Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for compact downlink control information (DCI) signaling design for ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC). A method for wireless communications performed by a base station (BS) is provided. The method generally includes generating DCI, the DCI scheduling at least one transmission, according to a first DCI format. The first DCI format is compressed relative to a second DCI format and includes a carrier indicator field (CIF) and/or a rate-matching indicator field. The BS transmits the DCI to a user equipment (UE). The UE communicates with the BS based on the received DCI.

Abstract: Wireless communication techniques that include multi-beam techniques for small data transfer (SDT) over preconfigured uplink resources (PURs) are discussed. A UE may receive an indication of at least one PUR allocated for uplink communication when the UE does not have a RRC connection with a base station. The at least one PUR may include one or more distinct PUR occasions. The UE may also receive an indication of one or more distinct SSBs associated with the one or more distinct PUR occasions. Each PUR occasion of the one or more distinct PUR occasions may be associated with only one SSB of the one or more distinct SSBs. The UE may also transmit information to the base station during a PUR occasion associated with an SSB that is associated with a RSRP that is greater than a threshold. 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 may receive a configuration message with a configured grant for a plurality of uplink transmissions. The user equipment may transmit, using a first demodulation reference signal port, a first transmission, of the plurality of uplink transmissions, associated with the configured grant. The user equipment may transmit, using a second demodulation reference signal port that is different from the first demodulation reference signal port, a second transmission, of the plurality of uplink transmissions, associated with the configured grant. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: In an aspect, a slave UE and a master UE each establish an attachment to a core network of a cellular communications system. The slave UE obtains security credentials configured to encrypt and decrypt traffic between the slave UE and the core network. A D2D connection is established between the slave UE and the master UE (e.g., tethering). One or more communication functions are offloaded from the slave UE to the master UE, including at least one communication function with the core network for maintaining the attachment of the slave UE to the core network. Application-layer data is relayed to/from the slave UE over the D2D connection. In an aspect, either the slave UE or the master UE may perform encryption and decryption of control plane signaling using the slave UE's security credentials.

Abstract: Methods, systems, nodes, and devices for wireless communication are described. The method may include a first network node (e.g., a user equipment (UE)) receiving a first message that indicates a first preamble and transmitting a random access request message indicative of a request by the first network node for repetition based transmission of a second message. In response to the random access request, the first network node may receive a random access response message including an indication that the second message is to be transmitted with repetition and transmit the second message in accordance with repetition.

Abstract: Technologies and techniques are disclosed for managing timing advance (TA) validation of configured grant small data transmission (CG-SDT). A scheduling entity may receive downlink signal quality measurements for downlink beams from a scheduled entity, as well as a CG-SDT configuration request. The scheduling entity may transmit a CG-SDT configuration to the UE in response to receiving the CG-SDT configuration request, where the CG-SDT configuration includes a timing advance (TA) validation criteria based on downlink signal quality measurements meeting configured thresholds.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine whether a flag is enabled or is disabled, the flag indicating whether channel state information (CSI) associated with a secondary discontinuous reception (DRX) group is permitted to be transmitted outside of an active time associated with a primary DRX group. The UE may selectively transmit the CSI associated with the secondary DRX group in an uplink communication associated with the primary DRX group based at least in part on whether the flag is enabled or is disabled. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process identifier for a communication between the UE and a base station using a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration or a configured grant (CG) configuration, wherein the determination of the HARQ process identifier is based at least in part on an offset applied for the determination of the HARQ process identifier; and perform the communication based at least in part on the HARQ process identifier. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive configuration information to configure a sidelink channel, to be utilized by the UE to conduct unicast sidelink communication, with a plurality of bandwidth parts. The UE may transmit or receive data based at least in part on the plurality of bandwidth parts. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Feedback reports (e.g., hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ)-acknowledgment (ACK) codebooks) may provide feedback for both downlink data messages (e.g., physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) messages) and control messages (e.g., physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) messages). As such, a base station may transmit an indication of a power savings mode in a control message (e.g., in scheduling downlink control information (DCI)), and the base station may be able to confirm whether a user equipment (UE) received (e.g., and implemented) the power savings mode via the feedback corresponding to the control message carrying the indication of the power savings mode. The techniques described herein may provide for improved synchronization of base station and UE power savings modes (e.g., as a base station may or may not implement a new power saving mode depending on whether the control message indicating the new power saving mode was successfully received and acknowledged).

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may identify a payload for inclusion in an uplink transmission. The UE may organize the payload into a code block group (CBG) that includes one or more code blocks (CB). The UE may map each CB of the CBG to a corresponding uplink shared channel resource unit (e.g., a physical uplink shared channel resource unit) of an uplink transmission occasion of the first UE. The uplink transmission occasion may also be shared with one or more additional UEs such that the CBG of the first UE is multiplexed with additional CBGs from the additional UEs. The UE may transmit, to a base station, the uplink transmission including each uplink shared channel resource unit on which the CBG is organized.

