Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for controlling access and use of network resources and services by user equipment based on user equipment capabilities. In one aspect, a method for wireless communication by a network entity, includes: receiving, from a user equipment, a request to connect to a network, the request comprising a user equipment identifier and a reduced capability indication; determining a validity of the reduced capability indication based on at least one of: subscription data associated with the user equipment; or one or more capabilities associated with the user equipment; and making a connection decision based on the validity of the reduced capability indication.

Abstract: In some aspects of a wireless communication system, a user equipment (UE) may determine and transmit a configuration of a periodicity and a burst size for periodically transmitting uplink data communications to a base station. The UE may periodically receive, from the base station, uplink data grants based at least in part on the periodicity and the burst size of the configuration, and periodically transmit uplink data communications based at least in part on the periodicity and the burst size of the configuration. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station may transmit, and a user equipment (UE) may receive, downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and indicating a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) repetition factor. The UE may transmit, and the base station may receive, a PUCCH that includes hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement feedback associated with the PDSCH. In some aspects, one or more instances of the PUCCH are transmitted across one or more uplink slots or sub-slots based at least in part on the PUCCH repetition factor indicated in the DCI. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. In some cases, a sidelink user equipment (UE) operating in a power saving mode may identify a resource reservation configuration for communicating within a resource pool allocated for sidelink communications. The UE may operate in a first power state of the power saving mode during a sensing window. The sensing window may correspond to a resource selection window of the resource pool. The UE may transition, after the sensing window, from the first power state to a second power state that may consume more power than the first power state. The UE may identify a subset of resources of the resource pool in the resource selection window that are available for sidelink transmission by the UE based on transitioning between the first power state and the second power state.

Abstract: Aspects presented herein may enhance a HARQ feedback operation to improve data retransmissions by using tri-state HARQ feedback, and may enable a UE to construct a codebook for tri-state HARQ feedback. In one aspect, a UE determines whether tri-state HARQ feedback or bi-state HARQ feedback is configured based on a DL carrier. The UE generates HARQ feedback for at least one of a received PDCCH or a received PDSCH on the DL carrier based on the determination whether the DL carrier is configured with the tri-state HARQ feedback. The UE transmits the generated HARQ feedback.

Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating serving aperiodic traffic over sidelink using resource adaptation of periodic resource reservations are disclosed herein. An example method for wireless communication at a first device includes reserving periodic resources for sidelink transmission. The example method also includes modifying the reserved periodic resources within a period based on a traffic load for the period. The example method also includes transmitting sidelink communication in the period based on the modified periodic resources. Another example method of wireless communication at a wireless device includes receiving a periodic resource reservation for sidelink transmission. The example method also includes receiving a modification of the periodic resource reservation for a period. Further, the example method includes transmitting or receiving sidelink communication in the period based on a modified periodic resource.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may identify one or more antenna groups at the UE, each of the one or more antenna groups comprising two or more antenna ports and associated with group-based sounding reference signal transmission. The UE may receive an indication of a sounding reference signal configuration identifying one or more resources for performing group-based sounding reference signal transmissions using at least one of the one or more antenna groups. The UE may transmit one or more sounding reference signals using the one or more resources and at least one antenna port from the at least one of the one or more antenna groups.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may initiate a Type-1 or Type-2 random access procedure from a power saving mode, generate a channel state information (CSI) report and a buffer status report, and selectively multiplex the CSI report and BSR with mobile originated (MO) data in a random-access message of the random-access procedure. The UE may further transmit a request to remain in the power saving mode after finishing the transmission of the MO data. The configuration of random access and CSI reporting procedure depends on the UE type or UE capability supported by the network.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A configuration for a reference signal used to determine a non-linear behavior of transmission components at a transmitting device may be determined. The configuration for the reference signal may be determined based on signaling transmitted by the transmitting device, signaling transmitted by a device that receives the reference signal, or both. Additionally, or alternatively, the configuration for the reference signal may be determined based on a configuration of other signals transmitted by the transmitting device prior to or concurrently with the transmission of the reference signal. The determined configuration may be used to generate and transmit the reference signal or to determine a configuration of a received reference signal. In both cases, a non-linear response of transmission components at the transmitting device may be determined based on the reference signal.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques to expedite transmissions of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgment or negative acknowledgment (ACK/NACK) feedbacks based on delay constraints associated with at least semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) downlink packets received at the user equipment (UE). Specifically, in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure, each of the one or more SPS PDSCH configurations may be associated with a delay parameter that identifies the maximum amount of time or slots that the UE can wait prior to transmitting the HARQ-ACK/NACK feedback associated with the PDSCH received at the UE.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit a physical uplink shared channel communication using a resource associated with a configured grant. The UE may transmit, in connection with transmitting the physical uplink shared channel communication, a scheduling request. A base station (BS) may monitor for the physical uplink shared channel communication and the scheduling request. The BS may selectively communicate with the UE to schedule a retransmission of the physical uplink shared channel communication based at least in part on a result of the monitoring. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support power allocation or resource allocation for non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA). In a first aspect, a method of wireless communication includes a user equipment (UE) randomly selecting a parameter value associated with a power level of multiple power target levels, and transmitting, to a network entity and using the power level, an uplink communication. In a second aspect, a method of wireless communication includes a UE receiving, from a network entity, an indicator that indicates multiple resource candidates, each resource candidate of the multiple resource candidates overlaps with at least one other resource candidate of the multiple resource candidates, and transmitting, to the network entity and using a resource candidate of the multiple resource candidates, an uplink communication. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to negative acknowledgement (NACK)-triggered sounding reference signal transmissions are provided. In some aspects, a user equipment may detect an error when decoding a data transmission received from a base station via a bandwidth part. The UE may then trigger, in response to detecting the error, a transmission to the BS of a first sounding resource signal using a first SRS resource set of the bandwidth part.

