Abstract: In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) determines a target orientation associated with the UE for a two-way satellite communication session that provides a line of sight (LOS) alignment between an antenna of the UE with a satellite antenna, determines a current orientation associated with the UE, determines difference information associated with a difference between the current orientation of the UE and the target orientation of the UE; and transmits, to a user feedback component, an instruction to provide user feedback that is based on the difference information and that comprises non-visual user feedback or visual feedback that is separate from a display screen of the UE.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a wireless communication device may obtain information regarding communication between the set of communication devices and a non-terrestrial network (NTN) and communicate with the NTN. The wireless communication device may communicate with the NTN directly based on the wireless communication device being identified as one of one or more selected wireless communication devices for direct communication with the NTN. The wireless communication device may communicate with the NTN indirectly via a peer-to-peer communication network and the one or more selected wireless communication devices based on the wireless communication device being not identified as any of the one or more selected wireless communication devices for direct communication with the NTN.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first device may transmit, from a first antenna of a first antenna array of the first device to a second antenna of a second antenna array of a second device, a first set of reference signals. The first device may transmit, from a first plurality of antennas of the first antenna array to a second plurality of antennas of the second antenna array, a second plurality of reference signals. The first device may receive, from the second device, an indication based at least in part on a linear offset and one or more rotational offsets estimated by the second device associated with the first set of reference signals and the second plurality of reference signals. The first device may communicate with the second device using the first antenna array based on the indication.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may determine to enable orbital angular momentum (OAM) beamforming for communications with a user equipment (UE), for example, based on one or more communications parameters and receiving a message from the UE indicating a capability of the UE to use OAM beamforming. The base station may transmit control signaling to the UE indicating that OAM beamforming is enabled. In some examples, the base station may transmit control signaling indicating an OAM configuration, which may be for a same slot in which the control signaling is transmitted or a subsequent slot. The base station may transmit a downlink transmission to the UE via OAM beamforming. In some examples, the base station may estimate and correct misalignment associated with OAM beamforming. In some examples, the base station may disable OAM beamforming and transmit an indication that OAM beamforming is disabled.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may obtain an indication of at least one rate matching configuration. The UE may communicate in a full duplex communication mode, wherein communicating in the full duplex communication mode comprises rate matching based at least in part on the at least one rate matching configuration. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A device may be configured to include an array of lenses along with multiple antenna arrays that each include a set of antenna elements. The antenna arrays may each support multiple beam directions, such as a respective beam direction for each lens of the array of lenses. If beams for multiple antenna arrays concurrently pass through the same lens, the lens may contribute to maintaining separation between the beams. Lenses may also contribute to the shaping of beams, and the use of multiple lenses may enhance a coverage area for beams transmitted or received by the antenna arrays.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for connection setup in an orbital angular momentum (OAM)-based communication system are described. A first device and a second device may establish an OAM communications connection between the devices. The first device and the second device may exchange a series of messages over a downlink communications link and an uplink communications link according to an OAM mode. Based on OAM related parameters or OAM related information included in the messages, the first device and the second device may achieve a successful directional alignment (co-axial alignment) between the first device and the second device. The first device and the second device may determine one or more orbital angular momentum modes for communication between the first device and the second device based on the establishing the directional alignment.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Some wireless communications systems may support orbital angular momentum (OAM) communications. A transmitting network node may generate signals for transmission via a first circular antenna array that includes a first quantity of antenna subarrays. The transmitting network node may transmit the signals using the first circular antenna array and based on OAM vectors. The receiving network node may receive and decode the signals using a second circular antenna array that includes a second quantity of antenna subarrays and based on the OAM vectors. The OAM vectors may be based on a numerical relationship between the first quantity and the second quantity. The numerical relationship may include the first quantity being equal to a product of the second quantity and a non-integer rational number and a greatest common divisor of the first and second quantities being an integer greater than one.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a wireless communication device detects a trigger to transmit a message via satellite connectivity, determines one or more alignment opportunities associated with one or more satellites, wherein each alignment opportunity of the one or more alignment opportunities is a time period during which a main lobe of an antenna of the wireless communication device is predicted to be aligned with a line-of-sight (LOS) direction to at least one satellite of the one or more satellites, transitions to a sleep state until at least one alignment opportunity of the one or more alignment opportunities, and transmits the message to the at least one satellite of the one or more satellites during the at least one alignment opportunity of the one or more alignment opportunities.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit, for one or more nodes, capability information regarding a beam tracking capability of a backscattering radio of the UE. The UE may perform beam tracking in accordance with the beam tracking capability. The UE may transmit, for the one or more nodes, beam information based at least in part on the beam tracking. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) are described. A UE may operate by asynchronously transmitting code division multiple access (CDMA) uplink signals to a network entity. The UE may transmit the CDMA signals via an uplink channel that may be shared with orthogonal frequency multiplexing (OFDM) signaling transmitted by one or more other UEs. The UE may indicate to the network entity a capability for communicating with CDMA waveforms and may use CDMA waveforms based on transmitting the indication. The UE may also receive one or more parameters associated with using the CDMA waveforms, and may use CDMA waveforms based on the one or more parameters. The uplink channel may be a random access channel (RACH) and may support RACH transmissions, or may be a data channel and support data transmissions.

