Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a transmitting node may determine a set of geometry-specific parameters based at least in part on a symbol sequence length n and a target distribution. The transmitting node may determine a sequence of K bits based at least in part on a plurality of information bits and a bit sequence length K. The transmitting node may map, based at least in part on a composition selected from a plurality of compositions, the sequence of K bits to a sequence of n symbols using arithmetic coding based at least in part on the set of geometry-specific parameters. The transmitting node may transmit the sequence of n symbols to a receiving node. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: In a probabilistic amplitude shaping (PAS) system, a distribution matching (DM) component may receive a uniform bit sequence with equal probabilities, which may be converted into symbols with a desired probability distribution (e.g., Gaussian). For example, the probability distribution may use inner constellation points associated with a lower energy and/or power more frequently and outer constellation points associated with a higher energy and/or power less frequently. In general, the DM component may map binary bits to positive amplitudes with a non-uniform distribution according to a DM rate that is based at least in part on a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), which may vary significantly in a spatial and frequency selective wireless channel. Accordingly, some aspects described herein relate to configuring DM parameters and codeword and resource mappings in a spatial and frequency selective wireless channel.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for indicating and determining whether one or more of multiple uplink transmissions scheduled by a common downlink control information (DCI) are based on a channel occupancy time (COT) initiated by the UE, a COT initiated by the network entity, or a combination of COTs initiated by the UE and network entity. The determination may be based on a direct indication in the DCI for one or more of the multiple uplink transmissions. The determination may also be based on determining the type of COT for the remaining uplink transmissions not directly indicated by the DCI. For example, the DCI may indicate a COT type for only a first one of the multiple uplink transmissions and the UE determines a COT type for the remaining uplink transmissions based on various conditions and criteria.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for dynamically indicating or determining channel occupancy time (COT) for uplink transmissions. For example, a user equipment (UE) may determine whether a scheduled uplink transmission is based on CE-initiated COT or sharing a network initiated COT (both generally referred to as “COT types”) based on content in the scheduling downlink control information (DCI) or a rule applied for a configured uplink transmission. The present disclosure provides techniques for determining the COT types by using corresponding fields in the DCI when applicable, or when the corresponding fields are absent, by introducing rules configuring the uplink transmission.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for determining a relay capability configuration for using a control signal to schedule a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) that carries information to organize sidelink connections. The control signal allows user equipments (UEs) to organize a sidelink network absent base station configurations or vendor configurations. For example, the control signal may schedule a discovery signal (DS) associated with a sidelink synchronization signal block (S-SSB). The control signal may be referred to as DS-physical sidelink control channel (DS-PSCCH), different from a normal PSCCH. The DS-PSCCH may have distinct structure and content to allow UEs to organize sidelink networks.

Abstract: A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a base station (BS) in a first fixed frame period (FFP), downlink communication information (DCI), where the DCI indicates a scheduled DL communication in a second FFP subsequent to the first FFP. The method also includes monitoring for a downlink (DL) signal in the second FFP. The method also includes transmitting, based on the monitoring for the DL signal, an acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) indicating whether the scheduled DL communication was detected.

Abstract: In a method of wireless communication, a user equipment (UE) receives, from a base station (BS) in a first fixed frame period (FFP), downlink communication information (DCI), where the DCI indicates a scheduled uplink (UL) communication in a second FFP subsequent to the first FFP. The UE monitors for a downlink (DL) signal in the second FFP, and transmits, to the BS based on the monitoring and a first parameter indicating whether the scheduled UL communication is associated with a BS channel occupancy time (COT) or a UE COT, the scheduled UL communication.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described for dynamic frozen bits of polar codes for early termination and performance improvement. A wireless device may receive a signal comprising a codeword encoded using a polar code. The wireless device may perform decoding of the codeword including at least: parity check of a first subset of decoding paths for making a decision on early termination of decoding of the codeword based on dynamic frozen bits, and generating path metrics for a second subset of the decoding paths that each pass the parity check based on the dynamic frozen bits, and performing error detection on a bit sequence corresponding to one of the second subset of the decoding paths based at part on error detection bits and the generated path metrics. The wireless device may process the information bits based on a result of the decoding.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a technique for parallel distribution matching (DM) encoding. A user equipment (UE) implements the technique to perform a first round of parallel DM encoding using k information bits as input by: 1) segmenting the k information bits into N blocks of information bits, and 2) encoding the N blocks of information bits in parallel with N DM blocks. Each of the N blocks outputs one or more encoded information bits in each of the NDM blocks, and a total number of information bits output by the N DM blocks is less than k. The UE then performs a second round of parallel DM encoding using k? information bits that were not encoded in the first round of DM encoding. The second round of parallel DM encoding includes a same encoding process as implemented in the first round of parallel DC encoding.

