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 a non-terrestrial network (NTN) assistance information update procedure for a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes receiving, by the UE from a first cell, first NTN assistance information associated with the first cell; and performing, by the UE, the NTN assistance information update procedure based on at least one of UE-specific control signaling or an NTN-specific system information block (SIB) by which the UE receives the first NTN assistance information.

Abstract: A method performed by a base station (BS) is provided. The method transmits, to a user equipment (UE), a radio resource control (RRC) message that carries a configuration for a configured downlink (DL) transmission on a first DL channel and a configured uplink (UL) transmission on a UL channel. In a case a timing condition between the first DL channel and a second DL channel is satisfied, the method transmits, to the UE, the second DL channel; cancels the configured DL transmission on the first DL channel; and cancels the configured UL transmission on the UL channel. The UL channel includes a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) for a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback.

Abstract: A method, performed by a User Equipment (UE) for constructing a Hybrid-Automatic-Repeat-Request Acknowledge (HARQ-ACK) codebook, includes receiving a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message from a Network (NW), the RRC message including an indication to the UE whether to disable a HARQ feedback for a HARQ process; if the indication of the RRC message indicates to the UE to disable the HARQ feedback for the HARQ process, not generating a HARQ-ACK bit corresponding to a first Transport Block (TB) and generating at least one HARQ-ACK bit corresponding to at least one second TB; and if a Downlink Control Information (DCI) format from the NW indicates to the UE to feedback reception of the first TB and the at least one second TB in a same slot, multiplexing the at least one HARQ-ACK bit to construct the HARQ-ACK codebook for the first TB and the at least one second TB.

Abstract: A method performed by a UE for multiple Transmission Reception Points (TRPs) based non-codebook PUSCH transmission includes receiving, from a BS, configuration of two Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) resource sets with a usage parameter indicated as “non-codebook”; receiving, from the BS, an Radio Resource Control (RRC) message configuring a mapping pattern between the two SRS resource sets and a plurality of PUSCH repetitions; receiving, from the BS, an Uplink (UL) Downlink Control Information (DCI) including two SRS Resource Indicator (SRI) fields; and transmitting, to the BS, the plurality of PUSCH repetitions according to the two SRI fields indicated in the UL DCI and the mapping pattern, wherein the two SRI fields determine two precoders and two transmission ranks applied for the plurality of PUSCH repetitions associated with the two SRS resource sets, and a number of the two transmission ranks determined by the two SRI fields are the same.

Abstract: A method for SCell BFR performed by a BS is provided. The method includes: receiving, from a UE, a BFR MAC CE that includes a cell index of an SCell for which a beam failure is detected, and a reference signal index for the SCell, the BFR MAC CE is transmitted, by the UE, via a UL transmission associated with a HARQ process having a HARQ process ID; and transmitting, to the UE, DCI that schedules a PUSCH transmission with the HARQ process ID of the HARQ process that is used for the UL transmission of the BFR MAC CE, the DCI indicating a toggled NDI value, wherein the UE is configured to: determine, upon receiving the DCI, that the SCell BFR procedure is successfully completed; and monitor, on the SCell, a PDCCH using antenna port quasi-colocation parameters associated with the reference signal index after receiving the DCI.

Abstract: A method and a User Equipment (UE) for performing Sidelink (SL) communication are provided. The method includes performing an SL transmission based on a first set of timers configured for controlling SL Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) behaviors of the UE; and performing an SL reception based on a second set of timers configured for controlling SL Discontinuous Reception (DRX) behaviors of the UE, wherein at least one first timer value of the first set of timers is independently configured relative to at least one second timer value of the second set of timers.

Abstract: A wireless communication method, a User Equipment (UE), and a Base Station (BS) for performing repetition-based Uplink (UL) transmissions are provided. The wireless communication method includes receiving, from the BS, a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message including first information indicating a repetition type, second information indicating a plurality of Transmission Configuration Indicator (TCI) states, and third information including a plurality of items each configuring a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) resource allocation; receiving Downlink Control Information (DCI) that indicates one of the plurality of items; determining a set of nominal PUSCH repetitions; and transmitting at least one actual PUSCH repetition that is determined based on the set of nominal PUSCH repetitions, wherein each nominal PUSCH repetition in the set of nominal PUSCH repetitions maps to one of the plurality of TCI states.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) includes one or more non-transitory computer-readable media containing computer-executable instructions embodied therein and at least one processor coupled to the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media. The at least one processor is configured to receive an indicator indicating that a Long-Term-Evolution (LTE)-Vehicle to Everything (V2X) sidelink (SL) communication is shared with New Radio (NR) SL communication on at least one of one or more carrier frequencies, and select one of the one or more carrier frequencies for the NR SL communication.

