Abstract: Aspects are provided which allow a first device to secure transmission of polar encoded control information by encoding at least a portion of frozen bits and/or information bits with a shared key with a second device before these bits are encoded by a polar encoder. The first device determines whether to encode at least one of a plurality of frozen bits or a plurality of information bits using the shared key. Based on the determination, the first device encodes the frozen bits and/or the information bits, and sends the encoded frozen bits and/or the encoded information bits to the second device. Since the receiving device has the shared key, the receiving device may successfully decode the control information, while an eavesdropper who receives the encoded bits may fail to decode the control information due to lack of knowledge of the shared key.

Abstract: A base station and a user equipment (UE) may perform a dynamic waveform switching for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions. The base station may send a configuration for dedicated waveform switching associated with the PUSCH transmissions, and transmit, to the UE, an indication of a first waveform for transmitting the PUSCH, the indication being independent of the bandwidth part (BWP) configuration for the PUSCH. Based on the configuration for the dedicated waveform switching associated with the PUSCH transmissions and the indication of the first waveform for the PUSCH transmission, the UE may transmit the PUSCH, at least one PUSCH repetition, and at least one retransmission of the PUSCH, and the base station may receive the PUSCH, at least one PUSCH repetition, and at least one retransmission of the PUSCH.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment receives a positioning reference signal (PRS) configuration for at least one or more PRS resources, wherein at least one parameter of the PRS configuration is encrypted using at least one secret key to provide an encrypted value of the at least one parameter in the PRS configuration, receives the at least one secret key, and applies the at least one secret key to the at least one parameter to recover an original value of the at least one parameter.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a first indication that a network node is in a sleep mode. The UE may receive a second indication of periodic wake-up signal (WUS) occasions associated with the sleep mode. The UE may receive a third indication to defer, for one or more WUS occasions, a transmission of a WUS associated with data, deferral of the transmission being based at least in part on a latency parameter associated with the data. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may transmit an indication of a capability associated with maintaining phase continuity and power consistency for demodulation reference signal (DMRS) bundling between a full-duplex slot and a half-duplex slot. The UE may transmit a first signal during a first slot of a first time domain window (TDW) associated with the DMRS bundling. The UE may determine whether to terminate the first TDW based on the capability associated with maintaining the phase continuity and the power consistency between the full-duplex slot and the half-duplex slot. The UE may transmit a second signal during a second slot of the first TDW or a second TDW based on the determination of whether to terminate the first TDW.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for codebook-based beamforming considerations for reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) are described. For example, an RIS may transmit, to a first wireless device, an indication of a capability of using different types of precoders for generating a codebook for the RIS for redirecting wireless signals. The codebook may include codewords associated with weights for respective elements of the RIS. In some cases, the RIS may receive, from the first wireless device, a type of precoder for generating the codebook. As such, the RIS may adjust one or more elements using the weights for the respective elements based on receiving the indication and in accordance with training a communication link between the first wireless device and a second wireless device via the plurality of elements. In some examples, the RIS may receive, from the first wireless device, an index corresponding to a codeword.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication and positioning. In an aspect, a base station (BS) may determine a slot configuration that defines at least a portion of one or more slots configured for RF sensing. The BS may send the slot configuration to at least one other telecommunications device, e.g., to another BS if the RF sensing is bistatic radar. The BS may then perform RF sensing according to the slot configuration. In another aspect, a user equipment (UE) may receive a slot configuration that defines at least a portion of one or more slots configured for RF sensing. The UE may operate according to the slot configuration, e.g., the UE may go to low power or sleep mode while the base station is performing RF sensing, and may optionally wake up to receive downlink signals or to transmit uplink signals.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The described techniques provide for a user equipment (UE) to identify a first set of scheduled transmissions to be received using a first set of time-frequency resources, where reference signals of the first set of transmissions may be bundled according to a first reference signal bundling pattern. The UE may identify a second scheduled transmission to be received using a second set of time-frequency resources that overlaps with the first set of resources. The UE may determine a second reference signal bundling pattern for bundling the reference signals received in the first set of transmissions. For example, the UE may modify the first reference signal bundling pattern to determine the second reference signal bundling pattern. The UE may receive the second scheduled transmission and the first set of scheduled transmissions according to the second reference signal bundling pattern.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a mobile station may receive, from a base station, an indication of a time domain resource allocation, wherein the indication is associated with a starting symbol and a length and includes symbols across at least two slots. Accordingly, the mobile station may communicate, with the base station, using the time domain resource allocation. In some aspects, a mobile station may receive, from a base station, an indication of at least two slots to be merged, wherein the at least two slots are associated with a periodicity. Accordingly, the mobile station may communicate, with the base station and within the at least two slots. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for repetition cancellation in full duplex communications.

