Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may be configured to estimate a signal-to-noise ratio for each antenna port associated with a reception of one or more tracking reference signals. The UE may receive one or more of multiple single-port tracking reference signals, a single multi-port tracking reference signal, or a tracking reference signal associated with multiple power ratios. The UE may be able to estimate a channel upon receiving a demodulation reference signal. The channel estimation may be based on the reception of one or more of multiple single-port tracking reference signals, the single multi-port tracking reference signal, or the tracking reference signal associated with multiple power ratios. The UE may communicate with the base station based on estimating the channel.

Abstract: There are provided a user equipment, a base station, and a communication thereof. The UE operative for sidelink transmission based on base station scheduling, comprising: a receiver, operative to receive first control information from a base station; determination circuitry, operative to determine whether a shortened time interval is used for a signaling interaction of the user equipment and the base station for sidelink transmission according to the received first control information; and a transmitter, operative to transmit second control information to the base station during the signaling interaction using the shortened time interval after the determination circuitry determines that the shortened time interval is used for the signaling interaction for sidelink transmission; wherein a length of the shortened time interval is less than a length of a standard time interval.

Abstract: A distributed station includes receiver circuitry which, in operation, receives information regarding wireless device switching from a terminal via a first wireless device, and controller circuitry which, in operation, determines, based on the information, switching from the first wireless device to a second wireless device and bandwidth part (BWP) aggregation in the second wireless device.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a network node may transmit, to an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) donor central unit (CU), information indicating a cell served by the network node and associated with another CU. The network node may receive, from the IAB donor CU, a distributed unit (DU) cell resource configuration for the cell. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Provided is a method for a user equipment (UE). The UE obtains, from a network device, a first configuration information. The first configuration information indicates a first resource set for an aperiodic Sounding Reference Signal (AP-SRS). The first resource set for the AP-SRS includes a first list of slot offsets. The UE decodes a second configuration information from the network device. The second configuration information indicates a reference slot and a first slot offset of the first list of slot offsets. The UE generates the AP-SRS for transmission to the network device based on the reference slot and the first slot offset.

Abstract: A terminal device for use with a wireless telecommunications system, the terminal device comprising: a transmitter; a receiver; and a controller operable to: select a first relay node from a plurality of relay nodes and control the transmitter and receiver to exchange signals with a base station via the first relay node; measure a signal characteristic associated with the first relay node and compare the measured signal characteristic with a predetermined threshold value; if the measured signal characteristic is greater than the predetermined threshold value, control the transmitter and receiver to continue to exchange signals with the base station via the first relay node; and if the measured signal characteristic is less than the predetermined threshold value, perform a procedure for allowing selection of a second relay node from the plurality of relay nodes via which the transmitter and receiver may exchange signals with the base station.

Abstract: A terminal, configured with configured grant resource is provided, wherein the terminal is adapted to transmit limited control information in the configured grant resource. A network device is provided, wherein the network device is adapted to configure a terminal to transmit limited control information in a configured grant resource.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive configuration information identifying a set of transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states and a TCI-field codepoint mapping, wherein an active subset of the set of TCI states is active in accordance with a default configuration. The UE may communicate, based at least in part on the TCI-field codepoint mapping and the default configuration, using a default active TCI state of the active subset of the set of TCI states. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for narrowband (NB) LTE operation. A WTRU may receive a first downlink data transmission, for example, via a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). The WTRU may determine to send a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgment (ACK) in response to receipt of the first downlink data transmission. The WTRU may transmit a first uplink reference signal. The WTRU may indicate the HARQ-ACK using a first cyclic shift index that is applied to the first uplink reference signal. The WTRU may determine to send a HARQ negative ACK (HARQ-NACK), for example, on a condition that a second downlink data transmission is not correctly received. The WTRU may send a second uplink reference signal. The WTRU may indicate the HARQ-NACK using a second cyclic shift that is applied to the second uplink reference signal.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and system for transmitting a sequence with low peak-to-average-power-ratio (PAPR). A communication system receives control data. A transmitter of the communication system comprises a plurality of sequences which are associated with the control data in the transmitter. The transmitter selects a sequence from the plurality of sequence. The selected sequence is rotated, pre-coded for generating pre-coded sequence. DFT is applied on the pre-coded sequence for generating frequency domain signals. The frequency domain signals are processed and corresponding waveform is transmitted to a receiver of the communication system. The receiver receives the waveform and is processed to extract the sequence from the waveform. The receiver correlates the extracted sequence with plurality of sequences stored in receiver memory to detect the control data. The generated waveform has low PAPR.

