Abstract: A method for forming transistors includes forming a stack of alternating first semiconductor layers and second semiconductor layers on a substrate and forming nanostructure channels and interposers by forming a source/drain opening in a first device region of the substrate. The source/drain opening extending through the first and second semiconductor layers. The method includes, after the forming a source/drain opening, increasing tensile strain of the nanostructure channels, and, after the increasing tensile strain, forming a source/drain in the source/drain opening.

Abstract: A method for SCell BFR performed by a UE is provided. The method includes: receiving a first SCell BFR configuration corresponding to a first SCell, the first SCell BFR configuration including at least one of a resource list for BFD and a resource list for NBI; detecting a beam failure condition in the first SCell by measuring at least one BFD reference signal; determining a first new candidate beam index for the first SCell based on the first SCell BFR configuration; and transmitting a beam failure recovery request that includes a cell index of the first SCell in which beam failure occurs and the determined first new candidate beam index.

Abstract: A method for a base station (BS) instructing a UE to monitor a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for power saving signaling is disclosed. The method comprises transmitting a discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration to the UE indicating to monitor a scheduling signal on the PDCCH within a DRX active time, and transmitting a configuration to the UE for monitoring the power saving signaling on the PDCCH, instructing the UE to wake up for monitoring the scheduling signal in the DRX active time, wherein the configuration includes a time in milliseconds prior to a start of a DRX on-duration time, and instructs the UE to start monitoring the PDCCH for the power saving signaling.

Abstract: A method of power control can include receiving at a UE a first downlink reference signal from a repeater and a second downlink reference signal from a base station, the first downlink reference signal corresponding to a first path that is between the UE and the base station and passes the repeater, the second downlink reference signal corresponding to a second path that is between the UE and the base station. The UE estimates a first uplink path loss of the first path and a second uplink path loss of the second path and determine a first uplink transmit power corresponding to the first path and a second uplink transmit power corresponding to the second path. The UE performs an uplink transmission on the first path based on the first uplink transmit power and on the second path based on the second uplink transmit power.

Abstract: A method performed by a UE is provided. The method includes receiving at least one SL-DRX configuration and a plurality of SL resource pool configurations to be configured on the first UE; performing partial sensing based on at least one of the plurality of SL resource pool configurations when an SL-DRX operation is performed based on the at least one SL-DRX configuration, each of at least one SL resource pool configured by the at least one of the plurality of SL resource pool configurations comprising one or more time slots; and performing SL-CBR measurement associated with each of the at least one SL resource pool in the one or more time slots where the partial sensing is performed.

Abstract: A method for beam management performed by a UE is provided. The method includes: receiving a DCI format in a first BWP based on a first QCL assumption specific to the first BWP, the DCI format scheduling a PDSCH reception in a second BWP; receiving an RRC configuration that includes a plurality of candidate TCI states associated with a serving cell in which the PDSCH is scheduled; receiving a MAC CE that indicates a subset of the plurality of candidate TCI states for activation in the second BWP; determining a second QCL assumption specific to the second BWP based on one TCI state in the subset; and receiving the PDSCH in the second BWP based on the second QCL assumption.

Abstract: Various solutions for channel information feedback with prior information with respect to user equipment and network apparatus in mobile communications are described. An apparatus may receive a reference signal transmitted by a network side including at least one network node. The apparatus may obtain at least one selected basis. The apparatus may derive a channel response information observed by a receiving domain of the apparatus according to the reference signal. The apparatus may decompose the channel response information into a preferred domain. The apparatus may determine a simplified linear combination coefficient representation of the channel response information in the preferred domain according to the selected basis. The apparatus May report a compressed channel information to the network side based on the simplified linear combination coefficient representation and the preferred domain.

Abstract: A device includes: a substrate; a stack of semiconductor channels on the substrate; a gate structure wrapping around the semiconductor channels; a source/drain region abutting the semiconductor channels; and a hybrid structure between the source/drain region and the substrate. The hybrid structure includes: a first semiconductor layer under the source/drain region; and an isolation region extending vertically from an upper surface of the first semiconductor layer to a level above a bottom surface of the first semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A synergetic communication method for discovery procedure between relay node and source user equipment (UE) is proposed. The network node may generate the resource configuration for discovery procedure and allocate the resource configuration for discovery procedure to a UE. The UE may transmit the resource configuration for discovery procedure to at least one relay node. Thus, the relay node is able to obtain the resource configuration for discovery procedure from the UE.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining a BFD RS are provided. The method includes receiving at least one MAC CE for TCI state activation, each MAC CE indicating a CORESET and at least one TCI state, at least a subset of the indicated TCI state(s) belonging to a first group of TCI states associated with a first TRP; and performing first operations after determining that a total number of TCI states included in the first group of TCI states is larger than a first threshold number, the first operations including: selecting at least one first TCI state from the first group of TCI states; and determining at least one first BFD RS for detecting a first beam failure condition of the first TRP based on the at least one first TCI state.

