Abstract: A UE and a method for handling HARQ-ACK codebook transmission are provided. The method includes receiving, from a BS, a first configuration for unicast configuration for unicast SPS PDSCH, a second configuration for multicast SPS PDSCH, and a third configuration for unicast PDSCH; receiving, from the BS, a PUCCH configuration for unicast; receiving DCI scheduling a unicast PDSCH; determining a Type-1 HARQ-ACK codebook corresponding to the unicast PDSCH based on the first configuration for unicast SPS PDSCH, the second configuration for multicast SPS PDSCH, and the third configuration for unicast PDSCH; and transmitting, to the BS, the Type-1 HARQ-ACK codebook corresponding to the unicast PDSCH in a first slot.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for power control enhancement are provided. The method includes determining a first power state based on a first evaluation period; determining a second power state, which is associated with a new transmission, based on a second evaluation period; determining whether a power state change has occurred by comparing the first power state with the second power state; and in response to determining that the power state change for the new transmission has occurred, triggering a Power Headroom Report (PHR) procedure.

Abstract: A wireless communication method, performed by a User Equipment, for transmission on different BandWidth Parts (BWPs) includes receiving, a radio resource control (RRC) message configuring a first Physical Uplink Control CHannel-Configuration (PUCCH-Config) for a first UpLink (UL) BandWidth Part (BWP) of a first cell and a second PUCCH-Config for a second UL BWP of a second cell; receiving, from the first cell, Downlink Control Information (DCI) including fields to indicate a duration and a switching indication; and transmitting a PUCCH on the second UL BWP after receiving the DCI if the switching indication indicates the second cell.

Abstract: Methods related to physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) repetitions, a user equipment (UE), and a network device are provided. In the method, a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble is transmitted. A random access response (RAR) message responding to the PRACH preamble is received. The RAR message includes an uplink grant that schedules a message 3 (Msg3) PUSCH. A transport block size (TBS) for a transport block (TB) is determined based on a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) field in the uplink grant. The Msg3 PUSCH for the TB is transmitted with the number of PUSCH repetitions. The number of PUSCH repetitions is selected from a set of candidate numbers of PUSCH repetitions based on the MCS field in the uplink grant.

Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprises allocating a control channel resource in a wireless relay transmission frame on a wireless relay link; generating a control signaling based on at least one of a resource allocation scheme, a status of the wireless relay link and a traffic condition of the wireless relay link; mapping the control signaling to the allocated control channel resource via at least one of a time-first mapping, a frequency-first mapping, and a multiplexing mapping; and transmitting the control signaling in the allocated control channel resource on the wireless relay link to at least one associated relay node.

Abstract: A UE and a method for FBE operation in an unlicensed band are provided. The method includes receiving, from a BS, DCI scheduling a scheduled PUSCH and indicating that an initiator of a CO of a FFP for the scheduled PUSCH is the UE; initiating the CO by transmitting a configured PUSCH within the CO to the BS, after determining that a DL signal has not been detected within a second FFP before a start time of the configured PUSCH, the scheduled PUSCH right after the configured PUSCH; and transmitting, to the BS, the scheduled PUSCH within the CO after receiving the DCI. The start time of the configured PUSCH is aligned with a start time of the FFP; an end time of the configured PUSCH is before a start time of an idle period of the FFP and a start time of an idle period of the second FFP; and the second FFP overlaps the FFP and is used when the BS operates as an initiating device for the FBE operation.

Abstract: A UE and a method for handling multiplexing UCI are provided. The method receives an RRC configuration including a first PUCCH resource configuration and a second PUCCH resource configuration. The method obtains a first set of PUCCH resources in a first sub-slot and a second set of PUCCH resources in a second sub-slot, where the first sub-slot overlaps the second sub-slot. The method performs a first UCI multiplexing procedure after determining that a first PUCCH resource of the first set of PUCCH resources overlaps a second PUCCH resource of the second set of PUCCH resources and a timing constraint for multiplexing is satisfied. The first PUCCH resource is associated with transmission of first UCI. The first UCI multiplexing procedure includes selecting a third PUCCH resource from the second set of PUCCH resources and multiplexing the first UCI in the third PUCCH resource.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for reporting Configured Grant (CG) resource usage status are provided. The method includes determining a plurality of Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) occasions within a CG periodicity based on a CG configuration; and transmitting a respective Unused PUSCH Indicator (UPI) in each PUSCH occasion in the plurality of PUSCH occasions that is used by the UE within the CG periodicity, each UPI indicating a set of one or more PUSCH occasions in the plurality of PUSCH occasions that is not used by the UE within the CG periodicity, where a bit length of each UPI is determined based on a total number of the plurality PUSCH occasions within the CG periodicity.

Abstract: A UE and a method for SDT are provided. The method includes initiating a RA procedure with a BS while the UE is in an RRC_INACTIVE state; transmitting a preamble; receiving a RAR scheduled by first DCI with CRC bits scrambled by a RA-RNTI on a first search space; transmitting first UL data on a first UL resource, being not from a CCCH, scheduled by the RAR; monitoring the first search space for receiving first DL data scheduled by second DCI with CRC bits scrambled by a TC-RNTI indicated by the RAR; applying the TC-RNTI as a C-RNTI while receiving the first DL data; monitoring the second search space for a second UL resource scheduled by third DCI with first CRC bits scrambled by the C-RNTI if the first DL data indicates the search space configuration; otherwise, monitoring the first search space for the second UL resource.

Abstract: A method of configuring a PUSCH repetition and a UE using the same method are provided. The method includes: obtaining a plurality of invalid symbol patterns; and performing a plurality of PUSCH repetition transmissions according to the plurality of invalid symbol patterns.

