Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for providing dynamic power sharing at a user equipment (UE). A first uplink transmission is configured on a secondary cell group (SCG). An offset from a starting symbol of the first uplink transmission is determined, by the UE, based on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) preparation time for a PUSCH timing capability. Based on the offset, a group of overlapping uplink transmissions on a master cell group (MCG) is defined. A total power is shared among uplink transmissions in the group of overlapping uplink transmissions on the MCG and the first uplink transmission on the SCG.

Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) based channel state information (CSI) prediction. The method includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a CSI reference signal (RS) from a base station; storing, by the UE, a series of CSI measurements corresponding to the received CSI-RS; receiving, by the UE, a CSI report configuration including an indication that artificial intelligence machine learning (AIML) CSI prediction is applied; in response to receiving the indication that AIML CSI prediction is applied, generating, by the UE, a predicted CSI based on the stored CSI measurements using a trained AIML model; and transmitting, by the UE, the predicted CSI to the base station.

Abstract: A method and a user equipment (UE) are provided for explicitly linking repeated physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs). The UE receives the repeated PDCCHs from a network. Each of the repeated PDCCHs include downlink control information (DCI) that schedules reception of a same physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) at the UE. The UE links the repeated PDCCHs having common PDCCH candidate numbers across search space (SS) sets of a control resource set (CORESET). The repeated PDCCHs are received in accordance with the UE and the network communicating using a multi-transmission and reception point (TRP) repetition scheme or a multi-TRP multi-chance scheme.

Abstract: A system and a method may include a receiver circuit configured to receive an encoded codeword over a channel from an encoder neural network of an encoder, and a decoder circuit, including a decoder neural network, configured to decode the encoded codeword, and generate a list of decoded message words, the list of the decoded message words including a plurality of candidate message words representing the message word.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided in which a UE reports capability information indicating a first set of pairs and a second set of tuples. Each pair indicates serving cells configured for per-slot and per-span monitoring. Each tuple indicates serving cells configured for per-slot and per-span monitoring in an MCG and an SCG. A first pair of values for the MCG and a second pair of values for the SCG are received. A first value in each pair is a maximum number of serving cells configured for per-slot monitoring, and a second value in each pair is a maximum number of serving cells configured for per-span monitoring. A monitored candidate limit per slot is determined for the MCG and the SCG based on the first value. A monitored candidate limit per span is determined for the MCG and the SCG based on the second value.

Abstract: An apparatus may include a receiver configured to receive a reference signal using a channel, and receive restriction information relating to the channel, a processing circuit configured to determine channel information based on the reference signal, and generate, using a machine learning model, a representation based on the channel information and the restriction information, a transmitter configured to transmit the representation.

Abstract: A method may include multiplexing control information on a physical channel in a communication system, wherein the control information comprises a repeat request acknowledgment portion, and allocating an amount of resources of the physical channel for the repeat request acknowledgment portion based on an amount of a type of acknowledgment included in the acknowledgment portion. The type of acknowledgment may include an acknowledgment for dynamically granted traffic. The amount of resources may include a reserved amount of resources based on the amount of acknowledgment for dynamically granted traffic being less than a threshold. A method may include multiplexing control information on a physical channel in a communication system, wherein the control information may include a repeat request acknowledgment portion, and allocating an amount of resources of the physical channel for the repeat request acknowledgment portion based on a threshold, wherein the threshold is variable.

Abstract: A system and method for setting blind detection and control channel element monitoring limits in a carrier aggregation scheme. In some embodiments, the method includes: receiving, by a network from a first user equipment (UE), a declaration of capabilities of the first UE; sending, by the network, to the first UE, a first search space (SS) configuration for a first component carrier in a carrier aggregation (CA) scheme; and sending, by the network, to the first UE, a second search space configuration for a second component carrier in the carrier aggregation scheme. The first search space configuration may define a first set of monitoring occasions, the second search space configuration may define a second set of monitoring occasions (MOs), and an aligned span pattern, corresponding to the first set of monitoring occasions and the second set of monitoring occasions, may comply with the declaration of capabilities of the first UE.

Abstract: A method for releasing a semi-persistently scheduled (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) includes: receiving, by a PDSCH manager of a user equipment, a SPS release physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a scheduling cell, the SPS release PDCCH identifying N SPS PDSCH configuration indices to be released; identifying a slot of a scheduled cell, where the slot of the scheduled cell overlaps with the end of an ending symbol of the SPS release PDCCH; identifying M SPS PDSCH configuration indices including all configuration indices from among the N SPS PDSCH configuration indices that are scheduled in the slot; and releasing L SPS PDSCH configuration indices among the M SPS PDSCH configuration indices based on determining that the ending symbol of the SPS release PDCCH is before a corresponding ending symbol associated with each of the L SPS PDSCH configuration indices of the slot.

Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for monitoring a PDCCH. A method performed by a UE includes i. selecting a CORESET from among a set of CORESETs in a slot; ii. determining a qcl type value of the reference CORESET; iii. determining a first set of CORESETs in the set of CORESETs in the slot that overlap with the reference CORESET and have a same qcl type value as the reference CORESET; iv. determining a second set of CORESETs in the set of CORESETs in the slot that overlaps with the first set of CORESETs and has a different qcl type value than the reference CORESET; and v. removing, from the set of CORESETs in the slot, the first and second sets of CORESETs.

