Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed herein for facilitating spatial misalignment tracking for OAM beams in millimeter wave and higher frequency bands. An example method for wireless communication at a first communication device includes receiving, from a second communication device, a first misalignment tracking RS and a second misalignment tracking RS for an OAM transmission. The example method also includes determining a misalignment based on the first misalignment tracking RS, the second misalignment tracking RS, and using a subset of antenna elements of an antenna array of the first communication device. Additionally, the example method includes adjusting reception of a subsequent OAM transmission from the second communication device at the antenna array of the first communication device.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some wireless communications system, a wireless device may append, during a first encoding stage, a first set of cyclic redundancy check bits having a first size to each code block of a plurality of code blocks and may concatenate two or more code blocks from the plurality of code blocks into a first set of code blocks, each code block of the two or more code blocks including the appended first set of cyclic redundancy check bits. The wireless device may further append, during a second encoding stage, a second set of cyclic redundancy check bits having a second size to the first set of code blocks, and may transmit a message comprising the plurality of code blocks including the appended first set of cyclic redundancy check bits and the appended second set of cyclic redundancy check bits.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that support techniques for wireless communications using preconfigured uplink resources. Generally, the described techniques provide for enhancement of communication features including frequency hopping, an uplink control channel, coverage enhancement, timing advance, uplink power control, reconfiguration, a downlink control channel, a downlink data channel, retransmissions, or subcarrier spacing for a UE in idle mode. The UE may receive an uplink resource configuration for uplink communications in idle mode, the uplink resource configuration comprising an indicator associated with allocated resources for the uplink communications in idle mode and a set of parameters. The UE may transmit, while in idle mode, a first uplink transmission associated with a transport block on the allocated resources and according to one or more of the parameters, and monitor for a response to the first uplink transmission.

Abstract: Techniques are described of using Position Dependent Intra Prediction Combination (PDPC). A video coder such as a video encoder or a video decoder utilizes PDPC in cases where a current block intra mode predicted using an angular intra prediction mode.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A set of user equipments (UEs) may communicate with each other on communication links using data resources from a pool of shared resources. The UEs may be configured to multiplex control resources with data resources of a shared resource pool. In some cases, a UE may communicate, in control resources, control signaling to reserve data resources of a shared resource pool. After transmitting the request, the UE may communicate data in one or more data resources. The UE may communicate the data using transmission components while concurrently processing control signaling using other components.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. A user equipment (UE) may receive, via a control channel in a primary cell, one or more downlink control information (DCI) messages that include a secondary cell (SCell) dormancy indication and a request for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback. The DCI messages may have a format associated with downlink scheduling, and fields used to carry the SCell dormancy indication and the request for HARQ feedback may have a configuration that depends on whether the DCI messages are used to schedule a downlink data transmission. Furthermore, in some aspects, a DCI message may include a field that has a value to indicate whether the DCI message does or does not schedule a downlink data transmission, to enable the UE to correctly receive and decode the SCell dormancy indication and the request for HARQ feedback.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for display or graphics processing. Aspects of the present disclosure can calculate first location information based on a first image mesh. Further, aspects of the present disclosure can determine a first UV image based on the calculated first location information. Additionally, aspects of the present disclosure can calculate second location information based on a second image mesh and the determined first UV image. Aspects of the present disclosure can also determine a second UV image based on the calculated second location information. Aspects of the present disclosure can also generate a third image mesh based on the determined second UV image. Also, aspects of the present disclosure can calculate third location information based on the third image mesh and a camera image. Aspects of the present disclosure can also determine a display image based on the calculated third location information.

Abstract: Aspects include systems, methods, devices, and non-transitory processor readable storage mediums for reducing excessive millimeter wave (mmW) radio frequency (RF) exposure to a user of a wireless device. Various aspects may enable an RF exposure condition for the wireless device to be detected while the wireless device is operating in a mmW mode during a voice. In some aspects, a mmW carrier quality report may be adjusted to deprioritize mmW in response to determining the RF exposure condition for the wireless device is occurring during the voice call.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for coordinated slot-based radar sensing. A first radar device, which may be a radar group leader, may broadcast information indicative of a wireless device group that includes the first wireless device. The first wireless device may receive, from a second wireless device that receives the broadcast information, a request to join the wireless device group that includes the first wireless device. The first wireless device may transmit, to the second wireless device based on the request, a grant or rejection to join the wireless device group that includes the first wireless device. The first wireless device may further transmit a transmission schedule to at least one wireless device of the wireless device group, where the at least one wireless device may include the second wireless device if the first wireless device transmits the grant.

