Abstract: The present invention discloses an ultra-low frequency (ULF) tuned liquid mass damper, and relates to the technical field of bridge vibration control. The tuned damper includes a damping box which is provided with a spring set secured at one end to the damping box, the other end connected with a mass block. The damping box is filled with damping liquid, and the mass block is completely immersed or partially immersed in the damping liquid. The damping ratio of the ULF tuned liquid mass damper ranges from 3% to 35%, and the inherent frequency 0.05 to 0.5 Hz. The ULF tuned liquid mass damper, according to the present invention, can fully utilize the additional mass of the damping liquid, and with the buoyancy effect of the liquid, maintain the frequency of structural vibration below 0.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses that can provide sidelink grant information to out-of-coverage (OoC) sidelink devices. When one or more sidelink devices are out of a coverage area of a base station, an in-coverage device receiving sidelink grant information from the base station can retransmit, relay, or rebroadcast sidelink grant information to the OoC sidelink devices to enable sidelink communication with the OoC device or facilitate sidelink communication between OoC devices.

Abstract: Various types of communication may switch from an unlicensed spectrum to a licensed spectrum. MiCr communication may be synchronized based on transmission time intervals (TTIs), which may improve the duration required to switch between bands. A MiCr system may transmit a signal to temporarily suspend other traffic in a licensed band so that MiCr communication may occur. For example, an apparatus may be configured to determine synchronization between a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT based on transmission time intervals associated with the first RAT and transmission time intervals associated with the second RAT, switch from the first RAT to the second RAT after the determined synchronization between the first RAT the second RAT; and transmit, during a TTI associated with the second RAT, a first packet using the second RAT based on the switch from the first RAT to the second RAT.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may identify a group of transmission reception points (TRPs) in a coordinated multi-point (CoMP) system. The UE may transmit information associated with measurements between the UE and a TRP of the group of TRPs. The UE may receive, based at least in part on transmitting the information associated with measurements between the UE and the TRP, an indication of resources for a first CoMP cluster of the CoMP system. The UE may communicate with the TRP via a resource pool of the TRP based at least in part on the indication of resources.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit a negative acknowledgement (NACK) corresponding to a failed communication from a first transmission/reception point (TRP) included in a coordinated multipoint network. The UE may monitor a control channel associated with a second TRP included in the coordinated multipoint network based at least in part on transmitting the NACK, wherein the first TRP and the second TRP use different frequency bands. The UE may receive a retransmission of the failed communication based at least in part on monitoring the control channel. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine that a communication from a transmission/reception point (TRP), included in a coordinated multipoint network, was not successfully received. The UE may transmit a plurality of negative acknowledgements (NACKs), corresponding to the communication, to a plurality of TRPs included in the coordinated multipoint network based at least in part on determining that the communication was not successfully received. The UE may receive a retransmission of the communication from one or more TRPs of the plurality of TRPs. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a plurality of communications from a corresponding plurality of transmission/reception points (TRPs) included in a coordinated multipoint network. At least two communications, of the plurality of communications, may have different redundancy versions from a common codebook, and may be received in a same transmission time interval (TTI). The UE may decode the plurality of communications using joint decoding. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for wireless communication are provided. In aspects, a method of wireless communication is provided, including scheduling ultra-reliable and low-latency communications (URLLC) communication in a first set of one or more portions of a self-contained wireless communication structure having a plurality of portions, and adjusting one or more (e.g., remaining) portions of the self-contained wireless communication structure subsequent the first set of one or more portions based on the scheduling. In aspects, the method further includes transmitting an indicator of the adjusting to one or more user equipments. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may transmit semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) messages to a set of user equipments (UEs) using respective resources corresponding to each UE. The base station may receive, from each of a subset of UEs from the set of UEs, a negative acknowledgement (NACK) message associated with the SPS messages. The base station may transmit a group downlink control message including information associated with a downlink resource configuration for retransmission of the respective SPS messages to the subset of UEs. The base station may retransmit SPS messages to each of the subset of UEs using the downlink resource configuration.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to determination of bandwidth, frequencies, or a set one or more of subbands that carries a downlink control channel. In some examples, a set of one or more subbands that carries a downlink control channel may be determined based on a function of a predetermined reference resource location. The predetermined reference resource location may be a set of one or more subbands that carries one or more synchronization signals and a broadcast channel. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to distributed joint access of an unlicensed sidelink channel Each sidelink device may perform independent and asynchronous listen before talk (LBT) of the unlicensed sidelink channel with a respective back-off timer value. The first sidelink device to complete back-off may transmit a joint access synchronization (JAS) signal indicating a duration of time that the unlicensed sidelink channel may be accessed by sidelink devices. Synchronized access sharing of the unlicensed sidelink channel across different active sidelinks may then be achieved through distributed handshake signaling.

