Implicit beam indication

A method for wireless communications at a base station, comprising:

• transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a beam configuration for each physical cell identifier of a plurality of candidate physical cell identifiers;
• transmitting an indication of a selected subset of physical cell identifiers of the plurality of candidate physical cell identifiers;
• and
• communicating, with the UE, via one or more cells corresponding to the selected subset of physical cell identifiers according to the beam configuration for each physical cell identifier of the selected subset of physical cell identifiers.

An apparatus for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• a processor,
• memory coupled with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• receive a beam configuration for each physical cell identifier of a plurality of candidate physical cell identifiers;
• receive an indication of a selected subset of physical cell identifiers of the plurality of candidate physical cell identifiers;
• and
• apply the beam configuration for each physical cell identifier of the selected subset of physical cell identifiers based at least in part on the indication of the selected subset of physical cell identifiers.

An apparatus for wireless communications at a base station, 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, to a user equipment (UE), a beam configuration for each physical cell identifier of a plurality of candidate physical cell identifiers;
• transmit an indication of a selected subset of physical cell identifiers of the plurality of candidate physical cell identifiers;
• and
• communicate, with the UE, via one or more cells corresponding to the selected subset of physical cell identifiers according to the beam configuration for each physical cell identifier of the selected subset of physical cell identifiers.