Abstract: A first apparatus may perform a clear channel assessment (CCA) in a first band-operation of a first radio access technology (RAT) in the first band may be synchronized with operation of a second RAT in a second band. The first apparatus may determine whether the CCA indicates that the first band is occupied. The first apparatus may send a first switching signal in the second band based on a determination that the CCA indicates that the first band is occupied. The first apparatus may send data in the second band after the first switching signal is sent. A second apparatus may perform a CCA in a first band-operation of a RAT in the first band may be synchronized with operation of a second RAT in a second band.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A wireless device may receive an indicator of retransmission scheduling for a plurality of UEs, determine, based on a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) update in the indicator, resources for receiving a retransmission, and receive the retransmission on the determined resources. A base station may receive a negative acknowledgement report from at least one UE of a plurality of UEs, determine a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) update for the at least one UE, generate an indicator of retransmission scheduling for the plurality of UEs, the indicator including the MCS update for the at least one UE, and transmit the indicator.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A wireless device may receive an indicator of resource allocation for a plurality of UEs, determine, based at least on a grouping of the plurality of UEs, resources from the resource allocation for receiving data at the UE, and receive the data on the determined resources. A base station may receive a plurality of acknowledgement reports from a plurality of UEs, determine, based on a grouping of the plurality of UEs, a resource allocation for each UE from which a negative acknowledgement was received, and transmit an indicator of the resource allocation.

Abstract: Various techniques provide for identifying and transmitting a first transmission to a UE in a first transmission time interval (TTI), and puncturing a portion of the first transmission with a higher priority second transmission that has a shorter TTI than the first TTI. The punctured portion of the first transmission may then be transmitted in a subsequent portion of the first TTI, concurrently with an originally allocated portion of the first transmission for that subsequent portion of the TTI. A UE may identify the punctured portion of the first transmission, and identify that the punctured portion of the first transmission is being transmitted in the subsequent portion of the first TTI. The UE may decode the received transmissions and merge the punctured portion with other, non-punctured, portions of the first transmission.

Abstract: Various aspects of the disclosure relate to wireless communication that is synchronized across different wireless communication spectrum. For example, communication on an unlicensed spectrum may, in response to a particular trigger, switch to a licensed spectrum. Here, the switch may occur in a time synchronized manner (e.g., according to a frame structure). In addition, communication across such spectrum may be synchronized among multiple systems. For example, a controller may specify a reuse pattern to be used by the different systems for communication across unlicensed spectrum and licensed spectrum.

Abstract: A first apparatus may send, to a base station, a set of channel quality indicators associated with a set of channels. The first apparatus may monitor sets of control channel elements in a search space based on the set of channel quality indicators sent to the base station. A second apparatus may receive, from a first user equipment, a set of channel quality indicators associated with a set of channels. The second apparatus may send, based on the set of channel quality indicators received from the first user equipment, control information on a physical downlink control channel associated with the first user equipment in a search space specific to the first user equipment.

Abstract: An apparatus may configure x subframes with a subslot configuration that includes y subslots, y being greater than x. In an aspect, each subslot of the y subslots may include a first portion having one or more symbols for carrying at least one of data or control information, a second portion having a gap, and a third portion for carrying ACK/NACK information associated with the first portion. In an aspect, the second portion may be between the first portion and the third portion. In an aspect, the second portion and the third portion may include at most one symbol. The apparatus may send information indicating the subslot configuration to at least one neighboring base station. The apparatus may communicate content with a user equipment (UE) during at least one of the y subslots.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for a multi-user data packet, such as a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) packet. A method by a base station (BS) includes sending a control channel, such as physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), scheduling a plurality of user equipment (UEs) for a data packet transmission and sending data for the plurality of UEs in a single transport block on the scheduled data packet. The UE receives the control channel and data packet, and determines the data in the multi-user data packet that is intended for the UE.

Abstract: A device may use sidelink request and sidelink response (e.g., DSS/STS and DRS) resources (in a sub-band) of different sizes depending on whether the sub-band is a primary sub-band or secondary sub-band. The device may transmit more information in the request/response resources of a primary sub-band than in the request/response resources of a secondary sub-band. The device may transmit small amounts of information in its request/response resources in secondary sub-bands. The resources in the secondary sub-bands may include, for example, reference signals, and signals indicating occupation of the sub-band. The device may utilize tone signaling for request/response signaling in the secondary sub-bands (at least because the amount of information being conveyed in the secondary sub-bands is small) and digital signaling in the primary sub-band (at least because the amount of information being conveyed in the primary sub-band is large in comparison to that being conveyed in the secondary sub-bands).