Abstract: Various aspects of the disclosure relate to retransmission techniques for communication of information (e.g., for wireless communication). In some aspects, if a device's first transmission including encoded data and parity information (subject to puncture) fails, the device's retransmission (e.g., in response to a NAK) involves transmitting the parity information that was punctured. In some aspects, the coding rate used for encoding the data for the first transmission is selected to meet an error rate (e.g., a block error rate) for the second transmission. The second transmission may also include repetition information that includes the encoded data. The repetition information could also include at least a portion of the encoded parity information.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described for SPS for low-latency communications. A wireless communication device may establish a block of semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) resources in each of a plurality of transmission time intervals (TTIs) for transmission of priority traffic, and determine that a level of priority traffic to transmit during a first TTI of the plurality of TTIs is below a priority traffic threshold. The wireless communication device may transmit a per-TTI release signal to indicate that the block of SPS resources in the first TTI is released from being reserved for priority traffic.

Abstract: Techniques are described herein to provide priority traffic grant-less access to pre-defined communication resources that are semi-persistently scheduled. A set of semi-persistent communication resources may be reserved for use by priority traffic. If not used for priority traffic, the semi-persistent resources may be scheduled for use by other types of traffic. As priority traffic is identified, the priority traffic may be transmitted using the semi-persistent resource without having those communication resources granted by a scheduling entity. Such grant-less access to the semi-persistent resources may result in interference between the scheduled traffic and the priority traffic communicated without first scheduling the specific communication resources. To mitigate interference between different traffic types, a user equipment (UE) may transmit a device-to-device silencing message to other UEs.

Abstract: A first device may configure a second device, such as a sidelink receiver, so that an interference protection zone surrounding the second device may be dynamically adjusted in size based, for example, on various objectives and/or use cases recognized by the first device. The interference protection zone may be, for example, an area surrounding the second device, within which neighboring devices may be silenced. Changes to the interference protection zone may be achieved by providing a dynamic clear-to-send (CTS) transmit power scaling parameter, that is different from a pre-assigned constant parameter for CTS power control stored at the second device, to the second device from the first device. The second device may calculate CTS channel power using at least the dynamic CTS transmit power scaling parameter and the received RTS channel power. The second device may send a CTS message in a CTS channel at the calculated CTS channel power.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications and, more particularly, to methods and apparatus for rate-matching a stream of bits encoded using polar codes. An exemplary method generally includes determining, based on a time of a transmission, a redundancy version (RV) of data to be transmitted in the transmission and transmitting the determined RV of the data via a wireless medium at the time.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to managing interference among feedback transmissions are provided. A first wireless communication device receives, from a second wireless communication device, a first forward data transmission request signal over a first link in a first link direction, wherein the first forward data transmission request signal is associated with a first feedback transmission over the first link in a second link direction opposite the first link direction. The first wireless communication device yields, in response to the first forward data transmission request signal, access to a channel resource for the first feedback transmission based on at least an interference tolerance level of the second wireless communication device and an interference level on the first feedback transmission from the first wireless communication device.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive, from a base station, an indicator associated with a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process, wherein the indicator indicates a number of mini-slots to be bundled for a HARQ transmission of the HARQ process; and decode the HARQ transmission based at least in part on the mini-slots. In some aspects, a base station may transmit an indicator, associated with a HARQ process, to a user equipment, wherein the indicator indicates a number of mini-slots to be bundled for a HARQ transmission of the HARQ process; and transmit the HARQ transmission to the user equipment using the mini-slots. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to communication systems, and more particularly, to techniques for mitigating inter-cell interference for uplink ultra-reliable low latency communications (URLLC).

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for intra-cell interference management of device-to-device (D2D) communication. A plurality of user equipments (UEs) in a cell transmit a reference signal in turn in a first rotation. A scheduling entity groups the D2D connections into a plurality of clusters based on measurement reports of the reference signal such that an interference between D2D connections of different clusters is below a predetermined threshold. The scheduling entity requests the UEs of each cluster to transmit the reference signal in turn according to a second rotation such that two or more UEs corresponding to different clusters transmit the reference signal using a same network resource.