Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for synchronization performed by a UE in a coexistence band of a first communication scheme and a second communication scheme. A method includes determining if a base station or another UE synchronized with the base station is detected, in response to determining that neither the base station nor the another UE synchronized with the base station is detected, determining if a first UE that is resending a first synchronization reference signal based on a second synchronization reference signal of the second communication scheme is detected, wherein the first UE includes a modem corresponding to the first communication scheme, and in response to detecting the first UE that is resending the first synchronization reference signal, synchronizing to the first UE.

Abstract: An example electronic device may include a processor and a memory configured to store instructions. The processor may be configured to execute the instructions to: determine a first Target Wake Time (TWT) schedule by performing TWT negotiation with a first access point (AP); determine a second TWT schedule by performing TWT negotiation with a second AP; and communicate with the second AP based on the second TWT schedule while communicating with the first AP based on the first TWT schedule.

Abstract: Proposed are a method for a first device to perform wireless communication and a device supporting same. For example, the first device may acquire an SL DRX configuration including information related to the active period of a second device. For example, the first device may receive CG configuration information including a plurality of CGs from a base station through an RRC message. For example, the first device may receive information, related to activation of a first CG among the plurality of CGs, from the base station through a first PDCCH. For example, the first device may transmit CG index information including index information about the first CG to the base station on the basis that the first CG is not in the active period of the second device.

Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a control section that, when transmission of a Power Headroom Report (PHR) Medium Access Control (MAC) control element in a certain serving cell and Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) repetition transmission using a plurality of sounding reference signal resource indicators (SRIs) in another serving cell temporally overlap, determines one or two PHRs regarding the other serving cell to be included in the PHR MAC control element, and a transmitting section that transmits the PHR MAC control element. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, the PHR report when MTRP PUSCH repetition is used can be appropriately performed.

Abstract: An example method for transmitting control information in a wireless communication system may include designing a CQI table in order to transmit channel state information (CSI); or a method for using the designed CQI table. In addition, the method may comprise: a method for designing a CQI table designed in a situation in which supported services or target BLERs mutually differ; or a method for using the designed CQI table. In addition, the method may comprise a method for determining or configuring a suitable MCS using an adequate MCS table corresponding to the CQI table, or a designed MCS table. In addition, the method may comprise a SINR mapping method and MCS configuration method, based on CQI information reported from a terminal.

Abstract: System, methods and apparatuses for time-frequency resource configuration can include a wireless communication node configuring a first bandwidth part (BWP) in frequency domain. The wireless communication node can configure at least a first subband BWP within the first BWP, and at least one specific type of symbols for the first subband BWP. Configuring the first BWP and the first subband BWP can include the wireless communication node signaling the configurations of the first BWP and the first subband BWP to a wireless communication device.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are method and apparatus for Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0 and non-ATSC 3.0 broadcast Direct to Mobile (D2M) co-exist aligned open radio access network (O-RAN). One aspect of this disclosure operates by generating a broadcast frame conforming to a first communications protocol, where the broadcast frame conforming to the first communication protocol includes a slice start (SS) portion. The embodiment further generates a broadcast virtual frame container including the broadcast frame conforming to the first communication protocol and a broadcast frame conforming to a second communication protocol, where the broadcast virtual frame container further includes a virtual frame start (VFS) portion, and transmits the broadcast virtual frame container.

