Beam management using a dedicated physical layer channel

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

• a processor;
• memory coupled with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• transmit, via a first physical layer channel, a control message identifying a configuration for a second physical layer channel dedicated to beam management information;
• transmit, via the second physical layer channel dedicated to the beam management information according to the configuration, an indication of one or more beam management parameters for one or more user equipments (UEs) to use to identify a first beam for communications with the network node;
• and
• communicate with the one or more UEs based at least in part on transmitting the indication of the one or more beam management parameters transmitted via the second physical layer channel dedicated to the beam management information.

A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• receiving, via a first physical layer channel, a control message identifying a configuration for a second physical layer channel dedicated to beam management information;
• receiving, via the second physical layer channel dedicated to the beam management information according to the configuration, an indication of one or more beam management parameters for the UE to use to identify a first beam for communications with a network node;
• and
• communicating with the network node using the first beam identified by the UE in accordance with the one or more beam management parameters received via the second physical layer channel dedicated to the beam management information.

A method for wireless communication at a network node, comprising:

• transmitting, via a first physical layer channel, a control message identifying a configuration for a second physical layer channel dedicated to beam management information;
• transmitting, via the second physical layer channel dedicated to the beam management information according to the configuration, an indication of one or more beam management parameters for one or more user equipments (UEs) to use to identify a first beam for communications with the network node;
• and
• communicating with the one or more UEs based at least in part on transmitting the indication of the one or more beam management parameters transmitted via the second physical layer channel dedicated to the beam management information.