Abstract: A wireless communication method for use in a wireless terminal is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, from a wireless network node, downlink control information based on an identifier of a group of wireless terminals, wherein the downlink control information comprises at least one set of beam resource related indications.

Abstract: A wireless communication method for use in a wireless terminal is disclosed. The method comprises switching from a first state to a second state according to at least one time value.

Abstract: Methods and systems for techniques for beam management in wireless networks are disclosed. In one example aspect, the method includes receiving, by a wireless device, a configuration from a network device, and initiating, by the wireless device, a process to recover a link to a network based on information elements within the configuration associated with different criteria.

Abstract: Systems and methods for wireless communication systems are disclosed. In one aspect, the wireless communication method includes identifying, by a wireless communication device, a plurality of Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) resource configurations. The method includes sending, by the wireless communication device to a wireless communication node, based on a selected one of the plurality of PRACH resource configurations, a first message to initiate a random access process.

Abstract: A wireless communication method comprises determining, by a wireless communication device, a slot based on a first offset; and sending, by the wireless communication device to a wireless communication node, an uplink transmission at the slot.

Abstract: A system and method for disabling HARQ feedback is disclosed. In one aspect, a wireless communication method includes receiving, by a wireless communication device from a wireless communication node, at least one parameter and at least one threshold; and determining, by the wireless communication device, whether to disable feedback in at least one hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process according to the at least one parameter and the at least one threshold.

Abstract: This patent document describes, among other things, techniques, and apparatuses for providing non-terrestrial network connectivity to improve wireless network efficiency and performance. In one aspect, a method of wireless communication is disclosed. The method includes transmitting, from a network node to a user device, a block of system information that includes system information that is time varying due to at least one of movement of the network node or movement of the user device.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods for wireless communication are described, and more specifically, to techniques related to managing preconfigured resources. One example method for wireless communication includes determining, by a wireless device configured to communicate with a network device using preconfigured transmission resources, a timing adjustment value for communication with the network device using a mode in which the timing adjustment value is determined at least partly based on autonomous estimation by the wireless device and causing the wireless device to perform a transmission using the timing adjustment value.

Abstract: A wireless communication method for use in a wireless terminal is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, from a wireless network node, assistance information associated with a serving cell of the wireless terminal, and disabling at least one measurement based on the assistance information.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to wireless communication formats that avoid conflicts in message transmissions. In one implementation, conflicts are avoided by determining that transmitting the uplink message according to a first transmission format will result in a conflict, and responsively determining to transmit the uplink message according to a second transmission format. In another implementation, conflicts are avoided by waiting to transmit a message part until a next time unit of a physical channel that is not conflicted. In another implementation, conflicts are avoided by configuring time units of a second physical channel relative to time units of a first physical channel according to an uplink time unit offset.

Abstract: A system and method for system information transmission. The system and method include broadcasting, by a wireless communication node to a wireless communication device, a system information block that indicates configuration of different resources.

Abstract: A system and method for transmission indications are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the system and method are configured to allocate, by a wireless communication node, a time gap for a wireless communication device to monitor a synchronization-assistance signal, wherein the time gap is periodically or aperiodically allocated along a time-domain. In an alternate embodiment, the system and method are configured to receive a synchronization-assistance signal during a time gap, wherein the time gap is periodically or aperiodically inserted along a time-domain according to a wireless communication node.

Abstract: This patent document describes, among other things, techniques, and apparatuses for providing non-terrestrial network connectivity to improve wireless network efficiency and performance. In one aspect, a method of wireless communication is disclosed. The method includes receiving, at a wireless device from a network node, an enhanced control information, wherein the enhanced control information includes one or more bit fields indicative of a timing information. The method further includes performing subsequent communication between the wireless device and the network node based on the enhanced control information.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices related to digital wireless communication, and more specifically, to techniques related to generating a scrambled payload that distinguishes a wireless device using an initialization scrambling sequence. In one exemplary aspect, a method for wireless communication may include generating a scrambled payload, where the scrambled payload is generated using an initialization scrambling sequence that is at least partially based on a preamble index and includes a length of 31 bits. The method also may include transmitting a first message to a communication node during a random access procedure, the first message including the scrambled payload.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to wireless communication formats that avoid conflicts in message transmissions. In one implementation, conflicts are avoided by determining that transmitting the uplink message according to a first transmission format will result in a conflict, and responsively determining to transmit the uplink message according to a second transmission format. In another implementation, conflicts are avoided by waiting to transmit a message part until a next time unit of a physical channel that is not conflicted. In another implementation, conflicts are avoided by configuring time units of a second physical channel relative to time units of a first physical channel according to an uplink time unit offset.

Abstract: A basestation (e.g., a gNodeB) may transmit transmission scheduling information (such as downlink control information) to user equipment (UE). The basestation may include repetition related parameters (such as repetition numbers, aggregation factors, or other repetition information) for transmission repetition control within the transmission scheduling information.

Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to wireless communications and, more particularly, to systems and methods for uplink signaling using blind channel estimation at a base station. In one embodiment, a method performed by a communication device, includes: associating a time slot with a data packet comprising a head portion and a tail portion, wherein the head portion comprises a communication device identifier and the tail portion comprises user data associated with the head portion; spreading the head portion into a first predetermined transmission format; spreading the tail portion into a second predetermined transmission format; and transmitting the spreaded head portion with the spreaded tail portion to a communication node, wherein the spreaded head portion comprises information to be used by the communication node for channel estimation and for decoding the tail portion to retrieve the user data.

Abstract: A system and method for transmission indications are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the system and method are configured to transmit, by a wireless communication node to a wireless communication device, within an uplink gap or a downlink gap, control information.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices related to digital wireless communication, and more specifically, to techniques related to generating a scrambled payload that distinguishes a wireless device using an initialization scrambling sequence. In one exemplary aspect, a method for wireless communication may include generating a scrambled payload, where the scrambled payload is generated using an initialization scrambling sequence that is at least partially based on a preamble index and includes a length of 31 bits. The method also may include transmitting a first message to a communication node during a random access procedure, the first message including the scrambled payload.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for contention-based transmissions using differential coding techniques in mobile communication technology are described. An exemplary method for wireless communication includes transmitting, by a wireless device, a payload including a first portion that is modulated using a differential coding technique and a second portion that is modulated using an amplitude-shift keying (ASK) or phase-shift keying (PSK) modulation, and where the payload includes an identity of the wireless device and at least one of a user plane data or a control plane data.