Abstract: A method for multi-transport block (TB) communication performed by a user equipment (UE) includes: receiving, from a base station (BS), a multi-transport block (TB) repetition configuration indicating a first number of repetitions and a second number of repetitions; receiving, from the BS, downlink control information (DCI) indicating a time-domain configuration for a first TB and a second TB, wherein the first TB and the second TB are associated with a same scheduling grant; communicating, with the BS based on the multi-TB repetition configuration and the time-domain configuration; the first number of repetitions of the first TB; and the second number of repetitions of the second TB.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A transmitting device may perform distribution matching on at least a first subset of a set of bits, such as the bits of transport block. The distribution matching may include a variable-to-fixed (v2f) distribution matching procedure in which a ratio between a quantity of input bits to output interim symbols for the v2f distribution matching procedure is variable. The distribution matching include evaluating, after each instance of the v2f distribution matching procedure, whether additional bits remain for distribution matching, and if so, whether to perform an additional instance of the v2f distribution matching procedure or an alternative distribution matching procedure on the remaining bits. Corresponding techniques for a receiving device are also described, including distribution dematching techniques based on a v2f distribution dematching procedure.

Abstract: A configuration for transmission control for multi-relay based communication. The apparatus determines a priority of data transmission at each relay of a plurality of relays between the base station and at least one UE. The apparatus transmits a PDSCH comprising control information for the at least one UE and a priority indication instructing each relay of the plurality of relays which data is contained in the PDSCH. The PDSCH may include an indication indicating whether data corresponding to the at least one UE is contained in the PDSCH. The PDSCH may include a field that identifies data and a corresponding UE of the at least one UE that is contained in the PDSCH. The apparatus may transmit, to each relay of the plurality of relays, the priority of data transmission, wherein the priority of data transmission includes a priority for uplink and downlink transmissions.

Abstract: A method for wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a network device, an initial transmission parameter that indicates whether a network coding function is enabled for initial transmissions from a first radio link control (RLC) entity associated with a multicast radio bearer (MRB) of a network device and a retransmission parameter that indicates whether the network coding function is enabled for retransmissions from a second RLC entity associated with the MRB. The method also includes receiving a set of initial data units from the first RLC entity. The method further includes receiving, from the second RLC entity, a set of retransmission data units based on transmitting status indicators that indicate the set of initial data units satisfy a failure condition.

Abstract: A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising identifying a priority level associated with the UE; and performing a clear channel assessment for a channel occupancy time (COT) according to an offset parameter, wherein the offset parameter is based on the priority level associated with the UE.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to wireless communication devices configured to encode information blocks to produce code blocks and interleave the code blocks utilizing an interleaver including a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, where the number of columns of the interleaver varies between the rows. In some examples, the interleaver includes a right isosceles triangle-shaped matrix of rows and columns. In other examples, the interleaver includes a trapezoid-shaped matrix of rows and columns.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Some wireless communications systems may support hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) schemes to improve the likelihood that information is received correctly over a wireless communications link. In HARQ, when a transmitting device determines that a receiving device failed to successfully decode a transmission of information, the transmitting device may retransmit the information to the receiving device. In some cases, HARQ techniques may be used for communications associated with different types of services. In such cases, to keep the latency of communications within a latency budget for a particular type of service, wireless devices may utilize the techniques described herein to dynamically terminate HARQ retransmissions. For instance, a transmitting device may avoid retransmitting information when an amount of time that has elapsed since an original transmission of the information has exceeded the latency budget.

Abstract: Example aspects include a method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for wireless communication at user equipment of a mobile network, comprising receiving, from a base station via a first beam, a pre-grant message requesting the UE to perform a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure on a second beam. The aspects further include performing, according to the pre-grant message, the LBT procedure on the second beam. Additionally, the aspects include indicating, to the base station, whether the LBT procedure was successful.

Abstract: Methods and devices for downlink (DL) control channel communications operating in a semi-static channel access mode in a shared frequency band are provided. In one aspect, a method is performed by a base station (BS) and includes: transmitting, based on a first configuration during a first period, a first downlink (DL) control signal, where the first configuration is based on the first period associated with a first channel occupancy signal (COT) type; and transmitting, based on a second configuration during a second period, a second DL control signal, where the second configuration is based on the second period associated with a second COT type different from the first COT type, and where the second configuration is different from the first configuration.

Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating distribution matching via reversed compression are disclosed herein. An example method for wireless communication at a wireless transmitter includes decompressing a first sequence of information bits for wireless transmission to output a sequence of shaped symbols. The example method also includes compressing the sequence of shaped symbols to output a second sequence of compressed information bits. The example method also includes transmitting, to a receiver, a signal comprising the sequence of shaped symbols.

Abstract: A configuration for resource allocation for PDCCH with multi-relay based communication. The apparatus determines a transmission time of a signal comprising a sequence of a plurality of PDCCHs to a target node. At least one relay is between the base station and the target node. The apparatus transmits, to each of the at least one relay, a relay configuration comprising scheduling information for each of the at least one relay to relay the signal. The scheduling information is based on a determination of the transmission time of the signal to the target node.