Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a central network node, configuration information for reporting UE positioning information or distributed network node positioning information. The UE may identify one or more distributed network nodes based at least in part on respective connections between the one or more distributed network nodes and the UE or based at least in part on measurement information. The UE may obtain one or more encrypted identifiers respectively associated with the one or more distributed network nodes. The UE may transmit, to the central network node, the one or more encrypted identifiers in accordance with the configuration information. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Aspects relate to mechanisms for a wireless communication device to generate a superposition transmission of a sidelink signal to be transmitted to at least one receiving wireless communication device and an uplink signal to be transmitted to a base station. The wireless communication device may transmit the superposition transmission on resources allocated by the base station on a common carrier utilized for both sidelink and uplink transmissions. The superposition transmission includes a base layer corresponding to the uplink signal and an enhanced layer corresponding to the sidelink signal. The wireless communication device may further generate and transmit interference assistance information to the receiving wireless communication device for use by the receiving wireless communication device in canceling the base layer from the superposition transmission.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described in which multiuser superposition transmission (MUST) is used to provide multiple concurrent sidelink transmissions using a same set of time and frequency resources. A transmitting user equipment (UE) may provide an indication of concurrent MUST transmissions in sidelink control information (SCI), and a receiving UE may decode one or both of a MUST base layer communication and a MUST enhancement layer communication. The base layer communication may include broadcast or groupcast transmissions to multiple UEs, and the enhancement layer communication may include a unicast transmission between the transmitting UE and a single receiving UE. The indication of concurrent transmissions may be provided in a first stage SCI, and parameters for decoding the base layer and enhancement layer transmissions may be provided in one or multiple second stage SCI transmissions.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a base station, information related to a concurrent reception capability using different receive beams. The UE may receive, from the base station, information indicating one or more slots in which concurrent sidelink and downlink reception is enabled based at least in part on the information related to the concurrent reception capability. The UE may receive, in the one or more slots in which concurrent sidelink and downlink reception is enabled, a downlink transmission from the base station using a first receive beam and a sidelink transmission from a peer UE using a second receive beam. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A communication device supports sidelink communications, including device-to-device (D2D) communications and vehicle-based communications. The communication device receives, from another device, a discontinuous transmission (DTX) configuration for a sidelink connection between the communications device and the other device. Based on the received DTX configuration, the communications device determines a discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration and transmit, to the other device, the determined DRX configuration. The devices experience power savings, among other results according to the DTX configuration or the DRX configuration.

Abstract: An unmanned aerial system (UAS) may execute a mission planned by a UAS traffic management (UTM) system. The UAS may receive a mission planning response message from the UTM that includes a mission route for the UAS to navigate and a configuration of one or more trigger events. The mission route may be made up of a sequence of waypoints in an airspace. Each of the waypoints may be configured with a dynamic path conforming profile (PCP) a dynamic required navigation performance (RNP) value. The UAS may monitor at least the RNP value in one or more time intervals to determine if a trigger event occurs. The UAS may transmit a path conformance status report to the UTM upon determining that a trigger event of the one or more trigger events occurred. The path conformance status report may indicate conformance to one or more parameters specified in the PCP.

Abstract: Method, apparatus and systems are disclosed. In one representative embodiment, a method may be implemented by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for communication via a network access point (NAP). The method may include the WTRU receiving from the NAP a set of preambles and corresponding propagation delay related thresholds and determining propagation delay related information associated with a distance between the WTRU and the NAP or a location in a coverage of the NAP. The method may further include selecting a subset of preambles from the set of preambles based on the determined propagation delay related information, randomly selecting a preamble from the selected subset of preambles, and sending the randomly selected preamble to the NAP.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A server may request sensed location information from a first device to verify location information reported by the first device or one or more additional devices. For example, a first user equipment (UE) may receive a message requesting sensed location information for verification of the location information associated with and reported by the first UE. Based on a sensing procedure performed by the first UE, the first UE may transmit a report indicating the sensed location information and a sensing time. In another example, a first device may receive a message requesting sensed location information for verification of the location information associated with and reported by one or more additional devices. Based on a sensing procedure performed by the first UE, the first UE may transmit a report indicating the sensed location information and the sensing time.

