Abstract: A method for wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a base station on a granting group common (GC)-physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) downlink grant that schedules an MBMS transmission at each UE of a group of UEs that includes the UE. The method also includes receiving, from the base station on a triggering GC-PDCCH, a message indicating respective feedback resources for each UE of the group of UEs. The method further includes receiving, from the base station, the MBMS transmission. The method still further includes transmitting, to the base station via the feedback resources, a feedback report based on receiving the MBMS transmission.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for reporting aperiodic channel quality indicator (A-CQI) in a new Secondary Cell (SCell) state of Long Term Evolution (LTE) carrier aggregation. A User Equipment (UE) receives a request for reporting A-CQI relating to a Scell configured for the UE when the UE is in a first state corresponding to the Scell, the first state designed for a reduced SCell activation latency and to result in the UE using lower power as compared to when the UE is in a second state. The UE, in response to the request, reports the A-CQI for the Scell in accordance with a first A-CQI reporting configuration for the first state which is different from a second A-CQI reporting configuration for the second state.

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, an indication of a first search space for control messages from the base station, an indication of a first downlink beam for the first search space, an indication of a second search space for control messages from the base station, and an indication of a second downlink beam for the second search space. The UE may monitor the first search space, using a spatial filter based at least in part on the first downlink beam, for an initial transmission of data from the base station. Additionally, the UE may monitor the second search space, using a spatial filter based at least in part on the second downlink beam, for re-transmission of the data from the base station. 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 a configuration indicating a plurality of semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) communications associated with a multicast service. The UE may receive, based at least in part on determining that a reception condition is satisfied, an SPS PDSCH communication of the plurality of SPS PDSCH communications. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable medium for enabling an efficient group handover mechanism that has less signaling overhead than single UE handover are provided. An example method at a base station includes transmitting a group handover request for the group of UEs to a target base station. The method further includes receiving a group handover acknowledgment from the target base station. The method further includes transmitting a group handover message to the group of UEs.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication that a tune-away period is available. The UE may perform one or more neighbor cell measurements during the tune-away period based at least in part on the indication. 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 that a reduced signaling handover condition has occurred. The UE may execute a reduced signaling handover from a source base station to a target base station based at least in part on determining that the reduced signaling handover condition has occurred. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for enabled/disabled HARQ feedback and HARQ-less processes. A base station may configure a plurality of logical channels for a UE, where one or more of the logical channels have an associated HARQ process. The UE may receive an allocation of resources from the base station for an uplink grant or a downlink assignment and determine whether the resources have associated HARQ process without HARQ feedback but with HARQ retransmission, an associated HARQ process without HARQ feedback and without HARQ retransmission, or an associated HARQ process with HARQ feedback and with HARQ retransmission. The UE may exchange communication with the base station based on the allocation of resources and the determination of whether the resources have one of the associated HARQ processes.

Abstract: In a communication between a user equipment (UE) and a network node, the UE may receive a grant of uplink (UL) shared channel (SCH) resources from the network node. Each of the UL SCH resources may be associated with one of a plurality of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes. Each HARQ process may be at least one of a plurality of HARQ process types, and each HARQ process type may be based on HARQ feedback status and HARQ retransmission status. The UE may transmit a control message on one or more UL SCH resources in response to the one or more UL SCH resources being determined to be usable based on the HARQ process type of the HARQ processes associated with the one or more of the UL SCH resources.

Abstract: A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a base station, multicast data via a multicast channel. The method also includes transmitting, to the base station, multicast feedback based on receiving the multicast data. In some examples, the multicast feedback is associated with a group of UEs including the UE. The method further includes receiving, from the base station, a re-transmission of the multicast data on the multicast channel or a unicast channel based on one or more of a number of UEs served by the base station, a number of UEs from the group of UEs providing the multicast feedback, or a radio channel condition.

