Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble configuration that indicates a first preamble format for a first PRACH preamble and a second preamble format for a second PRACH preamble, wherein the first preamble format is different from the second preamble format. The UE may transmit the first PRACH preamble as part of a random access procedure based at least in part on the PRACH preamble configuration, wherein transmitting the first PRACH preamble enables a determination of a symbol boundary offset. The UE may transmit the second PRACH preamble as part of the random access procedure based at least in part on the PRACH preamble configuration, wherein transmitting the second PRACH preamble enables a determination of a symbol timing offset. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a configuration for a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) of a data transmission that rate matches the data transmission around one or more resource elements that are to be used for a cell-specific reference signal pattern. The UE may receive an SPS communication based at least in part on the configuration. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for reporting content processing times to a base station to allow the base station to efficiently schedule bi-directional communications one or more UEs. A content processing time may correspond to the time taken by a UE to process one or more downlink signals received in one or more downlink transmissions. In some examples, the UE may report a content processing time for each downlink transmission. In some examples, the UE may report one or more content processing times for multiple downlink transmissions. The base station may use the content processing times to configure an appropriate gap between downlink and uplink transmissions such that the UE may have sufficient time to process downlink signals before transmitting one or more uplink transmissions in response to the one or more downlink transmissions.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a network may schedule a user equipment (UE) for multiple transmission/reception point (TRP) communication. The network may transmit a single downlink control information (DCI) message to the UE to dynamically configure multiple transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states for the multiple TRPs. In a first example, the DCI message may include a bit field indicating a set of antenna ports and the multi-TRP scheme for transmission. In a second example, the DCI message may include a separate field indicating the multi-TRP scheme (e.g., based on UE capabilities). In a third example, the DCI may indicate redundancy versions (RVs) for different TRPs in an RV field or across multiple fields. In a fourth example, the DCI may include an indication of a precoding resource block group (PRG) size that may be interpreted differently based on the indicated multi-TRP scheme.

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, a first radio resource control (RRC) configuration message that is associated with a first subband and that indicates a first set of transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states for use on the first subband. The UE may further receive, from the base station, a second RRC configuration message that is associated with a second subband included in the wideband channel and that indicates a second set of TCI states for use on the second subband. As an alternative, the UE may receive, from the base station, an RRC configuration message that includes at least a first list of first TCI states associated with a first subband and a second list of second TCI states associated with a second subband. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for hierarchical communications and low latency support within a wireless communications system. An eNB and/or a UE may be configured to operate within the wireless communications system which is at least partially defined through a first layer with first layer transmissions having a first subframe type and a second layer with second layer transmissions having a second subframe type. The first subframe type may have a first round trip time (RTT) between transmission and acknowledgment of receipt of the transmission, and the second layer may have a second RTT that is less than the first RTT. Subframes of the first subframe type may be multiplexed with subframes of the second subframe type, such as through time division multiplexing. In some examples symbols of different duration may be multiplexed such that different symbol durations coexist.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Aspects of the disclosure describe narrow beam-based channel access that enables a device to communicate in a shared radio frequency spectrum band without performing channel access procedures. Specifically, aspects of the disclosure describe techniques for defining one or more directional beams as a narrow beam, where the relative narrowness of the beam may be determined in the context of interference (e.g., as opposed to being defined from a geometric perspective). For example, a particular beam may be determined to be a narrow beam, and therefore associated with communications in shared radio frequency spectrum bands without channel access procedures, based on one or more metrics and a number of spatial streams associated with the beam. A device may use such narrow beams for communications without channel access procedures in shared radio frequency spectrum bands.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The described techniques may be used to identify when decoded downlink control information (DCI) is from a combined search space set (e.g., a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH)) candidate of a first search space set and a PDCCH candidate of a second search space set). A UE may receive DCI from a base station, identify PDCCH candidates from a first search space set, a second search space set, and a combined PDCCH candidate from the first and second search space set. The UE may decode the DCI and identify that the decoded DCI corresponds to the combined PDCCH candidate based on various characteristics. In accordance with identifying that the DCI is from a combined PDCCH candidate, the UE and base station may identify various communication channel characteristics such as PDSCH, PUSCH, and PUCCH scheduling information, or rate-matching information, among others.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A transmitting user equipment (UE) may determine a set of resources for sidelink communication with one or more neighboring UEs. The transmitting UE may transmit multiple sidelink control messages to the neighboring UEs indicating the set of resources are reserved for a sidelink data message. The neighboring UEs may receive at least one of the sidelink control messages. A neighboring UE may determine a portion of the resources are reserved for a sidelink data message with the transmitting UE and may transmit or receive the sidelink data message using the portion of the resources. Additionally or alternatively, a neighboring UE may determine the resources are reserved for a sidelink data message between the transmitting UE and another neighboring UE and may select alternative resources for sidelink data messages to may avoid using the reserved resources.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for beam failure detection in a second band based on measurements in a first band. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving one or more reference signals (RSs) on a first radio frequency band and initiating a beam failure recovery on a second radio frequency band based, at least in part, on the one or more RSs on the first radio frequency band. The UE may measure the one or more RSs on the first radio frequency band and perform beam failure detection (BFD) for the second radio frequency band based, at least in part, on one or more measurements of the one or more RSs on the first radio frequency band.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a first transmit receive point (TRP), a downlink control information (DCI) communication, the UE being included in a multi-TRP configuration with the first TRP and a second TRP. The UE may determine information unique to the first TRP. The information unique to the first TRP may be at least one of associated with the DCI communication or included in the DCI communication. The UE may generate a downlink scrambling sequence initialization code, associated with the first TRP, based at least in part on the information unique to the first TRP. The UE may generate a downlink scrambling sequence, associated with the first TRP, based at least in part on the downlink scrambling sequence initialization code associated with the first TRP. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A control resource set (CORESET) may be configured to support multiple transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state control channels. Space division multiplexing (SDM) may be implemented to enable multi-TCI states by using multiple ports and layers. A certain layer and demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port may be associated with a certain TCI state. For orthogonal ports, resources elements (REs) may be assigned such that a first set of REs are assigned to the first DMRS port and a second set of REs are assigned to the second port. The multiple DMRS ports may be code division multiplexed (CDM'd) within an RE such that multiple DMRS ports may be associated with the same RE. For non-orthogonal ports, the same RE may be used for multiple TCI states, where scrambling sequences may be applied to DMRSs associated with the TCI states.

