Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication associated with Type B physical uplink channel repetitions of a transport block. The UE may transmit the repetitions of the transport block, including a first smaller repetition of the repetitions that has a first payload size that is smaller than a nominal payload size for the repetitions and that includes a first self-decodable data portion of the transport block. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first wireless device, such as a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), or some other relaying device, may receive a first indication of a set of zones (e. g., locations) to which the first wireless device is configured to relay one or more messages. The first device may receive a second indication of a set of beams of the first wireless device associated with a corresponding zone of the set of zones. The set of beams may be configured to serve the corresponding zone. The first wireless device may relay communications to the corresponding zone using at least one beam of the set of beams based on the communications being for the corresponding zone or for a second wireless device located in the corresponding zone.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a base station may communicate with a user equipment (UE) via a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) which is capable of adjusting a reflection characteristic to reflect incident signaling in different directions. The base station and the RIS may establish a beamformed connection and, in some scenarios, the base station and the RIS may experience a beam failure. In such scenarios, the base station, the UE, and the RIS may participate in a two-step beam training procedure to reduce an amount of possible beam pair hypotheses that the communicating devices test in order to re-establish communication between the base station and the UE via the RIS. The two-step beam training procedure may include a first procedure in which the RIS selects a suitable beam toward the base station and a second procedure that leverages the selected beam.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A example method for wireless communication at a reconfigurable reflective surface comprises receiving one or more signals from a first wireless device and determining, based at least in part on the one or more signals, measurement information pertaining to a wireless channel between the reconfigurable reflective surface and the first wireless device. The example method may further include determining, based at least in part on the measurement information, a set of weights for a plurality of reflective elements of the reconfigurable reflective surface to be used in reflecting communications between the first wireless device and a second wireless device.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some wireless communication systems, for example those supporting accumulated feedback, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of a plurality of accumulated feedback events that are each representative of different feedback combinations for reporting accumulated feedback for a set of scheduled downlink occasions and may determining the accumulated feedback for the set of scheduled downlink occasions. The UE may select, from the plurality of accumulated feedback events, a representative event based on the accumulated feedback and may transmit an uplink control message indicative of the representative event. In some examples, transmitting the uplink control message may include identifying a Huffman code for the representative event and transmitting the Huffman code via one or more stages of the uplink control message.

Abstract: A method of wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a network node, a message indicating slots for transmitting a transport block on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). The method also includes segmenting the transport block into code blocks. The method further includes encoding the code blocks to produce encoded code blocks. Each code block may be encoded at a coding path from a group of coding paths associated with a coding chain. The method still further includes transmitting the encoded code blocks in the slots on the PUSCH.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a first message indicating that a configuration for a time restriction is disabled for the UE, such that the UE may measure one or more resources transmitted from a network entity with respect to a reference resource. The UE may receive a second message indicating that the UE is to measure one or more resources transmitted by a network entity at a first of multiple transmit power levels, the one or more resources transmitted before the reference resource, and the reference resource associated with one of the multiple transmit power levels. The UE may perform a first average measurement of the one or more resources and transmit a first report indicating the first average measurement, where the UE performs the average measurement of the one or more resources based on the second message.

Abstract: A method of wireless communication by a base station includes configuring a tracking reference signal (TRS) with respect to a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) for an idle/inactive mode user equipment (UE). The method also transmits the tracking reference signal and the PDSCH during a paging cycle, in accordance with the configuration. A method of wireless communication by a UE includes expecting a TRS to be received when a PDSCH is received.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In a wireless communications system, a base station may support a flexible cell with a set of carriers including an anchor carrier and two or more non-anchor carriers. In some examples, a user equipment (UE) may select, from among the set of carriers and based on receiving an indication of the configuration, a carrier for transmission of a request for system information associated with the flexible cell. The UE may transmit the request for system information to the base station via the selected carrier. Additionally or alternatively, the UE may select a carrier for reception by the UE of an acknowledgement for the request for the system information, and the UE may receive the acknowledgement for the request for system information via the selected carrier.

