Abstract: A method for beam report associated with one or more antenna group configurations (AGCs) is proposed. The network node configures one or more AGCs. Each AGC may comprise at least one of an AGC index. Each AGC may comprise the number of ports or layers that can be supported by the UE. In addition, each AGC may comprise an active panel state. The active panel state may indicate whether the UE can perform UL transmission to the network node and/or whether the UE can perform DL reception from the network node. The UE may determine one of the AGCs for each CRI or SSBRI in a beam report. The UE may activate and select one or more panels for DL reception and UL transmission and the UE may receive and measure the reference signal corresponding to the CRI or SSBRI in the beam report.

Abstract: User equipment (UE) for sounding reference signal (SRS) triggering is provided. The UE may include a radio frequency (RF) signal processing device and a processor. The RF signal processing device receives first slot offset information and second slot offset information from a network node. The first slot offset information is configured through a radio resource control (RRC) information element (IE) to indicate a first time difference between the down link control information (DCI) and a resource reference slot. The second slot offset information indicates the second time difference between the reference slot and an SRS resource. The processor is coupled to the RF signal processing device. When the RF signal processing device receives the DCI, the processor triggers an SRS transmission for the SRS resource according to the first slot offset information and the second slot offset information.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for beam failure recovery (BFR) are proposed. The network node may allocate channel state information-reference signal (CSI) configuration for the user equipment (UE). The CSI configuration may comprise at least one CSI-reference signal (CSI-RS) associated with a serving transmission configuration indication (TCI) for the UE. In addition, the network node may transmit the CSI configuration to the UE. The UE may perform BFD procedure to determine whether a beam failure happens and transmit a beam failure recovery (BFR) request to the network node when the beam failure happens. In addition, the UE may perform operations based on the CSI-RS associated with the serving TCI when the UE receives a response from the network node for the BFR request.

Abstract: A method of acquiring timing advance (TA) for neighbor cells to reduce latency and interruption for inter-cell mobility is proposed. A UE is configured with a set of active cells for fast cell-switching. To reduce handover interruption, UE performs early RACH for potential target cells and obtains the TA of the potential target cells. In one novel aspect, for overhead reduction, a single RACH preamble may be received by multiple cells. Using a single RACH preamble, UE acquires TA for multiple cells, aiming at reducing the interruption due to RACH during handover. In another novel aspect, UE reports DL reception timing difference between the serving cell and the neighbor cell, and then adjust the TA for the neighbor cell accordingly.

Abstract: A beam failure recovery (BFR) procedure is proposed. The network node may allocate one or more New-Beam-Identification Reference-Signal (NBI-RS) resource sets for a user equipment (UE) and report the allocated NBI-RS resource sets to the UE, wherein the NBI-RS resource sets may be associated with a serving Transmission and Reception Point (TRP) and at least one candidate TRP. The UE may perform a beam failure detection (BFD) procedure to determine whether a beam failure happens, perform a New Beam Identification (NBI) procedure based on the NBI-RS resource sets allocated by the network nodel, and perform a recovery procedure to a serving TRP or a candidate TRP to reduce the latency of conventional recovery procedure.

Abstract: A new beam identification method is proposed. The UE determines whether a quality of at least one NBI-RS resource associated with a serving Transmission and Reception Point (TRP)is larger than or equal to a first threshold. The UE determines whether a quality of at least one NBI-RS resource associated with at least one candidate TRP is larger than or equal to a second threshold. The UE selects a new beam for a recovery procedure based on determining results associated with the serving TRP and the at least one candidate TRP.

Abstract: A unified solution to support all PCell, SCell, and per-TRP based beam failure recovery (BFR) procedure is proposed, with less standard impact and reduced latency. In a first novel aspect, a set of reference signals (RSs) for BFD is configured for each BWP of a serving cell, and a maximum number of BFD RSs (N) per TRP for each BWP of a serving cell is configured. In a second novel aspect, for single DCI multi-TRP, the BFD RSs can be updated via MAC CE to reduce latency. In a third novel aspect, new RRC parameters for BFD RSs and candidate beam RSs are configured, with different sets of SSB/CSI-RS resources associated to each TRP. Specifically, an additional lists of SSB/CSI-RS resource set is defined for each corresponding TRP.

Abstract: Method and UE are provided for determining precoder of MIMO system. In particular, a BS can transmit at least one CSI-RS to the UE. The UE can receive the at least one CSI-RS, and estimate at least one covariance matrix of at least one downlink channel matrix according to the at least one CSI-RS at different times and frequencies. Then, the UE can transmit the at least one covariance matrix or at least one parameter associated with the least one covariance matrix to the BS for the BS to reconstruct at least one covariance matrix, and determine a precoder according to the at least one reconstructed covariance matrix.