Abstract: Embodiments include methods for managing component temperatures in wearable devices by a remote computing device, such as an edge server, instructing changes in wearable device component processing loads, operations or operating modes. Methods performed in a wearable device receiving data from an edge server may include obtaining a plurality of temperature measurements from a plurality of hardware components, transmitting the temperature measurements to the edge server, receiving an instruction related to operations of an application executing on the processor of the wearable device, and adjusting an operating parameter based on the received instruction.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first device (e.g., a base station) may transmit reference signals to a second device (e.g., a user equipment (UE)) via transmitter antenna circles. The second device may receive and measure the reference signals via corresponding receiver antenna circles. Both the transmitter antenna circles and the in receiver antenna circles may include a center antenna circle and one or more peripheral antenna circles. The second device may transmit channel gain measurements to the first device based on measuring the reference signals. The first device may determine orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes, a power loading scheme, or both for the transmitter antenna circles based on the channel gain measurements. The first device may transmit OAM transmissions to the second device based on the determined OAM modes, the power loading scheme, or both. The OAM transmissions may have different OAM states, polarizations, or both.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a network node may determine a reference location associated with a virtual image corresponding to a target area. The network node may transmit a radio frequency signal, wherein the radio frequency signal is beamformed based at least in part on the reference location to direct the radio frequency signal to the target area. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first wireless device may be configured to transmit, to a second wireless device, one or more orbital angular momentum (OAM) signals in accordance with a set of radial codeword sequences associated with a polynomial radial codeword configuration, where the one or more OAM signals are transmitted based on a first value of a polynomial term for the polynomial radial codeword configuration. The first wireless device may receive, from the second wireless device on the one or more OAM signals, a feedback message indicating a second value of the polynomial term. The first wireless device may then transmit, to the second wireless device, one or more additional OAM signals in accordance with the set of radial codeword sequences and based on the second value for the polynomial term.

Abstract: An example method for obtaining data at a vehicle for automobile navigation based on cellular radio frequency (RF) sensing comprising obtaining, with a camera at the vehicle, a camera image of an environment surrounding the vehicle. The method further comprises determining a failure condition of the camera preventing object detection of the camera image, wherein the failure condition is caused by inclement weather, blockage on a lens of the camera, electrical failure of the camera, or a combination thereof. The method further comprises responsive to determining the failure condition of the camera, configuring a cellular communication interface of the vehicle to obtain cellular RF sensing data of the environment surrounding the vehicle. The method further comprises performing the automobile navigation support based at least in part on cellular RF sensing data of the environment surrounding the vehicle.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for antenna selection and reporting for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communications. One or more grouping parameters may be provided to a wireless node, which may indicate a subset of antennas that are to be used for MIMO communications, may indicate one or more target nodes for MIMO communications, or combinations thereof. The wireless node may measure one or more channel parameters based on the grouping parameters and determine one or more antenna subsets or target nodes that meet MIMO communication parameters (e.g., an antenna group or target node that will support a certain rank of MIMO communications). The wireless node may report an indication of the identified antenna subsets or target nodes to a control entity for scheduling of MIMO communications.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and techniques for transferring device content using radio frequency (RF) sensing. For instance, a first wireless device can identify a first user of the first wireless device based on a first radio frequency (RF) signature associated with the first user. The first wireless media device can determine a disengagement of the first user from the first wireless media device. In response to the disengagement, content information associated with usage of the first wireless device by the first user can be captured.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of a set of frequency domain resources allocated to the UE for communicating data over a wireless channel. The UE may receive an indication of a waveform type associated with the set of frequency domain resources. The waveform type may be based at least in part on a data type of the data, may be used for a defined amount of time, and may be one of a plurality of waveform types that are multiplexed together over different frequency domain resources within a total system bandwidth. The UE may communicate within the set of frequency domain resources according to the indicated waveform type and the data type.

Abstract: A first device may select a base graph from a plurality of base graphs based on one or more of (a) a decoding complexity of a second device, (b) a device category of the second device, (c) a capability of the second device, (d) a decoder mode of the second device, (e) a receiver complexity of the second device, (f) a receiver mode of the second device, (g) a power consumption of the second device, (h) a power mode of the second device, or (i) an indication from the second device. The first device may output an LDPC coded transmission to the second device based on the selected base graph.