Abstract: A method of a network entity for communicating with a mesh network is provided. The method comprises receiving, from a communication node in the mesh network, information including a network topology of the mesh network and an angle separation of antenna panels of a plurality of communication nodes in the mesh network; identifying a value associated with a number of links of each communication node of the plurality of communication nodes in the mesh network; determining whether a number of available channels is greater than or equal to the value plus one; identifying at least one potential connection of the plurality of communication nodes based on a threshold and the network topology of the mesh network when the number of available channels is less than the value plus one; and transmitting, to the communication node in the mesh network, a channel allocation decision based on the at least one potential connection of the communication node.

Abstract: A method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system includes identifying a radiation pattern of each beam in a set of beams to be used for communicating with a base station (BS), identifying a database including a beam index of each beam in the set of beams, identifying a beam sweeping sequence based on at least one of the database, the radiation pattern of each beam, or a UE-specific condition, and sweeping each beam in the set of beams based on the beam sweeping sequence to radiate signal power of each beam through a transceiver.

Abstract: A method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises identifying a radiation pattern of each beam in a set of beams to be used for communicating with a base station (BS), identifying a database including a beam index of each beam in the set of beams, identifying a beam sweeping sequence based on at least one of the database, the radiation pattern of each beam, or a UE-specific condition, and sweeping each beam in the set of beams based on the beam sweeping sequence to radiate signal power of each beam through a transceiver.

Abstract: A method of a network entity for communicating with a mesh network is provided. The method comprises receiving, from a communication node in the mesh network, information including a network topology of the mesh network and an angle separation of antenna panels of a plurality of communication nodes in the mesh network; identifying a value associated with a number of links of each communication node of the plurality of communication nodes in the mesh network; determining whether a number of available channels is greater than or equal to the value plus one; identifying at least one potential connection of the plurality of communication nodes based on a threshold and the network topology of the mesh network when the number of available channels is less than the value plus one; and transmitting, to the communication node in the mesh network, a channel allocation decision based on the at least one potential connection of the communication node.