Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed. In an example from the perspective of a User Equipment (UE), a Slot Format Indication (SFI) is received within a first Channel Occupancy Time (COT) of a serving cell. The SFI is indicative of one or more slot formats of one or more slots of the serving cell. A first signal indicative of an ending position of the first COT is received. A beginning of at least one slot of the one or more slots is after the ending position. The UE determines whether to apply a slot format, of a slot of the one or more slots, to the slot based upon whether the slot is within the first COT, wherein the slot format of the slot is indicated by the SFI.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for ensuring, for a unified TCI framework, a MAC CE format for associating code-point of a TCI field, and a TCI state for DL/UL beam indications. A UE can receive a MAC CE for associating at least one TCI state with at least one code-point of a TCI field in a DCI, wherein the MAC CE comprises at least a first octet including a first TCI state ID field associated with a first TCI state and a first field indicating DL or UL for the first TCI state, a second octet including a second TCI state ID field associated with a second TCI state and a second field indicating DL or UL for the second TCI state, and a third octet including a third field for the UE to determine whether the first TCI state and the second TCI state are associated with a same code-point or different code-points of the TCI field.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. In one embodiment, the UE receives a configuration for a first set of power control information and a second set of power control information. The UE also receives a Downlink Control Information (DCI) scheduling one or more Physical Uplink Shared Channels (PUSCHs), wherein the DCI comprises a first Sounding Reference Signal Resource Indicator (SRI) field and a second SRI field, size of the first SRI field is larger than size of the second SRI field, and the first SRI field indicates a number of layers, and wherein the DCI comprises a specific field indicating that the first SRI field is associated with the first set of power control information and the second SRI field is associated with the second set of power control information.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. In one embodiment, the UE receives a configuration for a first set of power control information and a second set of power control information. The UE also receives a Downlink Control Information (DCI) scheduling one or more Physical Uplink Shared Channels (PUSCHs), wherein the DCI comprises a first Sounding Reference Signal Resource Indicator (SRI) field and a second SRI field, size of the first SRI field is larger than size of the second SRI field, and the first SRI field indicates a number of layers, and wherein the DCI comprises a specific field indicating that the first SRI field is associated with the first set of power control information and the second SRI field is associated with the second set of power control information.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a network in a wireless communication system. In one embodiment, the method includes the network configuring a User Equipment (UE) with cross-carrier scheduling, wherein the network transmits Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) on a first cell scheduling a second cell. The method further includes the network configuring the UE with PDCCH repetition on two search spaces of the first cell. In addition, the method includes the network being allowed to configure the UE with PDCCH repetition on two search spaces of the second cell only if two search spaces of the first cell, having same search space identities as the two search spaces of the second cell, have been configured with PDCCH repetition.

Abstract: Rubber pellets are coated with an anti-tack material. The anti-tack material may be comprised of a metallic stearate, such as magnesium stearate. The coated rubber pellets are loaded on to a rotational conveyance mechanism that rotates at a speed and radial amount to provide an interaction time between the rubber pellets and the anti-tack material. The coated rubber pellets may then be dried in a centrifuge dryer having a plurality of angled fins extending from a rotational shaft.

Abstract: In an example, a User Equipment (UE) monitors a first Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), via a first spatial Quasi-Colocation (QCL) assumption associated with a first Transmission Configuration Indicator (TCI) state, on a first monitoring occasion of a first Control Resource Set (CORESET). The UE monitors a second PDCCH, via a second spatial QCL assumption associated with a second TCI state, on a second monitoring occasion of a second CORESET. The UE determines an interval between a reference monitoring occasion and a scheduled Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), wherein the reference monitoring occasion is a last monitoring occasion of the first monitoring occasion and the second monitoring occasion.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a UE. The UE receives one or more SPS configurations associated to a BWP, wherein based on the one or more SPS configurations, there are more than one SPS PDSCHs in a slot comprising at least a first set of SPS PDSCHs associated to a first cast type and a second set of SPS PDSCHs associated to a second cast type. The UE also prioritizes a first SPS PDSCH with lowest SPS configuration index among the first set of SPS PDSCHs. Furthermore, the UE prioritizes a second SPS PDSCH with lowest SPS configuration index among the second set of SPS PDSCHs. In addition, the UE receives and/or decodes the prioritized first SPS PDSCH and the prioritized second SPS PDSCH, wherein the second SPS PDSCH and the first SPS PDSCH are time domain overlapping and frequency domain non-overlapping.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a first device to perform sidelink communication. In one embodiment, the first device has a periodic sidelink resource reservation, wherein the periodic sidelink resource reservation comprises, reserves, or provides one set of sidelink resources in one period. The first device also has one or more sidelink logical channels with available sidelink data, wherein the one or more sidelink logical channels are associated with one or more destinations. Furthermore, the first device selects or determines a first destination, among the one or more destinations, satisfying at least a condition that an initial sidelink resource of the one set of sidelink resources is within sidelink active time associated with the first destination. In addition, the first device generates a first data packet for the first destination.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a second User Equipment (UE) for performing sidelink communication. In one embodiment, the method includes the second UE being (pre-)configured with a sidelink resource pool in a carrier or cell, wherein a DRX (Discontinuous Reception) pattern is associated to the sidelink resource pool. The method also includes the second UE selecting a resource in the sidelink resource pool based on the DRX pattern, wherein a specific message becomes available for transmission in the second UE. The method further includes the second UE transmitting the specific message on the resource to a plurality of UEs comprising at least a first UE.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for providing control resource set configuration in a wireless communication system are disclosed herein. In one method, a network node transmits a signal indicating at least a first duration and a bit map, wherein the first duration is time duration of a control resource set (CORESET) and the bit map indicates first symbol(s) of monitoring occasion(s) of the CORESET within a slot, and wherein a set of bit position indicates value one in the bit map. The network node is not allowed to transmit the signal such that an interval between two bit positions in the set in the bit map is smaller than a second duration.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: receiving a workpiece on which the semiconductor device is manufactured; causing a nozzle to dispense a fluid toward a surface of the workpiece external to the nozzle, wherein the nozzle includes a first channel and a second channel that allow the fluid to flow through; emitting light, by a light source, from within the nozzle toward the surface while the nozzle is dispensing the fluid; receiving light reflected from the surface by a light sensor, the light source and the light sensor being disposed within the nozzle and opposite to each other, and the emitted light and the reflected light adapted to be contained within the fluid; and examining a status of the reflected light. The emitted light and the reflected light propagate in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of each of the first channel and the second channel.

