Abstract: Disclosed herein are related to a communication device. In one aspect, the communication device includes a wireless interface and a processor coupled to the wireless interface. In one aspect, the processor is configured to determine an absence of content data remaining to transmit to a base station for an uplink configured grant, and cause the wireless interface to bypass transmission of a padding data for the uplink configured grant, responsive to the absence of the content data remaining for the uplink configured grant.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are related to reducing network congestion of wireless communication. In one aspect, a base station of a wireless cellular network determines a level of a network congestion from a plurality of candidate levels of the network congestion. In one aspect, the base station determines whether a type of the network congestion comprises an uplink congestion or a downlink congestion. In one aspect, the base station determines one or more processes to reduce the network congestion, according to the determined level of the network congestion and the determined type of the network congestion. In one aspect, the base station performs the determined one or more processes.

Abstract: Systems and methods for managing power consumption of device subsystems include a device which maintains one or more constraint metric tables for applications executable on the device. Each of the one or more constraint metric tables may specify respective power levels for subsystems of the device according to a respective application or an application type of the respective application. The device may determine to operate the device at a reduced power level for a first application, based on a condition for the device satisfying at least one of a thermal threshold criteria or a power threshold criteria when the device operates at full power level. The device may apply a constraint metric responsive to determining to operate at the reduced power level, to cause a subset of the plurality of subsystems to adjust a power consumption level according to a first constraint metric table corresponding to the first application.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are aspects related to a device including a wireless communication interface and one or more processors. In an aspect, the wireless communication interface can establish a wireless connection with a remote device. In an aspect, the one or more processors can determine a signal indicative of a value of a discard timer according to at least one of a type of an application implemented by the one or more processors, a type of data communicated over the wireless connection, or a hardware capability of the device. In an aspect, the discard timer can be for discarding data packets from one or more buffers. In an aspect, the one or more processors can provide the signal to the remote device.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and method for user equipment (UE) based supplemental uplink configuration. A UE can identify, according to a characteristic of the UE for wireless communication, a frequency band for communicating via a supplemental uplink. The UE can transmit, via a transceiver to a base station, a first message comprising an identification of the frequency band and a request to access the frequency band for communicating via the supplemental uplink. The UE can receive, via the transceiver from the base station responsive to the first message, a second message comprising a configuration for the supplemental uplink corresponding to the frequency band. The UE can communicate, via the transceiver, traffic via the supplemental uplink in the frequency band, according to the configuration.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an approach for improving energy efficiency of a wireless communication device by reducing power distributed to receiver chain circuits (RCCs) based on determining whether the incoming wireless data is to be received and processed by the RCCs within an upcoming time duration. A device can identify a plurality of RCCs for processing data to be received by the device from a network. The device can determine that a first RCC of the plurality of RCCs is to receive the data within a time duration and that a second RCC of the plurality of RCCs is to receive no data within the time duration. The device can cause, responsive to the determination, power to be reduced to the second RCC and not be reduced to the first RCC, within the time duration.

Abstract: Described embodiments provide systems and methods for adjusting an operating mode for a wireless device's communications with a network. The wireless device may determine a communication profile of an application of the wireless device with the network. The wireless device may determine a type of motion of the wireless device. The wireless device may determine an operating mode for the wireless device's communications with the network, according to the communication profile and the type of motion. The wireless device may transmit a message to the network to cause the operating mode to be configured for the wireless device's communications with the network.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for network traffic shaping and/or adjustment of discontinuous reception (DRX) cycles. A wireless device determines a delay between a time at which a packet is transmitted from a server, to a time of arrival of the packet at the wireless device. The wireless device determines jitter of packets arriving at the wireless device from the server. The wireless device sends a message corresponding to the determined delay and the determined jitter, to the server to perform shaping of packet traffic from the server to the wireless device according to a latency budget of the packet traffic. The wireless device adjusts a length of a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle of the wireless client device, to align with and to receive the packet traffic shaped by the server.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may identify one or more symbols, associated with downlink communication of a first radio access technology (RAT), that are Impacted by antenna switching used to transmit an uplink reference signal of a second RAT. The UE may perform a mitigation action to mitigate downlink performance degradation associated with the first RAT based at least in part on identifying the one or more symbols. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Described embodiments provide systems and methods for adjusting an operating mode for a wireless device's communications with a network. The wireless device may determine a communication profile of an application of the wireless device with the network. The wireless device may determine a type of motion of the wireless device. The wireless device may determine an operating mode for the wireless device's communications with the network, according to the communication profile and the type of motion. The wireless device may transmit a message to the network to cause the operating mode to be configured for the wireless device's communications with the network.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments facilitate UE location determination in systems with dense PRS configurations, reduced PRS periodicity, frequency hopping, and involving UE inter-frequency measurements. The techniques may be applied to Bandwidth reduced-Low complexity (BL) UEs, or enhanced Machine Type Communication (eMTC) UEs or Further enhanced MTC (FeMTC) UEs and/or in LTE-M systems. A method on a UE may comprise: receiving a Reference Signal Time Difference (RSTD) measurement request; transmitting, in response to the RSTD measurement request, a dedicated gap request comprising a requested configuration of dedicated gaps; and receiving, in response to the dedicated gap request, a message comprising a dedicated gap configuration. The dedicated gap request may comprise a request for dedicated measurement gaps and the message may comprise a dedicated measurement gap configuration.