Abstract: In an aspect, the present disclosure includes a method and apparatus for sidelink communications for identifying at least one slot in a measurement window as a channel busy ratio (CBR) relevant slot, calculating a CBR based on at least a measurement in at least the CBR relevant slot, and transmitting, or refraining from transmitting, a sidelink transmission based at least on the CBR.

Abstract: Techniques providing opportunistic frequency switching for frame based equipment (FBE), such as may be configured to minimize opportunistic frequency switching delay in FBE new radio (NR) unlicensed (NR-U) networks and/or to provide frequency diversity FBE access based on offset sequences of medium sensing occasions for the carrier frequencies are disclosed. Within the FBE mode network, a base station may configure a pattern of sensing locations in each frame for each frequency transmission unit of the plurality of frequency transmission units, wherein an inter-unit delay of sensing locations between a first frequency transmission unit and a next adjacent frequency transmission unit and between a last frequency transmission unit and the first frequency transmission unit is a fixed duration.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for efficiently monitoring for wake-up signaling from one or more transmission and reception points (TRPs), the wake-up signaling indicating the presence of data or control information in an on-duration state of a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle. In particular, select TRPs may be used to transmit wake-up signaling to a user equipment (UE), and the UE may be configured to monitor for wake-up signaling from the select TRPs. Once the UE receives wake-up signaling prior to an on-duration state of a DRX cycle from any of the select TRPs, the UE may then determine the TRPs scheduled to transmit data or control information in the on-duration state (e.g., based on the WUS or based on further control signaling), and the UE may receive the data or control information from the TRPs in the on-duration state.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive, from a base station, a random access configuration indicating synchronization signal block (SSB)-to-random access channel (RACH) occasion mapping information, wherein the SSB-to-RACH occasion mapping information is associated with a first set of RACH occasions and a second set of RACH occasions, select a RACH occasion based at least in part on the SSB-to-RACH occasion mapping information, and transmit, to the base station, a physical RACH communication using the RACH occasion based at least in part on selecting the RACH occasion. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating automatic association of pathloss reference and spatial relations for fast uplink beam switching are disclosed herein. An example method for wireless communication at a UE includes receiving a pathloss and spatial relation information linking indicator. The example method also includes determining a pathloss reference signal based on a transmit beam. The example method also includes measuring the pathloss based on the pathloss reference signal determined based on the transmit beam.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a downlink message that includes a control channel monitoring periodicity and control channel offset for a radio frame. A UE may identify a set of slots within a radio frame to monitor for downlink control information (DCI) based on the received downlink message. The UE may identify a control channel candidate within a search space of each slot of the set of slots, and may identify the control channel candidate of a first slot based on calculations that include a current slot and a previous slot. There may be one or more slots that occur between the previous slot and the current slot. The UE may receive DCI that is user-specific based on the identified control channel candidate.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described in which a user equipment (UE) may be configured with one or more semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configurations. A base station may transmit a first downlink control information (DCI) transmission to the UE that activates an SPS configuration, and the first DCI may indicate a non-numeric feedback timeline for reporting associated acknowledgment feedback. The base station may transmit a subsequent second DCI transmission that provides feedback resources, and the UE may receive the second DCI and identify timing and resources for SPS acknowledgment feedback based on the second DCI. The UE may then transmit the acknowledgment feedback for one or more SPS transmissions in the feedback resources that are indicated by the second DCI transmission.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described to support half-duplex-aware resource selection in sidelink. A physical (PHY) layer at a user equipment (UE) may report available resources to a medium access control (MAC) layer excluding some resources on which the UE is scheduled to receive or other UEs are scheduled to transmit. Specifically, the PHY layer may exclude resources on which the UE is scheduled to receive from a set of resources available for a sidelink transmission from the UE. Similarly, the PHY layer at the UE may exclude resources on which other UEs are scheduled to transmit from a set of resources available for a sidelink transmission to those UEs. A MAC layer at the UE may indicate to the PHY layer (e.g., directly or indirectly) the resources to be excluded when reporting available resources.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to LBT aware autonomous sidelink sensing are provided. A first UE determines, based on a projected listen-before-talk (LBT) completion time, at least one of a sensing window or a first resource selection window. The first UE senses, based on the determining, in a sidelink resource pool within a shared radio frequency band during the sensing window. The first UE identifies, based on the sensing, a subset of resources from the sidelink resource pool that are within the first resource selection window. The first UE selects at least a first resource from the subset of resources. The first UE transmits, to a second UE using the selected first resource, a sidelink transmission.

Abstract: A wireless device uses a frame-based channel access mode to access a wireless spectrum for wireless communication. The wireless device may use transmitter-side only channel sensing to determine whether or not the spectrum is idle. The frame-based channel access mode may use a fixed frame period that includes an initial sensing period for beam-based sensing and an idle period at the end of the frame to facilitate spectrum sharing.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to unscheduled uplink hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) data transmissions in a shared radio frequency band are provided. A user equipment (UE) determine priorities for a plurality of transport blocks (TBs) associated with a plurality of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes for transmission during configured transmission periods. The UE transmits, to a base station (BS), the plurality of TBs in a shared radio frequency band during the configured transmission periods based on the determined priorities.

