Abstract: A system information reception method and apparatus. The method includes a terminal equipment receives a first synchronization signal block (SSB) transmitted by a network device, the first synchronization signal block being transmitted on an unlicensed or shared spectrum/band, and/or a first bit in ssb-SubcarrierOffset and/or ??+5 in a physical broadcast channel payload contained in the first synchronization signal block being used for indicating a QCL relationship between SSBs or being not used for indicating a first parameter; the terminal equipment determines the first parameter (kSSB) according to the first synchronization signal block; and receives SIB1, associated with the first synchronization signal block, or a second synchronization signal block according to the first parameter.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application are related to a method and apparatus for uplink transmission. An exemplary method of the present application includes: receiving a downlink control information (DCI) indicating a set of common transmission configuration indication (TCI) states for uplink transmission; and in response to the set of common TCI states being applicable for the uplink transmission, transmitting uplink transmission with repetition according to at least part of the set of common TCI states; or transmitting uplink transmission without repetition according to one of the set of common TCI states or an additional TCI state instead of the set of common TCI states.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The described techniques relate to various scheduling procedures for wireless communications. In some implementations, a user equipment (UE) may estimate transmission power used over a duration for tracking a specific absorption rate (SAR) and may indicate the estimated transmission power to a network. The network may schedule the UE based on the estimated transmission power. In some implementations, the UE may receive a control message that includes an uplink grant and an indication to skip monitoring of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) during a discontinuous reception cycle (DRX) on-duration. The UE may transmit a message to accept, partially accept, or reject the skipping of PDCCH monitoring. In some implementations, the UE may be configured for multiple user, multiple input, multiple output (MU-MIMO) communications with other UEs. The UE may receive a message that indicates parameters of the other UEs.

Abstract: A communication apparatus uses communication with Ack message and communication without Ack message, shares with an external apparatus a data size to be received via the communication without Ack message by communicating with the external apparatus using the communication with Ack message, and receives data corresponding to one block by receiving preset data corresponding to the one block as a packet of a plurality of partial blocks using the communication without Ack message after the data size has been shared via the sharing unit. Whether reception of data corresponding to the one block has been correctly executed when a transmission completion notification for data corresponding to the one block is received from the external apparatus via the communication with Ack message is determined and transmitted to the external apparatus via the communication with Ack message until the data size is received.

Abstract: Provided are a terminal device and a network device. A terminal device includes a transceiver; a processor; and a memory storing computer programs which, when executed by the processor, are operable with the processor to: cause the transceiver to receive first control information, where the first control information is used for scheduling one or more physical channels; determine a quasi-co-location (QCL) reference for the one or more physical channels according to at least one of a preset rule, the first control information, or first configuration information.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for transmission configuration indication (TCI) state indication in a wireless communication system. A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a downlink control information (DCI) including at least one TCI codepoint indicating first and second TCI states; determining, based on the first or second TCI states, a third quasi co-location (QCL) assumption for receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); and receiving the PDCCH that schedules first or second transmission occasions of a first or second physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs), respectively. The method further includes receiving information on PDSCH repetition schemes; determining, based on the first or second TCI states, a first QCL assumption for receiving the first PDSCH; and determining, based on the first or second TCI states, a second QCL assumption for receiving the second PDSCH.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for downlink control information (DCI). A method that may be performed by a cooperative user equipment (UE) includes receiving configuration information for receiving control information associated with a target UE, receiving, based on the configuration information, the control information associated with the target UE, and forwarding the received control information to the target UE.

Abstract: A configuration method and apparatus for a control channel, and a communications device are provided. When a first control channel schedules a plurality of data channels, the method includes: establishing a second control channel; and performing hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement codebook processing on at least one of the data channels based on the second control channel.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus of rate matching mechanism for PDSCH scheduled by enhanced PDCCH with multiple transmissions are disclosed. The method includes: receiving, by a receiver, configurations for a plurality of Control Resource Sets (CORESETs), configurations for a plurality of search space sets, configurations for a plurality of rate matching patterns in a plurality of rate matching pattern groups, and a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) transmitted with a plurality of repetitions; wherein the plurality of repetitions of the PDCCH are transmitted on a plurality of candidates from a plurality of transmitting-receiving identities; and determining, by a processor, resources not available for Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) based on a linkage between the CORESETs, the search space sets, or the candidates, for rate matching.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus of restriction on linked ePDCCH candidates for ePDCCH soft combining are disclosed. The method includes: receiving, by a receiver, a plurality of Control Resource Set (CORESET) configurations, a plurality of search space set configurations, and a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) transmitted with a plurality of repetitions; wherein the plurality of repetitions of the PDCCH are transmitted from a plurality of transmitting-receiving identities, and one CORESET is associated with one search space set; and determining, by a processor, linked monitoring occasions and/or linked candidates for blind detection of the PDCCH with soft combining.

