Patent ID: 11881923
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A method of wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:
measuring one or more synchronization signal block (SSB) beams from a network entity;
selecting a highest rated SSB beam from the one or more SSB beams based on one or more selection factors;
initiating a timer in response to the selecting of the highest rated SSB beam;
determining whether a media access control (MAC) control element (CE) is received from the network entity before expiration of the timer;
transmitting a request for a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message including the identification of the highest rated SSB beam to the network entity based on a determination that the MAC CE is not received from the network entity before expiration of the timer;
receiving the RRC reconfiguration message from the network entity in response to transmitting the request; and
performing beam switching from a current SSB beam to the highest rated SSB beam based on the RRC reconfiguration message.