Abstract: Wireless devices are configured to facilitate UE assisted bandwidth part (BWP) selection in wireless communication systems. According to one example, a scheduled entity can receive an RRC reconfiguration message indicating a handover from a source cell to a target cell, identify uplink data in the buffer, and send an enhanced UE assistance information (UAI) transmission to the target cell, the enhanced UAI indicating a preferred BWP of the target cell. In addition, a scheduling entity can receive an enhanced UAI transmission from a scheduled entity indicating a preferred BWP for the scheduled entity, and select the preferred BWP for communication with the scheduled entity from the enhanced UAI. Other aspects, examples, and features are also included.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may be configured to receive, from a base station, control signaling indicating a proactive traffic reporting configuration identifying a trigger condition for proactively reporting expected data traffic for the UE. The UE may transmit, to the base station based on a satisfaction of the trigger condition, an uplink message including an indication of an expected amount of data traffic for the UE, where the satisfaction of the trigger condition is based on the expected amount of data traffic. The UE may subsequently receive, in response to the uplink message, a downlink message indicating a resource allocated for communicating the expected amount of data traffic, and may communicate at least a portion of the expected amount of data traffic with the base station via the indicated resource.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station (BS) may generate a radio resource control (RRC) message including an indication that a user equipment (UE) is to wake from a power saving state or to reconfigure a cycle associated with the power saving state; and transmit the RRC message toward the UE via a connection of a second cell group to cause the UE to wake from the power saving state or reconfigure the cycle associated with the power saving state. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for wireless communication. In one aspect, a user equipment (UE) may generate an indication of a first doppler shift associated with the wireless communication device moving with reference to a first target base station (BS), obtain, from the serving BS, a handover command for conditional handover (CHO) (with the handover command including a first trigger for handover to the first target BS), and synchronize with the first target BS during CHO after the first trigger is met, wherein the first trigger is associated with the first doppler shift. In another aspect, a serving BS generates the handover command for CHO and provides the handover command to the UE. The UE is to synchronize with the first target BS during CHO after the first trigger associated with a first doppler shift is met.

Abstract: A base station may select a configuration for skipping PDCCH monitoring for a predetermined time period. The base station may transmit, to a UE, and the UE may receive, from the base station, the configuration for skipping the PDCCH monitoring. The UE may identify whether a first condition is met during the predetermined time period. The first condition may be associated with a first time window that overlaps at least in part with the predetermined time period. The UE may perform the PDCCH monitoring if the first condition is met during the predetermined time period or skip the PDCCH monitoring if the first condition is not met during the predetermined time period. The PDCCH monitoring may be skipped based on the configuration for skipping the PDCCH monitoring. The PDCCH monitoring may be skipped during a part of the predetermined time period that does not overlap with the first time window.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine, in an inactive state, that uplink data is to be transmitted. The UE may determine whether a timing advance of the UE is valid. The UE may, if the timing advance is not valid, determine whether the uplink data satisfies a transport block size (TB S) threshold. The UE may, based at least in part on whether the uplink data satisfies the TB S threshold, selectively transmit the uplink data via an uplink random access channel (RACH) message or a configured uplink resource, or establish a radio resource control (RRC) connection for the uplink data. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) determines a transmission gap adjustment (TGA) for a first message (msgA) of a 2 step random access channel (RACH) procedure based on measurement of a reference signal transmitted by a base station as well as the radio resource configuration (RRC) configurations for msgA. In other aspects, a base station transmits a system information block (SIB) or RRC signaling that indicates at least one possible configuration of the TGA, and UEs determine the TGA depending on RRC state. Connected mode UEs having a timing alignment (TA) timer running may determine the TGA based on a previous TA. UEs in other RRC modes determine the TGA based on the possible configuration transmitted in the SIB or RRC signaling. Advantageously, 2 step RACH UEs are able to communicate with the base station without the closed loop TA information provided by a 4 step RACH.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for paging early indication (PEI) configuration and monitoring procedures. In particular, the present disclosure provides techniques for configuring a user equipment (UE) for PEI monitoring. A method that may be performed by a network entity generally includes transmitting, to the UE, a configuration for paging early indication (PEI) occasions for the UE to monitor and transmitting, in at least one of the PEI occasions, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) with a PEI that indicates, for multiple paging occasions (POs), whether paging messages are scheduled for the UE in the multiple POs.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a network node, configuration information including an indication of relaxation criteria and one or more relaxation parameters associated with radio link monitoring (RLM) or beam failure detection (BFD) relaxation. The UE may apply RLM or BFD relaxation in accordance with the one or more relaxation parameters based at least in part on a determination that the relaxation criteria are satisfied. Numerous other aspects are described.