Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station (BS) may transmit, and a user equipment (UE) may receive, a group-common downlink control information (DCI) message, wherein the group-common DCI message includes information identifying at least one communication parameter for a plurality of UEs. The BS and the UE may communicate in accordance with the at least one communication parameter based at least in part on the BS transmitting the group-common DCI message to the plurality of UEs and the UE receiving the group-common DCI message. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may measure a beam, according to a measurement configuration, to determine a channel condition value of the beam, modify the channel condition value based at least in part on at least one of one or more beam characterizations, a derivation of a beamforming gain value, or an estimation of the beamforming gain value, and transmit, to a base station, a measurement report indicating the modified channel condition value. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a user equipment (UE). The apparatus may transmit a supported configuration of the UE for at least one of SRS transmission or CSI-RS reception for communication with a plurality of TRPs. The apparatus may receive, in response to transmitting the supported configuration, configuration information for at least one of the SRS transmission or the CSI-RS reception, wherein the configuration information is generated based on the supported configuration. The apparatus may communicate, with at least a subset of the plurality of TRPs, using at least one of the SRS transmission or the CSI-RS reception on resource elements assigned based on the configuration information. A base station connected to the TRPs may use the SRS/CSI-RS for cluster management and scheduling or to estimate downlink channels to determine precoding for downlink transmissions.

Abstract: Systems and methods for wireless communication include a user equipment (UE) and a base station, wherein the UE transmits additional channel state information (A-CSI), along with ACK/NACK (or “A/N”) reporting to the base station in a soft A/N payload. The A/N reporting is responsive to downlink control information (DCI) grants in a downlink transmission from the base station. The A-CSI reporting is responsive one or more DCIs which include a CSI trigger. Even if one or more DCIs with CSI triggers are missed in the downlink transmission, the UE is designed to detect whether there may be any missing DCIs with CSI triggers and provide A-CSI reporting in the soft A/N payload based on this detection.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A wireless device may receive a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) grant of initial resources for receiving a transmission, receive, in a group control channel, a resource allocation for additional resources for receiving the transmission, determine resources for receiving the transmission based on the resource allocation and the SPS grant, and receive the transmission on the determined resources. A base station may transmit a SPS grant for scheduling a transmission on a set of resources, receive a feedback report from a user equipment (UE) indicating the UE requires additional resources for receiving the transmission, generate, based at least on the UE requiring the additional resources, a resource allocation for scheduling the additional resources for the UE, transmit the resource allocation in a group control channel, and transmit the transmission on the set of resources and the additional resources.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for autonomous reference signal transmission configuration. Certain aspects provide a method of receiving a configuration message from the base station, wherein the configuration message comprises an indication of a set of candidate resources for transmitting the reference signal. Certain aspects provide a method of detecting a future downlink transmission from the base station, and other aspects provide a method of transmitting, in response to detecting the future downlink transmission, the reference signal utilizing a first resource of the set of candidate resources prior to receiving the future downlink transmission via a second resource in the set of candidate resources.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to wireless communications in a system are provided. A user equipment (UE) may determine a plurality of antenna configurations for a plurality of channel frequencies. The UE may determine a set of signal strengths for at least one beam received at one or more antenna configurations of the plurality of antenna configurations for at least one of the channel frequencies. The UE may select, based on the set of signal strengths, a first antenna configuration of the plurality of antenna configurations. After selection of the first antenna configuration, the UE may communicate with a base station, in one or more channel frequencies based on the first antenna configuration.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless communication device may transmit a first transmission using a first resource, and transmit a retransmission of the first transmission using a second resource, wherein the second resource is configured from a plurality of second resources based at least in part on an interference muting configuration of the wireless communication device. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for user equipment (UE)-centric clustering and efficient scheduling for coordinated multipoint (CoMP). A method for UE-centric clustering and central scheduling includes determining a UE conflict graph. Vertices in the UE conflict graph are UEs for which there is a transmission and edges between vertices are UEs that have a scheduling conflict. The method includes transmitting signaling to schedule the UEs with resources for the transmission based on the UE conflict graph. A method for UE-centric clustering and cluster scheduling includes determining a cluster graph. Vertices in the cluster graph are CoMP clusters for one or more UEs for which there is a transmission and edges between vertices are CoMP clusters that have a scheduling conflict. The method includes transmitting signaling to assign resources to the CoMP clusters based on the cluster graph.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for autonomous reference signal transmission configuration. Certain aspects provide a method of receiving a configuration message from the base station, wherein the configuration message comprises an indication of a set of candidate resources for transmitting the reference signal. Certain aspects provide a method of detecting a future downlink transmission from the base station, and other aspects provide a method of transmitting, in response to detecting the future downlink transmission, the reference signal utilizing a first resource of the set of candidate resources prior to receiving the future downlink transmission via a second resource in the set of candidate resources.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station may receive a capability indicator from a user equipment (UE) that indicates a capability of the UE to decode downlink control information (DCI) on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). In some aspects, the base station may transmit, to the UE, the DCI on the PDSCH based at least in part on the capability indicator indicating that the UE can decode the DCI on the PDSCH. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive a first set of power control parameters and a second set of power control parameters; transmit a first transmission based at least in part on the first set of power control parameters; and transmit a second transmission based at least in part on the second set of power control parameters, wherein the second transmission is a retransmission of the first transmission. 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 a first set of parameters based at least in part on a first reference signal received from a first transmit receive point (TRP) and a second set of parameters based at least in part on a second reference signal received from a second TRP; determine a common parameter using the first set of parameters and the second set of parameters; and perform a tracking loop operation using the common parameter or the first set of parameters and the second set of parameters, wherein the tracking loop operation comprises at least one of a frequency tracking loop operation or a time tracking loop operation. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Some aspects described herein relate to reporting, to a node, an indication related to a capability to generate antenna weights for a multi-beam, receiving, from the node in response to the indication, a number of reference signals, and generating, based at least in part on the number of reference signals received from the base stations, multiple antenna weights to use in communicating with the base station.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit, and a base station may receive, a report that includes information related to a power headroom available to the UE at a current power level and information related to a duty cycle that the UE can sustain over a moving integration window based at least in part on a maximum permissible exposure limit. In some aspects, the base station may transmit, and the UE may receive, scheduling information based at least in part on the information related to the power headroom available to the UE at the current power level and the information related to the duty cycle that the UE can sustain over the moving integration window. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Wireless communication devices are adapted to utilize maximum permissible exposure requirements in determining uplink traffic grant allocations within wireless communication systems. According to one example, a wireless communication device can determine one or more candidate uplink duty cycles for a subsequent uplink transmission interval based at least in part on an MPE requirement, determine a maximum number of resource blocks per symbol and a maximum MSC index associated with each of the one or more candidate uplink duty cycles from a predefined MCS index table, and select a duty cycle, number of resource blocks per symbol, and MCS that facilitates a largest number of un-coded bits for the subsequent uplink transmission interval. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also included.

