Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes receiving circuitry configured to receive a common configuration comprising parameters shared by multiple configured grants. The UE also includes transmitting circuitry configured to perform, based on the parameters shared by the multiple configured grants of the common configuration, transmissions on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).

Abstract: The IAB node comprises receiver circuitry and processor circuitry. The receiver circuitry is configured to receive information on a resource allocation of OFDM symbols within one or more slots. The processor circuitry is configured to determine from the information both a slot format indicator and a time resource indication. The slot format indicator is configured to indicate, for each OFDM symbol of the slot, whether the symbol is an uplink symbol, a downlink symbol, or a flexible symbol. The time resource indicator, TRI, is configured to indicate, for each OFDM symbol of the slot, whether the symbol may be allocated by a parent node or by the IAB node. The processor circuitry is further configured to control utilization of one or more symbols of the slot at least in part in accordance with a respective symbol allocation from the time resource indication and the slot format indicator.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus receives first information for identifying one or multiple random access channel occasions, and receives second information for identifying an index of a random access preamble. In a case that a first condition is satisfied, the terminal apparatus selects, from one or multiple reference signals, one reference signal based on a measurement of each of the one or multiple reference signals. In a case that a second condition is satisfied, the terminal apparatus selects one reference signal of the one or multiple reference signals associated with a PDCCH used to receive the second information. The terminal apparatus selects, from the one or multiple random access channel occasions, one random access channel occasion associated with the one reference signal selected.

Abstract: Provided is a coding unit to determine the number of code block groups, divide an input bit sequence to code block segmentation into code block groups of the number of the code block groups, determine the number of code blocks for each of the code block groups, divide each of the code block groups into code blocks of the number of the code blocks, and apply channel coding to each of the code blocks.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes receiving circuitry configured to receive a radio resource control (RRC) message including information used for configuring that a priority indication is present in a downlink control information (DCI) format. The DCI format is used for scheduling of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). The priority indication is used for indicating a priority for a hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) transmission for the PDSCH. The UE also includes transmitting circuitry configured to perform, based on the priority, the HARQ-ACK transmission for the PDSCH. The information is configured for each control resource sets (CORESETs) except for a control resource set (CORESET) with an index “0”.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes receiving circuitry configured to receive a master information block that includes first information used for configuring a control resource set (CORESET) with an index “0”. The receiving circuitry is also configured to receive a radio resource control (RRC) message that includes second information used for configuring an index of CORESET. The receiving circuitry is also configured to monitor a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for downlink control information (DCI) format. The UE also includes transmitting circuitry configured to perform, based on a priority, a PUSCH transmission. The priority is defined as that a PUSCH transmission corresponding to a PDCCH detected in a CORESET with the lowest index has the highest priority, except for a PUSCH transmission corresponding to a PDCCH detected in the CORESET with the index “0”.

Abstract: There is provided a terminal apparatus to transmit a first random access preamble using a first precoding, monitor a random access response corresponding to the first random access preamble, increment a value of a counter in a case that a reception of the random access response is not successful, and transmit a second random access preamble using a second precoding, if the value of the counter does not reach a predetermined value in a case that the value of the counter is incremented.

Abstract: A wireless terminal comprises processor circuitry and receiver circuitry. The receiver circuitry is configured to receive a notification message from a wireless relay node, the notification message comprising information representing at least one radio condition of an upstream radio link of the wireless relay node, the notification message received in at least one of Medium Access Control (MAC) layer signaling and physical layer signaling. The processor circuitry is configured to perform a designated action based on reception of the notification message.

Abstract: To efficiently transmit a sounding reference signal. One or more downlink BWPs are configured in a serving cell, one or more uplink BWPs are configured in a serving cell, each BWP of the one or more downlink BWPs is identified by a downlink BWP index, each BWP of the one or more uplink BWPs is identified by the uplink BWP index, and in a case that one of the one or more downlink BWPs configured is activated in a serving cell, one of the one or more uplink BWPs configured is activated in a serving cell, and an SRS transmission in one or more serving cells of a plurality of the serving cells is triggered, the SRS for the BWP indicated by the uplink BWP index activated in the serving cell activated is transmitted.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. Higher layer circuitry is configured to receive information on a sidelink bandwidth part and a resource pool for sidelink within the sidelink bandwidth part. Transmitting circuitry is configured to transmit one or more blocks. Each block includes a primary sidelink synchronization signal (PSSS), a secondary sidelink shared channel (SSSS), a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH) and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) associated with the PSBCH within the resource pool. A sequence of the PSSS sequence is generated by a synchronization source identity (ID) or a part of the synchronization source ID. A sequence of the SSSS is generated by the synchronization source ID or a part of the synchronization source ID. A sequence of the DMRS associated with the PSBCH is initialized by a block index or part of the block index. The PSBCH includes the block index or part of the block index.

