Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a grant associated with a plurality of physical shared channel resources. The UE may transmit a communication, associated with the grant, including a downlink assignment index field with a value calculated based at least in part on the plurality of physical shared channels, wherein a configuration of the downlink assignment index field is based at least in part on a quantity of start and length indicator values configured for the UE. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may generate an indication of a UE capability for switching polarizations of one or more antennas of the UE. The UE may transmit the indication. The UE may also use a default polarization. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to receive a control message over a physical control channel in a first of a plurality of time slots, wherein the control message has power control bits for a plurality of UEs. Further, the first of the plurality of time slots has a second downlink physical control channel and a downlink physical shared channel. The UE is further configured to transmit a signal in uplink physical channel in a second time slot to a base station having a transmission power level based on the power control bits received in the control message.

Abstract: Disclosed are various techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) may monitor a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasion defined by an active search space (SS) set. The UE may receive, during the PDCCH monitoring occasion, a downlink control information (DCI). In response, the UE may activate at least one deactivated SS set based on the DCI and a mapping that associates an SS set to a DCI type, DCI format, transmission direction, or specific combinations thereof. In another aspect, a UE may monitor a subset less than all of PDCCH monitoring occasions defined by an active SS set. The UE may receive, during a PDCCH monitoring occasion, a DCI. In response, the UE may monitor a larger number of PDCCH monitoring occasions defined by the active SS set.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In a multilevel encoding scheme, a transmitting device may divide a stream of information bits in a message into multiple substreams, and the transmitting device may input each substream to a different level of an encoder such that each substream is encoded separately. The transmitting device may also input excess bits to some levels of the encoder to add physical layer security to the message. To improve the chances that a receiving device is able to correctly decode the message, the receiving device may be configured to identify the levels at which the excess bits are encoded. Accordingly, the receiving device may be able to decode the information bits in the message and avoid attempting to decode the excess bits in the message as information bits.

Abstract: Provided is a dynamic scheduling method and apparatus. The method includes: in a process in which a user equipment (UE) receives data of a channel A, the UE triggers to start or restart an inactivity timer a preset length at a preset moment; during running of the inactivity timer, the UE receives a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) signaling sent by a base station, and detects a PDCCH signaling for scheduling a downlink control information (DCI) of the channel A.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Some wireless devices may support a prediction capability for prediction-based control information. A first device may receive, from a second device, first control signaling that activates the predication capability of the first device to generate a set of one or more control parameters for communications. The second device may transmit second control signaling to the first device to indicate initial values of the control parameters and a channel condition model for the first device. The first device and the second device may generate a set of multiple values associated with the control parameters over a time period based on the initial values of the control parameters and the channel condition model. The first device and the second device may communicate during at least the time period according to the set of generated values associated with the control parameters.

Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and computer program products for beam updating are provided. An example method includes receiving DCI. The method further includes determining, based on the DCI, whether the DCI is associated with a beam update for uplink, downlink, or a combination of the uplink and the downlink. The method further includes determining, from the DCI, a TCI state that indicates a beam for the uplink, the downlink, or the combination of the uplink and the downlink.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may be configured to communicating a first message with a base station in accordance with a first antenna configuration, a first set of resources, or both. The UE may transmit capability signaling indicating a capability of the UE to adjust the first antenna configuration, the first set of resources, or both, for channel reliability management. The UE may receive, based on the capability signaling, control signaling indicating one or more parameters for channel unreliability event detection associated with a downlink channel between the base station and the UE. The UE may then communicate a second message with the base station in accordance with a second antenna configuration, a second set of resources, or both, based at least in part on a channel unreliability event detected in accordance with the one or more parameters.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for enhancement to standalone operation for higher frequency range in a wireless communication system. A method includes receiving a synchronization signals and physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block and determining a set of configurations for a control resource set (CORESET #0) to receive a Type0 physical downlink control channel (Type0-PDCCH). The set of configurations includes a multiplexing pattern between the CORESET #0 and the SS/PBCH block; a number NRBCORESET #0 of resource blocks (RBs) for the CORESET #0; a number NsymbolCORESET #0 of symbols for the CORESET #0; and a frequency offset between the CORESET #0 and the SS/PBCH block. For a first multiplexing pattern between the CORESET #0 and the SS/PBCH block, the frequency offset between the CORESET #0 and the SS/PBCH block is determined as one of 0, NRBCORESET #0?NRBSSB, or (NRBCORESET #0?NRBSSB)/2.

Abstract: Certain aspects provide enhancements to enable per transmission reception point (per-TRP) based beam failure recovery (BFR), and more particularly, techniques for configuring physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) BFR for TRP specific BFR. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes communicating with at least two TRPs using beams associated with at least two beam groups, each of the beams groups associated with one of the TRPs, detecting a beam failure in a beam group of the at least two beam groups, transmitting a beam group specific BFR scheduling request (SR), in accordance with one or more rules, for an uplink (UL) grant to transmit a beam failure recovery request (BFRQ) specific to the beam group in which the beam failure was detected, receiving the UL grant in response to the SR, and transmitting the BFRQ specific to the beam group based on the UL grant.