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for prioritization of channel state information (CSI) processes based on a set of priority rules and a device capability are described. A user equipment (UE) may be capable of supporting multiple communication types such as ultra-reliable low latency communications (URLLC), shortened transmission time interval (sTTI), enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) priority type, etc. The UE may indicate a CSI update capability that includes a number of CSI processes capable of being updated by the UE. The CSI update capability may be a joint CSI update capability provided for all communication types. Based on the CSI update capability of the UE and the set of priority rules, the UE may prioritize the updating of one or more CSI processes.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may determine that a channel, such as a downlink channel or an uplink channel, and a positioning reference signal (PRS) occasion are scheduled for a common set of resources, such as a common frequency, a common time, and/or the like. This may result in the UE being unable to receive the PRS and/or process the PRS as a result of receiving the channel. In some aspects, the UE may determine that a PRS collides with a channel, and may perform a collision response action, such as dropping at least a portion of the channel, based at least in part on determining that the PRS occasion collides with the channel.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some wireless communications systems, a base station may precode downlink signals to be transmitted to a user equipment (UE) using a precoding matrix. The precoding matrix may be selected by a UE from a number of precoding matrices (e.g., a codebook) and reported to the base station in a channel state information (CSI) report. As described herein, a base station may support techniques for limiting a number of precoding matrices that a UE may evaluate to identify a preferred precoding matrix to be indicated to the base station. In addition, the techniques described herein allow a base station to dynamically indicate an appropriate set of precoding matrices for the UE to evaluate based on the channel conditions at a given time.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for prioritization of channel state information (CSI) processes based on a set of priority rules and a device capability are described. A user equipment (UE) may be capable of supporting multiple communication types such as ultra-reliable low latency communications (URLLC), shortened transmission time interval (sTTI), enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) priority type, etc. The UE may indicate a CSI update capability that includes a number of CSI processes capable of being updated by the UE. The CSI update capability may be a joint CSI update capability provided for all communication types. Based on the CSI update capability of the UE and the set of priority rules, the UE may prioritize the updating of one or more CSI processes.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some wireless communications systems, a base station may precode downlink signals to be transmitted to a user equipment (UE) using a precoding matrix. The precoding matrix may be selected by a UE from a number of precoding matrices (e.g., a codebook) and reported to the base station in a channel state information (CSI) report. As described herein, a base station may support techniques for limiting a number of precoding matrices that a UE may evaluate to identify a preferred precoding matrix to be indicated to the base station. In addition, the techniques described herein allow a base station to dynamically indicate an appropriate set of precoding matrices for the UE to evaluate based on the channel conditions at a given time.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments facilitate UE location determination in systems with dense PRS configurations, reduced PRS periodicity, frequency hopping, and involving UE inter-frequency measurements. The techniques may be applied to Bandwidth reduced-Low complexity (BL) UEs, or enhanced Machine Type Communication (eMTC) UEs or Further enhanced MTC (FeMTC) UEs and/or in LTE-M systems. A method on a UE may comprise: receiving a Reference Signal Time Difference (RSTD) measurement request; transmitting, in response to the RSTD measurement request, a dedicated gap request comprising a requested configuration of dedicated gaps; and receiving, in response to the dedicated gap request, a message comprising a dedicated gap configuration. The dedicated gap request may comprise a request for dedicated measurement gaps and the message may comprise a dedicated measurement gap configuration.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may determine that a channel, such as a downlink channel or an uplink channel, and a positioning reference signal (PRS) occasion are scheduled for a common set of resources, such as a common frequency, a common time, and/or the like. This may result in the UE being unable to receive the PRS and/or process the PRS as a result of receiving the channel. In some aspects, the UE may determine that a PRS collides with a channel, and may perform a collision response action, such as dropping at least a portion of the channel, based at least in part on determining that the PRS occasion collides with the channel.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a mechanism that may allow a UE to determine whether PBCH repetition is enabled in the target cell without performing a hypothesis test. For example, the apparatus may receive a handover message from a serving cell. In an aspect, the handover message may be associated with a handover procedure to a target cell. In addition, the apparatus may determine whether to perform a hypothesis test to determine if a PBCH repetition is enabled in the target cell based on the handover message. In one example, the apparatus may determine not to perform the hypothesis test when the handover message includes information that indicates if the PBCH repetition is enabled in the target cell. In another example, the apparatus may determine to perform the hypothesis test when the handover message does not include information that indicates if the PBCH repetition is enabled in the target cell.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a mechanism that may allow a UE to determine whether PBCH repetition is enabled in the target cell without performing a hypothesis test. For example, the apparatus may receive a handover message from a serving cell. In an aspect, the handover message may be associated with a handover procedure to a target cell. In addition, the apparatus may determine whether to perform a hypothesis test to determine if a PBCH repetition is enabled in the target cell based on the handover message. In one example, the apparatus may determine not to perform the hypothesis test when the handover message includes information that indicates if the PBCH repetition is enabled in the target cell. In another example, the apparatus may determine to perform the hypothesis test when the handover message does not include information that indicates if the PBCH repetition is enabled in the target cell.