Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit a beam failure recovery (BFR) message regarding a failed link, wherein the failed link is one of an indirect link with a network node via a relay node or a direct link with the network node, wherein the BFR message is transmitted on one of the indirect link or the direct link that is not the failed link. The UE may receive an updated beam configuration for the failed link on a selected beam indicated by the BFR message. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a network node may select, for a configured cell set that includes multiple transmit-receive point (TRP) groups, a TRP group modification associated with a cell group of the configured cell set. The network node may transmit the TRP group modification in at least one of layer 1 signaling or layer 2 signaling. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) and related apparatus are provided. In the method, the UE receives a configuration of a set of cells configured for layer 1 (L1) or layer 2 (L2) inter-cell mobility. The UE further transmits a special cell (SpCell) update message in response to an SpCell change condition on the first SpCell in the set of cells for the L1 or L2 inter-cell mobility. The SpCell change condition may include a beam failure on the first SpCell. The method improves the quality of service, beam reliability, and resource utilization of wireless communication, and reduces latency and power consumption of wireless communication.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support multi-path user equipment (UE) uplink communication techniques with UE cooperation. In a first aspect, a UE configured for wireless communication includes determining activation of a multipath transmission configuration at the UE. The UE identifies one or more uplink communication messages for transmission to the serving network entity and transmits the uplink communication messages according to the multipath transmission configuration. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described with respect to cooperative UEs and network entities.

Abstract: Aspects present herein relate to methods and devices for wireless communication including an apparatus, e.g., a UE and/or a base station. The apparatus may receive a first indication of assistance information associated with a Uu DRX configuration and an SL DRX configuration. The apparatus may also transmit a second indication of the assistance information associated with the Uu DRX configuration and the SL DRX configuration. Additionally, the apparatus may receive an indication of the Uu DRX configuration and an indication of the SL DRX configuration.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described in which sidelink communications between devices may be retransmitted using one or more nodes. A first user equipment (UE) may transmit a broadcast, multicast, or groupcast communication to a set of other UEs using sidelink resources. A node may monitor the communications and store the first UE transmission. UEs of the set of other UEs may transmit feedback reports to the node that indicate one or more missing packets of the first UE transmission. The node may retransmit one or more of the stored packets to the set of other UEs based on the feedback reports. In some cases, the sidelink communications may be encoded using a network coding algorithm, and the node may retransmit network coded packets based on the feedback reports, may transmit newly encoded packets based on the feedback reports, or combinations thereof.

Abstract: In one aspect of the disclosure, a UE may be configured to receive, from a base station, information indicating a reference point associated with at least one L1 measurement; determine a reporting value of the at least one L1 measurement based on a difference between the reference point and a measured value of the at least one L1 measurement; and transmit information indicating the reporting value to the base station. In another aspect, a RAN node can indicate to a UE that a reduced measurement report resolution is to be used for beam measurements in a measurement report. The reduced measurement report resolution is less than a first measurement report resolution previously indicated to be used for the beam measurements. Lower resolution can be obtained by using fewer bits to indicate one or more of the beam measurements. The payload for a measurement report such as a L-SINR or L-RSP L1 measurement report is thereby reduced when the UE transmits the measurement report to the RAN node.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses for supporting network transmissions using unicast sidelink communications. A base station (BS) may transmit a set of encoded packets to a number of user equipment (UEs) and receive feedback messages from the UEs that indicate sets of decoded packets. Based on the feedback messages, the BS may transmit an updated set of encoded packets based on a difference between the set of encoded packets and the union of decoded packets. The BS may transmit an instruction to a first UE to transmit a broadcast sidelink communication that includes a set of missed packets that includes one or more decoded packets that were decoded by the first UE but were not decoded by the second UE. The first UE may transmit the broadcast sidelink communication to the second UE.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, a transmitting device may support receiver-specific network coding redundancy techniques. For example, a transmitting device may select a receiver-specific redundancy configuration for transmission to a particular receiver based on a quality of a link between the transmitting device and the receiving device. The transmitting device may select or calculate a user-specific redundancy for the link based on a received packet loss probability report, or may select the preferred redundancy configuration as indicated in a request received from the receiving device, or may network encode and transmit one or more initial transmissions according to a default redundancy configuration and increment or decrement the default redundancy based on feedback from the receiving device.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for wireless communication, including techniques for sidelink resource allocation and communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive from a base station a single message that indicates a first transmission opportunity for transmission of information from the UE to a second UE and that indicates one or more additional transmission opportunities for at least one subsequent transmission of information from the UE to the second UE. The UE may transmit the information to the second UE in the first transmission opportunity. The UE may also retransmit the information to the second UE in at least one of the one or more additional transmission opportunities responsive to the transmission of the information in the first transmission opportunity being unsuccessful. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a first control message indicating a set of mobility parameters associated with a lower layer handover procedure, which may be a layer 1 (L1)/layer 2 (L2) handover procedure. The UE may receive a second control message indicating a first or second reset procedure, which may each indicate a respective set of operating parameters for a higher layer than L1/L2 in the protocol stack. The UE may perform the lower layover handover procedure, which may include switching from a first serving cell to a second serving cell. The UE may perform the first or second reset procedure based on the switching, where the first reset procedure may include maintaining the operating parameters of the second serving cell, and the second reset procedure may include switching the operating parameters of the second serving cell.

