Sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing

Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Techniques described herein provide sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing. In some examples, a user equipment (UE) may receive control signaling indicating a sensing reference signal pattern comprising a plurality of symbols for transmission of the sensing reference signaling. To avoid collisions between the transmission of the sensing reference signaling and a communication transmission, one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern may be punctured for communication of non-sensing reference signaling on the one or more symbols. The UE may transmit a sensing reference signal on a set of non-punctured symbols of the plurality of symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

Description

SENSING REFERENCE SIGNAL PATTERN CONFIGURATION AND PUNCTURINGCROSS REFERENCE

[0001] The present Application for Patent claims priority to Greece Patent Application No. 20230100997 by WU et al., entitled ‘ SENSING REFERENCE SIGNAL PATTERN CONFIGURATION AND PUNCTURING,” filed December 1, 2023. which is assigned to the assignee hereof and expressly incorporated by reference herein.FIELD OF TECHNOLOGY

[0002] The following relates to wireless communications, including sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing.BACKGROUND

[0003] Wireless communications systems are widely deployed to provide various ty pes of communication content such as voice, video, packet data, messaging, broadcast, and so on. These systems may be capable of supporting communication with multiple users by sharing the available system resources (e.g., time, frequency, and power). Examples of such multiple-access systems include fourth generation (4G) systems such as Long Term Evolution (LTE) systems, LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) systems, or LTE-A Pro systems, and fifth generation (5G) systems which may be referred to as New Radio (NR) systems. These systems may employ technologies such as code division multiple access (CDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), frequency division multiple access (FDMA), orthogonal FDMA (OFDMA), or discrete Fourier transfomi spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-S-OFDM). A wireless multiple-access communications system may include one or more base stations, each supporting wireless communication for communication devices, which may be known as user equipment (UE).SUMMARY

[0004] The described techniques relate to improved methods, systems, devices, and apparatuses that support sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing.For example, the described techniques provide for sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing. In some examples, a UE may receive control signaling indicating a sensing reference signal pattern comprising a plurality of symbols for transmission of the sensing reference signaling. To avoid collisions between the transmission of the sensing reference signaling and a communication transmission, one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern may be punctured for communication of non-sensing reference signaling on the one or more symbols. The UE may transmit a sensing reference signal on a set of non-punctured symbols of the plurality of symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0005] A method for wireless communications by a UE is described. The method may include receiving, from a network entity, first control signaling indicating a sensing reference signal pattern including a set of multiple symbols for transmission of sensing reference signaling, determining, based on receiving the first control signaling, to puncture one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern, and transmitting a sensing reference signal on a set of non-punctured symbols of the set of multiple symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0006] A UE for wireless communications is described. The UE may include one or more memories storing processor executable code, and one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories. The one or more processors may individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the UE to receive, from a network entity, first control signaling indicating a sensing reference signal pattern including a set of multiple symbols for transmission of sensing reference signaling, determine, based on receiving the first control signaling, to puncture one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern, and transmit a sensing reference signal on a set of nonpunctured symbols of the set of multiple symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0007] Another UE for wireless communications is described. The UE may include means for receiving, from a netw ork entity', first control signaling indicating a sensing reference signal pattern including a set of multiple symbols for transmission of sensing reference signaling, means for determining, based on receiving the first control signaling, to puncture one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern, and means for transmitting a sensing reference signal on a set of non-punctured symbols of the set of multiple symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0008] A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications is described. The code may include instructions executable by one or more processors to receive, from a network entity, first control signaling indicating a sensing reference signal pattern including a set of multiple symbols for transmission of sensing reference signaling, determine, based on receiving the first control signaling, to puncture one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern, and transmit a sensing reference signal on a set of non-punctured symbols of the set of multiple symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0009] Some examples of the method, user equipment (UEs). and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for receiving, from the network entity, second control signaling indicating the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern to puncture.

[0010] Some examples of the method, user equipment (UEs), and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for receiving, from the network entity, second control signaling indicating a priority level associated with sensing reference signal transmissions, where determining to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern may be based on the priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions.

[0011] Some examples of the method, user equipment (UEs), and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for determining to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern may be based on a priority associated with a communication signal scheduled in the one or more symbols being higher than the priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions.

[0012] Some examples of the method, user equipment (UEs), and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for receiving, from the network entity, second control signaling indicating a first priority level associated with sensing reference signal transmissions and a second priority level associated with sensing reference signal transmissions, where determining to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signalpattern may be based on the first priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions and the second priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions.

[0013] Some examples of the method, user equipment (UEs), and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instmctions for determining to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern may be based on a priority associated with a communication signal scheduled in the one or more symbols being higher than the first priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions, or the priority associated with the communication signal scheduled in the one or more symbols being higher than the second priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions and less than the first priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions.

[0014] Some examples of the method, user equipment (UEs), and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for transmitting, to the network entity based on receiving the first control signaling, second control signaling indicating a puncturing tolerance, where the puncturing tolerance includes a quantity of total puncturable symbols of the set of multiple symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern, a quantity of consecutive puncturable symbols of the set of multiple symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern, or a combination thereof.

[0015] In some examples of the method, user equipment (UEs), and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the quantity of total puncturable symbols, the quantity of consecutive puncturable symbols, or both, may be based on a sensing quality of service requirement.

[0016] Some examples of the method, user equipment (UEs), and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for receiving, from the network entity and based on transmitting the second control signaling, third control signaling indicating the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern to puncture.

[0017] Some examples of the method, user equipment (UEs), and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for transmitting, to a sensing wireless device, second control signaling indicating the punctured one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0018] A method for wireless communications by a network entity is described. The method may include outputting first control signaling indicating a sensing reference signal pattern including a set of multiple symbols, determining, based on the sensing reference signal pattern, to puncture one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern, and outputting, based on determining to puncture the one or more symbols, second control signaling indicating the punctured one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0019] A network entity for wireless communications is described. The network entity may include one or more memories storing processor executable code, and one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories. The one or more processors may individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the network entity to output first control signaling indicating a sensing reference signal pattern including a set of multiple symbols, determine, based on the sensing reference signal pattern, to puncture one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern, and output, based on determining to puncture the one or more symbols, second control signaling indicating the punctured one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0020] Another network entity for wireless communications is described. The network entity may include means for outputting first control signaling indicating a sensing reference signal pattern including a set of multiple symbols, means for determining, based on the sensing reference signal pattern, to puncture one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern, and means for outputting, based on determining to puncture the one or more symbols, second control signaling indicating the punctured one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0021] A non-transitoiy computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications is described. The code may include instructions executable by one ormore processors to output first control signaling indicating a sensing reference signal pattern including a set of multiple symbols, determine, based on the sensing reference signal pattern, to puncture one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern, and output, based on determining to puncture the one or more symbols, second control signaling indicating the punctured one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0022] Some examples of the method, network entities, and non- transitory computer-readable medium described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for obtaining, based on transmitting the first control signaling, third control signaling indicating a puncturing tolerance, where the puncturing tolerance includes a quantity of total puncturable symbols of the set of multiple symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern, a quantity of consecutive puncturable symbols of the set of multiple symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern, or a combination thereof.

[0023] Some examples of the method, network entities, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for determining to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern may be based at least in part on the puncturing tolerance.

[0024] In some examples of the method, network entities, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, determining to puncture the one or more symbols may include operations, features, means, or instructions for determining that a priority associated with a communication signal scheduled in the one or more symbols may be higher than a priority level associated with a sensing reference signal transmissions of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0025] Some examples of the method, network entities, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for outputting, to a sensing wireless device, third control signaling indicating the punctured one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0026] Some examples of the method, network entities, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein may further include operations, features,means, or instructions for outputting, based on transmitting the first control signaling, third control signaling indicating a priority level associated with sensing reference signal transmissions.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0027] FIG. 1 shows an example of a wireless communications system that supports sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.

[0028] FIG. 2 shows an example of a wireless communications system that supports sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.

[0029] FIG. 3 shows an example of a sensing reference signal pattern diagram that supports sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.

[0030] FIG. 4 shows an example of a process flow that supports sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.

[0031] FIGs. 5 and 6 show7block diagrams of devices that support sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.

[0032] FIG. 7 shows a block diagram of a communications manager that supports sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.

[0033] FIG. 8 show s a diagram of a system including a device that supports sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.

[0034] FIGs. 9 and 10 show block diagrams of devices that support sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.

[0035] FIG. 11 shows a block diagram of a communications manager that supports sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.

[0036] FIG. 12 shows a diagram of a system including a device that supports sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.

[0037] FIGs. 13 through 15 show flowcharts illustrating methods that support sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0038] In some wireless communications systems, wireless devices (e.g., user equipments (UEs), network entities) may use radio frequency (RF) sensing operations to identify objects and determine the object direction and velocity. During an RF sensing operation, a transmitting device transmits RF sensing reference signals, which may be reflected off objects and received by a receiving device (e.g., the transmitting wireless device, or one or more other wireless devices). In some cases, the RF sensing operations may be combined with the communication system as an integrated sensing and communication system. The sensing reference signal may be transmitted in a same frequency band as used for wireless communications. In some examples, a coherent processing interval for a RF sensing reference signal transmission may span a long duration for a desired velocity sensing resolution. Due to duration of the RF sensing reference signal transmission, the sensing reference signal transmission may collide with some scheduled signals or channels in uplink or downlink transmissions in the communication system.

[0039] Techniques for handling conflicts in an integrated sensing and communication system may reduce collisions between the sensing reference signal transmissions and the communication transmissions. In some examples, a UE may receive control signaling indicating a sensing reference signal pattern comprising a plurality of symbols for transmission of the sensing reference signaling. To avoid collisions betw een the transmission of the sensing reference signaling and a communication transmission, one or more symbols of the sensing reference signalpattern may be punctured for communication of non-sensing reference signaling on the one or more symbols. The UE may transmit a sensing reference signal on a set of nonpunctured symbols of the plurality of symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0040] In some examples, the UE may determine to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern. In some cases, the UE may decide to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern based on a priority of a communication signal scheduled in the one or more symbols being higher than a priority' associated with sensing reference signal transmissions. In some cases, the network entity may transmit, to the UE, control signaling indicating the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern to puncture. For example, the network entity' may decide the one or more symbols to puncture based on a priority of a communication signal scheduled in the one or more symbols being higher than a priority associated with sensing reference signal transmissions. The network entity may receive, from the UE, control signaling indicating a puncturing tolerance, and the network entity may determine the one or more symbols to puncture based on the puncturing tolerance.

[0041] Aspects of the disclosure are initially described in the context of wireless communications systems. Aspects of the disclosure are also described in the context of a sensing reference signal pattern diagram and a process flow. Aspects of the disclosure are further illustrated by and described with reference to apparatus diagrams, system diagrams, and flowcharts that relate to techniques for handling conflict in an integrated sensing and communication system.

[0042] FIG. 1 shows an example of a wireless communications system 100 that supports sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The wireless communications system 100 may include one or more network entities 105, one or more UEs 115, and a core network 130. In some examples, the wireless communications system 100 may be a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, an LTE- Advanced (LTE-A) network, an LTE- A Pro network, a New Radio (NR) network, or a network operating in accordance with other systems and radio technologies, including future systems and radio technologies not explicitly mentioned herein.

[0043] The network entities 105 may be dispersed throughout a geographic area to form the wireless communications system 100 and may include devices in different forms or having different capabilities. In various examples, a network entity 105 may be referred to as a network element, a mobility element, a radio access network (RAN) node, or network equipment, among other nomenclature. In some examples, network entities 105 and UEs 115 may wirelessly communicate via one or more communication links 125 (e.g., a radio frequency (RF) access link). For example, a network entity7105 may support a coverage area 110 (e.g., a geographic coverage area) over which the UEs 115 and the network entity 105 may establish one or more communication links 125. The coverage area 110 may be an example of a geographic area over which a network entity 105 and a UE 115 may support the communication of signals according to one or more radio access technologies (RATs).

[0044] The UEs 115 may be dispersed throughout a coverage area 110 of the wireless communications system 100, and each UE 115 may be stationary, or mobile, or both at different times. The UEs 115 may be devices in different forms or having different capabilities. Some example UEs 115 are illustrated in FIG. 1. The UEs 115 described herein may be capable of supporting communications with various types of devices, such as other UEs 115 or network entities 105, as shown in FIG. 1.

[0045] As described herein, a node of the wireless communications system 100, which may be referred to as a network node, or a wireless node, may be a network entity 105 (e.g., any network entity described herein), a UE 115 (e.g., any UE described herein), a network controller, an apparatus, a device, a computing system, one or more components, or another suitable processing entity configured to perform any of the techniques described herein. For example, a node may be a UE 115. As another example, a node may be a network entity 105. As another example, a first node may be configured to communicate with a second node or a third node. In one aspect of this example, the first node may be a UE 115, the second node may be a network entity 105, and the third node may be a UE 115. In another aspect of this example, the first node may be a UE 1 15, the second node may be a network entity 105, and the third node may be a network entity 105. In yet other aspects of this example, the first, second, and third nodes may be different relative to these examples. Similarly, reference to a UE 115, network entity 105, apparatus, device, computing system, or the like may includedisclosure of the UE 1 15, network entity 105, apparatus, device, computing system, or the like being a node. For example, disclosure that a UE 115 is configured to receive information from a network entity 105 also discloses that a first node is configured to receive information from a second node.

[0046] In some examples, network entities 105 may communicate with the core network 130, or with one another, or both. For example, network entities 105 may communicate with the core network 130 via one or more backhaul communication links 120 (e.g., in accordance with an S I, N2, N3. or other interface protocol). In some examples, network entities 105 may communicate with one another via a backhaul communication link 120 (e.g., in accordance with an X2, Xn, or other interface protocol) either directly (e.g., directly between network entities 105) or indirectly (e.g., via a core network 130). In some examples, network entities 105 may communicate with one another via a midhaul communication link 162 (e.g.. in accordance with a midhaul interface protocol) or a fronthaul communication link 168 (e.g., in accordance with a fronthaul interface protocol), or any combination thereof. The backhaul communication links 120, midhaul communication links 162, or fronthaul communication links 168 may be or include one or more wired links (e.g., an electrical link, an optical fiber link), one or more wireless links (e.g., a radio link, a wireless optical link), among other examples or various combinations thereof. A UE 115 may communicate with the core network 130 via a communication link 155.