Abstract: A method and a user equipment (UE) for controlling Discontinuous Reception (DRX) behavior on multiple radio interfaces are provided. The method includes receiving, from a Base Station (BS), a first set of timers configured for controlling a first DRX behavior of the UE on a Uu interface to the BS; performing control channel monitoring according to the first set of timers; identifying that a Sidelink (SL) activity occurs on an SL interface that is a PC5 interface, the SL activity associated with one or more SL destinations on the PC5 interface; and starting or restarting at least one of the first set of timers in response to identifying the SL activity.

Abstract: A method of initial access for a UE is provided. The method includes receiving a MIB for configuring a first CORESET of a first DL BWP; receiving a first RRC configuration in the first DL BWP carrying a configuration for a first initial UL BWP, and a second RRC configuration in the first DL BWP carrying a configuration for a second DL BWP, a second CORESET, a first search space associated with the second CORESET, and a second initial UL BWP; transmitting a PRACH preamble in the second initial UL BWP; and receiving DCI in the first search space and a PDSCH carrying a random access response scheduled by the DCI in the second DL BWP, wherein the second DL BWP includes the second CORESET, the first DL BWP is associated with the first initial UL BWP, and the second DL BWP is associated with the second initial UL BWP.

Abstract: A method of deriving a Quasi-CoLocation (QCL) assumption for a user equipment (UE) in multi-panel transmission is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining a plurality of control resource set (CORESET) groups from a network of the wireless communication system, determining a default QCL assumption for demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) port(s) of at least one physical downlink share channel (PDSCH), reception scheduled by a scheduling physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) according to a CORESET of one of the plurality of CORESET groups when a time offset between a reception of downlink control information (DCI), in the scheduling PDCCH and the at least one PDSCH reception is less than a threshold, wherein at least one of the plurality of CORESET groups includes at least one CORESET for indicating a QCL assumption, and applying the default QCL assumption for reception of the DM-RS port(s) of the at least one PDSCH.

Abstract: This disclosure provides an apparatus operated as a relay node in a wireless mesh network for packet routing. The apparatus comprises processing circuitry that receives a packet including indications of a source node and a destination node. When the relay node is not the destination node, the processing circuitry determines whether the packet includes a path ID identifying a delivery route for the packet. When the packet includes the path ID and a routing table of the relay node includes a first next-hop node associated with the path ID, the processing circuitry transmits the packet to the first next-hop node. When the packet does not include the path ID or the routing table does not include the first next-hop node, the processing circuitry transmits the packet to one of a second next-hop node associated with the destination node and a third next-hop node associated with an intermediate destination node.

Abstract: A method performed by a UE for communicating with a plurality of TRPs is provided. The method includes: receiving, from the BS, one or more RRC messages that configure the UE with a first SRS resource set associated with a first TRP, a second SRS resource set associated with a second TRP, and a cyclical mapping pattern for a plurality of PUSCH repetitions, a usage of the first SRS resource set and the second SRS resource set being configured for codebook-based transmissions; and transmitting the plurality of PUSCH repetitions based on the cyclical mapping pattern at least by: transmitting a first PUSCH repetition of the plurality of PUSCH repetitions to the first TRP according to the first SRS resource set; and transmitting a second PUSCH repletion of the plurality of PUSCH repetitions to the second TRP according to the second SRS resource set after transmitting the first PUSCH repetition.

Abstract: A method for a user equipment (UE) monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for power saving signaling is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration from a base station (BS) to configure the UE to monitor a scheduling signal on the PDCCH within a DRX active time, and receiving a configuration from the BS to configure the UE to monitor the power saving signaling on the PDCCH and 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, 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 deriving a Quasi-CoLocation (QCL) assumption for a user equipment (UE) in multi-panel transmission is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining a plurality of control resource set (CORESET) groups from a network of the wireless communication system, determining a default QCL assumption for demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) port(s) of at least one physical downlink share channel (PDSCH), reception scheduled by a scheduling physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) according to a CORESET of one of the plurality of CORESET groups when a time offset between a reception of downlink control information (DCI), in the scheduling PDCCH and the at least one PDSCH reception is less than a threshold, wherein at least one of the plurality of CORESET groups includes at least one CORESET for indicating a QCL assumption, and applying the default QCL assumption for reception of the DM-RS port(s) of the at least one PDSCH.

Abstract: A method of performing a non-codebook based physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station (BS), first downlink control information (DCI) including a transmission configuration indication (TCI) field that indicates a source reference signal (RS) for providing transmission beam information to the UE, receiving, from the BS, second DCI including a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource indication (SRI) field that indicates an SRS resource in an SRS resource set with usage set to non-codebook (SRS-nCB) resource set for providing precoding information to the UE, and performing the non-codebook based PUSCH transmission according to the transmission beam information and the precoding information.

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. A neighbor cell in the active set is likely to be UE’s target cell. To reduce handover interruption, the UE acquires and maintains the TA corresponding to the cells in the active set. The UE performs early RACH for potential target cells and obtains the TA of the potential target cells. Once the UE receives handover command indicating one of the active cells as target cell, the UE can complete the handover without performing RACH again.

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.