Spatial quasi co-location conflict handling

An apparatus for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• a processor, memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• receive a configuration for carrier aggregation communications comprising an indication of intra-band carrier aggregation on a plurality of cells;
• determine, from the indication and a predetermined relationship rule for assuming that signals across the plurality of cells are spatially quasi co-located based at least in part on the signals being associated with a common synchronization signal block, that a first reference signal sourced by a first synchronization signal block from a first cell of the plurality of cells and a second reference signal from a second cell of the plurality of cells are spatially quasi co-located, wherein the first synchronization signal block is common across the plurality of cells;
• and
• receive the first and second reference signals from the plurality of cells based at least in part on a determination that the first and second reference signals are spatially quasi co-located.

An apparatus for wireless communications at a base station, comprising:

• a processor, memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• transmit, to a user equipment (UE), a carrier aggregation configuration for communications comprising an indication of intra-band carrier aggregation on a plurality of cells;
• and
• transmit a first reference signal sourced by a first synchronization signal block from a first cell of the plurality of cells and a second reference signal from a second cell of the plurality of cells to the UE in accordance with a predetermined relationship rule for assuming that signals across the plurality of cells are spatially quasi co-located based at least in part on the signals being associated with a common synchronization signal block and the indication of the intra-band carrier aggregation on the plurality of cells such that the UE can receive the first and second reference signals as if the signals are spatially quasi co-located, wherein the first synchronization signal block is common across the plurality of cells.