| CPC H04W 76/19 (2018.02) [H04W 72/1268 (2013.01)] | 21 Claims |

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1. A method for a user equipment (UE) to communicate with a wireless network via a plurality of cells, the method comprising:
detecting failure of a first beam associated with a first cell of the plurality of cells;
determining availability or unavailability of other beams, than the first beam, that are associated with the first cell; and
transmitting, to one of the plurality of cells, a message indicating availability or unavailability of the other beams associated with the first cell, wherein:
the message is transmitted within a first duration after detecting the failure of the first beam, and
the first duration is based on a maximum time for determining availability of the other beams and on a periodicity of resources allocated for beam failure reporting in the cell in which the message is transmitted.
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