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.

Abstract: A User Equipment (UE) includes: a transmitter configured to transmit, in a case that a timer is running for a piece of Single Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI) at a time when a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) is changed, a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session establishment request message for an identical piece of S-NSSAI in a changed PLMN without stopping the timer. This configuration allows for provision of a communication control method for the terminal to apply congestion managements expected by the network to the congestion managements applied by the network in 5G congestion management to which multiple congestion managements are applied.

Abstract: The present invention provides a communication means that enables use of a function for providing connectivity to a local area data network (LADN) in a 5G system (5GS). Furthermore, the present invention provides a communication means that enables use of a function for providing connectivity to an LADN between a user equipment and a network when the use of the function for providing connectivity to an LADN is enabled.

Abstract: A method by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a radio resource control (RRC) configuration carrying a configuration for a first downlink (DL) channel and an uplink (UL) channel, receiving the first DL channel and a second DL channel, and canceling the UL channel when a timing condition between the first DL channel and the second DL channel is satisfied.

Abstract: A method, performed by a User Equipment (UE), includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising an information for configuring a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest-ACKnowledge (HARQ-ACK) codebook list, first downlink control information (DCI) and second DCI; determining whether a size difference exists between a first downlink assignment index (DAI) field of the first DCI and a second DAI field of the second DCI; and inserting at least one bit with a zero value into one of the first DAI field and the second DAI field when the size difference between the first DAI field of the first DCI and the second DAI field of the second DCI is determined, wherein the HARQ-ACK codebook list includes a first HARQ-ACK codebook indicated by the first DCI and a second HARQ-ACK codebook indicated by the second DCI.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) and a method for sidelink failure management are provided. The method includes receiving, from a source cell, a first message including a sidelink Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration associated with a target cell; determining that a sidelink failure event associated with an associated sidelink destination UE occurs; and transmitting a sidelink failure report indicating the sidelink failure event to the target cell after performing a handover procedure to switch from the source cell to the target cell.

Abstract: A method for wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes: receiving a master information block (MIB) from a cell, the MIB including a cell barred information element (IE); receiving a system information block type 1 (SIB1) from the cell, the SIB1 including a first non-public network (NPN) identity (ID), a first cell reserved for operator use IE associated with the first NPN ID, and a cell reserved for other use IE; and determining to treat the cell as a candidate cell for cell selection or cell reselection procedures when the cell barred IE is “not barred”, the cell reserved for other use IE is not “true”, the first cell reserved for operator use IE is “reserved”, the first NPN ID matches a registered stand-alone NPN (SNPN) ID of the UE, and an access ID of the UE is 11 or 15.

Abstract: A method and a User Equipment (UE) for cell (re)selection are provided. The method includes: receiving an intra-frequency-reselection indicator in a Master Information Block (MIB) from a cell on a specific frequency; determining whether the cell belongs to a network to which the UE is registered; determining other cells on the specific frequency as barred cells that the UE is not permitted to select in an intra-frequency cell reselection, in a case that the cell belongs to the network and the intra-frequency-reselection indicator is set to a first value indicating that the intra-frequency cell reselection is not allowed to be performed; and performing the intra-frequency cell reselection to the other cells on the specific frequency, in a case that the cell does not belong to the network or the intra-frequency-reselection indicator is set to a second value indicating that the intra-frequency cell reselection is allowed to be performed.

Abstract: A method of signaling tile set parameters is disclosed. A value for a syntax element is signaled in a network abstraction layer (NAL) unit. The value for the syntax element indicates that a tile set layer syntax structure is included in the NAL unit. Values for one or more tile set parameters included in the tile set layer syntax structure are signaled.

Abstract: A method related to physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) cell switching and a user equipment (UE) are provided. The method includes: receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message from a base station; determining a PUCCH cell from the first cell and the second cell according to at least one PUCCH cell pattern; and transmitting the PUCCH transmission on the PUCCH cell during the time resource units. The RRC message includes at least one PUCCH cell pattern associated with multiple cell indexes and a first subcarrier spacing (SCS) associated with a first cell and a second SCS associated with a second cell. Each cell index corresponds to a cell, and the PUCCH cell pattern indicates which cell corresponds to one time resource unit used for PUCCH transmission.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an access control method performed at user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving, from a base station, multiple pieces of access control information corresponding to multiple network types; using the received multiple pieces of access control information to respectively perform an access control check for the multiple network types of networks; starting an access barring timer according to an access control check result; and if the access barring timer times out, informing an upper layer of the UE that barring of access is removed. The present disclosure also provides an access control configuration method for UE performed at a base station, corresponding UE, and a corresponding base station.

