Techniques for uplink resources for beam failure recovery requests for mixed modes

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

receiving a configuration for separate random access channel (RACH) occasions associated with the at least one of a downlink (DL) beam for half-duplex (HD) communication and a DL and uplink (UL) beam pair for the full-duplex (FD) communication for a contention free random access (CFRA)-based RACH;

performing a beam failure detection (BFD) measurement procedure with at least one reference signal (RS) associated with at least one of the DL beam for the HD communication and the DL and UL beam pair for the FD communication;

transmitting a beam failure recovery request (BFRQ) and a beam failure reason message based on the separate RACH occasions for the at least one RS associated with the at least one of the DL beam for the HD communication and the DL and UL beam pair for the FD communication to a network entity in response to performing the BFD measurement procedure; and

transmitting a measurement metric associated with the beam failure reason message and the at least one of the DL beam for the HD communication or the DL and UL beam pair for the FD communication to the network entity based on a result of the BFD measurement procedure.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the BFRQ and the beam failure reason message further comprises transmitting the BFRQ and the beam failure reason message via a media access control (MAC) control element (CE).

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

receiving a configuration for separate scheduling requests (SRs) and corresponding SR resources on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) per duplex mode of the HD communication and the FD communication,

wherein transmitting the BFRQ and the beam failure reason message via the MAC CE further comprises transmitting the BFRQ and the beam failure reason message in an uplink grant triggered by one of the separate SRs on the MAC CE, and

wherein transmitting the measurement metric further comprises transmitting the measurement metric in the uplink grant triggered by the one of the separate SRs on the MAC CE.

4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

receiving a configuration for common scheduling requests (SRs) and corresponding SR resources on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) associated with the at least one of the DL beam for the HD communication and the DL and UL beam pair for the FD communication, and

wherein transmitting the BFRQ and the beam failure reason message via the MAC CE further comprises transmitting the BFRQ and the beam failure reason message in an uplink grant triggered by one of the common SRs on the MAC CE, and

wherein transmitting the measurement metric further comprises transmitting the measurement metric in the uplink grant triggered by the one of the common SRs on the MAC CE.

5. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

determining that physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources for scheduling requests (SRs) for transmitting the BFRQ and the beam failure reason message are not configured, and

wherein transmitting the BFRQ and the beam failure reason message via the MAC CE further comprises transmitting the BFRQ using a random access channel (RACH) based on the determination that the PUCCH resources are not configured.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the BFRQ and the beam failure reason message further comprises transmitting the BFRQ and the beam failure reason message via an uplink control information (UCI).

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

receiving a configuration for separate pre-allocated UCI resources on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) associated with the at least one of the DL beam for the HD communication and the DL and UL beam pair for the FD communication,

wherein transmitting the BFRQ and the beam failure reason message via the MAC CE further comprises transmitting the BFRQ and the beam failure reason message based on the separate pre-allocated UCI resources, and

wherein transmitting the measurement metric further comprises transmitting the measurement metric based on the separate pre-allocated UCI resources.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

receiving a configuration for common pre-allocated UCI resources on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) associated with the at least one of the DL beam for the HD communication and the DL and UL beam pair for the FD communication, and

wherein transmitting the BFRQ and the beam failure reason message via the MAC CE further comprises transmitting the BFRQ and the beam failure reason message based on the common pre-allocated UCI resources, and

wherein transmitting the measurement metric further comprises transmitting the measurement metric based on the common pre-allocated UCI resources.

9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

determining that UCI resources for transmitting the BFRQ and the beam failure reason message are not configured, and

wherein transmitting the BFRQ and the beam failure reason message via the MAC CE further comprises transmitting the BFRQ using a random access channel (RACH) based on the determination that the UCI resources are not configured.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the separate RACH occasions include a first group of RACH occasions for a half-duplex (HD) beam failure report and a second group of RACH occasions for a full-duplex (FD) beam failure report.

11. A method of wireless communication at a network entity, comprising:

transmitting a configuration for separate random access channel (RACH) occasions for the at least one of a downlink (DL) beam for a half-duplex (HD) communication or the DL and uplink (UL) beam pair for a full-duplex (FD) communication for a contention free random access (CFRA)-based RACH;

transmitting a configuration for at least one of the DL beam for the HD communication and the DL and UL beam pair for the FD communication to a user equipment (UE);

receiving a beam failure recovery request (BFRQ) and a beam failure reason message based on the separate RACH occasions for at least one reference signal (RS) associated with the at least one of the DL beam for the HD communication and the DL and UL beam pair for the FD communication based on a result of a beam failure detection (BFD) measurement procedure performed by the UE; and

receiving a measurement metric associated with the beam failure reason message and the at least one of the DL beam for the HD communication or the DL and UL beam pair for the FD communication from the UE based on the result of the BFD measurement procedure performed by the UE.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein receiving the BFRQ and the beam failure reason message further comprises receiving the BFRQ and the beam failure reason message via a media access control (MAC) control element (CE).