Abstract: A method for beam indication performed by a terminal includes: receiving first indication information, wherein the first indication information is configured to indicate one or more common transmission configuration indication (TCI) states, the common TCI state comprises an uplink and downlink (UL & DL) common TCI state applicable to UL and DL, or at least one of a UL common TCI state applicable to UL or a DL common TCI state applicable to DL.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive common downlink control information (DCI) included in a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidate, wherein the PDCCH candidate has a first size associated with a first aggregation level, wherein the common DCI is detectable at the first aggregation level by decoding the PDCCH candidate and detectable at a second aggregation level, smaller than the first aggregation level, by decoding a part of the PDCCH candidate, and wherein the part of the PDCCH candidate has a second size associated with the second aggregation level. The UE may communicate based at least in part on the common DCI. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed. In an example, a User Equipment (UE) triggers a first Power Headroom Report (PHR). The UE receives one or more uplink grants indicative of a first Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) and a second PUSCH on a second serving cell, wherein the first PUSCH at least partially overlaps with the second PUSCH in time domain. The UE selects the first PUSCH, from among the first PUSCH and the second PUSCH, based on one or more first characteristics of the first PUSCH and/or one or more second characteristics of the second PUSCH. The UE determines the first PHR for the second serving cell based on the first PUSCH. The UE transmits a PHR Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE), include the first PHR, to a network node that configured the UE to report one PHR for one serving cell.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of dynamic signaling for a measurement gap. The method comprising receiving, from a second apparatus, information at least comprising an indication of a set of frequency bands associated with an measurement to be performed at the first apparatus; determining a requirement of a measurement gap for the measurement based on the information; and transmitting a message associated with the requirement to the second apparatus. In this way, a network controlled signaling management may be achieved, which may reduce the overhead of the signaling and improve the system performance.

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for providing communications between an access point and one or more stations. Such techniques may involve determining, by the access point, transmission data to be provided to a station in an uplink transmission, determining a transmission time to perform the uplink transmission over a wireless channel, determining a point in time at which to reserve the wireless channel, the point in time being an amount of time before the transmission time, generating a series of beacons, individual beacons of the series of beacons comprising the uplink transmission of the wireless channel, and initiating transmission of the series of beacons at the point in time.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus of performing an uplink transmission or reception in a wireless communication system are disclosed. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure may comprise receiving, from a network, a plurality of transmission parameter sets, wherein the plurality of transmission parameter sets correspond to a plurality of control resource set (CORESET) pools, respectively; and performing, in a single time unit, a first uplink transmission related to a first CORESET pool based on a first transmission parameter set, and a second uplink transmission related to a second CORESET pool based on a second transmission parameter set, wherein each of the first transmission parameter set and the second transmission parameter set includes at least one of information related to transmit precoding matrix indicator (TPMI), information related to sounding reference signal (SRS), or information related to scrambling.

Abstract: A radio transmitter is configured to operate in accordance with a first predetermined OFDM radio protocol. The transmitter reserves, within a timeslot with a predetermined timeslot duration, a reserved set of time-frequency resource units not available for an OFDM data channel defined by the first protocol. The transmitter allocates, within the timeslot, an allocated set of R time-frequency resource units for the OFDM data channel defined by the first protocol, wherein a number M of time-frequency resource units are included in both the allocated set and the reserved set, wherein the value R is such that R>N and R?M?N, where N is a predetermined maximum number of time-frequency resource units that can be used to carry the data channel. The transmitter then transmits data indicative of the allocated set of R time-frequency resource units and data indicative of the reserved set of time-frequency resource units.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to wireless communications in a system are provided. A user equipment (UE) may receive from a base station (BS), an uplink (UL) scheduling grant indicating subband precoding information and a resource allocation spanning a plurality of subbands. The UE may determine a plurality of subband precoders based on the subband precoding information. Each precoder of the plurality of subband precoders may be associated with a subband of the plurality of subbands. The UE may transmit to the BS, an UL communication signal in the resource allocation using the plurality of subband precoders.

Abstract: A communication device (100) comprises: a circuit (11) that sets a first value to an association ID (AID) 12 subfield of the first field of a trigger frame requesting an extremely high throughput (EHT) trigger-based (TB) physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU); and a transmitter (12) that transmits the trigger frame. The first value indicates that the first field contains information to be shared for the transmission of the EHT TB PPDU.

Abstract: A sensing method includes determining, by a first communication apparatus, first information. The first information indicates a pulse repetition interval (PRI). The sensing method also includes sending, by the first communication apparatus, the first information to a second communication apparatus. The first information is used by the second communication apparatus to send a reference signal, and a periodicity of the reference signal in time domain is less than or equal to the PRI. The sensing method further includes receiving, by the first communication apparatus, the reference signal from the second communication apparatus. The sending method additionally includes sensing, by the first communication apparatus, a to-be-sensed target based on the reference signal.