[0047] One or more of the network entities 105 described herein may include or may be referred to as a base station 140 (e.g., a base transceiver station, a radio base station, an NR base station, an access point, a radio transceiver. aNodeB, an eNodeB (eNB), a next-generation NodeB or a giga-NodeB (either of which may be referred to as a gNB), a 5G NB, a next-generation eNB (ng-eNB), a Home NodeB, a Home eNodeB, or other suitable terminology ). In some examples, a network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140) may be implemented in an aggregated (e.g., monolithic, standalone) base station architecture, which may be configured to utilize a protocol stack that is physically or logically integrated within a single network entity 105 (e.g., a single RAN node, such as a base station 140).

[0048] In some examples, a network entity 105 may be implemented in a disaggregated architecture (e.g., a disaggregated base station architecture, adisaggregated RAN architecture), which may be configured to utilize a protocol stack that is physically or logically distributed among two or more network entities 105, such as an integrated access backhaul (I AB) network, an open RAN (O-RAN) (e.g., a network configuration sponsored by the O-RAN Alliance), or a virtualized RAN (vRAN) (e.g., a cloud RAN (C-RAN)). For example, a network entity 105 may include one or more of a central unit (CU) 160, a distributed unit (DU) 165, a radio unit (RU) 170, a RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) 175 (e.g., a Near-Real Time RIC (Near-RT RIC). aNon-Real Time RIC (Non-RT RIC)), a Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) 180 system, or any combination thereof. An RU 170 may also be referred to as a radio head, a smart radio head, a remote radio head (RRH), a remote radio unit (RRU), or a transmission reception point (TRP). One or more components of the network entities 105 in a disaggregated RAN architecture may be co-located, or one or more components of the network entities 105 may be located in distributed locations (e.g., separate physical locations). In some examples, one or more network entities 105 of a disaggregated RAN architecture may be implemented as virtual units (e.g., a virtual CU (VCU), a virtual DU (VDU), a virtual RU (VRU)).

[0049] The split of functionality between a CU 160. a DU 165, and an RU 170 is flexible and may support different functionalities depending on which functions (e.g., network layer functions, protocol layer functions, baseband functions, RF functions, and any combinations thereof) are performed at a CU 160, a DU 165, or an RU 170. For example, a functional split of a protocol stack may be employed between a CU 160 and a DU 165 such that the CU 160 may support one or more layers of the protocol stack and the DU 165 may support one or more different layers of the protocol stack. In some examples, the CU 160 may host upper protocol layer (e.g., layer 3 (L3), layer 2 (L2)) functionality and signaling (e.g., Radio Resource Control (RRC), service data adaption protocol (SDAP), Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP)). The CU 160 may be connected to one or more DUs 165 or RUs 170. and the one or more DUs 165 or RUs 170 may host lower protocol layers, such as layer 1 (LI ) (e.g., physical (PHY) layer) or L2 (e.g., radio link control (RLC) layer, medium access control (MAC) layer) functionality and signaling, and may each be at least partially controlled by the CU 160. Additionally, or alternatively, a functional split of the protocol stack may be employed between a DU 165 and an RU 170 such that the DU 165 may support one or more layersof the protocol stack and the RU 170 may support one or more different layers of the protocol stack. The DU 165 may support one or multiple different cells (e.g., via one or more RUs 170). In some cases, a functional split between a CU 160 and a DU 165, or between a DU 165 and an RU 170 may be within a protocol layer (e.g.. some functions for a protocol layer may be performed by one of a CU 160, a DU 165, or an RU 170, while other functions of the protocol layer are performed by a different one of the CU 160, the DU 165, or the RU 170). A CU 160 may be functionally split further into CU control plane (CU-CP) and CU user plane (CU-UP) functions. A CU 160 may be connected to one or more DUs 165 via a midhaul communication link 162 (e.g., Fl, Fl-c, Fl-u), and a DU 165 may be connected to one or more RUs 170 via a fronthaul communication link 168 (e.g., open fronthaul (FH) interface). In some examples, a midhaul communication link 162 or a fronthaul communication link 168 may be implemented in accordance with an interface (e.g., a channel) between layers of a protocol stack supported by respective network entities 105 that are in communication via such communication links.

[0050] In wireless communications systems (e.g., wireless communications system 100), infrastructure and spectral resources for radio access may support wireless backhaul link capabilities to supplement wired backhaul connections, providing an IAB network architecture (e.g., to a core network 130). In some cases, in an IAB network, one or more network entities 105 (e.g., IAB nodes 104) may be partially controlled by each other. One or more IAB nodes 104 may be referred to as a donor entity' or an IAB donor. One or more DUs 165 or one or more RUs 170 may be partially controlled by one or more CUs 160 associated with a donor network entity 105 (e.g., a donor base station 140). The one or more donor network entities 105 (e.g., IAB donors) may be in communication with one or more additional network entities 105 (e.g., IAB nodes 104) via supported access and backhaul links (e.g., backhaul communication links 120). IAB nodes 104 may include an IAB mobile termination (IAB-MT) controlled (e.g., scheduled) by DUs 165 of a coupled TAB donor. An IAB-MT may include an independent set of antennas for relay of communications with UEs 115, or may share the same antennas (e g., of an RU 170) of an IAB node 104 used for access via the DU 165 of the IAB node 104 (e.g.. referred to as virtual IAB-MT (vIAB-MT)). In some examples, the IAB nodes 104 may include DUs 165 that support communication linkswith additional entities (e.g., TAB nodes 104, UEs 1 15) within the relay chain or configuration of the access network (e.g., downstream). In such cases, one or more components of the disaggregated RAN architecture (e.g., one or more TAB nodes 104 or components of I AB nodes 104) may be configured to operate according to the techniques described herein.

[0051] In the case of the techniques described herein applied in the context of a disaggregated RAN architecture, one or more components of the disaggregated RAN architecture may be configured to support sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing as described herein. For example, some operations described as being performed by a UE 1 15 or a network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140) may additionally, or alternatively, be performed by one or more components of the disaggregated RAN architecture (e.g., IAB nodes 104, DUs 165, CUs 160, RUs 170, RIC 175, SMO 180).

[0052] A UE 115 may include or may be referred to as a mobile device, a wireless device, a remote device, a handheld device, or a subscriber device, or some other suitable terminology, where the “device” may also be referred to as a unit, a station, a terminal, or a client, among other examples. A UE 115 may also include or may be referred to as a personal electronic device such as a cellular phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a tablet computer, a laptop computer, or a personal computer. In some examples, a UE 115 may include or be referred to as a wireless local loop (WLL) station, an Internet of Things (loT) device, an Internet of Everything (loE) device, or a machine type communications (MTC) device, among other examples, which may be implemented in various objects such as appliances, or vehicles, meters, among other examples.

[0053] The UEs 115 described herein may be able to communicate with various t pes of devices, such as other UEs 115 that may sometimes act as relays as well as the network entities 105 and the network equipment including macro eNBs or gNBs, small cell eNBs or gNBs, or relay base stations, among other examples, as shown in FIG. 1.

[0054] The UEs 115 and the network entities 105 may wirelessly communicate with one another via one or more communication links 125 (e.g., an access link) using resources associated with one or more carriers. The term “carrier” may refer to a set ofRF spectrum resources having a defined physical layer structure for supporting the communication links 125. For example, a carrier used for a communication link 125 may include a portion of a RF spectrum band (e.g., a bandwidth part (BWP)) that is operated according to one or more physical layer channels for a given radio access technology (e.g., LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, NR). Each physical layer channel may carry acquisition signaling (e.g., synchronization signals, system information), control signaling that coordinates operation for the carrier, user data, or other signaling. The wireless communications system 100 may support communication with a UE 115 using carrier aggregation or multi-carrier operation. A UE 115 may be configured with multiple downlink component carriers and one or more uplink component carriers according to a carrier aggregation configuration. Carrier aggregation may be used with both frequency division duplexing (FDD) and time division duplexing (TDD) component carriers. Communication between a network entity 105 and other devices may refer to communication between the devices and any portion (e.g., entity, subentity) of a network entity 105. For example, the terms “transmitting,” “receiving,” or “communicating,” when referring to a network entity 105, may refer to any portion of a network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140, a CU 160, a DU 165. a RU 170) of a RAN communicating with another device (e.g., directly or via one or more other network entities 105).

[0055] Signal waveforms transmitted via a carrier may be made up of multiple subcarriers (e.g., using multi-carrier modulation (MCM) techniques such as orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) or discrete Fourier transform spread OFDM (DFT-S-OFDM)). In a system employing MCM techniques, a resource element may refer to resources of one symbol period (e.g., a duration of one modulation symbol) and one subcarrier, in which case the symbol period and subcarrier spacing may be inversely related. The quantity of bits carried by each resource element may depend on the modulation scheme (e.g., the order of the modulation scheme, the coding rate of the modulation scheme, or both), such that a relatively higher quantity of resource elements (e.g., in a transmission duration) and a relatively higher order of a modulation scheme may correspond to a relatively higher rate of communication. A wireless communications resource may refer to a combination of an RF spectrum resource, a time resource, and a spatial resource (e.g., a spatial layer, a beam), and the use ofmultiple spatial resources may increase the data rate or data integrity for communications with a UE 115.

[0056] The time intervals for the network entities 105 or the UEs 115 may be expressed in multiples of a basic time unit which may, for example, refer to a sampling period of Ts= l / fmax ’ Nf) seconds, for which fmaxmay represent a supported subcarrier spacing, and Nf may represent a supported discrete Fourier transform (DFT) size. Time intervals of a communications resource may be organized according to radio frames each having a specified duration (e.g., 10 milliseconds (ms)). Each radio frame may be identified by a system frame number (SFN) (e.g., ranging from 0 to 1023).

[0057] Each frame may include multiple consecutively -numbered subframes or slots, and each subframe or slot may have the same duration. In some examples, a frame may be divided (e.g.. in the time domain) into subframes, and each subframe may be further divided into a quantity of slots. Alternatively, each frame may include a variable quantity of slots, and the quantity of slots may depend on subcarrier spacing. Each slot may include a quantity of symbol periods (e.g., depending on the length of the cyclic prefix prepended to each symbol period). In some wireless communications systems 100, a slot may further be divided into multiple mini-slots associated with one or more symbols. Excluding the cyclic prefix, each symbol period may be associated with one or more (e.g., Nf) sampling periods. The duration of a symbol period may depend on the subcarrier spacing or frequency band of operation.

[0058] A subframe, a slot, a mini-slot, or a symbol may be the smallest scheduling unit (e.g., in the time domain) of the wireless communications system 100 and may be referred to as a transmission time interval (TTI). In some examples, the TTI duration (e.g., a quantity of symbol periods in a TTI) may be variable. Additionally, or alternatively, the smallest scheduling unit of the wireless communications system 100 may be dynamically selected (e.g., in bursts of shortened TTIs (sTTIs)).

[0059] Physical channels may be multiplexed for communication using a carrier according to various techniques. A physical control channel and a physical data channel may be multiplexed for signaling via a downlink carrier, for example, using one or more of time division multiplexing (TDM) techniques, frequency division multiplexing (FDM) techniques, or hybrid TDM-FDM techniques. A control region (e.g., a controlresource set (CORESET)) for a physical control channel may be defined by a set of symbol periods and may extend across the system bandwidth or a subset of the system bandwidth of the carrier. One or more control regions (e.g., CORESETs) may be configured for a set of the UEs 115. For example, one or more of the UEs 115 may monitor or search control regions for control information according to one or more search space sets, and each search space set may include one or multiple control channel candidates in one or more aggregation levels arranged in a cascaded manner. An aggregation level for a control channel candidate may refer to an amount of control channel resources (e.g., control channel elements (CCEs)) associated with encoded information for a control information format having a given payload size. Search space sets may include common search space sets configured for sending control information to multiple UEs 115 and UE-specific search space sets for sending control information to a specific UE 115.

[0060] In some examples, a network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140, an RU 170) may be movable and therefore provide communication coverage for a moving coverage area 110. In some examples, different coverage areas 110 associated with different technologies may overlap, but the different coverage areas 110 may be supported by the same network entity 105. In some other examples, the overlapping coverage areas 110 associated with different technologies may be supported by different network entities 105. The wireless communications system 100 may include, for example, a heterogeneous network in which different types of the network entities 105 provide coverage for various coverage areas 110 using the same or different radio access technologies.

[0061] The wireless communications system 100 may be configured to support ultra-reliable communications or low-latency communications, or various combinations thereof. For example, the wireless communications system 100 may be configured to support ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC). The UEs 115 may be designed to support ultra-reliable, low-latency, or critical functions. Ultra-reliable communications may include private communication or group communication and may be supported by one or more sendees such as push-to-talk, video, or data. Support for ultra-reliable, low-latency functions may include prioritization of serv ices, and such services may be used for public safety or general commercial applications. The termsultra-reliable, low-latency, and ultra-reliable low-latency may be used interchangeably herein.

[0062] In some examples, a UE 115 may be configured to support communicating directly with other UEs 115 via a device-to-device (D2D) communication link 135 (e.g., in accordance with a peer-to-peer (P2P). D2D, or sidelink protocol). In some examples, one or more UEs 115 of a group that are performing D2D communications may be within the coverage area 110 of a network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140, an RU 170), which may support aspects of such D2D communications being configured by (e.g., scheduled by) the network entity 105. In some examples, one or more UEs 115 of such a group may be outside the coverage area 110 of a network entity 105 or may be otherwise unable to or not configured to receive transmissions from a network entity 105. In some examples, groups of the UEs 115 communicating via D2D communications may support a one-to-many (1:M) system in which each UE 115 transmits to each of the other UEs 115 in the group. In some examples, a network entity 105 may facilitate the scheduling of resources for D2D communications. In some other examples, D2D communications may be carried out between the UEs 115 without an involvement of a network entity 105.

