Techniques to enhance beam reporting for non-communication signals

1. A method for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving, from a network node, one or more reference signals;

identifying a time of arrival parameter value associated with each of the one or more reference signals;

performing one or more channel measurements of a set of resources based at least in part on the one or more reference signals, wherein the set of resources are based at least in part on a configuration of a set of parameters indicated in the one or more reference signals;

prioritizing each of the one or more reference signals based at least in part on the time of arrival parameter value associated with each of the one or more reference signals; and

transmitting a report to the network node comprising one or more indices of the one or more reference signals and the time of arrival parameter values associated with each of the one or more reference signals, wherein the report is based at least in part on the prioritizing.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more reference signals comprise at least one of reference signals for sensing, reference signals for positioning, or a combination thereof.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the report comprises a reference signal receive power measurement, a signal to interference noise ratio measurement, a signal to noise ratio measurement, a channel quality indicator, a pre-coding matrix indicator, or a combination thereof.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the report is a channel state information report.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the prioritizing comprises:

ranking the one or more reference signals based at least in part on the associated time of arrival parameter value.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

determining the reference signal associated with an earliest time of arrival parameter value;

quantizing the earliest time of arrival parameter value to a first bit value; and

quantizing other time of arrival parameter values to a second bit value, wherein the second bit value is smaller than the first bit value.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining that two of the one or more channel measurements correspond to a same reference signal; and

transmitting the report comprising a same index of the reference signal for each of the two of the one or more channel measurements, wherein the same index comprises the associated time of arrival parameter values for each of the two of the one or more channel measurements.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the report comprises a single instance of the same index indicating the reference signal for each of the two of the one or more channel measurements.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the associated time of arrival parameter values for each of the two of the one or more channel measurements corresponding to the same reference signals are different.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of parameters comprise quasi-colocation information indicating a beam corresponding to the reference signal, a source node index of the network node corresponding to the one or more reference signal, time resource information, frequency resource information, periodicity information, repetition information, transmission power, a scrambling sequence, or a combination thereof.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the network node is a serving base station, a neighboring base station, or a second UE.

12. An apparatus for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

a processor,

memory coupled with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive, from a network node, one or more reference signals;

identify a time of arrival parameter value associated with each of the one or more reference signals;

perform one or more channel measurements of a set of resources based at least in part on the one or more reference signals, wherein the set of resources are based at least in part on a configuration of a set of parameters indicated in the one or more reference signals;

prioritize each of the one or more reference signals based at least in part on the time of arrival parameter value associated with each of the one or more reference signals; and

transmit a report to the network node comprising one or more indices of the one or more reference signals and the time of arrival parameter values associated with each of the one or more reference signals, wherein the report is based at least in part on the prioritizing.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the one or more reference signals comprise at least one of reference signals for sensing, reference signals for positioning, or a combination thereof.

14. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the report comprises a reference signal receive power measurement, a signal to interference noise ratio measurement, a signal to noise ratio measurement, a channel quality indicator, a pre-coding matrix indicator, or a combination thereof.

15. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the report is a channel state information report.

16. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the prioritizing comprises:

rank the one or more reference signals based at least in part on the associated time of arrival parameter value.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

determine the reference signal associated with an earliest time of arrival parameter value;

quantize the earliest time of arrival parameter value to a first bit value; and

quantize other time of arrival parameter values to a second bit value, wherein the second bit value is smaller than the first bit value.

18. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

determine that two of the one or more channel measurements correspond to a same reference signal; and

transmit the report comprising a same index of the reference signal for each of the two of the one or more channel measurements, wherein the same index comprises the associated time of arrival parameter values for each of the two of the one or more channel measurements.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the same index indicates the reference signal for each of the two of the one or more channel measurements and comprises a target index.

20. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the associated time of arrival parameter values for each of the two of the one or more channel measurements corresponding to the same reference signals are different.

21. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the set of parameters comprise quasi-colocation information indicating a beam corresponding to the reference signal, a source node index of the network node corresponding to the one or more reference signal, time resource information, frequency resource information, periodicity information, repetition information, transmission power, a scrambling sequence, or a combination thereof.

22. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the network node is a serving base station, a neighboring base station, or a second UE.

23. An apparatus for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

means for receiving, from a network node, one or more reference signals;

means for identifying a time of arrival parameter value associated with each of the one or more reference signals;

means for performing one or more channel measurements of a set of resources based at least in part on the one or more reference signals, wherein the set of resources are based at least in part on a configuration of a set of parameters indicated in the one or more reference signals;

means for prioritizing each of the one or more reference signals based at least in part on the time of arrival parameter value associated with each of the one or more reference signals; and

means for transmitting a report to the network node comprising one or more indices of the one or more reference signals and the time of arrival parameter values associated with each of the one or more reference signals, wherein the report is based at least in part on the prioritizing.

24. The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the one or more reference signals comprise at least one of reference signals for sensing, reference signals for positioning, or a combination thereof.

25. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to:

receive, from a network node, one or more reference signals;

identify a time of arrival parameter value associated with each of the one or more reference signals;

perform one or more channel measurements of a set of resources based at least in part on the one or more reference signals, wherein the set of resources are based at least in part on a configuration of a set of parameters indicated in the one or more reference signals;

prioritize each of the one or more reference signals based at least in part on the time of arrival parameter value associated with each of the one or more reference signals; and

transmit a report to the network node comprising one or more indices of the one or more reference signals and the time of arrival parameter values associated with each of the one or more reference signals, wherein the report is based at least in part on the prioritizing.

26. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining one or more attributes of an object from which the one or more reference signals is reflected based at least in part on the one or more channel measurements.

27. The method of claim 26 , wherein the one or more attributes comprise at least one of a speed of the object, a location of the object, and angle of the object with respect to the UE, or a combination thereof.

28. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

determine one or more attributes of an object from which the one or more reference signals is reflected based at least in part on the one or more channel measurements.

29. The apparatus of claim 28 , wherein the one or more attributes comprise at least one of a speed of the object, a location of the object, and angle of the object with respect to the UE, or a combination thereof.