Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may transmit an encoded transmission via a broadcast to multiple user equipment (UE). Subsequently, the multiple UEs may transmit assistance information to the base station based on attempting to decode the broadcasted encoded transmission. If the decoding is unsuccessful for at least one UE, the base station may then transmit an additional encoded transmission via a unicast or multicast message to the UEs that were unsuccessful. Additionally, the base station may transmit configuration information for the multiple UEs to receive the encoded transmissions and to transmit the assistance information. For example, the configuration information may include portion information for how long the encoded transmission is transmitted via the broadcast, via the unicast, when to transmit the assistance information, etc. In some cases, the configuration information may be based on UE metrics of the multiple UEs.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless communication device may start, in a no-listen-before-talk (no-LBT) mode and after a first channel occupancy time (COT), an away period during which no transmissions are to occur in abeam direction used in the first COT. The wireless communication device may perform, during the away period, channel sensing. The wireless communication device may transmit a communication in a second COT after the away period, based at least in part on a result of the channel sensing. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to wireless communication utilizing a modulation and coding scheme that selectively or dynamically applies probabilistically-shaped coding (PCS) to modulate a transmitted waveform. A communication device may determine whether to apply PCS. If PCS is to be applied, the device can encode the message based on a systematic code; and if PCS is not to be applied, the device can encode the message based on a non-systematic code.

Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for network coding for dual connectivity are disclosed herein. A base station (BS) sends encoded symbols from a first network coding layer to a first radio link control (RLC) layer and transmits, to a user equipment (UE), encoded data comprising the encoded symbols. The BS also transmits encoded data to a road side unit (RSU) for passing to the UE as a split transmission. The UE can receive encoded packets from the BS and RSU at a network coding layer via a second RLC layer. The UE recovers source packets from the encoded packets with a rateless network code at the network coding layer. The UE sequences the source packets into an ordered set of source packets at the network coding layer and sends the ordered set of source packets from the network coding layer to a packet data convergence protocol layer for processing.

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 channel occupancy time (COT) duration indication that indicates a first COT duration associated with a first channel occupancy initiated by the base station. The UE may initiate, during a time duration that is outside of the first COT duration and based at least in part on performing a listen-before-talk procedure, a second channel occupancy having a second COT duration. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to routing communications in a multiple-link environment are provided. A wireless communication device transmits, via a first link of a plurality of links, a first data packet of a plurality of data packets associated with a survival time. The device transmits, based on a first time period associated with the survival time elapsing, a second data packet via a second link of the plurality of links, where the second link is associated with the survival time.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to channel access in a shared radio frequency band in an unlicensed spectrum or a shared spectrum are provided. A wireless communication device determines a channel access procedure based on whether one or more channel access conditions are satisfied for accessing an unlicensed frequency band. The one or more channel access conditions are associated with at least one of sensing across multiple channel occupancy times (COTs), a transmission beam characteristic, a transmit power, a transmission duty cycle, or a beam dwell time. The wireless communication device transmits, based on the channel access procedure, a communication signal in the unlicensed frequency band.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) are described. A UE may receive control signaling configuring at least a first UE operation mode and a second UE operation mode. The UE may transmit one or more uplink messages to a base station in the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band using a first set of parameters according to the first UE operation mode. In some examples, the UE may receive a control message comprising an indication that the UE is to switch from communicating according to the first configured UE operation mode to communicating according to the second configured UE operation mode. The UE may then transmit, in response to the received indication, one or more uplink messages to the base station in the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band using a second set of parameters according to the second UE operation mode.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, encoded packets that are encoded using network coding. The encoded packets may be associated with source packets that represent a data set. The UE may attempt to recover the source packets from the encoded packets received from the base station. Upon failing to recover the source packets, the UE may transmit, over a sidelink channel, a message requesting sidelink assistance in recovering the source packets.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an uplink grant scheduling an uplink transmission that is not aligned with a fixed frame period (FFP) boundary configured for the UE. The UE may receive downlink control information (DCI) including an indication that the UE is to initiate a channel occupancy time (COT) acquisition in association with transmitting the uplink transmission. The UE may modify the indication based at least in part on the uplink transmission not being aligned with the FFP boundary and the indication indicating that the UE is to initiate the COT acquisition. The UE may transmit the uplink transmission based at least in part on the uplink grant and after the modification of the indication. