Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive configuration information indicating a first semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration and a second SPS configuration, wherein one or more first SPS occasions defined by the first SPS configuration and one or more second SPS occasions defined by the second SPS configuration are within a time interval associated with a traffic burst of a communication. The UE may receive downlink control information (DCI) activating at least one SPS configuration, of the first SPS configuration and the second SPS configuration. The UE may perform the communication using the at least one activated SPS configuration. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. In some wireless communications systems, a base station may transmit, to a user equipment (UE), an indication of a dynamic switch between slot formats. The base station and the UE may communicate first data in one or more first slots according to a first slot format. The first slot format may be a first cyclic prefix-based or guard interval-based slot format. The base station may transmit control signaling to the UE to indicate a second slot format different from the first slot format. The second slot format may be a second cyclic prefix-based or guard interval-based slot format. The UE and the base station may switch to communicating second data in one or more second slots in accordance with the second slot format based on the control signaling.

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 (PUSCH) message associated with a random access channel (RACH) procedure to a non-terrestrial network node. The UE may monitor a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for a contention resolution message associated with the RACH procedure during a contention resolution window. In some aspects, the UE may start to monitor the PDCCH a variable time period after the PUSCH message is transmitted. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a UE determines a configuration of a common PUCCH resource set that is based on a frequency hopping pattern and includes a first set of resource blocks (RBs) of a bandwidth part (BWP) in a first group of symbols and a second set of RBs of the BWP in a second group of symbols. In some designs, the second set of RBs is offset in frequency from the first set of RBs by a fixed hopping distance. In other designs, the BWP is further associated with a second PUCCH resource set that includes a third set of RBs of the BWP that overlaps in part with the first set of RBs of the BWP in the first group of symbols, a fourth set of RBs of the BWP that overlaps in part with the second set of RBs of the BWP in the second group of symbols, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A transmitting device may determine a phase noise profile and may transmit the phase noise profile to a receiving device. The receiving device may use the phase noise profile and received phase tracking reference signals to more accurately determine phase errors on a wireless channel between the two devices and compensate for the phase noise errors. In examples where the UE transmits the phase noise profile to the base station, the UE may include the phase noise profile in a measurement report or in a radio resource control (RRC) message, among other examples. In examples where the base station transmits the phase noise profile to a UE, the base station may include the phase noise profile in a broadcast message, a unicast message, or an RRC message.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a first downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a downlink transmission at the UE, where the first DCI includes an indication of a first resource allocation for the downlink transmission. The UE may determine that the downlink transmission includes a downlink data message multiplexed with second DCI. The UE may receive an indication of a second resource allocation for the second DCI. The UE may determine a transport block size (TBS) of the downlink data message based on the first resource allocation for the downlink transmission and the second resource allocation for the second DCI. The UE may then process the downlink transmission based on the TBS of the downlink data message.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A device may receive an indication of a subcarrier spacing (SCS) for communications in a plurality of transmission time intervals (TTIs), where a TTI include a set of symbols, a corresponding set of cyclic prefixes, and a padding duration. The device may receive a control signal indicating a configuration for the padding duration, at least a portion of which may be reallocated as one or more additional symbols with corresponding one or more additional cyclic prefixes. In some examples, the one or more additional cyclic prefixes and at least a first portion of the set of cyclic prefixes may be reduced in duration in comparison with a remaining portion of the set of cyclic prefixes. The device may communicate during the padding duration using the one or more additional symbols and the corresponding one or more additional cyclic prefixes.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Some user equipments (UEs) and base stations may communicate in a set of transmission time intervals (TTIs) according to a configured subcarrier spacing (SCS). Each TTI may include, in accordance with the SCS, a quantity of symbols, a corresponding quantity of cyclic prefixes, and a padding duration that may be longer than a symbol duration. The base station may transmit a control signal to the UE to indicate a configuration for the padding duration. The configuration may allocate the padding duration for reference signal repetition or one or more other operations. In some examples, the padding duration may be allocated for beam switching, and the one or more other operations may be different than beam switching. The UE and the base station may perform the reference signal repetition or the other operations during the padding duration based on the configuration.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a base station, an indication that indicates a blockage event as a cause for a change in one or more of rank information or channel quality information, wherein the blockage event is associated with a differential signal power between a first polarization and a second polarization. The UE may receive, from the base station, a transmission based at least in part on the indication that indicates the blockage event as the cause for the change in one or more of the rank information or the channel quality information. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station (BS) may map a plurality of resource elements from an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) resource structure to respective time-domain samples of a plurality of time-domain samples included in a single-carrier resource structure. The BS may transmit the plurality of time-domain samples to a user equipment (UE). Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a first downlink control information (DCI) for New Radio (NR) licensed operation and receive a second DCI for NR unlicensed operation, where the second DCI received for NR unlicensed operation is a same length as the first DCI received for NR licensed operation. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: A method of wireless communication includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a first transmission and transmitting, by the UE, a first measurement report that is based on the first transmission and includes at least a first measurement result. The method further includes receiving, by the UE, a second transmission that includes a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) and further includes transmitting, by the UE, a second measurement report that is based on the DMRS. The second measurement report includes at least a first value that is based on a difference between the first measurement result and a second measurement result that is based on the DMRS.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive information that indicates whether to perform a first random access channel (RACH) procedure for a non-terrestrial network or a second RACH procedure for a terrestrial network, wherein the first RACH procedure is configured to support a larger number of UEs contemporaneously performing a RACH procedure than the second RACH procedure. Responsive to the information indicating that the UE is to perform the first RACH procedure, the UE may perform the first RACH procedure. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: The UE may perform a measurement of downlink reference signals from a serving cell and at least one neighbor cell and skip one or more RRM measurements based on a comparison of the measurement for at least one round of measurements and a threshold value. The measurement of the downlink reference signals may include a measurement of a Doppler shift, a measurement of a positioning reference signal, or a measurement of a reception timing drift based on the downlink reference signals.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may transmit a first random access message to a base station in a first bandwidth part (BWP), switch from the first BWP to a second BWP, and start a timer following a time gap after transmission of the first random access message in the first BWP, the timer associated with a window of time for receiving a second random access message from the base station in the second BWP. The window of time may be a random access response (RAR) window or a contention resolution window that may extend until the expiration of the timer. The switch from the first BWP to the second BWP may be based on a subcarrier spacing (SCS) change from a first SCS to a second SCS.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for communicating via one or more subcarrier spacings in accordance with an indication of a subcarrier spacing capability. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes transmitting, to a network entity, an indication of a subcarrier spacing capability of the UE associated with a frequency range and communicating with the network entity in accordance with the indication.

Abstract: A scheduled entity in a wireless communication network, configured to receive, and a scheduling entity configured to transmit, a physical random access channel (PRACH) indication indicating resources of: at least one reference slot, at least one joint random access channel (RACH) occasion (RO) and physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) occasion (PO) (joint RO and PO) slot within the at least one reference slot, and at least a first RO and at least a first PO within the at least one joint RO and PO slot, the at least the first RO and the at least the first PO corresponding to each other and corresponding to a first beam of a plurality of beams of the scheduling entity. According to some aspects, the joint RO and PO slot corresponds to a plurality of contiguous slots that collectively include a plurality of RO and PO combinations scheduled consecutively in time.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for narrowband random access channel (RACH) occasions. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a network entity, a configuration indicating one or more frequency resources for a RACH procedure, wherein the one or more frequency resources are arranged within a set of frequency resources allocated for RACH transmissions. The method further includes performing the RACH procedure based at least in part on the configuration.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for indicating a time gap in case of a BWP switch are provided. A base station may transmit to a UE, and the UE may receive from the base station, an indication of a BWP switch from a first BWP to a second BWP. The UE and the base station may communicate with each other via a PDSCH or a PUSCH, in the second BWP based on a time gap. The time gap may be based on at least one of a first time parameter associated with the indication or a second time parameter associated with the BWP switch. The time gap may have a duration that is at least as long as a first duration of a BWP switch delay associated with switching from the first BWP to the second BWP.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive one or more reference signals from multiple cells and may perform measurements of the reference signals. The UE may transmit, based on the measurements, a measurement report associated with a first cell and a second cell of the multiple cells, where the measurement report includes at least a first field that indicates a first identifier corresponding to the first cell and a second field that indicates a second identifier corresponding to the second cell. The measurement report may further include a resource indicator for a first reference signal of the one or more reference signals and a second resource indicator for a second reference signal of the one or more reference signals, where the first resource indicator is associated with the first identifier and the second resource indicator is associated with the second identifier.