Transmission scheme for common control message with multi-beam operation

An apparatus configured to be employed in a UE (User Equipment), comprising:

• a memory interface;
• and
• processing circuitry configured to:
• select a set of receive beamforming weights for a DL (Downlink) control channel, wherein the DL control channel is one of a dedicated physical channel or a NR (New Radio) PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel) with a common search space;
• process, from the DL control channel, scheduling information associated with a common control message;
• process the common control message from a DL data channel based at least in part on the scheduling information;
• and
• send the common control message to a memory via the memory interface.

An apparatus configured to be employed in a gNB (next generation Node B), comprising:

• a memory interface;
• and
• processing circuitry configured to:
• generate scheduling information associated with a common control message;
• map the scheduling information to an associated set of resources of a DL (Downlink) control channel in each symbol of two or more symbols of a slot, wherein the DL control channel is one of a dedicated physical channel or a NR (New Radio) PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel);
• select an associated set of beamforming weights for each symbol of the two or more symbols of the slot;
• generate the common control message;
• map the common control message to a DL data channel based at least in part on the scheduling information;
• and
• send the common control message to a memory via the memory interface.