Adjusting base station transmit power based on user equipment signal measurements

1. A method for wireless communications, comprising:

receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a signal transmission from a network entity;

measuring, by the UE, a non-linear distortion power measurement associated with the signal transmission and a thermal noise power measurement associated with the signal transmission; and

transmitting, by the UE to the network entity, an indication of the non-linear distortion power measurement and the thermal noise power measurement, wherein the indication signals the network entity to modify a transmit power level associated with one or more signal transmissions to the UE.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the signal transmission corresponds to a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the indication is included in a channel state information (CSI) report.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the signal transmission corresponds to a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the indication is included in a negative acknowledgment (NACK) corresponding to the PDSCH transmission.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the indication is included in an acknowledgment (ACK) corresponding to the PDSCH transmission.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a first difference between the non-linear distortion power measurement and the thermal noise power measurement, wherein the indication includes the first difference.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

processing the signal transmission using a digital post-distortion (DPoD) algorithm to determine a reduced non-linear distortion power measurement; and

determining a second difference between the reduced non-linear distortion power measurement and the thermal noise power measurement, wherein the indication includes the second difference.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

processing the signal transmission using a digital post-distortion (DPoD) algorithm to determine a reduced non-linear distortion power measurement; and

determining a difference between the reduced non-linear distortion power measurement and the thermal noise power measurement, wherein the indication includes the difference.

10. An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:

at least one memory;

at least one transceiver; and

at least one processor coupled to the at least one transceiver and the at least one memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

receive, via the at least one transceiver, a signal transmission from a network entity;

measure a non-linear distortion power measurement associated with the signal transmission and a thermal noise power measurement associated with the signal transmission; and

transmit, via the at least one transceiver to the network entity, an indication of the non-linear distortion power measurement and the thermal noise power measurement, wherein the indication signals the network entity to modify a transmit power level associated with one or more signal transmissions to the apparatus.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the signal transmission corresponds to a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the indication is included in a channel state information (CSI) report.

13. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the signal transmission corresponds to a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the indication is included in a negative acknowledgment (NACK) corresponding to the PDSCH transmission.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the indication is included in an acknowledgment (ACK) corresponding to the PDSCH transmission.

16. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

determine a first difference between the non-linear distortion power measurement and the thermal noise power measurement, wherein the indication includes the first difference.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

process the signal transmission using a digital post-distortion (DPoD) algorithm to determine a reduced non-linear distortion power measurement; and

determine a second difference between the reduced non-linear distortion power measurement and the thermal noise power measurement, wherein the indication includes the second difference.

18. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

process the signal transmission using a digital post-distortion (DPoD) algorithm to determine a reduced non-linear distortion power measurement; and

determine a difference between the reduced non-linear distortion power measurement and the thermal noise power measurement, wherein the indication includes the difference.

19. A method of wireless communications, comprising:

transmitting, by a network entity, a first signal transmission to a user equipment (UE);

receiving, by the network entity base station, an indication of a non-linear distortion power measurement and a thermal noise power measurement associated with the first signal transmission; and

adjusting, based on the indication of the non-linear distortion power measurement and the thermal noise power measurement associated with the first signal transmission, a transmit power level associated with a second signal transmission to the UE.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the first signal transmission corresponds to a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), and wherein the indication is included in a channel state information (CSI) report received from the UE.

21. The method of claim 19 , wherein the first signal transmission corresponds to a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission, and wherein the indication is included in at least one of a negative acknowledgment (NACK) corresponding to the PDSCH transmission and an acknowledgment (ACK) corresponding to the PDSCH transmission.

22. The method of claim 19 , wherein the indication includes a first difference between the non-linear distortion power measurement and the thermal noise power measurement.

23. The method of claim 22 , wherein the indication includes a second difference between a reduced non-linear distortion power measurement and the thermal noise power measurement, wherein the reduced non-linear distortion power measurement is based on a digital post-distortion (DPoD) algorithm.

24. The method of claim 19 , wherein the indication includes a difference between a reduced non-linear distortion power measurement and the thermal noise power measurement, wherein the reduced non-linear distortion power measurement is based on a digital post-distortion (DPoD) algorithm.

25. The method of claim 19 , wherein adjusting the transmit power level comprises:

determining that the non-linear distortion power measurement is greater than the thermal noise power measurement; and

decreasing the transmit power level associated with the second signal transmission to the UE.

26. The method of claim 19 , wherein adjusting the transmit power level comprises:

determining that the non-linear distortion power measurement is less than the thermal noise power measurement; and

increasing the transmit power level associated with the second signal transmission to the UE.

27. A network entity for wireless communication, comprising:

at least one memory;

at least one transceiver; and

at least one processor coupled to the at least one transceiver and the at least one memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

transmit, via the at least one transceiver, a first signal transmission to a user equipment (UE);

receive, via the at least one transceiver, an indication of non-linear distortion power measurement and a thermal noise power measurement associated with the first signal transmission; and

adjust, based on the indication of the non-linear distortion power measurement and the thermal noise power measurement associated with the first signal transmission, a transmit power level associated with a second signal transmission to the UE.

28. The network entity of claim 27 , wherein the non-linear distortion power measurement corresponds to a reduced non-linear distortion power measurement based on a digital post-distortion (DPoD) algorithm.

29. The network entity of claim 27 , wherein the first signal transmission corresponds to a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), and wherein the indication is included in a channel state information (CSI) report received from the UE.

30. The network entity of claim 27 , wherein the first signal transmission corresponds to a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission, and wherein the indication is included in at least one of a negative acknowledgment (NACK) corresponding to the PDSCH transmission and an acknowledgment (ACK) corresponding to the PDSCH transmission.