Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless communication device (WCD) may communicate, during a channel occupancy time (COT) associated with one or more resources, via a no listen before talk (no-LBT) channel access mode. The WCD may initiate, after the COT, a reduced COT associated with the one or more resources, wherein the WCD is configured to reduce channel occupancy during the reduced COT. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Methods related to wireless communications systems and transmissions in an unlicensed radio frequency band of a shared spectrum are provided. A device determines whether one or more criteria are satisfied for accessing an unlicensed band of a shared spectrum without performing a listen-before-talk (LBT). The device transmits a communication signal in the unlicensed band without performing LBT in response to determining that the one or more criteria are satisfied.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to communications in a network are provided. A first wireless communication device may communicate to a second wireless communication device, a modification to a time parameter associated with at least one of a minimum idle period (MIP) of a frame period or a maximum channel occupancy time (MCOT) of the frame period. Additionally, the first wireless communication device may communicate with the second wireless communication device, a communication signal during the frame period based on the modification to the time parameter.

Abstract: Aspects relate to the amount of shared bandwidth to be used for channel occupancy time (COT) sharing. An initiator device may use a clear channel assessment procedure to gain access to wireless communication resources for a COT that will be shared between the initiator device and a responder device. In some examples, the responder device may determine the shared bandwidth based on information that is implicit in a transmission from the initiator device. For example, the responder device may determine the shared bandwidth based at least in part on a bandwidth of a transmission from the initiator device.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses for a beam-based channel access countdown procedure. In one aspect, a channel sensing beam may be permitted to include one or more transmit beams and, thus, may differ from a transmit beam that is to be used for a transmission. As such, defining a manner in which a channel access countdown procedure is performed is desirable. Some aspects described herein provide techniques and apparatus for a beam-based channel access countdown procedure. In some aspects, the systems, methods, and apparatuses described herein provide a beam-based channel access countdown procedure that allows a single channel sensing beam, including multiple transmit beams, to be utilized in association with determining channel availability for the multiple transmit beams, thereby improving performance of beam-based directional transmissions.

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: A user equipment (UE) may be provisioned with multiple semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configurations. The UE may determine a differentiation characteristic for determining which SPS configuration is indicated by a downlink control information or associated with a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). For example, the UE may receive a first activation of a first SPS configuration and a second activation of a second SPS configuration. The UE may determine the differentiation characteristic between the first SPS configuration and the second SPS configuration. The UE may determine that one of the first SPS configuration or the second SPS configuration is the SPS configuration for a received PDSCH based on the differentiation characteristic. The UE may transmit an acknowledgment of the PDSCH based on the determined SPS configuration.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine a first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process identifier set associated with a first configured scheduling process and may determine a second HARQ process identifier set associated with a second configured scheduling process. The UE may assign an HARQ process identifier, included in the first HARQ process identifier set, to a process instance associated with the first configured scheduling process and may assign an HARQ process identifier, included in the second HARQ process identifier set, to a process instance associated with the second configured scheduling process. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide staggered synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) in frequency sub-bands for beamformed wireless communications. Transmissions of SSBs and control channel transmissions (e.g., remaining minimum system information (RMSI) physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmissions) may use multiple transmission beams in a beam sweeping procedure. The SSB transmissions may be transmitted using transmission beams that span one frequency sub-band of a number of available frequency sub-bands, and the control channel transmissions may use transmission beams that span two or more of the frequency sub-bands. The SSB beam sweeping procedure may be performed separately during staggered, non-overlapping time periods for each frequency sub-band of the number of frequency sub-bands. Each of the of SSBs may indicate a reference timing of the base station used to identify a set of resources (e.g.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may configure a user equipment (UE) with a multiple listen-before-talk (LBT) bandwidths, where each LBT bandwidth is associated with one or more downlink control channel candidates of a search space for a control resource set. The UE may monitor the LBT bandwidths during a wakeup signal period for a wakeup signal from the base station. The UE may be configured with a total number of blind hypotheses in the set of blind hypotheses which is equal to or greater than a total number of LBT bandwidths. The UE may determine whether to wake up and monitor an on duration of a discontinuous reception cycle based on detection of the wakeup signal.

