Beam switching in near-field operations

A method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• receiving, from a network entity, a first indication indicating mapping of multiple receive beams from multiple transmit and receive beam pairs to a same quasi co-location (QCL) state, wherein the multiple transmit and receive beam pairs are different from each other in that each transmit and receive beam pair comprises a different receive beam from the multiple receive beams, and wherein each receive beam from the multiple receive beams is associated with a different distance between the UE and the network entity;
• and
• selecting one of the multiple receive beams, based on a distance between the UE and the network entity, wherein the selecting comprises selecting a first receive beam based on a first distance between the UE and the network entity or a second receive beam based on a second distance between the UE and the network entity, and wherein the first receive beam and the second receive beam are mapped to the same QCL state.

A method for wireless communications by a network entity, comprising:

• transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a first indication indicating mapping of multiple receive beams from multiple transmit and receive beam pairs to a same quasi co-location (QCL) state, wherein the multiple transmit and receive beam pairs are different from each other in that each transmit and receive beam pair comprises a different receive beam from the multiple receive beams, and wherein each receive beam from the multiple receive beams is associated with a different distance between the UE and the network entity;
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• transmitting, to the UE, a second indication indicating a selection of one of the multiple receive beams based on a distance between the UE and the network entity, wherein the selection comprises selection of a first receive beam based on a first distance between the UE and the network entity or a second receive beam based on a second distance between the UE and the network entity, and wherein the first receive beam and the second receive beam are mapped to the same QCL state.