Beam determination for wireless communication

A receiving radio node for a wireless communication network, the receiving radio node comprising:

• processing circuitry configured to:
• receive a first instance of reference signaling utilising a first reception beam;
• associate each one of a set of second reception beams to a respective one of a plurality of block symbols of a synchronization signal block (SSB) beam based on the receiving of the first instance of reference signaling utilizing the first reception beam;
• receive a second instance of reference signaling utilising the set of second reception beams at least one of associated to and based on the first reception beam, an instance of reference signaling comprising signaling on the plurality of block symbols;
• communicate utilising a communication beam at least one of associated to and based on a target reception beam of one of the second reception beams, the communication beam being a most suitable target reception beam according to at least one of conditions and beam characteristics of target reception beams for different transmission beams;
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• at least one of the first and the second instances of reference signaling corresponds to synchronisation signaling in a synchronisation time interval, the synchronisation signaling including a plurality of block symbols carrying primary synchronisation signaling and a plurality of block symbols carrying secondary synchronisation signaling, the secondary synchronisation signaling spanning two or more block symbols of the synchronisation time interval.

A non-transitory computer storage medium storing a computer program comprising instructions causing processing circuitry to one or both at least one of control and perform a method, the method comprising:

• receiving a first instance of reference signaling utilising a first reception beam;
• associating each one of a set of second reception beams to a respective one of a plurality of block symbols of a synchronization signal block (SSB) beam based on the receiving of the first instance of reference signaling utilizing the first reception beam;
• receiving a second instance of reference signaling utilising the set of second reception beams at least one of associated to and based on the first reception beam, an instance of reference signaling comprising signaling on the plurality of block symbols;
• communicating utilising a communication beam at least one of associated to and based on a target reception beam of the second reception beams, the communication beam being a most suitable target reception beam according to at least one of conditions and beam characteristics of target reception beams for different transmission beams;
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• at least one of the first and the second instances of reference signaling corresponds to synchronisation signaling in a synchronisation time interval, the synchronisation signaling including a plurality of block symbols carrying primary synchronisation signaling and a plurality of block symbols carrying secondary synchronisation signaling, the secondary synchronisation signaling spanning two or more block symbols of the synchronisation time interval.