Abstract: A method of a terminal may include: receiving, from a base station, at least one SSB belonging to a first layer; receiving, from the base station, at least one SSB belonging to a second layer; determining valid SSB(s) from among the at least one SSB belonging to the first layer and the at least one SSB belonging to the second layer; selecting at least one first SSB belonging to a layer having a higher priority among the first layer and the second layer from among the valid SSB(s); and reporting the selected first SSB to the base station, and using a beam used for receiving the first SSB to perform an initial access procedure for communications with the base station, wherein each SSB includes at least one of a synchronization signal or a broadcast channel.

Abstract: An operation method of a receiving terminal in sidelink communications may comprise: receiving one or more transport blocks (TBs) from a transmitting terminal; generating hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) responses for code block groups (CBGs) included in each of the one or more TBs; selecting one or more HARQ responses from among the HARQ responses based on priorities; and transmitting the one or more HARQ responses to the transmitting terminal through a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) resource.

Abstract: A method of a terminal may comprise: receiving, from a base station, DCI including a first field indicating HARQ-ACK retransmission and a second field indicating a priority; identifying first HARQ-ACK information having a priority identical to the priority indicated by the second field; and transmitting, to the base station, a first HARQ-ACK codebook including the first HARQ-ACK information based on the indication of the first field.

Abstract: An operation method of a terminal may comprise receiving information on one CG configuration for uplink transmission from a base station; obtaining common time domain resource allocation information for combinations of RB sets based on the information on the one CG configuration; obtaining frequency domain resource allocation information for each of the combinations of the RB sets based on the information on the one CG configuration; determining a number of PRBs to which an uplink channel is mapped based on the frequency domain resource allocation information corresponding to one combination of the combinations; determining a TBS based on the common time domain resource allocation information and the number of PRBs; and transmitting a TB having the TBS to the base station within the one combination through the uplink channel according to the common time domain resource allocation information and the frequency domain resource allocation information.

Abstract: A method of a terminal may include: receiving, from a base station, a first SSB having an SSB candidate #n at a first frequency position during a first time period; receiving, from the base station, first mapping relationship information between SSB candidate indexes and SSB indexes; identifying an SSB #k mapped to the SSB candidate #n based on the first mapping relationship information for the first frequency position; acquiring time synchronization with respect to the base station based on the SSB candidate #n; and obtaining beam information for the first frequency position based on the SSB #k, wherein each of n and k is an integer equal to or greater than 0.

Abstract: A method of a terminal may comprise: receiving, from a base station, configuration information of SSB resources; receiving, from the base station, configuration information of PRACH resources; receiving, from the base station, an SSB in a first SSB resource among the SSB resources; configuring a PRACH resource set associated with the first SSB resource based on the configuration information of the PRACH resources; and transmitting a first PRACH in a first PRACH resource belonging to the PRACH resource set and transmitting a second PRACH in a second PRACH resource belonging to the PRACH resource set, wherein the first PRACH and the second PRACH include a same preamble sequence and are transmitted using different beams.

Abstract: A subband duplex (SD) operation method of a terminal may include: receiving, from a base station, slot pattern information for a slot; receiving, from the base station, information on at least one subband; and performing uplink transmission and/or downlink reception with the base station in the at least one subband included in at least one SD symbol included in the slot.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for beam failure recovery in a communication system. The method for beam failure recovery includes the steps of: searching for a plurality of candidate beams when a beam failure is detected; transmitting a beam failure recovery request signal to a base station by using beam #1 of the plurality of candidate beams; receiving a beam failure recovery response signal in response to the beam failure recovery request signal via beam #1 from the base station; and transmitting an SR requesting a resource for transmission of multi-beam setting information to the base station, where the multi-beam setting information includes indexes of one or more beams excluding beam #1 of the plurality of candidate beams.

Abstract: A method of a terminal may comprise: receiving, from a base station, configuration information of a guard band configured within a carrier bandwidth; determining a first transmission direction of a first subband configured in a higher frequency region from the guard band within the carrier bandwidth; determining a second transmission direction of a second subband configured in a lower frequency region from the guard band within the carrier bandwidth; determining a third transmission direction of the guard band based on the first transmission direction and the second transmission direction; and performing communication with the base station according to the third transmission direction in the guard band.