Abstract: Systems and methods for chip operation using serial peripheral interface (SPI) without a chip select pin are disclosed. A communication link between a host and a device may include a clock line, a host to device line, and a device to host line. The host may signal a start or stop condition using the clock line and the device may send an acknowledgment of the host's signaling through the device to host line. Once acknowledgment is made, the host may then signal on the host to device line using a protocol such as SPI.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for handling mobility between areas with heterogeneous network slices in wireless communications systems operating according to new radio (NR) technologies. An exemplary method that may be performed by a UE includes receiving an indication that a network slice is not available, entering a connection management idle (CM-IDLE) state, and initiating a registration procedure with an access and mobility management function (AMF) subsequent to entering the CM-IDLE state.

Abstract: Example implementations include a method, apparatus and computer-readable medium of wireless communication over a sidelink between a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE. The first UE may identify a configuration for discontinuous reception (DRX) for direct link communications with a second UE. The first UE may determine a channel busy ratio (CBR) based on a plurality of CBR measurement occasions within a time window prior to a direct link transmission based on the configuration for DRX. The first UE may determine whether to perform a congestion control on the direct link transmission based on the CBR. The first UE may perform a direct link transmission subject to a channel occupancy ratio limit.

Abstract: A configuration for a random access procedure including concurrent message 2 PDCCH monitoring with different procedures. The apparatus transmits a first random access message 1. The apparatus transmits a second random access message 1 in response to determining that a first random access message 2 control portion has not been received during a first portion of a first RAR window. The apparatus monitors for the first random access message 2 control portion and a second random access message 2 control portion concurrently during a second portion of the first RAR window. A coverage enhanced monitoring procedure for the second message 2 control portion is different than a monitoring procedure for the first message 2 control portion. The apparatus receives and decodes a random access message 2 control portion. The apparatus monitors for a random access message 2 data portion in response to decoding the random access message 2 control portion.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for narrowband communications using frequency hopping in an unlicensed frequency band. In some aspects, a base station (BS) and a user equipment (UE) may communicate with one another over a sequence of unique frequency sub-bands of a frequency hopping pattern. In some instances, the BS and the UE may switch from a current frequency sub-band to another frequency sub-band based on a number of unsuccessful attempts to gain access to the current frequency sub-band. In some other instances, the BS and the UE may communicate data using configured grant (CG) resources based on a number of unsuccessful attempts to gain access to the current frequency sub-band.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a repeater may receive, in a bandwidth part that carries a control interface of the repeater, an indication of a repeater configuration for the repeater. The repeater may communicate, based at least in part on the repeater configuration, with at least one of a base station or a user equipment. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Devices and methods for detection of active return loss for an antenna element of a plurality of antenna elements of a phased array antenna are provided. An exemplary device can convert a voltage differential at an input of a power amplifier (PA) to first current. The device can convert a coupled voltage corresponding to a signal transmitted from the PA to a respective antenna element, to a second current. The device can convert a reflected voltage corresponding to a signal reflected from the respective antenna element, to a third current. The device can convert the first current, the second current, and the third current to an output voltage at a generator output. The device can further have a controller that can adaptively generate codebooks for transmission based on the output voltage.

Abstract: A base station is disclosed that includes two separated antenna arrays. In a TDD mode of operation, both arrays are used for either transmit or receive. In a sub-band full-duplex mode of operation, one array is used to transmit downlink symbols while the remaining array is used to receive uplink symbols.

Abstract: In certain aspects, an apparatus includes a power detector coupled between a power amplifier and an antenna, and a voltage detector coupled between the power amplifier and the antenna. The apparatus also includes a phase shifter coupled to the power detector, and a load measurement circuit coupled to the power detector, the voltage detector, and the phase shifter.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some examples, a user equipment (UE) may identify a configuration for reporting a set of directional beams and measurement information for the set of directional beams to a base station. The configuration may include a first metric for selecting the set of directional beams and a second metric for determining the measurement information. During a beam management procedure, the UE may select the set of directional beams according to the first metric and transmit a report indicating the selected set of directional beams along with the measurement information according to the second metric.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a network may schedule a user equipment (UE) for multiple transmission/reception point (TRP) communication. The network may transmit a single downlink control information (DCI) message to the UE to dynamically configure multiple transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states for the multiple TRPs. In a first example, the DCI message may include a bit field indicating a set of antenna ports and the multi-TRP scheme for transmission. In a second example, the DCI message may include a separate field indicating the multi-TRP scheme (e.g., based on UE capabilities). In a third example, the DCI may indicate redundancy versions (RVs) for different TRPs in an RV field or across multiple fields. In a fourth example, the DCI may include an indication of a precoding resource block group (PRG) size that may be interpreted differently based on the indicated multi-TRP scheme.