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may, in a first discovery frame, determine whether a discovery resource is available for communication. If the discovery resource is available for communication, the UE may, in a second discovery frame following the first discovery frame, transmit a discovery signal using the discovery resource and puncture the discovery signal during a listening window. The UE may detect the energy of a received signal at the discovery resource during the listening window. The UE may abandon the discovery resource if the detected energy is above a threshold. In some example, the listening window may have a fixed duration and a beginning that is randomly selected from a predetermined set of values. In some example, the listening window may have a variable duration and an end that matches an end of the second discovery frame.

Abstract: Traffic in a first cell may experience interference from or may cause interference to traffic in an adjacent cell, which may lead to undesirable performance in one or both of the first cell and the adjacent cell. For example, a user equipment (UE) near an edge of the first cell may experience appreciable interference based on the reuse of resources. Accordingly, for transmissions in adjacent cells over a same band or sub-band, one UE may need to reduce transmit power in order to yield to another UE in an adjacent cells. An apparatus may be configured to determine first traffic associated with a first priority and second traffic associated with a second priority. The apparatus may be further configured to assign, based on the first priority and second priority, a first set of resources to the first traffic and a second set of resources to the second traffic.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of one or more resources, assigned to multiple UEs, to be used to transmit a channel quality indicator (CQI) report; receive an indication of a threshold value associated with a range of channel conditions corresponding to a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) being used to communicate with the UE; and selectively transmit the CQI report on the one or more resources based at least in part on whether a measured channel condition is outside of the range of channel conditions by at least the threshold value. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may transmit, and a user equipment (UE) may receive a group physical control channel signaling, which may configure grant uplink transmissions for a set of UEs including the receiving UE. The group physical control channel signaling may indicate allotted resources for configured grant uplink transmissions. The group physical control channel signaling may further indicate a group physical control channel which a UE may monitor for control messages. The UE may transmit a configured grant uplink transmission in accordance with the group physical control channel signaling. The base station may receive the configured grant uplink transmission and may determine a control message which it may transmit in the group physical control channel based on the configured grant uplink transmission. The UE may receive the control message, and may determine whether to retransmit a configured grant uplink transmission based thereon.

Abstract: A method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided for wireless communication at a UE. The apparatus attempts to receive a downlink transmission from a base station and determines to transmit a NACK to the base station for the downlink transmission. The UE transmits the NACK to the base station in a common resource in an uplink control channel, wherein the common resource is common to multiple UEs communicating with the base station. The UE may also transmit the NACK using a resource granted to the UE in the uplink control channel. Thus, the transmission of the NACK in the common resource may comprise a repetition of the NACK transmitted using the resource granted to the UE. The common resource may comprise a Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) resource. Thus, the UE may apply a NOMA sequence to the NACK prior to transmission of the NACK in the common resource.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. One method may include an eNB predetermining a plurality of bandwidth parts to monitor based on resource reservation information received from at least one base station, and transmitting information indicative of the predetermined bandwidth parts in a radio resource control (RRC) message. In some cases, a base station may transmit information indicative of predetermined bandwidth parts including a monitoring schedule to monitor either the first bandwidth part or the second bandwidth part in a timeslot of a set of timeslots. Another method may include receiving a predetermined monitoring schedule from a base station, and selecting a plurality of bandwidth parts to monitor on a physical downlink control channel based on the received schedule.

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 that support evolved semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) for wireless communications. A base station may configure SPS in which multiple time intervals are scheduled, each time interval including multiple slots that may be scheduled by different uplink or downlink resource allocations. The SPS configuration may include an ON-OFF duty cycle where an ON portion of the duty cycle spans a portion of a time interval and includes uplink and downlink resources, and an OFF portion of the duty cycle spans a remaining portion of the time interval and does not include any allocated SPS resources. Such SPS configurations may be used, for example, for transmitting sensor data and command information between controllers and sensors/actuators in a factory automation network.

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 time. 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 present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. A traffic window may be scheduled for a user equipment (UE) base on semi-persistent scheduling (SPS). In various situations, all or a portion of a first communication to be transmitted or received can be transmitted or received during an SPS grant in the traffic window. If useful, additionally, a remainder of the first communication not transmitted or received during the SPS grant may be transmitted in an on-demand grant appended to the SPS grant. The on-demand grant can be in a same subframe as the SPS grant. When the BS appends the on-demand grant to the SPS grant, the BS may transmit, and the UE may receive, an indicator indicating that the on-demand grant has been appended to the SPS grant. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a transmission reception point (TRP) apparatus of a Coordinated Multipoint (CoMP) network, determines a periodicity of periodic traffic between the TRP apparatus and a user equipment (UE), and schedules a Channel State Information (CSI) process in advance of a traffic window for a next instance of the periodic traffic in accordance with the determined periodicity. In another embodiment, the UE of the CoMP network performs the CSI process in advance of the traffic window for the next instance of periodic traffic between the UE and the TRP apparatus, the CSI process being scheduled in accordance with the determined periodicity of the periodic traffic.