Methods and apparatuses for high speed beam management. A method of operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving configuration information for transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states; receiving configuration information for group TCI indices, wherein a group TCI index, m, of the group TCI indices is associated with a group of TCI states; receiving configuration information on which TCI states within the group of TCI states to apply to at least one of downlink channels and uplink channels; and receiving the group TCI index. The method further includes decoding a channel conveying the group TCI index; determining, at least based on the decoded group TCI index, one or more TCI states to apply to the at least one of downlink channels and uplink channels; and at least one of (i) receiving the downlink channels and (ii) transmitting the uplink channels using the determined one or more TCI states.