Timing-Related Considerations for Network-Controlled Repeaters

A method, comprising:

• processing, based on signaling received on a control channel from a component of a network, control information including parameters at least for determining time domain resources on which to apply an indicated beam for uplink (UL) transmission reception or downlink (DL) transmission forwarding with a user equipment (UE) on an access link;
• and
• applying the indicated beam as a transmission (Tx) beam and a reception (Rx) beam on the access link for the time domain resources when forwarding DL transmissions to the UE or receiving UL transmissions from the UE for forwarding to the network.

An apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to:

• process, based on signaling received on a control channel from a component of a network, control information including parameters at least for determining time domain resources on which to apply an indicated beam for uplink (UL) transmission reception or downlink (DL) transmission forwarding with a user equipment (UE) on an access link;
• and
• apply the indicated beam as a transmission (Tx) beam and a reception (Rx) beam on the access link for the time domain resources when forwarding DL transmissions to the UE or receiving UL transmissions from the UE for forwarding to the network.