[0063] In some systems, a D2D communication link 135 may be an example of a communication channel, such as a sidelink communication channel, between vehicles (e.g., UEs 115). In some examples, vehicles may communicate using vehicle-to- everything (V2X) communications, vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications, or some combination of these. A vehicle may signal information related to traffic conditions, signal scheduling, weather, safety, emergencies, or any other information relevant to a V2X system. In some examples, vehicles in a V2X system may communicate with roadside infrastructure, such as roadside units, or with the network via one or more network nodes (e.g., network entities 105, base stations 140, RUs 170) using vehicle-to- network (V2N) communications, or with both.

[0064] The core network 130 may provide user authentication, access authorization, tracking, Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity, and other access, routing, or mobility functions. The core network 130 may be an evolved packet core (EPC) or 5G core (5GC), which may include at least one control plane entity that manages access and mobility (e.g., a mobility management entity (MME), an access and mobilitymanagement function (AMF)) and at least one user plane entity that routes packets or interconnects to external networks (e.g., a serving gateway (S-GW), a Packet Data Network (PDN) gateway (P-GW), or a user plane function (UPF)). The control plane entity may manage non-access stratum (NAS) functions such as mobility, authentication, and bearer management for the UEs 115 served by the network entities 105 (e.g., base stations 140) associated with the core network 130. User IP packets may be transferred through the user plane entity', which may provide IP address allocation as well as other functions. The user plane entity may be connected to IP services 150 for one or more network operators. The IP services 150 may include access to the Internet. Intranet(s), an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), or a Packet-Switched Streaming Service.

[0065] The wireless communications system 100 may operate using one or more frequency bands, which may be in the range of 300 megahertz (MHz) to 300 gigahertz (GHz). Generally, the region from 300 MHz to 3 GHz is known as the ultra-high frequency (UHF) region or decimeter band because the wavelengths range from approximately one decimeter to one meter in length. UHF waves may be blocked or redirected by buildings and environmental features, which may be referred to as clusters, but the waves may penetrate structures sufficiently for a macro cell to provide service to the UEs 115 located indoors. Communications using UHF waves may be associated with smaller antennas and shorter ranges (e.g., less than 100 kilometers) compared to communications using the smaller frequencies and longer waves of the high frequency (HF) or very high frequency (VHF) portion of the spectrum below 300 MHz.

[0066] The wireless communications system 100 may utilize both licensed and unlicensed RF spectrum bands. For example, the wireless communications system 100 may employ License Assisted Access (LAA), LTE-Unlicensed (LTE-U) radio access technology, or NR technology using an unlicensed band such as the 5 GHz industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) band. While operating using unlicensed RF spectrum bands, devices such as the network entities 105 and the UEs 115 may employ carrier sensing for collision detection and avoidance. In some examples, operations using unlicensed bands may be based on a carrier aggregation configuration in conjunction with component carriers operating using a licensed band (e.g., LAA). Operations usingunlicensed spectrum may include downlink transmissions, uplink transmissions, P2P transmissions, or D2D transmissions, among other examples.

[0067] A network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140, an RU 170) or a UE 115 may be equipped with multiple antennas, which may be used to employ techniques such as transmit diversity, receive diversity, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communications, or beamforming. The antennas of a network entity 105 or a UE 1 15 may be located within one or more antenna arrays or antenna panels, which may support MIMO operations or transmit or receive beamforming. For example, one or more base station antennas or antenna arrays may be co-located at an antenna assembly, such as an antenna tower. In some examples, antennas or antenna arrays associated with a network entity 105 may be located at diverse geographic locations. A network entity' 105 may include an antenna array with a set of rows and columns of antenna ports that the network entity 105 may use to support beamforming of communications with a UE 115. Likewise, a UE 115 may include one or more antenna arrays that may support various MIMO or beamforming operations. Additionally, or alternatively, an antenna panel may support RF beamforming for a signal transmitted via an antenna port.

[0068] Beamforming, which may also be referred to as spatial fdtering, directional transmission, or directional reception, is a signal processing technique that may be used at a transmitting device or a receiving device (e.g., a network entity 105, a UE 115) to shape or steer an antenna beam (e.g., a transmit beam, a receive beam) along a spatial path between the transmitting device and the receiving device. Beamforming may be achieved by combining the signals communicated via antenna elements of an antenna array such that some signals propagating along particular orientations with respect to an antenna array experience constructive interference while others experience destructive interference. The adjustment of signals communicated via the antenna elements may include a transmitting device or a receiving device applying amplitude offsets, phase offsets, or both to signals carried via the antenna elements associated with the device. The adjustments associated with each of the antenna elements may be defined by a beamforming weight set associated with a particular orientation (e.g., with respect to the antenna array of the transmitting device or receiving device, or with respect to some other orientation).

[0069] In some wireless communications systems, wireless devices (e g., UEs 1 15 and network entities 105) may use RF sensing operations to identify objects and determine the object direction and velocity. During an RF sensing operation, a transmitting device transmits RF sensing reference signals, which may be reflected off objects and received by a receiving device (e.g., the transmitting wireless device, or one or more other wireless devices). In some cases, the RF sensing operations may be combined with the communication system as an integrated sensing and communication system. The sensing reference signal may be transmitted in a same frequency band as used for wireless communications. In some examples, a coherent processing interval for a RF sensing reference signal transmission span a long duration for a desired velocity sensing resolution. Due to the duration of the RF sensing reference signal transmission, the sensing reference signal transmission may collide with some scheduled signals or channels in uplink or downlink transmissions in the communication system.

[0070] Techniques for handling conflicts in an integrated sensing and communication system may reduce collisions between the sensing reference signal transmissions and the communication transmissions. In some examples, a UE 115 may receive control signaling indicating a sensing reference signal pattern comprising a plurality of symbols for transmission of the sensing reference signaling. To avoid collisions between the transmission of the sensing reference signaling and a communication transmission, one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern may be punctured for communication of non-sensing reference signaling on the one or more symbols. The UE 115 may transmit a sensing reference signal on a set of non-punctured symbols of the plurality of symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0071] In some examples, the UE 115 may determine to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern. In some cases, the UE 115 may decide to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern based on a priority of a communication signal scheduled in the one or more symbols being higher than a priority associated with sensing reference signal transmissions. In some cases, the network entity 105 may transmit, to the UE 115, control signaling indicating the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern to puncture. For example, the network entity 105 may decide the one or more symbols to puncture based on a priorityof a communication signal scheduled in the one or more symbols being higher than a priority associated with sensing reference signal transmissions. The network entity 105 may receive, from the UE 115. control signaling indicating a puncturing tolerance, and the network entity 105 may determine the one or more symbols to puncture based on the puncturing tolerance.

[0072] FIG. 2 shows an example of a wireless communications system 200 that supports sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. Aspects of the wireless communications system 200 may implement, or be implemented by, aspects of wireless communications system 100. For example, the wireless communications system 200 may include a first UE 115-a and a second UE 115-b, which may be examples of a UE 115 as described herein. The wireless communications system 200 may also include a network entity 105-a, which may be an example of a network entity 105 as described herein. In some examples, the wireless communications system 200 may implement integrated communication and sensing (ICS).

[0073] The first UE 115-a may communicate with the network entity 105-a using a communication link 125-a. The communication link 125-a may be an example of an NR or LTE link between the first UE 115-a and the network entity’ 105-a. The communication link 125-a may include bi-directional links that enable both uplink and downlink communications. For example, the first UE 115-a may transmit uplink signals (e.g., uplink transmissions), such as uplink control signaling and uplink data signals, to the network entity 105-a using the communication link 125-a. and the network entity 105-a may transmit downlink signals (e.g., downlink transmissions), such as downlink control signaling and downlink data signals, to the first UE 115-a using the communication link 125-a.

[0074] The second UE 115-b may communicate with the network entity’ 105-a using a communication link 125-b. The communication link 125-b may be an example of an NR or LTE link between the second UE 115-b and the network entity 105-a. The communication link 125-b may include bi-directional links that enable both uplink and downlink communications. For example, the second UE 115-b may transmit uplink signals (e.g., uplink transmissions), such as uplink control signaling and uplink data signals, to the network entity 105-a using the communication link 125-b, and thenetwork entity 105-a may transmit downlink signals (e g., downlink transmissions), such as downlink control signaling and downlink data signals, to the second UE 115-b using the communication link 125-b.

[0075] In some examples, the wireless communications system 200 may support RF sensing procedures. RF sensing procedures may utilize sensing signals (e.g., millimeter wave (mmW)) to identify objects, determine object direction / velocity. track objects, and the like. In some examples, RF sensing procedures may be used in the context of contextual information acquisition (e.g., location detection, location tracking, direction finding, range estimation, digital mapping), automotive sensing (e.g., smart cruise control, collision avoidance), and the like.

[0076] During an RF sensing procedure, a transmitting device transmits RF sensing reference signals, which may be reflected off objects and received by a receiving device (e.g., the transmitting wireless device, or one or more other wireless devices). The receiving device may determine time delays, phase shifts, and other parameters associated with the received sensing signals to identify a position, location, distance, velocity, or any combination, of the objects.

[0077] In some examples, the wireless communications system 200 may support multiple types of RF sensing procedures, including monostatic RF sensing procedures, bistatic RF sensing procedures, and multi-static RF sensing procedures. RF sensing procedures performed between two or more wireless devices (e.g., bistatic RF sensing procedures, multi-static RF sensing procedures) may be referred to as “cooperative RF sensing procedures” or “cooperative sensing procedures.”

[0078] In the context of monostatic RF sensing procedures, a single wireless device may be configured to both transmit the sensing signals, and receive the sensing signals reflected / refracted off objects. For example, the first UE 115-a may transmit sensing reference signals 210 toward a target 205, and the first UE 115-a may receive sensing signals 215 reflected / refracted off of the target 205. As such, monostatic RF sensing may include a single co-located device which acts as both a transmitting and receiving device. Devices configured to perform monostatic RF sensing procedures may be capable of performing full-duplex communications. Additionally, devices configured to perform monostatic RF sensing procedures may exhibit good isolation capabilitiesbetween transmitting and receiving antenna arrays, which may increase the complexity of monostatic RF sensing procedures.

[0079] Comparatively, in bistatic RF sensing procedures, sensing signals may be transmitted and received by two different wireless devices (e.g., non-co-located transmitting and receiving devices). For example, the first UE 115-a may transmit the sensing reference signals 210 toward the target 205, and the second UE 1 15-b may receive sensing signals 220 reflected / refracted off of the target 205. As compared to monostatic RF sensing procedures, bistatic RF sensing procedures do not require wireless devices (e.g., transmitting devices, receiving devices) to be capable of performing full-duplex communications. However, transmitting and receiving devices may perform time synchronization procedures (e.g., time offset estimation) in order to perform bistatic RF sensing procedures. In UE-based bi-static RF sensing procedures, the first UE 115-a and the second UE 115-b may utilize sidelink communications. For example, the first UE 115-a may communicate with the second UE 115-b using a sidelink communication link 135-a.

[0080] In some examples, the first UE 115-a may implement integrated sensing and communication. A jointly designed sensing and communication system, such as for automotive use, may reduce hardware costs. In the integrated communication and sensing system, the first UE 115-a, such as a vehicle UE, may include a communication system that transmits sensing reference signals, such as to detect objects (e.g., target 205) around the first UE 115-a by detecting an echo in a monostatic operation. In some cases, the sensing reference signals may be transmitted in an mmWave band that has been designated for cellular communication. In some cases, the first UE 115-a may perform sensing using cellular communication resources. For example, the first UE 115-a may transmit the sensing reference signals 210 in resources of the cellular system, such as in orthogonal or overlapping way. The sensing reference signals may use a same waveform as used in the communication system (e.g., cyclic prefix-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing). In some examples, the sensing reference signals may be specified to meet various sensing requirements. The network entity 105-a may configure or allocate resources used for the sensing reference signals transmission.

[0081] Automotive use cases, such as advanced driver assistance systems, may have sensing requirements. For example, velocity estimation of the target 205 may requirethe sensing reference signals 210 to span in time with sufficient duration. For example, a coherent sensing reference signal transmission or coherent processing interval (CPI), as used in a radar context, may last five ms or longer to achieve one meter per second velocity’ resolution for the sensing process. The sensing reference signals 210 may be selected to maintain a reasonable overhead to support desired system capacity for sensing and to minimize impact to communication performance. To satisfy the sensing requirements, a patterned sensing reference signal transmission in time may be used. For example, in a sensing reference signals transmission (e.g., CPI) which has a duration of a quantity of slots (or a corresponding duration in ms), the sensing reference signals may be mapped to a set of the OFDM symbols. The duration for the sensing reference signal transmission (e.g., duration of the CPI) may depend on the sensing velocity' resolution requirement, and the interval between the sensing reference signal symbols in the sensing reference signal transmission may depend on a maximum estimable velocity.

[0082] In some examples, first UE 115-a may receive control signaling indicating a sensing reference signal pattern comprising a plurality of symbols for transmission of the sensing reference signaling. To avoid collisions betw een the transmission of the sensing reference signaling and a communication transmission, one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern may be punctured for communication of nonsensing reference signaling on the one or more symbols. The first UE 115-a may transmit a sensing reference signal on a set of non-punctured symbols of the plurality of symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern. The first UE 115-a may determine to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern (e.g., based on a puncturing tolerance). In some cases, the first UE 115-a may decide to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern based on a priority’ of a communication signal scheduled in the one or more symbols being higher than a priority associated with sensing reference signal transmissions. In some cases, the network entity 105-a may transmit, to the first UE 1 15-a, control signaling indicating the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern to puncture. For example, the network entity 105-a may decide the one or more symbols to puncture based on a priority of a communication signal scheduled in the one or more symbols being higher than a priority' associated with sensing reference signal transmissions. Thenetwork entity 105-a may receive, from the first UE 1 15-a, control signaling indicating a puncturing tolerance, and the network entity 105-a may determine the one or more symbols to puncture based on the puncturing tolerance.

[0083] FIG. 3 shows an example of a sensing reference signal pattern diagram 300 that supports sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. Aspects of the sensing reference signal pattern diagram 300 may implement, or be implemented by, aspects of wireless communications system 100 and the wireless communications system 200, or any combination thereof.