Abstract: Methods and systems for determining transmission power levels according to signal types and RF exposure limits. An example method generally includes determining a first transmission power for transmitting a first type of uplink (UL) signal, determining a second transmission power for transmitting a second type of UL signal based on the first transmission power, and transmitting at least one of the first UL signal according to the first transmission power or the second UL signal according to the second transmission power.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to improving detectability of interference management signals are provided. A first wireless communication device communicates, with a second wireless communication device, a first reservation signal indicating a reservation for a first transmission slot in a spectrum accessed by a plurality of network operating entities. The first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device are associated with a first network operating entity of a plurality of network operating entities. The first reservation signal includes a duration based on a power class associated with the first network operating entity. The first wireless communication device communicates, with the second wireless communication device, a first communication signal in the first transmission slot.

Abstract: Described herein are aspects related to assigning primary channels in wireless communications. An amount of available bandwidth within a radio frequency band can be determined for shared access by a plurality of operators, where each operator operates a radio access network having one of a plurality of radio communication compatibility types, and where each radio communication compatibility type defines a set of one or more compatible radio access technologies. The amount of available bandwidth can be allocated into radio compatibility type-specific bandwidth partitions for each radio communication compatibility type based on a number of the plurality of radio communication compatibility types and a number of the plurality of operators corresponding to each radio communication compatibility type. A primary channel can be assigned within at least one of the radio compatibility type-specific bandwidth partitions to at least one operator of the number of the plurality of operators.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration message from a base station, the SPS configuration message containing at least one SPS parameter for downlink SPS communications over a shared radio frequency spectrum band. The UE may identify, based on the SPS configuration, one or more subframes or slots allocated for the downlink SPS communications. The UE may perform the downlink SPS communications during the one or more subframes or slots and according to the SPS configuration.