Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for identification reinterpretation in sidelink control information (SCI) are described. A first user equipment (UE) may transmit to a second UE or device, on a sidelink channel, SCI. The SCI may include a partial source and destination identifier fields and may indicate to the second UE to apply a first interpretation of multiple different interpretations for the partial source identifier field and the partial destination identifier field. For example, the SCI may indicate to interpret the partial source identifier field and the partial destination identifier field in combination as a source identifier field, as a destination identifier field, or as a partial source identifier and a partial destination identifier. The UE may transmit a medium access control (MAC) packet including a MAC header with identifier fields set to be complementary to the SCI.

Abstract: In some aspects, the present disclosure provides methods, apparatuses, and systems for efficient thermal mitigation while maintaining wireless device performance on a primary component carrier (PCC). Embodiments described may include implementation of target transceiver module configurations, where bandwidth (e.g., PCC bands and secondary component carrier (SCC) bands) may be monitored by a wireless device based on intra-module target configurations and/or inter-module target configurations. An intra-module target configuration may include a target transceiver module monitoring both PCC bands and SCC bands. An inter-module target configuration may include or refer to a plurality of target transceiver modules together monitoring PCC bands and SCC bands.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a network node, downlink control information (DCI) that includes a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) activation indication. The UE may receive, from the network node, an SPS physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) based at least in part on the SPS activation indication, wherein the SPS PDSCH is associated with one or more transmission parameters that are based at least in part on an antenna adaptation configuration applicable to the SPS PDSCH. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless communications system may support adaptive scheduling in idle mode. In some cases, a user equipment (UE) may receive control signaling indicating a first beam sweeping occasion and a first paging occasion within a search time period. The UE may select a first quantity of measurement occasions of the first beam sweeping occasion for monitoring multiple beams. The first quantity of measurement occasions may be based on a channel quality metric observed for a prior beam during a prior beam sweeping occasion. The UE may select a first beam to monitor for a first paging message during the first paging occasion based on respective channel quality metrics observed for multiple beams during the first quantity of measurement occasions. Further, the UE may monitor for the first paging message during the first paging occasion using the first beam.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for transmitting an uplink preemption indication in an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) system identifying the resources or symbols that may be punctured by the IAB in order to minimize self-interference at an IAB node when an ultra-reliable-low latency communications (URLLC) packet is received at the IAB node from one of a child IAB node or a user equipment (UE) during an on-going uplink transmission from an IAB node to a parent backhaul node.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for processing an acknowledgement report for reception of control information. A method for a user equipment (UE) to receive physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) includes determining a prioritization for receiving the PDCCHs and receiving the PDCCHs based on the prioritization. PDCCH receptions for a first search space set (SSS) are prioritized over PDCCH receptions for a second SSS or a third SSS. The PDCCH receptions for the second SSS are prioritized over the PDCCH receptions for the third SSS based on a configuration. The PDCCH receptions for the first SSS include a first downlink control information (DCI) format. The PDCCH receptions for the second SSS include a second DCI format that schedules a groupcast physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception. The PDCCH receptions for the third SSS include a third DCI format that schedules a unicast PDSCH reception.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a delay measurement method, a network device, and a terminal device. The method includes network device receiving first information from a core network requesting the network device to measure a transmission delay between the network device and the terminal device. The network device obtains a transmission delay measurement result in response to the first information, and sends second information to the core network within a first preset duration The second information provides an indication of the transmission delay measurement result.

Abstract: This application relates to channel state information (CSI) feedback methods and devices. One method comprises: receiving, by a terminal device from a network device, indication information of a channel state information (CSI) reporting band; determining, by the terminal device, based on the indication information, a subset of subbands in a bandwidth part configured for the terminal device for CSI reporting; determining, by the terminal device, CSI reporting priorities of the subset of the subbands based on index numbers of the subset of the subbands, wherein the index numbers of the subset of the subbands are numbered in an ascending numerical order; and sending, by the terminal device to the network device, CSI of M subbands with higher CSI reporting priorities in the subset of the subbands compared to a remainder of subbands in the subset of subbands.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to wireless communication in mmW networks. The apparatus may be a base station. The apparatus may be configured to determine a first symbol index and a second symbol index associated with downlink resources allocated to a UE. The first symbol index may indicate when the downlink resources begin in a subframe, and the second symbol index may indicate when the downlink resources end in the subframe. The apparatus may be configured to transmit an indication of the first symbol index and the second symbol index to the UE.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station may determine to transmit a pre-allocated uplink (UL) grant to a user equipment (UE), wherein the pre-allocated UL grant includes: a secondary node (SN) transmission configuration indicator (TCI) list, and a type 1 configured grant (CG). The base station may transmit, to the UE, the pre-allocated UL grant based at least in part on determining to transmit the pre-allocated UL grant. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for implementing uplink positioning and a storage medium. The method includes: sending a first positioning instruction to a first measurement node set, where the first measurement node set includes at least three measurement nodes and a target node is located within a coverage range of the measurement nodes; receiving first positioning attribute information fed back by each measurement node and corresponding to the first positioning instruction, where the first positioning attribute information includes a measurement node identity and random access information of a cell where the measurement node is located; and sending a random access instruction carrying the first positioning attribute information to the target node, where the random access instruction is configured to trigger the target node to send a random access signal to the each measurement node to determine a communication distance between the target node and the each measurement node.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for dynamically adjusting broadcast beam patterns of a wavefront emitted by an antenna array based on the types of devices communicatively coupled to the base station associated with the antenna array. The broadcast beam patterns can be adjusted by modifying the broadcast mode or at least one phase, amplitude, or power of the at least one antenna associated with the base station. Adjusting the beam pattern, for example between multiple beams and a single unified beam, based on device types can improve the quality of service for the devices and reduce the processing burden of the base station.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a device in a communication node for wireless communications. A communication node receives first information, and the first information is used to determine a first payload size; monitors a first signaling in a target search space, a payload size of a payload of the first signaling is equal to a target payload size; the target search space is used to determine X payload size(s), the target payload size is equal to one of X payload size(s); when there exists one of the X payload size(s) being not less than the first payload size, the target payload size is equal to a payload size among the X payload size(s) which is closest to and not less than the first payload size. The application improves the performance of control signalings.

