Patent ID: 11950154
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method implemented on a user equipment (UE) that is communicatively coupled with a network, the method comprising:
receiving, from the network while the UE is connected to a serving cell, a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state switch command associated with a neighbor cell;
determining a TCI state switch condition associated with the neighbor cell, the TCI state switch condition indicating at least one of:
whether a state of the neighbor cell is known or unknown to the UE, or
whether a TCI state of the neighbor cell is known or unknown to the UE; and

completing a switch to the TCI state of the neighbor cell within a first period of time or a second period of time based on at least the TCI state switch condition.