Single sided beam management for bistatic air interface based radio frequency sensing in millimeter wave systems

1. A method of tracking targets with bistatic radio frequency sensing, comprising:

receiving a scanning reference signal;

generating a scanning signal report indicating one or more target groups associated with the scanning reference signal;

transmitting the scanning signal report;

receiving tracking signal configuration information indicating a tracking reference signal associated with the one or more target groups, wherein the tracking signal configuration information includes target group identification information for each of the one or more target groups;

receiving the tracking reference signal identified in the tracking signal configuration information; and

tracking the one or more target groups associated with the tracking reference signal.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein indicating the one or more target groups includes generating target group identification information for each of the one or more target groups.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving the tracking reference signal includes receiving the tracking reference signal once for each one of the one or more target groups.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the tracking signal configuration information includes a repetition pattern for the tracking reference signal.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining a measurement value for the scanning reference signal with one or more receive beams;

comparing the measurement value obtained on each of the one or more receive beams to a threshold value; and

generating the scanning signal report based on the one or more receive beams with measurement values that are greater than the threshold value.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the measurement value is at least one of a reference signal received power (RSRP), a reference signal received quality (RSRQ), and a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR).

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the scanning reference signal includes at least one selected from a group consisting of a positioning reference signal (PRS), a tracking reference signal (TRS), a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), and a synchronization signal block (SSB).

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the tracking signal configuration information is received via at least one of a radio resource control message, a medium access control control element, or a downlink control information message.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the scanning signal report is transmitted via at least one radio resource control message.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving the tracking reference signal is in response to transmitting a tracking request to a base station.

11. A method for single sided beam management in bistatic radio frequency sensing, comprising:

transmitting a scanning reference signal;

receiving a scanning signal report indicating one or more target groups associated with the scanning reference signal;

transmitting tracking signal configuration information based on the scanning reference signal and the one or more target groups, wherein the tracking signal configuration information includes target group identification information for each of the one or more target groups; and

transmitting a tracking reference signal for each of the one or more target groups.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the scanning reference signal includes at least one selected from a group consisting of a positioning reference signal (PRS), a tracking reference signal (TRS), a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), and a synchronization signal block (SSB).

13. The method of claim 11 wherein transmitting the tracking reference signal is in response to receiving a tracking request from a user equipment.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein the scanning signal report includes a signal identification value of the scanning reference signal.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the scanning signal report includes one or more target group identification values associated with the scanning reference signal.

16. The method of claim 11 wherein the scanning signal report includes a receive beam associated with a user equipment and a measurement value for the scanning reference signal received via the receive beam.

17. The method of claim 11 wherein the tracking reference signal include at least one selected from a group consisting of a positioning reference signal (PRS), a tracking reference signal (TRS), a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), and a synchronization signal block (SSB).

18. The method of claim 11 wherein the tracking signal configuration information includes a repetition pattern for the tracking reference signal.

19. The method of claim 11 wherein the tracking signal configuration information is transmitted via at least one of a radio resource control message, a medium access control control element, or a downlink control information message.

20. An apparatus for tracking targets with bistatic radio frequency sensing, comprising:

a memory;

at least one transceiver;

at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory and the at least one transceiver and configured to:

receive a scanning reference signal;

generate a scanning signal report indicating one or more target groups associated with the scanning reference signal;

transmit the scanning signal report;

receive tracking signal configuration information indicating a tracking reference signal associated with the one or more target groups, wherein the tracking signal configuration information includes target group identification information for each of the one or more target groups;

receive the tracking reference signal identified in the tracking signal configuration information; and

track the one or more target groups associated with the tracking reference signal.

21. The apparatus of claim 20 wherein the at least one processor is further configured to generate target group identification information for each of the one or more target groups.

22. The apparatus of claim 20 wherein the at least one processor is further configured to receive the tracking reference signal once for each one of the one or more target groups.

23. The apparatus of claim 20 wherein the tracking signal configuration information includes a repetition pattern for the tracking reference signal.

24. The apparatus of claim 20 wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

determine a measurement value for the scanning reference signal with one or more receive beams;

compare the measurement value obtained on each of the one or more receive beams to a threshold value; and

generate the scanning signal report based on the one or more receive beams with measurement values that are greater than the threshold value.

25. An apparatus, comprising:

a memory;

at least one transceiver;

at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory and the at least one transceiver and configured to:

transmit a scanning reference signal;

receive a scanning signal report indicating one or more target groups associated with the scanning reference signal;

transmit tracking signal configuration information based on the scanning reference signal and the one or more target groups, wherein the tracking signal configuration information includes target group identification information for each of the one or more target groups; and

transmit a tracking reference signal for each of the one or more target groups.

26. The apparatus of claim 25 wherein the scanning reference signal includes at least one selected from a group consisting of a positioning reference signal (PRS), a tracking reference signal (TRS), a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), and a synchronization signal block (SSB).

27. The apparatus of claim 25 wherein the scanning signal report includes a signal identification value of the scanning reference signal and one or more target group identification values associated with the scanning reference signal.

28. The apparatus of claim 25 wherein the tracking signal configuration information includes a repetition pattern for the tracking reference signal.