User receive beam measurement prioritization

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

• a processor;
• memory coupled with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• measure a reference signal over a first subset of a set of measurement occasions using a serving UE receive beam according to a serving beam measurement periodicity;
• measure the reference signal over a second subset of the set of measurement occasions using a first subset of candidate UE receive beams of a set of candidate UE receive beams, each candidate UE receive beam in the first subset of candidate UE receive beams satisfying a performance threshold relative to the serving UE receive beam;
• measure the reference signal over a third subset of the set of measurement occasions using a second subset of candidate UE receive beams of the set of candidate UE receive beams, each candidate UE receive beam in the second subset of candidate UE receive beams failing to satisfy the performance threshold relative to the serving UE receive beam;
• and
• perform beam switching to a candidate UE receive beam of the set of candidate UE receive beams based at least in part on a result of measuring the reference signal.

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

• means for measuring a reference signal over a first subset of a set of measurement occasions using a serving UE receive beam according to a serving beam measurement periodicity;
• means for measuring the reference signal over a second subset of the set of measurement occasions using a first subset of candidate UE receive beams of a set of candidate UE receive beams, each candidate UE receive beam in the first subset of candidate UE receive beams satisfying a performance threshold relative to the serving UE receive beam;
• means for measuring the reference signal over a third subset of the set of measurement occasions using a second subset of candidate UE receive beams of the set of candidate UE receive beams, each candidate UE receive beam in the second subset of candidate UE receive beams failing to satisfy the performance threshold relative to the serving UE receive beam;
• and
• means for performing beam switching to a candidate UE receive beam of the set of candidate UE receive beams based at least in part on a result of measuring the reference signal.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to:

• measure a reference signal over a first subset of a set of measurement occasions using a serving UE receive beam according to a serving beam measurement periodicity;
• measure the reference signal over a second subset of the set of measurement occasions using a first subset of candidate UE receive beams of a set of candidate UE receive beams, each candidate UE receive beam in the first subset of candidate UE receive beams satisfying a performance threshold relative to the serving UE receive beam;
• measure the reference signal over a third subset of the set of measurement occasions using a second subset of candidate UE receive beams of the set of candidate UE receive beams, each candidate UE receive beam in the second subset of candidate UE receive beams failing to satisfy the performance threshold relative to the serving UE receive beam;
• and
• perform beam switching to a candidate UE receive beam of the set of candidate UE receive beams based at least in part on a result of measuring the reference signal.