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 pharmaceutical composition containing a mixed polymeric micelle and a drug enclosed in the micelle, in which the mixed polymeric micelle, 1 to 1000 nm in size, includes an amphiphilic block copolymer and a lipopolymer. Also disclosed are preparation of the pharmaceutical composition and use thereof for treating cancer.

Abstract: A method, a communication apparatus using the method, and a base station apparatus are disclosed. The method includes arranging user equipment to receive a downlink control channel signal associated with a physical downlink control channel; and configuring the user equipment to monitor the physical downlink control channel for control-resource set information. The control-resource set information corresponds to time and frequency resource allocation information related to the physical downlink control channel. The control-resource set information includes at least one parameter.

Abstract: A base station (BS) and a method for wireless communication are provided. The method includes transmitting a first radio resource control (RRC) configuration that configures a radio link monitoring configuration that includes a beam failure detection (BFD) timer and a beam failure indication (BFI) count threshold. The first RRC configuration enables a user equipment (UE) to: start or restart the BFD timer by a medium access control (MAC) entity of the UE each time a BFI is received from a lower layer; and initiate a beam failure recovery (BFR) procedure upon determining that the number of the received BFIs is greater than or equal to the BFI count threshold. The method further includes transmitting a second RRC configuration that reconfigures the radio link monitoring configuration. The second RRC configuration enables the UE to set the BFI counter to zero in response to receiving the second RRC configuration.

Abstract: A method for a User Equipment (UE) for performing a dormant operation is provided. The method receives, from a Base Station (BS), a Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration indicating a set of one or more dormancy cell groups, where a group of serving cells belongs to a specific dormancy cell group in the set of one or more dormancy cell groups. The method receives, from the BS, a signal including a bitmap when the UE is not in a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) active time, and switches, based on a bit in the bitmap that is associated with the specific dormancy cell group, active Bandwidth Parts (BWPs) of all activated serving cells included in the group of serving cells to a dormant BWP or to a non-dormant BWP.

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 UE performing a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) process for a deprioritized uplink (UL) grant is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, a first UL grant scheduling a first UL transmission on a first UL resource and a second UL grant scheduling a second UL transmission on a second UL resource, the second UL resource at least partially overlapping the first UL resource in a time domain, determining the first UL grant as a prioritized UL grant, determining the second UL grant as a deprioritized UL grant, performing the first UL transmission scheduled by the prioritized UL grant, receiving a third UL grant scheduling a retransmission on a third UL resource, the retransmission corresponding to the second UL transmission scheduled by the deprioritized UL grant and flushing a HARQ buffer of a HARQ process for the second UL transmission in response to receiving the third UL grant.

Abstract: A method for a UE to monitor a PDCCH comprises receiving a first configuration from a base station to configure the UE with a first search space of the PDCCH, where the first search space is used for monitoring a scheduling signal used for indicating scheduling information, receiving a second configuration from the base station to configure the UE with a second search space of the PDCCH, wherein the second search space is used for monitoring a power saving signal used for indicating wake-up information associated with a DRX functionality, monitoring the first search space in response to the UE being in a DRX active time of the DRX functionality, wherein the DRX active time is a time during which the UE monitors the PDCCH, and not monitoring the second search space in response to the UE being in the DRX active time of the DRX functionality.

Abstract: A method, performed by a User Equipment (UE), for a Beam Failure Recovery (BFR) procedure includes receiving, from a Base Station (BS), a BFR configuration for a serving cell of the BS, wherein the BFR configuration includes a threshold for a Beam Failure Instance (BFI) counter associated with the serving cell, and the threshold is associated with a beamFailureInstanceMaxCount information element (IE); incrementing a value of the BFI counter based on a Beam Failure Detection (BFD); triggering the BFR procedure for the serving cell when the value of the BFI counter is equal to or higher than the threshold; performing Band Width Part (BWP) switching for the serving cell when receiving a reconfiguration indication from the BS, wherein the reconfiguration indication includes a BWP index; and setting the value of the BFI counter to zero when performing the BWP switching.

Abstract: A method and a user equipment (UE) for timing alignment is provided. The method comprises receiving, from a Base Station (BS), a first configuration indicating at least one of a scheduling offset, a common Timing Advance (TA), and satellite ephemeris information; receiving, from the BS, a second configuration indicating a TA offset for a TA variable; determining a UE-specific TA based on the satellite ephemeris information; determining a total TA based on at least one of the TA variable, the TA offset for the TA variable, the common TA, and the UE-specific TA; and starting, from a transmission by the UE, a time window after an additional time based on the total TA and the scheduling offset.

Abstract: A method performed by a first base station (BS) in a secondary cell group (SCG) associated with a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method receives, from a second BS in a master cell group (MCG) associated with the UE, a request for a configuration for packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) data duplication. The method then generates a mapping configuration for the PDCP data duplication in the SCG after receiving the request. The method transmits, to the UE, the mapping configuration.

