Abstract: A phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) may be enhanced to carry data encoded with a relative low modulation and coding scheme (MCS). A receive device may receiving a data channel, the data channel including a transport block encoded using a first MCS. The receiving device may receiving a PTRS interleaved with the data channel. The PTRS is encoded with the second MCS that is lower than the first MCS. The receiving device may decode the PTRS to determine PTRS data. The receiving device may track phase noise using the PTRS data as a transmitted sequence of the PTRS. The receiving device may decode the transport block for the data channel based on the first MCS and the tracked phase noise.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A transmitting device may encode a set of bits to transmit to a receiving device based on a repetition factor. The transmitting device may map, based on the repetition factor, the set of encoded bits to a subset of subcarriers such as adjacent subcarriers of a set of subcarriers. The transmitting device may generate a signal including the set of encoded bits based on the mapping, and transmit the generated signal to the receiving device. The receiving device may receive a modulated signal from the transmitting device, and identify, based on a repetition factor, a subset of subcarriers including adjacent subcarriers of a set of subcarriers associated with the modulated signal. The receiving device may average the subset of subcarriers including the adjacent subcarriers, and demodulate the modulated signal in accordance with the averaged subset of subcarriers including the adjacent subcarriers.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A transmitting device such as a base station and a user equipment (UE), may segment a set of bits within a transport block into a first subset of bits including modulation bits and a second subset of bits including index modulation bits. The transmitting device may map the first subset of bits to a first set of subcarriers, the second subset of bits to a second set of subcarriers, and an additional set of bits to a third set of subcarriers. The transmitting device may generate a signal according to a boosting factor based on mapping the first subset of bits, the second subset of bits, and the additional set of bits, and transmit the generated signal to a receiving device.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A transmitting device may encode a set of data bits on a set of subcarriers based on a boosting factor, and map the set of encoded data bits to a resource block including a first subset of subcarriers corresponding to the set of encoded data bits and a second subset of subcarriers corresponding to a set of null bits. The transmitting device may generate and transmit a signal including the set of encoded data bits. A receiving device may receive a modulated signal on a set of subcarriers, and de-map the modulated signal to a first subset of subcarriers and a second subset of subcarriers based on a boosting factor. The receiving device may decode the first subset of subcarriers to a first set of data bits and the second subset of subcarriers to a second set of data bits.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may transmit a request, for an uplink transmission or a downlink transmission, for tone reservation on one or more subchannels allocated for phase tracking reference signals (PT-RSs); and transmit the uplink transmission or receiving the downlink transmission based at least in part on the request. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A transmitting device may encode a set of bits to transmit to a receiving device based on a repetition factor. The transmitting device may map, based on the repetition factor, the set of encoded bits to a subset of subcarriers such as adjacent subcarriers of a set of subcarriers. The transmitting device may generate a signal including the set of encoded bits based on the mapping, and transmit the generated signal to the receiving device. The receiving device may receive a modulated signal from the transmitting device, and identify, based on a repetition factor, a subset of subcarriers including adjacent subcarriers of a set of subcarriers associated with the modulated signal. The receiving device may average the subset of subcarriers including the adjacent subcarriers, and demodulate the modulated signal in accordance with the averaged subset of subcarriers including the adjacent subcarriers.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may transmit a request, for an uplink transmission or a downlink transmission, for data aided phase tracking reference signals (PT-RSs) on multiple layers of a communication link; and communicate the uplink transmission or the downlink transmission based at least in part on the request. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may transmit a request, for an uplink transmission or a downlink transmission, for data aided phase tracking reference signals (PT-RSs); and communicate the uplink transmission or the downlink transmission based at least in part on the request. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for data aided receivers for URLLC. With more specificity, a UE may encode and modulate at least one of control information or data from a first code block received through a first channel from a base station to obtain an encoded and modulated reference first code block. A comparison between the reference first code block and the first code block may be performed by the UE to estimate a second channel for receiving a second code block from the base station. After receiving the second code block from the base station, the UE may demodulate and decode the second code block based on the second channel that was estimated via the comparison of the reference first code block to the first code block.

Abstract: Aspects relate to mechanisms for a wireless communication device to select between a cyclic delay diversity mode and an antenna switch diversity mode for transmission of a signal based on at least one parameter associated with communication over a wireless channel. The parameter(s) may include a channel estimation parameter associated with the wireless channel, a communication parameter associated with at least one communication on the wireless channel, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for reducing PAPR in wireless communications. Some implementations more specifically relate to suppressing the amplitudes of a data signal that exceed a threshold amplitude level. In some implementations, a transmitting device may detect one or more peaks associated with a data signal to be transmitted to a receiving device. A peak may be any sample of a data signal having an amplitude that exceeds a threshold amplitude level. The transmitting device generates peak suppression information indicating the amplitude, a phase and a position of each of the samples associated with the detected peaks. The transmitting device adjusts the data signal by reducing the amplitudes associated with the detected peaks and transmits the adjusted data signal, with the peak suppression information, to the receiving device. In some implementations, the transmitting device may compress the peak suppression information to reduce the overhead of the transmission.

