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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive radio resource control (RRC) signaling that indicates to configure the UE with one or more formats for transmitting a radio link control (RLC) status report. The UE may transmit the RLC status report using an indicated format, of the one or more formats or an additional format for transmitting the RLC status report, wherein use of the indicated format is based at least in part on a physical layer indication or a medium access control (MAC) layer indication. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses for a transmission, from a user equipment (UE) to a first distributed unit (DU), of one or more measurement reports including channel measurements of a set of cells associated with a second DU of a same central unit (CU) as the first DU. The UE may transmit the one or more measurement reports according to various reporting format options, including via separate reports for activated and deactivated cells of the second DU, a joint report for activated and deactivated cells of the second DU, or a joint report across a set of DUs including the first DU. The measurement reports may include one or more metrics associated with each cell of a configured cell set and the UE and the DUs of the same CU may activate or deactivate one or more cells for communication with the UE based on the measurement reports.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive configuration information indicating at least one of: a configuration for requesting repetition for an uplink shared channel transmitted after receiving a contention-free random access (CFRA) message, or a configuration for dropping one or more repetitions of the uplink shared channel. The UE may request the repetition for the uplink shared channel if the configuration information indicates the configuration for requesting repetition. The UE may transmit the uplink shared channel based at least in part on the configuration information. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to the cross carrier scheduling of sidelink carrier aggregation, and includes a method and apparatus for determining a component carrier (CC) index for at least one of a first sidelink transmission with a second UE and a Uu transmission with a network entity, the CC index indicating one or more CCs among which at least one of the first sidelink transmission and the Uu transmission occur; and communicating at least one of the first sidelink transmission to the second UE and the Uu transmission to the network entity based on the CC index.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A communication device, such as a user equipment (UE) may receive control signaling indicating a sidelink beam reporting resource configuration. The UE may receive a set of reference beams from a second device (e.g., another UE) over a sidelink. In some examples, the UE may perform a set of beam measurements based on a beam measurement occasion during at least one of a time period before an active duration. The UE may transmit a beam measurement report to the second device in accordance with the sidelink beam reporting resource configuration. The beam measurement report being transmitted during at least one of a time period before the active duration, a time period during the active duration, or a combination thereof. The beam measurement report may be based on the set of beam measurements associated with the set of reference beams.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method of wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), generally including receiving a configuration indicating a set of cells that are configured for serving the UE and support mobility signaling via physical (PHY) layer or medium access control (MAC) layer signaling; receiving signaling that indicates a group of cells for the UE to remove from the set of cells; and releasing the indicated group from the set of cells.

Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and computer program products for SIM reporting are provided. An example method may include receiving, from a second network entity, scheduling information for a PUCCH transmission and generating SIM information based on a set of full duplex transmission and reception beam pairs, where the SIM information includes information indicative of at least one SIM metric for each respective full duplex transmission and reception beam pair of the set of full duplex transmission and reception beam pairs, where each respective full duplex transmission and reception beam pair includes a respective transmit beam associated with a respective TCI state and a respective receive beam associated with a respective TCI state.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may generate a medium access control control element (MAC-CE) that indicates a power headroom level for each panel of multiple panels of the UE, which is configured for multi-panel operation. The UE may transmit the MAC-CE. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may perform early measurement report (EMR) measurements for a first set of carriers in an EMR time window. The UE may perform at least one verification operation for the EMR measurements based at least in part on at least one carrier measurement in a verification time window. The UE may transmit, to a network node, measurement results associated with the EMR measurements for one or more carriers in the first set of carriers based at least in part on the at least one verification operation. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A network node may transmit, to a plurality of user equipment (UE), a set of network encoded packets generated using a set of packets. A UE of the plurality of UEs may receive a subset of the set of encoded packets and may decode the subset to determine a first set of decoded packets. The UE may receive a second set of decoded packets from the plurality of UEs. The UE may transmit feedback to the network node that indicates the successfully decoded packets of the first and second sets. The network node may receive the feedback and may determine a subset of the set of packets that was successfully decoded for each UE providing the feedback. The network node may transmit an updated set of network encoded packets to the plurality of UEs.