Techniques for autonomous beam failure indicator counting

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

• at least one processor;
• at least one memory coupled with the at least one processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the at least one memory and executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:
• select, autonomously at the UE, a beam failure indicator counting scheme from a set of beam failure indicator counting schemes;
• measure a reference signal transmitted by a network device during a plurality of measurement occasions associated with beam failure detection;
• increment a beam failure indicator count according to the beam failure indicator counting scheme and based at least in part on measuring the reference signal;
• and
• selectively transmit, to the network device, an indication of a beam failure detection based at least in part on the beam failure indicator count.

An apparatus for wireless communication at a network device, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• at least one memory coupled with the at least one processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the at least one memory and executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:
• receive, from a user equipment (UE), an indication of a capability of the UE associated with autonomous selection, at the UE, of a beam failure indicator counting scheme from a set of beam failure indicator counting schemes;
• and
• transmit, to the UE, a first control signal activating the autonomous selection of the beam failure indicator counting scheme from the set of beam failure indicator counting schemes at the UE based at least in part on the capability of the UE.