Abstract: A network includes at least one node to communicate with at least one other node via a wireless network protocol. The node includes a network configuration module to periodically switch a current node function of the node between an intermediate node function and a leaf node function. The switch of the current node function enables automatic reconfiguration of the wireless network based on detected communications between the at least one node and at least one intermediate node or at least one leaf node via the wireless network protocol.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may obtain one or more joint scheduling rules associated with Long Term Evolution (LIE) communications and New Radio (NR) communications in a half-duplex communication system. The UE may identify a channel busy ratio (CBR) associated with the half-duplex communication system. The UE may prioritize an LTE communication or an NR communication based at least in part on the one or more joint scheduling rules and the CBR. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) configured for operating in a wireless communication network that supports a plurality of reference signals (RS) such as sounding reference signals, comprises a wireless interface configured for transceiving signals, comprising receiving a configuration signal having a configuration information indicating a reference spatial relation. The UE further comprises a controller for evaluating the configuration information and to determine the reference spatial relation. The UE is configured for using the reference spatial relation as a reference for an uplink RS (UL-RS) in the wireless communication network.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a device in a node for wireless communications. A node firstly receives a first signaling in a first link; and operates a first signal in a first link and transmits a second signal in a second link; the first signaling is used to determine a first identifier, the first identifier being used to indicate a first reference signal resource; the first reference signal resource is used to determine a spatial filter for a DMRS for a channel occupied by the first signal; the first identifier is used to determine a second identifier set; the second identifier set comprises a second identifier, the second identifier being used to indicate a second reference signal resource. The present disclosure improves the method and device for sidelink TCI design to optimize the system performance.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a device for performing a downlink transmission or reception on the basis of reference signal linkage in a wireless communication system.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may receive at least one of a sensing signal for an object associated with the UE or of a channel state information (CSI) reference signal (CSI-RS) from a network node. The UE may transmit an indication of a broken association with the object based on at least one of the sensing signal or the CSI-RS. The UE may measure a strength of at least one of the sensing signal or the CSI-RS. The UE may measure at least one of a reference signal receive power (RSRP) or a relative RSRP backoff associated with at least one of the sensing signal or the CSI-RS. The UE may transmit the indication of the broken association in response to the measured strength of at least one of the sensing signal or the CSI-RS being less than or equal to a signal strength threshold value.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises processing circuitry configured to communicate with a base station using a millimeter-wave frequency band; receive a reference signal transmitted from the bases station; measure, based on the reference signal, a serving cell quality; and trigger a report in a case that a criterion for the serving cell quality is met. The criterion includes an offset value with a predetermined value for the millimeter-wave frequency band.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for load balance are disclosed. According to an embodiment, a first base station determines a first spatial distribution of terminal devices in a first cell of the first base station, based on measurement reports which are received from the terminal devices and comprise beam candidates suitable for serving the terminal devices. The first base station determines whether the first cell has a first area whose load needs to be offloaded, based on the first spatial distribution. When determining that the first cell has the first area, the first base station sends, to one or more neighboring base stations, an offload request comprising part of the first spatial distribution corresponding to the first area.

Abstract: Provided is a method for operating a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a serving base station, a location request message including at least one of positioning reference signal (PRS) information of a neighbor base station and cell ID information of the neighbor base station; receiving a PRS of the serving base station from the serving base station; receiving a PRS from the neighbor base station based on the received location request message; estimating a location of the terminal based on the PRS received from the serving base station and the PRS received from the neighbor base station; and transmitting the estimated location of the terminal to the serving base station.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) transmits, to a network entity, a capability message indicating one or more coverage holes in a spherical coverage region around the UE, wherein the spherical coverage region is realized with one or more antenna modules of the UE, and wherein each coverage hole indicates a range of angles of the spherical coverage region within which a gain provided by the one or more antenna modules is below a signal strength threshold, and receives, from the network entity, a configuration of one or more reference signal resources to be measured by the one or more antenna modules in at least one coverage hole, wherein a density of the one or more reference signal resources is greater than a density of reference signal resources to be measured within the spherical coverage region outside the one or more coverage holes.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for an integrated access and backhaul node configuration. One method includes receiving, at an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node including an IAB mobile terminal (IAB-MT) and an IAB distributed unit (IAB-DU), a first configuration of a reference signal associated with the IAB-DU. The method includes receiving a second configuration of a resource associated with the IAB-DU. The second configuration indicates that the resource is soft. The method includes receiving a control message from a parent node. The control message includes an index to the reference signal. The method includes receiving an availability indication from the parent node. The availability indication indicates whether the resource is available. The method includes determining whether to perform a first operation by the IAB-MT and a second operation by the IAB-DU simultaneously.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit an uplink communication, associated with a reference duration, in an uplink burst. The UE may receive hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback after transmitting the uplink communication. The UE may adjust a size of a listen before talk (LBT) contention window based at least in part on whether the HARQ feedback is associated with the reference duration. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to beam management configurations for relay devices or repeaters are provided. A network node receives, from a relay node, a first communication indicating one or more beam management parameters associated with a plurality of beam directions. The network node receives, via the relay node, one or more second communications associated with one or more user equipments (UEs) and at least one of the plurality of beam directions. The network node transmits, to the relay node based on the one or more beam management parameters and the one or more second communications, a third communication indicating a beam management configuration associated with the plurality of beam directions.