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 for providing system information (SI) by a base station in a wireless communication network is disclosed. The SI includes minimum SI and at least one other SI block. The method includes broadcasting the minimum SI having an area identification (ID) and at least one value tag, and receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message requesting the at least one other SI block from a user equipment (UE) when the area ID is different from a stored area ID on the UE or when the value tag is different from a stored value tag on the UE.

Abstract: Some of the present implementations provide a method for a user equipment (UE) for receiving a power saving signal. The method receives, from a base station, a power saving signal comprising a minimum applicable K0 (K0min) that indicates a minimum scheduling offset restriction between a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). The method determines an application delay based on a predefined value. The method then applies the minimum scheduling offset restriction after the application delay.

Abstract: A method performed by a wireless communication device includes determining whether to transmit a first Sidelink Synchronization Signal (SLSS) according to a priority parameter when an occasion of the first SLSS collides with a Physical Sidelink Feedback Channel (PSFCH) that carries Sidelink Feedback Control Information (SFCI). The priority parameter is associated with a Physical Sidelink Shared Channel (PSSCH) that corresponds to the PSFCH.

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: A method for wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes: receiving, from a base station (BS), a radio resource control (RRC) message that includes a first configuration indicating a first parameter associated with a first bandwidth part (BWP) and a second configuration indicating a second parameter associated with a second BWP; receiving, from the BS, downlink control information (DCI) having a DCI format, the DCI indicating either a data reception or a data transmission on a BWP, and the DCI including a field indicating a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number to be applied by the UE for the data reception or the data transmission; determining whether a bit length of the field is fixed or variable according to the DCI format; and in a case that the bit length of the field is variable, determining the bit length of the field according to one of the first parameter and the second parameter that is associated with the BWP.

Abstract: A method of performing cell selection or reselection by a user equipment (UE) in a radio resource control (RRC) idle mode or an RRC inactive mode is disclosed. The method comprises determining whether a white list is received from a serving cell, wherein the white list includes at least one cell identity, each of the at least one cell identity identifying a cell on at least one of an intra-frequency and an inter-frequency corresponding to a frequency that the serving cell is on, in response to the UE determining that the white list is received from the serving cell, performing a measurement on at least one cell associated with the at least one cell identity according to the white list, and selecting or reselecting a cell according to the measurement, the cell indicated only by the at least one cell identity in the white list.

Abstract: A method for a user equipment (UE) performing a handover procedure is disclosed. The method includes receiving a handover command from a network, in a case that a first information related to an offset time is included in the handover command, performing the handover procedure based on the handover command after the offset time, and in a case that a second information related to a configured area is included in the handover command, performing the handover procedure based on the handover command when the UE locating within the configured area.

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: A method performed by a UE for wireless communications is provided. The method includes receiving first other system information from a base station, other system information including system information other than minimum system information broadcast by the base station; determining whether an SUL-related factor is present in the first other system information; transmitting an RRC system information request message to the base station in response to determining that the SUL-related factor is absent in the first other system information; and determining a minimum required received level based on the SUL-related factor in a case that the UE receives the SUL-related factor in second other system information from the base station; and determining a cell selection criterion based on the minimum required received level.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) includes one or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon and at least one processor coupled to the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media. The at least one processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to: receive, from a cell, a radio access network (RAN) notification area (RNA) configuration, when the UE is in an RRC_INACTIVE state; and discard the RNA configuration and transitioning to an RRC_IDLE state when the UE finds and camps on an acceptable cell.

Abstract: A method for acquiring system information (SI) performed by a user equipment (UE) in a radio resource control (RRC)_CONNECTED state is provided. The method includes: performing a first set of operations after determining that the UE is not configured with a common search space (CSS) in an active bandwidth part (BWP); and performing a second set of operations after determining that the UE is configured with the CSS in the active BWP. The first set of operations includes: transmitting, to a cell, a first RRC message for requesting a required system information block (SIB) after determining that the required SIB is provided by the cell; and receiving, from the cell, a second RRC message including the required SIB. The second set of operations includes: transmitting, to the cell, a third RRC message for requesting the required SIB after determining that the required SIB is provided by the cell and the required SIB is not broadcast in the cell; and receiving, from the cell, the required SIB in the CSS.

