Abstract: A service device (e.g., a user equipment (UE), a new radio NR (gNB), or other network component) as a service provider/consumer can process or generate sidelink communications based on a downlink control information (DCI) for one or more sidelink configured grants that enables resource allocation for the sidelink communication. The device can determine whether to activate, release/deactivate, or request a retransmission for the one or more sidelink configured grants based on one or more fields of a DCI format 3_0 configuration of the DCI.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media are described for monitoring downlink control information (DCI). In particular, some embodiments may be directed to monitoring DCI for an indication of channel occupancy time (COT) information. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: Systems and methods for using clear channel assessment (CCA) on a channel prior to transmitting the channel are disclosed. A wireless transmission system may perform omnidirectional CCA using a CCA power threshold that is calculated based on a number of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) transmitted by the wireless transmission system per SSB burst or per synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block measurement timing configuration (SMTC) window, or on a number of transmit (Tx) antennas used. A wireless transmission system may perform directional CCA on one or more Rx beams that correspond to one or more intended Tx beams using CCA power thresholds calculated based on an equivalent isotropic radiated power (EIRP) of the one or more intended Tx beams to determine directional availability of the channel. A wireless transmission system may determine a CCA power threshold based on a scaling between an actual CCA bandwidth and a nominal CCA bandwidth.

Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing techniques for a user equipment (UE) to multiplex a first HARQ of a first priority and a second HARQ of a second priority to form an initial UCI payload. The UE can select a PUCCH resource accordingly to a PUCCH configuration, and generate a second UCI payload by removing or replacing at least a portion of the initial UCI payload when a size of the initial UCI payload is larger than a size of the PUCCH resource. The UE can encode at least a part of the second UCI payload including the first HARQ to generate an error correction code word. Afterwards, the UE can add the error correction code word to the second UCI payload to generate a transmission UCI payload, and transmit the transmission UCI payload to the base station.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are timing determination techniques for 5G radio access network (RAN) cells. According to various such techniques, during a random access procedure, a user equipment (UE) may receive a grant of resources for an uplink (UL) data transmission in a random access response (RAR) message. The UE may identify a scheduled slot for the UL data transmission based on a received slot of the RAR message and an applicable slot offset value. The applicable slot offset value may indicate a number of slots by which the received slot precedes the scheduled slot. The applicable slot offset value may be identified using the various techniques described herein.

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for search space grouping to facilitate repeated transmissions of a physical downlink control channel in wireless communication systems.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for selecting channel access mechanisms in wireless communications, and particularly in 3GPP NR-U. For example, an appropriate listen-before talk (LBT) channel access category (Cat) may be defined for certain messages, such as certain DL and/or UL control messages and certain RACH messages. For other messages, an appropriate Cat may be signaled by the base station, e.g., in a DCI message or SIB. Mechanisms are provided for the base station to signal to the UE certain channel access profile parameters, such as an appropriate LBT Cat, CAPC, and/or CP extension. Mechanisms are also provided for adjustment of contention window duration.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed relate to apparatuses, systems, and methods for improved handling of phase noise (PN) in millimeter wave (MMW or mmWave) communications in a wireless communication system, such as 5G NR. When severe phase noise is present in a communication link, the link performance can be substantially degraded. Thus, it would be desirable to utilize techniques to compensate for phase noise in mmWave communications. In Rel-15, a Phase Tracking Reference Signal (PT-RS or PTRS) was specified for both downlink and uplink communications, specifically for Cyclic Prefix-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (CP-OFDM) and Discrete Fourier Transform spread Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (DFT-S-OFDM). However, prior art approaches to PTRS using block-based pilot allocation schemes required complicated receiver processing.

Abstract: The technology generally relates to determining a status of an optical channel between two components. For example, the components may be connected via an optical link including a plurality of optical channels. A first portion of the optical channels may be in use such that a second portion of the optical channels may be redundant channels. The component may include a test generator that transmits and receives a data pattern over each channel. The test generator may determine, based on the received data pattern, a status of each of the channels. If the status of a given channel is a failure status, the component may divert data for the given channel to a redundant channel.

