Abstract: A method of wireless communication by a first network device includes predicting spatial inter-cell downlink interference experienced by a UE. The method also includes communicating with a second network device to reduce the spatial inter-cell downlink interference in a direction of the UE by protecting resources across selected resource sets.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, information that configures multiple random access channel (RACH) partitions, wherein the multiple RACH partitions are each associated with a respective combination of one or more RACH features. The UE may select, from the multiple RACH partitions, a RACH partition based at least in part on the UE satisfying one or more criteria for the combination of one or more RACH features associated with the RACH partition. The UE may transmit, to the base station, a preamble on physical RACH (PRACH) resources associated with the RACH partition to initiate a RACH procedure supporting the combination of one or more RACH features associated with the RACH partition. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for relaxation of mobility condition based on serving cell quality is provided. A wireless device, which has been configured with conditional mobility, performs a conditional mobility to a target cell by using a mobility condition related to the target cell upon detecting a radio link problem on a serving cell.

Abstract: A method for determining a sidelink type, a terminal device, and a network device are provided. The method comprises: receiving downlink control information (DCI) sent by a network device; determining, on the basis of the DCI, a first type of sidelink or a second type of sidelink as a target sidelink according to a preset rule, the first type of sidelink being different from the second type of sidelink in configuration parameters; and using the target sidelink to perform data transmission of the sidelink.

Abstract: In the present disclosure, disclosed are a method for transmitting and receiving data in a wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor. Particularly, a method by which a user equipment (UE) supported by a plurality of apparatuses comprising a first apparatus and a second apparatus transmits and receives data in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving first control information from the first apparatus and receiving second control information from the second apparatus; receiving data from at least one of the first apparatus or the second apparatus; and transmitting, to at least one of the plurality of apparatuses, first feedback information regarding the first apparatus and second feedback information regarding the second apparatus, wherein the first control information and the second control information each comprises a downlink assignment index (DAI), and the DAI may be set on the basis of an index related to the plurality of apparatuses.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A communication device, such as a user equipment (UE) may receive control signaling indicating a sidelink beam reporting resource configuration. The UE may receive a set of reference beams from a second device (e.g., another UE) over a sidelink. In some examples, the UE may perform a set of beam measurements based on a beam measurement occasion during at least one of a time period before an active duration. The UE may transmit a beam measurement report to the second device in accordance with the sidelink beam reporting resource configuration. The beam measurement report being transmitted during at least one of a time period before the active duration, a time period during the active duration, or a combination thereof. The beam measurement report may be based on the set of beam measurements associated with the set of reference beams.

Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) for aperiodic channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) reception comprises receiving aperiodic CSI-RS configuration information including a CSI-RS triggering offset; receiving downlink control information (DCI) via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), where the DCI triggers an aperiodic CSI-RS; and determining the CSI-RS triggering offset based on the CSI-RS configuration information, wherein the CSI-RS triggering offset is configured from a first set when ?PDCCH<?CSIRS, and the CSI-RS triggering offset is configured from a second set when ?PDCCH>?CSIRS, wherein ?PDCCH and ?CSIRS are subcarrier spacing configurations for the PDCCH and the aperiodic CSI-RS, respectively, and receiving the aperiodic CSI-RS in a slot KS determined based on the CSI-RS triggering offset, a slot containing the triggering DCI, and the subcarrier spacing configurations (?PDCCH and ?CSIRS).

Abstract: A station is provided. The station includes one or more memories and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to one or more of process a first request for buffer status received from an access point and transmit, during the first uplink multi-user transmission to the access point and in response to the first request for buffer status, a first uplink null data packet and that includes a signal that indicates existence of data to be sent from the station to the access point. The first request for buffer status schedules a first uplink multi-user transmission and indicates a plurality of resources that indicates existence of data to be sent to the access point. The one or more processors transmits the first uplink null data packet includes the one or more processors configured to transmit the signal on a first resource of the plurality of resources.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for prioritized random access during handover are provided. One method may include transmitting, by a source network node, a handover request to a target network node. The handover request may include an indication of a recognition of prioritized random access for a user equipment. The method may also include receiving an acknowledgement from the target network node, building a reconfiguration message, for the user equipment, comprising a prioritized set of random access parameters, and transmitting, to the user equipment, the reconfiguration message comprising the prioritized set of random access parameters.