Abstract: Various implementations and techniques are disclosed to enable and provide communication devices, methods, and systems for sidelink communication resources configuration and management. Wireless devices use a communication resource configuration and management procedure to determine resources for sidelink communication with potential power saving.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described to support using one of multiple types of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) to perform one or more management procedures. A base station may configure and transmit one or more SSBs of second type that are smaller than SSBs of a first type. For instance, SSBs of a second type may include a first subset of signals and may exclude a second subset of the signals that are included in an SSB of the first type. An SSB of the second type may be transmitted in an active bandwidth region used for communications between a user equipment (UE) and the base station. The UE may receive an SSB of the second type in an active bandwidth region, may perform one or more measurements using the SSB of the second type, and may perform one or more management procedures.

Abstract: Devices, methods, user equipment (UE), evolved node B (eNB), and storage media are described suitable for coexistence operations for uplink communications on multiple unlicensed carriers. Various embodiments are implemented in LTE systems with license-assisted access (LAA) associated communications. In one embodiment, a UE processes one or more uplink grants from an eNB scheduling transmissions on multiple unlicensed carriers at a first time, and indicating a first channel access procedure. The UE then selects a first unlicensed carrier and performs the first channel access procedure, and performs a second channel access procedure on a second unlicensed carrier of the multiple unlicensed carriers.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A communication device, otherwise known as a user equipment (UE) may transmit capability information including an indication of a discontinuous monitoring delay period. The UE may receive a message including an indication to adjust monitoring of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), and monitor for the PDCCH during the discontinuous monitoring delay period. The UE may adjust monitoring for the PDCCH following the discontinuous monitoring delay period during a temporal period based on the received indication to adjust monitoring of the PDCCH. In some examples, at least one of physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception, downlink reference signal monitoring, uplink reference signal transmissions, and channel reporting is enabled during the temporal period while monitoring of the PDCCH is adjusted.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, control signaling indicating a set of connected discontinuous reception (C-DRX) configurations. The set of C-DRX configurations may include a first C-DRX configuration and a second C-DRX configuration, where at least one C-DRX configuration in the set of C-DRX configurations is a UE-group common C-DRX configuration. The set of C-DRX configurations may correspond to a discontinuous transmission (DTX) cycle of the base station. The UE may select a C-DRX configuration from the set of C-DRX configurations based on receiving the control signaling from the base station. Accordingly, the UE may use the selected C-DRX configuration to communicate with the base station. The selected C-DRX configuration may enable the base station to operate with reduced power consumption and higher DTX efficiency, among other benefits.

Abstract: An acknowledgment (ACK)/negative-ACK (NACK)-based relaying scheme for uplink coverage improvement is provided. A relay station receives, from a destination device, a first feedback transmission associated with the first data transmission. The relay station determines whether the destination device successfully receives the first data transmission based on the first feedback transmission. The relay station communicates, with the destination device, a second feedback transmission associated with the first data transmission when the destination device does not successfully receive the first data transmission. The relay station communicates, with the destination device, a second data transmission associated with the second feedback transmission, in which the second data transmission comprises at least a portion of the first data transmission.

Abstract: Aspects relate to providing a status bit to a base station, where the status bit indicates whether all of multiple downlink transmissions have been successfully decoded. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives a plurality of downlink transmissions from a base station, and generates a plurality of acknowledgement data respectively for the plurality of downlink transmissions, each of the plurality of acknowledgement data indicating whether a respective downlink transmission of the plurality of downlink transmissions has been successfully decoded. The UE further transmits, to the base station, at least one status bit based on the plurality of acknowledgement data, the at least one status bit indicating whether all of the plurality of downlink transmissions have been successfully decoded.