Methods and apparatus for multi-TRP UL transmission

A method for a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

• performing beam measurements for downlink reference signals from a plurality of transmission reception points (TRPs) in a wireless network;
• reporting the beam measurements to the wireless network;
• in response to reporting the beam measurements, receiving a signal from the wireless network enabling the UE for multiple TRP (multi-TRP) uplink (UL) time division multiplexed (TDMed) repetition transmission operation using a plurality of UL transmission beams associated with the downlink reference signals, wherein the signal enabling the UE for the multi-TRP UL TDMed repetition transmission operation comprises an indication of a determination, at the wireless network, that time based criteria associated with the beam measurements are satisfied when a total number of repetitions for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) are within a predetermined time period;
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• in response to enabling the UE for the multi-TRP UL TDMed repetition transmission operation, repeating at least one of a transmission and a PUSCH transmission to the plurality of TRPs using the plurality of UL transmission beams.