Abstract: An apparatus for evaluating downlink radio link quality, applicable to a terminal equipment, includes: first configuring processor circuitry configured to configure a secondary cell group (SCG); wherein in a case where a network indicates that the secondary cell group supports radio link monitoring (RLM), when the secondary cell group is deactivated, the terminal equipment performs radio link monitoring on a primary secondary cell (PSCell); and in a case where the network indicates that the secondary cell group supports beam failure detection and the primary secondary cell is not configured with two BFD-RS (Reference Signal) sets by the network, when the secondary cell group is deactivated, the terminal equipment performs beam failure detection of the primary secondary cell.

Abstract: An apparatus for configuring a beam failure detection reference signal includes: a memory that stores a plurality of instructions; and processor circuitry coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to: configure a first reference signal for beam failure detection by using radio resource control signaling; and configure or update the first reference signal by using media access control control element signaling.

Abstract: A terminal equipment includes: a receiver configured to receive Configured Grant Configuration information which includes information used for setting a process identifier of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process; a transmitter configured to transmit retransmission data of the HARQ process or new data of the HARQ process according to Configured Grant Configuration information; and processor circuitry configured to: control, when a first timer is running and a second timer is not running, control to transmit the retransmission data, control, when the first timer is not running, to transmit the new data, control to start the second timer if LBT (Listen before Talk) is not failed for transmission of the retransmission data, and control to start the first timer and the second timer if LBT is not failed for transmission of the new data.

Abstract: An apparatus for configuring information, applicable to an IAB node, includes: a receiver configured to receive an RRC reconfiguration message, wherein the RRC reconfiguration message indicates information on a topology to which a default uplink BAP routing ID configured for the IAB node belongs.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for transmitting and receiving an uplink signal. The method includes: receiving first indication information by a terminal equipment, the first indication information being used to indicate at least one semi-statically configured or semi-persistently scheduled time-frequency resource; receiving physical layer signaling, the physical layer signaling being used to indicate a first starting position within a time domain range of one or more time-frequency resource(s) in the at least one time-frequency resource; and transmitting an uplink signal starting from the first starting position on the one or more time-frequency resource(s).

Abstract: An apparatus for reporting channel state information (CSI) includes: a first receiver configured to receive one or more reference signals to obtain measurement information; first processor circuitry configured to obtain CSI according to the measurement information; and a first transmitter configured to transmit the CSI at a first time according to CSI report configuration, wherein the CSI at least indicates a channel state of a second time which is later than the first time.

Abstract: An apparatus for reporting beam failure-related information, the apparatus being applicable to a terminal, includes: first processor circuitry configured to generate a beam failure recovery MAC CE(BFR MAC CE) containing beam failure-related information; and a first transmitter configured to transmit the beam failure recovery MAC CE to a network device to report the beam failure-related information, wherein in the beam failure-related information of the beam failure recovery MAC CE, when octet(s) indicating beam failure recovery information for BFD-RS set(s) are present, the octet(s) indicating the beam failure recovery information for BFD-RS set(s) occur based on an ascending order of serving cell indices of secondary cells, or based on an ascending order of BFD-RS set identifiers or indices and an ascending order of serving cell indices of secondary cells.

Abstract: A device identification apparatus, applicable to a first network device, the device identification apparatus includes: a receiver configured to receive first information transmitted by a first device, wherein, the first information is used to indicate that the first device is a Network-Controlled repeater or is used to determine that the first device connects to a network as a Network-Controlled repeater, or, the first information is repeater-specific first information.

Abstract: A network integration apparatus for a node, configured in a first node, includes: a mobile termination module (MT) configured to control a forward module (Fwd) of the first node; and the Fwd configured to forward a signal between a network device and a terminal equipment; wherein the MT accesses to the network as a terminal equipment via an RRC (Radio Resource Control) connection management procedure, reports information indicating the type of the first node to the network device, and performs authorization with a core network via the network device, and the Fwd is started to serve user equipment(s).

Abstract: An access control apparatus, applicable to a repeater, includes: a receiver configured to receive SIB1 transmitted by a network device, the SIB1 including an access control parameter, and processor circuitry configured to control to not apply to a unified access control procedure which is performed by using the access control parameter.

Abstract: A cell state determining apparatus, applicable to a Network-Controlled repeater (NCR), includes: a receiver configured to receive relevant information of cell selection or reselection, and processor circuitry configured to consider a cell as a candidate for cell selection for Network-Controlled repeater according to the relevant information of cell selection or reselection, and/or, ignore the relevant information of cell selection or reselection.

Abstract: A data transmission apparatus includes a first transmitter. The first transmitter is configured to, when a first timer is running and a second timer is not running, transmit retransmission data according to a configuration grant corresponding to a first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process, and start the second timer if LBT is not failed for transmission of a transport block for the retransmission data, or, when the first timer is not running, transmit new data according to a configuration grant corresponding to the first HARQ process, and start the first timer and the second timer if LBT is not failed for transmission of a transport lock for the new data.

Abstract: An apparatus for configuring a node, configured in a first node, includes: a mobile termination module (MT) configured to configure a forward module (Fwd) of the apparatus via a signaling procedure between the MT and a network device; and the Fwd configured to forward a signal between a terminal equipment and the network device.

Abstract: An apparatus for transceiving information, applicable to a second terminal equipment, includes: a receiver configured to: receive a radio resource control reconfiguration complete message form a first terminal equipment when the second terminal equipment is in a radio resource control idle mode or a radio resource control inactive mode, and cause the second terminal equipment to enter a radio resource control connected mode; and receive a radio resource control reconfiguration message from a network device; and processor circuitry configured to perform relay-related configuration of a PC5 interface and a Uu interface according to the radio resource control reconfiguration message.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing system information, applicable to a network device, includes: a transmitter configured to, when a first condition is satisfied, transmit system information in a dedicated manner to a terminal equipment satisfying the first condition, the first condition comprising that the terminal equipment is receiving downlink data from a dedicated channel of a non-serving cell, or cell information with which active TCI state(s) for downlink channel reception of the terminal equipment is associated is different from cell information of a serving cell.

Abstract: An apparatus, configured in a first terminal equipment, wherein the apparatus includes: communicator configured to communicate a second terminal equipment via a relay device; and processor circuitry configured to trigger a selection process of the relay device or a reselection process of the relay device in a first situation.

Abstract: A beam failure recovery information transmitting apparatus, applicable to a terminal equipment, includes: processor circuitry configured to detect beam failures at two BFD-RS (beam failure detection reference signals) sets of a first cell; and a transmitter configured to transmit a first message in a random access procedure to a network device, the first message including a truncated beam failure recovery medium access control (MAC) control element (CE), the truncated beam failure recovery MAC CE including beam failure recovery information of a failed BFD-RS set.

Abstract: An inter-cell beam management apparatus, applicable to a network device, includes: a transmitter configured to: transmit configuration information of a beam of a non-serving cell to a terminal equipment; and transmit a reference signal of a TCI state with which a serving cell is associated to the terminal equipment.

Abstract: An apparatus, applicable to a first terminal equipment, includes: processor circuitry configured to control to establish PC5 connection with a second terminal equipment; and a receiver configured to receive a radio resource control (RRC) message via the second terminal equipment by means of default configuration.

Abstract: An area identifying apparatus and method and a communication system. The area identifying method includes: receiving, by a UE, area identification information used for identifying an area transmitted by a base station; comparing the received area identification information with area identification information currently stored in the UE; and determining whether an area where the UE is located is changed according to a result of comparison. Hence, whether the area where the UE is located is changed or which area the UE is located may be efficiently identified.