Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating signaling of network coding information to facilitate feedback processing are disclosed herein. An example method for wireless communication at a transmitting device includes encoding data packets based on a first network coding and transmitting encoded data packets to a receiving device. The example method also includes receiving network coding information and determining a second network coding applied by the receiving device based on the network coding information. Additionally, the example method includes receiving feedback from the receiving device and decoding the encoded data packets based on the second network coding applied by the receiving device. Further, the example method includes updating the first network coding applied by the transmitting device based on the feedback and the decoding of the encoded data packets.

Abstract: Described is an apparatus of a User Equipment (UE) operable to communicate with an Evolved Node-B (eNB) on a wireless network. The apparatus may comprise a first circuitry and a second circuitry. The first circuitry may be operable to process a Downlink (DL) transmission carrying one or more Phase Tracking Reference Signal (PT-RSes). The second circuitry may be operable to generate an Uplink (UL) transmission carrying a Layer Indicator (LI) based at least on a number of PT-RS Antenna Ports (APs) associated with the PT-RSes.

Abstract: A base station transmits, to a wireless device, configuration parameters of one or more configured grants of a cell. The base station receives code block groups, of a transport block, multiplexed with first uplink control information corresponding to the code block groups. The base station transmits a downlink control information indicating one or more negative hybrid automatic repeat request feedback of one or more code block groups of the code block groups. The base station receives, via a radio resource of the one or more configured grants, the one or more code block groups of the transport block and second uplink control information, corresponding to the one or more code block groups, having a first size that is: based on a second size of the one or more code block groups of the transport block, and smaller than a third size of the first uplink control information.

Abstract: A first access point (AP) of an AP multi-link device (MLD) is associated with a first communication link, and one or more secondary APs of the AP MLD are associated with one or more respective secondary communication links of the AP MLD. The first AP of the AP MLD generates a frame including a first change sequence field and one or more secondary change sequence fields. The first change sequence field indicates a presence or absence of a critical update associated with the first communication link, and each of the one or more secondary change sequence fields indicates a presence or absence of a critical update associated with a corresponding secondary communication link of the AP MLD. The first AP of the AP MLD transmits the frame over the first communication link of the AP MLD to a station (STA) of a STA MLD.

Abstract: Physical layer processing and procedures for device-to-device (D2D) discovery signal generation and transmission and scheduling of D2D discovery signals are described. Detection and measurement of a D2D discovery signal, D2D signal identity management, and monitoring by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) of PDCCH for D2D discovery scheduling is described, as is a WTRU that may be configured with a D2D-specific transmission/reception opportunity pattern. The discovery signal may carry a payload for explicit information about user and/or service identity, and may be mapped to physical resources in such a way as to decouple transmission/reception of the discovery signal from downlink operations. A WTRU may measure a D2D discovery signal quality and report to the network.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support an index modulation (IM)-based acknowledgement codebook so use with sidelink feedback. In a first aspect, a first UE receives at least one sidelink transmission from a second UE with a sidelink control information (SCI) message that triggers least one IM-based feedback message codebook. The first UE may determine an IM-based feedback message sequence, determine, based on the feedback sequence, a resource for transmission of the IM-based feedback message, wherein a resource index corresponds to the determined feedback message sequence. The first UE may then transmit the IM-based feedback message codebook on the determined resource to the second UE over the sidelink. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: An integrated circuit for use in a wireless management system with a primary node and secondary nodes includes: a wireless transceiver; and a wireless management controller included with or coupled to the wireless transceiver. The wireless management controller is configured to: identify a first secondary node of the secondary nodes in communication with the primary node; identify a second secondary node of the secondary nodes not in communication with the primary node; and enable the first secondary node to operate as a proxy node that repeats downlink messages to or uplink messages from the second secondary node.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to techniques for joint source channel coding for efficiently relaying a set of bits mapped to a modulation symbol. A method that may be performed by a wireless relay node includes obtaining a set of bits to convey to a second wireless node. The method may include mapping the set of bits to a first modulation symbol of a set of modulation symbols, wherein the mapping is chosen based on an interpreted value of the set of bits. The method may include transmitting the first modulation symbol to the second wireless node.

