Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for multi-path case. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a user equipment (UE) may include: a processor configured to access a serving base station (BS) via a first path; and a transceiver coupled to the processor and configured to receive, from the serving BS, a reconfiguration message indicating the UE to add a second path; the processor is further configured to perform a path addition procedure to add the second path and start a timer for the path addition procedure in response to receiving the reconfiguration message.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for NTN feedback disabling via downlink control information are disclosed. A UE comprises a processor, and a transceiver coupled to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to cause the UE to: receive a control message scheduling a set of transport blocks, wherein the set of transport blocks comprise one or more transport blocks, the control message comprising a first field indicating whether hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback is enabled or disabled for the set of transport blocks, the first field further indicating a modulation coding scheme (MCS) index, a resource associated with the HARQ feedback, a HARQ process number, a new data indicator (ND I), or any combination thereof; and receive the set of transport blocks based at least in part on the received control message.

Abstract: The present application relates to methods and apparatuses for handling a consistent listen before talk (LBT) failure. An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a user equipment (UE), which includes: a transceiver; and a processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to: detect a consistent LBT failure on a resource block (RB) set of an SL bandwidth part (BWP); perform one of the following: triggering a resource selection procedure; triggering a resource pool selection procedure; transmitting a first indication indicating the consistent LBT failure on the RB set; determining the RB set as recovered in response to one or more conditions being fulfilled; or triggering a consistent LBT failure for the SL BWP or declare an SL BWP failure.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for uplink (UL) subband in a full duplex (FD) system. According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a user equipment (UE) may include: a transceiver configured to receive configuration information which configures a first set of physical resources for a UL subband; and a processor coupled to the transceiver and configured to determine a second set of physical resources in the UL subband for a UL transmission based on the configuration information.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application are directed to a method and apparatus for releasing configured grant (CG) resources. In an embodiment of the present application, the method includes determining whether CG resources in a first cell need to be released; and in response to determining that the CG resources need to be released, transmitting a CG resource releasing report or releasing the CG resources. The CG resource, in some cases, is for the data transmission of UE in idle mode or inactive mode.

Abstract: The present application is related to a method and apparatus for power saving for 3 GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) 5G new radio (NR) sidelink (SL). A method for wireless communications performed by user equipment (UE) includes: determining whether a sidelink (SL) discontinuous reception (DRX) procedure is enabled; and in response to the SL DRX procedure being enabled, receiving SL DRX configuration information, wherein the SL DRX configuration information contains a priority of the SL DRX procedure.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application are related to a method and apparatus for data transmission during wireless communication. According an embodiment of the present application, an exemplary method includes: receiving a first signaling indicating whether a first spatial domain filter associated with a first set of reference signal (RS) is on or off, wherein the first set of RS is associated with at least one of: downlink reception or uplink transmission; and in the case that the first signaling indicates the first spatial domain filer being off, stopping performing the associated at least one of: downlink reception or uplink transmission, or performing the associated at least one of: downlink reception or uplink transmission with a second spatial domain filter different from the first domain filter.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for handling of small data transmission are disclosed. A method at a user equipment (UE) that is in a non Radio Resource Control (RRC)_CONNECTED state with a network device comprising: determining whether to perform UL carrier selection for non-first SDT data; and transmitting the non-first SDT data to the network device in response to a determining result to perform the UL carrier selection for the non-first SDT data.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses of selecting a carrier for a sidelink multi-carrier operation in 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) 5G networks.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to methods and apparatuses for sidelink (SL) communication. According to an embodiment of the present application, a method may include: obtaining, by a remote device, a plurality of SL DRX configurations for SL communication; determining, by the remote device, one or more SL DRX configurations from the plurality of SL DRX configurations for a medium access control (MAC) layer of the remote device; and in the case that there is SL data associated with DRX in the remote device, transmitting the SL data from the remote device based on active time derived in each of the one or more SL DRX configurations. Embodiments of the present application determine three kinds of granularity for SL DRX configuration for broadcast and groupcast communication and propose how to determine SL DRX configuration for three kinds of granularity.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for a pre-emption check procedure for a sidelink transmission in 3 GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) 5G networks. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a user equipment (UE) includes: receiving, from another UE, information associated with a pre-emption check procedure on another reserved resource of the abovementioned UE; and making an adjustment relating to a transmission on a reserved resource of the UE according to the information.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for narrowband Internet-of-things (NBIoT) hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) related enhancement in a non-terrestrial network (NTN) are disclosed. A method comprises transmitting a control signal, the control signal includes at least one of a transmission repetition number index, a scheduling delay index, a resource assignment index, a NDI, a HARQ resource indication, and a MCS index; and transmitting or receiving a data signal based on the control signal, the data signal starts at the end of the control signal plus a first number of time slots, the data signal includes a second number of transmission repetitions of a third number of time durations.