Abstract: An apparatus (e.g., a user equipment (UE)) maps a plurality of mutually orthogonal sequences to each of a plurality of physical resource blocks (PRBs) within an interlace. The apparatus then performs a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission in a New Radio unlicensed spectrum (NR-U). The apparatus also receives an assignment of a set of sequences for each PRB of the plurality of PRBs from a wireless network. In response, the apparatus performs an uplink control information (UCI) transmission via the PUCCH in the NR-U.

Abstract: A partial sounding method for sounding-reference-signal (SRS) is proposed. The network node may transmit the report configuration to the user equipment (UE). The UE may determine at least one resource group based on the report configuration and report a report comprising the resource group or resource groups to the network node. The report may comprise an indicator to indicate that a first resource index in the report is associated with the first resource set or the second resource set. The network node may know that the first resource index of the report is associated with which resource set based on the indicator in the report.

Abstract: Method and UE are provided for transmission configuration indication (TCI) state application. In particular, a UE can receive an indication of a specific TCI state from a network. Then the UE can apply the specific TCI state for at least one transmission in a CORESET associated with at least one search space set when: (1) the at least one search space set is configured with a first type; or (2) any of the at least one search space set is configured with a second type and the CORESET associated is configured to follow the specific TCI state.

Abstract: A method for UE capability signaling to support enhancements on resource allocation for Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) candidate monitoring in NR-U is proposed. A UE transfers UE capability information to a mobile communication network. The UE capability information includes information indicating whether the UE supports Control Resource Set (CORESET) configuration with a Resource Block (RB) offset. The UE receives resource allocation configuration of an unlicensed cell from the mobile communication network. The UE monitors PDCCH candidates on the unlicensed cell according to the resource allocation configuration.

Abstract: An apparatus (e.g., a user equipment (UE)) maps a plurality of mutually orthogonal sequences to each of a plurality of physical resource blocks (PRBs) within an interlace. The apparatus then performs a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission in a New Radio unlicensed spectrum (NR-U). The apparatus also receives an assignment of a set of sequences for each PRB of the plurality of PRBs from a wireless network. In response, the apparatus performs an uplink control information (UCI) transmission via the PUCCH in the NR-U.

Abstract: A user equipment terminal (UE) operates in a wireless network according to a configuration. The UE receives the configuration for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), and detects downlink control information (DCI) in the PDCCH. From the DCI, the UE receives control information for a serving cell configured with one or more bandwidth units in a frequency domain. The control information is provided for each bandwidth unit of the serving cell. According to the control information, the UE performs a downlink reception from the serving cell or an uplink transmission to the serving cell.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure further provide an apparatus and a method for wireless communication. The apparatus includes processing circuitry that receives, from a base station (BS), a downlink (DL) grant scheduling an uplink (UL) transmission to the BS. The DL grant indicates a first type of channel access procedure for the UL transmission. The processing circuitry further receives channel occupancy information for a channel occupancy that is initiated by the BS. The processing circuitry switches, from the first type of channel access procedure, to a second type of channel access procedure for the UL transmission according to the first type of channel access procedure and the channel occupancy information.

Abstract: A partial sounding method for sounding-reference-signal (SRS) is proposed. The network node may transmit higher-layer signal configuring a fractional SRS resource for partial sounding in configured resource blocks (RBs) to user equipment (UE). The UE may determine an SRS sequence length and a frequency-domain starting position of the fractional SRS resource based on the higher-layer signal to increase the SRS capacity.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide an electronic device including a transceiver and processing circuitry and a method for wireless communication. The transceiver is configured to receive configuration information for physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource configuration from a network in a wireless communication system. The configuration information can indicate a first interlace that includes a first set of frequency domain physical resources. The processing circuitry is configured to determine resource allocation in a frequency domain for the PUCCH resource based at least on the first interlace. The transceiver can transmit uplink control information (UCI) on a PUCCH resource.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure further provide an apparatus and a method for wireless communication. The apparatus includes processing circuitry that receives, from a base station (BS), a downlink (DL) grant scheduling an uplink (UL) transmission to the BS. The DL grant indicates a first type of channel access procedure for the UL transmission. The processing circuitry performs a channel access procedure for the UL transmission according to the first type of channel access procedure indicated by the DL grant.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide an electronic device including a transceiver and processing circuitry. The transceiver can be configured to wirelessly receive at least one signal from a network including a first cell. The at least one signal can indicate a link quality of a wireless link formed between the electronic device and the base station in a first cell. The processing circuitry can be configured to determine whether beam failure occurs on the first cell based on at least one signal quality of the at least one signal. When the beam failure is determined to occur on the first cell, the processing circuitry can be configured to report information of the first cell to the network indicating the beam failure on the first cell.

Abstract: A method of data retransmission can include receiving a transport block (TB) including code block groups (CBGs) corresponding to a first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process from a transmitter at a receiver in a wireless communication system, and transmitting a TB/CBG indicator along with HARQ retransmission information from the receiver. The HARQ retransmission information includes a HARQ acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback or a retransmission indication for the first HARQ process. The TB/CBG indicator indicates whether the HARQ-ACK feedback or the retransmission indication is TB-level or CBG-level.