Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for uplink/downlink scheduling. One apparatus includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code, in various embodiments, determines an uplink schedule for data to be transmitted from a user equipment. In a further embodiment, the code determines a downlink schedule for data to be provided to the user equipment. The apparatus may include a transmitter that provides an uplink grant message to the user equipment to initiate an uplink transmission based on the uplink schedule. In certain embodiments, the uplink schedule and the downlink schedule are determined without using a predefined split pattern for uplink and downlink transmission.

Abstract: The present application relates to a method and apparatus for fallback operation for a semi static HARQ-ACK codebook determination. One embodiment of the present disclosure provides an apparatus including a receiver that receives at least one downlink (DL) transmission within a DL association set. The apparatus also includes a processor that determines whether to use a fallback hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) transmission and a transmitter that transmits a first HARQ-ACK codebook on a first resource for the DL association set in response to the fallback HARQ-ACK transmission being used or a second HARQ-ACK codebook on a second resource for the DL association set in response to the fallback HARQ-ACK transmission being used.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a method for wireless communications performed by a UE may include: receiving, from a base station (BS), at least one downlink (DL) transmission with corresponding hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback to be transmitted in a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) in a slot; determining that the PUCCH overlaps with a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), wherein the PUSCH is configured to be transmitted by the UE in the slot; and transmitting, to the BS, the PUSCH in the slot, wherein configured grant uplink control information (CG-UCI) associated with the PUSCH and the HARQ-ACK feedback are multiplexed on the PUSCH.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for sharing channel occupancy time for sidelink transmission. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a first user equipment (UE) for wireless communication may include: determining an energy detection threshold for performing a Type-1 channel access procedure; performing the Type-1 channel access procedure based on the energy detection threshold; initiating a channel occupancy time (COT) in response to the Type-1 channel access procedure being successful; and transmitting an indicator for indicating the energy detection threshold within the COT.

Abstract: The present application relates to a method and an apparatus for sidelink burst transmission. The method includes: performing a channel access procedure for initiating a channel occupancy for sidelink transmission; transmitting sidelink control information (SCI) to another apparatus within the channel occupancy; wherein the SCI includes an indicator indicating a remaining duration of the channel occupancy; and transmitting sidelink data associated with the SCI to the another apparatus without exceeding the remaining duration of the channel occupancy.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for channel access. One embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a method performed by a User Equipment (UE), comprising: receiving control information for an uplink transmission associated with a first uplink transmission beam; determining a second uplink transmission beam associated with a Channel Occupancy (CO) initiated by a base station (BS) based on an indicator in first downlink control information (DCI), or based on a downlink reception beam for receiving the first DCI; and transmitting the uplink transmission using the second uplink transmission beam when the uplink transmission is within a duration in time domain and location in frequency domain of the CO initiated by the BS.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to a method and apparatus for beam failure detection and recovery in sidelink. An exemplary method includes: obtaining configuration information for a beam failure recovery (BFR) procedure on sidelink, wherein the configuration information indicates a periodic window; performing a reception of at least one transmission of a beam failure detection reference signal (BFD-RS) on the sidelink within the periodic window according to the configuration information. Embodiments of the present application can efficiently reduce delay as well as signalling overhead for BFR in sidelink.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for HARQ-ACK codebook determination. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a method for wireless communications performed by a UE may include: receiving a plurality of DCI formats for scheduling PDSCH transmissions on a plurality of serving cells, wherein each of the plurality of DCI formats include a first indication information and a second indication information related to HARQ-ACK information for a PDSCH transmission scheduled by a corresponding DCI format; receiving the PDSCH transmissions based on the plurality of DCI formats; generating a HARQ-ACK codebook based on the first indication information and the second indication information in the plurality of DCI formats; and transmitting the HARQ-ACK codebook.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for providing assistant information for uplink scheduling. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for wireless communications may include counting a number of failed channel access procedures, and transmitting an indicator associated with the number of failed channel access procedures.