Abstract: A method for a user equipment (UE) for performing a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) codebook generation operation for downlink transmission(s) is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, from a base station, a dynamic scheduling configuration for HARQ feedback operation; receiving, from the base station, a scheduling signaling for a first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception with a first HARQ state feedback for the first PDSCH reception being disabled; and generating, for the HARQ feedback operation, a HARQ codebook excluding a first HARQ state for the first PDSCH reception.

Abstract: A method, performed by a User Equipment (UE), for Uplink (UL) transmission management includes the UE determining a default spatial domain transmission filter for an UL resource according to at least one Quasi Co-Location (QCL) parameter of a Control Resource Set (CORESET) after determining that the UL resource is not configured with a spatial domain transmission filter and a pathloss reference Reference Signal (RS) resource, and transmitting the UL resource by applying the default spatial domain transmission filter.

Abstract: A method of uplink transmission for a user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), a threshold; determining at least one uplink grant according to the threshold; performing a payload transmission on the at least one uplink grant while the UE is in an RRC inactive state; and not transmitting only padding bits for the payload transmission on the uplink grant.

Abstract: A synergetic communication method for relay node configuration and protocol stacks is proposed. A network node may generate a scheduling which indicates the relay node configurations associated with an aggregated group based on the capability information from a user equipment (UE). The scheduling may comprise different configurations for the relay nodes in the aggregated group. In addition, the network node may transmit or schedule the scheduling for controlling the aggregated group to the UE. The UE may transmit the capability information associated with the relay node(s) in the aggregated group to the network node. Therefore, the network node is able to configure the configuration for the relay node with limited capability.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) and a method for wireless communication are provided. The method includes: receiving a radio resource control (RRC) configuration from a base station (BS); determining whether a first parameter is configured in the RRC configuration; receiving first downlink control information (DCI) from the BS, the first DCI including a first field indicating a first Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARD) process identifier (ID); determining that a number of bits in the first field is a default number in a case that the first parameter is not configured in the RRC configuration; and determining that the number of bits in the first field is a specific number greater than the default number in a case that the first parameter is configured in the RRC configuration.

Abstract: A synergetic communication method for relay node identification (ID) acquisition is proposed. The network node may generate a configuration based on the relay node information from a user equipment (UE) to configure the relay node ID for the relay node in an aggregated group. The network node may schedule the operations of the devices of the aggregated group based on the configuration. The UE may detect the relay node and assign the relay node ID configured by the network node to the relay node in the aggregated group. Therefore, when the relay node in the aggregated group cannot directly obtain the relay node ID from the network node, the UE can assist of obtaining the relay node ID from the network node and assigning the relay node ID to the relay node in the aggregated group.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a user equipment (UE) and methods for channel state information (CSI) compression. Processing circuitry of the UE obtain a plurality of first channel matrices that each indicates CSI of a communication channel between the UE and a respective one of multiple transmission-reception-points (TRPs). The processing circuitry compresses each of the plurality of first channel matrices into a respective feature vector through one or more convolutional neural networks (CNNs), and concatenates the plurality of feature vectors into a joint feature vector. The processing circuitry compresses the joint feature vector into a compressed joint feature vector through one or more fully connected neural networks (FCNNs).

Abstract: A synergetic communication method for capability reporting in relay communications is proposed. A user equipment (UE) may detect the relay node(s). In an event that a trigger condition is triggered, the UE may transmit the capability report associated with the detected relay node to the network node. The network node may generate the resource configuration based on the capability report from the UE. Therefore, the network node is able to obtain the capability information of the relay node even if the relay node has limited capability, e.g., the relay node is a layer 0 (L0) relay node or a layer 1 (L1) relay node.

Abstract: A method and a user equipment (UE) for resource selection approach adaptation are provided. The method includes receiving, from a Base Station (BS), a first Sidelink (SL) transmission resource pool configuration and a second SL transmission resource pool configuration; performing a first resource selection on a first SL transmission resource pool by applying a first resource selection approach; receiving, from the BS, an adaption indication that a second resource selection approach is to be applied; performing, during a transition period between a time at which the adaption indication is received and a time at which the second resource selection approach is applied, a second resource selection on a second SL transmission resource pool by applying a third resource selection approach; and performing, after the transition period, a third resource selection on the first SL transmission resource pool by applying the second resource selection approach indicated by the adaption indication.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method of channel scheduling for narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) in a non-terrestrial network (NTN) and a user equipment using the same. The method includes: transmitting an uplink signal ending in a first subframe; determining a monitoring window starting from a second subframe according to the first subframe and a time offset; and monitoring a downlink signal corresponding to the uplink signal according to the monitoring window.