Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for securing physical (PHY) layers in wireless communication. Certain aspects are directed to a method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE). In some examples, the method includes obtaining a key and using the key during physical layer signal processing of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission having more than one symbol to provide security for the PUCCH transmission.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless positioning. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) transmits, to a base station, a first message of a random access procedure, the first message indicating that the UE is a positioning-only UE, receives, from the base station, in response to transmission of the first message, a sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration for the UE, the SRS configuration indicating one or more time and frequency resources on which the UE is expected to transmit SRS for an uplink-only positioning session, and transmits the SRS on the one or more time and frequency resources based on the SRS configuration.

Abstract: A transmitter may be configured to transmit, to a receiver, information configuring a repetition pattern of at least one of a common part of a rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) message or a private part of the RSMA message. The transmitter may be further configured to transmit, to the receiver, at least one repetition of the at least one of the common part or the private part of the RSMA message according to the repetition pattern. The receiver may be configured to receive the information configuring the repetition pattern. The receiver may be further configured to receive, from the transmitter, at least one repetition of the at least one of the common part of the RSMA message or the private part of the RSMA message after receiving the information configuring the repetition pattern.

Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for wireless communications. For example, a relay network device can determine that at least one user equipment (UE) is in a communication range of a relay network device and out of a communication range of a network device operating in a first energy state mode. The relay network device can obtain information associated with the at least one UE and can transmit, to the network device operating in the first energy state mode, a report comprising the information.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may establish inter-band carrier aggregation with a synchronization signal block (SSB) anchor carrier and an SSB-less carrier. The UE may measure a synchronization signal (SS) reference signal received quality (RSRQ) of the SSB-less carrier based on a ratio of a quantity of resource blocks multiplied by an SS reference signal received power (RSRP) and divided by a New Radio (NR) received signal strength indicator (RSSI), where the SS-RSRP is measured based on an SSB on the anchor carrier. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: In one aspect, an example methodology implementing the disclosed techniques includes, by a computing device, receiving a message for delivery to a message-oriented middleware (MOM) server and determining whether an anomaly is predicted in the MOM server. The method also includes, by the computing device, responsive to a determination that an anomaly is predicted in the MOM server, identifying an alternate MOM server for delivery of the message, and routing the message to the alternate MOM server. The method may also include, by the computing device, responsive to a determination that an anomaly is not predicted in the MOM server, delivering the message to the MOM server.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to beam sweeping with controllable reflective surfaces in the presence of co-located base stations of different network operators. A first base station that is co-located at a site with a second base station may perform a first beam sweep. The first beam sweep includes transmitting a plurality of directional beams. The first base station further transmits a control signal to a controllable reflective surface to control the controllable reflective surface to reduce a likelihood of a redirection of a directional beam of a potential second beam sweep by the second base station towards a user equipment associated with the second base station. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, downlink control information (DCI) associated with a reconfigurable intelligence surface (RIS) beam training, wherein the DCI configures an RIS controller and the UE for the RIS beam training. The UE may transmit, to the base station, a report based at least in part on the DCI associated with the RIS beam training. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a controller of a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) may receive a signal including a plurality of demodulation reference signals (DMRSs). The controller of the RIS may configure a set of reflective elements of the RIS such that a first DMRS of the plurality of DMRSs is reflected using a first beamformer and a second DMRS of the plurality of DMRSs is reflected using a second beamformer different than the first beamformer. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Example implementations include a method, apparatus and computer-readable medium of wireless communication by a user equipment, comprising receiving a first configuration indicating a scheduled time at which a signal is to be communicated between the apparatus and a network entity, the scheduled time being within a time interval associated with a first network energy state of the network entity. The implementations further include receiving a second configuration mapping the signal with a second network energy state of the network entity. The implementations further include receiving or transmitting the signal at the scheduled time while the network entity is in the second network energy state based on the second configuration.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first device (310) may receive multiple reference signals (RSs) from a second device (320) via a plurality of passive devices (410,420), where each RS of the multiple RSs is forwarded individually by one of the plurality of passive devices with a first set of reflection configurations (Slot 502, Slot 504). The first device may receive an additional RS from the second device via the plurality of passive devices, where the additional RS is forwarded jointly by all of the plurality of passive devices with a second set of reflection configurations (Slot 506). The first device may determine information from the plurality of passive devices based on the multiple RSs and the additional RS, where the information is represented by a change between the first set of reflection configurations and the second set of reflection configurations. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) receives, from a base station, a network power mode configuration and receive control signaling indicating for the UE to switch to the network power mode configuration. The UE communicates with the base station based on the network power mode configuration in response to the control signaling. A base station transmits, to a UE, a network power mode configuration, and transmits control signaling indicating for the UE to switch to the network power mode configuration. The base station communicates with the UE based on the network power mode configuration in response to the control signaling.

