Abstract: Systems and methods provide channel state information (CSI) measurement based on measuring a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission. A UE may determine the DMRS for the PDSCH transmission with frequency hopping, and measure the DMRS for the PDSCH transmission to determine a CSI measurement. The UE may then report the CSI measurement to a base station.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided to enhance communications for NTN. In some aspects, a base station (BS) comprises a processor configured to schedule an uplink transmission in response to an uplink transmission request from a user equipment (UE) using one or more subframes ranging from a first uplink subframe to a last uplink subframe. The processor is further configured to determine or receive a timing advance (TA) indicating amount of subframes transmitted during a time delay between the UE and the BS and schedule a downlink transmission aligned with the uplink transmission. The downlink transmission is blocked from subframes ranging from TA plus one or more subframes ahead of the first uplink subframe to TA minus one or more subframes ahead of the last uplink subframe. The processor is further configured to transmit and receive, via a non-terrestrial equipment, the uplink and the downlink.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for to support user equipment (UE) channel state information (CSI) report of time domain channel properties. Embodiments herein consider Uplink Control Information (UCI) multiplexing, UCI omission, Interference Measurement Resource (IMR) configuration, and phase continuity handling. A channel state information report configuration (CSI-ReportConfig) may comprise details regarding measurement and reporting of time domain channel properties (TDCP) based on channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) for tracking reference signal (TRS).

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for positioning reference signals (PRSs) for reduced capacity devices, e.g., in 5G NR systems and beyond. A UE may be configured to may receive, from a network (e.g., from a base station and/or an LMF) a reference signal configuration for the positioning procedure, e.g., based on one or more capabilities reported by the UE. The reference signal configuration may support coherent stitching (e.g., frequency hopping) with tone-overlap. Additionally, the UE may be configured to receive downlink positioning reference signals and mute at least a portion of downlink positioning reference signal resources.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for positioning reference signals (PRSs) for reduced capacity devices, e.g., in 5G NR systems and beyond. A UE may be configured to receive, from a network (e.g., from a base station and/or an LMF), a first repetition of a frequency hopping (FH) PRS in a first frequency bandwidth. The first frequency bandwidth may be a subset of a full bandwidth used for full bandwidth PRSs. The UE may be configured to switch to a second frequency bandwidth that may be overlapped with the first frequency bandwidth. The second frequency bandwidth may be a subset of the full bandwidth. Additionally, the UE may be configured to receive a second repetition of the FH PRS in the second frequency bandwidth.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for to support user equipment (UE) channel state information (CSI) report of time domain channel properties. Embodiments of a UE herein may receive, from a network node, a CSI report configuration (CSI-ReportConfig). The CSI-ReportConfig may comprise details regarding measurement and reporting of time domain channel properties (TDCP) based on a CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) for tracking reference signal (TRS). The UE may determine invalid CSI-RS resources and valid CSI-RS resources based on a timing of a duplex direction change. The UE may measure and report TDCP based on the valid CSI-RS resources.

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for user equipment related design concepts for channel state information enhancement to exploit channel time-domain properties.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE), a baseband processor or other network device can operate in a new radio (NR) unlicensed network to correlate resource selection with shared spectrum channel access. The device can perform a resource selection procedures within a resource selection window (RSW) to determine a set of candidate resources, and a clear channel assessment (CCA). A resource selection of one or more resources can be performed from the set of candidate resources to enable a sidelink (SL) communication. The CCA initiates after an aperiodic traffic arrival, after a previous transmission, or after the resource selection is completed.

Abstract: Systems and methods for sidelink (SL) resource pool resource use by a user equipment (UE) are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, when the UE performs contiguous partial sensing in addition to periodic partial sensing, the UE performs one of resource selection and resource re-evaluation based a size of a time gap between a slot where the UE has SL data and a first slot of periodic-based candidate slots within a resource selection window. In other embodiments, the UE performs contiguous partial sensing without additional periodic partial sensing in the case where a packet delay budget (PDB) for the SL data is greater than a threshold. In some embodiments, the UE performs periodic partial sensing for resource re-evaluation and/or resource pre-emption according to a set of periodicity values Preserve,rs-ev (and optionally period definition data Kre-ev). Restrictions on the use of random resource selection by the UE are also described.

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for configuring or utilizing rate matching patterns and interference measurements.