Abstract: Methods related to wireless communication systems and the transmission of code blocks on such systems are provided. A wireless communication device interleaves a plurality of code block segments in time and frequency. The segments are interleaved by mapping a first code block segment of the plurality of code block segments to a first resource located at a first time and a first frequency, wherein the first code block segment is associated with a first code block, and mapping a second code block segment of the plurality of code block segments to a second resource based on at least one of the first time or the first frequency of the first resource and a code block proximity parameter, wherein the second code block segment is associated with a second code block different from the first code block. The device then transmits the plurality of interleaved code block segments. Other features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless communication device may receive a wireless communication signal. The wireless communication device may process the wireless communication signal using a digital post distortion receiver based at least in part on performing a multi-level coding (MLC) set partitioning operation, wherein performing the MLC set partitioning operation comprises partitioning a quadrature amplitude modulation constellation set by bounding a maximum Euclidean distance of an error associated with decoding one or more least significant bits. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station may determine a signal distortion based at least in part on a number of analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) bits used for signal quantization at a user equipment (UE). The base station may remap a tone reservation and data based at least in part on the signal distortion. The base station may transmit, to the UE, a remapped tone reservation and remapped data. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: In one aspect, performing, by a wireless communication device, a non-coherent encoding operation on first data to generate a first transmission, wherein the non-coherent encoding operation encodes data independent of channel state information (CSI); and transmitting, by the wireless communication device, the first transmission, wherein the first transmission is non-coherently encoded. In another aspect, receiving, by a wireless communication device, a first transmission, wherein the first transmission is non-coherently encoded independent of channel state information (CSI); and performing, by the wireless communication device, a non-coherent decoding operation on the first transmission to decode the first transmission. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: In one aspect, performing, by a wireless communication device, a non-coherent encoding operation on first data to generate a first transmission, wherein the non-coherent encoding operation encodes data independent of channel state information (CSI); and transmitting, by the wireless communication device, the first transmission, wherein the first transmission is non-coherently encoded. In another aspect, receiving, by a wireless communication device, a first transmission, wherein the first transmission is non-coherently encoded independent of channel state information (CSI); and performing, by the wireless communication device, a non-coherent decoding operation on the first transmission to decode the first transmission. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The method may include an interference estimation procedure that measures interference from radio access technologies (RATs) different from cellular vehicle to everything (CV2X) on the CV2X network at a user equipment (UE). A UE may record measurements of interference on the CV2X network when no CV2X signal is present during the last symbol of a subframe. Then, the UE may estimate the noise plus interference measured during the empty symbol to improve noise plus interference whitening when decoding a subframe.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, within a subframe, a plurality of sidelink control channel signals providing scheduling information for a plurality of sidelink shared channel signals that are also received within the subframe. The UE may determine to use one or more of the plurality of sidelink control channel signals as pilot signals for decoding the plurality of sidelink shared channel signals. The UE may decode the plurality of sidelink shared channel signals based at least in part on the plurality of sidelink control channel signals as pilot signals.

Abstract: A method for refining radio frequency communication link quality in a communication system may include obtaining measured beam pair quality data between one or more transmit beams and one or more receive beams during a measurement time interval. Beam pair quality data may be measured using an antenna array in which each antenna has a weight. A combination of antenna weights defines an antenna array configuration or beam. The method may further include, during a communication time interval following the measurement time interval, adjusting an antenna weight combination in response to the measured beam pair quality data and a previous antenna array configuration, to define a next antenna array configuration. A transmitter and receiver may communicate information using the next antenna array configuration during the communication time interval. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: A method for refining radio frequency communication link quality in a communication system may include obtaining measured beam pair quality data between one or more transmit beams and one or more receive beams during a measurement time interval. Beam pair quality data may be measured using an antenna array in which each antenna has a weight. A combination of antenna weights defines an antenna array configuration or beam. The method may further include, during a communication time interval following the measurement time interval, adjusting an antenna weight combination in response to the measured beam pair quality data and a previous antenna array configuration, to define a next antenna array configuration. A transmitter and receiver may communicate information using the next antenna array configuration during the communication time interval. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.