Beam failure recovery for user equipment communicating with multiple transmission and reception points

A method, comprising:

• receiving a configuration including a first beam failure detection reference signal (BFD RS) set corresponding to a first transmission reception point (TRP) of a plurality of TRPs, a second BFD RS set corresponding to a second TRP of the plurality of TRPs, and at least one dedicated scheduling request associated with beam failure indication for one or more of the first and second BFD RS sets;
• transmitting the at least one dedicated scheduling request requesting resources for indicating a first one or more beam failures associated with the first BFD RS set and a second one or more beam failures associated with the second BFD RS set;
• receiving a response to the at least one dedicated scheduling request allocating resources;
• and
• transmitting, using the allocated resources, a beam failure indication in a medium access control-control element (MAC-CE) indicating the first one or more beam failures associated with the first BFD RS set and the second one or more beam failures associated with the second BFD RS set, wherein the beam failure indication includes indications of:
• one or more serving cells with detected beam failures,
• whether a first new beam is identified from a first candidate beam detection reference signal (CBD RS) set corresponding to the first TRP,
• the first new beam,
• whether a second new beam is identified from a second CBD RS set corresponding to the second TRP, and
• the second new beam.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing program instructions executable by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE) to cause the UE to:

• receive a configuration including a first beam failure detection reference signal (BFD RS) set corresponding to a first transmission reception point (TRP) of a plurality of TRPs, a second BFD RS set corresponding to a second TRP of the plurality of TRPs, and at least one dedicated scheduling request associated with beam failure indication for one or more of the first and second BFD RS sets;
• transmit the at least one dedicated scheduling request requesting resources for indicating a first one or more beam failures associated with the first BFD RS set and a second one or more beam failures associated with the second BFD RS set;
• receive a response to the at least one dedicated scheduling request allocating resources;
• and
• transmit, using the allocated resources, a beam failure indication in a medium access control-control element (MAC-CE) indicating the first one or more beam failures associated with the first BFD RS set and the second one or more beam failures associated with the second BFD RS set, wherein the beam failure indication includes indications of:
• one or more serving cells with detected beam failures,
• whether a first new beam is identified from a first candidate beam detection reference signal (CBD RS) set corresponding to the first TRP,
• the first new beam,
• whether a second new beam is identified from a second CBD RS set corresponding to the second TRP, and
• the second new beam.