Abstract: A method comprises receiving a request for validation of software comprising one or more applications, analyzing the request and generating one or more validation steps based at least in part on the analysis. In the method, a time to complete the one or more validation steps is predicted. The predicting is performed using one or more machine learning models, and is based at least in part on a type and a number of the one or more applications.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for a user equipment (UE) to determine and apply limits to physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) processing in a dual active protocol stack handover scenario. In one aspect, the UE utilizes a joint blind decode capability for both a source cell group and a target cell group to determine whether a total limit for PDCCH candidates to monitor or non-overlapped control channel elements (CCEs) to monitor is applicable. The UE may identify a per cell limit for each configured single transmit receive point (TRP) cell and each multiple TRP cell based on a sub-carrier spacing SCS of the cell and the determination. The UE may include an interface configured to obtain a PDCCH for a slot. The UE may perform blind decoding operations on CCEs up to the per cell monitoring limit for each cell.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to techniques for peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) reduction based on a tone reservation (TR) algorithm. For a TR algorithm, a suitable subset of tones from among a full set of tones in a given resource allocation are reserved for use as peak reduction tones (PRT). An apparatus such as a transmission/reception point receives a set of one or more PRT sequences and stores them in memory. The transmission/reception point then determines a set of PRTs based on one or more later-received PRT sequence selection parameters. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: A method comprises collecting parameters corresponding to processing by a first application programming interface of at least one application programming interface transaction, analyzing the parameters using one or more machine learning algorithms, and predicting, based at least in part on the analyzing, whether the at least one application programming interface transaction is anomalous. In the method, the first application programming interface is designated as being in an anomalous state responsive to predicting that the at least one application programming interface transaction is anomalous. One or more application programming interface requests for the first application programming interface are routed to a second application programming interface responsive to the anomalous state designation.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless positioning. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) reports, to a network entity, a minimum number of symbols of a positioning reference signal (PRS) resource of a first transmission-reception point (TRP) of a pair of TRPs based on a reference signal time difference (RSTD) uncertainty parameter for the pair of TRPs, wherein the minimum number of symbols is less than a total number of symbols allocated for the PRS resource, and performs a positioning measurement of the minimum number of symbols of the PRS resource.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for randomization of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) signals. A method for wireless communication includes determining a random reflection parameter for each of one or more RISs. The random reflection parameter is random over time for the one or more RISs. The method includes applying random values of the random reflection parameter at different times at each of the one or more RISs.

Abstract: A base station performs joint channel estimation for a set of physical uplink shared channels (PUSCHs) with bundled DMRS from a user equipment (UE). The UE receives an indication to transmit the set of PUSCHs, each PUSCH of the set of PUSCHs comprising a corresponding DMRS from the base station. The base station transmits, and the UE receives, a sounding reference signal resource indicator for each PUSCH of the set of PUSCHs. The UE transmits the PUSCHs based on a same sounding reference single resource, the SRI for a first PUSCH of the set of PUSCHs indicating the same SRS resource.

Abstract: A configuration for a UE that measures CLI to determine the reception timing of the CLI signal transmitted from a UE in another cell. Aspects of a method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium are presented herein that provide a solution to the problem of measuring CLI signals by improving the manner in which a wireless device determines the reception timing of a transmitted CLI signal. An apparatus receives a first downlink signal from a first base station. The apparatus receiving a second downlink signal from a second base station. The apparatus determines a CLI signal measurement from a second UE received at the first UE based on a propagation delay difference, the propagation delay difference being based on the first downlink signal and the second downlink signal.