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to selection of a coding rate for forward error correction coding associated with Fountain code encoding. According to some aspects, a wireless device may determine a plurality of block error rates associated with a channel between the wireless device and a second device, the plurality of block error rates being associated with a plurality of coding rates. The wireless device may select a coding rate from the plurality of coding rates for forward error correction coding based on the plurality of block error rates and the plurality of coding rates. The wireless device may encode a source data packet using a Fountain code to produce a codeword, and perform the forward error correction coding on the codeword based on the selected coding rate to produce a transmit signal. The wireless device may transmit the transmit signal to the second device.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a relay device may receive, from a base station, a data message that includes at least first control information associated with a first user equipment (UE) and second control information associated with a second UE. The relay device may transmit, to the first UE, the first control information based at least in part on information included in a header associated with the data message. The relay device may transmit, to the second UE, the second control information based at least in part on the information included in the header. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may convey uplink control information (UCI) to a base station using a multi-slot or single slot uplink channels. In some cases, however, transmissions scheduled on a first set of resources allocated for multi-slot transmission of a first uplink channel may overlap with one or more slots of a second set of resources allocated for multi-slot transmission of a second uplink control channel. Accordingly, the UE may employ a number of different techniques to transmit the UCI. In a first case, the UE may map the UCI to at least one of the overlapping slots of the first uplink channel. In a second case, the UE may drop the second uplink channel which carries the UCI. In a third case, and the UE may map the UCI to an overlapping slot of the second uplink channel.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless communication device may sense, using a beam sweeping operation during a channel check period, a shared wireless communication channel. The wireless communication device may perform a wireless communication action based at least in part on whether a high priority wireless communication signal is detected during the beam sweeping operation. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to wireless communication with a waveform configured according to probabilistic constellation shaping in connection with modulation. A wireless transmission device may determine a sequence of amplitude symbols from a sequence of information bits using a distribution matcher (DM) configured for probabilistic amplitude shaping. The device may further apply error correction coding to encode an information block corresponding to at least a portion of the sequence of amplitude symbols. And the device may generate a sequence of output symbols for transmission based on the encoded information block. In various examples, the device may apply interleaving to one or more of the sequence of amplitude symbols, the information block, the encoded information block, or a combination of the sequence of amplitude symbols and the encoded information block, for the generating of the sequence of output symbols. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: Wireless communication systems and methods related to multiplexing of uplink control information (UCI) and configured grant-UCI (CG-UCI) of different priorities are provided. A user equipment (UE) determines that a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource at least partially overlaps with a configured grant physical uplink shared channel (CG-PUSCH) resource, where the PUCCH resource and the CG-PUSCH resource are associated with different priorities. The UE, based on a threshold number of bits, a number of bits of a low-priority uplink control information (UCI) for multiplexing with at least one of a high-priority CG-PUSCH transmission, a low-priority CG-PUSCH transmission, or a high-priority UCI.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for encoding and decoding are described. To encode a vector, an encoder allocates information bits of the vector to channel instances of a channel that are separated into groups. The groups may vary in size and allocation of the information bits is based on a base sequence of a given length. During decoding, a decoder assigns different bit types to channels instances by dividing a codeword into a plurality of groups and assigning bit types to channel instances of the plurality of groups using the base sequence.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, related to transmissions during an idle period of a fixed frame period (FFP). For example, a UE can receive, via system information or radio resource control (RRC) signaling, a FFP defining an idle period. The UE can further determine that a physical random access channel (PRACH) occasion (RO) resource or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) occasion (PO) resource overlaps with the idle period of the FFP. The UE can additionally map the RO resource to the PO resource based on determining that the RO resource or the PO resource overlaps with the idle period of the FFP, and perform a random access channel (RACH) procedure according at least to the mapping of the RO to the PO.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive configuration information for a received signal strength indication (RSSI) measurement, the configuration information indicating a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state configuration for the RSSI measurement. The UE may perform the RSSI measurement based at least in part on the TCI state configuration. The UE may transmit a measurement report of the RSSI measurement. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for constructing polar codes are provided. A transmitter determines at least one set of parameters corresponding to data to be transmitted, and a set of sorting indices corresponding to bits of the data to be transmitted based on the set of parameters, the set of sorting indices indicating a position set of the bits to be transmitted. The transmitter polar encodes the data based at least on the set of parameters and the set of sorting indices to generate a coded block of the data, and transmits the coded block of the data.