Abstract: A method for indicating preemption in a communication system is disclosed. A method for operating a terminal comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, information indicating a first resource area, to which a preemption-capable resource belongs, for transmission of first data; receiving resource allocation information of second data from the base station; performing a monitoring operation for detecting a PI indicating a preempted resource for transmission of the first data in the first resource area, when the first resource area overlaps with a second resource area indicated by the resource allocation information; and performing decoding on the basis of the detected PI. Therefore, the performance of the communication system may be improved.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for transmitting and receiving data channels in a communication system. An operation method of a terminal in a communication system may comprise receiving, from a base station, resource allocation information of a plurality of physical uplink shared channels (PUSCHs) used for repetitive transmission of a same transport block (TB); identifying a position of each of the plurality of PUSCHs in a time domain based on the resource allocation information; and repeatedly transmitting the same TB to the base station at the position of each of the plurality of PUSCHs. Therefore, performance of the communication system can be improved.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting or receiving uplink feedback information in a communication system. An operation method of a terminal may comprise receiving downlink control information (DCI) from a base station, the DCI including resource allocation information of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH); receiving data #n from the base station through the PDSCH indicated by the DCI; generating a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) codebook including an HARQ response bit #n for the data #n and an HARQ response bit #n?1 for data #n?1 received from the base station before the data #n; and transmitting the HARQ codebook to the base station. Therefore, the performance of the communication system can be improved.

Abstract: An operation method of a source terminal for sidelink communication comprises transmitting at least two transport blocks (TBs) or code block groups (CBGs) to a destination terminal, and receiving hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK/NACK) bits for the at least two TBs or CBGs from the destination terminal. The operation method further comprises generating an HARQ codebook based on the HARQ-ACK/NACK bits, and reporting the generated HARQ codebook to a serving base station.

Abstract: A method for indicating preemption in a communication system is disclosed. A method for operating a terminal comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, information indicating a first resource area, to which a preemption-capable resource belongs, for transmission of first data; receiving resource allocation information of second data from the base station; performing a monitoring operation for detecting a PI indicating a preempted resource for transmission of the first data in the first resource area, when the first resource area overlaps with a second resource area indicated by the resource allocation information; and performing decoding on the basis of the detected PI. Therefore, the performance of the communication system may be improved.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for configuring a bandwidth for supporting a broadband carrier in a communication system. An operation method of a base station comprises the steps of: configuring a first bandwidth part and a second bandwidth part for a terminal; configuring a reserved resource for the first bandwidth part in a resource area in which the first bandwidth part and the second bandwidth part overlap; and performing an operation of transmitting or receiving a second data channel, which is scheduled to the second bandwidth part, together with the terminal by using the reserved resource. Therefore, the performance of the communication system can be improved.

Abstract: An operation method of a terminal in a communication system may comprise: receiving, from a base station, a first SSB; determining a RACH occasion associated with the first SSB; transmitting, to the base station, a PRACH preamble in the RACH occasion within a first radio resource to which a first SCS is applied; determining a slot to which the RACH occasion belongs based on a reference radio resource to which a reference SCS is applied instead of the first SCS; determining an RNTI for a random access procedure based on a slot index for the slot; and performing a reception operation of a response for the PRACH preamble by using the RNTI in the first radio resource.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for transmitting and receiving control information in a communication system supporting unlicensed band communication. An operation method of a terminal may comprise receiving, from a base station, first configuration information of a CORESET and second configuration information of a search space associated with the CORESET; receiving, from the base station, third configuration information indicating one or more PDCCH monitoring resource sets associated with the CORESET and the search space; and performing a PDCCH monitoring operation on the one or more PDCCH monitoring resource sets. Therefore, the performance of the communication system can be improved.

Abstract: A method for reporting sidelink HARQ response information, performed by a terminal, includes the steps of: receiving, from a base station, information on allocation of a PSSCH resource for PSSCH transmission; determining a PSFCH resource for PSFCH reception corresponding to the PSSCH transmission; determining a transmission time point of HARQ response information corresponding to the PSSCH transmission; and transmitting the HARQ response information, corresponding to the PSSCH transmission, to the base station at the determined time point, wherein the transmission time point of the HARQ response information is expressed as a time offset, L, from a time point of the PSFCH resource, and information on the transmission time point of the HARQ response information is transmitted from the base station to the terminal.

Abstract: An operation method of a terminal in a communication system may comprise: receiving, from a base station, an SPS PDSCH; receiving a first PDSCH from the base station; generating SPS HARQ ACK/NACK information for the SPS PDSCH; generating first HARQ ACK/NACK information for the first PDSCH; and when the SPS HARQ-ACK/NACK information is not transmitted in a first slot and transmission of the SPS HARQ-ACK/NACK information is deferred, transmitting both the SPS HARQ ACK/NACK information and the first HARQ ACK/NACK information in a second slot after the first slot.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting or receiving uplink feedback information in a communication system. An operation method of a terminal may comprise receiving downlink control information (DCI) from a base station, the DCI including resource allocation information of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH); receiving data #n from the base station through the PDSCH indicated by the DCI; generating a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) codebook including an HARQ response bit #n for the data #n and an HARQ response bit #n?1 for data #n?1 received from the base station before the data #n; and transmitting the HARQ codebook to the base station. Therefore, the performance of the communication system can be improved.