Abstract: A method for wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The UE includes a plurality of antenna panels. The method includes transmitting, to a Base Station (BS), a UE capability message that includes a number of the plurality of antenna panels; and transmitting, to the BS, a panel report that includes information of the plurality of antenna panels, the information associated with at least one of a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) and a Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS).

Abstract: A method for Scheduling Request (SR) resource prioritization for Beam Failure Recovery (BFR) includes a User Equipment (UE) receiving a first SR configuration from a Base Station (BS), receiving a second SR configuration from the BS, triggering a first SR procedure for a BFR procedure based on the first SR configuration, triggering a second SR procedure for a Buffer Status Report (BSR) procedure based on the second SR configuration, in a case that the first SR procedure and the second SR procedure are triggered and not cancelled and the first SR resource overlaps the second SR resource in the time domain, prioritizing the first SR resource over the second SR resource, and transmitting an SR on the first SR resource after prioritizing the first SR resource over the second SR resource.

Abstract: Methods and devices for allowing more than one physical uplink shared channels (PUSCHs) in each of a plurality of configured grant (CG) periods are provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a CG configuration for configuring the plurality of CG periods; receiving, from the BS, a radio resource control (RRC) configuration including a first parameter; and determining, for each of the plurality of CG periods, that a CG PUSCH occasion exists in each of a number of consecutive slots within the corresponding CG period, wherein the number of consecutive slots is determined based on the first parameter.

Abstract: A method for a user equipment (UE) connected to a serving cell associated with a first satellite is provided. The method receives a measurement configuration including a plurality of synchronization signal block (SSB) measurement timing configurations (SMTCs). Each SMTC may have at least one offset value and a first SMTC in the plurality of SMTCs has a first offset value that is different from a second offset value of a second SMTC of the plurality of SMTCs. The method further receives a signal to perform a measurement procedure for a second cell associated with a second satellite and performs the measurement procedure based on the received plurality of SMTCs.

Abstract: A method for a user equipment for performing a small data transmission (SDT) procedure is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station, an SDT configuration including a plurality of uplink configured grant (UL-CG) configurations for the SDT procedure, each of the plurality of UL-CG configurations being associated with a downlink reference signal received power (DL-RSRP) threshold; applying one of the plurality of UL-CG configurations for the SDT procedure in a case that a DL-RSRP measurement result of a synchronization signal block (SSB) associated with the one of the plurality of UL-CG configurations is higher than one of a plurality of DL-RSRP thresholds; and initiating, during the SDT procedure, a random access (RA) procedure in a case that none of a plurality of DL-RSRP measurement results of a plurality of SSBs associated with the plurality of UL-CG configurations is higher than any of the plurality of DL-RSRP thresholds.

Abstract: A method for a User Equipment (UE) for performing a dormant operation is provided. The method receives, from a Base Station (BS), a Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration indicating a set of one or more dormancy cell groups, where a group of serving cells belongs to a specific dormancy cell group in the set of one or more dormancy cell groups. The method receives, from the BS, a signal including a bitmap when the UE is not in a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) active time, and switches, based on a bit in the bitmap that is associated with the specific dormancy cell group, active Bandwidth Parts (BWPs) of all activated serving cells included in the group of serving cells to a dormant BWP or to a non-dormant BWP.

Abstract: A method performed by a user equipment (UE) for updating a location of the UE in a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state is provided. The method includes determining whether a small data transmission (SDT) procedure is ongoing in a case that an event for triggering a location update procedure occurs; and initiating the location update procedure in a case that the SDT procedure is not ongoing.

Abstract: A method for a UE to monitor a PDCCH comprises receiving a first configuration from a base station to configure the UE with a first search space of the PDCCH, where the first search space is used for monitoring a scheduling signal used for indicating scheduling information, receiving a second configuration from the base station to configure the UE with a second search space of the PDCCH, wherein the second search space is used for monitoring a power saving signal used for indicating wake-up information associated with a DRX functionality, monitoring the first search space in response to the UE being in a DRX active time of the DRX functionality, wherein the DRX active time is a time during which the UE monitors the PDCCH, and not monitoring the second search space in response to the UE being in the DRX active time of the DRX functionality.

Abstract: A method and a user equipment (UE) for timing alignment is provided. The method comprises receiving, from a Base Station (BS), a first configuration indicating at least one of a scheduling offset, a common Timing Advance (TA), and satellite ephemeris information; receiving, from the BS, a second configuration indicating a TA offset for a TA variable; determining a UE-specific TA based on the satellite ephemeris information; determining a total TA based on at least one of the TA variable, the TA offset for the TA variable, the common TA, and the UE-specific TA; and starting, from a transmission by the UE, a time window after an additional time based on the total TA and the scheduling offset.

Abstract: A method, performed by a User Equipment (UE), for a Beam Failure Recovery (BFR) procedure includes receiving, from a Base Station (BS), a BFR configuration for a serving cell of the BS, wherein the BFR configuration includes a threshold for a Beam Failure Instance (BFI) counter associated with the serving cell, and the threshold is associated with a beamFailureInstanceMaxCount information element (IE); incrementing a value of the BFI counter based on a Beam Failure Detection (BFD); triggering the BFR procedure for the serving cell when the value of the BFI counter is equal to or higher than the threshold; performing Band Width Part (BWP) switching for the serving cell when receiving a reconfiguration indication from the BS, wherein the reconfiguration indication includes a BWP index; and setting the value of the BFI counter to zero when performing the BWP switching.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed. In an example from the perspective of a User Equipment (UE), a signal to configure the UE to perform a Random Access Channel-less (RACH-less) handover to a second cell may be received in a first cell. The signal may comprise an uplink (UL) grant to be used in the second cell. The UL grant may be associated with a downlink (DL) signal. Whether to use the UL grant in the second cell may be determined based upon whether the DL signal is qualified.

