Method and apparatus for random access procedure for secondary cell beam failure recovery in a wireless communication system

A User Equipment (UE) comprising:

• a control circuit;
• a processor installed in the control circuit;
• and
• a memory installed in the control circuit and operatively coupled to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to execute a program code stored in the memory to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• initiating a random access procedure;
• receiving a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) transmission;
• and
• determining whether contention resolution associated with the random access procedure is successful, wherein:
• when the initiating the random access procedure is performed for Special Cell (SpCell) beam failure recovery, the determining whether the contention resolution is successful is based on one or more first conditions;
• and
• when the initiating the random access procedure is performed for Secondary Cell (SCell) beam failure recovery, the determining whether the contention resolution is successful is based on one or more second conditions.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising processor-executable instructions that when executed by a User Equipment (UE) cause performance of operations, the operations comprising:

• initiating a random access procedure;
• receiving a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) transmission;
• and
• determining whether contention resolution associated with the random access procedure is successful, wherein:
• when the initiating the random access procedure is performed for Special Cell (SpCell) beam failure recovery, the determining whether the contention resolution is successful is based on one or more first conditions;
• and
• when the initiating the random access procedure is performed for Secondary Cell (SCell) beam failure recovery, the determining whether the contention resolution is successful is based on one or more second conditions.