Abstract: Wireless communication systems and methods related to enhancing initial access for multi-beam operations. A user equipment (UE) selects a synchronization signal block (SSB) that corresponds to a beam and has a reference signal received power (RSRP) above a threshold. The UE receives a system information block (SIB) that includes a plurality of SSB and beam-specific system information pairs. The UE selects beam-specific system information by matching the selected SSB to one of SSBs in the multiple SSB and beam-specific system information pairs. The UE establishes a connection with a base station (BS) using the beam-specific system information.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a configuration indicating a rule for modifying a joint discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle of two or more DRX cycles. The UE may wake up based at least in part on the rule. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Example implementations include a method, apparatus and computer-readable medium of wireless communication by a user equipment, comprising receiving at least one configuration associated with a plurality of connected mode discontinuous reception (C-DRX) cycles, wherein a first C-DRX cycle of the plurality of C-DRX cycles is associated with a set of user equipment (UE) operations and a second C-DRX cycle of the plurality of C-DRX cycles is associated with a subset of UE operations of the set of UE operations. The implementations further include transmitting data based on performance of one or more UE operations of the subset of UE operations during the second C-DRX cycle.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may detect, using a low-power receiver of the UE, a low-power synchronization signal (LP-SS) that is associated with a first coverage area that is larger than a second coverage area associated with a legacy synchronization signal block. The UE may monitor, using the low-power receiver, for a low-power wake up signal, based at least in part on the LP-SS, that is associated with a third coverage area that is larger than a fourth coverage area associated with a legacy wake up signal. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: An apparatus may be configured to obtain a grant allocating a set of resources on which to transmit at least two transport blocks (TBs) using multiple spatial layers; determine whether a data size of data available to be carried on the set resources is sufficient for at least one TB of the at least two TBs; and based on a determination of whether the data size of the data is sufficient for the at least one TB of the at least two TBs, one of: transmit, to a network entity, the at least one TB of the at least two TBs on the set of resources allocated by the grant, or skip the grant.

Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to encoding a buffer size in a buffer status report based on a newly defined buffer size table that can have reduced step sizes for larger buffer sizes. Other aspects relate to decoding the buffer size in the buffer status report. The newly defined buffer size table can better accommodate buffer size reporting for high data throughput applications.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment transmits, to a network node, an indication of a data delivery deadline for data traffic to be delivered by the network node, wherein the data delivery deadline indicates by when the network node is to transmit one or more data packets received from the UE, and/or a nominal arrival time for the data traffic to be received at the network node, wherein the nominal arrival time in combination with a nominal delay budget indicates by when the network node is to transmit the one or more data packets received from the UE. Moreover, the UE transmits, to the network node, the one or more data packets, which may include a protocol data unit (PDU), a group of PDUs, or a PDU set or burst.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A first user equipment (UE) may receive a control message that includes an indication to mute communications between the first UE and a second UE. The indication may be applicable to at least one communication link between the first UE and the second UE. The indication may include an identifier of the first UE, an identifier of the second UE, or an identifier of the at least one communication link. The first UE may receive the indication based on a power status of the first UE, a power status of the second UE, a reliability metric associated with the at least one communication link, or an interference metric associated with a network entity. Accordingly, the first UE may determine that the at least one communication link is muted for a time duration based on the indication.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide for service indication via downlink control information (DCI) in which different services have a same DCI size. Techniques provide also that a DCI format may be indicated by a masking operation on a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) of the DCI. The DCI may include an indicator field that may indicate the service of the associated operation. The indication may also be provided via different monitoring occasions of the DCI transmissions that are associated with different services. Different DCI search spaces also may be associated with different services and provide the service indication. Additionally or alternatively, different scrambling sequences used on all or a portion of control information or demodulation reference signal transmissions may be associated with different services.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive configuration information that indicates at least one criterion for refraining from performing a measurement in a measurement gap. The UE may communicate data with a network node during the measurement gap in at least one scheduled measurement gap occasion for the measurement gap based at least in part on the at least one criterion. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive control information that identifies criteria to use for determining a delivery status of a protocol data unit (PDU) set that includes multiple PDUs. The PDU set may be associated with an application layer of the UE. Accordingly, the UE may receive at least a portion of the PDU set, and may determine the delivery status of the PDU set based on the received portion of the PDU set and the criteria identified by the control information. The delivery status of the PDU set may refer to whether the PDU set was successfully delivered to the UE. The delivery status of the PDU set may be based on a quantity of bits or PDUs in the received portion of the PDU set, a threshold quantity of bits or PDUs, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for managing quality of service for protocol data unit (PDU) Sets include providing alternative service requirements for Protocol Data Unit (PDU) Sets supporting data traffic of an application executing on a user equipment (UE) in which the alternative service requirements for PDU Sets include one or more quality of service (QoS) reference parameters and a combination of a PDU Set Delay Budget (PSDB) value, a PDU Set Error Rate (PSER) value, and a Guaranteed Flow Bit Rate (GFBR) value to which the application can adapt. Apparatuses and methods further include adapting parameters for PDU set in response to indications that a link between the UE and the network can no longer guarantee QoS flow transport of the PDU Sets.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A node (e.g., a base station or network entity) may identify a signal that provides an indication of a location of a contention free random access channel (CFRA) resource within a time region and an indication of a timing pattern for the CFRA resource, the timing pattern associated with a pattern of subsequent instances of the time region in which the CFRA resource is repeated, wherein the CFRA resource is not a fully overlapping resource with respect to a contention based random access (CBRA) resource. The node may convey the signal to one or more user equipment (UE) to indicate the location and the timing pattern.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for systems and methods for detecting trigger conditions for panel specific power reporting. For example, a user equipment (UE) may detect that a trigger condition for panel specific power reporting is met, where the trigger condition involves at least one metric for at least one of multiple antenna panels of the UE. Further, the UE may transmit a report with power-related information specific for at least one of the antenna panels in response to detecting the trigger condition.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of a configuration for a set of random access channel (RACH) procedure types for a bandwidth part of the UE, each RACH procedure type in the set of RACH procedure types being different from at least some if not all the other RACH procedure types in the set of RACH procedure types. The UE may select a RACH procedure type from the set of RACH procedure types for the RACH procedure based at least in part on the indication of the configuration for the set of RACH procedure types and on a trigger to perform a RACH procedure for a network slice. The UE may perform the RACH procedure for the network slice according to the RACH procedure type.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In a wireless communication system, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of multiple search space set groups (SSSGs), where a respective SSSG may be associated with a respective parameter set. Parameters in a parameter set may be power-saving parameters, reliability parameters, or a combination thereof. The UE may receive control signaling indicating a switch from a first SSSG to a second SSSG. The UE may switch from the first SSSG to the second SSSG and apply a first parameter set to the second SSSG, where the second SSSG is associated with (e.g., mapped to) to the first parameter set. In some examples, the SSSGs may be associated with respective scheduling request configuration groups (SRCGs), which the UE may use to transmit SRs to the network entity.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, control signaling indicating a set of sub-bandwidth part (BWP) channel configurations for wireless communications at the UE, where each sub-BWP channel configuration of the set of sub-BWP channel configurations may include one or more sets of resources spanning at least a portion of a respective BWP in the frequency domain. The UE may receive, from the base station, a control message indicating a first sub-BWP channel configuration of the set of sub-BWP channel configurations, the first sub-BWP channel configuration supporting wireless communication for a full-duplex communication mode and a half-duplex communication mode. The UE may communicate with the base station during a first transmission time interval (TTI) using the first sub-BWP channel configuration indicated via the control message and based on the full-duplex communication mode or the half-duplex communication mode.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for controlling access and use of network resources and services by user equipment based on user equipment capabilities. In one aspect, a method for wireless communication by a network entity, includes: receiving, from a user equipment, a request to connect to a network, the request comprising a user equipment identifier and a reduced capability indication; determining a validity of the reduced capability indication based on at least one of: subscription data associated with the user equipment; or one or more capabilities associated with the user equipment; and making a connection decision based on the validity of the reduced capability indication.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a configuration message that indicates a radio resource allocation and a transmission scheme for one or more first configured grant-small data transfer (CG-SDT) occasions and one or more second CG-SDT occasions. The one or more second CG-SDT occasions are at least partially nested, in time, frequency, or a combination thereof, within the one or more first CG-SDT occasions. The UE may therefore transmit, to the base station, an uplink communication within the one or more first CG-SDT occasions or the one or more second CG-SDT occasions, using the radio resource allocation and the transmission scheme. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: An apparatus may determine whether to indicate a beam failure recovery request to a base station using a contention-free RACH procedure with a dedicated preamble when the UE is timing unsynchronized with the base station. The apparatus may perform, when the apparatus is timing unsynchronized with the base station, the contention-free RACH procedure with the dedicated preamble to indicate the beam failure recovery request when the beam failure recovery request is determined to be indicated to the base station using the contention-free RACH procedure with the dedicated preamble. The apparatus may perform, when the apparatus is timing unsynchronized with the base station, a contention-based RACH procedure to indicate the beam failure recovery request when the beam failure recovery request is undetermined to be sent to the base station using the contention-free RACH procedure with the dedicated preamble.