Abstract: A method for a user equipment (UE) monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for power saving signaling is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration from a base station (BS) to configure the UE to monitor a scheduling signal on the PDCCH within a DRX active time, and receiving a configuration from the BS to configure the UE to monitor the power saving signaling on the PDCCH and instructing the UE to wake up for monitoring the scheduling signal in the DRX active time, wherein the configuration includes a time in milliseconds prior to a start of a DRX on-duration time, and instructs the UE to start monitoring the PDCCH for the power saving signaling.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) and a method for power saving are provided. The method includes receiving a configuration indicating a plurality of search space set groups (SSSGs) that includes a first SSSG and one or more second SSSGs, the first SSSG being associated with a first SSSG identifier (ID); receiving downlink control information (DCI) on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) while monitoring the PDCCH on a UE-specific search space, the DCI including an information field indicating a value associated with the first SSSG ID; and starting PDCCH monitoring in the first SSSG and stopping PDCCH monitoring in the one or more second SSSGs from a slot that is at least a time offset after the last symbol of the DCI.

Abstract: A method for a UE for performing a dormant operation is provided. The method includes receiving, from a BS, an RRC configuration indicating a set of one or more dormancy cell groups, wherein a group of serving cells belongs to a specific dormancy cell group in the set of one or more dormancy cell groups; receiving, from the BS, a signal including a bitmap, each bit of the bitmap being associated with a respective dormancy cell group in the set of one or more dormancy cell groups; and switching, based on a bit in the bitmap that is associated with the specific dormancy cell group, active BWPs of all serving cells included in the group of serving cells to a dormant BWP or to a non-dormant BWP.

Abstract: A communication method performed by a User Equipment (UE) configured with a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) operation includes the UE initiating a Random Access (RA) procedure for Beam Failure Recovery (BFR) on a Special Cell (SpCell) after detecting a beam failure event on the SpCell, and transmitting a BFR Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) on the SpCell. The BFR MAC CE indicates the beam failure event for the SpCell. The communication method further includes the UE determining a period of time as a DRX Active Time for the UE. The beginning of the period of time is determined by a first time at which the UE transmits the BFR MAC CE on the SpCell. The end of the period of time is determined by a second time at which the UE receives a BFR Response (BFRR) from the SpCell.

Abstract: A method and a user equipment (UE) for reporting UE capability for small data transmission (SDT) are provided. The method includes: receiving control information for scheduling a plurality of physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) or a plurality of physical uplink shared channels (PUSCHs) on the plurality of serving cells; and performing, based on the control information, receptions of the plurality of PDSCHs on the plurality of serving cells or transmissions of the plurality of PUSCHs on the plurality of serving cells. The control information includes a plurality of fields, and the plurality of fields include at least one of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number field, a PDSCH-to-HARQ timing indicator field, and a time domain resource allocation (TDRA) field, and the TDRA field is used to allocate time domain resources for all of the plurality of PDSCHs or all of the plurality of PUSCHs.

Abstract: A method, performed by a User Equipment (UE) for constructing a Hybrid-Automatic-Repeat-Request Acknowledge (HARQ-ACK) codebook, includes receiving a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message from a Network (NW), the RRC message including an indication to the UE whether to disable a HARQ feedback for a HARQ process; if the indication of the RRC message indicates to the UE to disable the HARQ feedback for the HARQ process, not generating a HARQ-ACK bit corresponding to a first Transport Block (TB) and generating at least one HARQ-ACK bit corresponding to at least one second TB; and if a Downlink Control Information (DCI) format from the NW indicates to the UE to feedback reception of the first TB and the at least one second TB in a same slot, multiplexing the at least one HARQ-ACK bit to construct the HARQ-ACK codebook for the first TB and the at least one second TB.

Abstract: A method of uplink resource allocation and a user equipment are provided. The method includes: receiving a configuration and the configuration contains at least one configured uplink grant configuration; selecting one of the at least one configured uplink grant configuration in response to a trigger event; determining an uplink resource according to the selected configured uplink grant configuration; and transmitting pending uplink data via the uplink resource.

Abstract: A method for wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration to configure a first semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and generating first uplink control information (UCI) in response to the first SPS PDSCH, where the RRC configuration includes a first parameter that indicates a priority of the first UCI.

Abstract: A method and a User Equipment (UE) for performing a small data transmission are provided. The method includes receiving a Radio Resource Control (RRC) release message; transitioning to an RRC_INACTIVE state in response to receiving the RRC release message; measuring at least one Downlink (DL) Reference Signal (RS) to obtain a measurement result; selecting a particular Configure Grant (CG) resource for the small data transmission according to the measurement result; determining whether a Timing Advance (TA) value for the particular CG resource is valid for small data transmission according to (i) an amount of Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) change of a particular DL RS associated with the particular CG resource, the particular DL RS being one of the at least one DL RS, and (ii) whether a TA-related timer is running; and performing the small data transmission on the particular CG resource after determining that the TA value is valid.