[0084] FIG. 3 shows a sensing reference signal pattern 310 or a CPI of the sensing reference signal transmission. The sensing reference signal pattern 310 comprises a plurality of symbols 320 for transmission of sensing reference signaling. The sensing reference signal pattern 310 may comprise a plurality of sensing reference signals. One or more symbols (e.g., OFDM symbols) may carrying the sensing reference signal 305 for transmission. A sensing reference signal interval 315 between consecutive symbols carrying the sensing reference signal 305 may be uniform in the sensing reference signal pattern 310 to facilitate discrete Fourier transform (DFT) processing in the time domain for estimating Doppler and the velocity of the target 205. The sensing reference signal transmission may repeat in time, such as a fifty ms periodicity’. In the frequency domain, the sensing reference signals may be mapped in a comb manner as part of the resource elements.

[0085] In some cases, allocating or configuring resources for a long duration (e.g., 5 ms) sensing reference signal transmission may be challenging for the integrated sensing and communication system. Although a subset of the resources (e.g.. symbols carrying sensing reference signals) within the duration of the sensing reference signal pattern 310 or the duration of the CPI of the sensing reference signal transmission (e.g., 5 ms) may be used for the sensing reference signal 305. the constraints of the uniform sensing reference signal interval 315 may result in the sensing reference signal transmission causing conflict with uplink and downlink communications between the first UE 115-a and the network entity 105-a. When considering beam sweeping for RF sensing for a desired angular resolution, multiple CPIs may be transmitted within an RF sensing period. For example, at 28 GHz with 120 kHz subcarrier spacing, the five ms CPIduration may result in the single CPI of the sensing reference signal transmission or the transmission of the sensing reference signal pattern 310 spanning fort}7slots. In a two- stage sensing operation, a reasonable sensing reference signal pattern for second stage sensing may result in the sensing reference signal being mapped to every fourteenth symbol (e.g., every slot or one symbol per slot). In other words, for a single sensing reference signal (e.g., single beam), the CPI of the sensing reference signal transmission or the transmission of the sensing reference signal pattern 310 may involve resources in every slot in a contiguous 40 slots duration. Given time division duplex configurations in the mmWave band, the CPI of the sensing reference signal transmission may collide with some of the scheduled signals or channels in downlink, uplink transmissions, or sidelink in the communication system. Techniques for handling the conflict between the sensing reference signal transmission and the scheduled communication transmissions may enable the long duration CPI of the sensing reference signal transmission while minimizing impact on downlink, uplink, or sidelink transmissions in the integrated sensing and communication system.

[0086] In some examples, the sensing reference signal pattern 310 comprising the plurality of symbols 320 may be partially punctured. In some cases, the network entity 105-a may transmit, to the first UE 115-a, control signaling 225 indicating a sensing reference signal pattern 310 comprising a plurality of symbols 320 for transmission of sensing reference signaling. In some cases, the network entity 105-a may transmit, to the first UE 115-a, control signaling 235 indicating one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern to puncture. In some cases, the first UE 115-a may determine to puncture one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern for communication of non-sensing reference signaling on the one or more symbols (e.g., communication signaling). In some examples, the first UE 115-a may determine to puncture one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern based on predetermined or configured prioritization rules. For example, the network entity 105-a may transmit, to first UE 115-a, control signaling configuring the pre-determined or prioritization rules for the partial puncturing. Reasonable partial puncturing of sensing reference signal pattern may cause no or minimal impact to sensing performance and may increase flexibility in both sensing and communication resource allocation. Partial puncturing of the sensing reference signal pattern may enable the long duration sensing reference signal transmission for the Doppler and velocity7estimate.

[0087] In some examples, the first UE 1 15-a may transmit, to the network entity 105-a, control signaling 230 indicating a partial puncturing tolerance. The puncturing tolerance may indicate a quantity of total puncturable symbols of the plurality' of symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern, a quantity of consecutive puncturable symbols of the plurality of symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern, or a combination thereof. The network entity' 105-a may determine to puncture one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern based at least in part on the puncturing tolerance. With the puncturing tolerance, the first UE 115-a may be able to achieve the desired or reasonable sensing performance (e.g.. meeting or exceeding some configured threshold for sensing accuracy) if the reference signal partial puncturing does not exceed the puncturing tolerance.

[0088] In some examples, for bi-static UE-UE sensing, the network entity' 105-a may transmit, to the second UE 115-b (e.g., sensing RF receiver), control signaling 240 indicating the punctured one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern. In some cases, the first UE 115-a may transmit, to the second UE 115-b (e.g., sensing RF receiver), control signaling 245 indicating the punctured one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0089] In some examples, the network entity 105-a may transmit, to the first UE 115-a (e.g.. transmitting UE), control signaling 225 indicating the sensing reference signal pattern 310 comprising the plurality' of symbols for transmission of sensing reference signaling. The sensing reference signal pattern may indicate time and frequency resources for transmission of sensing reference signaling. In some cases, the network entity 105-a may transmit, to the second UE 115-b (e.g., receiving UE), control signaling 250 indicating the sensing reference signal pattern 310 comprising the plurality of symbols for transmission of sensing reference signaling. The sensing reference signal pattern 310 may be considered as a nominal pattern, and the actual sensing reference signal transmission may differ due to puncturing of the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern for communication of non-sensing reference signaling (e.g., communication signaling) on the one or more symbols.

[0090] In some cases, the puncturing decision may be made by the network entity 105-a and indicated to the first UE 115-a and the second UE 115-b. The puncturing determination may be based on the puncturing tolerance reported by the first UE 115-a,or a scheduling strategy considered by the network entity 105-a or a combination of both. For example, the network entity 105-a may decide to puncture one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern to accommodate an ultra-reliable low latency communications (URLLC) traffic scheduling for communication.

[0091] In one example, the network entity 105-a may decide on the partial puncturing based on a pre-determined priority rule. For example, each signal or channel may be assigned a priority, including sensing reference signal transmission. If a higher priority signal or channel transmission or reception conflicts with the sensing reference signal pattern transmission, the conflicting one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern may be punctured. For example, a synchronization signal block (SSB), a control resource set (CORESET), channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), a sounding reference signal (SRS), a tracking reference signal (TRS), a phase tracking reference signal (PTRS), a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) may be assigned a priority. A physical downlink shared channel or a physical uplink shared channel may be assigned a priority' associated with the packet being carried. Based on the assigned priorities associated with the signals or channels including the sensing transmissions, the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern may be punctured in favor of the higher priority signal as compared to the priority of the sensing transmission.

[0092] In some examples, the periodical time and frequency resources (e.g., the sensing reference signal pattern and resource location) for the sensing reference signal transmission may be configured by the network entity 105-a to the first UE 115 -a via RRC signaling. In some examples for bi-static sensing, the first UE 115-a may transmit the sensing reference signal and the network entity 105-a may receive reflected / refracted signals. In some examples for bi-static sensing, the network entity 105-a may transmit the sensing reference signal and the first UE 115-a may receive the reflected / refracted signals.

[0093] In some cases, the network entity 105-a may transmit, to the first UE 115-a, control signaling 235 indicating one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern to puncture. The network entity 105-a may indicate the one or more symbols to puncture using lower layer signaling (e.g., DCI or MAC CE). FIG. 3 illustrates examples of the network entity 105-a transmitting the puncturing indication to the firstUE 1 15-a. In one example, the puncturing indication may be sent to the first UE 1 15-a prior to a sensing reference signal transmission. For example, the puncturing indication 330 to puncture the one or more symbols associated with reference signal 305-a may be transmitted to the first UE 115-a prior to the first UE 115-a transmitting the nthsensing reference signal transmission 325. In another example, the puncturing indication 330-a to puncture the one or more symbols associated with reference signal 305-b may be transmitted to the first UE 115-a prior to the first UE 115-a transmitting the (n+l)* sensing reference signal transmission 335. In another example, the puncturing indication may be sent in a more dynamic way within a sensing reference signal transmission for puncturing a later reference signal symbol in the transmission. For example, the puncturing indication 330-b to puncture the one or more symbols associated with reference signal 305-c may be transmitted to the first UE 115-a within the resources associated with transmitting the nthsensing reference signal transmission 325-a. In another example, the puncturing indication 330-c to puncture the one or more symbols associated with reference signal 305-d may be transmitted within the resources associated with transmitting the (n+l)* sensing reference signal transmission 335-a. In some examples, one puncturing indication may indicate puncturing of one or multiple sensing reference signal symbols within the sensing reference signal transmission.

[0094] In some cases, the puncturing decision may be based on prioritization rules. Both the transmitting node and the receiving node may transmit or receive the sensing reference signals based on the puncturing prioritization rules. For example, the network entity 105-a may not transmit explicit signaling indicating the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern to puncture, and the puncturing may be based on the prioritization rules. In one example, the first UE 115-a may receive, from the network entity 105-a, control signaling 255 indicating a priority' level associated with sensing reference signal transmissions. Determining to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern may be based at least in part on the priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions. For example, a symbol in a sensing reference transmission may be punctured if that symbol conflicts w ith another signal or channel that has higher priority (e.g., punctured when the symbol collides with SSB which may have higher priority).

[0095] In another example, the first UE 1 15-a may receive, from the network entity 105-a, control signaling 255 indicating a first priority level associated with sensing reference signal transmissions and a second priority level associated with sensing reference signal transmissions. Determining to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern may be based at least in part on the first priority level and the second priority level. For example, a symbol in a sensing reference transmission may be punctured if the symbol collides with signals or channels that have a priority higher than the first priority level. A symbol in a sensing reference transmission that collides with signals or channels that have a priority higher than the second priority' level, but not first priority level, may be punctured in a conditional manner, such as if the puncturing does not exceed a puncturing tolerance.

[0096] In another example, the first UE 115-a may be configured to transmit the sensing reference signal in a set of symbols or slots, such as a semi-statically configured sensing reference signal pattern. At a later time, the network entity 105-a may schedule an uplink transmission of the first UE 115-a in one or more symbols or slots of the set of symbols and slots configured for the sensing reference signal transmission of the first UE 115-a. For example, the network entity 105-a may schedule (e.g., using a dynamic grant) the uplink communication transmission for the first UE 115-a. Due to the conflict between the scheduled uplink transmission and sensing reference signal transmission, the first UE 115-a may determine whether to puncture one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern in the overlapping resources based on the uplink communication transmission is being scheduled or the first UE 115-a may determine (e.g., without assistance from the network entity 105-a) whether to puncture one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern in the overlapping resources based on the priority associated with the sensing reference signal and the priority associated with the scheduled uplink communication transmission.

[0097] In some examples, puncturing of some sensing reference signal symbols may affect sensing performance. For example, less sensing reference signal symbols in the transmission may result in smaller process gain in sensing, and puncturing one or more symbols may interrupt the DFT processing (e.g., sidelobe issue). Due to the effect of puncturing on sensing performance, a limit or tolerance on puncturing may be established. One tolerance consideration may be a total quantity of symbols that may bepunctured in a sensing reference signal transmission. Another tolerance consideration may be a quantity of consecutive sensing reference signal symbols that may be punctured in a sensing reference signal transmission. In some examples, the puncturing tolerance may be either tolerance consideration or a combination of the toleration considerations.

[0098] In some cases, the puncturing tolerance may be determined by the sensing receiver node. In monostatic sensing, the sensing receiver node may be the first UE 115-a. The puncturing tolerance may be based on sensing quality of service (QoS) requirement. For example, in UE monostatic sensing, the first UE 115-a may determine a duration of a sensing RS transmission as well as a tolerance for puncturing. The first UE 1 15-a may transmit, to the network entity 105 -a, the puncturing tolerance as part of a scheduling or resource request. In some examples, the first UE 115-a may determine for monostatic sensing that no consecutive sensing reference signal symbol puncturing may be tolerated (e.g., if a sensing reference signal symbol is punctured, the neighboring sensing reference signal symbols may not be punctured). In some cases, the first UE 115-a may determine for monostatic sensing that a total quantity of sensing reference signal symbols that may be punctured in a sensing reference signal transmission is no more than five for a sensing reference signal pattern having forty symbols. The first UE 115-a may transmit, to the network entity 105 -a, control signaling 230 indicating the puncturing tolerance. The network entity 105-a may plan the resource allocation and configuration based on the reported puncturing tolerance.

[0099] For UE to UE bi-static sensing, the partial puncturing of the sensing reference signal pattern may be indicated to the sensing referencing signal receiver (e.g.. the second UE 115-b). In some cases, the first UE 1 15-a may transmit, to the second UE 115-b, control signaling 245 indicating the punctured one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern. In some cases, the first UE 115-a may transmit the sensing reference signal based on a puncturing rule, such as the prioritization rules. For example, the first UE 115-a may receive, from the network entity 105-a, control signaling 235 indicating the punctured one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern. In another example, the first UE 115-a may determine to puncture one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern for communication of non-sensing reference signaling on the one or more symbols based on prioritization rules. The firstUE 1 15-a may indicate the puncturing design to the second UE 1 15-b, so the second UE 115-b may receive the sensing reference signals. The first UE 115-a may transmit, to the second UE 115-b, the indication of the punctured one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern via sidelink signaling, such as sidelink control information or sidelink MAC CE.

[0100] In some examples, the sensing reference signal pattern comprising a plurality of symbols for transmission of sensing reference signaling for UE-UE sensing (e.g., the periodical time and frequency resources of the pattern and resource location) may be configured to the first UE 115-a via RRC signaling by network entity 105-a. A lower layer signaling (e.g., DCI and MAC CE) may be sent from the network entity 105-a to the first UE 115-a to indicate the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern to puncture. The first UE 115-a may indicate, to the second UE 115-b, the puncturing of the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern. The first UE 115-a may transmit, to the second UE 115-b, a sensing reference signal on a set of non-punctured symbols of the plurality of symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0101] In some cases, a quantity of sensing reference signal symbols to be punctured may exceed the puncturing tolerance. In one case, if the puncturing tolerance may be exceeded, the sensing reference signal transmission may be canceled for the corresponding period. If the transmission of the sensing reference signaling is periodical, the transmission of the sensing reference signaling in the corresponding period exceeding the puncturing tolerance may be canceled. When beam sweeping is enabled, the cancellation of the sensing reference signal transmission may be per beam. In another example, if the puncturing tolerance may be exceeded, the network entity 105-a may allocate another sensing reference signal transmission resource. For example, the sensing reference signal transmission in the corresponding period may be shifted to different time and frequency locations to better handle the conflict with the other signals and channels for communication.

