Target beam identification for temporal beam prediction

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

• a memory comprising computer-executable instructions;
• and one or more processors configured to execute the computer-executable instructions and cause the apparatus to:
• transmit configuration information configuring a user equipment (UE) with at least one first set of resources for channel prediction and at least one second set of resources for channel measurement, wherein the first and second sets of resources comprise resources associated with different candidate cells;
• transmit signaling indicating target prediction resources comprising a subset of the first set of resources;
• transmit reference signals (RSs) on resources of the second set;
• and
• receive a report indicating predicted channel characteristics associated with one or more time domain (TD) occasions of one or more of the target prediction resources, based on measurement of the RSs.

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

• receiving configuration information configuring the UE with at least one first set of resources for channel prediction and at least one second set of resources for channel measurement, wherein the first and second sets of resources comprise resources associated with different candidate cells;
• receiving signaling indicating target prediction resources comprising a subset of the first set of resources;
• predicting channel characteristics associated with one or more time domain (TD) occasions of one or more of the target prediction resources, based on measurement of reference signals (RSs) transmitted on resources of the second set;
• and
• transmitting a report indicating the predicted channel characteristics.