Abstract: A method related to random access (RA) and a user equipment (UE) are provided. The method includes: initiating a RA procedure; identifying the RA procedure is associated with a service; identifying the service is supported by a base station (BS); determining whether to perform a comparison with a reference signal received power (RSRP) threshold for determining a RA type of the RA procedure according to a resource configuration for the RA type; determining the RA type according to the resource configuration in response to the resource configuration being that a resource selected for the RA procedure is configured with merely one RA type associated with the service; and performing the comparison with the RSRP threshold for determining the RA type in response to the resource configuration being that the resource selected for the RA procedure is not configured with merely one RA type associated with the service.

Abstract: A method for a random access (RA) procedure performed by a user equipment (UE) having a specific access identity value is provided. The method comprises receiving a mapping table from a base station; transmitting a first RA preamble to the base station; receiving a random access response (RAR) including a backoff value; setting a resultant backoff value by multiplying the backoff value by a specific backoff multiplier corresponding to the specific access identity value in a case that the specific access identity value is included in the mapping table and an indication corresponding to the specific access identity value is not a specific value; setting the resultant backoff value to the backoff value in a case that the specific access identity value is not included in the mapping table; and transmitting a second RA preamble to the base station after a duration indicated by the resultant backoff value expires.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) includes a processor coupled to the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media containing computer-executable instructions embodied therein. The processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to determine a transmission of a Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) using a first uplink (UL) resource associated with a first configured grant (CG) configuration has not been successfully performed, the first UL resource being associated with a first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process, and the MAC PDU being obtained for the first HARQ process; receive a second CG configuration associated with a second UL resource for another transmission, the second UL resource being associated with a second HARQ process; and transmit the MAC PDU on the second UL resource when it is determined that the second UL resource is suitable for transmitting the MAC PDU.

Abstract: A method performed by a UE for Listen Before Talk (LBT) failure detection and recovery includes the UE triggering a first consistent LBT failure procedure for a first consistent LBT failure detected on a first Bandwidth Part (BWP) of a first cell of a Base Station (BS); triggering a second consistent LBT failure procedure for a second consistent LBT failure detected on a second BWP of a second cell of the BS; triggering a first Scheduling Request (SR) procedure for the first consistent LBT failure; triggering a second SR procedure for the second consistent LBT failure; receiving, from the BS, an indication for BWP switching of the first cell; switching an active BWP of the first cell based on the indication; canceling the first consistent LBT failure procedure in response to receiving the indication; and canceling the first SR procedure in response to receiving the indication.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for handling measurement operations in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes a UE receiving a first measurement configuration in system information from a first serving cell. The first measurement configuration indicates at least one first cell applicable for being measured by the UE in a first Radio Resource Control (RRC) state which is an RRC idle state or an RRC inactive state. The method further includes the UE performing, in the first RRC state, a first measurement operation based on the first measurement configuration to generate a first measurement result of the at least one first cell and retaining the first measurement result when the UE transitions from the first RRC state to a second RRC state.

Abstract: A method performed by a BS for cell selection or reselection is provided. The method includes transmitting, to a UE, allowed NPN information that is in a form of a CAG ID list or in a form of an SNPN ID list; and transmitting, to the UE, NPN information and area information associated with the NPN information via a SIB1, the NPN information including an NPN ID list. In a case that the allowed NPN information is in the form of the CAG ID list, the allowed NPN information enables the UE to perform a first procedure. In a case that the allowed NPN information is in the form of the SNPN ID list, the allowed NPN information enables the UE to perform a second procedure. ABS using the method is also provided.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus for communicating with a base station apparatus, the terminal apparatus including: a receiver configured to receive, from the base station apparatus, a Radio Resource Control (RRC) reconfiguration message including a radio bearer configuration information element; and a processing unit configured to, in a case that a radio bearer identity included in the radio bearer configuration information element is not part of a configuration of the terminal apparatus and that the radio bearer configuration information element includes a Service Data Adaptation Protocol (SDAP) configuration information element and that a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session information element included in the SDAP configuration information element is not part of the configuration of the terminal apparatus, indicate to upper layers that a user-plane resource is configured for a PDU session corresponding to a value of the PDU session information element.

Abstract: A method for wireless communication performed by a UE is provided. The method includes: receiving, from a serving cell, a bandwidth part (BWP) configuration; configuring a plurality of uplink (UL) BWPs in the serving cell based on the BWP configuration; determining that listen-before-talk (LBT) fails in a first UL BWP of the plurality of UL BWPs; switching from the first UL BWP to a second UL BWP of the plurality of UL BWPs after determining that the second UL BWP is configured with physical random access channel (PRACH) occasions and LBT has not failed in the second UL BWP; and releasing a radio resource control (RRC) connection and transitioning to an RRC_IDLE state after determining that LBT has failed in each of the plurality of UL BWPs that is configured with PRACH occasions.

Abstract: A method for a user equipment (UE) performing a beam failure recovery (BFR) procedure is disclosed. The method comprises performing a first beam failure detection (BFD) procedure on a first cell, performing a second BFD procedure on a second cell, triggering a first BFR procedure for a first cell in response to a beam failure being detected on the first cell by the first BFD procedure, triggering a second BFR procedure for a second cell in response to a beam failure being detected on the second cell by the second BFD procedure, and canceling the triggered first BFR procedure for the first cell in response to a BFR report corresponding to at least one of the first and second BFR procedures being successfully transmitted to a base station (BS), wherein the BFR report includes BFR information of the first cell.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes: a measurement unit configured to measure a first radio link quality based on at least part of a plurality of reference signals and a second radio link quality based on at least part of the plurality of reference signals in a certain serving cell; and a processing unit configured to trigger a report in a case that the first radio link quality and the second radio link quality satisfy a predetermined condition.

