Heterogenous beamforming capability with mixed beamforming architecture

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

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory comprises instructions executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• transmit control signaling indicating a set of beamforming configurations associated with a set of antenna panels at the UE;
• select one or more antenna elements of at least one antenna panel of the set of antenna panels for wireless communication based at least in part on a beamforming configuration of the set of beamforming configurations and associated with the at least one antenna panel;
• generate a set of beam weights for the wireless communication based at least in part on the beamforming configuration and the one or more selected antenna elements of the at least one antenna panel;
• and
• transmit the wireless communication using the generated set of beam weights.

An apparatus for wireless communications at a base station, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory comprises instructions executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• receive control signaling indicating a set of beamforming configurations associated with a set of antenna panels at a user equipment (UE);
• and
• receive wireless communication according to a generated set of beam weights, the generated set of beam weights based at least in part on a beamforming configuration of the set of beamforming configurations and associated with at least one antenna panel of the set of antenna panels.