Abstract: A method may include receiving, by a user equipment, a handover command from a source network entity. The method may further include, based on the received handover command, monitoring, by the user equipment, at least one dedicated downlink transmission from a target network entity prior to transmitting any uplink signal to the target network entity.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide apparatus, methods, processing systems, and computer readable mediums for channel and/or resource selection for sidelink communications. In some cases, a transmitter user equipment UE may transmit, on a sidelink channel used for communicating with other UEs, a control message indicating at least one range, monitor for feedback associated with detection of the control message by one or more other UEs within the indicated range, and transmit data if the feedback indicates at least that the sidelink channel is free.

Abstract: A wireless communication method includes: sending, by a terminal device, a random access request to a network device on a high frequency uplink carrier or a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier deployed at a frequency band lower than the high frequency uplink carrier; and acquiring, by the terminal device, a random access response (RAR) sent by the network device in response to the random access request.

Abstract: Disclosed are example embodiments of systems and methods for an interference imbalance manager (IIM). The method includes an outer loop that goes over the K subcarrier sets ki and an inner loop that goes over the M dominant intra-frequency cells that IC are performed on, for each subcarrier set ki the noise plus interference power estimate of that set is initialized by N by setting: N(ki)=N. The method includes, for each subcarrier set ki the IIM determine when the pilots of each cell m collide with that subcarrier set. When there is no collision, the interference plus noise of that set N(ki) is not adjusted. When there is a collision the interference plus noise of that set N(ki) is adjusted by removing the power contribution Em of that cell by applying the correction: N(ki)=N(ki)?Em. The method includes looping over all considered cells M and when all adjustments are complete to N(ki) for subcarrier set ki the program provides the adjusted N(ki) output and exits the m loop.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a message indicating one or more communication patterns from a base station. The one or more communication patterns may indicate to the UE to adjust one or more parameters for transmitting an uplink communication during a set of time resources, a set of beams, a set of ports, or any combination thereof. During the resources indicated in the one or more communication patterns, the base station may estimate a cross-link interference channel between the base station and a second base station. The one or more communication patterns may indicate a hopping pattern for each subband of a bandwidth part. The base station may configure the UE with a timing advance based on the message.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed that enable information about devices connected behind a gateway, such as a home gateway, to be made available to and used by other entities, such as servers and routers, on a communications network.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for beam failure detection and recovery. An example method of wireless communication by a user equipment generally includes detecting a beam failure associated with a reference signal from a network entity and transmitting, to the network entity before initiating a beam failure recovery procedure, a request for a beam switch in response to the detected beam failure. The method also includes receiving, from the network entity, an indication to communicate via a beam in response to the request and communicating with the network entity via the beam based on the indication.

Abstract: An example operation may include a system comprising one or more of receiving a heartbeat failure notification in a VNFCI when the VNFCI is in standby state, sending to a Virtual Network Function Manager (VNFM), by an operational state machine, a next state request message, determining if a peer VNFCI is online when an administrative state of the peer VNFCI is online, determining an operational state of the peer VNFCI when the peer VNFCI is online, sending a first next state response message with a standby state to the VNFCI when the peer VNFCI operational state is active, sending a second next state response with an active state to the VNFCI when the peer VNFCI operational state is not active, examining, in the VNFCI, a next state attribute in a received next state response message, staying in a standby state when the next state attribute is standby, and transitioning to active state when the next state attribute is active.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure can provide a data transmission method implemented by a second access network device that can include receiving transmission status indication information sent by a first access network device. The transmission status indication information includes beam occupation information and cycle occupation information. The method can further include determining a second beam having a mutually exclusive interference relationship with the first beam, determining, when the second access network device needs to perform transmission of second data with a second terminal by using the second beam, a fixed cycle occupied by the second data based on the fixed cycle occupied by the first data, and performing transmission of the second data with the second terminal in the fixed cycle occupied by the second data.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a configuration message from a base station including periodical configuration information. The UE may identify periodicities for transmitting different portions of a first message of a two-step random access channel (RACH) procedure based on the periodical configuration information, where the different portions include a preamble portion and a payload portion. The UE may transmit the preamble portion of the first message according to a first configuration periodicity and the payload portion of the first message during according to a second configuration periodicity.

Abstract: Inter-cell mobility across serving and non-serving cells based on layer 3 measurements is accomplished at the cost of increased delay. Inter-cell mobility across serving and non-serving cells based on layer 1 measurements minimized delay. A user equipment (UE) apparatus that is served by a serving cell of a base station receives, from the serving cell, a configuration to perform layer 1 (L1) measurements based on one or more reference signals from a non-serving cell. The UE also receives the one or more reference signals from the non-serving cell. The UE performs the L1 measurements on the one or more reference signals received from the non-serving cell based on the configuration received from the base station. The UE may perform the L1 measurements on a synchronization signal block (SSB), a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), or a positioning reference signal (PRS) from the non-serving cell.