Abstract: The subject application is related to a method and apparatus for Device-to-Device communication. A method for Device-to-Device communication includes transmitting a signal toward a group of user equipments (UEs); detecting a HARQ feedback signal accumulated by signal (s) from one or more UEs within the group of UEs; and transmitting a signal toward the group of UEs, wherein the UE and the group of UEs are configured to perform groupcast transmission.

Abstract: A method for obtaining physical layer measurement data being applied to a management node in a wireless short-distance communication system includes: sending a measurement request frame including physical layer measurement configuration information, the physical layer measurement configuration information being included in one or both of physical layer control information and physical layer data information of the measurement request frame, and the physical layer measurement configuration information including an identifier of at least one target managed node; and obtaining a measurement frame returned by the at least one target managed node, the measurement frame including a pilot symbol for physical layer measurement, and the pilot symbol is included in the physical layer data information of the measurement frame.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a method for wireless communications performed by a UE may include: determining a first energy detection threshold for performing a channel access procedure; and performing the channel access procedure based on the first energy detection threshold.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for collision avoidance. One apparatus includes a processor that detects energy in a detection slot within a first time period over a first frequency resource of a transmission resource unit (“TRU”). The TRU includes the first time period, a second time period contiguous in time with the first time period, a second frequency resource, and a third frequency resource contiguous in frequency with the second frequency resource. The energy is below a predetermined threshold. The apparatus also includes a transmitter that transmits a time-contiguous signal after the detection slot until an end of the first time period over the first frequency resource. The transmitter transmits data within the second time period over the third frequency resource. The transmitter transmits a scheduling assignment (“SA”) within the second time period over the second frequency resource. The SA includes information related to the data.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for sidelink transmissions on an unlicensed spectrum. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a method may include: determining a set of candidate starting positions for sidelink transmission; and performing a first channel access procedure for a first candidate starting position of the set of candidate starting positions in a first slot.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for a sidelink resource re-evaluation procedure under 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) 5G new radio (NR). According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method includes: receiving resource indication information, wherein the resource indication information indicates one or more sidelink resources; determining a resource re-evaluation window in time domain; performing, during the resource re-evaluation window, a re-evaluation procedure for the one or more sidelink resources; and in response to a sidelink resource within the one or more sidelink resources being available, transmitting a sidelink transmission on the sidelink resource.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for detecting a sidelink transmission burst over an unlicensed spectrum. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a user equipment (UE) for wireless communication includes: generating a sequence; and transmitting the sequence at a beginning of a sidelink burst on a carrier, starting from a first candidate position of a set of candidate positions in a first slot, wherein the sequence spans a predetermined number of consecutive symbols in time domain and the sidelink burst is contiguously transmitted in time domain without any gap.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for transmitting a control message are disclosed. A method comprising: transmitting a control message including an indicator for indicating at least one of termination of a control channel monitoring, termination of a data transmission and a feedback corresponding to the data transmission, wherein the indicator is determined based on at least one of a system bandwidth, a maximum bandwidth of the data transmission and a bit length of the indicator.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for transmitting and/or receiving an indication of feedback. One apparatus (200) includes a transmitter (210) that transmits (702) feedback information. The feedback information corresponds to first data. The apparatus (200) includes a receiver (212) that receives (704) a signal indicating whether the feedback information is received and receives (706) second data. The apparatus (200) includes a processor (202) that determines (708), based on the feedback information and the signal, whether the second data is a complete retransmission of the first data or a partial retransmission of the first data.

Abstract: The present application relates to a method and an apparatus for determining a resource availability. One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for determining a resource availability, which includes: selecting a plurality of resources from a resource selection window; determining a sensing window based on the plurality of resources selected; and determining availability of the plurality of resources based on sensing result in the sensing window.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a method may include: determining a first redundancy version (RV) pattern from a set of RV patterns for transmitting a number of repetitions of a first transport block (TB) in a first configured grant (CG) period; performing a channel access procedure for a first repetition of the first TB according to the first RV pattern; and transmitting the number of repetitions of the first TB according to the first RV pattern in response to the channel access procedure for the first repetition of the first TB being successful.