Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In wireless communications, operators may coordinate resource sharing over respective carriers. A user interface may receive, by a first network entity associated with a first carrier from a second network entity associated with a second carrier, an indication of a first set of time intervals when the second carrier is available for communications from the first network entity. The first network entity may be associated with a first operator and the second network entity may be associated with a second operator. Both the first network entity and the second network entity may be coupled to a single radio unit. The first network entity may transmit based on receiving the indication, control signaling indicating a carrier aggregation mode associated with the first carrier and the second carrier for one or more user equipment.

Abstract: Improvements to asynchronous spatial listen before talk (LBT) procedures are disclosed. In a shared spectrum network spatial LBT procedures are used for directionally targeting the channel reservation process. Prior to transmitting channel reservation signaling, the transmitter and receiver determine an effective interference considering available multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) configuration information. When the effective interference exceeds a predefined threshold, the node may without transmission of its channel reservation signal. Otherwise, when the effective interference remains within the threshold, each node's transmitted channel reservation signal may also identify at least a beamforming matrix either as payload or used to precode the node's channel reservation signal.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first device may cooperate with a second device to form a virtual device configured to communicate with a radio access network. The virtual device may appear as a single device from the perspective of the radio access network. Subsequently, a third device may be identified for replacing the second device within the virtual device. Based on the third device being identified, procedures for handing over communications from the second device to the third device may be executed. The procedures may include a beam management procedure, a random-access procedure, a mobility management procedure, or any combination thereof.

Abstract: Techniques for new radio layer two relay are disclosed. In an example, a base station may configure a user equipment (UE) and a relay UE having individual direct communication links with the base station to configure a sidelink communication link between the UE and the relay UE. The sidelink communication link may allow the UE to communicate with the base station via the direct communication link between the base station and the UE and the sidelink communication link between the UE and the relay UE.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive, from a base station, a message that triggers aperiodic channel state information (CSI) reporting for sidelink communications between the UE and another UE, wherein the message indicates a first set of sidelink CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) resources to be used by the UE for CSI-RS transmission; transmit a first set of CSI-RSs in the first set of sidelink CSI-RS resources; receive an indication of one or more modulation and coding schemes (MCSs) for sidelink communications between the UE and the other UE based at least in part on transmitting the first set of CSI-RSs; and communicate with the other UE using an MCS of the one or more MCSs. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a source base station, configuration information for a conditional handover indicating an execution condition and one or more secondary cell group (SCG) configurations associated with one or more candidate base stations. The UE may transmit, to the source base station, a measurement report indicating one or more measurements associated with at least one of the source base station or the one or more candidate base stations. The UE may perform the conditional handover with a candidate base station, of the one or more candidate base stations, using an updated SCG configuration associated with the candidate base station, wherein the updated SCG configuration is based on an SCG configuration, of the one or more SCG configurations, and the one or more measurements. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to channel occupancy time (COT) sharing for sidelink communications are provided. A first user equipment (UE) receives, from a second UE, a first sidelink transmission during a first channel occupancy time (COT), where the first COT is associated with the second UE. The first UE determines whether the second UE is one of two or more UEs intended to receive a second sidelink transmission. The first UE transmits, to the two or more UEs, the second sidelink transmission during a portion of the first COT based on COT sharing. The COT sharing is in response to determining the second UE is one of the two or more UEs intended to receive the second sidelink transmission.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive configuration information indicative of one or more random access channel (RACH) resources for transmitting a RACH message to maintain timing advance (TA) associated with at least one deactivated cell corresponding to a TA group. The UE may transmit a RACH message to a network node corresponding to the at least one deactivated cell, wherein the RACH message is indicative of first TA information associated with the at least one deactivated cell. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support separate hybrid automatic receipt request (HARQ) acknowledgement by member user equipments (UEs) cooperating as a virtual UE for downlink transmissions. In a first aspect, a virtual UE may detect a downlink transmission, wherein the virtual UE includes two or more member UEs in communication with each other and configured to cooperate in communications with the serving base station. The virtual UE may generate one or more acknowledgement codebooks configured to indicate an acknowledgement status by the virtual UE. The virtual UE may attempt to decode the downlink transmission and report an acknowledgment indicator that reflects the result of the decoding. The acknowledgment indicator includes an acknowledgement state selected from an acknowledgement codebook associated with the member UE. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided. A method of wireless communication performed by a first sidelink user equipment (UE) may include performing a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure, acquiring, based on the LBT procedure being successful, a channel occupancy time (COT), and transmitting, to a second sidelink UE during the COT, COT sharing information for sharing the COT with the second sidelink UE.