Abstract: A method and user equipment are provided. The method includes receiving a scheduling of a transmission on a target cell that collides with a scheduled transmission on a source cell; determining a time duration from an ending symbol of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) scheduling the transmission on the target cell to a first symbol of the transmission on the source cell; determining a time value based on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) preparation time and a subcarrier spacing (SCS) configuration; and determining that the time duration is greater than the time value and, in response, performing the transmission on the target cell and cancelling the transmission on the source cell.

Abstract: A method and system for use of carrier aggregation capability. In some embodiments, the method includes receiving, by a network, a declaration of capabilities, from a user equipment (UE), the declaration of capabilities including: a declaration of a first capability for a first component carrier (CC), and a declaration of a second capability for a second CC. The method may further include configuring, by the network, the UE with one or more CCs including the first CC and not including the second CC, the configuring including configuring the first CC with a configuration exceeding the first capability.

Abstract: A device may include a transceiver configured to access a communication network including a primary cell and a secondary cell, and a device controller configured to receive, on the secondary cell, scheduling information for the primary cell, and monitor a common search space for the primary cell. The device controller may be configured to selectively monitor the common search space for broadcast information. The device controller may be configured to selectively monitor the common search space based on a type of the common search space on the primary cell. A method may include scheduling, by a first scheduling mechanism, a primary cell, wherein the first scheduling mechanism comprises scheduling the primary cell by a secondary cell, scheduling, by a second scheduling mechanism, the primary cell, and deactivating the secondary cell based on switching from the first scheduling mechanism to the second scheduling mechanism. The second scheduling mechanism may include self-scheduling.

Abstract: A method and system for determining a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource are provided. A last physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a monitoring occasion (MO) with a largest MO index, from among a plurality of MOs, on a serving cell with a largest cell index, from among a plurality of serving cells, is identified based on a search space identifier (ID) independent of a control resource set (CORESET) index. The PUCCH resource is determined from the last PDCCH.

Abstract: A method of training an autoencoder that includes encoder neural networks and decoder neural networks. The method includes training the encoder neural networks in which weights of the decoder neural networks are fixed. The method also includes iteratively training the decoder neural networks for a number of iterations. For each iteration of the training of the decoder neural networks, a pair of decoder neural networks is replaced by another pair of neural networks, and a second decoder neural network of the pair of decoder neural networks utilizes different parameters than a first decoder neural network of the pair of decoder neural networks.

Abstract: A method and user equipment are provided. The method includes receiving a scheduling of an uplink (UL) signal on a target cell that collides with a UL signal on a source cell; determining a time duration from an ending symbol of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) scheduling the UL signal on the target cell; determining that a first symbol of the UL signal on the source cell is after the time duration from the ending symbol of the PDCCH; and dropping at least a portion of the UL signal on the source cell in response to determining that the first symbol of the UL signal on the source cell is after the time duration from the ending symbol of the PDCCH.

Abstract: A method of implementing beam failure recovery for a multi-transmission-and-reception-point (M-TRP) transmission including a first transmission from a first TRP and a second transmission from a second TRP may include: receiving a first set of reference signals (RSs) corresponding to the first TRP and a second set of RSs corresponding to the second TRP; determining that the first set of RSs indicates a beam failure instance (BFI) specific to the first TRP, and responsively updating a first BFI counter specific to the first TRP; determining that a beam failure with respect to the first TRP has occurred based on a count of the first BFI counter equaling or surpassing a first BFI counter threshold; and performing a BFR process for the first TRP responsive to determining that the beam failure with respect to the first TRP has occurred.

Abstract: A method and a user equipment (UE) are provided for explicitly linking repeated physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs). The UE receives the repeated PDCCHs from a network. Each of the repeated PDCCHs include downlink control information (DCI) that schedules reception of a same physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) at the UE. The UE links the repeated PDCCHs having common PDCCH candidate numbers across search space (SS) sets of a control resource set (CORESET). The repeated PDCCHs are received in accordance with the UE and the network communicating using a multi-transmission and reception point (TRP) repetition scheme or a multi-TRP multi-chance scheme.

Abstract: A method and a user equipment (UE) are provided for resource allocation. The UE receives repeated physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) from a network. Each of the repeated PDCCHs includes downlink control information (DCI) that schedules reception of a same physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) at the UE. The UE determines resources for at least one of transmission and reception at the UE, from a PDCCH having a latest start symbol or a latest ending symbol among the repeated PDCCHs. The repeated PDCCHs are received in accordance with the UE and the network communicating using a multi-transmission reception point (TRP) repetition scheme or a multi-TRP multi-chance scheme.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for receiving, from a user equipment (UE) configured to process a first priority channel using a first monitoring span based on the first priority channel during one or more time periods, at least one parameter indicating a minimum amount of time required by the UE to process the first priority channel using a second monitoring span based on the first priority channel and a second priority channel. The one or more time periods are based on minimum processing capabilities of the UE. Based on the at least one parameter, the UE is caused to be reconfigured with at least one time offset to increase at least one time period of the one or more time periods for processing the first priority channel.