for information regarding one or more beams received by the UE in a synchronization region of a subframe;

receiving, from the UE, a measurement report including the information;

transmitting, to the UE, information for measuring one or more reference signals; and

transmitting, to the UE, additional information regarding direction information associated with the one or more reference signals to be used by the UE to measure the one or more reference signals, wherein the direction information is based, at least in part, on the measurement report.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the measurement report includes at least one of: a radio frame, a subframe index, symbol index information, beam identification, cell identification, or signal strength associated with the one or more beams.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the measurement report includes at least one of: a subarray configuration or receive beam used by the UE to measure the one or more beams in the synchronization region.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the direction information comprises at least one of: a beam direction of the reference signal, UE subarray configuration to use to measure the one or more reference signals, or information associated with a location of a target BS.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a rank capability associated with the UE,

wherein the additional information further comprises a rank indication to be used by the UE to measure the one or more reference signals, wherein the rank indication is based, at least in part, on the determined rank capability.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the additional information further comprises information regarding a rank indication to be used by the UE to measure the one or more reference signals, wherein the information regarding the rank indication comprises:

instructing the UE to tune away a subset of radio frequency (RF) chains for measuring the one or more reference signals.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein information regarding the rank indication further comprises:

instructing the UE to use at least one remaining RF chain for receiving data from the BS while measuring the one or more reference signals.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

transmitting signaling terminating at least one measurement gap earlier than scheduled, wherein the one or more reference signals are transmitted in the at least one measurement gap; and

communicating with the UE, during a remaining portion of the measurement gap, using at least one RF chain in the subset.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information comprises at least one of: a system frame number (SFN), subframe index (SFI), or symbol index associated with at least one of the reference signals.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting the information for measuring one or more reference signals via at least one of a Layer 1 control channel, Layer 2 control channel, or Layer 3 signaling.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

coordinating, with a target BS, transmission of the one or more reference signals; and

transmitting the one or more reference signals to the UE based, at least in part, on the coordination.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the UE, measurement information associated with the one or more reference signals; and

performing one of a handover from the BS to a target BS or switching from a first active beam associated with the BS to a second active target beam associated with the BS for serving the UE based, at least in part, on the received measurement information.

13. A method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving, from a base station (BS), a request for information regarding one or more beams received by the UE in a synchronization region of a subframe;

transmitting, to the BS, a measurement report including the information;

receiving, from the BS, information for measuring one or more reference signals;

receiving, from the BS, additional information regarding direction information associated with the one or more reference signals to be used to measure the one or more reference signals; and

measuring the one or more reference signals using the additional information.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the measurement report includes at least one of a radio frame, a subframe index, symbol index information, beam identification, cell identification, or signal strength associated with the one or more beams.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the measurement report includes at least one of a subarray configuration or receive beam used by the UE to measure the one or more beams in the synchronization region.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the direction information comprises at least one of a beam direction of the reference signal, UE subarray configuration to use to measure the one or more reference signals, or information associated with a location of a target BS.

17. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

transmitting a rank capability associated with the UE,

the additional information further comprises a rank indication to be used by the UE to measure the one or more reference signals, and wherein the rank indication is based, at least in part, on the transmitted rank capability.

18. The method of claim 13 , wherein the additional information further comprises information regarding a rank indication to be used by the UE to measure the one or more reference signals and wherein the information regarding the rank indication comprises:

an indication to tune away a subset of radio frequency (RF) chains for measuring the one or more reference signals.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein information regarding the rank indication further comprises:

an indication to use at least one remaining RF chain for receiving data from the BS.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising:

receiving signaling terminating the at least one measurement gap earlier than scheduled, wherein the UE receives the one or more reference signals in the at least one measurement gap; and

communicating with the BS, during a remaining portion of the measurement gap, using at least one RF chain in the subset.

21. The method of claim 13 , wherein the information comprises at least one of a system frame number (SFN), subframe index (SFI), or symbol index associated with at least one of the reference signals.

22. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

receiving the information for measuring the one or more reference signals via at least one of a Layer 1 control channel, Layer 2 control channel, or Layer 3 signaling.

23. The method of claim 13 , wherein the one or more reference signals are transmitted from at least one of the BS or one or more target BSs.

24. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the BS, measurement information associated with the one or more reference signals.

25. An apparatus for wireless communication by a base station comprising:

at least one processor configured to:

transmit, to a user equipment (UE), a request for information regarding one or more beams received by the UE in a synchronization region of a subframe;

receive, from the UE, a measurement report including the information;

transmit, to the UE information for measuring one or more reference signals; and

transmit, to the UE, additional information regarding direction information associated with the one or more reference signals or rank to be used by the UE to measure the one or more reference signals, wherein the direction information is based, at least in part, on the measurement report; and

a memory coupled to the at least one processor.

26. An apparatus for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

at least one processor configured to:

receive, from a base station (BS), a request for information regarding one or more beams received by the UE in a synchronization region of a subframe;

transmit, to the BS, a measurement report including the information;

receive, from the BS, information for measuring one or more reference signals;

receive, from the BS, additional information regarding direction information associated with the one or more reference signals to be used to measure the one or more reference signals, wherein the received direction information is based, at least in part, on the measurement report; and

measure the one or more reference signals using the additional information; and

a memory coupled to the at least one processor.