Abstract: Aspects relate to wireless communication including the provision of the ability of a user equipment (UE) to indicate the capability of the UE for demodulation reference signal (DMRS) bundling and/or joint channel estimation (JCE). In aspects, the capability indication includes using at least a physical random access channel (PRACH) to indicate the capability of a UE for repeated transmission of the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) carrying a connection message, and counting of available slots that are used for the repeated transmission of the physical channel. Additionally, the UE may be configured to indicate the capability for JCE through a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) configuration or a DMRS port.

Abstract: A method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided for wireless communication. The apparatus applies a processing timeline for multiplexing uplink control information (UCI) in at least one slot of a multiple slot physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission. The apparatus transmits the multiple slot PUSCH transmission with multiplexed UCI based on the processing timeline being satisfied.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a user equipment (UE) and a base station may participate in a one-shot initial access procedure involving a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) divided into a number of sub-RISs, each sub-RIS associated with a different configuration for reflecting signaling from the base station. In some aspects, the base station may configure each sub-RIS to have a different frequency shift and transmit, to the UE, a parameter indicating a quantity of synchronization rasters associated with each of a set of beams that the base station may use as part of the one-shot initial access procedure. The UE may, for each beam, monitor a quantity of monitoring occasions corresponding to the quantity of synchronization rasters and transmit random access signaling to the base station based on which synchronization raster of which beam provides a greatest signal strength at the UE.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for channel state information (CSI) report structure for dynamic antenna port adaptation. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) and a network entity may support a CSI report configuration according to which the UE may include a respective set of CSI parameters for each of multiple codebooks. For example, the UE may compute a respective set of CSI parameters for each of multiple codebooks in accordance with a CSI report configuration and may transmit a CSI report including the respective sets of CSI parameters for each of the multiple codebooks. The network entity may use the respective sets of CSI parameters for each of the multiple codebooks to inform a dynamic antenna panel configuration update at the network entity.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some examples, the method may include a user equipment (UE) transmitting, to a base station, first reference signals. The base station may perform channel estimation using the first reference signals and estimate a value for an uplink channel based on the channel estimation. The base station may generate second reference signals such that a characteristic of a downlink channel seen by the UE is within a target value and transmit the second reference signals to the UE. The UE may estimate a value for the characteristic of the downlink channel and obtain the target value from the estimated value. Both the UE and the base station may generate a secret using the target value and utilize the secret key for physical layer protection.

Abstract: A base station performs joint channel estimation for a set of physical uplink control channels (PUCCHs), where one or more PUCCHs of the set of PUCCHs comprises a corresponding DMRS from a user equipment (UE). The UE receives an indication to transmit the set of PUCCHs, one or more PUCCHs of the set of PUCCHs comprising a DMRS from the base station. The base station transmits, and the UE receives, spatial filter or power control information elements for each PUCCH of the set of PUCCHs. The UE transmits the PUCCHs comprising corresponding DMRS based on a same spatial filter with a same power control parameters, spatial filter or power control information element for a first PUCCH of the set of PUCCHs indicating the same spatial filter or same power control parameter, the set of PUCCHs having phase continuity.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The method includes establishing a first component carrier as a primary cell for the user equipment (UE) and a second component carrier as a secondary cell for the UE, receiving primary cell configuration information for the second component carrier while the second component carrier is the secondary cell for the UE, receiving a control message triggering a switch of the primary cell from the first component carrier to the second component carrier, and establishing the second component carrier as the primary cell for the UE based on the control message and in accordance with the primary cell configuration information associated with the second component carrier.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for skipping or using actual repetitions. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a base station, a configuration indicating resources for a first repetition and a second repetition in a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). In certain aspects, the method may also include transmitting the first repetition, wherein the first repetition includes a larger symbol length than the second repetition, the resources for the first repetition multiplex a plurality of transmissions from first UEs including the UE, the resources for the second repetition multiplex a plurality of transmissions from second UEs, and a quantity of the first UEs is larger than a quantity of the second UEs.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, a base station may dynamically and reliably indicate that pending transmissions are part of a full duplex operation via downlink control information (DCI) designs described herein. For example, a base station may transmit, to a user equipment (UE) a DCI including no more than one downlink grant and no more than one uplink grant for a full duplex operation. In some examples, the base station may transmit a first-stage DCI including partial information, and second-stage DCIs including full uplink and downlink grants for a full duplex operation. In some examples, the base station may configure periodic or semi-periodic uplink and downlink resources that may overlap in time, and may dynamically indicate, to the UE, whether the overlapping uplink and downlink resources are scheduled for a full duplex operation.