Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. To reduce peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) associated with transmissions in a wireless communications system, a user equipment (UE) may implement tone reservation techniques. The UE may receive downlink control information from a base station that indicates a set of allocated resources that the UE is to use for the tone reservation. The UE may identify a first set of tones of the set of allocated resources for transmitting a data signal and a second set of tones of the set of allocated resources for transmitting a peak-reduction signal that reduces the peak power of the data signal. The UE may transmit the data signal and the peak-reduction signal based on the received downlink control information.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, disclosed are a method for a terminal in a wireless communication system, and a device for supporting same, the method including: transmitting message A related to a random access procedure, message A including a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble and a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); and comprising, in response to the message A, message B related to the random access procedure, wherein a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) for the PUSCH is transmitted based on a DM-RS port, and wherein the number of the DM-RS ports is {1, 2, 4}.

Abstract: A data communication method of a user equipment includes receiving a higher layer signal indicating a change of a determination standard of a start symbol to which a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) is assigned, detecting a downlink control information (DCI) format including PDSCH scheduling information from a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), and determining the start symbol to which the PDSCH is assigned, based on at least one of information about the DCI format, mapping type information of the PDSCH, or an offset value between a slot in which the PDCCH is located and a slot in which the PDSCH is located.

Abstract: Aspects directed towards initializing sequence generators to facilitate sidelink communications are disclosed. In one example, a type associated with a sidelink communication is determined. A sequence generator is then initialized with a seed in which the seed is based on the type associated with the sidelink communication. The sequence generator is then utilized to facilitate transmitting at least a portion of the sidelink communication.

Abstract: A method may include receiving, by a first base station from a wireless device, one or more temporary mobile group identities (TMGIs) of one or more multimedia broadcast service (MBS) services that the wireless device is receiving or interested to receive. A method may include sending, to a second base station, a message requesting a handover of the wireless device and comprising the one or more TMGIs. A method may include receiving, by the first base station from the second base station, an acknowledge message comprising a group-radio network temporary identifier (G-RNTI) associated with at least one of the one or more MBS services. A method may include transmitting, by the first base station to the wireless device, a radio resource control message comprising the G-RNTI.

Abstract: A data plane integrated circuit that includes interfacing units (IFUs), Datapath units (DPUs); and a network on chip (NoC). The DPUs are arranged in local sets of DPUs that are proximate to each other, each local set is configured to (a) store an instance of packet header processing control data structures and (b) independently perform local packet header processing and transmission scheduling.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for a channel estimation and prediction operation in a wireless communication systems. A method of a BS comprises: receiving an SRS; partitioning, based on a partition policy, a frequency band of the SRS into sub-bandwidths in a frequency domain; generating, based on previously stored CSI in memory and the partition policy, a set of chunks corresponding to respective sub-bandwidths; performing CHPD operations corresponding to the respective sub-bandwidths to generate channel parameters, wherein different CHPD operations are applied to the respective sub-bandwidths; combining the channel parameters predicted from the respective sub-bandwidths in the frequency domain; and performing, based on the combined channel parameters, a channel estimation and prediction operation.

Abstract: Various solutions pertaining to reporting of best wideband (WB) channel quality indicator (CQI) in mobile communications are described. An apparatus implemented in a user equipment (UE) calculates a value of a modified wideband channel quality indicator (WB-CQI) with respect to a wideband based on CQI values of a subset of subbands of a plurality of subbands in the wideband. The apparatus then reports the modified WB-CQI to a network. In calculating the value of the WB-CQI, the apparatus excludes one or more subbands from the plurality of subbands to result in the subset of subbands used in calculating the value of the WB-CQI. A respective CQI value of each of the excluded one or more subbands is lower than a respective CQI value of each of the subset of subbands.

Abstract: A user equipment and a method for controlling transmission of same in a wireless communication system are provided. The user equipment is configured to implement an access stratum (AS) layer. The method includes receiving, from an upper layer to the AS layer, a first indication and a second indication for a packet, wherein the first indication is configured to indicate whether to perform a packet data control protocol (PDCP) duplication, and the second indication is configured to indicate whether to use a release 15 feature and controlling the AS layer not to perform the PDCP duplication and controlling the AS layer not to use the release 15 feature when the first indication indicates to perform the PDCP duplication and the second indication indicates not to use the release 15 feature.

Abstract: A user equipment and a method of wireless communication of same are provided. The method includes representing a transmit (Tx) power for the user equipment, wherein the representation of the Tx power for the user equipment provides a division of a range of output power for the user equipment into different granular scales of power information.

