Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for access control of a small size and infrequent data transmission. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method includes: receiving access control configuration information; and performing an access control of a user equipment (UE) based on the access control configuration information, wherein the UE is configured with a pre-configured uplink (UL) resource, and the UE supports a small size and infrequent data transmission in radio resource control (RRC) inactive state or RRC idle state.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a method may include: receiving, at a first base station from a second base station, assistant information related to user equipment (UE) grouping; and determining whether to transmit a reference signal (RS) associated with a paging message for a UE based on the assistant information.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for power control are disclosed. A method comprises: receiving a first signaling indicating one or multiple power values for a downlink reception from a node, each power value being associated with a spatial domain filter, and determining a power value for the downlink reception from the node.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to methods and apparatuses for a mobility robustness optimization (MRO) mechanism of an inter-radio access technology (RAT) handover procedure. According to an embodiment of the present application, a method can include: receiving a mobility command message from a source new radio (NR) cell, wherein the mobility command message includes an identifier (ID) of a target cell, and the target cell is at least one of an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN) cell and an universal terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN) cell; determining whether a timer for initiating failure recovery based on triggering a measurement report (e.g., timer T312) is running; and in response to the timer being running, stopping the timer. Furthermore, radio link failure report (RLF) information is transmitted to a network in response to the failure of Inter-RAT handover from NR to E-UTRAN and UTRAN.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application are directed to a method and apparatus for reporting time information of conditional handover (CHO). In an embodiment of the present application, the method includes: receiving configuration information on CHO, and transmitting time information of CHO in response to at least one failure that occurs during a CHO procedure.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to a method and an apparatus for or small data transmission of a user equipment (UE) in an RRC_IDLE state or an RRC_INACTIVE state. According to an embodiment of the present application, a method can include: a method may include maintaining a priority variable for each logical channel of at least one logical channel; determining a value of the priority variable for each logical channel after performing a first logical channel prioritization (LCP) procedure; receiving a message indicating a MAC reset; and after receiving the message, in a second LCP procedure subsequent to the first LCP procedure, using the value as an initial value of the priority variable for each logical channel of the at least one logical channel. Embodiments of the present application can satisfy the QoS requirement and fairness for the traffics transmitted in the logical channels in NR systems.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to a method and apparatus for sidelink DRX alignment. An exemplary method includes: obtaining configuration information indicating at least one DRX configuration for a data, wherein the at least one DRX configuration is associated with a first resource pool; and transmitting or receiving the data based on the at least one DRX configuration indicated by the configuration information. Embodiments of the present application can minimize the power consumption of the UEs as well as ensuring the data transmission among the UEs.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for wireless communication. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a method may include: transmitting, at a first user equipment (UE), a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration sidelink via relay message on a sidelink between the first UE and a second UE; and starting a timer associated with the RRC reconfiguration sidelink via relay message. The second UE may act as a relay node and may transfer the received message to a destination UE or base station. The destination UE or base station may response to the first UE before a timer expires.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application are directed to a method and apparatus for sidelink DRX operation. An exemplary method may include: configuring DRX information for sidelink, wherein the DRX information includes a value of DRX on-duration timer, a DRX cycle, and at least one DRX offset value; and starting the DRX on-duration timer from a beginning position based on the DRX cycle and the DRX offset value.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for recovering from beam failure are disclosed. A method of recovering from beam failure, comprising: sending a beam failure recovery request message including information regarding beam failure recovery and information regarding a new candidate beam via a working beam of a first cell; monitoring a response via the new candidate beam of a second cell; and receiving the response via the new candidate beam from the second cell.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to a method and an apparatus for for master cell group (MCG) link recover considering conditional handover (CHO) and listen before talk (LBT). According to an embodiment of the present application, a method can include: receiving MCG link recovery configuration information; in response to a RLF in a MCG, starting a first timer associated with a fast MCG link recovery procedure and transmitting MCG failure information including a failure type, wherein the failure type indicates that the RLF in the MCG is due to one of: an out-of-sync timer expires; a random access problem occurs; a maximum number of retransmissions has been reached; and a consistent uplink LBT failure is detected. Embodiments of the present application can define the UE behavior for the fast MCG link recovery when considering CHO and LBT.