Abstract: A method for transmitting a HARQ-ACK by a UE is provided. The method receives an SPS configuration. The method then receives a DCI format which activates the SPS configuration and also indicates a first offset for transmitting the HARQ-ACK. After receiving an SPS PDSCH associated with the SPS configuration in a first slot, the method identifies a second slot based on the first slot and the first offset for transmitting the HARQ-ACK. The method determines whether a first PUCCH for transmitting the HARQ-ACK is contained within uplink/flexible symbols of the second slot. When the first PUCCH is not contained within the uplink/flexible symbols and also a parameter that is included in the SPS configuration indicates a deferred HARQ transmission, the method identifies a third slot based on the first slot and a second offset and transmits the HARQ-ACK on a second PUCCH in the third slot.

Abstract: A base station (BS) that includes one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable one or more instructions, and at least one processor coupled to the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media is provided. The at least one processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to cause the BS to transmit a dynamic grant to a user equipment (UE) for scheduling a first uplink (UL) resource and a second UL resource, and receive a first Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) from the UE via the second UL resource in a case that transmission of the first MAC PDU to the BS via the first UL resource has failed and the second UL resource is available for transmitting the first MAC PDU. The first UL resource starts before the second UL resource in time domain, and the second UL resource is indicated for a new transmission.

Abstract: A method performed by a user equipment (UE) for handling an uplink (UL) cancellation indication (CI) is provided. The method includes receiving a UL grant scheduling a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), a frequency resource for the PUSCH being allocated within an active UL Bandwidth Part (BWP) of the UE; receiving the UL CI, the UL CI indicating a UL resource in a reference UL resource, the reference UL resource being allocated within a carrier including at least the active UL BWP; and defining a starting symbol of the reference UL resource. The method further includes in a case that the UL CI is received after the UL grant, determining whether the UL resource overlaps the PUSCH, and in a case that the UL resource overlaps the PUSCH, cancelling the PUSCH.

Abstract: A method performed by a UE connected to a first cell associated with a first satellite is provided. The method receives a measurement configuration includes a first SMTC and a second SMTC. The first and second SMTCs have at least a first parameter that is common to both first and second SMTCs and a second parameter that is different in each SMTC. The method receives a signal to perform a measurement procedure for a second cell associated with a second satellite. The method performs the measurement procedure based on the received measurement configuration, where the first parameter includes a duration of time that indicates an SMTC window within which at least one of an SSB or a CSI-RS is detectable by the UE to perform the measurement procedure, and the second parameter includes an offset value.

Abstract: A method performed by a User Equipment (UE) for transmitting a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request-Acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) codebook is provided.

Abstract: A method for mobility enhancement in wireless communication systems is provided. The method is performed by a User Equipment (UE) configured with a first Small Data Transmission (SDT) configuration by a first cell. The method includes receiving a Radio Resource Control (RRC) release message including a suspend configuration from the first cell; transitioning to an RRC INACTIVE state in response to receiving the RRC release message; receiving, in the RRC INACTIVE state, a System Information Block Type 1 (SIB1) including a second SDT configuration from a second cell; camping on the second cell in response to receiving the SIB1 from the second cell; and while the UE is camping on the second cell, refraining from using the first SDT configuration to initiate an SDT procedure associated with the second cell in a case that the UE does not support performing the SDT procedure associated with the second cell.

Abstract: A wireless communication method and apparatus for handling radio resource collision are provided. The wireless communication method includes receiving a Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration indicating a first Control Resource Set (CORESET) pool index associated with a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) designated to carry Uplink Control Information (UCI); determining whether the PUCCH overlaps one or more Physical Uplink Shared Channels (PUSCHs) in time domain; after determining that the PUCCH overlaps at least one of the one or more PUSCHs in the time domain, multiplexing the UCI on a particular PUSCH of the one or more PUSCHs that is associated with the first CORESET pool index; and transmitting the UCI via the particular PUSCH.

Abstract: A method of transmitting a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) for a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes receiving a first Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration including a first PUCCH resource configuration and a second PUCCH resource configuration, receiving a first Downlink Control Information (DCI) format that schedules a first Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) and a second DCI format that schedules a second PDSCH, determining a first PUCCH for a first Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) acknowledgement (ACK) codebook corresponding to the first PDSCH according to the first PUCCH resource configuration, determining a second PUCCH for a second HARQ-ACK codebook corresponding to the second PDSCH according to the second PUCCH resource configuration, and transmitting the first PUCCH when the first PUCCH overlaps the second PUCCH in a time domain, the first HARQ-ACK codebook and the second HARQ-ACK codebook multiplexed in the first PUCCH.

Abstract: A method for a user equipment (UE) connected to a serving cell associated with a first satellite is provided. The method receives a measurement configuration including a plurality of synchronization signal block (SSB) measurement timing configurations (SMTCs). Each SMTC may have at least one offset value and a first SMTC in the plurality of SMTCs has a first offset value that is different from a second offset value of a second SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs. The method further receives a signal to perform a measurement procedure for a second cell associated with a second satellite and performs the measurement procedure based on the received plurality of SMTCs.

Abstract: A method and a user equipment (UE) for timing alignment is provided. The method comprises receiving, from a Base Station (BS), a first configuration indicating at least one of a scheduling offset, a common Timing Advance (TA), and satellite ephemeris information; receiving, from the BS, a second configuration indicating a TA offset for a TA variable; determining a UE-specific TA based on the satellite ephemeris information; determining a total TA based on at least one of the TA variable, the TA offset for the TA variable, the common TA, and the UE-specific TA; and starting, from a transmission by the UE, a time window after an additional time based on the total TA and the scheduling offset.