[0102] In some examples, the first UE 115-a may determine the puncturing tolerance in a semi -static manner, such as based on long term sensing requirements, and the puncturing tolerance may not be frequently updated to the network entity 105-a. In another example, the first UE 115-a may determine the puncturing tolerance in adynamic manner. For example, when the first UE 1 15-a is stationary, the sensing requirements may be lower and the puncturing tolerance may be higher (e.g., tolerant to puncturing more symbols). For the dynamic determination of puncturing tolerance, the puncturing tolerance may be updated to the network entity 105-a when the puncturing tolerance changes.

[0103] FIG. 4 shows an example of a process flow 400 that supports sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. Aspects of the process flow 400 may implement, or be implemented by, aspects of wireless communications system 100, the wireless communications system 200, or any combination thereof. For example, the process flow 400 illustrates signaling and configurations that enables handling of conflicts in the integrated sensing and communication system, as described previously herein.

[0104] The process flow 400 includes a network entity 105-b, a first UE 115-c, and a second UE 115-d, which may be examples of UEs 115, and network entities 105. and other wireless devices as described herein. For example, the network entity 105-b illustrated in FIG. 4 may be an example of the network entity 105-a, as illustrated in FIG. 2. Similarly, the first UE 115-c and the second UE 115-d illustrated in FIG. 4 may include examples of the first UE 115-a and the second UE 115-b, respectively, as illustrated in FIG. 2.

[0105] In some examples, the operations illustrated in process flow 400 may be performed by hardware (e.g., including circuitry, processing blocks, logic components, and other components), code (e.g., software executed by a processor), or any combination thereof. Alternative examples of the following may be implemented, where some steps are performed in a different order than described or are not performed at all. In some cases, steps may include additional features not mentioned below, or further steps may be added.

[0106] At 405, the first UE 115-c may receive, from the network entity 105-b, first control signaling indicating a sensing reference signal pattern comprising a plurality of symbols for transmission of sensing reference signaling.

[0107] At 410, the first UE 115-c may transmit, to the network entity 105-a based at least in part on receiving the first control signaling, second control signaling indicating apuncturing tolerance. The puncturing tolerance may comprise a quantity of total puncturable symbols of the plurality of symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern, a quantity of consecutive puncturable symbols of the plurality of symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern, or a combination thereof. In some examples, the quantity of total puncturable symbols, the quantity of consecutive puncturable symbols, or both, is based at least in part on a sensing quality of service requirement.

[0108] At 415, the first UE 115-c may receive, from the network entity 105-b, control signaling indicating one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern to puncture. In some examples, the network entity 105-b may determine the one or more symbols of the sensing reference pattern to puncture based at least in part on the puncturing tolerance. In some examples, network entity 105-b may determine the one or more symbols of the sensing reference pattern to puncture based at least in part on a priority associated with a communication signal scheduled in the one or more symbols is higher than a priority level associated with a sensing reference signal transmissions of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0109] At 420, the first UE 115-c may receive, from the network entity 105-b, control signaling indicating a priority level associated with sensing reference signal transmissions. In some examples, the first UE 115-c may receive, from the network entity 105-b, control signaling indicating a first priority level associated with sensing reference signal transmissions and a second priority level associated with sensing reference signal transmissions.

[0110] At 425, the first UE 115-c may determine, based at least in part on receiving the first control signaling, to puncture one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern for communication of non-sensing reference signaling on the one or more symbols. In some examples, the first UE 115-c may determine to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern based at least in part on receiving, from the network entity 105-b. the control signaling indicating the one or more symbols to puncture. In some cases, the first UE 115-c may determine to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern based at least in part on the priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions. In some examples, the first UE 115-c may determine to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern based at least in part on a priority associated with acommunication signal scheduled in the one or more symbols being higher than the priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions. In some cases, the first UE 115-c may determine to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern based at least in part on first priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions and the second priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions. In some examples, the first UE 115-c may determine to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern based at least in part on a priority’ associated with a communication signal scheduled in the one or more symbols being higher than the first priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions, or the priority associated with the communication signal scheduled in the one or more symbols being higher than the second priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions and less than the first priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions.

[0111] At 430. the first UE 115-c may transmit, to a sensing wireless device (e.g., the second UE 115-d), control signaling indicating the punctured one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern. In some examples, the network entity’ 105-a may output, to a sensing wireless device (e.g., the second UE 115-d), control signaling indicating the punctured one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0112] At 435. the first UE 115-c may transmit a sensing reference signal on a set of non-punctured symbols of the plurality of symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0113] At 440, the first UE 115-c may receive sensing reference signal reflected or refracted off of a target. In some examples, the second UE 115-d may receive the sensing reference signal reflected or refracted off of the target.

[0114] FIG. 5 shows a block diagram 500 of a device 505 that supports sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The device 505 may be an example of aspects of a UE 115 as described herein. The device 505 may include a receiver 510, a transmitter 515, and a communications manager 520. The device 505, or one or more components of the device 505 (e.g., the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, and the communications manager 520), may include at least one processor, which may be coupled with at least onememory, to, individually or collectively, support or enable the described techniques. Each of these components may be in communication with one another (e.g., via one or more buses).

[0115] The receiver 510 may provide a means for receiving information such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels related to sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing). Information may be passed on to other components of the device 505. The receiver 510 may utilize a single antenna or a set of multiple antennas.

[0116] The transmitter 515 may provide a means for transmitting signals generated by other components of the device 505. For example, the transmitter 515 may transmit information such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels related to sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing). In some examples, the transmitter 515 may be co-located with a receiver 510 in a transceiver module. The transmitter 515 may utilize a single antenna or a set of multiple antennas.

[0117] The communications manager 520, the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, or various combinations thereof or various components thereof may be examples of means for performing various aspects of sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing as described herein. For example, the communications manager 520, the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, or various combinations or components thereof may be capable of performing one or more of the functions described herein.

[0118] In some examples, the communications manager 520, the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, or various combinations or components thereof may be implemented in hardware (e.g., in communications management circuitry). The hardware may include at least one of a processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), a central processing unit (CPU), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, a microcontroller, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof configured as or otherwise supporting, individually or collectively, a means for performing thefunctions described in the present disclosure. In some examples, at least one processor and at least one memory coupled with the at least one processor may be configured to perform one or more of the functions described herein (e.g., by one or more processors, individually or collectively, executing instructions stored in the at least one memory).

[0119] Additionally, or alternatively, the communications manager 520, the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, or various combinations or components thereof may be implemented in code (e.g., as communications management software or firmware) executed by at least one processor. If implemented in code executed by at least one processor, the functions of the communications manager 520. the receiver 510. the transmitter 515, or various combinations or components thereof may be performed by a general-purpose processor, a DSP, a CPU, an ASIC, an FPGA, a microcontroller, or any combination of these or other programmable logic devices (e.g., configured as or otherwise supporting, individually or collectively, a means for performing the functions described in the present disclosure).

[0120] In some examples, the communications manager 520 may be configured to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, obtaining, monitoring, outputting, transmitting) using or otherwise in cooperation with the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, or both. For example, the communications manager 520 may receive information from the receiver 510, send information to the transmitter 515, or be integrated in combination with the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, or both to obtain information, output information, or perform various other operations as described herein.

[0121] The communications manager 520 may support wireless communications in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. For example, the communications manager 520 is capable of. configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving, from a network entity, first control signaling indicating a sensing reference signal pattern including a set of multiple symbols for transmission of sensing reference signaling. The communications manager 520 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for determining, based on receiving the first control signaling, to puncture one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern for communication of non-sensing reference signaling on the one or more symbols. The communications manager 520 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support ameans for transmitting a sensing reference signal on a set of non-punctured symbols of the set of multiple symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0122] By including or configuring the communications manager 520 in accordance with examples as described herein, the device 505 (e.g., at least one processor controlling or otherwise coupled with the receiver 510, the transmitter 515. the communications manager 520, or a combination thereol) may support techniques for more efficient utilization of communication resources.

[0123] FIG. 6 shows a block diagram 600 of a device 605 that supports sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The device 605 may be an example of aspects of a device 505 or a UE 115 as described herein. The device 605 may include a receiver 610, a transmitter 615, and a communications manager 620. The device 605, or one or more components of the device 605 (e.g., the receiver 610, the transmitter 615, and the communications manager 620), may include at least one processor, which may be coupled with at least one memory, to support the described techniques. Each of these components may be in communication with one another (e.g., via one or more buses).

[0124] The receiver 610 may provide a means for receiving information such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels related to sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing). Information may be passed on to other components of the device 605. The receiver 610 may utilize a single antenna or a set of multiple antennas.

[0125] The transmitter 615 may provide a means for transmitting signals generated by other components of the device 605. For example, the transmitter 615 may transmit information such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels related to sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing). In some examples, the transmitter 615 may be co-located with a receiver 610 in a transceiver module. The transmitter 615 may utilize a single antenna or a set of multiple antennas.

[0126] The device 605, or various components thereof, may be an example of means for performing various aspects of sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing as described herein. For example, the communications manager 620 may include a sensing reference signal pattern manager 625, a puncturing manager 630, a sensing reference signal transmission manager 635, or any combination thereof. The communications manager 620 may be an example of aspects of a communications manager 520 as described herein. In some examples, the communications manager 620, or various components thereof, may be configured to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, obtaining, monitoring, outputting, transmitting) using or otherwise in cooperation with the receiver 610, the transmitter 615, or both. For example, the communications manager 620 may receive information from the receiver 610, send information to the transmitter 615, or be integrated in combination with the receiver 610, the transmitter 615, or both to obtain information, output information, or perform various other operations as described herein.

[0127] The communications manager 620 may support wireless communications in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. The sensing reference signal pattern manager 625 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving, from a network entity, first control signaling indicating a sensing reference signal pattern including a set of multiple symbols for transmission of sensing reference signaling. The puncturing manager 630 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for determining, based on receiving the first control signaling, to puncture one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern for communication of non-sensing reference signaling on the one or more symbols. The sensing reference signal transmission manager 635 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for transmitting a sensing reference signal on a set of nonpunctured symbols of the set of multiple symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0128] FIG. 7 shows a block diagram 700 of a communications manager 720 that supports sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The communications manager 720 may be an example of aspects of a communications manager 520, a communications manager 620, or both, as described herein. The communications manager 720, or various components thereof, may be an example of means for performing variousaspects of sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing as described herein. For example, the communications manager 720 may include a sensing reference signal pattern manager 725, a puncturing manager 730, a sensing reference signal transmission manager 735. a punctured symbols manager 740, a priority manager 745, a puncturing tolerance manager 750, or any combination thereof. Each of these components, or components or subcomponents thereof (e.g., one or more processors, one or more memories), may communicate, directly or indirectly, with one another (e.g., via one or more buses).

[0129] The communications manager 720 may support wireless communications in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. The sensing reference signal pattern manager 725 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving, from a network entity7, first control signaling indicating a sensing reference signal pattern including a set of multiple symbols for transmission of sensing reference signaling. The puncturing manager 730 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for determining, based on receiving the first control signaling, to puncture one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern for communication of non-sensing reference signaling on the one or more symbols. The sensing reference signal transmission manager 735 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for transmitting a sensing reference signal on a set of nonpunctured symbols of the set of multiple symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0130] In some examples, the punctured symbols manager 740 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving, from the network entity7, second control signaling indicating the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern to puncture.

[0131] In some examples, the priority manager 745 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving, from the netyvork entity7, second control signaling indicating a priority7level associated with sensing reference signal transmissions, where determining to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern is based on the priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions.

[0132] In some examples, determining to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern is based on a priority associated with a communication signal scheduled in the one or more symbols being higher than the priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions.

[0133] In some examples, the priority manager 745 is capable of. configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving, from the network entity, second control signaling indicating a first priority level associated with sensing reference signal transmissions and a second priority level associated with sensing reference signal transmissions, where determining to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern is based on the first priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions and the second priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions.

[0134] In some examples, determining to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern is based on a priority associated with a communication signal scheduled in the one or more symbols being higher than the first priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions, or the priority associated with the communication signal scheduled in the one or more symbols being higher than the second priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions and less than the first priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions.

[0135] In some examples, the puncturing tolerance manager 750 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for transmitting, to the network entity based on receiving the first control signaling, second control signaling indicating a puncturing tolerance, where the puncturing tolerance includes a quantity of total puncturable symbols of the set of multiple symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern, a quantity of consecutive puncturable symbols of the set of multiple symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern, or a combination thereof.

[0136] In some examples, the quantity of total puncturable symbols, the quantity of consecutive puncturable symbols, or both, is based on a sensing quality of service requirement.

[0137] In some examples, the punctured symbols manager 740 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving, from the network entity and based on transmitting the second control signaling, third control signaling indicating the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern to puncture.

[0138] In some examples, the punctured symbols manager 740 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for transmitting, to a sensing wireless device, second control signaling indicating the punctured one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0139] FIG. 8 shows a diagram of a system 800 including a device 805 that supports sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The device 805 may be an example of or include the components of a device 505, a device 605, or a UE 115 as described herein. The device 805 may communicate (e.g., wirelessly) with one or more network entities 105, one or more UEs 115, or any combination thereof. The device 805 may include components for bi-directional voice and data communications including components for transmitting and receiving communications, such as a communications manager 820, an input / output (I / O) controller 810, a transceiver 815, an antenna 825, at least one memory 830, code 835, and at least one processor 840. These components may be in electronic communication or otherwise coupled (e.g.. operatively, communicatively, functionally, electronically, electrically) via one or more buses (e.g., a bus 845).

