According to certain embodiments, a method (200) for use in a wireless device (305) includes starting a first timer for monitoring a radio link for a radio link failure, wherein the first timer is started based at least in part on: one or more periodic out of sync (OOS) indications associated with the radio link and aperiodic indications obtained from monitoring a beam for a beam link failure. The radio link failure is declared in response to expiry of the first timer.