Abstract: A User Equipment (UE) receives a message including a first parameter indicative of a list of entries associated with time resource allocation for multiple PUSCHs. The list does not include a third parameter for configuring a number of repetitions. The UE does not expect the message to include a second parameter that configures and/or indicates an aggregation factor. The UE receives a Downlink Control Information (DCI) indicative of a first entry in the list. The UE performs one or more transmissions on one or more time occasions. A number of time occasions of the one or more time occasions is based on a number of time resource allocations of the first entry.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a network. In one embodiment, the method includes the network transmitting a Semi-Persistent Scheduling (SPS) configuration to a User Equipment (UE) for configuring a second Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH). The method also includes the network transmitting a configuration to the UE for configuring a first monitoring occasion for a first Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) and a second monitoring occasion for a second PDCCH, wherein the second PDCCH is associated with the first PDCCH. The method further includes the network not allowing the first PDCCH and the second PDCCH to schedule the UE with a first PDSCH partially or fully overlapping with the second PDSCH in time domain, wherein a last symbol of a later monitoring occasion among the first and the second monitoring occasion ends less than a processing threshold before a starting symbol of the second PDSCH.

Abstract: A User Equipment (UE) receives a message including a first parameter indicative of a list of entries associated with time resource allocation for multiple PUSCHs. The list does not include a third parameter for configuring a number of repetitions. The UE does not expect the message to include a second parameter that configures and/or indicates an aggregation factor. The UE receives a Downlink Control Information (DCI) indicative of a first entry in the list. The UE performs one or more transmissions on one or more time occasions. A number of time occasions of the one or more time occasions is based on a number of time resource allocations of the first entry.

Abstract: In an example, a User Equipment (UE) monitors a first Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), via a first spatial Quasi-Colocation (QCL) assumption associated with a first Transmission Configuration Indicator (TCI) state, on a first monitoring occasion of a first Control Resource Set (CORESET). The UE monitors a second PDCCH, via a second spatial QCL assumption associated with a second TCI state, on a second monitoring occasion of a second CORESET. The UE determines an interval between a reference monitoring occasion and a scheduled Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), wherein the reference monitoring occasion is a last monitoring occasion of the first monitoring occasion and the second monitoring occasion.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for handling partial sensing and discontinuous reception for sidelink communication to reduce potential latency due to additional sensing and to improve resource utilization efficiency. Various embodiments can comprise a first device performing sidelink communication to at least a second device, or a second device in a sidelink resource pool, and triggering to perform resource selection for a sidelink data at a timing, wherein the first device (already) receives or monitors sidelink control information for a (contiguous) time duration before the timing. The first device can perform sensing for a contiguous sensing duration after the timing, determine or select a first sidelink resource from a set of sidelink resources, and perform a first sidelink transmission on the first sidelink resource for transmitting the sidelink data to the second device.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for power headroom report regarding multiple TRPs in a wireless communication system. The systems and methods of the present invention address, expand, and improve how networks perform power control on multiple TRPs, how networks manage power control for uplink transmissions for different links, and how a UE derives one or more PH/PHR for different links.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for handling discontinuous reception and partial sensing for sidelink communication to reduce potential latency due to additional sensing, and to improve resource utilization efficiency. A first device can perform sidelink communication to at least a second device, or a second device in a sidelink resource pool, and trigger to perform resource selection for a sidelink data at a timing. The first device can perform sensing for a first contiguous sensing duration before a sidelink on-duration active time of the second device, determine or select a first sidelink resource from a set of sidelink resources, derive or determine the set of sidelink resources based on at least a sensing result in the first contiguous sensing duration, and perform a first sidelink transmission on the first sidelink resource for transmitting the sidelink data to the second device.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed. In an example, a first user equipment (UE) may be configured with a first number of carriers corresponding to a maximum number of carriers that the first UE is able to use concurrently and/or transmit on concurrently. The first UE may receive a plurality of sidelink transmissions on a plurality of carriers. The first UE may derive a plurality of slots for transmitting Physical Sidelink Feedback Channels (PSFCHs) based upon resources associated with the plurality of sidelink transmissions. Responsive to determining that a number of carriers of a second plurality of carriers associated with derived transmissions of the PSFCHs exceeds the first number of carriers, the first UE may prioritize one or more PSFCHs of the PSFCHs based upon a rule. The plurality of slots for transmitting the PSFCHs may be at least partially overlapped in the time domain.