Abstract: A method for a user equipment (UE) for receiving a public warning system (PWS) message is provided. The method receives, via a first serving cell or a higher layer of the UE, a configuration for warning message reception that is associated with a first network. The method receives the PWS message from a second network that is supported by a second serving cell. The method then determines, based on the received configuration, whether to accept the PWS message or to ignore the PWS message.

Abstract: A method related to emergency service and a user equipment (UE) are provided. In the method, SNPN access mode is operated. A SNPN selection for a selected SNPN is performed in response to operating in the SNPN AM. A cell selection for a selected cell is performed in response to the SNPN selection. A support indication associated with the selected SNPN is received in response to the cell selection. The support indication indicates whether the selected SNPN supports IMS emergency service. The support indication is forwarded to a NAS layer of the UE from a RRC layer of the UE when the support indication indicates that the selected SNPN supports the IMS emergency service. The cell selection is performed for an acceptable cell of another SNPN supporting the IMS emergency service when the support indication indicates that the selected SNPN does not support the IMS emergency service.

Abstract: A method, a communication apparatus using the method, and a base station apparatus are disclosed. The method includes arranging user equipment to receive a downlink control channel signal associated with a physical downlink control channel; and configuring the user equipment to monitor the physical downlink control channel for control-resource set information. The control-resource set information corresponds to time and frequency resource allocation information related to the physical downlink control channel. The control-resource set information includes at least one parameter.

Abstract: A method performed by a first base station (BS) in a secondary cell group (SCG) associated with a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method receives, from a second BS in a master cell group (MCG) associated with the UE, a request for a configuration for packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) data duplication. The method then generates a mapping configuration for the PDCP data duplication in the SCG after receiving the request. The method transmits, to the UE, the mapping configuration.

Abstract: A method for acquiring system information (SI) performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes performing a first set of operations after determining that the UE is in a radio resource control (RRC)_CONNECTED state with an active bandwidth part (BWP) not configured with a common search space (CSS) with a field searchSpaceOtherSystemInformation; and performing a second set of operations after determining that the UE is in the RRC_CONNECTED state with the active BWP configured with the CSS with the field searchSpaceOtherSystemInformation. The first set of operations includes: transmitting a first RRC message to request a required system information block (SIB) and starting a timer; and receiving, from the cell, an RRCReconfiguration message including the required SIB. The second set of operations includes: transmitting the first RRC message to request the required SIB and starting the timer; and monitoring the CSS to acquire the required SIB.

Abstract: A method of performing cell selection or reselection by a user equipment (UE) in a radio resource control (RRC) idle mode or an RRC inactive mode is disclosed. The method comprises determining whether a white list is received from a serving cell, wherein the white list includes at least one cell identity, each of the at least one cell identity identifying a cell on at least one of an intra-frequency and an inter-frequency corresponding to a frequency that the serving cell is on, in response to the UE determining that the white list is received from the serving cell, performing a measurement on at least one cell associated with the at least one cell identity according to the white list, and selecting or reselecting a cell according to the measurement, the cell indicated only by the at least one cell identity in the white list.

Abstract: A method for a user equipment (UE) for cell selection while the UE is in a radio resource control (RRC) Inactive state is provided. The method receives, via control signaling, a configuration indicating a target frequency carrier and a corresponding target core network (CN) type. The method then causes the UE to transition from an RRC Connected state to the RRC Inactive state based on the received configuration. While the UE is in the RRC Inactive state, the method selects a suitable cell among a plurality of suitable cells that are associated with the target frequency carrier. The method selects the suitable cell irrespective of the received target CN type.

Abstract: A method for a user equipment (UE) for performing a paging reception is provided. The method includes determining whether the UE registers to a first network associated with an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) network; determining whether to transmit a requested offset value for a paging occasion calculation to the first network after the UE determines that the UE registers to the first network; transmitting, to the first network, the requested offset value after the UE determines to transmit the requested offset value to the first network; receiving, from the first network, a configured offset value for the paging occasion calculation; forwarding, by a Non-Access-Stratum (NAS) layer of the UE, to a lower layer of the UE, the configured offset value; and performing the paging reception based on a first UE identity (ID), wherein the first UE ID is determined based on the configured offset value.

Abstract: A method, performed by a UE, includes receiving a first Sidelink (SL) Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) from a Base Station (BS), wherein the first SL PDCCH provides scheduling information for at least one SL transmission; obtaining a value of a SL Assignment Indicator (SAI) field from the first SL PDCCH, wherein the value of the SAI field indicates an accumulative number of a first received SL PDCCHs up to the first SL PDCCH; and constructing a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) codebook for a first quantity of SL transmission (s) scheduled by a second quantity of a second received SL PDCCHs; wherein the HARQ codebook is transmitted to the BS from the UE, the first quantity of the SL transmission (s) includes the at least one SL transmission, the second received SL PDCCHs include the first received SL PDCCHs, and the first received SL PDCCHs include the first SL PDCCH.

Abstract: A method for a user equipment (UE) performing a handover procedure is disclosed. The method includes receiving a handover command from a network, in a case that a first information related to an offset time is included in the handover command, performing the handover procedure based on the handover command after the offset time, and in a case that a second information related to a configured area is included in the handover command, performing the handover procedure based on the handover command when the UE locating within the configured area.

