Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. Network entities that are capable of full duplex (FD) communication may exhibit reduced latency and increased throughput, among other performance benefits, as compared to half duplex (HD) network entities. Accordingly, in some aspects, a network entity may signal to a user equipment (UE) a duplex capability of a cell and/or one or more KPI metrics associated with the duplex capability of the cell during a cell selection process. The UE may perform the cell selection process based at least in part on the duplex capability of and/or the at least one KPI metric, thereby utilizing performance benefits of FD cells or the like. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first node may transmit a set of first values indicating a first estimated value at the first node and a first reliability value associated with the first estimated value, the set of first values being based at least in part on channel state information (CSI) associated with the first node and a set of user equipments (UEs). The first node may receive, from a set of second nodes, a set of second values indicating a second estimated value at the second node and a second reliability value associated with the second estimated value. The first node may transmit, to the set of second nodes, a set of third values indicating a third estimated value at the first node and a third reliability value associated with the third estimated value. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to communicating information are provided. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE). The method of wireless communication also includes receiving a configuration from a network for uplink transmission using a first plurality of subcarriers, receiving an instruction from the network for interference cancellation with respect to the first plurality of subcarriers; calculating a plurality of symbols and modulating the plurality of symbols on a second plurality of subcarriers in accordance with the instruction from the network for interference cancellation; and transmitting a waveform to the network, the waveform including the first plurality of subcarriers and the second plurality of subcarriers.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node may receive, from a first IAB donor centralized unit (CU) via a first parent distributed unit (DU), a first indication to establish a first connection with a second parent DU associated with a second IAB donor CU. The IAB node may establish the first connection with the second parent DU. The IAB node may establish a second connection with the first IAB donor CU via the second parent DU, the first connection and the second connection forming a target path between the IAB node and the first IAB donor CU. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to reporting time-scale capability information in learning adaptive beam weights for millimeter wave systems. In one example, a user equipment (UE) may identify a time-scale at which the UE can learn a set of adaptive beam weights for hybrid beamforming communications. The UE may further transmit a dynamic capability indication including information associated with the time-scale at which the UE can learn the set of one or more adaptive beam weights. In another example, a network entity may receive a dynamic capability indication including information associated with a time-scale at which a UE can estimate a set of adaptive beam weights. The network entity may further identify one or more time-scales associated with a set of reference signals to transmit to the UE for beam weight estimation, and transmit a grant for the set of reference signals for the UE to perform the beam weight estimation.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a synchronization signal block (SSB) transmitted by a base station. The UE may receive system information that includes reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) or repeater assisted initial access information that identifies a set of SSBs that are associated with an RIS or a repeater and a modulation signature associated with the RIS or the repeater. The UE may selectively perform initial access using the SSB or search for another SSB based at least in part on the RIS or repeater assisted initial access information. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to beam configuration for RF repeaters. An RF repeater is configured to measure received power of one or more signals in the repeater for each of a plurality of beam directions. Further, the repeater determines a beam forming configuration for a fronthaul link between the repeater and at least one base station based on the measured received power of each of plurality of beam directions. The repeater may also be configured to determine beam configurations for access links between the repeater and user equipment.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for compensating for certain characteristic(s) of an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS). A method that may be performed by a first wireless node includes obtaining an indication of a correction for an IRS to compensate for one or more characteristics of the IRS and communicating with a second wireless node via the IRS using the indication of the correction.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a current collector and an application thereof. A first aspect of the present disclosure provides a current collector including M metal layers and N polymer layers. The metal layer and the polymer layer are stacked, where each of L metal layers includes a tab connection region and a non-tab connection region and a thickness of the tab connection region is greater than that of the non-tab connection region, and M?1, N?1, L?1, and M?L. The present disclosure provides a current collector, which effectively improves the welding strength of the tab by performing a thickening treatment on the tab connection region for connecting the tab in the metal layer, thereby improving the binding force between the tab and the current collector and reducing the contact impedance of the tab connection region, and improving the connection qualified rate between the tab and the metal layer.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive configuration information, the configuration information indicating that the UE may use one or more uplink grants for a sidelink communication. The UE may receive scheduling information indicating an uplink grant, of the one or more uplink grants, of uplink resources for an uplink communication of the UE. The UE may transmit, to another UE and via a sidelink, the sidelink communication using the uplink resources. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a mobile station may obtain an indication of an overlap between a plurality of sidelink communications. The mobile station may detect a conflict between the plurality of sidelink communications having the overlap based at least in part on whether the plurality of sidelink communications are intended for an interference cancellation capable receiver mobile station. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for tracking channel variations via a model-based representation of the channel. A first network entity may receive from a second network entity or transmit to the second network entity, a model configuration indicative of a model condition of a channel between the first network entity and the second network entity. The model configuration may be associated with one or more initial parameters. The first network entity may receive a reference signal from the second network entity to measure a condition of the channel between the first network entity and the second network entity, and transmit, to the second network entity, one or more updated parameters for the model configuration based on a measurement of the condition of the channel in comparison to the model condition of the channel based on the model configuration.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for bit interleaving for sidelink communication with interlaced waveform. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes mapping first bits and second bits to resource blocks (RBs) such that the first bits are mapped to first subcarriers of the RBs, a first subset of the second bits are mapped to the first subcarriers, and a second subset of the second bits are mapped to second subcarriers of the REs; and transmitting the first bits and the second bits via the RBs according to the mapping.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for wireless energy transfer. A network entity may obtain a report indicative of a capability of a UE to transmit an energy transfer signal on at least one of a downlink band of an FDD configuration or at least one of a downlink symbol or a downlink slot of a TDD configuration, and output at least one of the TDD configuration or the FDD configuration for the energy transfer signal. The TDD configuration may include the at least one of the downlink symbol or the downlink slot and the FDD configuration may include the downlink band. The UE may receive the configuration for downlink resources in at least one of time or frequency and transmit an energy transfer signal on one or more of the downlink resources.