Abstract: Techniques related to user equipment triggered layer 1 measurements for inter-cell mobility are disclosed. Some aspects of the disclosure relate to devices and methods for determining, at a user equipment, that a first condition is triggered for performing one or more layer 1 signal measurements for inter-cell mobility, performing the one or more L1 signal measurements of one or more cells in a configured cell set for the user equipment based on determining that the first condition is triggered, and sending a report of the one or more L1 signal measurements to a network node.

Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and computer program products for wireless communication are provided. An example method may include receiving, from a second network entity in RRC signaling, a set of mobility configurations, wherein each configuration of the set mobility configurations is associated with a respective cell of a mobility configured cell set, and wherein the set of mobility configurations comprises PCell configurations, wherein each PCell configuration of the PCell configurations corresponds to a respective cell in the mobility configured cell set. The example method may further include receiving, from the second network entity in DCI or a MAC-CE, mobility deconfiguration information configured to cause release of at least one subset of cells from the mobility configured cell set. The example method may further include releasing, based on the mobility deconfiguration information, the at least one subset of cells from the mobility configured cell set.

Abstract: A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) and related apparatus are provided. In the method, the UE receives from a network entity a configuration for layer 1 (L1) or layer 2 (L2) mobility cell for a set of cells that are able to be activated or deactivated for data or control transmission using L1 or L2 signaling. The configuration includes at least one cell that supports L1 or L2 activation as a special cell (SpCell). The UE further receives from the network entity L1 or L2 signaling for one or more configured cells or one or more configured groups of cells in the set of cells carrying information about activation, deactivation, or update of the SpCell, or update of a group of cells with SpCell, and communicates via one or more activated cells in the set of cells based on the L1 or L2 signaling.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine to switch from a first cell of a first distributed unit (DU) to a second cell of a second DU, wherein the first DU and the second DU are included in a set of DUs of a central unit (CU). The UE may communicate, using layer 1 (L1) or layer 2 (L2) signaling to change an activation status of at least one cell of the first DU or the second DU. The UE may switch from the first cell to the second cell in connection with the change to the activation status of the at least one cell of the first DU or the second DU. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described related to timer-based sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX). A UE may receive configuration information for a sidelink DRX mode from a base station or another UE, which may indicate one or more parameters of the sidelink DRX mode. When operating in the sidelink DRX mode, a group of UEs may have shared active durations and inactive durations for coordinating sidelink communications. In a timer-based sidelink DRX mode, if a UE receives or transmits a sidelink communication, the UE may initiate an inactivity timer, and the UE may continue to monitor a sidelink channel for other sidelink communications while the timer is running. One or more rules may govern the operation of an inactivity timer with respect to the shared inactive durations.

Abstract: An apparatus includes one or more transmitters configured to transmit, from a first user equipment (UE) to a second UE, a sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX) setup request indicating a first DRX configuration of the first UE. The apparatus further includes one or more receivers configured to receive, from the second UE, a sidelink DRX setup response based on the sidelink DRX setup request and indicating a second DRX configuration. The one or more transmitters are further configured to transmit, to a first base station, an uplink message indicating the second DRX configuration, and the one or more receivers are further configured to receive, from the first base station, a downlink message indicating one or more adjusted parameters of the first DRX configuration that are based at least in part on the second DRX configuration.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a user equipment (UE) may transmit a number of channel state information (CSI) reports for a CSI reporting procedure as part of a beam management procedure. The UE may transmit a first number of CSI reports of the CSI reporting procedure to the base station using a first set of transmission parameters associated with a first reliability level. The base station may transmit a control message to the UE indicating a second set of transmission parameters associated with a second reliability level and the UE may transmit a second number of CSI reports of the CSI reporting procedure to the base station using the second set of transmission parameters.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for signaling mechanisms associated with reporting information associated with multiple beam failure indicator (BFI) types via a beam failure detection (BFD) report. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may measure a periodic reference signal as part of a BFD procedure and may report a BFI if the UE measures that the reference signal fails to satisfy a threshold signal strength or quality. The UE may further detect or classify each reported BFI as one of multiple BFI types and may store information associated with respective numbers of the multiple BFI types in accordance with the detection or classification. In scenarios in which the UE declares beam failure, the UE may transmit a BFD report including the information associated with the respective numbers of the multipole BFI types.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for determining and using channel ratio metrics for beamformed communication. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes selecting a first beam of a plurality of beams for determining one or more channel ratio metrics, determining the one or more channel ratio metrics for the first beam, wherein determining the one or more channel ratio metrics is based, at least in part, on an angular separation between the first beam and one or more neighboring beams of the plurality of beams, and transmitting signaling via the first beam based on the one or more channel ratio metrics.