Abstract: A terminal includes a memory storing a program and a processor configured to execute the program to obtain a positioning request for a target terminal, determine positioning wireless resource configuration information and feedback configuration information in response to the positioning request, send the positioning wireless resource configuration information to at least one target anchor node, send the positioning wireless resource configuration information and the feedback configuration information to the target terminal, send at least one of a positioning parameter signal or a positioning wireless frame to the target terminal, and receive target information reported by the target terminal based on the feedback configuration information.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of white light interferometry includes compensating for system vibration when operating a scanning interferometer includes using the interferometer (such as a white light interferometer (WLI)) to collect interferometric data of a sample mounted on a stage. The method detects, substantially simultaneously with the using step, system vibration and generates a vibration signal. The method compensates the interferometric data using the detected system vibration. Distance measurement and in-line optical schemes may be employed to detect vibration.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for beam management. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a method performed by a UE may include: receiving a pilot signal from a plurality of base stations (BSs); measuring channel state information (CSI) between the UE and each of the plurality of BSs; generating a CSI matrix based on the measured CSI between the UE and the plurality of BSs; encoding the CSI matrix; and transmitting the encoded CSI matrix to one of the plurality of BSs.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application are related to methods and apparatuses a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) repetition enhancement mechanism for a time division duplex (TDD) scenario. A method according to an embodiment of the present application includes: receiving downlink control information (DCI) including a time domain resource assignment field; determining a time domain resource in each of one or more available uplink slots based on the time domain resource assignment field in the DCI, to obtain the determined one or more time domain resources; and transmitting uplink (UL) data on the determined one or more time domain resources.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a solution for communications. In one aspect of the solution, a terminal device performs a handover to a first cell provided by a first network device. In turn, the terminal device receives, from the first network device, downlink transmission in the first cell.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to power saving in discontinuous reception (DRX). An apparatus, such as a user equipment (UE), may receive configuration information for search space sets (SSSs). If one or more of the SSSs are associated with at least one SSS group (SSSG), then the UE may determine at least one SSS from each SSSG. The UE may detect downlink control information (DCI) in the at least one SSS, where the DCI includes a field indicating a power saving operation for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring, the DCI detected in the at least one SSS is determined from the set of the SSSs, and the DCI includes a field indicating a PDCCH skipping scheme.

Abstract: The present application relates to methods and apparatuses for positioning for user equipments (UEs) with a limited capability. One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a UE, comprising: a transceiver; and a processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to: receive, via the transceiver, a sounding reference signal (SRS) frequency hopping (FH) configuration or a positioning reference signal (PRS) FH configuration based on a condition being fulfilled; and perform an SRS transmission based on the SRS FH configuration in the case that the SRS FH configuration is received, or perform a PRS measurement based on the PRS FH configuration in the case that the PRS FH configuration is received.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application are related to a method and apparatus of dynamic adaption of spatial elements. According an embodiment of the present application, an exemplary method includes: receiving information related to whether a node is on or off; and determining the at least one of the following in response to application of the information related to whether a node is on or off: at least one failure detection reference signal (RS) set for beam failure recovery, or at least one parameter associated with data transmission or data reception.