Abstract: A method by a UE for performing a random access procedure is provided. The method comprises transmitting a MSGA, monitoring a MSGB-RNTI within a MSGB window starting from an earliest symbol of an earliest PDCCH occasion after the MSGA transmission, receiving the MSGB in a first slot, the MSGB including a success RAR that contains a HARQ Feedback Timing Indicator, a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) Resource Indicator, and a UE Contention Resolution Identity, determining, by a MAC entity, to instruct a lower layer to transmit a HARQ feedback in a second slot in response to the reception of the success RAR, delivering, by the MAC entity, the HARQ Feedback Timing Indicator and the PUCCH Resource Indicator to the lower layer, and performing, by the lower layer, a HARQ feedback delivery on an uplink (UL) resource.

Abstract: The present invention includes a receiver configured to receive first information, the first information including information for configuring whether transform precoding for a physical uplink shared channel is enabled, and a transmitter configured to transmit information indicating a first power headroom level for the physical uplink shared channel with the transform precoding enabled and information indicating a second power headroom level for the physical uplink shared channel with the transform precoding not enabled.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) and a method for small data transmission (SDT) are provided. The method includes receiving a Radio Resource Control (RRC) release message from a Base Station (BS), the RRC release message indicating an SDT configuration including a Configured Grant (CG) configuration and a timer; initiating a transmission on an Uplink (UL) resource while the UE is in an RRC_INACTIVE state, the UL resource being either configured by the CG configuration or scheduled by a UL grant from the BS; starting or restarting the timer after initiating the transmission; and monitoring a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) addressed to a specific Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) on a specific search space while the timer is running.

Abstract: A method for a conditional Primary Secondary Cell Group (SCG) Cell (PSCell) change (CPC) procedure performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes: receiving, from a master node, a conditional reconfiguration for changing from a source PSCell to a target PSCell in an SCG portion of a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message, the conditional reconfiguration including a configuration of the target PSCell and an execution condition; evaluating the execution condition; applying the configuration of the target PSCell and synchronizing to the target PSCell after determining that the execution condition is satisfied; and transmitting, to the master node, a response message after determining that the conditional reconfiguration is applied.

Abstract: A communication method of performing Bandwidth Part (BWP) switching between a non-dormant BWP and a dormant BWP is provided. The communication method is performed by a UE configured by a Base Station (BS) with a serving cell and a dormancy group to which the serving cell belongs. The communication method includes activating the non-dormant BWP as an activated BWP for the serving cell; initializing a first Random Access (RA) procedure on the serving cell; receiving, from the BS, one of a first indication for BWP switching for the serving cell and a second indication for BWP switching for the dormancy group while the first RA procedure is ongoing; switching the activated BWP for the serving cell, based on one of the first indication and the second indication, from the non-dormant BWP to the dormant BWP; and stopping the first RA procedure after receiving one of the first indication and the second indication.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus for communicating with one or more base station apparatuses, the terminal apparatus including: a receiver configured to receive an RRC reconfiguration message including a DRB configuration from the one or more base station apparatuses, the DRB configuration including a DRB identity and an EPS bearer identity; and a processing unit configured to associate a DRB established with the EPS identity in a case that the DRB identity is not part of a current configuration of the terminal apparatus, and the DRB was configured for the EPS bearer identity.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, through RRC signaling from a base station, indicating a dormancy cell group having at least a first serving cell and a second serving cell, receiving a first indicator indicating a dormant behavior to the first serving cell is to be activated when the first serving cell is activated, receiving a second indicator indicating a dormant behavior to the second serving cell is to be deactivated when the second serving cell is activated. The method also includes receiving a cell activation indication to activate the first serving cell and the second serving cell, activating the first serving cell and the second serving cell, applying the dormant behavior to the first serving cell based on the first indicator when the first serving cell is activated, and not applying the dormant behavior to the second serving cell based on the second indicator when the second serving cell is activated.