Abstract: Techniques for sidelink (SL) and uplink (UL) full duplex communication with multiple transmission and reception points (multi-TRP) may be performed. In an example, a user equipment (UE) may determine full duplex communication, including simultaneous reception of a SL communication from an SL UE via a first TRP of the UE and transmission of a UL transmission to a base station via a second TRP of the UE, is available. The UE may enable the full duplex communication. The UE may receive, from the SL UE, the SL communication via the first TRP. The UE may transmit, to the base station while simultaneously receiving the SL communication, the UL transmission via the second TRP.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a second UE via reflection by one or more passive devices, a first reference signal (RS) that is based at least in part on a shared first key that corresponds to a configuration of the one or more passive devices. The first UE may receive, from the second UE via reflection, a second RS that is based at least in part on the first key. The first UE may generate a second key based at least in part on a measurement of the second RS. The first UE may transmit a positioning reference signal that is based at least in part on the second key and that is associated with a measurement of a range between the first UE and the second UE. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may include one or more antennas and a first transceiver operatively coupled to the antennas. The one or more antennas and the first transceiver may be configured to receive a first signal from a network using zero energy from the WTRU. The one or more antennas and the first transceiver may be further configured to extract energy from the first signal. The first transceiver may be further configured to examine a separation between energy threshold events to decode an energy signature of the first signal. The first transceiver may be further configured to activate a second transceiver operatively coupled to the one or more antennas if the decoded energy signature matches a stored energy signature, wherein the second transceiver is powered by the WTRU. The one or more antennas and the second transceiver may be configured to receive a second signal from the network.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for assisted mmW sidelink beam discovery in non-standalone mode. A UE may transmit, to an AN, a request to access one or more ADs. The request may be based on an absence of at least one BPL that has a threshold QoS for a DRB with a second UE. The UE may receive, from the AN based on the transmitted request, an authorization to access the one or more ADs, and exchange, via an SRB, beam training information with the second UE based on the authorization to access the one or more ADs for performing a beam training procedure via the one or more ADs.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication at a first user equipment (UE) are described. A first UE may transmit control signaling to reserve a first set of time and frequency resources for a sidelink transmission. In some examples, the control signaling may indicate one or more parameters to be used by a second UE to identify a second set of time and frequency resources for performing a full-duplex communication with the first UE. In some examples, the first UE may then communicate with the second UE based on the reserved first set of time and frequency resources and the indicated one or more parameters associated with the second set of time and frequency resources.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first user equipment (UE) may receive, from a second UE, sidelink control information for performing full-duplex communications with the second UE. The sidelink control information may include an indication of resources reserved by the second UE, an indication of one or more transmit beam directions associated with the resources reserved by the second UE, or both. The first UE may receive, via the resources reserved by the second UE, a first message using a first receive beam based on the sidelink control information. The first UE may transmit, via the resources reserved by the second UE, a second message using a first transmit beam of the first UE, a direction of the first transmit beam being different from a direction of the first receive beam.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first wireless device may receive an indication of one or more parameters for communications over a sidelink channel during a first time period, where the one or more parameters may include a time threshold for a second resource pool. The wireless device may transmit data over a first resource pool of the sidelink channel during a first portion of the first time period based on the one or more parameters, the first resource pool including resources for communications between the first wireless device and a second wireless device. The wireless device may monitor the second resource pool during a second portion of the first time period for the time threshold, the second resource pool including resources for communications between the first wireless device and a third wireless device.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a receiver user equipment (UE) may receive at least one control communication that includes a first part and a second part. The UE may determine an authenticity status of the at least one control communication based at least in part on at least one of a common security key corresponding to the first part or a private security key corresponding to the second part. The UE may perform a wireless communication task based at least in part on the authenticity status of the at least one control communication. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Aspects presented herein may enable a first UE to utilize inference results provided by at least a second UE to improve its inference accuracy. In one aspect, a first UE establishes an ML inference result sharing session with one or more second UEs for at least one ML inference task. The first UE receives a first set of ML inference results associated with the at least one ML inference task, where the first set of ML inference results is received from the one or more second UEs during the ML inference result sharing session. The first UE estimates an aggregated ML inference result based on at least one of the first set of ML inference results or a second set of ML inference results, where the second set of ML inference results is configured by the first UE for the at least one ML inference task.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for a first user equipment (UE) to establish a communication link with a base station and a sidelink communication link with a second UE using different transmission reception points associated with the first UE. The first UE may perform an interference measurement between downlink communications received on the communication link and sidelink communications transmitted on the sidelink communication link. The first UE may determine whether it is able to perform full-duplex operations on the communication link and the sidelink communication link based on the interference measurement and may transmit an indication of the capability of the first UE to the base station.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for wireless communications by a transmitter user equipment (UE). The transmitter UE generates a message authentication code, based on information within a sidelink master information block (SL-MIB) and a key shared between the transmitter UE and a receiver UE. The transmitter UE transmits a sidelink broadcast channel (SL-BCH) transmission carrying the SL-MIB and the message authentication code.

Abstract: In some implementations, a network node of a wireless network may determine that a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection state of a Uu interface of the target UE comprises an inactive or idle state. The network node may determine a time during which the target UE will be in a sidelink (SL) active state, wherein the SL active state comprises a state of operation in which the target UE monitors communication via one or more SL interfaces, transmits communication via the one or more SL interfaces, or both. The network node may send a message, the message for obtaining positioning measurements of the target UE using one or more SL devices corresponding to the one or more SL interfaces, wherein obtaining the positioning measurements is performed while (i) the RRC connection state comprises the inactive or idle state, and (ii) the target UE is in the SL active state.