Abstract: In embodiment methods for managing uplink spatial filter configuration, comprising, a processor of a wireless device may send an initial access signal using two or more spatial filters, wherein each spatial filter directs a beam to a respective uplink (UL) receive (Rx) point, receive from the base station an indication of which beam to use for UL transmissions, and send to the base station another signal using the spatial filter corresponding to the indicated beam. A base station may receive the initial access signal via two or more UL Rx points on two or more beams, determine which of the two or more beams provides a better received signal, send an indication of the better of the two or more beams to the wireless device, and receive from the wireless device another signal on the indicated better of the two or more beams via a corresponding UL Rx point.

Abstract: Example implementations include a method, apparatus and computer-readable medium of wireless communication over a sidelink between a transmitting user equipment (UE) and a receiving UE. The receiving UE may receive a configuration of multiple resource pools for sidelink communications. The transmitting UE may transmit at least two repetitions of a sidelink control information (SCI) on at least two of the multiple resource pools. Each repetition of the SCI includes a reservation for a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) on a respective resource pool. The receiving UE may perform soft combining on the at least two repetitions of the SCI to determine resources for the PSSCH. The receiving UE may decoding the PSSCH based on the SCI, for example, by combining multiple repetitions of the PSSCH on the reservations indicated by the SCI.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to apparatus and methods of monitoring a region by a transmitting device within a wireless medium for transmissions using at least one directional beam covering the region. Upon determining that the region in the wireless medium is free of transmissions, the transmitting device transmits to a plurality of wireless devices in the region using a plurality of spatially separated directional beams. Other aspects of the disclosure relate to apparatus and methods for receiving an instruction, e.g., at a user equipment (UE), to perform a channel assessment at a first time. The UE monitors a region within a wireless medium for transmissions after receiving the instruction. Upon determining that the region is free of transmissions, the UE may send an acknowledgment of the received instruction.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first UE may receive, from a second UE, resource reserving sidelink control information that indicates a transmit beam of the second UE and a sidelink resource of the second UE. The first UE may transmit data on the sidelink resource of the second UE using a transmit beam of the first UE that does not spatially overlap with the transmit beam of the second UE. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: A first UE may be configured to receive a common message associated with the first UE and at least one second UE. The first UE may be configured to obtain a common message configuration having at least one of a first indicator for a first data portion of the common message associated with the first UE or at least one second indicator for at least one second data portion of the common message associated with the at least one second UE. The common message configuration may be obtained from at least one of a header of the common message or DCI scheduling the common message.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A communication device, otherwise known as a user equipment (UE) may receive, in a first control resource set (CORESET), a first downlink control information (DCI) message scheduling a first uplink shared channel, the first CORESET corresponding to a first CORESET pool index. The UE may receive, in a second CORESET, a second DCI message scheduling a second uplink shared channel, the second COREST corresponding to a second CORESET pool index different from the first CORESET pool index, where the second DCI message may be received before transmission of the first uplink shared channel. The UE may transmit both the first uplink shared channel and the second uplink shared channel based on the first uplink shared channel and the second uplink shared channel corresponding to a same hybrid automatic repeat request (HARM) process.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine a transmission of a channel status information (CSI) report based at least in part on receiving a CSI request via PDCCH repetitions, based at least in part on transmitting the CSI report via PUCCH repetitions, or based at least in part on transmitting the CSI report via PUSCH repetitions. The UE may determine, based at least in part on the determined transmission of the CSI report, CSI processing criteria including one or more of a CSI processing timeline, a CSI processing unit occupation duration, a resource and port occupation duration, or a CSI reference resource slot. The UE may selectively transmit the CSI report based at least in part on the determined CSI processing criteria. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: A UE may receive a first indication of a mapping of a plurality of layers to a c-CW and a p-CW from a network entity, indicating that the c-CW corresponds to at least one first layer of the plurality of layers and the p-CW corresponds to at least one second layer of the plurality of layers. The plurality of layers, the c-CW, and the p-CW may be associated with rate-splitting for MIMO communication. The UE may identify a first set of modulated symbols and a second set of modulated symbols that are mapped to the at least one first layer and the at least one second layer, respectively, based on the first indication. The UE may perform a decoding process for at least one of the c-CW or the p-CW based on at least one of the first set of modulated symbols or the second set of modulated symbols.

Abstract: Wireless communication systems and methods related to multiplexing of uplink control information (UCI) and configured grant-UCI (CG-UCI) of different priorities are provided. A user equipment (UE) determines that a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource at least partially overlaps with a configured grant physical uplink shared channel (CG-PUSCH) resource, where the PUCCH resource and the CG-PUSCH resource are associated with different priorities. The UE, based on a threshold number of bits, a number of bits of a low-priority uplink control information (UCI) for multiplexing with at least one of a high-priority CG-PUSCH transmission, a low-priority CG-PUSCH transmission, or a high-priority UCI.