DIRECTIONAL SENSING IN CELLULAR SYSTEMS

Directional sensing capability, including number of beams, beam-width, analog or digital beam sweeping, and supported waveforms, may be indicated by a user equipment (UE), which may then receive a configuration for directional sensing including number of beams, maximum or minimum beam-width, reception time between transmission beam sweeping, and waveform. The UE then performs directional sensing based on the received configuration. The configuration for directional sensing may be for one of monostatic sensing with reception periods between consecutive sensing signal transmissions or bistatic sensing using a plurality of beams. The UE's directional sensing capability may include capability of spatial multiplexing of sensing signals with communication signals. The configuration for directional sensing may permit spatial multiplexing of sensing signals with communication signals. The UE may determine to perform spatial multiplexing of sensing signals with communication signals based on orthogonality of a desired sensing beam with a beam for communications.