Abstract: A method performed by a BS for CHO is provided. The method includes transmitting a CHO command to a UE, the CHO command including a CHO command ID and a measurement ID associated with the CHO command ID; causing the UE to execute the CHO command to handover to a target BS when a trigger condition associated with the measurement ID is fulfilled; causing the UE to forgo transmitting the measurement report during the execution of the CHO command despite the UE being configured, via a report configuration associated with the measurement ID, to transmit the measurement report; transmitting, to the UE, a message that causes the UE to remove the CHO command; and after transmitting the message to the UE, determining that the report configuration is removed by the UE without transmitting, to the UE, an instruction to remove the report configuration.

Abstract: A method performed by a UE for repetition transmissions is provided. The method includes receiving DCI scheduling an uplink transmission; identifying a DCI format of the DCI; selecting, from a plurality of sets of preconfigured values, a set of preconfigured values that is mapped to the DCI format; and determining a number of times the uplink transmission is required to be repeated from the selected set of preconfigured values. A UE applying the same method is also provided.

Abstract: A method for uplink transmission performed by a UE is provided. The method includes: receiving a first configured grant configuration that allocates a first PUSCH duration; receiving a second configured grant configuration that allocates a second PUSCH duration, wherein the second PUSCH duration overlaps with the first PUSCH duration; obtaining a first HARQ process ID for the first PUSCH duration, then determining whether a first configured grant timer associated with the first HARQ process ID is running; obtaining a second HARQ process ID for the second PUSCH duration, then determining whether a second configured grant timer associated with the second HARQ process ID is running; and selecting one of the first PUSCH duration and the second PUSCH duration for an uplink transmission based on whether the first configured grant timer is running and whether the second configured grant timer is running.

Abstract: A method performed by a User Equipment (UE) for power saving operations includes the UE receiving a first Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration indicating at least one dormancy cell group, receiving a second RRC configuration indicating a first Bandwidth Part (BWP), on which the UE is configured with a dormant operation, for a serving cell, receiving a third RRC configuration indicating a second BWP, on which the UE is not configured with the dormant operation, for the serving cell, receiving a Power Saving Signal (PSS) including a bitmap, determining an active BWP of the serving cell as the first BWP after determining that a bit associated with the dormancy cell group in the bitmap is set to a first value, and determining the active BWP of the serving cell as the second BWP after determining that the bit is set to a second value.

Abstract: A method performed by a BS for configuring CSI reporting is provided. The method includes transmitting a CSI reporting configuration to a UE on a first BWP; transmitting a first BWP switch indication to the UE on the first BWP, the first BWP switch indication being used to request the UE to switch to a second BWP; transmitting a second BWP switch indication to the UE after the UE switches from the first BWP to the second BWP, the second BWP switch indication being used to request the UE to switch back to the first BWP; and receiving a CSI report from the UE based on the CSI reporting configuration, without providing any CSI reporting activation command to the UE after the UE switches back to the first BWP according to the second BWP switch indication. A BS using the same is also provided.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) comprises a processor configured to execute executable instructions to receive configuration information associated with at least two uplink carriers from a base station, the at least two uplink carriers including a supplementary uplink carrier and a normal uplink carrier, select one of the at least two uplink carriers of the base station if a power of a first downlink reference signal from the base station and measured by the UE is below a first threshold value, select a contention-free random access (CFRA) resource associated with a second downlink reference signal on the selected uplink carrier of the base station if a power of the second downlink reference signal from the base station and measured by the UE is above a second threshold value, and perform a random access procedure with the base station by using the selected CFRA resource over the selected uplink carrier.

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 of wireless communication is provided. The method includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a minimum required received level factor in a System Information Block Type 1 (SIB1) from a base station, determining, by the UE, whether a first Supplementary Uplink (SUL) related factor is present in the SIB1, obtaining, by the UE, a first minimum required received level from the minimum required received level factor, when the first SUL related factor is not present in the SIB1, determining, by the UE, a first cell selection criterion based on the first minimum required received level, and performing, by the UE, cell selection based on the first cell selection criterion.