[0140] The I / O controller 810 may manage input and output signals for the device 805. The I / O controller 810 may also manage peripherals not integrated into the device 805. In some cases, the I / O controller 810 may represent a physical connection or port to an external peripheral. In some cases, the I / O controller 810 may utilize an operating system such as iOS®, ANDROID®, MS-DOS®, MS-WINDOWS®, OS / 2®, UNIX®, LINUX®, or another known operating system. Additionally, or alternatively, the I / O controller 810 may represent or interact with a modem, a keyboard, a mouse, a touchscreen, or a similar device. In some cases, the I / O controller 810 may be implemented as part of one or more processors, such as the at least one processor 840. In some cases, a user may interact with the device 805 via the I / O controller 810 or via hardware components controlled by the I / O controller 810.

[0141] In some cases, the device 805 may include a single antenna 825. However, in some other cases, the device 805 may have more than one antenna 825, which may be capable of concurrently transmitting or receiving multiple wireless transmissions. The transceiver 815 may communicate bi-directionally, via the one or more antennas 825, wired, or wireless links as described herein. For example, the transceiver 815 may represent a wireless transceiver and may communicate bi-directionally with another wireless transceiver. The transceiver 815 may also include a modem to modulate the packets, to provide the modulated packets to one or more antennas 825 for transmission, and to demodulate packets received from the one or more antennas 825. The transceiver 815, or the transceiver 815 and one or more antennas 825, may be an example of a transmitter 515, a transmitter 615, a receiver 510, a receiver 610, or any combination thereof or component thereof, as described herein.

[0142] The at least one memory 830 may include random access memory (RAM) and read-only memory (ROM). The at least one memory 830 may store computer- readable, computer-executable code 835 including instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor 840, cause the device 805 to perform various functions described herein. The code 835 may be stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium such as system memory or another type of memory. In some cases, the code 835 may not be directly executable by the at least one processor 840 but may cause a computer (e.g., when compiled and executed) to perform functions described herein. In some cases, the at least one memory 830 may contain, among other things, a basic I / O system (BIOS) which may control basic hardware or software operation such as the interaction with peripheral components or devices.

[0143] The at least one processor 840 may include an intelligent hardware device (e.g., a general-purpose processor, a DSP, a CPU, a microcontroller, an ASIC, an FPGA, a programmable logic device, a discrete gate or transistor logic component, a discrete hardware component, or any combination thereof). In some cases, the at least one processor 840 may be configured to operate a memory array using a memory controller. In some other cases, a memory controller may be integrated into the at least one processor 840. The at least one processor 840 may be configured to execute computer-readable instructions stored in a memory (e g., the at least one memory 830) to cause the device 805 to perform various functions (e.g., functions or tasks supportingsensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing). For example, the device 805 or a component of the device 805 may include at least one processor 840 and at least one memory' 830 coupled with or to the at least one processor 840, the at least one processor 840 and at least one memory’ 830 configured to perform various functions described herein. In some examples, the at least one processor 840 may include multiple processors and the at least one memory 830 may include multiple memories. One or more of the multiple processors may be coupled with one or more of the multiple memories, which may, individually or collectively, be configured to perform various functions herein. In some examples, the at least one processor 840 may be a component of a processing system, yvhich may refer to a system (such as a series) of machines, circuitry- (including, for example, one or both of processor circuitry’ (yvhich may include the at least one processor 840) and memory circuitry' (which may include the at least one memory 830)). or components, that receives or obtains inputs and processes the inputs to produce, generate, or obtain a set of outputs. The processing system may be configured to perform one or more of the functions described herein. As such, the at least one processor 840 or a processing system including the at least one processor 840 may be configured to, configurable to. or operable to cause the device 805 to perform one or more of the functions described herein. Further, as described herein, being “configured to,” being “configurable to,” and being “operable to” may be used interchangeably and may be associated yvith a capability’, yvhen executing code stored in the at least one memory 830 or otherwise, to perform one or more of the functions described herein.

[0144] The communications manager 820 may support wireless communications in accordance yvith examples as disclosed herein. For example, the communications manager 820 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving, from a network entity', first control signaling indicating a sensing reference signal pattern including a set of multiple symbols for transmission of sensing reference signaling. The communications manager 820 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for determining, based on receiving the first control signaling, to puncture one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern for communication of non-sensing reference signaling on the one or more symbols. The communications manager 820 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support ameans for transmitting a sensing reference signal on a set of non-punctured symbols of the set of multiple symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0145] By including or configuring the communications manager 820 in accordance with examples as described herein, the device 805 may support techniques for more efficient utilization of communication resources and improved coordination between devices.

[0146] In some examples, the communications manager 820 may be configured to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, monitoring, transmitting) using or otherwise in cooperation with the transceiver 815, the one or more antennas 825, or any combination thereof. Although the communications manager 820 is illustrated as a separate component, in some examples, one or more functions described with reference to the communications manager 820 may be supported by or performed by the at least one processor 840, the at least one memory' 830, the code 835, or any combination thereof. For example, the code 835 may include instructions executable by the at least one processor 840 to cause the device 805 to perform various aspects of sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing as described herein, or the at least one processor 840 and the at least one memory' 830 may be otherwise configured to, individually or collectively, perform or support such operations.

[0147] FIG. 9 shows a block diagram 900 of a device 905 that supports sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The device 905 may' be an example of aspects of a network entity' 105 as described herein. The device 905 may include a receiver 910, a transmitter 915, and a communications manager 920. The device 905, or one or more components of the device 905 (e.g., the receiver 910, the transmitter 915. and the communications manager 920), may' include at least one processor, which may be coupled with at least one memory', to, individually or collectively, support or enable the described techniques. Each of these components may be in communication with one another (e.g.. via one or more buses).

[0148] The receiver 910 may provide a means for obtaining (e.g.. receiving, determining, identifying) information such as user data, control information, or any combination thereof (e.g., I / Q samples, symbols, packets, protocol data units, servicedata units) associated with various channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels, channels associated with a protocol stack). Information may be passed on to other components of the device 905. In some examples, the receiver 910 may support obtaining information by receiving signals via one or more antennas. Additionally, or alternatively, the receiver 910 may support obtaining information by receiving signals via one or more wired (e.g., electrical, fiber optic) interfaces, wireless interfaces, or any combination thereof.

[0149] The transmitter 915 may provide a means for outputting (e.g., transmitting, providing, conveying, sending) information generated by other components of the device 905. For example, the transmitter 915 may output information such as user data, control information, or any combination thereof (e.g., I / Q samples, symbols, packets, protocol data units, service data units) associated with various channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels, channels associated with a protocol stack). In some examples, the transmitter 915 may support outputting information by transmitting signals via one or more antennas. Additionally, or alternatively, the transmitter 915 may support outputting information by transmitting signals via one or more wired (e.g., electrical, fiber optic) interfaces, wireless interfaces, or any combination thereof. In some examples, the transmitter 915 and the receiver 910 may be co-located in a transceiver, which may include or be coupled with a modem.

[0150] The communications manager 920, the receiver 910, the transmitter 915, or various combinations thereof or various components thereof may be examples of means for performing various aspects of sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing as described herein. For example, the communications manager 920, the receiver 910, the transmitter 915, or various combinations or components thereof may be capable of performing one or more of the functions described herein.

[0151] In some examples, the communications manager 920, the receiver 910, the transmitter 915, or various combinations or components thereof may be implemented in hardware (e.g.. in communications management circuitry). The hardware may include at least one of a processor, a DSP, a CPU, an ASIC, an FPGA or other programmable logic device, a microcontroller, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof configured as or otherwise supporting, individually or collectively, a means for performing the functions described in thepresent disclosure. In some examples, at least one processor and at least one memory coupled with the at least one processor may be configured to perform one or more of the functions described herein (e.g., by one or more processors, individually or collectively, executing instructions stored in the at least one memory).

[0152] Additionally, or alternatively, the communications manager 920, the receiver 910, the transmitter 915, or various combinations or components thereof may be implemented in code (e.g., as communications management software or firmware) executed by at least one processor. If implemented in code executed by at least one processor, the functions of the communications manager 920. the receiver 910. the transmitter 915, or various combinations or components thereof may be performed by a general-purpose processor, a DSP, a CPU, an ASIC, an FPGA, a microcontroller, or any combination of these or other programmable logic devices (e.g., configured as or otherwise supporting, individually or collectively, a means for performing the functions described in the present disclosure).

[0153] In some examples, the communications manager 920 may be configured to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, obtaining, monitoring, outputting, transmitting) using or otherwise in cooperation with the receiver 910, the transmitter 915, or both. For example, the communications manager 920 may receive information from the receiver 910, send information to the transmitter 915, or be integrated in combination with the receiver 910, the transmitter 915, or both to obtain information, output information, or perform various other operations as described herein.

[0154] The communications manager 920 may support wireless communications in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. For example, the communications manager 920 is capable of. configured to, or operable to support a means for outputting first control signaling indicating a sensing reference signal pattern including a set of multiple symbols. The communications manager 920 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for determining, based on the sensing reference signal pattern, to puncture one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern. The communications manager 920 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for outputting, based on determining to puncture the one or more symbols, second control signaling indicating the punctured one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0155] By including or configuring the communications manager 920 in accordance with examples as described herein, the device 905 (e.g., at least one processor controlling or otherwise coupled with the receiver 910, the transmitter 915, the communications manager 920. or a combination thereof) may support techniques for more efficient utilization of communication resources.

[0156] FIG. 10 shows a block diagram 1000 of a device 1005 that supports sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The device 1005 may be an example of aspects of a device 905 or a network entity 105 as described herein. The device 1005 may include a receiver 1010, a transmitter 1015, and a communications manager 1020. The device 1005, or one or more components of the device 1005 (e.g., the receiver 1010, the transmitter 1015, and the communications manager 1020), may include at least one processor, which may be coupled with at least one memory, to support the described techniques. Each of these components may be in communication with one another (e.g., via one or more buses).

[0157] The receiver 1010 may provide a means for obtaining (e.g., receiving, determining, identifying) information such as user data, control information, or any combination thereof (e g., I / Q samples, symbols, packets, protocol data units, service data units) associated with various channels (e.g.. control channels, data channels, information channels, channels associated with a protocol stack). Information may be passed on to other components of the device 1005. In some examples, the receiver 1010 may support obtaining information by receiving signals via one or more antennas. Additionally, or alternatively, the receiver 1010 may support obtaining information by receiving signals via one or more wired (e.g., electrical, fiber optic) interfaces, wireless interfaces, or any combination thereof.

[0158] The transmitter 1015 may provide a means for outputting (e.g., transmitting, providing, conveying, sending) information generated by other components of the device 1005. For example, the transmitter 1015 may output information such as user data, control information, or any combination thereof (e.g., I / Q samples, symbols, packets, protocol data units, service data units) associated with various channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels, channels associated with a protocol stack). In some examples, the transmitter 1015 may support outputtinginformation by transmitting signals via one or more antennas. Additionally, or alternatively, the transmitter 1015 may support outputting information by transmitting signals via one or more wired (e.g., electrical, fiber optic) interfaces, wireless interfaces, or any combination thereof. In some examples, the transmitter 1015 and the receiver 1010 may be co-located in a transceiver, which may include or be coupled with a modem.

[0159] The device 1005, or various components thereof, may be an example of means for performing various aspects of sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing as described herein. For example, the communications manager 1020 may include a sensing reference signal pattern manager 1025, a puncturing manager 1030, a punctured symbols manager 1035, or any combination thereof. The communications manager 1020 may be an example of aspects of a communications manager 920 as described herein. In some examples, the communications manager 1020. or various components thereof, may be configured to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, obtaining, monitoring, outputting, transmitting) using or otherwise in cooperation with the receiver 1010, the transmitter 1015, or both. For example, the communications manager 1020 may receive information from the receiver 1010, send information to the transmitter 1015, or be integrated in combination with the receiver 1010, the transmitter 1015, or both to obtain information, output information, or perform various other operations as described herein.

[0160] The communications manager 1020 may support wireless communications in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. The sensing reference signal pattern manager 1025 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for outputting first control signaling indicating a sensing reference signal pattern including a set of multiple symbols. The puncturing manager 1030 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for determining, based on the sensing reference signal pattern, to puncture one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern. The punctured symbols manager 1035 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for outputting, based on determining to puncture the one or more symbols, second control signaling indicating the punctured one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0161] FIG. 11 shows a block diagram 1 100 of a communications manager 1 120 that supports sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The communications manager 1120 may be an example of aspects of a communications manager 920, a communications manager 1020, or both, as described herein. The communications manager 1120, or various components thereof, may be an example of means for performing various aspects of sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing as described herein. For example, the communications manager 1120 may include a sensing reference signal pattern manager 1125, a puncturing manager 1 130, a punctured symbols manager 1135, a puncturing tolerance manager 1140, a priority manager 1145, or any combination thereof. Each of these components, or components or subcomponents thereof (e.g., one or more processors, one or more memories), may communicate, directly or indirectly, with one another (e.g., via one or more buses) which may include communications within a protocol layer of a protocol stack, communications associated with a logical channel of a protocol stack (e.g., between protocol layers of a protocol stack, within a device, component, or virtualized component associated with a network entity 105, between devices, components, or virtualized components associated with a network entity 105), or any combination thereof.

[0162] The communications manager 1120 may support wireless communications in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. The sensing reference signal pattern manager 1125 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for outputting first control signaling indicating a sensing reference signal pattern including a set of multiple symbols. The puncturing manager 1130 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for determining, based on the sensing reference signal pattern, to puncture one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern. The punctured symbols manager 1135 is capable of. configured to, or operable to support a means for outputting, based on determining to puncture the one or more symbols, second control signaling indicating the punctured one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0163] In some examples, the puncturing tolerance manager 1140 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for obtaining, based on transmitting thefirst control signaling, third control signaling indicating a puncturing tolerance, where the puncturing tolerance includes a quantity of total puncturable symbols of the set of multiple symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern, a quantity of consecutive puncturable symbols of the set of multiple symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern, or a combination thereof.

[0164] In some examples, determining to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern is based at least in part on the puncturing tolerance.

[0165] In some examples, to support determining to puncture the one or more symbols, the priority manager 1145 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for determining that a priority associated with a communication signal scheduled in the one or more symbols is higher than a priority level associated with a sensing reference signal transmissions of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0166] In some examples, the punctured symbols manager 1135 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for outputting, to a sensing wireless device, third control signaling indicating the punctured one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0167] In some examples, the priority manager 1145 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for outputting, based on transmitting the first control signaling, third control signaling indicating a priority level associated with sensing reference signal transmissions.

