Mobility-handling aspects of user equipment beamforming

A user equipment (UE) for controlling beamforming in a wireless network, comprising:

• a receiver receiving one or more beam reference signals included in a restricted set of useable beam reference signals for adjusting the UE beamforming, and receiving one or more beam reference signals outside of the restricted set;
• a processor determining whether to update the restricted set to include a subset of the one or more beam reference signals outside of the restricted set, based on predetermined criteria and controlling adjustment of the beamforming based on beam reference signals in the restricted set;
• and,
• a transmitter transmitting an indication of one or more measurement results to a network node, including measurement results of at least a subset of the one or more beam reference signals outside of the restricted set.

A network node for controlling UE beamforming in a wireless network, comprising:

• a receiver receiving a report message from the UE regarding one or more beam reference signals included in a restricted set of useable beam reference signals for adjusting the UE beamforming, and one or more beam reference signals outside of the restricted set;
• a network interface receiving a determination whether to update the restricted set to include a subset of the one or more beam reference signals outside of the restricted set, based on predetermined criteria;
• and
• a transmitter transmitting a signal indicating to the UE to update the restricted set and adjust the beamforming based on beam reference signals in the restricted set;
• wherein the receiver receives an indication of one or more measurement results relating to a subset of the one or more beam reference signals outside of the restricted set for adjusting the UE beamforming.