Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication and testing. In some aspects, a device may receive information identifying a mount orientation of a wireless communication device, wherein the mount orientation indicates an orientation of a coordinate system of the wireless communication device relative to a coordinate system of a positioner. The device may capture measurement information at each position of a set of positions of the wireless communication device, wherein the set of positions comprises positions of the wireless communication device as the wireless communication device is rotated around an axis by the positioner, and wherein the measurement information is captured based at least in part on the mount orientation. The device may provide information identifying the measurement information. Some techniques and apparatuses described herein may use the measurement information to generate a codebook for beam generation. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may be configured to report feedback to a base station to address polarization impairments in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communications. The UE and the base station may establish a communications link using a pair of orthogonally polarized beams, where the pair of polarized beams may be selected based on a beam sweep procedure. The UE may transmit a report to the base station indicating one or more polarization parameters associated with beam pairs identified in the beam sweep procedure, such as one or more orthogonality parameters, one or more polarization parameters relating to one or more beam pairs, or one or more angular spread parameters. Based on the report, the base station may transmit a beam configuration to the UE for polarization MIMO communications.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a base station, control signaling indicating a capability of the UE to apply an amplitude control procedure to one or more antenna elements for beamforming and indicating that the UE is applying the amplitude control procedure. The UE may receive a control message scheduling transmission of an uplink message. The UE may generate a signal including the uplink message using the amplitude control procedure, which may adjust one or more amplitudes of the signal. The UE may transmit the signal via the one or more antenna elements. In some cases, UE may indicate an amount of power loss in the signal based on the amplitude control procedure, and the base station may transmit downlink transmissions using a lower order modulation and coding scheme or an applied power boost to compensate for the power loss.

Abstract: Inter-band CA beam training may include performing inter-band CA beam training for a first frequency band and inter-band CA beam training for a second frequency band between one or more base stations and a user equipment simultaneously.

Abstract: A device includes at least a first and a second antenna array module. The first antenna array module serves a first frequency band, the first antenna array module having a first antenna array surface that is substantially perpendicular to a first boresight and oriented substantially parallel to a first surface of the device adjacent to the first antenna array module, the second antenna array module serves a second frequency band, the second antenna array module having a second antenna array surface that is substantially perpendicular to a second boresight and oriented at an angle relative to a second surface of the wireless communication device adjacent to the second antenna array module, and the device transmits an indication of a set of transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states for use in the first frequency band and the second frequency band, the set of TCI states being selected based on the angle.

Abstract: Aspects are provided which allow a transmitting device to provide reference signals to a receiving device for beam management according to an arbitrarily determined sequence of transmission beams at any time, and to implicitly convey information regarding the determined sequence of transmission beams to the receiving device. The transmitting device provides a message to the receiving device indicating a beam sequence conveyance mode. The transmitting device subsequently determines a sequence of different transmission beams, and associates a reference signal with each one of the transmission beams for transmission to the receiving device according to the sequence. The receiving device obtains the plurality of reference signals from the transmitting device, where each of the reference signals is associated with a different transmission beam. The receiving device identifies a reception beam for each of the transmission beams, and determines a sequence of the transmission beams in response to the identification.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first wireless device may receive a first indication indicating a communication direction for the first wireless device for each of a plurality of time periods for a time interval. The first wireless device may also receive a second indication associated with a second wireless device indicating a communication direction for the second wireless device. The first wireless device may adjust a communication configuration for at least a set of time periods of the plurality of time periods based on identifying a communication direction mismatch between the first wireless device and the second wireless device, where the communication direction mismatch is based on the first indication and the second indication.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may transmit to a base station a request for resources including an indication of a transmission beam for performing a sidelink communication in a millimeter wave (mmW) system. The base station may determine a transmission configuration based on the request for resources. The UE may transmit reference signals based on the transmission configuration, and the base station may monitor for the reference signals using one or more reception beams. The base station may determine timing information for the sidelink communication, and transmit the timing information to the UE in a resource grant. Based on the timing information, the UE may perform the sidelink communication using the transmission beam. In some examples, the sidelink communication may be multiplexed in frequency from the perspective of the base station with an uplink transmission from another UE.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described in which a first wireless device and second wireless device may establish communications using a first beam and a second beam. The first wireless device may perform separate radio link monitoring (RLM) procedures to monitor beam quality for each of a transmit beam and receive beam that are used for communications with a second wireless device. The separate RLM procedures may be used at the first wireless device to determine that one of the transmit or receive beams is experiencing a quality degradation or a radio link failure (RLF), and an RLF indication may be provided to the second wireless device.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A device in communications with a second device may receive a message from the second device. After receiving, the device selects between a decode-and-forward (DF) or an amplify-and-forward (AF) transmission scheme for forwarding the message to a base station. The selection may be made using one or more trigger conditions associated with the transmitting device, the receiving device, or the base station, such as power availability at the device, processing capability of the device, or beam parameters such as beam width, array gain, or other conditions. After selecting, the device may use the selected transmission scheme for forwarding a packet from the second device to the base station.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Some wireless communications systems may support methods for selection of antenna arrays and beamforming feedback. In some cases, a user equipment (UE) may monitor for an antenna blockage condition at the UE and may select a set of antenna arrays for the UE for communications between the UE and a network entity based at least in part on whether the antenna blockage condition is detected, the set of antenna arrays selected from a multiple predetermined sets of antenna arrays of the UE. Additionally, the UE may transmit, to the network entity, a message indicative of whether the antenna blockage condition is detected and may communicate with the network entity using the set of antenna arrays in accordance with whether the antenna blockage condition is detected.

