Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive control signaling that indicates a first sub-bandwidth part (subBWP) of a bandwidth part (BWP) and a second subBWP of a BWP, where a first set of frequency resources associated with the first subBWP is greater than a second set of frequency resources associated with the second subBWP. The UE may receive, via the second subBWP, an indication to monitor the first subBWP for reception of a control channel, and the UE may monitor the first subBWP for the reception of the control channel in accordance with the indication.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for power scaling factor selection techniques for probabilistically shaped systems. In some aspects, communicating devices may support probabilistic amplitude shaping such that constellation points with relatively larger or smaller amplitudes are selected relatively more or less than often than they would be without shaping and may apply one or more power scaling procedures that are specifically associated with probabilistic amplitude shaping to achieve a target or expected average transmit power across a set of transmitted modulation symbols. The communicating devices may support a first power scaling procedure associated with a first power scaling factor for an initial transmission and may support a second power scaling procedure for a retransmission.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may be configured with a plurality of resources corresponding to a plurality of antenna elements of the network entity. The UE may measure signaling received via the antenna elements and over the resources to estimate a wireless channel for the plurality of antenna elements of the network entity. In some examples, the UE may determine the per-element wireless channel using the received signal and may report the per-element wireless channel. Additionally, after acquiring the per-element wireless channel, the UE may use joint optimization to calculate analog beams and corresponding digital beams for each antenna element of the network entity. For example, the UE may calculate an analog precoding matrix and a digital precoding matrix. The UE may transmit a report indicating the analog precoding matrix, the digital precoding matrix, channel quality information, or any combination thereof.

Abstract: Some examples of the techniques described herein may provide schemes to organize shaped payload bits, non-shaped payload bits, and parity bits to allow an increased quantity of bits to be shaped for enhanced performance. Interleaving may be utilized in some aspects to enhance robustness to burst errors. For instance, interleaving schemes for enhancing bit orderings and interleaving are provided. In some approaches, permutation and row-column interleaving may be performed with a quantity of rows. Some approaches may utilize circular rotation and row-column interleaving with a quantity of rows. In some examples, permutation with alphabet-based row-column interleaving with fixed rows may be performed. Some aspects may include permutation and row-column interleaving with a quantity of rows when punctured columns are shaped. In some approaches for modulation mapping, each set of bits may be mapped to a quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) symbol.

Abstract: A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) and related apparatus are provided. In the method, a UE configures a first distribution of a set of radio capabilities over a plurality of operational scenarios, and transmits, to a network entity, a signal including at least one portion of the first distribution to indicate to the network entity to configure a scheduling configuration based on the at least one portion of the first distribution. The UE further communicates, based on the first distribution of the set of radio capabilities and the scheduling configuration, with the network. The method enables the UE to actively participate in resource allocation decisions, resulting in enhanced communication performance and optimized resource utilization.

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: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of an uplink precoder for an uplink multi-user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) communication that is associated with the UE and one or more other UEs. The UE may transmit an uplink transmission associated with the uplink MU-MIMO communication based at least in part on using the uplink precoder. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some wireless communications systems, a wireless device may receive a message including a set of bits partitioned into a set of submessages. In some aspects, the wireless device may generate a first set of submessage candidates, interleave the first set of submessage candidates to generate a set of interleaved submessage candidates, generate a second set of submessage candidates using the set of interleaved submessage candidates, and attempt to decode the message based on the first and second pluralities of submessage candidates. In other aspects, the wireless device may generate a first set of soft information, interleave the first set of soft information to generate a set of interleaved soft information, generate a second set of soft information using the set of interleaved soft information, and attempt to decode the message based on the first and second sets of soft information.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may first delay value associated with a small delay cyclic delay diversity (CDD) scheme for a broadcast channel. In some examples, the first delay value may be selected from a set of candidate delay values based on a frequency band associated with the broadcast channel. The UE may perform channel estimation for the broadcast channel in accordance with one or more delay spread values associated with a multi-path profile of the broadcast channel, where the one or more delay spread values are based at least in part on the first delay value associated with the small delay CDD scheme. The UE may receive a message via the broadcast channel based at least in part on performing the channel estimation.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to techniques for communication uplink control information (UCI). One aspect provides a method for wireless communication. The method includes generating a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) having at least one resource element (RE) for communicating uplink control information (UCI), wherein at least a portion of the UCI is encoded and mapped to a first subset of bits of the at least one RE, and wherein a portion of data is encoded and mapped to a second subset of bits of the at least one RE; and transmitting the PUSCH including the data and the UCI.