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for switching network bandwidth adjustment and indication.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for positioning reference signals (PRSs) for reduced capacity devices, e.g., in 5G NR systems and beyond. A UE may report, to a network one or more capabilities associated with a positioning procedure for location estimation. The UE may receive, from the network and based on the one or more capabilities, a reference signal configuration for the positioning procedure. The reference signal configuration may support coherent stitching (e.g., frequency hopping) with tone-overlap. The reference signal configuration may, to support coherent stitching with tone-overlap, include additional repetitions that enable mapping over a bandwidth and/or a scaling factor that may be based, at least in part, on an actual bandwidth, a desired positioning measurement bandwidth, and an overlap indicated by the UE. The UE may perform reference signal measurements based on the reference signal configuration.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for positioning reference signals (PRSs) for reduced capacity devices, e.g., in 5G NR systems and beyond. A UE may report, to a network (e.g., to a base station or an LMF) one or more capabilities associated with a positioning procedure for location estimation, e.g., such as a radio frequency retuning time, a parameter indicating a number of bandwidth switches needed by the UE to cover an effective bandwidth and a duration of downlink positioning reference signal symbols, N, that the UE can process in an indicated time period, T, and/or a processing bandwidth, among other parameters. The UE may be configured to transmit a reference signal configuration for the positioning procedure. The reference signal configuration may support frequency hopping with tone-overlap. The reference signal configuration may include an indication of a repetition factor and/or an indication of a frequency hopping factor.

Abstract: Some aspects include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for identifying a panel on user equipment (UE) for sounding reference signal (SRS) and/or physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) communications. This panel selection may be applicable to codebook as well as non-codebook based PUSCH transmission schemes. In some aspects, a base station may provide the UE with an indication of one or more SRS resources and/or sets of SRS resources. The UE may then identify a panel corresponding to the indicated SRS resources and use this panel for PUSCH communications. In some aspects, the UE may apply prioritization scheduling when the UE uses different panels for SRS and PUSCH communications. This prioritization scheduling may address switching delays, which may occur when the UE switches between panels.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for to support user equipment (UE) channel state information (CSI) report of time domain channel properties concurrently with Interference Measurement Resources (IMRs) measurements. Embodiments herein consider Uplink Control Information (UCI) multiplexing, UCI omission, Interference Measurement Resource (IMR) configuration, and phase continuity handling. A CSI report configuration (CSI-ReportConfig) may comprise configuration details for both one or more Channel Measurement Resources (CMRs) and one or more Interference Measurement Resources (IMRs). The CMRs may be used to measure time domain channel properties (TDCP) based on a CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) for tracking reference signal (TRS).

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to transmit physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions. The UE receives a downlink control information (DCI) transmission including a transmission power control (TPC) configuration, wherein the TPC configuration includes at least one TPC command, determines a subset of (i) multiple closed loop indexes or (ii) multiple beams for which the TPC command is configured, wherein the multiple closed loop indexes and multiple beams correspond to multiple transmission and reception points (TRPs) and applies the TPC command to one or more physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions corresponding to the subset of multiple closed loop indexes or beams.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for CSI enhancement for multi-TRP coherent joint transmission. A user equipment (UE) receives signals from a plurality of transmission and reception points (TRPs). The UE determines, based on the signals, multiple TRP (multi-TRP) coherent joint transmission (CJT) channel state information (CSI) report information for a codebook based on a spatial basis selection matrix, a combination coefficient matrix, and a frequency basis selection matrix. The spatial basis selection matrix is layer common, polarization common, and TRP independent. The UE reports, to one or more of the plurality of TRPs, the multi-TRP CJT CSI report information.

Abstract: This disclosure provides details of sequence-based WUS design and signaling, also DCI-based WUS design which also serves as scheduling DCI. For sequence-based WUS there are two variants. A first is based on CSI-RS, that is relatively wide band so the sequence occupies wider band compared to SSB transmission. The second is more akin to the Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS) type of sequence in that it occupies a narrower band over the entire bandwidth.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to received phase tracking-reference signals (PT-RS). The UE receives configuration information associated with inserting phase tracking-reference signals (PT-RS) into a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) signal, generates a first signal that is to be transmitted over the PUCCH and is configured to include one or more PT-RS and transmits the first signal over the PUCCH. The UE may also generate a second signal that is to be transmitted over the PUSCH and is configured to include one or more PT-RS, wherein the configuration information further comprises configuration information associated with inserting PT-RS into a physical uplink control (PUSCH) signal and transmit the second signal over the PUSCH, wherein the PUCCH and PUSCH transmissions are performed simultaneously over different component carriers (CCs).

Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing techniques for a user equipment (UE) to multiplex a first HARQ of a first priority and a second HARQ of a second priority to form an initial UCI payload. The UE can select a PUCCH resource accordingly to a PUCCH configuration, and generate a second UCI payload by removing or replacing at least a portion of the initial UCI payload when a size of the initial UCI payload is larger than a size of the PUCCH resource. The UE can encode at least a part of the second UCI payload including the first HARQ to generate an error correction code word. Afterwards, the UE can add the error correction code word to the second UCI payload to generate a transmission UCI payload, and transmit the transmission UCI payload to the base station.