Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide for activating and deactivating high-band connections, such as millimeter wave (mmW) connections while maintaining a low-band connection, based on a state of a user equipment (UE). An initial low-band connection, such as a connection that uses lower frequencies than mmW frequencies, may be established by a UE and a base station, and the base station may configure the UE for one or more high-band connections with one or more high-band base stations. The base station may provide an activation command to the UE to activate a high-band connection, and the UE may determine a currently supported mode for the activated high-band connection and establish the high-band connection based on the currently supported mode.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a UE may measure a first reference signal, associated with a frequency band of a long term evolution (LTE) system, and a second reference signal associated with a frequency band of a new radio (NR) system. The frequency band of the NR system may overlap the frequency band of the LTE system. The UE may determine first channel state feedback, associated with the frequency band of the LTE system, and second channel state feedback, associated with the frequency band of the NR system, based at least in part on the first reference signal and the second reference signal, respectively. The UE may report the first channel state feedback or the second channel state feedback in uplink control information (UCI). Other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Some wireless communications systems may support communications between a base station and a user equipment (UE) on multiple carriers. A UE may maintain a connection with a base station on a first carrier (e.g., an anchor carrier), and the UE may use a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle on a second carrier. The DRX cycle may include scheduled on-durations during which the UE may monitor the second carrier for signaling from the base station. To reduce the power consumption at the UE associated with repeatedly monitoring scheduled on-durations, the base station may transmit wake-up signaling to the UE on the first carrier to identify the on-durations that include data from the base station. Accordingly, the UE may monitor these on-durations for the data and avoid monitoring other on-durations to limit power consumption.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for dynamic reclamation of resources reserved for forward compatibility using communications systems operating according to new radio (NR) technologies. Certain aspects provide a method for wireless communication. The method generally includes identifying resources previously reserved for forward compatibility (FC) that are available for reuse, and providing signaling, to one or more user equipments (UEs), indicating the identified resources are available for reuse.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. The described techniques provide for configuration and transmission of reference signals over aggregated mini-slots by modifying (e.g., extending) transmission time intervals (TTIs) or sharing reference signals across multiple mini-slots. The reference signals may be shared between multiple aggregated mini-slots and a reference signal pattern may be determined based on data payload allocation, modulation coding scheme (MCS), rank, or other factors of the aggregated mini-slots. Data payloads may be scheduled jointly or separately for each mini-slot and may be allocated across a set of aggregated mini-slots.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless communication device may receive one or more downlink control information (DCI) transmissions including a plurality of transmit power control (TPC) commands. The plurality of TPC commands may relate to an uplink channel transmit power for a plurality of uplink beam-pairs. The wireless communication device may determine the uplink channel transmit power for the plurality of uplink beam-pairs based at least in part on the plurality of TPC commands. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for selecting an uplink (UL) transmit beam by a user equipment (UE). A UE may receive, from a base station (BS), one or more beamformed downlink signals using one or more receive beams. The UE may select an uplink transmit beam based, at least in part, on the one or more beamformed downlink signals. The UE may transmit an uplink signal using the selected uplink transmit beam.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may be configured to communicate a number of transmissions that may each have separate feedback processes. A feedback configuration for providing feedback for such separate feedback processes may be determined based on semi-static signaling and dynamic signaling. In some cases, semi-static signaling, such as radio resource control (RRC) signaling and dynamic signaling, such as downlink control information (DCI), may together provide a feedback configuration for a particular transmission. The semi-static signaling may provide a number of bits of feedback information, an interpretation of the bits of feedback information, or combinations thereof, and dynamic signaling may indicate that one or more of the bits are to have one of a number of available interpretations, may indicate that one or more additional bits are to be included with feedback, of combinations thereof. Feedback techniques as discussed herein may be used to provide feedback for uplink or downlink transmissions.

Abstract: A method of managing uplink interference at a base station includes: detecting uplink interference caused by one or more inter-cell user equipments to an uplink channel of a base station, the one or more inter-cell user equipments associated with a neighboring base station; receiving, at the base station, assistance information from the neighboring base station, the assistance information comprising a parameter list of ongoing transmissions by the one or more user equipments associated with the neighboring base station; and performing uplink interference cancellation, at the base station, on at least a portion of a received signal based on the assistance information to generate a resulting signal.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for uplink power control using communications systems operating according to new radio (NR) technologies. For example, a method for wireless communication by a base station includes providing power control parameters, to at least one user equipment (UE), for use in performing uplink transmit power control for one or more uplink transmissions sent using one or more uplink transmit beams, signaling the UE to set or reset one or more of the power control parameters, and transmitting one or more reference signals (RSs) using one or more downlink transmit beams, for the UE to measure for use in the uplink transmit power control.

Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to systems, devices, apparatuses, products, and methods for wireless communication. A communication system may include a user equipment (UE) that receives a configuration for contention-free random access (CFRA) and a configuration for contention-based random access (CBRA). The UE determines a first random access resource. The first random access resource maps to one or more beams from a target base station. The UE determines a beam quality associated with the first random access resource. The UE initiates a random access request using the CFRA when the first random access resource is a contention-free resource, and the beam quality of the first random access resource is above a threshold beam quality. The UE initiates the random access request using the CBRA when the first random access resource is the contention-free resource, and the beam quality of the first random access resource is below the threshold beam quality.

Abstract: Aspects herein describe transmitting reference signals in wireless communications. An indication of resources over which to transmit an uplink reference signal can be received from an access point, where the resources are at least partially used by another device to transmit a downlink reference signal or a second uplink reference signal. The uplink reference signal can be transmitted over the resources.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide various apparatuses and methods for utilizing null resource elements to facilitate dynamic and bursty inter-cell interference measurements in a wireless network like 5G new radio (NR). A user equipment (UE) is provided with resources and signaling to facilitate bursty interference measurements at demodulation time.

Abstract: A method of wireless communication includes receiving, at a user equipment (UE), a grant from a base station on a control channel, the grant including content indicating a mini-slot assigned to the UE. The method may include interpreting the grant based on a current configuration of a data channel to determine the mini-slot. The method may include communicating with the base station during the mini-slot indicated by the grant.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station may configure a first sub-band and a second sub-band of a system bandwidth for communication with a user equipment (UE). The base station may determine a spatial quasi co-location (QCL) relationship between the first sub-band and the second sub-band and may transmit signaling to the UE that indicates the determined spatial QCL relationship. Upon receiving the signaling, the UE may derive, based on the indicated spatial QCL relationship, spatial parameters (e.g., beam width, pointing angle, etc.) for communication with the base station via the second sub-band. The spatial parameters may be derived based on spatial parameters used for reception of a downlink transmission from the base station via the first sub-band. Subsequently, the UE may communicate with the base station via the second sub-band using the derived spatial parameters.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to synchronization signal (SS) transmission coordination among base stations (BSs) and restricted SS measurements at user equipments (UEs) are provided. A first BS transmits a first SS burst in a first SS transmission period of a plurality of SS transmission periods. The first SS transmission period is designated to the first BS. A second SS transmission period of the plurality of SS transmission periods is designated to a second BS. The first SS transmission period and the second SS transmission period are different. The first BS receives, from a UE, a first signal in synchronization with the first SS burst. The first signal includes a SS measurement of the first SS burst.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to deriving spatial receive parameters for quasi-colocation at a user equipment (UE). An exemplary method generally includes receiving a plurality of beams from a base station in a plurality of coarse directions, determining, based on the plurality of beams, a first spatial colocation parameter, transmitting an indication of a coarse direction associated with a beam having a highest receive strength of the plurality of beams, receiving a plurality of second beams from the base station based on the indication, the plurality of second beams having a narrower beam width than the plurality of beams and covering a beam width of the beam associated with the indicated coarse direction, determining, based on the plurality of second beams, a second spatial colocation parameter, transmitting an indication of the second beam having a highest receive strength, and refining at least one of the first or second spatial colocation parameters.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may determine that a signal characteristic of a unicast signal is better than a signal characteristic of a broadcast signal; and/or transmit, based at least in part on the determination, a request for an update to a master information block or a minimum system information block to be provided to the user equipment using the unicast signal. In some aspects, a base station may determine that a signal characteristic of a unicast signal associated with a user equipment (UE) is better than a signal characteristic of a broadcast signal broadcasted by the base station; and/or transmit, based on the determination, an update to a master information block (MIB) or a minimum system information block (MSIB) to the UE using the unicast signal. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques that may enhance radio link failure (RLF) procedures. In some cases, a UE may perform radio link monitoring (RLM) based on reference signals (RS) transmitted using a first set of beams, perform beam failure recovery (BFR) monitoring based on transmissions using a second set of beams, and adjust one or more radio link failure (RLF) parameters based on both the RLM monitoring and the BFR monitoring.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide various procedures and methods for accelerated secondary cell (SCell) activation when carrier aggregation (CA) is configured. A scheduling entity receives, from a network entity, an indication of anticipated data for a user equipment (UE) in an idle mode. The scheduling entity determines supplemental wake-up information based on the carrier aggregation capability of the PCell. The scheduling entity transmits a wake-up message to the UE. The wake up message is configured to cause the UE to wake up in a CA configuration using the PCell and one or more SCells, based on the supplemental wakeup information.