Abstract: The present application relates to method and apparatus for slot format indication in Non-terrestrial networks (NTN) system. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) is disclosed, wherein the method comprises: receiving information indicating one or more slot formats, wherein each slot format comprises a plurality of symbols each indicated as a downlink symbol, a uplink symbol or a flexible symbol; and performing transmission or reception based on the one or more slot formats.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for downlink control information (DCI) transmission and receiving in a wireless communication system. A DCI configuration parameter can be first transmitted to a terminal device; and then DCI is transmitted to the terminal device, wherein the DCI configuration parameter indicates time-frequency resources for the DCI. With embodiments of the present disclosure, the UE could perform a flexible DCI monitoring according to the DCI configuration parameter and thus it may support the DCI monitoring occasion change due to numerology and scheduling unit size.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for determining HARQ process number are disclosed. A method comprises receiving a control signal; and receiving a downlink data or transmitting an uplink data based on the control signal, the downlink data or the uplink data is associated with a HARQ process number.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for transmission of data based on a resource configuration and reception of a response signal are disclosed. The apparatus includes a receiver that receives a resource configuration; and a transmitter that transmits a data based on the resource configuration; wherein the receiver further receives a feedback control signal of the data in a first search space; wherein the resource configuration includes at least one of: a resource for the data, a period of the resource P, a duty cycle of the resource D, a duty period of the resource Ton, a frequency band of the feedback control signal, a transport block size of the data, a modulation and code scheme of the data, a number of repetitions of the feedback control signal R, a first scaling factor G of the first search space, a reduced blind detection indication, and a response window size T to receive the feedback control signal.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for integrated access and backhaul node configuration. One method includes receiving, at a first integrated access and backhaul node, a resource configuration corresponding to a second integrated access and backhaul node, wherein the resource configuration comprises information indicating soft resources. The method includes obtaining an activation parameter corresponding to the second integrated access and backhaul node, wherein the activation parameter comprises a first value, a second value, or a combination thereof. The method includes determining whether the activation parameter comprises the first value. The method includes transmitting an availability indication message corresponding to a subset of the soft resources in response to determining that the activation parameter comprises the first value.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for synchronization signal block reception and synchronization signal block transmission. One apparatus for synchronization signal block reception includes a receiver that receives multiple synchronization signal blocks. The multiple synchronization signal blocks have different power levels corresponding to at least two synchronization signal blocks of the multiple synchronization signal blocks.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for dynamic FDM between a parent link and a hild link in an IAB network. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method includes: receiving indication information from a parent node of an IAB node, wherein the indication information indicates at least one frequency domain resource of an operating band associated with one of a parent link between the IAB node and the parent node and a child link between the IAB node and a child node of the IAB node; and determining a set of frequency domain resources for the child link from the operating band at least based on the indication information.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a method includes: transmitting, at an access node, a failure information message to a base station, wherein the access node is connected to the base station via a master node and a secondary node, and wherein the failure information message includes a failure type of a backhaul link. The failure type is based on a failure type set including at least the following: an expiry of a physical layer problem timer, a random access problem, and reaching a maximum number of retransmission in response to radio link failure (RLF).

Abstract: The present application relates to a user equipment, a base station, and a method for determining control resource set. The base station transmits a configuration of a first control resource set to the user equipment. The user equipment receives the configuration of the first control resource set from the base station. The user equipment and the base station determine a second control resource set according to the first control resource set.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatuses and computer program for signal configuration in a wireless communication system. A method implemented at a network device comprises: transmitting information related to a resource allocation for a signal, and broadcasting the signal in accordance with the resource allocation; wherein the signal includes at least one of: a reference signal and a control signal containing system information. By virtue of the method, resource utilization may be more flexibly controlled.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for encoding reference signal received powers. One apparatus includes a processor that: determines a reference signal received power corresponding to each beam of multiple beams to result in a set of determined reference signal received powers; orders the set of determined reference signal received powers in descending order to result in an ordered list of reference signal received powers; and encodes a difference between each two adjacent reference signal received powers of the ordered list of reference signal received powers to result in an encoded ordered list of reference signal received powers.

Abstract: The present application relates to a method and apparatus for MPDCCH performance enhancement. One embodiment of the present disclosure provides an apparatus comprising: a receiver that receives a first reference signal, a second reference signal and a control signal; and a processer that decodes the control signal based on at least one of: the first reference signal and the second reference signal, wherein the second reference signal on an antenna port is associated with a precoder, and the antenna port of the second reference signal and the precoder for the antenna port of the second reference signal are adopted within a time duration and a frequency band.

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: The present application is related to method and apparatus for enhancing Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) coverage. The method for enhancing PDCCH coverage comprises: receiving a search space set configuration; determining a plurality of Control Resource Set (CORESET) copies for the search space set configuration; and receiving a same Downlink Control Information (DCI) in a set of CORESET copies of the plurality of CORESET copies.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining an association between DMRS and PTRS. One apparatus includes a processor that: determines a scheduled physical resource block position and bandwidth; and determines, based on the scheduled physical resource block position and bandwidth, an associated demodulation reference signal port index within the physical resource block for a phase tracking reference signal.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for recovering from beam failure are disclosed. A method of recovering from beam failure, comprising: sending a beam failure recovery request message including information regarding beam failure recovery and information regarding a new candidate beam via a working beam of a first cell; monitoring a response via the new candidate beam of a second cell; and receiving the response via the new candidate beam from the second cell.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining an association between DMRS and PTRS. One apparatus (200) includes a processor (202) that: determines (1402) a scheduled physical resource block position and bandwidth; and determines (1404), based on the scheduled physical resource block position and bandwidth, an associated demodulation reference signal port index within the physical resource block for a phase tracking reference signal.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for wireless communication. According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a method includes: receiving a signaling indicating configuration information on a set of aperiodic channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources corresponding to a trigger state in a downlink control information (DCI). The set of aperiodic CSI-RS resources may include a plurality of subsets of aperiodic CSI-RS resources; and receiving at least one aperiodic CSI-RS resource of the set of aperiodic CSI-RS resources according to the configuration information.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application are related to a method and apparatus for physical random access channel (PRACH) repetitions. A method according to an embodiment of the present application includes: receiving signaling information indicating at least one of a total number of a set of preambles in a period, a total number of a set of physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resource units (PRUs) in the period, a preamble repetition number in the period and a PRU repetition number in the period; and determining a mapping ratio of preambles to PRUs in the period based on the received signaling information.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and device for indicating numerology. The method comprises: determining numerology information of a carrier, the numerology information indicating numerologies of one or more basic units for the carrier; and transmitting the numerology information to a terminal device to enable reception based on the numerology information.