Beam switching in a high radio frequency spectrum band

A method for wireless communication at a network device, comprising:

• determining a duration for a user equipment (UE) to switch from one or more first directional beams to one or more second directional beams as part of a beam switch procedure;
• allocating one or more symbols associated with one or more of one or more physical downlink channels or one or more physical uplink channels associated with one or more of the one or more first directional beams or the one or more second directional beams, one or more of the one or more first directional beams or the one or more second directional beams comprising one or more downlink receive directional beams corresponding to the one or more physical downlink channels or one or more uplink transmit directional beams corresponding to the one or more physical uplink channels;
• determining, based at least in part on one or more of the duration or the allocation of the one or more symbols, an overlap of a symbol of the one or more symbols into the duration or a partial overlap of the symbol of the one or more symbols into the duration;
• and
• communicating with the UE in the one or more symbols based at least in part on the determining.

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• memory coupled with the processor and storing instructions executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• receive, from a network device, scheduling information comprising an allocation of one or more symbols corresponding to one or more physical downlink channels or one or more physical uplink channels;
• determine an overlap or a partial overlap of a symbol of the one or more symbols into a duration of a beam switch procedure during which the apparatus is to switch from one or more first directional beams to one or more second directional beams, one or more of the one or more first directional beams or the one or more second directional beams comprising one or more downlink receive directional beams corresponding to the one or more physical downlink channels or one or more uplink transmit directional beams corresponding to the one or more physical uplink channels;
• and
• communicate with the network device in the one or more symbols based at least in part on the determining.

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• memory coupled with the processor and storing instructions executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• determine a duration for a user equipment (UE) to switch from one or more first directional beams to one or more second directional beams as part of a beam switch procedure;
• allocate one or more symbols associated with one or more of one or more physical downlink channels or one or more physical uplink channels associated with one or more of the one or more first directional beams or the one or more second directional beams, one or more of the one or more first directional beams or the one or more second directional beams comprising one or more downlink receive directional beams corresponding to the one or more physical downlink channels or one or more uplink transmit directional beams corresponding to the one or more physical uplink channels;
• determine, based at least in part on one or more of the duration or the allocation of the one or more symbols, an overlap of a symbol of the one or more symbols into the duration or a partial overlap of the symbol of the one or more symbols into the duration;
• and
• communicate with the UE in the one or more symbols based at least in part on the determining.