Method and apparatus for handling ue-initiated beam change in a wireless communication system

A method of a User Equipment (UE), comprising:

• triggering or initiating a UE-initiated beam switching associated with a Cell;
• receiving a beam change indication from a network before transmitting a beam switching indication associated with the Cell in response to the UE-initiated beam switching;
• and
• canceling the triggered UE-initiated beam switching associated with the Cell in response to reception of the beam change indication.

A User Equipment (UE), comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor operatively coupled with the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute a program code to:
• trigger or initiate a UE-initiated beam switching associated with a Cell;
• transmit a beam switching indication associated with the Cell in response to the UE-initiated beam switching;
• and
• perform, in response to considering the UE-initiated beam switching to be not successful, or expiration of a timer, at least one of:
• canceling the triggered UE-initiated beam switching associated with the Cell;
• canceling a Scheduling Request (SR) associated with the UE-initiated beam switching;
• stopping a Random Access (RA) procedure associated with the UE-initiated beam switching;
• triggering a Beam Failure Recovery (BFR) associated with the Cell;
• retransmitting the beam switching indication;
• and/or
• generating and transmitting a second beam switching indication.