Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for a user equipment (UE) to provide listen before talk (LBT) assistance to a transmitting device. The UE may receive a pre-grant (PG) indicating a plurality of beams and a transmission resource. The UE may performing a LBT procedure on each beam of the indicated plurality of beams. The UE may transmit an acknowledgment to the pre-grant (APG) including a LBT report for the indicated plurality of beams on the transmission resource, the LBT report indicating a result of the LBT procedure for each beam of the indicated plurality of beams.

Abstract: Example aspects include a method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for wireless communication at user equipment of a mobile network, comprising receiving, from a base station via a first beam, a pre-grant message requesting the UE to perform a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure on a second beam. The aspects further include performing, according to the pre-grant message, the LBT procedure on the second beam. Additionally, the aspects include indicating, to the base station, whether the LBT procedure was successful.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for a user equipment (UE) to provide listen before talk (LBT) assistance to a transmitting device. The UE may receive a pre-grant (PG) indicating a plurality of beams. The UE may performing a LBT procedure on each beam of the indicated plurality of beams. The UE may transmit an acknowledgment to the pre-grant (APG) as a waveform that indicates that the LBT procedure for one or more of the indicated plurality of beams was successful. The waveform may be a sounding reference signal (SRS) with a sequence that indicates that the LBT procedure was successful.

Abstract: A method of wireless communication performed by a wireless communications device may include receiving, from a second wireless communication device, one or more signals associated with a beam parameter, determining, for each of a plurality of locations within a first zone, a first signal measurement for the one or more received signals, determining, at each of a plurality of locations within a second zone, a second signal measurement for the one or more received signals, wherein the second zone is different from the first zone, and determining whether the second wireless communication device satisfies an interference condition based at least in part on a cumulative distribution of at least one of the first signal measurements at the plurality of locations within the first zone or a cumulative distribution of at least one of the second signal measurements at the plurality of locations within the second zone.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to performing contention credit-based listen-before-talk (LBT) for communications over a shared radio frequency band (e.g., in a shared spectrum or in an unlicensed spectrum) are provided. A wireless communication device performs a first clear channel assessment (CCA) including a first countdown. The wireless communication device transmits, after a gap period from the first countdown, a first communication signal. The wireless communication device performs a second CCA including a second countdown. The wireless communication device transmits, beginning before an end of the second countdown, a second communication signal based on at least a first contention credit associated with the gap period.

Abstract: A method for wireless communication includes a first wireless communication device receiving, from a second wireless communication device, one or more signals for each of a plurality of candidate sensing beams and a transmission beam. The method also includes determining, for each of the plurality of candidate sensing beams based on at least one of the one or more signals for the respective candidate sensing beam, a first signal measurement. The method also includes determining, based on at least one of the one or more signals for the transmission beam, a second signal measurement with respect to a direction of the transmission beam, and determining, for each of the plurality of candidate sensing beams based on the respective first signal measurement and the second signal measurement, beam coverage information with respect to the transmission beam direction.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable medium for transmitting a capability signal to a network entity, wherein the capability signal indicates whether the UE is capable of supporting an uplink (UL) bandwidth that is equal to or less than a downlink (DL) bandwidth for communication over an unlicensed band; and exchanging a signal between the UE and the network entity over the unlicensed band according to the capability signal. Some alternative or additional aspects include methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable medium for receiving a signal from a network entity, wherein the signal indicates that short control signal exemption (SCSt) is applied to a synchronization signal block (SSB) transmission of one or more network entities over an unlicensed band; and skipping SSB presence detection of the one or more network entities in response to the signal.