Abstract: The exemplary embodiments relate to a user equipment (UE) performing radio link monitoring of a sidelink. The UE may transmit a signal over the sidelink and receive an indication of a type of hybrid automatic repeating request (HARQ) feedback in response to the signal. The UE may then generate a radio link metric associated with the sidelink based on the type of HARQ feedback. The UE may determine that the radio link metric satisfies a predetermined threshold and initiate a keep alive procedure for the sidelink based on the radio link metric satisfying the predetermined threshold.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for searcher resource coordination between NR mobility based measurement and LTE (E-UTRA) PRS based measurement without measurement gap in EN-DC mode or NE-DC mode. Other embodiments are also provided for searcher resource coordination between NR PRS measurement and LTE (E-UTRA) PRS measurement without measurement gap in EN-DC mode or NE-DC mode. Further embodiments provide for searcher resource coordination between NR or LTE (E-UTRA) PRS measurement and NR mobility measurement without measurement gap in EN-DC mode or NE-DC mode.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) includes a transceiver and a processor configured to receive, from a network via the transceiver, a configuration of channel state information (CSI) report characteristics. The CSI report characteristics include one or more of: a maximum size of a CSI report payload, a maximum number of bits per layer or rank, a neural network (NN) identification (ID), or an expected CSI report content type. The processor is configured to generate a CSI report, in accordance with the received CSI report characteristics, to transmit to the network via the transceiver.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for performing sidelink communication. An example method indicates a frequency resource reservation in sidelink control information (SCI). The method includes identifying a transport block (TB) for transmission to a UE; determining a total number of sub-channels (NSL) in a resource pool for sidelink communication, a number of sub-channels (Lsub) of the TB, a first starting sub-channel index x1 of a first retransmission of the TB, and a second starting sub-channel index x2 of a second retransmission of the TB. The method includes determining a frequency resource indication value (FRIV) based on NSL, LSUB, x1, and x2, wherein the FRIV represents a result of a predetermined function of Lsub, x1, and x2 that generates a unique value for possible combinations of Lsub, x1, and x2. The FRIV is encoded in SCI and the SCI is transmitted to the UE.

Abstract: To extend a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) in wireless communications, an extended physical broadcast channel (EPBCH) transmission is generated with one or more legacy PBCH blocks and one or more EPBCH blocks within an extension window. A size of the extension window is determined based at least in part on a PBCH repetition number and a number of the legacy PBCH blocks relative to a number of the EPBCH blocks. The EPBCH transmission is transmitted by a base station (BS) to one or more user equipment (UE).

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for control signaling and reference signal transmission in wireless networks.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) transmits concurrent channel state information (CSI) processing capability information to a base station. The capability information can take various forms, and is intended to constrain the base station in the types of CSI requests that can be made to the UE. For example, the UE may indicate different CSI processing capabilities for intra-CC and inter-CC cases and/or for different codebook types. The UE may also specify supported combinations of codebook types for concurrent CSI reporting. The UE may also specify maximum resources or weighting factors for different codebook types. The UE may further restrict the rank information it provides and use a priority rule for “dropping” CSI report data due to payload size restrictions. The base station may direct, or the UE may implement, improved utilization of CSI resources that are shared for multiple concurrent CSI reports. Minimum time requirements for CSI reporting may also be relaxed.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to receive a sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration from a network, wherein the SRS configuration comprises a 6 port SRS configuration. The UE is also configured to transmit, from each of the 6 ports, SRS on one or more SRS resources corresponding to the SRS configuration.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) configured to establish a connection to a fifth generation (5G) new radio (NR) network, wherein the connection is configured to utilize cyclic prefix (CP)—orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) waveform and demodulation reference signal (DMRS) type 1, receive a DMRS port indication configured to indicate one or more DMRS ports assigned to the UE, wherein single symbol DMRS type 1 is configured to support up to 8 DMRS ports and two symbol DMRS type 1 is configured to support up to 16 DMRS ports and perform a transmission operation or a reception operation using the one or more DMRS ports assigned to the UE.

Abstract: A relay user equipment (UE) can relay communication between remote UEs and a network entity via one or more remote device end-to-end (E2E) radio bearers (RB s) established between the network entity and the remote UEs. The remote device E2E radio bearers can be multiplexed into one or more logical channel between the relay UE and the network entity. The relay UE and/or the network entity can allocate communication resources to the remote UEs in consideration of the E2E bearer quality of service (QoS) requirement using, for example, logical channel prioritization at the relay UE and/or different buffer status reports that can provide information on the remote UEs and E2E bearers to facilitate the allocation of resources.

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to provide antenna port indication for more than four layer physical uplink shared channel operation.