Abstract: A method for SCell BFR performed by a BS is provided. The method includes: receiving, from a UE, a BFR MAC CE that includes a cell index of an SCell for which a beam failure is detected, and a reference signal index for the SCell, the BFR MAC CE is transmitted, by the UE, via a UL transmission associated with a HARQ process having a HARQ process ID; and transmitting, to the UE, DCI that schedules a PUSCH transmission with the HARQ process ID of the HARQ process that is used for the UL transmission of the BFR MAC CE, the DCI indicating a toggled NDI value, wherein the UE is configured to: determine, upon receiving the DCI, that the SCell BFR procedure is successfully completed; and monitor, on the SCell, a PDCCH using antenna port quasi-colocation parameters associated with the reference signal index after receiving the DCI.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a discovery reference signal from a base station on an anchor channel. The UE may perform a first random or pseudorandom frequency hopping procedure to identify a plurality of downlink carriers for a first time period. The UE may perform a second random or pseudorandom frequency hopping procedure within the plurality of downlink carriers to select one of the plurality of downlink carriers as the uplink channel for a second time period. The UE may then transmit an uplink communication during the second time period on the selected uplink channel. In some examples, the uplink communication may be transmitted based at least in part on time division multiplexing (TDM) information.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a device in a communication node used for wireless communications. A communication node first receives first information and second information; and then transmits a first radio signal; and monitors a first signaling in a first time window; the first information is used to determine a time length of the first time window, an interval between an end for a transmission of the first radio signal and a start of the first time window is a first time interval, and the second information is used to determine a time length of the first time interval; a bit output by a first bit block through channel coding is used to generate the first radio signal, the first bit block carries a first identity, and a second identity is used for monitoring the first signaling. The present disclosure helps improve the performance of random access.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a new radio base station for a mobile telecommunications system. The new radio base station has a circuitry configured to communicate with at least one user equipment and at least one LTE base station and to establish a new radio cell. The circuitry is further configured to transmit a time division duplexing configuration of the new radio cell to the LTE base station for identifying, based on the received time division duplexing configuration, a coexistence and intermodulation influence on an LTE receiver of the at least one user equipment.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for group semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) for path diversity. A method that may be performed by a node includes configuring one or more groups of user equipments (UEs) with one or more SPS resources. The node sends a downlink control information (DCI) to activate one of the SPS resources for one of the groups of UEs and transmits data to the group of UEs using the activated SPS resource. A first UE may receive data from the node using the activated SPS resource and retransmit the data to the second UE. The first helping UE and the second targeted UE may be identified based on the higher layer configuration with the SPS resources, based on information in the DCI, and/or based on information sent with the data.

Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating sidelink resource pool activation and deactivation for sidelink communication are disclosed herein. An example method for wireless communication at a first sidelink device includes identifying a configuration of a bandwidth part (BWP) for sidelink communication. In some examples, the BWP may comprise at least a first resource pool including a first subset of frequency resources and a second resource pool including a second subset of frequency resources. The example method also includes receiving an activation indication activating the second subset of frequency resources of the second resource pool. Additionally, the example method includes activating the second subset of frequency resources of the second resource pool based on the activation indication.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing mobile services are disclosed. In one implementation, an access point (AP) is provided, which may include a set of one or more base-station functions for use by a user equipment (UE) connected to the AP over a wireless communication interface. The one or more base-station functions may be configured to receive information from the UE. The AP may further include a set of one or more core-network functions configured to receive the information from the set of one or more base-station functions and a distributed portion of a service. The distributed portion of the service may be configured to receive the information from the one or more core-network functions and communicate the information to a corresponding cloud portion of the service running on a cloud platform. The service may be provided by a combination of the distributed portion and the cloud portion of the service.

Abstract: A base station and terminal use methods of obtaining synchronization and system information in a wireless communication system. An operation of a base station includes generating a synchronization signal to be transmitted through a Synchronization Channel (SCH), generating a broadcast signal to be transmitted through a Broadcast Channel (BCH), and transmitting repetitively the SCH and the BCH by performing beamforming on the channels with different transmission beams.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive a configuration of one or more resource pools for configured grant uplink communications; receive an indication that modifies a number of resources, in the one or more resource pools, that are available for configured grant uplink communications; and transmit a configured grant uplink communication in the one or more resource pools based at least in part on the indication. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a duplication transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, duplication transmission configuration information sent by a radio access network RAN device, where the duplication transmission configuration information includes configurations of at least one of a duplication transmission mode or duplication transmission content of the terminal device; and performing, by the terminal device, duplication transmission based on the duplication transmission configuration information.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of at least one of a first interleaving mode for mapping codeblocks to a data channel or a second interleaving mode for reporting channel state information (CSI). The UE may map codeblocks to the data channel based at least in part on the first interleaving mode. The UE may report CSI based at least in part on the second interleaving mode. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method including determining that buffered data associated with a first sub-set of logical channel groups from a set of logical channel groups is available for transmission; generating a buffer status report, the buffer status report comprising information identifying the first sub-set of logical channel groups from a set of logical channel groups; and, associated with a second sub-set of logical channel groups, information identifying the amount of buffered data available for transmission, the second sub-set of logical channel groups being a proper sub-set of the first sub-set of logical channel groups; and transmitting the buffer status report.