Abstract: Wireless communication methods and devices for selective receiver-assisted channel sensing are provided. In some aspects, one or more receivers (e.g., UEs) can be selectively configured to perform receiver-assisted channel sensing (e.g., class A channel sensing) using at least one of trigger signaling and channel sensing configuration by a BS, UE capabilities, or operational mode. For example, a method for wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) includes: sensing a channel based on at least one of a receiver-assisted channel sensing trigger, or a UE capability; and transmitting, to a base station (BS) based on the sensing, channel sensing information.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a control channel that uses an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) waveform. The UE may transmit or receiving a data channel, associated with the control channel, that uses a single-carrier (SC) waveform. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless communication device may start, in a no-listen-before-talk (no-LBT) mode and after a first channel occupancy time (COT), an away period during which no transmissions are to occur in abeam direction used in the first COT. The wireless communication device may perform, during the away period, channel sensing. The wireless communication device may transmit a communication in a second COT after the away period, based at least in part on a result of the channel sensing. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for managing beam selection. In one aspect, an initiating wireless device may determine whether a pre-grant acknowledgement associated with a first beam has been received from a responding wireless device within an expected receive time. The initiating wireless device may generate an indication to prevent the initiating wireless device from using the first beam for a blocking duration in response to determining that the pre-grant acknowledgement associated with the first beam has not been received within the expected receive time.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for frame based operation and medium contention procedures in wireless networks. In some aspects, devices of a wireless network may perform receiver side contention operations. To illustrate, reference signals from a receiving device may be transmitted to a transmitting device and used by the transmitting device to estimate interference for transmitter side transmissions. Such receiver side reference signals may more accurately reflect the interference profile that transmissions sent by the transmitting device will face, such as when operating in a spectrum shared with many devices. The transmitting device may utilize the beam(s) that satisfy interference criteria when receiving the reference signals to transmit data.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to apparatus and methods of monitoring a region by a transmitting device within a wireless medium for transmissions using at least one directional beam covering the region. Upon determining that the region in the wireless medium is free of transmissions, the transmitting device transmits to a plurality of wireless devices in the region using a plurality of spatially separated directional beams. Other aspects of the disclosure relate to apparatus and methods for receiving an instruction, e.g., at a user equipment (UE), to perform a channel assessment at a first time. The UE monitors a region within a wireless medium for transmissions after receiving the instruction. Upon determining that the region is free of transmissions, the UE may send an acknowledgment of the received instruction.

Abstract: A wireless device uses a frame-based channel access mode to access a wireless spectrum for wireless communication. The wireless device may use transmitter-side only channel sensing to determine whether or not the spectrum is idle. The frame-based channel access mode may use a fixed frame period that includes an initial sensing period for beam-based sensing and an idle period at the end of the frame to facilitate spectrum sharing.

Abstract: A base station (BS) or a user equipment (UE) performs a channel access procedure for a plurality of beams to determine an availability of the plurality of beams. In some implementations, the BS or the UE determines that a channel access procedure is successful for a subset of the plurality of beams. In such implementations, the BS or the UE performs the transmission on the subset of the plurality of beams.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a first transmit receive point (TRP), a downlink control information (DCI) communication, the UE being included in a multi-TRP configuration with the first TRP and a second TRP. The UE may determine information unique to the first TRP. The information unique to the first TRP may be at least one of associated with the DCI communication or included in the DCI communication. The UE may generate a downlink scrambling sequence initialization code, associated with the first TRP, based at least in part on the information unique to the first TRP. The UE may generate a downlink scrambling sequence, associated with the first TRP, based at least in part on the downlink scrambling sequence initialization code associated with the first TRP. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, related to long term sensing based inter-operator coexistence techniques for unlicensed high bands providing a measurement framework and candidate measurements, along with channel selection, per-beam channel deselection, and dynamic frequency selection. In one aspect, a network entity may determine that a non-coordinating node satisfies a communication presence threshold based on the at least one long term sensing measurement, and transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), an indication of a remedial action, or adjusting the communication channel based on the determination. In another aspect, a UE may obtain at least one long term sensing measurement, and transmit a long term sensing report including the at least one long term sensing measurement.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Some wireless communications systems may support signaling for channel access using multi-beam sensing. In some cases, a user equipment (UE) may transmit a capability message indicating a capability of the UE to support per-beam channel access procedures for communicating in one or more shared radio frequency spectrum. In some cases, the UE may receive, from a network entity, a control message indicating a channel occupancy configuration that is associated with the per-beam channel access procedures. Additionally, the UE may perform a per-beam channel access procedure for each beam of a set of beams and may communicate via one or more beams from the set of beams based on the channel occupancy configuration and the per-beam channel access procedures being successful for at least a subset of beams of the set of beams.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for silencing signal transmissions by a user equipment (UE). Silencing signals may be transmitted periodically during shared spectrum downlink communications from a serving base station to the UE to prevent an interfering node from passing a listen before talk (LBT) procedure. The silencing signal transmissions may be configured by the base station and enabled in cases where potential interfering nodes are detected. An interfering node may be notified that silencing signals are being used, and may adjust a periodicity or wait time of its LBT procedures based on the silencing signal periodicity.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for receiving first downlink information, failing to decode a first portion of the first downlink information, transmitting, to a base station (BS), a first response including a negative acknowledgement (NACK) indicating a first decoding failure associated with the first portion of the first downlink information, receiving second downlink information, failing to decode a first portion of the second downlink information, detecting a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) buffer unavailability, determining to discard NACK information associated with the NACK, resetting at least a portion of a HARQ buffer, in response to detecting the HARQ buffer unavailability, by discarding NACK information associated with the NACK, generating a reset NACK indicating the HARQ buffer reset and indicating the NACK information being discarded, and transmitting a second response including the reset NACK to the BS.