Abstract: A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) and related apparatus are provided. In the method, the UE transmits or receives a set of reference signals (RS) in a first modulation order. The first modulation order is equivalent to a second modulation order of a scheduled physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) or physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) on the UE, and the set of RS corresponds to a first number of signal streams. The first number of signal streams is less than or equal to a second number of data layers between the UE and a network entity. The UE further obtains a measurement result based on the set of RS, and communicates with the network entity via the set of RS based on the measurement result.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some cases, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a network entity while in an idle or inactive state, configuration information associated with one or more reference signals. Additionally, the UE, the network entity, or both, may communicate, in accordance with the configuration information, the one or more reference signals prior to at least a first subset of a set of messages associated with an initial access procedure. Thus, the UE, the network entity, or both, may determine one or more precoders (e.g., an uplink precoder, a downlink precoder, or both) based on one or more channel measurements of the one or more reference signals and may communicate at least a second subset of the plurality of messages associated with the initial access procedure in accordance with one or more precoders.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of a random access response (RAR) window extension. The UE may transmit a first physical random access channel message that is based at least in part on a selected root sequence and a selected cyclic shift (CS) associated with the selected root sequence. The UE may receive, during an RAR window, a first RAR that is associated with the selected root sequence and a first CS that is different from the selected CS. The UE may perform, based at least in part on receiving the first RAR, an adjustment of the RAR window using the RAR window extension, resulting in an adjusted RAR window. The UE may communicate based at least in part on the adjusted RAR window. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a network node may receive a first indication of a mutual information (MI) loss metric that is specific to a user equipment (UE). The network node may transmit a second indication of a retransmission size that is based at least in part on the MI loss metric. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may transmit a random access message that may include a physical random access channel (PRACH) portion and a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) portion. To transmit the random access message, the UE may transmit multiple repetitions of the PRACH portion of the random access message via multiple narrow beams associated with a wide beam, and may transmit PUSCH portion of the random access message via the wide beam. The UE may receive a random access response message, where the random access response message may indicate a narrow beam from among the multiple narrow beams. The UE may communicate via the narrow beam in accordance with receiving the random access response message.

Abstract: An electrochemical apparatus includes an electrode assembly. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode plate and a first tab group electrically connected to the first electrode plate, and an end of the electrode assembly includes a reusable region. The first electrode plate includes a first region located at an end of the first electrode plate and a second region connected to the first region, a thickness of the first region is less than a thickness of the second region, and the first region is disposed within the reusable region. The first tab group includes a first connecting portion located at an end of a first tab and a first bending portion connected to the first connecting portion and located on a side face of the electrode assembly, the first bending portion is disposed within the reusable region.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may communicate, via a first connection and a second connection, with one or more network entities, where communications via the second connection are in accordance with an energy-saving mode. The UE may further transmit, to at least one network entity of the one or more network entities, control signaling to align respective communications modes for the first connection and the second connection, where alignment of the respective communications modes includes communications via the first connection and the communications via the second connection both being in accordance or not being in accordance with the energy-saving mode. The UE may then communicate, via the first connection and the second connection, with the one or more network entities in accordance with the alignment of the respective communications modes for the first connection and the second connection.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for intermediate access control for self-scheduled user equipment (UE) transmissions.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a downlink control information (DCI) message associated with scheduling a new transport block (TB) on a physical uplink shared channel, wherein the DCI message includes a feedback indication of a previous TB. The UE may transmit one or more uplink communications, wherein whether the one or more uplink communications includes a retransmission of information associated with the previous TB is based on the feedback indication. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support mechanisms for base station-assisted UE antenna port selection. A user equipment (UE) transmits, to a base station, a sounding reference signal (SRS) switching capability report (e.g., a xTyR report) indicating to the base station a number of receive antenna ports configured for the UE. (e.g., capability to transmit on x antenna ports and reception over a total of y antenna ports). The UE transmits an SRS to the base station sounding the y antenna ports. The base station selects and indicates y? antenna ports out of the y antenna ports for the UE to receive a subsequent downlink data transmission based on a channel estimation based on the SRS transmission, or based on channel state feedback (CSF). In aspects, the UE provides a recommendation of y?, and the base station may determine y? based on the UE's recommendation.