Transmission of group common control information in new radio

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• a processor;
• a transceiver communicatively coupled to the processor;
• and
• a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to:
• transmit a plurality of reference beams, each comprising a reference signal, in a beam-sweeping configuration;
• for each of a plurality of scheduled entities, identify a respective set of candidate beams on which a respective scheduled entity of the plurality of scheduled entities can receive information from the scheduling entity, wherein each of the candidate beams corresponds to one of the plurality of reference beams;
• identify a group of scheduled entities comprising a subset of the plurality of scheduled entities;
• select a group of transmit beams from the respective sets of candidate beams of each of the scheduled entities within the group of scheduled entities;
• and
• transmit group common control information to the group of scheduled entities utilizing the group of transmit beams.

A method of wireless communications at a scheduled entity, comprising:

• receiving a plurality of reference beams, each comprising a reference signal, transmitted by a scheduling entity in a beam-sweeping configuration;
• identifying a set of candidate beams on which the scheduled entity can receive information from the scheduling entity, wherein each of the candidate beams corresponds to one of the plurality of reference beams;
• receiving spatial quasi-colocation (QCL) information comprising a spatial QCL relationship between at least one selected candidate beam within the set of candidate beams and corresponding resources reserved for group common control information to be transmitted by the scheduling entity to a plurality of scheduled entities comprising the scheduled entity;
• and
• receiving the group common control information utilizing at least one receive beam corresponding in direction to the at least one selected candidate beam and the corresponding resources.

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• a processor;
• a transceiver communicatively coupled to the processor;
• and
• a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to:
• receive a plurality of reference beams via the transceiver, each comprising a reference signal, transmitted by a scheduling entity in a beam-sweeping configuration;
• identify a set of candidate beams on which the scheduled entity can receive information from the scheduling entity, wherein each of the candidate beams corresponds to one of the plurality of reference beams;
• receive spatial quasi-colocation (QCL) information comprising a spatial QCL relationship between at least one selected candidate beam within the set of candidate beams and corresponding resources reserved for group common control information to be transmitted by the scheduling entity to a plurality of scheduled entities comprising the scheduled entity;
• and
• receive the group common control information utilizing at least one receive beam corresponding in direction to the at least one selected candidate beam and the corresponding resources.