Abstract: A system can, in response to determining to capture bio telemetry data associated with client devices, synchronize respective second clock times of respective client devices with a first clock time maintained by a network time protocol server, wherein the respective client devices are configured to capture the bio telemetry data of respective users associated with the client devices, wherein the respective users are associated with respective user accounts. The system can synchronize the bio telemetry data of the respective users based the respective second clock times.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. An access point (AP) may configure power parameters for sidelink communications between user equipments (UEs). The power parameters may be configured based on the UEs operating within an AP service area. In some examples, an AP may transmit one or more signals to the first UE, and the first UE may determine the power parameters based on receiving the signals. Additionally or alternatively, the first UE may be configured to transmit one or more reference signals to the AP, and the AP may configure the power parameters based on receiving the reference signals. The first AP may indicate the power parameters in a sidelink configuration transmitted to the first UE. The first UE may communicate with the second UE on a sidelink channel in accordance with the sidelink configuration, which may improve efficiency and reliability of the sidelink communications.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may be configured to encode at least one partial uplink (UL) repetition using a sequence-based encoding based on a codebook, the first partial UL repetition not including a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS). A base station may transmit a configuration of the encoding scheme of the partial UL repetitions to the UE, and the UE may encode the at least one partial UL repetition based on the received configuration. The base station may decode the received at least one partial UL repetition based on the configuration.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a BS transmits, to a UE, a DCI that triggers an AP-CSI-RS on symbol(s) that are less than a beam switch timing threshold from the DCI. The UE and BS select one or more TCI states for reception of the AP-CSI-RS at the UE based at least in part on whether or not one or more overlapping downlink signals associated with the CORESET pool index are scheduled on the one or more symbols. The BS transmits the AP-CSI-RS, and the UE measures the AP-CSI-RS via the one or more TCI states in accordance with the TCI state selection.

Abstract: In some aspects, a method of wireless communication includes receiving control information by a UE from a base station. The control information indicates one or more first frequency resources of a BWP that are associated with a first communication type and further indicates one or more second frequency resources of the BWP that are associated with a second communication type. The method further includes, based on a first data type of first data corresponding to the first communication type and further based on a second data type of second data corresponding to the second communication type, performing a wireless communication with the base station using the one or more first frequency resources to communicate the first data and using the one or more second frequency resources to communicate the second data.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Some wireless communications systems may support codebook structures for multiplexing single-bit feedback and multi-bit feedback in a same uplink feedback message. A user equipment (UE) may receive a first downlink message associated with single-bit feedback and a second downlink message associated with multi-bit feedback. The first downlink message and the second downlink message may have a common uplink transmission opportunity for transmitting feedback pertaining to the downlink messages. The UE may generate a codebook that supports inclusion of both the single-bit feedback and the multi-bit feedback for the first and second downlink messages. The UE may transmit the feedback message during the common uplink transmission opportunity based on the codebook.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for modifying a downlink configuration of a user device in a cell to mitigate interference. The methods and systems assign, via a first cell site, a first bandwidth to the user device within a serviceable area of the first cell site. The first bandwidth is blanked such that the user device receives data on a second bandwidth that is a smaller bandwidth than the first bandwidth. In addition, the methods and systems determine that the first bandwidth has at least one interference measurement above a threshold. Upon determining that the at least one interference measurement is above the threshold, the methods and systems modify the downlink configuration of the user device to a third bandwidth. The third bandwidth is a smaller bandwidth than the second bandwidth.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may receive at least one lean synchronization signal block (SSB), each of the at least one lean SSB being received in one of at least one symbol and each of the at least one lean SSB including the same kind of synchronization signal in each of the at least one symbol from a base station, measure at least one quantity associated with the received at least one lean SSB, and transmit a measurement report indicating the measured at least one quantity associated with the received at least one lean SSB to the base station for the purpose of beam management. The UE may receive a configuration indicating a lean SSB resource set. The UE may also receive an instruction to activate/deactivate or trigger the lean SSB and the measurement associated with the received lean SSB resource set when the type is semi-persistent or aperiodic, respectively.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for flexible resource allocation. In one aspect, a base station can generate a narrowband data channel including a plurality of resource blocks (RBs). The base station may shift a position of the RBs of the narrowband data channel to align with a wideband resource block group (RBG) boundary. The base station can also adjust a precoding resource block group (PRG) for the narrowband data channel. Also, the base station can transmit the narrowband data channel to a User Equipment (UE) based on adjusting the PRG. In another aspect, the base station may align a beginning or last RB of the plurality of RBs with the wideband RBG boundary and/or align a beginning or last RB of the PRG with the wideband RBG boundary. In another aspect, the base station may transmit an indication to the UE indicating a flexible resource allocation.