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

determining a configuration for separate scheduling requests (SRs) and corresponding SR resources on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) for the at least one of the DL beam for the HD communication or the DL and UL beam pair for the FD communication, and

wherein receiving the BFRQ and the beam failure reason message via the MAC CE further comprises receiving the BFRQ and the beam failure reason message in an uplink grant triggered by one of the separate SRs on the MAC CE.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein receiving the measurement metric further comprises receiving the measurement metric in the uplink grant triggered by the one of the separate SRs on the MAC CE.

15. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

determining a configuration for common scheduling requests (SRs) and corresponding SR resources on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) for the at least one of the DL beam for the HD communication or the DL and UL beam pair for the FD communication, and

wherein receiving the BFRQ and the beam failure reason message via the MAC CE further comprises receiving the BFRQ and the beam failure reason message in an uplink grant triggered by one of the common SRs on the MAC CE.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein receiving the measurement metric further comprises receiving the measurement metric in the uplink grant triggered by the one of the common SRs on the MAC CE.

17. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

determining that physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources are not configured, and

wherein receiving the BFRQ and the beam failure reason message via the MAC CE further comprises receiving the BFRQ using a random access channel (RACH) based on the determination that the PUCCH resources are not configured.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein receiving the BFRQ and the beam failure reason message further comprises receiving the BFRQ and the beam failure reason message via an uplink control information (UCI).

19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

transmitting a configuration for separate pre-allocated UCI resources on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) for the at least one of the DL beam for the HD communication or the DL and UL beam pair for the FD communication, and

wherein receiving the BFRQ and the beam failure reason message via the MAC CE further comprises receiving the BFRQ and the beam failure reason message based on the separate pre-allocated UCI resources.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein receiving the measurement metric further comprises receiving the measurement metric based on the separate pre-allocated UCI resources.

21. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

transmitting a configuration for common pre-allocated UCI resources on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) for the at least one of the DL beam for the HD communication or the DL and UL beam pair for the FD communication, and

wherein receiving the BFRQ and the beam failure reason message via the MAC CE further comprises receiving the BFRQ and the beam failure reason message based on the common pre-allocated UCI resources.

22. The method of claim 21 , wherein receiving the measurement metric further comprises receiving the measurement metric based on the common pre-allocated UCI resources.

23. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

determining that UCI resources are not configured, and

wherein receiving the BFRQ and the beam failure reason message via the MAC CE further comprises receiving the BFRQ using a random access channel (RACH) based on the determination that the UCI resources are not configured.

24. The method of claim 11 , wherein the separate RACH occasions include a first group of RACH occasions for a HD beam failure report and a second group of RACH occasions for a FD beam failure report.

25. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a transceiver;

a memory configured to store instructions; and

one or more processors communicatively coupled with the transceiver and the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

receive a configuration for separate random access channel (RACH) occasions associated with the at least one of a downlink (DL) beam for half-duplex (HD) communication and a DL and uplink (UL) beam pair for the full-duplex (FD) communication for a contention free random access (CFRA)-based RACH;

perform a beam failure detection (BFD) measurement procedure with at least one reference signal (RS) associated with at least one of the DL beam for the HD communication and the DL and UL beam pair for the FD communication;

transmit a beam failure recovery request (BFRQ) and a beam failure reason message based on the separate RACH occasions for the at least one RS associated with the at least one of the DL beam for the HD communication and the DL and UL beam pair for the FD communication to a network entity in response to performing the BFD measurement procedure; and

transmit a measurement metric associated with the beam failure reason message and the at least one of the DL beam for the HD communication or the DL and UL beam pair for the FD communication to the network entity based on a result of the BFD measurement procedure.

26. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a transceiver;

a memory configured to store instructions; and

one or more processors communicatively coupled with the transceiver and the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

transmit a configuration for separate random access channel (RACH) occasions for the at least one of a downlink (DL) beam for a half-duplex (HD) communication or the DL and uplink (UL) beam pair for a full-duplex (FD) communication for a contention free random access (CFRA)-based RACH;

transmit a configuration for at least one of the DL beam for the HD communication and the DL and UL beam pair for the FD communication to a user equipment (UE);

receive a beam failure recovery request (BFRQ) and a beam failure reason message based on the separate RACH occasions for at least one reference signal (RS) associated with the at least one of the DL beam for the HD communication and the DL and UL beam pair for the FD communication based on a result of a beam failure detection (BFD) measurement procedure performed by the UE; and

receive a measurement metric associated with the beam failure reason message and the at least one of the DL beam for the HD communication or the DL and UL beam pair for the FD communication from the UE based on the result of the BFD measurement procedure performed by the UE.