Support of high pathloss mode

An apparatus for wireless communications at a wireless device, comprising:

• a processor,
• memory coupled to the processor, the processor and memory configured to:
• operate in a first mode in a wireless network over a radio frequency spectrum band;
• receive a signal indicating that a value of the radio frequency spectrum band has satisfied a threshold value;
• and
• switch, based at least in part on the signal indicating that the value has satisfied the threshold value, from the first mode to a second mode for wireless communications in the wireless network, wherein a first length of a first synchronization signal block associated with the first mode is shorter than a second length of a second synchronization signal block associated with the second mode.

An apparatus for wireless communications at a wireless device, comprising:

• means for operating in a first mode in a wireless network over a radio frequency spectrum band;
• means for receiving a signal indicating that a value of the radio frequency spectrum band has satisfied a threshold value;
• and
• means for switching, based at least in part on the signal indicating that the value has satisfied the threshold value, from the first mode to a second mode for wireless communications in the wireless network, wherein a first length of a first synchronization signal block associated with the first mode is shorter than a second length of a second synchronization signal block associated with the second mode.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications at a wireless device, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to:

• operate in a first mode in a wireless network over a radio frequency spectrum band;
• receive a signal indicating that a value of the radio frequency spectrum band has satisfied a threshold value;
• and
• switch, based at least in part on the signal indicating that the value has satisfied the threshold value, from the first mode to a second mode for wireless communications in the wireless network, wherein a first length of a first synchronization signal block associated with the first mode is shorter than a second length of a second synchronization signal block associated with the second mode.