Abstract: Systems and methods for wireless communication with devices equipped with multiple antenna panels are provided. A UE may transmit UE assistance information (UAI) to a wireless communication device associated with other network information such as rank indicator (RI). The UAI may include an indication of a quantity of antenna panels in use, a relative power consumption indicator, and/or a thermal overhead indicator. This information may be used by the wireless communication device to determine a network configuration which reduces the power consumption and/or thermal overhead of the UE.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may communicate control signaling to a network entity comprising a time-varying beam correspondence indicator. In some examples, the network entity may transmit the time-varying correspondence indicator to the UE. In other examples, the UE may transmit the time-varying correspondence indicator to the network entity. The UE may select a first set of beam weight values for an uplink beam and a second set of beam weight values for a downlink beam based on the time-varying correspondence indicator. The UE may perform wireless communications with the network entity using the uplink beam according to the first set of beam weight values, the downlink beam according to the second set of beam weight values, or both.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a network entity, an indication of whether the UE is capable of performing a perception-assisted beam management procedure. The UE may receive, from the network entity, a configuration indicating whether the UE should perform the perception-assisted beam management procedure based at least in part on the indication of whether the UE is capable of performing the perception-assisted beam management procedure. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: A network device is provided that uses power measurements to measure a relative phase between a received signal from a reference antenna in a plurality of antennas and a received signal from each antenna in the plurality of antennas except the reference antenna. The network device may use a direct phase measurement to measure the phase of other received signals from additional antennas.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for self-interference or cross-link interference measurements at a user equipment (UE). A UE may receive configuration information from a base station that indicates one or more slot format index (SFI) values that are compatible for cross-link interference or self-interference measurements. Based on the configured SFI(s), the UE may measure interference in multiple symbols, which may be used to estimate an amount of cross-link interference or self-interference, and the UE may transmit a measurement report to the base station. The base station, based on the measurement report, may identify one or more compatible SFIs, beam pairs, or combinations thereof, for subsequent communications with one or more UEs. The interference measurements may identify cross-link interference at the UE that results from transmissions of a different UE, or may identify self-interference of concurrent communications of multiple channels at a same UE.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a base station, a request for uplink reference signal resources for a beam training procedure. The UE may receive, in response to the transmitted request, control signaling identifying the uplink reference signal resources for the beam training procedure. The UE may transmit, using a set of multiple of beams, reference signals on the identified uplink reference signal resources and receive, in response to the transmitted reference signals, an indication of beam parameters for a beam at the UE. The UE may communicate with the base station using the beam at the UE according to the beam parameters.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for two-way beamforming operations for calibration. The apparatus receives a first set of reference signals from a network node using N sets of beam weights over N symbols. The apparatus estimates a complex-valued beamformed channel based on the first set of reference signals. The apparatus transmits a second set of reference signals to the network entity using the N sets of beam weights. The apparatus receives a set of feedback signals from the network entity comprising measurements of the transmitted second set of reference signals. The apparatus computes a set of calibration adjustment factors between transmit and receive parts of a set of beam weights based on the set of feedback signals and the estimated complex-valued beamformed channel. The apparatus performs a calibration adjustment operation based on the computed set of calibrated adjustment factors.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may identify a channel matrix of the UE. The UE may identify a set of beam weights according to the channel matrix. The UE may identify a set of beam properties based at least in part on an index, wherein the index is based at least in part on the set of beam weights, and wherein the index is identified without storing the set of beam weights in a long-term memory of the UE. The UE may generate a beam using the set of beam properties. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station may determine a first slot format indication (SFI) for a first user equipment (UE) and a second SFI for a second UE based at least in part on a first report that includes first beam metrics for a first set of beams and indications of associated antenna modules or panels of the first UE, and a second report that includes beam metrics for a second set of beams and indications of associated antenna modules or panels of the second UE, and transmit an indication of the first SFI for the first UE and an indication of the second SFI for the second UE. Numerous other aspects are provided.