Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for semi-static channel access with directional FFP. One method (800) includes receiving (805) a configuration for a plurality of FFPs, where each FFP is associated with a separate transmit beam for transmission within that FFP. The method (800) includes identifying (810) an initiated FFP and performing (815) communication activity during the initiated FFP using a beam corresponding to the initiated FFP, where the communication activity includes a transmission, a reception, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for enhanced UL repetition indication and repetition procedure provides one or more signaling mechanisms to support dynamic PUCCH repetition factor indication. A User Equipment apparatus includes a transceiver and a processor that receives from a network, a Radio Resource Control (“RRC”) configuration for one or more physical uplink control channel (“PUCCH”) resources sets and corresponding one or more PUCCH resource configurations for each of the configured PUCCH resource sets, where one or more of the corresponding PUCCH resource configurations indicate a number of slots over which PUCCH can be repeated and receives from the network a downlink control information (“DCI”), where the DCI includes a PUCCH resource indicator (“PRI”) to indicate one of a RRC configured PUCCH resources within a PUCCH resource set and a corresponding number of slots for PUCCH repetition.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for performing channel occupancy time sensing. One method includes receiving information configuring a single channel occupancy time for multi-beam transmission in an unlicensed channel. The method includes performing sensing for the single channel occupancy time. The sensing includes: omni-directional sensing at a beginning of the single channel occupancy time; directional sensing on a plurality of beams at the beginning of the single channel occupancy time; directional sensing on the plurality of beams in a time domain multiplexing manner before each transmission based on a time gap between transmissions; or some combination thereof.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for UE assistance for no-LBT based unlicensed channel access. A processor (305) calculates a combined gain from a combination of an antenna configuration gain and a beamforming gain for at least one transmission beam. The processor (305) determines if the at least one transmission beam can be used for a no-LBT based channel access mechanism in an unlicensed band with or without a channel occupancy duration restriction based on the combined gain. The processor (305) transmits, via a transceiver (325), to a network node, information that indicates whether the at least one transmission beam can be used for a no-LBT based channel access mechanism in an unlicensed band with or without a channel occupancy duration restriction, or whether the network node can apply an LBT-based channel access mechanism, or some combination thereof.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for performing channel occupancy time sensing. One method includes receiving information configuring a single channel occupancy time for multi-beam transmission in an unlicensed channel. The method includes performing sensing for the single channel occupancy time. The sensing includes: omni-directional sensing at a beginning of the single channel occupancy time; directional sensing on a plurality of beams at the beginning of the single channel occupancy time; directional sensing on the plurality of beams in a time domain multiplexing manner before each transmission based on a time gap between transmissions; or some combination thereof.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for DM-RS types with time-domain resource allocation. An apparatus (1200) includes a transceiver (1225) and a processor (1205) that is configured to cause the apparatus (1200) to receive a demodulation reference signal (“DM-RS”) configuration from a network, receive a DM-RS sequence within the block duration of the single carrier waveform according to the received DM-RS configuration, receive a data sequence that is quasi-collocated with an associated DM-RS resource, and demodulate the received data sequence using the DM-RS sequence.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for reporting sensing beams and association with transmission beams for LBT. An apparatus (300) includes a processor (305) and a memory (310) coupled with the processor (305). The processor (305) is configured to report at least one UL transmission beam and at least one sensing beam that can be used to perform LBT prior to transmitting on the at least one UL transmission beam. The processor (305) is configured to indicate a relationship between the at least one UL transmission beam and the at least one sensing beam via TCI, SRI, beam corresponding, or some combination thereof. The processor (305) is configured to indicate a UL transmission beam via TCI, SRI, beam correspondence, or some combination thereof and determine a corresponding at least one sensing beam to perform LBT.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for sensing reference signal configuration. One method includes receiving a first configuration from a second device. The method includes receiving a second configuration from the second device. The method includes, in response to receiving the second configuration: multiplexing the set of sensing reference signal patterns with other physical channels and signals; in response to being scheduled, transmitting the multiplexed set of sensing reference signal patterns; in response to being scheduled, receiving the multiplexed set of sensing reference signal patterns. The method includes receiving a third configuration from the second device. The third configuration indicates to perform measurements on received sensing reference signals and feedback a measurement report.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for configuring a device based on multiple search space sets. One method includes receiving, at a user equipment (“UE”), a configuration from a network for UE-specific search space (“USS”) sets and common search space (“CSS”) sets. The method includes receiving control information associated with the CSS sets in the USS sets in response to the CSS sets being configured outside of monitoring occasions of the UE and the USS sets are configured within physical downlink control channel (“PDCCH”) monitoring occasions of the UE.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for repeater-assisted communication. An apparatus (600) includes a processor (605) and a memory (610) coupled to the processor (605). In one embodiment, the processor (605) is configured to cause the apparatus (600) to receive, from a network, an indication of RAC for the apparatus (600): receive, from the network, configuration information comprising at least one of frequency resources and time resources that the apparatus (600) uses for RAC; receive, from the network, configuration information for reference signals that are transmitted from the network to the apparatus (600); and determine an indication of one or more UE devices whose transmissions are repeated by the apparatus (600).