Abstract: A method of wireless communication is provided. The method includes transmitting an RRC system information request message to a cell; receiving a minimum required received level factor and an offset via system information, the offset being included in at least one of a SIB3 and a SIB4; obtaining a minimum required received level based on the minimum required received level factor and on the offset multiplied by an integer larger than one; determining a cell selection criterion based on the minimum required received level; and performing inter-frequency cell reselection according to the cell selection criterion when the offset is received in first neighboring cell related information for the inter-frequency cell reselection in the SIB4. A user equipment using such method is also provided.

Abstract: A method of decoding a bitstream by an electronic device is provided. The electronic device receives the bitstream and determines an affine enabled flag corresponding to one or more image frames from the bitstream. The electronic device determines a maximum index corresponding to the one or more image frames from the bitstream when the affine enabled flag is true. An index value of the maximum index is in an index range of 0 to N?K, N being a first integer and K being a second integer less than N. The electronic device determines a maximum number of zero or more subblock-based merging motion vector prediction (MVP) candidates based on the maximum index when the affine enabled flag is true. The electronic device reconstructs the one or more image frames based on the maximum number of zero or more subblock-based merging MVP candidates.

Abstract: Included are a receiver receiving a PDCCH and a PDSCH scheduled by the PDCCH, and a transmitter transmitting, on a PUCCH, one or multiple HARQ-ACKs including at least a HARQ-ACK corresponding to a TB included in the PDSCH and an SR. For the HARQ-ACK of two or less bits, a resource of the PUCCH is, from one or multiple PUCCH resources in a PUCCH resource set, based at least on a first value based at least on the number of bits of the one or multiple HARQ-ACKs transmitted in the PUCCH, regardless of the number of resources of the SR overlapping with the PUCCH. For the HARQ-ACK of more than two bits, the resource of the PUCCH is, from the one or multiple PUCCH resources in the PUCCH resource set, based at least on a sum of the number of bits of the one or multiple HARQ-ACKs and the SR.

Abstract: A method and a User Equipment (UE) for small data transmission are provided. The method includes receiving a Radio Resource Control (RRC) release message; measuring at least one Downlink (DL) Reference Signal (RS) to obtain a measurement result; selecting a particular Configure Grant (CG) resource for small data transmission according to the measurement result; determining whether a Timing Advance (TA) value for the particular CG resource is valid for small data transmission according to (i) an amount of Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) change of a DL RS associated with the particular CG resource and (ii) whether a TA-related timer is running; and performing small data transmission on the particular CG resource after determining that the TA value is valid.

Abstract: An Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) node that communicates over a radio interface is provided. The IAB node includes: processing circuity configured to perform cell selection or cell reselection based on whether a corresponding cell is associated with an IAB donor or the IAB node. A hop number is defined for each of the IAB donor and the IAB node, where the hop number of the IAB donor is “0”.

Abstract: A method of cell reselection in a non-public network (NPN) for a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes receiving, from a first cell via a first System Information Block 1 (SIB1), a first network identity associated with a first indication, receiving, from a second cell via a second SIB1, a second network identity associated with a second indication, selecting one of the first network identity and the second network identity, determining whether the first indication is present and whether the first network identity is selected by the UE, determining the first cell as barred for the cell reselection when the first indication is present, but the first network identity is not selected by the UE, and determining the first cell as a candidate cell for the cell reselection when the first indication is present and the first network identity is selected by the UE.

Abstract: Provided is a communication unit configured to allow a function for CIoT to be used even in a 5GS that supports a network-initiated configuration update procedure and a plurality of types of session and service continuities. Further provided is a communication unit configured to appropriately manage, by a user equipment, connection established between the user equipment and a network even in a case that a network-initiated change of a state of the user equipment has been performed. Thereby, the communication unit for implementing the function for CIoT in the 5GS and the communication unit for implementing a network-initiated procedure of changing the state of the user equipment are provided.

Abstract: A method for providing system information (SI) by a base station in a wireless communication network is disclosed. The SI includes minimum SI and at least one other SI block. The method includes broadcasting the minimum SI having an area identification (ID) and at least one value tag, and receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message requesting the at least one other SI block from a user equipment (UE) when the area ID is different from a stored area ID on the UE or when the value tag is different from a stored value tag on the UE.

Abstract: A base station apparatus includes a downlink reference signal generation unit configured to generate a first demodulation reference signal and a second demodulation reference signal that are reference signals used to demodulate a data signal, and a radio transmitting unit configured to transmit the first demodulation reference signal, the second demodulation reference signal, and control information to the terminal apparatus. The control information includes parameters regarding the first demodulation reference signal and parameters regarding the second demodulation reference signal. The parameters regarding the first demodulation reference signal include an antenna port number. The parameters regarding the second demodulation reference signal include an antenna port number, and a time domain density or a frequency domain density with which demodulation reference signals are mapped into a slot. The first demodulation reference signal is mapped before the second demodulation reference signal in the slot.

Abstract: A state managing unit configured to control a prescribed communication resource allocating process and a reception processing unit configured to receive a control element (CE) are included. The prescribed communication resource allocating process is a process of allocating a communication resource at a predetermined time interval, and the state managing unit suspends an uplink grant configured for the prescribed communication resource allocating process in a case that the reception processing unit receives an SCell Activation/Deactivation MAC CE for deactivating a secondary cell, or an sCellDeactivationTimer configured for the secondary cell expires, and the state managing unit reinitializes the uplink grant suspended, in a case that the reception processing unit receives the SCell Activation/Deactivation MAC CE for activating the secondary cell after the state managing unit suspends the uplink grant.