Facilitating full-duplex operation using an advanced searcher

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

• memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
• receive a set of reference signals from a second wireless device;
• determine a first set of beam-pair links (BPLs) based on the set of reference signals, wherein each BPL in the first set of BPLs includes a first transmit beam and a first receive beam;
• determine to evaluate a second set of BPLs based on a capability of the second set of BPLs for full-duplex operation with at least one BPL of the first set of BPLs, wherein each BPL in the second set of BPLs includes a second transmit beam and a second receive beam, and wherein to determine the second set of BPLs, the at least one processor is configured to:
• select, from a plurality of receiver-side beams, a first subset of receiver-side beams based on the at least one BPL of the first set of BPLs, wherein the plurality of receiver-side beams excludes a receiver-side beam of the at least one BPL of the first set of BPLs, or
• select, from a plurality of transmitter-side beams, a first subset of transmitter-side beams based on the at least one BPL of the first set of BPLs, wherein the plurality of transmitter-side beams excludes a transmitter-side beam of the at least one BPL of the first set of BPLs;
• perform measurements for the second set of BPLs;
• and
• communicate using the full-duplex operation by transmitting or receiving via a first BPL of the first set of BPLs while also performing a different one of transmitting or receiving via a second BPL of the second set of BPLs.