Abstract: A method of wireless communication includes performing, by a user equipment (UE) device, a channel sensing operation during a first window of a frame period associated with a wireless communication network. Performing the channel sensing operation includes performing a direction-based scan of one or more beams associated with the wireless communication network, and the channel sensing operation is included in a joint sensing operation performed with a base station. The method further includes, based at least in part on a result of the channel sensing operation, determining whether to perform, during a second window of the frame period, one or more communication operations with the base station.

Abstract: Various aspects relate generally to the beam management procedures in wireless communications systems. Some aspects more specifically relate to the selection of beams for communications to and from a UE and a network entity based on quantized orientation information for a user equipment (UE). In some implementations, a network entity can use the quantized orientation information and a machine learning model to predict a set of beams that may be suitable for communications to and from the UE and the network entity, which may be a subset of the beams that the network entity can generally use for communications to and from the UE and the network entity.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for feedback compression. Certain aspects provide a method for wireless communication by a user-equipment (UE). The method generally includes receiving, from a base station, a configuration to be used for compressing one or more measurements corresponding to at least one reference signal using an artificial intelligence (AI) encoder; receiving the at least one reference signal; and transmitting a codeword to the base station, the codeword being associated with a compression of the one or more measurements in accordance with the configuration.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a trigger signal indicating that a base station has obtained access to a shared radio frequency spectrum band. The UE may transmit, in response to the trigger signal, a trigger response signal configured to reserve a channel of the shared radio frequency spectrum band for a downlink transmission by the base station, where the trigger response signal is transmitted for a time period extending to a scheduled beginning of the downlink transmission. The UE may receive the downlink transmission after an expiration of the time period and based at least in part on the trigger signal.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for predicting a strength of a transmission beam in a communication system. In one example, the disclosure describes a user equipment (UE) receiving a quality metric from a base station (BS), the quality metric indicating one or more tolerance levels for predicted beam strength as compared to actual beam strength at the UE. In some examples, the UE may transmit, to the BS, one or more indications of actual beam strength as measured at the UE at one or more time periods for one or more transmit beams of the BS.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, a transmitting device may support receiver-specific network coding redundancy techniques. For example, a transmitting device may select a receiver-specific redundancy configuration for transmission to a particular receiver based on a quality of a link between the transmitting device and the receiving device. The transmitting device may select or calculate a user-specific redundancy for the link based on a received packet loss probability report, or may select the preferred redundancy configuration as indicated in a request received from the receiving device, or may network encode and transmit one or more initial transmissions according to a default redundancy configuration and increment or decrement the default redundancy based on feedback from the receiving device.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for wireless communication by a base station (BS). In some examples, the techniques include receiving, from a user equipment (UE), one or more indications of one or more actual beam strengths as measured at the UE at one or more time periods for one or more transmit beams of the BS. In some examples, the techniques include receiving, from the UE, assistance information regarding the one or more actual beam strengths.

Abstract: Beam management enhancements for advanced millimeter wave (mmWave) operations are disclosed. As a part of channel state information (CSI) reporting configuration, a user equipment may include an interference plus noise measurement of beams for consideration in beam management. The UE measures a set of signaling resources of each beam for power contribution and interference plus noise. According to the particular configuration, the UE may rank all of the available beams into a subset of the highest ranked beams, ranked either by the interference plus noise measurement, by the power contribution metric, or by a combination of both. The UE reports an identification of the subset to the serving base station which determines the beam to use for subsequent communications with the UE.