Abstract: Aspects are provided for switching flexible bandwidth parts (BWPs) according to one or more communication metrics or power metrics of one or more of a user equipment (UE) or a base station. In certain aspects, the UE may be configured to receive, from a base station, a command to switch from a first bandwidth part (BWP), wherein the first BWP is associated with a first bandwidth and a first slot format dedicated for the first BWP. In certain aspects, the UE may be configured to switch from the first BWP to a second BWP, wherein: the first bandwidth is switched to a second bandwidth, the first slot format is switched to a second slot format, or the first bandwidth is switched to the second bandwidth and the first slot format is switched to the second slot format.

Abstract: A positioning reference signal provision method includes: transmitting, from a UE directly to a telecommunication device other than a repeater, a first UL-PRS of a first type of UL-PRS; and transmitting, from the UE to a RIS, a second UL-PRS of a second type of UL-PRS.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a mobile station may transmit first uplink reference signals in a first time slot. The mobile station may transmit an uplink communication with a frequency domain resource allocation different than a frequency domain resource allocation for the first uplink reference signals. The mobile station may determine a time gap between the transmitted uplink communication and second uplink reference signals to be transmitted in a second time slot and retune the mobile station during the time gap such that the second uplink reference signals maintain phase continuity with the first uplink reference signals. The mobile station may transmit the second uplink reference signals in the second time slot. The first time slot and the second time slot may be consecutive time slots for uplink reference signals. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, one or more slots in a set of DMRS-bundled slots are excluded from a DMRS-sharing power control configuration based on duplex-type. In another aspect, a fixed transmission power level for a DMRS-sharing power control configuration is based at least in part upon a duplex configuration of DMRS-bundled slots.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to resource partitioning for sidelink are provided. A first user equipment (UE) transmits, to a second UE, a time-division duplexing (TDD) configuration indicating a first set of resources time-multiplexed with a second set of resources in a sidelink resource pool, wherein the first set of resources is associated with a first link, and wherein the second set of resources is associated with a second link different from the first link. The first UE receives from the second UE over the first link, a first communication signal in a resource of the first set of resources. The first UE transmits, to the second UE over the second link, a second communication signal using a resource of the second set of resources.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for PUCCH/PUSCH DMRS bundling. A UE may transmit, to a network entity, a first indication of a maximum DMRS bundling duration for maintaining transmit phase coherence for transmitted DMRS. The UE may receive, from the network entity based on the first indication of the maximum DMRS bundling duration, a second indication of at least one of a DMRS bundling activation or a DMRS bundling duration. Based on the at least one of the DMRS bundling activation or the DMRS bundling duration, the UE may transmit at least one UL repetition including bundled DMRS.

Abstract: A method comprises receiving a request to log at least one operation of a plurality operations, wherein the request includes one or more features of the at least one operation. The one or more features are analyzed using one or more machine learning algorithms. The method further comprises selecting, based at least in part on the analyzing, a log provider of a plurality of log providers to log the at least one operation, and interfacing with the log provider to enable logging of the at least one operation.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive signaling indicating a transition from a first type of channel state information (CSI) processing to a second type of CSI processing at the UE, wherein at least one of the first type of CSI processing or the second type of CSI processing is a machine-learning-based CSI processing type. The UE may transition from the first type of CSI processing to the second type of CSI processing in accordance with the signaling and a timeline for the transition. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a control message from a base station indicating a configuration of an uplink waveform for full-duplex communications at the UE. The UE may receive an additional control message scheduling a set of uplink resources and a set of downlink resources for the full-duplex communications. The set of uplink resources and the set of downlink resources may at least partially overlap in a time-domain. A frequency-domain gap between the set of uplink resources and the set of downlink resources may be based on the first uplink waveform and a first downlink waveform used by the base station. The UE may communicate with the base station on the set of uplink resources and the set of downlink resources in accordance with the frequency-domain gap.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for wireless communication by a network entity. For example, the network entity defines a size of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) elements. The network entity further defines a set of patterns representing active RIS elements and/or inactive RIS elements, based on the size of RIS elements. The network entity transmits an indication of the size of RIS elements and the set of patterns to a RIS controller.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A device may receive first control signaling indicating a first codebook configuration associated with a first channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) antenna port configuration. The device may receive second control signaling indicating a second codebook configuration associated with a second CSI-RS antenna port configuration. The second CSI-RS antenna port configuration includes fewer antenna ports than the first CSI-RS antenna port configuration. The device may perform a channel state information (CSI) measurement based on the first codebook configuration and the second codebook configuration. The device may transmit a CSI report based on the CSI measurement.