[0168] FIG. 12 shows a diagram of a system 1200 including a device 1205 that supports sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The device 1205 may be an example of or include the components of a device 905, a device 1005, or a network entity 105 as described herein. The device 1205 may communicate with one or more network entities 105, one or more UEs 115, or any combination thereof, which may include communications over one or more wired interfaces, over one or more wireless interfaces, or any combination thereof. The device 1205 may include components that support outputting and obtaining communications, such as a communications manager 1220, a transceiver 1210, an antenna 1215, at least one memory 1225, code 1230, and at least one processor 1235. These components may be in electronic communication orotherwise coupled (e.g., operatively, communicatively, functionally, electronically, electrically) via one or more buses (e.g., a bus 1240).

[0169] The transceiver 1210 may support bi-directional communications via wired links, wireless links, or both as described herein. In some examples, the transceiver 1210 may include a wired transceiver and may communicate bi-directionally with another wired transceiver. Additionally, or alternatively, in some examples, the transceiver 1210 may include a wireless transceiver and may communicate bidirectionally with another wireless transceiver. In some examples, the device 1205 may include one or more antennas 1215, which may be capable of transmitting or receiving wireless transmissions (e.g., concurrently). The transceiver 1210 may also include a modem to modulate signals, to provide the modulated signals for transmission (e.g., by one or more antennas 1215, by a wired transmitter), to receive modulated signals (e.g., from one or more antennas 1215, from a wired receiver), and to demodulate signals. In some implementations, the transceiver 1210 may include one or more interfaces, such as one or more interfaces coupled with the one or more antennas 1215 that are configured to support various receiving or obtaining operations, or one or more interfaces coupled with the one or more antennas 1215 that are configured to support various transmitting or outputting operations, or a combination thereof. In some implementations, the transceiver 1210 may include or be configured for coupling with one or more processors or one or more memory components that are operable to perform or support operations based on received or obtained information or signals, or to generate information or other signals for transmission or other outputting, or any combination thereof. In some implementations, the transceiver 1210, or the transceiver 1210 and the one or more antennas 1215, or the transceiver 1210 and the one or more antennas 1215 and one or more processors or one or more memory’ components (e.g., the at least one processor 1235. the at least one memory 1225, or both), may be included in a chip or chip assembly that is installed in the device 1205. In some examples, the transceiver 1210 may be operable to support communications via one or more communications links (e.g., a communication link 125, a backhaul communication link 120, a midhaul communication link 162, a fronthaul communication link 168).

[0170] The at least one memory 1225 may include RAM, ROM, or any combination thereof. The at least one memory’ 1225 may store computer-readable, computer-executable code 1230 including instructions that, when executed by one or more of the at least one processor 1235, cause the device 1205 to perform various functions described herein. The code 1230 may be stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium such as system memory or another type of memory. In some cases, the code 1230 may not be directly executable by a processor of the at least one processor 1235 but may cause a computer (e.g., when compiled and executed) to perform functions described herein. In some cases, the at least one memory' 1225 may contain, among other things, a BIOS which may control basic hardware or software operation such as the interaction with peripheral components or devices. In some examples, the at least one processor 1235 may include multiple processors and the at least one memory 1225 may include multiple memories. One or more of the multiple processors may be coupled with one or more of the multiple memories which may, individually or collectively, be configured to perform various functions herein (for example, as part of a processing system).

[0171] The at least one processor 1235 may include an intelligent hardware device (e.g., a general-purpose processor, a DSP, an ASIC, a CPU, an FPGA, a microcontroller, a programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, a discrete hardware component, or any combination thereof). In some cases, the at least one processor 1235 may be configured to operate a memory array using a memory controller. In some other cases, a memoir controller may be integrated into one or more of the at least one processor 1235. The at least one processor 1235 may be configured to execute computer-readable instructions stored in a memory (e.g., one or more of the at least one memory 1225) to cause the device 1205 to perform various functions (e.g., functions or tasks supporting sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing). For example, the device 1205 or a component of the device 1205 may include at least one processor 1235 and at least one memory 1225 coupled with one or more of the at least one processor 1235, the at least one processor 1235 and the at least one memory 1225 configured to perform various functions described herein. The at least one processor 1235 may be an example of a cloud-computing platform (e.g., one or more physical nodes and supporting software such as operating systems, virtual machines, or container instances) that may host the functions (e.g., by executing code 1230) to perform the functions of the device 1205. The at least one processor 1235 maybe any one or more suitable processors capable of executing scripts or instructions of one or more software programs stored in the device 1205 (such as within one or more of the at least one memory' 1225). In some examples, the at least one processor 1235 may include multiple processors and the at least one memory’ 1225 may include multiple memories. One or more of the multiple processors may be coupled with one or more of the multiple memories, which may, individually' or collectively, be configured to perform various functions herein. In some examples, the at least one processor 1235 may be a component of a processing system, which may refer to a system (such as a series) of machines, circuitry (including, for example, one or both of processor circuitry (which may include the at least one processor 1235) and memory circuitry (which may7include the at least one memory71225)), or components, that receives or obtains inputs and processes the inputs to produce, generate, or obtain a set of outputs. The processing system may be configured to perform one or more of the functions described herein. As such, the at least one processor 1235 or a processing system including the at least one processor 1235 may be configured to, configurable to, or operable to cause the device 1205 to perform one or more of the functions described herein. Further, as described herein, being “configured to." being “configurable to,” and being “operable to” may be used interchangeably and may be associated with a capability, when executing code stored in the at least one memory71225 or otherwise, to perform one or more of the functions described herein.

[0172] In some examples, a bus 1240 may support communications of (e.g., within) a protocol layer of a protocol stack. In some examples, a bus 1240 may support communications associated with a logical channel of a protocol stack (e.g., between protocol layers of a protocol stack), which may include communications performed within a component of the device 1205, or between different components of the device 1205 that may be co-located or located in different locations (e.g., where the device 1205 may refer to a system in which one or more of the communications manager 1220, the transceiver 1210, the at least one memory 1225, the code 1230, and the at least one processor 1235 may be located in one of the different components or divided between different components).

[0173] In some examples, the communications manager 1220 may manage aspects of communications with a core network 130 (e.g.. via one or more wired or wirelessbackhaul links). For example, the communications manager 1220 may manage the transfer of data communications for client devices, such as one or more UEs 115. In some examples, the communications manager 1220 may manage communications with other network entities 105. and may include a controller or scheduler for controlling communications with UEs 115 in cooperation with other network entities 105. In some examples, the communications manager 1220 may support an X2 interface within an LTE / LTE-A wireless communications network technology to provide communication between network entities 105.

[0174] The communications manager 1220 may support wireless communications in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. For example, the communications manager 1220 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for outputting first control signaling indicating a sensing reference signal pattern including a set of multiple symbols. The communications manager 1220 is capable of, configured to. or operable to support a means for determining, based on the sensing reference signal pattern, to puncture one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern. The communications manager 1220 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for outputting, based on determining to puncture the one or more symbols, second control signaling indicating the punctured one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0175] By including or configuring the communications manager 1220 in accordance with examples as described herein, the device 1205 may support techniques for more efficient utilization of communication resources and improved coordination between devices.

[0176] In some examples, the communications manager 1220 may be configured to perform various operations (e g., receiving, obtaining, monitoring, outputting, transmitting) using or otherwise in cooperation with the transceiver 1210, the one or more antennas 1215 (e g., where applicable), or any combination thereof. Although the communications manager 1220 is illustrated as a separate component, in some examples, one or more functions described with reference to the communications manager 1220 may be supported by or performed by the transceiver 1210, one or more of the at least one processor 1235, one or more of the at least one memory' 1225, the code 1230, or any combination thereof (for example, by a processing system includingat least a portion of the at least one processor 1235, the at least one memory 1225, the code 1230, or any combination thereof). For example, the code 1230 may include instructions executable by one or more of the at least one processor 1235 to cause the device 1205 to perform various aspects of sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing as described herein, or the at least one processor 1235 and the at least one memory 1225 may be otherwise configured to, individually or collectively, perform or support such operations.

[0177] FIG. 13 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 1300 that supports sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. The operations of the method 1300 may be implemented by a UE or its components as described herein. For example, the operations of the method 1300 may be performed by a UE 115 as described with reference to FIGs. 1 through 8. In some examples, a UE may execute a set of instructions to control the functional elements of the UE to perform the described functions. Additionally, or alternatively, the UE may perform aspects of the described functions using special-purpose hardware.

[0178] At 1305, the method may include receiving, from a network entity, first control signaling indicating a sensing reference signal pattern including a set of multiple symbols for transmission of sensing reference signaling. The operations of block 1305 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1305 may be performed by a sensing reference signal pattern manager 725 as described with reference to FIG. 7.

[0179] At 1310, the method may include determining, based on receiving the first control signaling, to puncture one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern. The operations of block 1310 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1310 may be performed by a puncturing manager 730 as described with reference to FIG. 7.

[0180] At 1315, the method may include transmitting a sensing reference signal on a set of non-punctured symbols of the set of multiple symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern. The operations of block 1315 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1315 maybe performed by a sensing reference signal transmission manager 735 as described with reference to FIG. 7.

[0181] FIG. 14 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 1400 that supports sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. The operations of the method 1400 may be implemented by a UE or its components as described herein. For example, the operations of the method 1400 may be performed by a UE 115 as described with reference to FIGs. 1 through 8. In some examples, a UE may execute a set of instructions to control the functional elements of the UE to perform the described functions. Additionally, or alternatively, the UE may perform aspects of the described functions using special-purpose hardware.

[0182] At 1405, the method may include receiving, from a network entity, first control signaling indicating a sensing reference signal pattern including a set of multiple symbols for transmission of sensing reference signaling. The operations of block 1405 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1405 may be performed by a sensing reference signal pattern manager 725 as described with reference to FIG. 7.

[0183] At 1410, the method may include receiving, from the network entity, second control signaling indicating one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern to puncture. The operations of block 1410 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1410 may be performed by a punctured symbols manager 740 as described with reference to FIG. 7.

[0184] At 1415, the method may include determining, based on receiving the first control signaling and the second control signaling, to puncture one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern. The operations of block 1415 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1415 may be performed by a puncturing manager 730 as described with reference to FIG. 7.

[0185] At 1420, the method may include transmitting a sensing reference signal on a set of non-punctured symbols of the set of multiple symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern. The operations of block 1420 may be performed in accordance withexamples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1420 may be performed by a sensing reference signal transmission manager 735 as described with reference to FIG. 7.

[0186] FIG. 15 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 1500 that supports sensing reference signal pattern configuration and puncturing in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. The operations of the method 1500 may be implemented by a network entity or its components as described herein. For example, the operations of the method 1500 may be performed by a network entity as described with reference to FIGs. 1 through 4 and 9 through 12. In some examples, a network entity may execute a set of instructions to control the functional elements of the network entity to perform the described functions. Additionally, or alternatively, the network entity may perform aspects of the described functions using special-purpose hardw are.

[0187] At 1505, the method may include outputting first control signaling indicating a sensing reference signal pattern including a set of multiple symbols. The operations of block 1505 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1505 may be performed by a sensing reference signal pattern manager 1125 as described with reference to FIG. 11.

[0188] At 1510, the method may include determining, based on the sensing reference signal pattern, to puncture one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern. The operations of block 1510 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1510 may be performed by a puncturing manager 1130 as described with reference to FIG. 11.

[0189] At 1515, the method may include outputting, based on determining to puncture the one or more symbols, second control signaling indicating the punctured one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern. The operations of block 1515 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 1515 may be performed by a punctured symbols manager 1135 as described with reference to FIG. 11.

[0190] The following provides an overview of aspects of the present disclosure:

[0191] Aspect 1 : A method for wireless communications by a UE, comprising: receiving, from a network entity, first control signaling indicating a sensing reference signal pattern comprising a plurality of symbols for transmission of sensing reference signaling; determining, based at least in part on receiving the first control signaling, to puncture one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern; and transmitting a sensing reference signal on a set of non-punctured symbols of the plurality of symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0192] Aspect 2: The method of aspect 1, further comprising: receiving, from the network entity, second control signaling indicating the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern to puncture.

[0193] Aspect 3: The method of aspect 1, further comprising: receiving, from the network entity, second control signaling indicating a priority level associated with sensing reference signal transmissions, wherein determining to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern is based at least in part on the priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions.

[0194] Aspect 4: The method of aspect 3, wherein determining to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern is based at least in part on a priority associated with a communication signal scheduled in the one or more symbols being higher than the priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions.

[0195] Aspect 5: The method of aspects 1 , further comprising: receiving, from the network entity, second control signaling indicating a first priority' level associated with sensing reference signal transmissions and a second priority level associated with sensing reference signal transmissions, wherein determining to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern is based at least in part on the first priority' level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions and the second priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions.

[0196] Aspect 6: The method of aspect 5, wherein determining to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern is based at least in part on a priority associated with a communication signal scheduled in the one or more symbols being higher than the first priority level associated with the sensing reference signaltransmissions, or the priority associated with the communication signal scheduled in the one or more symbols being higher than the second prionty level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions and less than the first priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions.

[0197] Aspect 7: The method of any of aspects 1 through 6. further comprising: transmitting, to the network entity based at least in part on receiving the first control signaling, second control signaling indicating a puncturing tolerance, wherein the puncturing tolerance comprises a quantity of total puncturable symbols of the plurality of symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern, a quantity of consecutive puncturable symbols of the plurality of symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern, or a combination thereof.

[0198] Aspect 8: The method of aspect 7, wherein the quantity of total puncturable symbols, the quantity of consecutive puncturable symbols, or both, is based at least in part on a sensing quality of service requirement.

[0199] Aspect 9: The method of any of aspects 7 through 8. further comprising: receiving, from the network entity and based at least in part on transmitting the second control signaling, third control signaling indicating the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern to puncture.

