Abstract: A method and a user equipment (UE) are provided for monitoring physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates. A first reference control resource set (CORESET) is identified having a first CORESET pool index value associated with a first transmission and reception point (TRP). A second reference CORESET is identified that is associated with a second TRP. The PDCCH candidates are monitored in the first reference CORESET, the second reference CORESET, and one or more CORESETs that overlap one of the first reference CORESET or the second reference CORESET in a time domain and are associated with a same TRP as the one of the first reference CORESET or the second reference CORESET. The PDCCH candidates are received.

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 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: Methods are disclosed for enhanced Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) transmission for 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) new radio (NR) technologies.

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 are disclosed for using a single DCI to schedule multi-PDSCHs to have multiple PUCCH occasions for sending HARQ feedback for the PDSCHs. A method includes receiving, from a base station, a DCI for multiple PDSCHs, the DCI including an indication of at least one PRI and at least one timing indicator (K1) for providing multiple PUCCHs to carry HARQ feedback for the PDSCHs; receiving the PDSCHs from the base station; determining a PRI value and a K1 value for each of the multiple PUCCHs, based on the indication of the at least one PRI and the at least one K1; and transmitting, to the base station, at least one PUCCH among the multiple PUCCHs including the HARQ feedback for the PDSCHs, based on the determined PRI and K1 values.

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 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, at least one processor configured to determine channel information based on the reference signal, generate a representation based on the channel information using a first machine learning model, generate, based on the representation, precoding information using a second machine learning model, and generate channel quality information based on the precoding information, and a transmitter configured to transmit the representation and the channel quality information.

Abstract: Methods are disclosed for enhanced Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) transmission for 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) new radio (NR) technologies.

Abstract: A device, such as a UE, and a Transmit and Receive Point (TRP) in a High-Speed Train-Single Frequency Network (HST-SFN) are disclosed that provide network-assisted frequency-offset compensation for the device. The device includes a receiver that receives a first reference signal and a second reference signal sent over a wireless network from a first TRP. The first reference signal corresponds to a QCL RS of the second reference signal. The device receiver determines delay-spread and average-delay information for a path between the first TRP to the device based on the first reference signal. The device receiver further receives a third reference signal from a second TRP that includes Doppler-shift and Doppler-spread information, and corresponds to a QCL RS of a fourth reference signal transmitted from the second TRP or corresponds to the second reference signal transmitted in a SFN manner from the first TRP.

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 method for monitoring and scheduling. In some embodiments, the method includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a downlink control information (DCI), the DCI specifying the scheduling of a first Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) and a second PDSCH.

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 for cross carrier scheduling can include: determining that a candidate DCI for a UE schedules a DG PDSCH that at least partially overlaps an SPS PDSCH for the UE, wherein the DCI is configured to be transmitted on a first CC having a first SCS, and the DG PDSCH is configured for transmission on a second CC having a second SCS different from the first SCS; determining a timing gap based on the smallest of the first SCS and the second SCS; determining that an available time between the scheduled SPS PDSCH and the DCI is equal to or greater than the timing gap; cancelling the SPS PDSCH responsive to determining that the available time between the scheduled SPS PDSCH and the DCI is equal to or greater than the timing gap; and transmitting the DCI to the UE.

Abstract: A method for processing multiple overlapping channels includes: transmitting, by a base station comprising a processor and a memory, a channel comprising a plurality of physical downlink shared channels (PDSCH) in a slot, the PDSCHs being organized into one or more sub-groups of overlapping PDSCHs; and receiving, by the base station and from a mobile station, an acknowledgment (ACK) or a negative acknowledgment (NACK) for two or more overlapping PDSCHs in at least one of the one or more sub-groups in the slot.

Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for signaling and scheduling in carrier aggregation with multiple serving cells. In some embodiments, the method includes: receiving, by a User Equipment (UE), in a first Component Carrier (CC), a Downlink Control Information (DCI), the DCI scheduling a first Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) in a second CC, and a second PDSCH in a third CC, the second CC and the third CC being different, the DCI including a multi-carrier Time Domain Resource Allocation (TDRA) index; retrieving, based on the multi-carrier TDRA index, from a multi-carrier TDRA table stored by the UE, a TDRA for the first PDSCH and a TDRA for the second PDSCH; and receiving, by the UE, the first PDSCH, using time domain resources for PDSCH reception based on the retrieved TDRA for the first PDSCH.

Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for HARQ-ACK in carrier aggregation with multiple serving cells. In some embodiments, the method includes: receiving, by a User Equipment (UE), a Downlink Control Information (DCI) scheduling: a first Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) in a first Component Carrier (CC), and a second PDSCH in a second CC; calculating, by the UE, a comparison value for the DCI; and transmitting one or more Acknowledgement/Negative Acknowledgment (A/N) bits based on the comparison value, the calculating including performing a count over received PDSCHs of CCs with carrier indexes up to and including a carrier index of a reference CC.

Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for PDCCH monitoring in carrier aggregation with multiple serving cells. In some embodiments, the method includes: receiving a Carrier Indicator Field (CIF) associated with a first Component Carrier (CC) and a second CC; for a particular Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) candidate, determining a plurality of Control Channel Elements (CCEs) of the PDCCH candidate based on the CIF; using the CCEs, decoding the PDCCH candidate to receive a PDCCH scheduling a first Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), for the first Component Carrier (CC), and a second PDSCH, for the second CC; and receiving the first PDSCH and the second PDSCH based on the PDCCH.

Abstract: A system and method for monitoring and scheduling. In some embodiments, the method includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a downlink control information (DCI), the DCI specifying the scheduling of a first Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) and a second PDSCH.