Abstract: A physical layer (PHY) that includes a Legacy Short Training Field (L-STF), a Legacy Long Training Field (L-LTF), a Legacy Signal Field (L-SIG), an Extremely High Throughput Signal A Field (EHT-SIG-A), an Extremely High Throughput Signal B Field (EHT-SIG-B) including a field of four or more bits indicating the number of Space-Time Streams, an EHT Short Training Field (EHT-STF), and an EHT Long Training Field (EHT-LTF) in this order is used.

Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for data parsing for resource unit (RU) aggregation. A wireless communication device (such as an access point (AP) or a station (STA)) may allocate a set of resource units (RUs) for a receiving device in a basic service set (BSS). The set of RUs may be associated with multiple bandwidth segments of a bandwidth allocation and may be non-contiguous or contiguous. The wireless communication device may determine a data parsing and encoding scheme for a set of information bits. In some implementations, the encoded bits may be distributed to the set of RUs based on a distance to tone mapping value or pilot tone location or both of the aggregated set of RUs different than respective values or pilot tone locations of the RUs in the aggregated set of RUs.

Abstract: A method is provided to improve resource utilization efficiency of an uplink control channel carrying feedback information, including: a terminal device receives one or more downlink channels carried in one or more first time units, which belong to a time unit set; determines a second time unit for carrying feedback information corresponding to the downlink channels according to a first association relationship between the time unit set and the second time unit; and sends uplink control information including a determined first codebook in the second time unit. When a downlink channel is received in first time units that belong to a subset of the time unit set, and there is a second association relationship between the subset of the time unit set and the second time unit, the first codebook includes only feedback information corresponding to the downlink channel carried in the first time units in the subset.

Abstract: Systems and methods for determining channel raster(s) and synchronization signal raster(s) for New Radio (NR) unlicensed spectrum are disclosed herein. For each of a plurality of data objects an NR channel raster position is determined using Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (NR-ARFCN) numbers. For each corresponding NR channel. Global Synchronization Channel Numbers (GSCNs), a number of Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs) based on channel subcarrier spacing (SCS). NR channel raster position placement, channel edges, synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel (SSB) edges, and an SSB raster position are calculated. The plurality of data objects may then be down selected based on e.g., corresponding Long Term Evolution (LTE) channel raster positions and/or entries of a second plurality of data objects calculated for NR channels that use a second SCS.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a user equipment, a network node and respective communication methods for a user equipment and a network node. A according to some embodiments, a user equipment comprises a transceiver which, in operation, receives data on a plurality of downlink shared channels, the data received on the plurality of downlink shared channels being respectively the same data, and circuitry which, in operation, decodes the data, generates an indicator which indicates whether or not the data has been successfully decoded using the plurality of downlink shared channels. The transceiver, in operation, transmits the indicator on at least one of a plurality of uplink control channels associated respectively with the plurality of downlink shared channels.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A wireless device may obtain group control information in a group common physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), determine resources for communicating on a shared channel based on the group control information, and communicate on the resources of the shared channel. A base station may configure a user equipment (UE) group comprising at least one UE, transmit, in a group common physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), group control information for scheduling the at least one UE for communicating on a shared channel, and communicate on the shared channel with the at least one UE.

Abstract: Provided are an information mapping method, an information acquisition method, a terminal device, and a network device. The information mapping method includes mapping at least one information domain of channel state information to at least one field of uplink control information, dividing the at least one field into a first partial field and a second partial field, generating a first bit sequence based on the first partial field, and generating a second bit sequence based on the second partial field.