Resumed beamformed communication with a terminal device

A radio access network node for beam related statistics aided resumed beamformed communication with a terminal device, the radio access network node comprising processing circuitry, the processing circuitry being configured to cause the radio access network node to:

• provide network access to the terminal device by, in a first set of beams, performing beamformed communication with the terminal device until the terminal device leaves radio resource control (RRC) connected mode, wherein
• the first set of beams comprise a first beam of a first beam width and a second beam of a second beam width, and
• the first beam width is narrower than the second beam width;
• store beam related statistics of the beamformed communication;
• and
• provide resumed network access to the terminal device by, in a second set of beams, performing, based on the beam related statistics, resumed beamformed communication with the terminal device upon the terminal entering RRC connected mode.

A computer program for beam related statistics aided resumed beamformed communication with a terminal device, the computer program comprising computer code which, when run on processing circuitry of a radio access network node, causes the radio access network node to:

• provide network access to the terminal device by, in a first set of beams, performing beamformed communication with the terminal device until the terminal device leaves radio resource control (RRC) connected mode, wherein
• the first set of beams comprise a first beam of a first beam width and a second beam of a second beam width, and
• the first beam width is narrower than the second beam width;
• store beam related statistics of the beamformed communication;
• and
• provide resumed network access to the terminal device by, in a second set of beams, performing, based on the beam related statistics, resumed beamformed communication with the terminal device upon the terminal entering RRC connected mode.