Abstract: Example communication methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes: when a terminal side device determines that first downlink control information (DCI) meets a first condition, the terminal side device uses a quantity of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates that are located in a first time unit and that are in a search space set corresponding to the first DCI as a first quantity of times of monitoring. In the first time unit, the terminal side device monitors, in the search space set corresponding to the first DCI based on the first quantity of times of monitoring, a PDCCH carrying the first DCI.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive one or more repetitions of a broadcast message for broadcast service in one or more transmission occasions. The UE may determine a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) configuration that indicates whether HARQ combining is supported for the broadcast message based at least in part on one or more properties of the broadcast message. The UE may perform a decode attempt on a transport block carried in the one or more repetitions of the broadcast message based at least in part on the HARQ configuration. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: In order to provide a communication system and the like which are capable of updating a correction value of a time synchronization packet, and to which a traffic bonding scheme is applied, a set of primary devices of the communication system determines presence or absence of communication in a first transmission path, adds an actual measurement value of a first delay amount to an information value when a determination result according to the determination is that the communication is present, or adds, to the information value, a design value of a second delay amount being the delay amount inside the wireless transmission device and the wireless reception device when the determination result is that the communication is absent.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for sidelink wireless communications are described in which a user equipment (UE) engaged in sidelink communications may provide for radio link maintenance of the sidelink connection by initiating a maintenance procedure, such as a measurement procedure, when one or more conditions are detected. The one or more conditions may include a threshold time being exceeded since a data transmission via the sidelink connection, or a threshold time being exceeded since a successful reception of a sidelink transmission from another UE. An access stratum layer at the initiating UE may format a data packet in the absence of higher layer data to be transmitted via the sidelink connection to initiate the maintenance procedure.

Abstract: Various schemes pertaining to distributed-tone resource unit (RU) operation in 6 GHz low-power indoor (LPI) systems are described. A communication entity distributes frequency tones of a resource unit (RU) over a distribution bandwidth as a distributed-tone RU (dRU). The communication entity then communicates using the distributed-tone RU in a 6 GHz low-power indoor (LPI) system. In some cases, the dRU is distributed over an entire bandwidth. Alternatively, the dRU operation is implemented per frequency segment. Alternatively, the dRU co-exists with regular or localized RU.

Abstract: Techniques are provided which may be implemented using various methods and/or apparatuses in a mobile device to determine signal measurements on a plurality of frequencies and to provide signal measurements for position calculation on a location server or on the mobile device. Techniques are provided which may be implemented using various methods and/or apparatuses on a mobile device to concurrently scan for signals across two or more frequencies while optimizing sending and/or utilizing signal measurements made at higher frequency bands or signal measurements of signals sent from devices at a shorter range.

Abstract: A method performed by a transmitter in a wireless local area network (WLAN) is provided. The method comprises: setting a second parameter in a second frame based on a first puncturing pattern indicated by a first parameter in a first frame for a basic service set (BSS) set up by an access point (AP); and transmitting, to a receiver, the second frame, wherein the first puncturing pattern is one of a plurality of puncturing patterns pre-determined for a third parameter in a third frame.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may selectively determine to decode a downlink shared channel multicast transmission based on whether the downlink shared channel includes a retransmission of an initial multicast transmission. A base station may transmit a message in a downlink control channel to indicate if the downlink shared channel is carrying the retransmission of the initial multicast transmission. For example, the base station may transmit a group random network temporary identifier, downlink control information with a retransmission indicator bit, or both to indicate if the downlink shared channel is carrying the retransmission. In some cases, the message in the downlink control channel may be received at a layer one (L1) of the UE, and the downlink shared channel transmission may be decoded at L1 of the UE and sent to a layer two (L2) of the UE for processing.

Abstract: The present disclosure provide a methods and a system for processing an SR. The method includes: as for a current logical channel/logical channel group, when detecting that SR count reaches a maximum number of times of SR transmission of the current logical channel/logical channel group, releasing Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resources on the numerology/TTI type corresponding to a current SR; when Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) resources are configured on the numerology/TTI type corresponding to the current SR, releasing the SRS resources; when downlink allocation and/or uplink grant resources are configured on the numerology/TTI type corresponding to the current SR, releasing the downlink allocation and/or uplink grant resources.

Abstract: The present invention provides a wireless communication method of an access point, wherein the wireless communication method comprises: generating a PPDU according to a traffic of the access point, wherein the PPDU includes a preamble and SIG field, a first data field, a midamble and SIG field and a second data field in sequence, the preamble and SIG field includes information of a first station and a first resource unit allocated to the first station, and the midamble and signal SIG field includes information of a second station and the first resource unit that is reallocated to the second station; transmitting the preamble and SIG field; using the first resource unit to transmit data corresponding to the first data field to the first station; transmitting the midamble and SIG field; and using the first resource unit to transmit data corresponding to the second data field to the second station.