Abstract: A method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving an indication of a mobility configured cell set having a number of cells. The method also includes receiving signaling to release a selected cell from the mobility configured cell set. The method further includes releasing the selected cell from the mobility configured cell set in response to receiving the signaling. In some aspects, releasing the selected cell comprises removing the selected cell from a carrier aggregation configuration. In other aspects, releasing the selected cell comprises removing a mobility configuration for the selected cell.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a network entity may configure a user equipment (UE) with a set of cells supporting Layer 1 (L1) mobility, Layer 2 (L2) mobility, or both for special cells (SpCells). The network entity may transmit a control signal, such as a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) or a downlink control information (DCI) message, to the UE to update an SpCell. The control signal may include a cell identifier (ID) indicating which cell to set as the SpCell. Additionally, the control signal may include a transmission/reception point (TRP) ID indicating which TRP to set as the primary TRP (pTRP) for the SpCell. In response to the control signal, the UE may switch from a current SpCell to the cell indicated by the control signal and may communicate with the network via the pTRP of the new SpCell.

Abstract: Techniques are described for wireless communication. A first method includes identifying a first uplink component carrier of a plurality of component carriers configured for a user equipment (UE); determining that the first uplink component carrier is transmitted over a shared radio frequency spectrum band; and performing a power management operation on the first uplink component carrier, for a current subframe, based at least in part on the determining.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to channel access in a shared radio frequency band in an unlicensed spectrum or a shared spectrum are provided. A wireless communication device determines a channel access procedure based on whether one or more channel access conditions are satisfied for accessing an unlicensed frequency band. The one or more channel access conditions are associated with at least one of sensing across multiple channel occupancy times (COTs), a transmission beam characteristic, a transmit power, a transmission duty cycle, or a beam dwell time. The wireless communication device transmits, based on the channel access procedure, a communication signal in the unlicensed frequency band.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station of a first network operator (OP) may determine a priority for the first OP for a transmission opportunity of a shared or unlicensed channel. The priority may be lower than a priority of a second OP for the transmission opportunity. Base station may transmit a tentative grant to a user equipment (UE) of the first OP scheduling transmissions over resources of the transmission opportunity. The transmitting device of the first OP may monitor a contention window for reservation signals communicated by devices of the second OP. Based on the monitoring and the tentative grant, the transmitting device of the first OP may perform the transmission over the resources of the shared or unlicensed channel.

Abstract: Techniques are described for wireless communication. An orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) configuration of an uplink channel is identified for communications in an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band. An OFDMA waveform is generated based on the identified OFDMA configuration. The OFDMA waveform is communicated in a signal in the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band. A virtual cell identifier of a first base station may be associated with transmissions between the first base station and a first user equipment (UE). A set of common resource blocks may be identified for transmission of a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) between the first base station and the first UE. A configuration of an uplink channel may be dynamically selected for uplink communications in an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band. A waveform may be generated based on the selected configuration. The waveform may be communicated in a signal in the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band.

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, an indication of a configuration for transmission of uplink control information (UCI) associated with a first antenna group of the UE. The UE may provide, to a second antenna group, the UCI associated with the first antenna group of the UE for transmission to the base station. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Aspects presented herein may improve the latency and efficiency of L1/L2 inter-cell mobility. In one aspect, a UE receives a configuration for a set of cells associated with a mobility of the UE, where the set of cells includes an SpCell and an SCell, where the set of cells includes a first subset of activated cells and a second subset of deactivated cells, and where at least one first cell of the set of cells is a reference cell and one or more second cells of the set of cells are associated with the reference cell. The UE receives an indication of an updated configuration for the set of cells based on a movement of the UE, where the indication of the updated configuration is received from the network entity, where the updated configuration includes at least one new cell in the set of cells.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for downlink control information (DCI). A method that may be performed by a cooperative user equipment (UE) includes receiving configuration information for receiving control information associated with a target UE, receiving, based on the configuration information, the control information associated with the target UE, and forwarding the received control information to the target UE.

Abstract: Techniques providing opportunistic frequency switching for frame based equipment (FBE), such as may be configured to minimize opportunistic frequency switching delay in FBE new radio (NR) unlicensed (NR-U) networks and/or to provide frequency diversity FBE access based on offset sequences of medium sensing occasions for the carrier frequencies are disclosed. Within the FBE mode network, a base station may configure a pattern of sensing locations in each frame for each frequency transmission unit of the plurality of frequency transmission units, wherein an inter-unit delay of sensing locations between a first frequency transmission unit and a next adjacent frequency transmission unit and between a last frequency transmission unit and the first frequency transmission unit is a fixed duration.