[0200] Aspect 10: The method of any of aspects 1 through 9, further comprising: transmitting, to a sensing wireless device, second control signaling indicating the punctured one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0201] Aspect 11 : A method for wireless communications by a network entity, comprising: outputting first control signaling indicating a sensing reference signal pattern comprising a plurality of symbols; determining, based at least in part on the sensing reference signal pattern, to puncture one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern; and outputting, based at least in part on determining to puncture the one or more symbols, second control signaling indicating the punctured one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0202] Aspect 12: The method of aspect 11, further comprising: obtaining, based at least in part on transmitting the first control signaling, third control signaling indicatinga puncturing tolerance, wherein the puncturing tolerance comprises a quantity of total puncturable symbols of the plurality of symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern, a quantity of consecutive puncturable symbols of the plurality of symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern, or a combination thereof.

[0203] Aspect 13: The method of aspect 12. wherein determining to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern is based at least in part on the puncturing tolerance.

[0204] Aspect 14: The method of any of aspects 11 through 13, wherein determining to puncture the one or more symbols further comprises: determining that a priority associated with a communication signal scheduled in the one or more symbols is higher than a priority level associated wi th a sensing reference signal transmissions of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0205] Aspect 15: The method of any of aspects 11 through 14, further comprising: outputting, to a sensing wireless device, third control signaling indicating the punctured one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

[0206] Aspect 16: The method of any of aspects 11 through 15. further comprising: outputting, based at least in part on transmitting the first control signaling, third control signaling indicating a priority7level associated with sensing reference signal transmissions.

[0207] Aspect 17: A UE for wireless communications, comprising one or more memories storing processor-executable code, and one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the UE to perform a method of any of aspects 1 through 10.

[0208] Aspect 18: A UE for wireless communications, comprising at least one means for performing a method of any of aspects 1 through 10.

[0209] Aspect 19: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications, the code comprising instructions executable by one or more processors to perform a method of any of aspects 1 through 10.

[0210] Aspect 20: A network entity for wireless communications, comprising one or more memories storing processor-executable code, and one or more processors coupledwith the one or more memories and individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the network entity to perform a method of any of aspects 11 through 16.

[0211] Aspect 21: A network entity for wireless communications, comprising at least one means for performing a method of any of aspects 11 through 16.

[0212] Aspect 22: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications, the code comprising instructions executable by one or more processors to perform a method of any of aspects 11 through 16.

[0213] It should be noted that the methods described herein describe possible implementations, and that the operations and the steps may be rearranged or otherwise modified and that other implementations are possible. Further, aspects from two or more of the methods may be combined.

[0214] Although aspects of an LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, or NR system may be described for purposes of example, and LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, or NR terminology may be used in much of the description, the techniques described herein are applicable beyond LTE. LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, or NR networks. For example, the described techniques may be applicable to various other wireless communications systems such as Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, Flash-OFDM, as well as other systems and radio technologies not explicitly mentioned herein.

[0215] Information and signals described herein may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies and techniques. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, and chips that may be referenced throughout the description may be represented by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or particles, optical fields or particles, or any combination thereof.

[0216] The various illustrative blocks and components described in connection with the disclosure herein may be implemented or performed using a general-purpose processor, a DSP, an ASIC, a CPU, an FPGA or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described herein. A general-purpose processormay be a microprocessor but, in the alternative, the processor may be any processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. A processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices (e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, multiple microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration). Any functions or operations described herein as being capable of being performed by a processor may be performed by multiple processors that, individually or collectively, are capable of performing the described functions or operations.

[0217] The functions described herein may be implemented using hardware, software executed by a processor, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented using software executed by a processor, the functions may be stored as or transmitted using one or more instructions or code of a computer-readable medium. Other examples and implementations are within the scope of the disclosure and appended claims. For example, due to the nature of software, functions described herein may be implemented using software executed by a processor, hardware, firmware, hardwiring, or combinations of any of these. Features implementing functions may also be physically located at various positions, including being distributed such that portions of functions are implemented at different physical locations.

[0218] Computer-readable media includes both non-transitory computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one location to another. A non-transitory storage medium may be any available medium that may be accessed by a general-purpose or special-purpose computer. By way of example, and not limitation, non-transitory computer-readable media may include RAM, ROM, electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), flash memory', compact disk (CD) ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other non-transitory medium that may be used to carry or store desired program code means in the form of instructions or data structures and that may be accessed by a general-purpose or special-purpose computer, or a general-purpose or special-purpose processor. Also, any connection is properly termed a computer-readable medium. For example, if the software is transmitted from a website, server, or other remote source using a coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL), or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, andmicrowave, then the coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL, or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave are included in the definition of computer-readable medium. Disk and disc, as used herein, include CD, laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc (DVD), floppy disk and Blu-ray disc. Disks may reproduce data magnetically, and discs may reproduce data optically using lasers. Combinations of the above are also included within the scope of computer-readable media. Any functions or operations described herein as being capable of being performed by a memory may be performed by multiple memories that, individually or collectively, are capable of performing the described functions or operations.

[0219] As used herein, including in the claims, “or” as used in a list of items (e.g., a list of items prefaced by a phrase such as ‘’at least one of’ or ‘fine or more of’) indicates an inclusive list such that, for example, a list of at least one of A, B, or C means A or B or C or AB or AC or BC or ABC (i.e., A and B and C). Also, as used herein, the phrase “based on” shall not be construed as a reference to a closed set of conditions. For example, an example step that is described as ’‘based on condition A” may be based on both a condition A and a condition B without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. In other words, as used herein, the phrase “based on” shall be construed in the same manner as the phrase “based at least in part on.”

[0220] As used herein, including in the claims, the article “a” before a noun is open- ended and understood to refer to “at least one” of those nouns or “one or more” of those nouns. Thus, the terms “a,” “at least one,” “one or more,” “at least one of one or more” may be interchangeable. For example, if a claim recites “a component” that performs one or more functions, each of the individual functions may be performed by a single component or by any combination of multiple components. Thus, the term “a component” having characteristics or performing functions may refer to “at least one of one or more components” having a particular characteristic or performing a particular function. Subsequent reference to a component introduced with the article “a” using the terms “the” or “said” may refer to any or all of the one or more components. For example, a component introduced with the article “a” may be understood to mean “one or more components,” and referring to “the component” subsequently in the claims may be understood to be equivalent to referring to “at least one of the one or more components.” Similarly, subsequent reference to a component introduced as “one ormore components” using the terms “the” or “said” may refer to any or all of the one or more components. For example, referring to “the one or more components” subsequently in the claims may be understood to be equivalent to referring to “at least one of the one or more components.”

[0221] The term “determine” or “determining” encompasses a variety of actions and, therefore, “determining” can include calculating, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, looking up (such as via looking up in a table, a database or another data structure), ascertaining and the like. Also, “determining” can include receiving (e.g., receiving information), accessing (e.g., accessing data stored in memory) and the like. Also, “determining” can include resolving, obtaining, selecting, choosing, establishing, and other such similar actions.

[0222] In the appended figures, similar components or features may have the same reference label. Further, various components of the same type may be distinguished by following the reference label by a dash and a second label that distinguishes among the similar components. If just the first reference label is used in the specification, the description is applicable to any one of the similar components having the same first reference label irrespective of the second reference label, or other subsequent reference label.

[0223] The description set forth herein, in connection with the appended drawings, describes example configurations and does not represent all the examples that may be implemented or that are within the scope of the claims. The term “example” used herein means “serving as an example, instance, or illustration,” and not “preferred” or “advantageous over other examples.” The detailed description includes specific details for the purpose of providing an understanding of the described techniques. These techniques, however, may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, known structures and devices are show n in block diagram form in order to avoid obscuring the concepts of the described examples.

[0224] The description herein is provided to enable a person having ordinary skill in the art to make or use the disclosure. Various modifications to the disclosure will be apparent to a person having ordinary skill in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other variations without departing from the scope of thedisclosure. Thus, the disclosure is not limited to the examples and designs described herein but is to be accorded the broadest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims

CLAIMSWhat is claimed is:1 . A user equipment (UE), comprising: one or more memories storing processor-executable code; and one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the UE to: receive, from a network entity, first control signaling indicating a sensing reference signal pattern comprising a plurality of symbols for transmission of sensing reference signaling; determine, based at least in part on receiving the first control signaling, to puncture one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern; and transmit a sensing reference signal on a set of non-punctured symbols of the plurality' of symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

2. The UE of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to: receive, from the network entity, second control signaling indicating the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern to puncture.

3. The UE of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to: receive, from the network entity, second control signaling indicating a priority level associated with sensing reference signal transmissions, wherein determining to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern is based at least in part on the priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions.

4. The UE of claim 3, wherein determining to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern is based at least in part on a priority associated with a communication signal scheduled in the one or more symbols being higher than the priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions.

5. The UE of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to: receive, from the network entity, second control signaling indicating a first priority level associated with sensing reference signal transmissions and a second priority level associated with sensing reference signal transmissions, wherein determining to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern is based at least in part on the first priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions and the second priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions.

6. The UE of claim 5, wherein determining to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern is based at least in part on a priority associated with a communication signal scheduled in the one or more symbols being higher than the first priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions, or the priority associated with the communication signal scheduled in the one or more symbols being higher than the second priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions and less than the first priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions.

7. The UE of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to: transmit, to the network entity based at least in part on receiving the first control signaling, second control signaling indicating a puncturing tolerance, wherein the puncturing tolerance comprises a quantity7of total puncturable symbols of the plurality of symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern, a quantity of consecutive puncturable symbols of the plurality of symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern, or a combination thereof.

8. The UE of claim 7, wherein the quantity of total puncturable symbols, the quantity of consecutive puncturable symbols, or both, is based at least in part on a sensing quality of service requirement.

9. The UE of claim 7, wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:receive, from the network entity and based at least in part on transmitting the second control signaling, third control signaling indicating the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern to puncture.

10. The UE of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to: transmit, to a sensing wireless device, second control signaling indicating the punctured one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

11. A network entity, comprising: one or more memories storing processor-executable code; and one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the network entity to: output first control signaling indicating a sensing reference signal pattern comprising a plurality of symbols; determine, based at least in part on the sensing reference signal pattern, to puncture one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern; and output, based at least in part on determining to puncture the one or more symbols, second control signaling indicating the punctured one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

12. The network entity of claim 11, wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the network entity to: obtain, based at least in part on transmitting the first control signaling, third control signaling indicating a puncturing tolerance, wherein the puncturing tolerance comprises a quantity of total puncturable symbols of the plurality of symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern, a quantity of consecutive puncturable symbols of the plurality of symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern, or a combination thereof.

13. The network entity of claim 12, wherein determining to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern is based at least in part on the puncturing tolerance.

14. The network entity of claim I wherein, to determine to puncture the one or more symbols, the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the network entity to: determine that a priority associated with a communication signal scheduled in the one or more symbols is higher than a priority level associated with a sensing reference signal transmissions of the sensing reference signal pattern.

15. The network entity of claim 11, wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the network entity to: output, to a sensing wireless device, third control signaling indicating the punctured one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

16. The network entity of claim 11 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the network entity to: output, based at least in part on transmitting the first control signaling, third control signaling indicating a priority level associated with sensing reference signal transmissions.

17. A method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving, from a network entity, first control signaling indicating a sensing reference signal pattern comprising a plurality of symbols for transmission of sensing reference signaling; determining, based at least in part on receiving the first control signaling, to puncture one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern; and transmitting a sensing reference signal on a set of non-punctured symbols of the plurality of symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:receiving, from the network entity, second control signaling indicating the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern to puncture.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising: receiving, from the network entity, second control signaling indicating a priority level associated with sensing reference signal transmissions, wherein determining to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern is based at least in part on the priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein determining to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern is based at least in part on a priority associated with a communication signal scheduled in the one or more symbols being higher than the priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions.

21. The method of claim 17, further comprising: receiving, from the network entity, second control signaling indicating a first priority level associated with sensing reference signal transmissions and a second priority level associated with sensing reference signal transmissions, wherein determining to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern is based at least in part on the first priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions and the second priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein determining to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern is based at least in part on a priority associated with a communication signal scheduled in the one or more symbols being higher than the first priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions, or the priority associated with the communication signal scheduled in the one or more symbols being higher than the second priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions and less than the first priority level associated with the sensing reference signal transmissions.

23. The method of claim 17, further comprising:transmiting, to the network entity based at least in part on receiving the first control signaling, second control signaling indicating a puncturing tolerance, wherein the puncturing tolerance comprises a quantity of total puncturable symbols of the plurality of symbols of the sensing reference signal patern, a quantity of consecutive puncturable symbols of the plurality of symbols of the sensing reference signal patern, or a combination thereof.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the quantity of total puncturable symbols, the quantity of consecutive puncturable symbols, or both, is based at least in part on a sensing quality of service requirement.

25. The method of claim 23, further comprising: receiving, from the network entity and based at least in part on transmiting the second control signaling, third control signaling indicating the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal patern to puncture.

26. A method for wireless communications by a network entity, comprising: outputing first control signaling indicating a sensing reference signal patern comprising a plurality of symbols; determining, based at least in part on the sensing reference signal patern, to puncture one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal patern; and outputing, based at least in part on determining to puncture the one or more symbols, second control signaling indicating the punctured one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal patern.

27. The method of claim 26, further comprising: obtaining, based at least in part on transmiting the first control signaling, third control signaling indicating a puncturing tolerance, wherein the puncturing tolerance comprises a quantity of total puncturable symbols of the plurality of symbols of the sensing reference signal patern, a quantity of consecutive puncturable symbols of the plurality of symbols of the sensing reference signal patern, or a combination thereof.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein determining to puncture the one or more symbols of the sensing reference signal pattern is based at least in part on the puncturing tolerance.

29. The method of claim 26, wherein determining to puncture the one or more symbols further comprises: determining that a priority associated with a communication signal scheduled in the one or more symbols is higher than a priority level associated with a sensing reference signal transmissions of the sensing reference signal pattern.

30. The method of claim 26, further comprising: outputting, based at least in part on transmitting the first control signaling, third control signaling indicating a priority level associated with sensing reference signal transmissions.

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