A user equipment, UE, of a wireless communication system, the UE comprising: a transceiver; and at least one processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to: receive, from a base station, BS (101, 102, 103), measurement resource configuration information including a beam identifier cycling pattern, indicating an order of beams to be measured by the UE, using at least one periodic reference signal, RS,; transmit, to the BS (101, 102, 103), a trigger request including a request for transmitting, by the BS, the at least one periodic RS; receive, from the BS (101, 102, 103), a measurement report trigger for a measurement report, the measurement report trigger including a time and/or frequency location for the at least one periodic RS, an indication of a set of beam identifiers indicating the beams to be measured by the UE, and a measurement RS presence indicator indicating the presence of the at least one periodic RS; calculate, in response to receipt of the measurement report trigger, the measurement report from the at least one periodic RS; and transmit, to the BS (101, 102, 103), the measurement report including at least one beam index or beam selection indicator and at least one RS received power report. a transceiver; and at least one processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to: receive, from a base station, BS (101, 102, 103), measurement resource configuration information including a beam identifier cycling pattern, indicating an order of beams to be measured by the UE, using at least one periodic reference signal, RS,; transmit, to the BS (101, 102, 103), a trigger request including a request for transmitting, by the BS, the at least one periodic RS; receive, from the BS (101, 102, 103), a measurement report trigger for a measurement report, the measurement report trigger including a time and/or frequency location for the at least one periodic RS, an indication of a set of beam identifiers indicating the beams to be measured by the UE, and a measurement RS presence indicator indicating the presence of the at least one periodic RS; calculate, in response to receipt of the measurement report trigger, the measurement report from the at least one periodic RS; and transmit, to the BS (101, 102, 103), the measurement report including at least one beam index or beam selection indicator and at least one RS received power report. receive, from a base station, BS (101, 102, 103), measurement resource configuration information including a beam identifier cycling pattern, indicating an order of beams to be measured by the UE, using at least one periodic reference signal, RS,; transmit, to the BS (101, 102, 103), a trigger request including a request for transmitting, by the BS, the at least one periodic RS; receive, from the BS (101, 102, 103), a measurement report trigger for a measurement report, the measurement report trigger including a time and/or frequency location for the at least one periodic RS, an indication of a set of beam identifiers indicating the beams to be measured by the UE, and a measurement RS presence indicator indicating the presence of the at least one periodic RS; calculate, in response to receipt of the measurement report trigger, the measurement report from the at least one periodic RS; and transmit, to the BS (101, 102, 103), the measurement report including at least one beam index or beam selection indicator and at least one RS received power report.