Abstract: A method performed by a user equipment (UE) for interpreting downlink control information (DCI) is disclosed. The method includes receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message; receiving DCI; determining a configuration status of a first information element (IE) in the RRC message; and interpreting the DCI by considering a field size of a downlink feedback information (DFI) flag included in the DCI to be associated with the configuration status of the first IE in the RRC message. In addition, a UE using the method is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for a UE for performing a dormant operation is provided. The method includes receiving, from a BS, an RRC configuration indicating a set of one or more dormancy cell groups, wherein a group of serving cells belongs to a specific dormancy cell group in the set of one or more dormancy cell groups; receiving, from the BS, a signal including a bitmap, each bit of the bitmap being associated with a respective dormancy cell group in the set of one or more dormancy cell groups; and switching, based on a bit in the bitmap that is associated with the specific dormancy cell group, active BWPs of all serving cells included in the group of serving cells to a dormant BWP or to a non-dormant BWP.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for configuring downlink control information (DCI) monitoring and a terminal device. The method includes: receiving, a radio resource control (RRC) signal, wherein the RRC signal indicates a specific DCI format is configured, the specific DCI format schedules a plurality of first shared channels of a plurality of cells, and each of the plurality of cells is associated with a DCI size budget; selecting a single specific cell from the plurality of cells based on the RRC signal; receiving DCI formats and accordingly perform a blind detection, the blind detection involves performing a DCI size alignment on the DCI formats associated with a reference cell of the plurality of cells based on the DCI size budget associated with the reference cell in response to determining that the DCI size budget associated with the reference cell is not met.

Abstract: A method for LBT failure detection performed by a UE is provided. The method includes: receiving, by a MAC entity of the UE, an LBT failure indication from a lower layer for all UL transmissions; increasing an LBT failure counter when the MAC entity receives the LBT failure indication; determining an LBT failure event occurs when the LBT failure counter is greater than or equal to a threshold; and resetting the LBT failure counter after the MAC entity has not received the LBT failure indication for a time period.

Abstract: A method and a user equipment (UE) for reporting UE capability for small data transmission (SDT) are provided. The method includes: receiving control information for scheduling a plurality of physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) or a plurality of physical uplink shared channels (PUSCHs) on the plurality of serving cells; and performing, based on the control information, receptions of the plurality of PDSCHs on the plurality of serving cells or transmissions of the plurality of PUSCHs on the plurality of serving cells. The control information includes a plurality of fields, and the plurality of fields include at least one of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number field, a PDSCH-to-HARQ timing indicator field, and a time domain resource allocation (TDRA) field, and the TDRA field is used to allocate time domain resources for all of the plurality of PDSCHs or all of the plurality of PUSCHs.

Abstract: A method for a DRX operation is provided. The method includes receiving a first DCI indicating a first location in a first BWP for receiving DL data corresponding to a HARQ process and a second location in a second BWP for transmitting a HARQ feedback corresponding to reception of the DL data; receiving the DL data at the first location; transmitting the HARQ feedback at the second location; starting a first timer in a first symbol of the first BWP immediately after the HARQ feedback to indicate a first time period during which monitoring a PDCCH for the HARQ process is not required; and starting a second timer in a first symbol of the first BWP immediately after expiration of the first timer to indicate a second time period during which monitoring the PDCCH for receiving a second DCI indicating a retransmission of the DL data is required.

Abstract: A method and a User Equipment (UE) for performing uplink repetitions and a related base station (BS) are provided. The method includes a UE receiving a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) threshold from a Base Station (BS); initiating a 4-step Random Access (RA) procedure; performing a Downlink (DL) Reference Signal (RS) measurement to obtain an RSRP measurement result; and performing a Message 1 (Msg1) repetition operation and a Message 3 (Msg3) repetition request operation within the 4-step RA procedure after determining that the RSRP measurement result is equal to or less than the RSRP threshold.

Abstract: A method for a PDCP duplication function for a UE is provided. The method receives PDCP duplication configuration for (i) configuring a plurality of LCHs between a MAC entity and a plurality of RLC entities of the UE and (ii) configuring a set of LCHs as active LCHs and another set of LCHs as inactive LCHs. The method receives an LCH cell restriction configuration for associating resources of one or more of the serving cells with each of the LCHs. The method then determines whether the PDCP duplication function is activated. When the PDCP duplication function is activated and a number of active LCHs is greater than one, the method applies the LCH cell restriction configuration to the active LCHs, otherwise, if the number of active LCHs is equal to one, the method does not apply the LCH cell restriction configuration to any of the LCHs.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) and a method for packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) duplication are provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a radio resource control (RRC) message configuring a logical channel with a logical channel prioritization (LCP) restriction and configuring the logical channel to be associated with a data radio bearer (DRB) configured with a PDCP duplication function, wherein the PDCP duplication function is associated with a first cell group; receiving, from the BS, an uplink (UL) grant indicating a UL resource on a serving cell; initiating an LCP procedure for generating a protocol data unit (PDU) to be transmitted on the UL resource; and determining whether to apply the LCP restriction during the LCP procedure upon determining that the PDCP duplication function is deactivated.