Abstract: A method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus may be a UE. The apparatus may transmit, to a base station, an indication of a UE capability for PDCCH monitoring. The apparatus may configure, based on the UE capability for PDCCH monitoring, first MOs of a USS set to align with second MOs of a CSS set. The apparatus may monitor, based on the configuration, for a plurality of PDCCHs during PDCCH MOs. The PDCCH MOs may correspond to the first MOs or the second MOs. The first MOs of the USS set may be adjusted dynamically to be in same slots as the second MOs of the CSS set or to be within a predefined range of the second MOs of the CSS set.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for receiver-assisted channel access in shared radio frequency spectrum. A receiver, such as a user equipment (UE) may transmit a measurement report to a transmitter, such as an access network entity, that indicates channel occupancy as measured at the receiver. In some cases, the receiver may identify resources for signal measurement and reporting that are configured by the transmitter, and provide an interference measurement report based on the signal measurements. The interference measurement report may indicate whether a channel is occupied, or an occupancy level of the channel. Resources may be configured for multiple beams, with the interference measurement report including interference measurements for the multiple beams. Further, the signal resources may provide resources for a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure, through signal resource sets that span multiple slots.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support management of network-configured sensing bandwidths in a wireless communication system. In particular aspects, a network configures a sensing bandwidth, and the sensing bandwidth configuration is signaled to a contending node. The contending node (e.g., a UE or a base station) performs a medium sensing procedure (e.g., a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure) using the signaled configuration of the sensing bandwidth. Aspects of this disclosure provide various techniques for signaling the configuration of the sensing bandwidth to the contending node.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a transmitting node may perform a directional listen-before-talk (LBT) using a sensing beam. The transmitting node may start a channel occupancy time (COT) after the directional LBT based at least in part on one of a COT claiming signal or a time stamp. The transmitting node may perform, to a receiving node, one or more transmissions during the COT using one or more transmit beams that are included in the sensing beam. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a transmitter node may determine a set of desired transmit beams to use for transmissions during a channel occupancy time (COT), wherein each transmit beam in the set of desired transmit beams is associated with an energy detection threshold (EDT). The transmitter node may configure a sensing beam associated with a directional listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure, wherein the sensing beam is associated with an EDT that is at least as strict as a strictest EDT associated with the set of desired transmit beams. The transmitter node may transmit using the set of desired transmit beams during the COT, wherein the COT is initiated based at least in part on an indication that the directional LBT procedure succeeded using the sensing beam. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: A method of wireless communication includes performing, by a user equipment (UE), a scan in connection with a listen-before-transmit (LBT) operation. A sensing bandwidth associated with the scan is selected by the UE based at least in part on a transmission bandwidth of an uplink transmission, and at least a portion of the sensing bandwidth is included an unlicensed frequency spectrum. The method further includes transmitting, by the UE, the uplink transmission based on a result of the scan.

Abstract: Aspects directed towards communications for random access procedures are disclosed. In one example, a first beam and a second beam may be available for communications between a scheduled entity and a scheduling entity. The scheduling entity may send, and the scheduled entity may receive, a message 1 transmission for a random access procedure on the first beam. The scheduled entity may open a random access response (RAR) window to monitor for a message 2 transmission according to a predetermined sequence designating whether to monitor the first beam, the second beam, or some combination thereof. The scheduling entity may send, and the scheduled entity may receive, the message 2 transmission on the first beam or the second beam as designated by the predetermined sequence. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also included.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a first downlink control information (DCI) communication for scheduling a first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). The first PDSCH may be associated with at least a first transmit receive point (TRP). The UE may receive a second DCI communication for scheduling a second PDSCH. The second PDSCH may be associated with a second TRP and at least one of the first TRP or a third TRP. The UE may receive downlink communications based at least in part on the first DCI communication and the second DCI communication. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for multi-transmit receive point candidate identification are described. A base station may indicate, to a user equipment (UE), one or more measurements to be performed on multiple transmit receive points (TRPs) for determination of TRP candidates for communications between the UE and the base station. The UE may perform the measurements on each of the TRPs, and transmit a report to the base station that is based on the measurements. The report may be associated with the TRP candidates. The base station may select one or more of the TRP candidates for communications with the UE, and may indicate the selected TRP candidates to the UE.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may transmit a random access request message to a base station in a random access procedure to access a wireless network. In response, the base station may transmit a random access response message to the UE including an uplink grant for a first set of uplink resources for the UE to transmit a radio resource control (RRC) message. The UE may determine a second set of uplink resources for transmitting the RRC message, for example, based on additional uplink grants received in the random access response message. Additionally or alternatively, the UE may derive additional grants implicitly from the first uplink grant received from the base station. The UE may transmit the RRC message to the base station using the first and/or second sets of uplink resources and establish a connection based on the RRC message for subsequent uplink and downlink communications.