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for repeater configuration for channel state information reference signal. An apparatus includes a transceiver that receives a first configuration from a base station of a mobile wireless communication network, the first configuration comprising channel state information reference signal (“CSI-RS”) configuration information for amplifying and forwarding CSI-RS beams to a user equipment (“UE”) device from the repeater node. The transceiver receives a second configuration from the base station, the second configuration comprising configuration information for performing measurement and reporting of the CSI-RS beams. The transceiver receives repeater-specific CSI-RS to be forwarded to the UE device and transmits the repeater-specific CSI-RS to the UE device according to the first configuration.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for UL beam/panel selection indication. One apparatus includes a transceiver comprising a plurality of UE panels associated with one or more beams, the transceiver receiving a plurality of SSBs on at least two UE panels. The apparatus includes a processor that determines a corresponding set of UE panels from the SSBs and sends, via the transceiver, an indication of the corresponding set of UE panels from the apparatus to a RAN node using a random-access procedure.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for contention window size adjustment procedure for sidelink groupcast. An apparatus (500) includes a processor (505) and memory (510). The processor (505) is configured to transmit physical shared control channel (“PSCCH”) and physical shared sidelink channel (“PSSCH”) corresponding to groupcast data transmission. The processor (505) is configured to receive physical shared feedback channel (“PSFCH”) containing hybrid automatic repeat request (“HARQ”) feedback after a predetermined number of slots for a corresponding groupcast transmission. The processor (505) is configured to determine a contention window size adjustment for a groupcast PSSCH based on the transmitted groupcast HARQ feedback associated with PSSCH within a reference duration.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for SSB pattern enhancement. One method includes receiving a single-carrier SSB structure from a radio access network. Here, the single-carrier SSB structure includes: a PSS portion comprising a PSS block mapped to a first set of time-domain symbols, a SSS portion comprising a SSS block mapped to a second set of time-domain symbols, and a PBCH portion comprising a plurality of PBCH blocks mapped to a third set of time-domain symbols. The method includes accessing a cell using a single-carrier waveform based on the received single-carrier SSB structure.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for configuration corresponding to a reconfigurable intelligent surface controller. One method includes providing a capability report to a location management function. The capability report corresponds to reconfigurable intelligent surfaces used for positioning. The method includes transmitting control information to a reconfigurable intelligent surface controller for reflecting a positioning reference signal received from a transmitting device and directed to a receiving device. The method includes transmitting a multi-port positioning reference signal configuration to the receiving device. The method includes transmitting, to the receiving device, information indicating to report measurements corresponding to multi-port positioning reference signals reflected from multiple reconfigurable intelligent surfaces.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to artificial intelligence (AI) enabled beam management. A base station may notify a user equipment (UE) of an availability of AI-enabled beam management and provide configuration parameters for an AI algorithm. The UE may utilize the configuration parameters to configure an AI algorithm. The UE may process a first set of beams utilizing the configured AI algorithm to identify a second set of beams. The UE may notify the base station (and/or other network entity) of the second set of beams, and one or more beams of the second set of beams can be utilized for wireless communication between the UE and the base station and/or other network entity or UE.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for configuring repeater-assisted communication. One method includes transmitting, from a first network node (“NN”), an indication of repeater-assisted communication to a second NN and a third NN. The method includes transmitting configuration information to the second NN and the third NN. The configuration information includes control information that corresponds to whether the second NN and the third NN are turned on or turned off, the control information corresponding to whether the second NN and the third NN are turned on or turned off is correlated, the control information identifies timing information for the second NN and the third NN, and the timing information indicates whether the second NN and the third NN are expected to transmit a signal received at the second NN and the third NN at a prior time to the first NN and/or a fourth NN based on the configuration information.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for a power spectrum density based configuration. One method includes transmitting, from a user equipment, UCI bits via a PUCCH in a shared spectrum using multiple PRBs. The method includes receiving a configuration message including a number of resource blocks for a PUCCH format 0, a PUCCH format 1, or a PUCCH format 4 depending on a SCS. The configuration message indicates at least one technique that satisfies a PUCCH PSD requirement, and the PUCCH PSD requirement includes a larger sequence length generation, mapping information that maps time and frequency domain resources for larger sequence to multiple RBs or a repetition of sequences to multiple RBs, and/or information corresponding to subcarrier interlacing.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for a configuration based on a reference signal received power measurement. One method (600) includes receiving (602), a first configuration including a number of repetitions for a random access response (RAR) physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and quasi-co-location (QCL) assumption associated with a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) of each repetition of the number of repetitions for the RAR PDCCH. The method (600) includes performing (604) reference signal received power (RSRP) measurements on the DMRS associated with each repetition of the number of repetitions for the RAR PDCCH. The method (600) includes transmitting (606) a message 3 to the network. The message 3 includes a RSRP measurement for at least one of the DMRS associated with each repetition of the number of repetitions for the RAR PDCCH and the corresponding QCL assumption.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for UL beam/panel selection indication. One apparatus includes a transceiver comprising a plurality of UE panels associated with one or more beams, the transceiver receiving a plurality of SSBs on at least two UE panels. The apparatus includes a processor that determines a corresponding set of UE panels from the SSBs and sends, via the transceiver, an indication of the corresponding set of UE panels from the apparatus to a RAN node using a random-access procedure.