Abstract: A relay selection method and apparatus and a system. The method includes relay equipment broadcasts relay discovery information, the relay discovery information including identifier information (a relay UE ID) of the relay equipment and identifier information (a cell ID) of a serving cell of the relay equipment, so that remote terminal receiving the relay discovery information selects relay equipment according to the relay discovery information or transmits relay information of discovered relay equipment to an eNB, thus the eNB may select relay equipment for the remote terminal. With certain embodiments, the serving cell may learn a cell where a relay to which the terminal accesses is located, so as to perform configuration for the terminal or perform path switching of downlink data.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to a method and an apparatus for a master cell group, e.g., a dual active protocol stack (DAPS) handover procedure and a radio link failure (RLF) report mechanism associated with a source link during the DAPS handover procedure under a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) 5G New Radio (NR) system or the like. According to an embodiment of the present application, a method can include: receiving configuration information including a timer associated with fast MCG link recovery; receiving a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message including DAPS configuration information; in response to a RLF of a source link for a MCG, initiating a MCG failure information procedure based on the condition that the timer for handover is running or not. In addition, a RLF-report may be reported to a target cell after a UE successfully accesses to the target cell.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to a method and an apparatus for an enhanced failure report mechanism for a master cell group (MCG) or a secondary cell group (SCG) under a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) 5G New Radio (NR) system or the like. According to an embodiment of the present application, a method can include: in response to operating at a radio resource control (RRC) connected state, receiving a RRC reconfiguration message including a reconfiguration with synchronization information element (IE); starting a timer associated with handover, wherein a timer value of the timer associated with handover is included in the reconfiguration with synchronization IE; and performing a random access procedure and synchronising to a target primary cell of a master cell group in response to receiving the RRC reconfiguration message including the reconfiguration with synchronization IE.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for wireless communication. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a method may include: receiving, at a user equipment (UE), configuration information indicating a timer associated with fast master cell group (MCG) link recovery; transmitting an MCG failure information message in response to detecting a radio link failure on an MCG; and starting the timer associated with fast MCG link recovery. The sidelink resource of the first type of configured grant can be used when the timer is running. The UE assistance information and sidelink UE information can be allowed to be transmitted when the timer is running. In addition, sidelink configuration can be included in the RRC reconfiguration message for conditional handover command.

Abstract: The present application relates to a user equipment, a base station, and a method for small data transmission. The base station transmits configuration information of small data transmission to the user equipment. The user equipment receives the configuration information of small data transmission from the base station. The user equipment and the base station perform small data transmission based on the configuration information.

Abstract: The present application relates to a method and an apparatus for sidelink communication during a fast master cell group (MCG) link recovery procedure. One embodiment of the subject application provides a method performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising: determining a radio link failure (RLF) of Master Cell Group (MCG) if one of the following conditions is met: a timer associated with physical layer problem for PCell expires; a random access problem for MCG; and a maximum number of retransmissions has been reached in MCG Radio Link Control (RLC); and initiating a fast MCG link recovery procedure and starting a timer associated with the fast MCG link recovery procedure, wherein the UE is configured with the timer associated with the fast MCG link recovery procedure and configured to transmit sidelink communication.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for integrated access and backhaul node configuration. One method includes receiving, at a first integrated access and backhaul node, a resource configuration corresponding to a second integrated access and backhaul node, wherein the resource configuration comprises information indicating soft resources. The method includes obtaining an activation parameter corresponding to the second integrated access and backhaul node, wherein the activation parameter comprises a first value, a second value, or a combination thereof. The method includes determining whether the activation parameter comprises the first value. The method includes transmitting an availability indication message corresponding to a subset of the soft resources in response to determining that the activation parameter comprises the first value.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for beam switching. One apparatus includes a transmitter transmits information indicating a beam switch request, measurement results, or some combination thereof, wherein the information indicates a list of beams, and the information is based on a trigger event, the measurement results, or some combination thereof.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for synchronization signal block reception and synchronization signal block transmission. One apparatus for synchronization signal block reception includes a receiver that receives multiple synchronization signal blocks. The multiple synchronization signal blocks have different power levels corresponding to at least two synchronization signal blocks of the multiple synchronization signal blocks.