Robust front end selection control

Abstract

Apparatus and methods are provided for robust front end selection control. In one novel aspect, multi-stage head selection is provided. In one embodiment, the UE monitors one or more head-selection triggers, performs a UE Rx wide beam measurement to select at least one deactivated head as at least one standby head based on one or more coarse-beam selection criteria upon detecting at least one head-selection trigger, performs a UE Rx fine beam selection on the active head and the selected standby head, and switches the standby head as the active head based on a result of the fine Rx beam selection and head selection criteria. One or more operations are used for the multi-stage head selection, including multi-head operation, multi-CC measurement, and joint RRM and head selection operation.

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