Abstract: A system, such as a gateway, is provided for use with a first access point device and a second access point device to scan channels within a spectrum of channels.

Abstract: In some aspects of the disclosure, an apparatus for wireless communication includes a receiver and a transmitter. The transmitter is configured to transmit a first transmission during a first time slot and to transmit a second transmission during a second time slot that is after the first time slot. The first transmission includes first data and a first demodulation reference signal (DMRS) associated with the first data, and the second transmission includes second data and a second DMRS associated with the second data. One or more of the first transmission or the second transmission further includes an indication of whether a joint channel estimation operation is to be performed based on the first DMRS and the second DMRS.

Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) determines PDCCH candidates. For a slot, the WTRU determines a number of valid PDCCH candidates associated with at least one search space based on a number of designated search spaces associated with the WTRU in the slot, a type of the search space, a priority associated with the search space, a number of required CCE channel estimates associated with the search space, a maximum number of PDCCH candidates in a slot, and a number of control resource sets (CORESETs) associated with the slot. The WTRU may then attempt to decode CCEs in the at least one search space to recover a PDCCH associated with the WTRU. The WTRU may drop PDCCH candidates from the search space when the number of PDCCH exceeds a maximum value.

Abstract: Various example embodiments are disclosed herein. According to one example embodiment, a method may include sending, from a base station, an acknowledgment/negative acknowledgment (ACK/NAK) aggregation indicator to the mobile station based on the determining, sending a plurality of data bursts to the mobile station, and receiving at least one aggregated ACK/NAK report from the mobile station.

Abstract: A network for providing high speed data communications may include multiple terrestrial transmission stations that are located within overlapping communications range and a mobile receiver station. The terrestrial transmission stations provide a continuous and uninterrupted high speed data communications link with the mobile receiver station employing a wireless radio access network protocol.

Abstract: An information transmission method includes that: the network device transmits first information to a terminal, the first information indicating a first Reference Signal (RS) and a second RS, the first RS being associated with a Doppler shift, Doppler spread, average delay and delay spread, and the second RS being associated with one of the following: average delay; delay spread; and average delay and delay spread.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A non-coherent modulation configuration may be selected for a transmission of a set of data based on a radio frequency spectrum band used for the transmission. After selecting the non-coherent modulation configuration, the set of data may be modulated using a differential phase shift keying modulation technique. After selecting the non-coherent modulation configuration, a set of frequency-domain symbols may be generated from the set of modulated symbols using a discrete Fourier transform. The set of frequency-domain symbols may be mapped to a set of subcarriers, and a time-domain waveform may be generated from the mapped set of frequency-domain symbols, yielding a time-domain waveform. The time-domain waveform may be transmitted over the radio frequency band.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a device in nodes for wireless communication. A first node receives first control information, the first control information being used for indicating a first radio resource group, and the first control information being used for indicating a first priority; chooses a target radio resource from a target resource pool; and transmits a first radio signal in the target radio resource; the first radio signal corresponds to a second priority; if the second priority is lower than the first priority, the target resource pool is orthogonal with the first radio resource group. The method adopted in the present disclosure allows part of reserved resources to be released temporarily to meet abrupt service requirements, so as to achieve timely transmission of aperiodic and emergent service data, and thereby realizing efficient utilization of radio resources.

Abstract: A wireless device (e.g., a UE or a base station) may generate a hybrid symbol including a CP portion, a data portion, and at least one of a header portion or a tail portion. The CP portion may be located at a beginning of the hybrid symbol, and may include one or more CP samples that correspond to a predefined number of samples at an end of the hybrid symbol. The data portion may be located after the header portion or before the tail portion. The header portion may be located after the CP portion, and may include one or more predefined header samples. The tail portion may be located at the end of the hybrid symbol, and may include one or more predefined tail samples. The wireless device may generate a waveform including the generated hybrid symbol. The wireless device may transmit a signal based on the generated waveform.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for providing fallback assistance information to a RAN node. One apparatus includes a memory coupled to a processor, the processor configured to cause the apparatus to: receive a service request indicating a service for fallback, the service request associated with a UE, where the service for fallback corresponds to a different RAT or a different system generation; and transmit, to a network entity, an indication of a fallback requirement or a target system, or both, based on a service type associated with the service request or a network configuration, where the service type corresponds to a different RAT or a different system generation, where a handover or redirection is performed based on the transmitted indication.