Abstract: A method for wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) identifies multiple cell global identities (CGIs) broadcast by a cell. The method also determines a current tracking area identity of the UE from multiple tracking area identities of the cell based on a rule. The rule may be based on a preconfigured or predefined rule. The method selects a first CGI of the CGIs based on the determined tracking area identity.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a wireless device processor may determine a threat score for a first cell, determine whether the first cell threat score is below a first threat score threshold, update a good neighbor cell data structure using neighbor cell information from the first cell in response to determining that the first cell threat score is below the first threat score threshold, performing cell reselection to a second cell, determine whether the second cell transmits a system information block message indicating fake neighbor cell information, and increase a threat score for the second cell in response to determining that the second cell provides the SIB message indicating fake neighbor cell information and that a good neighbor cell data structure includes an indication of one or more good neighbor cells that are within the time threshold and the location threshold and doing countermeasures in a response to the determination.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for providing access control for multicast or broadcast (MC/BC) services. A base station broadcasts one or more cell barring parameters to a group of user equipment (UEs) that indicate whether the UEs of the group of UEs is permitted to select the cell of the base station for receiving the MC/BC services. The base station also broadcasts one or more access control parameters to a set of one or more UEs, of the group of UEs, that are indicated to be permitted to select the cell for receiving the MC/BC services based on the one or more cell barring parameters. The one or more access control parameters indicate whether the set of one or more UEs is permitted to establish or resume the RRC connected state with the base station for receiving the MC/BC services.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may transmit, to the base station, a beam recovery request including an indication of a multicast beam, where the beam recovery request is transmitted based at least in part on a unicast uplink grant, and where the unicast uplink grant comprises a set of uplink resources for a multicast beam recovery procedure based at least in part on a failure of the multicast beam associated with multicast communications between the UE and the base station. The UE may receive, from the base station in response to the beam recovery request, a response message including an indication of a second uplink grant, an indication of a second beam for communications between the UE and the base station, or both. The UE may transmit a first uplink transmission via the second uplink grant, the second beam, or both.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for efficiently facilitating acknowledgment (ACK) or negative acknowledgment (NACK) feedback from a user equipment (UE) for a set of transport blocks in one or more multicast transmissions from a base station. The UE may determine control channel resources for transmitting the ACK/NACK feedback, and each respective control channel resource may correspond to a distinct subset of the set of transport blocks. Once the UE determines a subset of transport blocks that the UE failed to decode (such as at least one transport block), the UE may determine a respective control channel resource that corresponds to the at least one transport block that the UE failed to decode. The UE may transmit ACK/NACK feedback on the respective control channel resource, which, in some examples, may indicate that the UE failed to decode the subset of transport blocks.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may identify a multicast service available for subscription by the UE or to which the UE is already subscribed. The UE may transmit a message, to a network node, that may include UE assistance information (UAI) indicating at least one of a UE capability to process multicast transmissions or a feedback scheme preference for reporting feedback for the multicast transmissions. The UAI may also include at least one of a multicast carrier preference, band or carrier measurement report, a multicast priority indication, or a measurement and reporting scheme preference for the multicast transmissions. The network node may receive the UAI and determine one or more parameters for multicast communications with the UE based on the UAI. The UE may receive the multicast transmissions from the network node in accordance with the UAI.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that support multiplexing multicast and unicast feedback. A base station may provision different subsets of resources from a set of resources for multicast feedback message transmission based on channel metric(s) of a user equipment (UE). The set of resources may include a plurality of subsets of resources, with each subset of resources being associated with a corresponding channel metric or range of channel metrics associated with each UE receiving the multicast transmission. A UE may determine that a feedback indication is to be provided in response to the multicast transmission, and select a subset of resources from the plurality of subsets of resources based on its own channel metric. The UE may multiplex the multicast feedback, an indication of the selected subset, and unicast feedback in a multiplexed feedback transmission to the base station.

Abstract: Preclusive data decompression failure techniques, such as may avoid data decompression failures using predictive decompression failure indications and/or configure communication devices for data transmission recovery before reordering window timer expiration, are described. Preclusive data compression failure operation may, for example, initiate compressor memory resets conditionally according to some aspects of the present disclosure, such as using one or more trigger events to predictively indicate decompression failure. Additionally or alternatively, preclusive data compression failure operation may provide for configuring communication devices for data transmission recovery before reordering window timer expiration, such as configuration for prioritization to provide data transmission recovery before reordering window timer expiration. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: A base-station (BS) receiving a random access request from user equipment (a UE), followed by a connection request. The connection request contains UE identity information which may have one of multiple formats depending on whether the access request and/or the connection request indicate that the UE is operating as a bandwidth-limited (BL) UE, an enhanced coverage (CE) UE, or a UE that operates in neither the BL mode nor the CE mode. In the BL mode, the UE may transmit a truncated identifier that is sufficient for the BS to retrieve capability information for the UE prior to transmitting a resource grant to the UE. The BS may then configure the UE and BS to using a radio configuration optimized for the UE's capabilities and transmit the resource grant in accordance with the optimized configuration.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The described techniques may provide for efficiently triggering a handover at a user equipment (UE) from a source cell to a target cell. The UE may receive, at a first time period, a first control message including a configuration of a target cell to use at a second time period for performing a handover procedure from a source cell to a target cell. The UE may then receive, at the second time period, a second control message triggering the UE to perform the handover procedure from the source cell to the target cell. The UE may use the configuration of the target cell received in the first control message to perform a handover procedure from the source cell to the target cell at the second time period in response to receiving the second control message.