Rsrp reporting for beam management in inter-band ssb-less scell

A method of wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• receiving a configuration for reporting at least one layer 1 (LI) signal quality measurement for at least one synchronization signal block (SSB) or at least one channelstate information reference signal (CSLRS) associated with a first cell;
• transmitting, based on the configuration, the at least one LI signal quality measurement for the at least one SSB or the at least one CSI-RS associated with the first cell;
• and
• receiving, based on the at least one LI signal quality measurement, data or at least one signal via at least one downlink (DL) beam associated with a secondary cell (SCell), wherein the SCell is not associated with a transmission of a corresponding SSB, wherein the first cell and the SCell are associated with different frequency bands.

An apparatus for wireless communication at a network entity, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and, based at least in part on information stored in the memory, the at least one processor is configured to:
• transmit, for a user equipment (UE), a configuration for reporting at least one layer 1 (LI) signal quality measurement for at least one synchronization signal block (SSB) or at least one channel-state information reference signal (CSLRS) associated with a first cell;
• receive, based on the configuration, the at least one LI signal quality measurement for the at least one SSB or the at least one CSLRS associated with the first cell;
• and
• transmit, based on the at least one LI signal quality measurement, data or at least one signal for the UE via at least one downlink (DL) beam associated with a secondary cell (SCell), wherein the SCell is not associated with a transmission of a corresponding SSB, wherein the first cell and the SCell are associated with different frequency bands.