Abstract: A method of channel state information (CSI) reporting by a first user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), a radio resource control (RRC) message to configure a first priority level for a logical channel; performing a sidelink (SL) communication with a second UE; generating a Medium Access Control (MAC) control element (CE) for a CSI report for the SL communication with a second priority level in a fixed value; determining a prioritization between the MAC CE including the CSI report and data from the logical channel according to the fixed value of the second priority level and the first priority level; and transmitting, to the second UE or the BS, at least one of the MAC CE and the data from the logical channel based on the determined prioritization.

Abstract: A UE and a method for handling UE onboarding are provided. The method includes receiving a first indication, a second indication, and a third indication from a cell via a SIB1, the cell operated by one or more SNPNs; reporting, by an AS layer of the UE, the first indication, the second indication, and the third indication to a NAS layer of the UE; receiving, by the AS layer of the UE, an indication for UE onboarding from the NAS layer of the UE; and transmitting a first RRC message to the cell, the first RRC message including an onboarding request associated with the indication for UE onboarding.

Abstract: A method for a first user equipment (UE) to exchange one or more sidelink packets with a second UE. The method receives, from a serving base station, a sidelink resource allocation configuration that includes i) one or more sidelink resource configurations on one or more sidelink frequency carriers, and (ii) data identifying a valid area of the sidelink resource configurations. The method determines, based on the data identifying the valid area, whether the first UE is located within the valid area. If the method determines that the first UE is located within the valid area, the method exchanges the one or more sidelink packets with the second UE based on the received sidelink resource allocation configuration, otherwise, the method stops exchanging the one or more sidelink packets, on one or more sidelink resources indicated by the sidelink resource configurations, with the second UE.

Abstract: A method performed by a UE for wireless communications is provided. The method includes receiving first other system information from a base station, other system information including system information other than minimum system information broadcast by the base station; determining whether an SUL-related factor is present in the first other system information; transmitting an RRC system information request message to the base station in response to determining that the SUL-related factor is absent in the first other system information; and determining a minimum required received level based on the SUL-related factor in a case that the UE receives the SUL-related factor in second other system information from the base station; and determining a cell selection criterion based on the minimum required received level.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) includes one or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon and at least one processor coupled to the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media. The at least one processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to: receive, from a cell, a radio access network (RAN) notification area (RNA) configuration, when the UE is in an RRC_INACTIVE state; and discard the RNA configuration and transitioning to an RRC_IDLE state when the UE finds and camps on an acceptable cell.

Abstract: A method for radio link monitoring (RLM) performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes: receiving, from a serving cell, an RLM configuration; monitoring an RLM reference signal (RS) (RLM-RS) resource indicated by the RLM configuration to determine a first downlink (DL) radio link quality; monitoring a backup RLM-RS resource that is associated with the RLM-RS resource to determine a second DL radio link quality after determining that the first DL radio link quality is lower than a threshold and the RLM configuration also indicates the backup RLM-RS resource; and sending, via a physical (PHY) layer of the UE, an RLM indication to a higher layer of the UE based on at least one of the first DL radio link quality and the second DL radio link quality.

Abstract: A method of sidelink unicast service management in an access stratum layer for a first user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, by the first UE through a PC5 interface, a sidelink unicast configuration associated with a second UE, from the second UE, transmitting, by the first UE through a radio resource control, RRC, signaling of the PC5 interface, a sidelink unicast link problem report, to the second UE in responsive to that the first UE is unable to comply with all or part of the sidelink unicast configuration, and performing, by the first UE, a sidelink unicast fallback procedure with the second UE by continuously using a sidelink unicast configuration setting of the first UE with corresponding configurations in a sidelink unicast pre-configuration used prior to the received sidelink unicast configuration.

Abstract: A method for acquiring system information (SI) performed by a user equipment (UE) in a radio resource control (RRC)_CONNECTED state is provided. The method includes: performing a first set of operations after determining that the UE is not configured with a common search space (CSS) in an active bandwidth part (BWP); and performing a second set of operations after determining that the UE is configured with the CSS in the active BWP. The first set of operations includes: transmitting, to a cell, a first RRC message for requesting a required system information block (SIB) after determining that the required SIB is provided by the cell; and receiving, from the cell, a second RRC message including the required SIB. The second set of operations includes: transmitting, to the cell, a third RRC message for requesting the required SIB after determining that the required SIB is provided by the cell and the required SIB is not broadcast in the cell; and receiving, from the cell, the required SIB in the CSS.

Abstract: A method performed by a BS for CHO is provided. The method includes transmitting a CHO command to a UE, the CHO command including a CHO command ID and a measurement ID associated with the CHO command ID; causing the UE to execute the CHO command to handover to a target BS when a trigger condition associated with the measurement ID is fulfilled; causing the UE to forgo transmitting the measurement report during the execution of the CHO command despite the UE being configured, via a report configuration associated with the measurement ID, to transmit the measurement report; transmitting, to the UE, a message that causes the UE to remove the CHO command; and after transmitting the message to the UE, determining that the report configuration is removed by the UE without transmitting, to the UE, an instruction to remove the report configuration.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) and a method for transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback are provided. The method includes: receiving a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) configuration that indicates a specific PUCCH format of a PUCCH and whether a sidelink (SL) HARQ feedback is allowed to be transmitted on the PUCCH; generating a first HARQ feedback in response to first data received via a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH); generating a second HARQ feedback in response to second data received via a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH); and transmitting uplink control information (UCI) including at least a portion of the first HARQ feedback and at least a portion of the second HARQ feedback via the PUCCH in a case that the PUCCH configuration indicates that the SL HARQ feedback is allowed to be transmitted on the PUCCH and the first HARQ feedback overlaps the second HARQ feedback in a time domain.