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 first resource grant, the first resource grant being a periodic resource grant. The UE may transmit a first portion of information based at least in part on the first resource grant. The UE may receive a first request for a second portion of the information. The UE may transmit the second portion of the information based at least in part on a second resource grant that is received without transmitting a second request for the second resource grant, the second resource grant being different from the first resource grant. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to utilizing an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS), a tracking algorithm, or both, to receive, calibrate, and maintain orbital angular momentum (OAM) signaling between wireless devices. The present disclosure describes a first wireless device transmitting spatial-multiple input-multiple output (MIMO) beams to the IRS such that reflected waves from the IRS form a spatial mixture of OAM modes. The IRS may reflect such OAM modes to a second wireless device for subsequent reflection (e.g., a second IRS), reception, calibration, and optimization. For example, the second wireless device may perform pattern recognition of the concentric OAM modes (e.g., by estimating ellipse geometry) to determine the modes of the OAM signaling. The second wireless device may also perform decorrelation, where small perturbations to the elliptical OAM geometry allow the second wireless device to perform one or more optimization techniques related to the OAM signaling.

Abstract: In certain aspects, the disclosure is directed to a user equipment (UE) configured for wireless communications with a network node. The UE may include a memory comprising instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions. In some examples, the UE may transmit, to a network node, an indication of an expected communication. In some examples, the UE may receive, from the network node, updated scheduling in response to the indication of the expected communication. For example, the UE may predict a future sidelink/uplink communication based on whether the UE expects data for a future uplink transmission. If the UE expects that it will have data for a future uplink transmission, the UE may notify the network node so that the network node can enter into a low power state until the future transmission, then provide the UE with a sidelink/uplink grant for the future uplink transmission.

Abstract: A configuration for self interference and cross link interference (CLI) management of bidirectional smart repeaters. The apparatus transmits, to a first wireless device, a measurement configuration to measure interference. The measurement configuration comprising a first measurement occasion and a second measurement occasion. The apparatus receives, from the first wireless device, a report of measured interference at the first wireless device based on the measurement configuration. Part of the measured interference under the first measurement occasion is based at least on transmissions forwarded by a relay node.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a second UE, an indication of a first reservation of a first resource associated with a first relay link of a UE-to-UE relay, wherein the first reservation is based at least in part on a second reservation of a second resource associated with a second relay link of the UE-to-UE relay. The UE may perform a sidelink communication in accordance with the first resource. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station may receive, from a repeater having a first interface and a second interface, information associated with one or more capabilities of the repeater, the second interface being different from the first interface. The base station may determine an operation mode for the repeater based at least in part on the information associated with the one or more capabilities of the repeater, and may communicate with the repeater via the first interface or the second interface. In some aspects, a repeater may transmit to a base station via a first interface, information associated with one or more capabilities of the repeater, and may communicate via the first interface or via a second interface in accordance with an indicated operation mode, the second interface being different from the first interface. Numerous other aspects are provided.