Abstract: The present invention includes: a receiver configured to receive a physical downlink control channel for conveying downlink control information including a first information field; and a transmitter configured to report channel state information (CSI), wherein the first information field indicates first information, the first information indicates one of multiple states, each of the multiple states is configured for a serving cell, and is associated with: one or more CSI report configurations; one or more reference signal configurations for CSI measurement; and a bandwidth part (BWP) index for the serving cell, and in a case that CSI reports of BWPs in a plurality of the serving cells are triggered, a CSI report of the CSI reports for only a BWP indicated by the BWP index that is activated is transmitted.

Abstract: Terminal apparatuses (1, 1A, and 1B) efficiently communicate with a base station apparatus (3). The terminal apparatuses (1, 1A, and 1B): receive multiple downlink signals in downlink in one or multiple serving cells; monitor a beam state of the downlink, based on the multiple downlink signals received; generate a first MAC CE including first information indicating the beam state of the downlink of at least one of the one or multiple serving cells and second information identifying a serving cell of the one or multiple serving cells corresponding to the beam state indicated by the first information, and generate a first MAC PDU including the first MAC CE; and transmit the first MAC PDU.

Abstract: A node comprising monitoring circuitry configured to monitor radio link conditions on one or multiple bandwidth parts (BWPs) of a parent node, and detecting circuitry configured to detect radio link failure (RLF) in at least one downlink BWP.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) that communicates via mini-slot-based repetitions includes receiving circuitry configured to receive a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising first information for configuring a first number of repetitions for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions, second information for configuring a second number of repetitions for PUSCH transmissions, and third information for indicating a repetition type from a set of repetition types comprising a first repetition type and a second repetition type, the first repetition type indicating only one repetition to be transmitted within a slot, the second repetition type indicating repetitions to be transmitted within the slot.

Abstract: User equipments (UEs) and communication methods for sidelink (SL) communication are described. The UE comprises receiving circuitry, determining circuitry and transmitting circuitry. The receiving circuitry is configured to receive a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising first information used for configuring one or more resource pools for SL transmission(s) within one or more SL bandwidth parts (SL BWPs). The determining circuitry is configured to select a SL resource for transmission of a Physical Sidelink Control Channel (PSCCH) and a Physical Sidelink Shared Channel (PSSCH) associated with the PSCCH. The transmitting circuitry is configured to transmit first-stage SL control information (SCI) over the PSCCH and to transmit the PSSCH associated with the PSCCH, wherein second-stage SCI is carried on the PSSCH, and the first-stage SCI provides scheduling information of the PSSCH, and indicates a format of the second-stage SCI.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) that performs sidelink (SL) communications is described. The UE includes receiving circuitry configured to: receive a first radio resource control (RRC) message comprising first information used for configuring an SL bandwidth part (SL BWP). The receiving circuitry is also configured to receive a second RRC message comprising second information used for configuring one or more resource pools for SL transmission within the SL BWP. The receiving circuitry is further configured to receive a third RRC message comprising third information used for configuring a sidelink channel state information-reference signal (SCSI-RS). The UE also includes transmitting circuitry configured to perform SL channel state information (CSI) reporting based on the third information. The third information is associated with at least one of the SL BWP and one resource pool of the one or more resource pools for the SL transmission.

Abstract: A method of handling Radio Link Failures (RLF) in Wireless Relay Networks is described. The method includes detecting, by a first parent node, a potential RLF with another node based on receiving from a physical layer of the first parent node a notification of “out-of-sync” indication signals. The method further includes determining, by the first parent node, a message comprising an Upstream Potential RLF notification based on whether a set of one or more conditions is met. The method further includes transmitting, by the first parent node, the message comprising an Upstream Potential RLF notification to at least one of a child node and a second parent node. The method further includes establishing, by the second parent node, an RRC connection with the child node based on the transmitted Upstream Potential RLF notification.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a transmitter configured to transmit capability information to the base station apparatus, a receiver configured to receive a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message from the base station apparatus, and a controller configured to configure a parameter, based on a parameter included in the radio resource control reconfiguration message, wherein the capability information includes information on the maximum number of MAC entities supported by the terminal apparatus.

Abstract: In order to perform efficient communications. An apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive an uplink grant for a certain cell, and a transmission unit configured to perform an uplink transmission, based on reception of the uplink grant, wherein in a first case that (a) a duration from when receiving the uplink grant until when performing the uplink transmission is different between a first cell and a second cell, (b) the duration corresponding to the first cell is a first duration and the duration corresponding to the second cell is a second duration, and (c) an uplink transmission in the first duration collides with an uplink transmission in the second duration, the transmission unit sets a transmit power for the first cell and a transmit power for the second cell, based on values of the first duration and/or the second duration.

Abstract: Channel encoding is provided that includes applying turbo coding with a coding rate of 1/5 to an input bit sequence, applying a subblock interleaver to each of first to fifth code bit sequences to which the turbo coding is applied, applying bit collection to the first to fifth code bit sequences output from the subblock interleaver, the bit collection outputting the first code bit sequence in order, outputting the second code bit sequence and the fourth code bit sequence alternately on a bit-by-bit basis after the first code bit sequence, and outputting the second code bit sequence and the fifth code bit sequence alternately on a bit-by-bit basis.