Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to certificate based application descriptors for network slice selection. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a first certificate associated with obtaining a network slice for executing an application. The UE may transmit, to a device, a request for the network slice with the first certificate, and receive an indication that the network slice is available to the UE for the application, based at least in part on the request. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for configuring parameters for small data transfer (SDT) transmissions. One example technique provides a method for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), involving: obtaining configuration information received from a network entity, the configuration information indicating a plurality of configurations for small data transfer (SDT) transmission, determining at least one of a transport block size (TBS) or data threshold for SDT transmission based on one of the configurations, and outputting for transmission one or more SDT transmissions based on the determination.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for signaling for transmission configuration indication (TCI) state activation for multiple transmission reception points are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive at least one control message indicating a first set of beam configurations associated with a first downlink shared channel from a first transmission reception point (TRP) and a second set of beam configurations associated with a second downlink shared channel from a second TRP. The UE may receive downlink control information (DCI) from the first and second TRPs indicating a first beam configuration of the first set of beam configurations and a second beam configuration of the second set of beam configurations, respectively. The UE may subsequently decode a first downlink transmission from the first downlink shared channel according to the first beam configuration and a second downlink transmission from the second downlink shared channel according to the second beam configuration.

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, information that configures multiple random access channel (RACH) partitions, wherein the multiple RACH partitions are each associated with a respective combination of one or more RACH features. The UE may select, from the multiple RACH partitions, a RACH partition based at least in part on the UE satisfying one or more criteria for the combination of one or more RACH features associated with the RACH partition. The UE may transmit, to the base station, a preamble on physical RACH (PRACH) resources associated with the RACH partition to initiate a RACH procedure supporting the combination of one or more RACH features associated with the RACH partition. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for responding to a maximum permissible exposure (MPE) condition in uplink communications. In one aspect, a user equipment (UE) wireless device may detect an MPE condition associated with a cell in an uplink channel from the UE in the wireless communication network. The UE may configure a medium access control layer control element (MAC-CE) to indicate information related to the cell associated with the detected MPE condition and an alternative beam that avoids an MPE condition for use in uplink communications. The configured MAC-CE may include a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel resource block indicator (SSBRI) or a channel state information resource indicator (CRI) that indicates an alternative UE panel, a feasible UE panel, Tx beam for UL transmissions or Tx beam for UL transmissions taking into account the detected MPE condition.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may transmit a scheduling request to a base station using the dedicated uplink resources. The UE may transmit the scheduling request to indicate that a group of UEs requests uplink resources for an uplink data transmission. As a result, the UE may receive downlink control information from a base station which includes corresponding uplink resources allocated to the UE based on the scheduling request. The UE may use the allocated uplink resources to transmit uplink data to the base station.

Abstract: A UE and a base station are disclosed. The UE may receive, from a base station, an indication of a configuration of an SS and a set of candidate DL-RSs associated with a plurality of CG-SDT resources. The base station may monitor for the UL data transmission from the UE corresponding to a CG-SDT occasion of the CG-SDT resources. The UE may measure a RSRP of each of the set of candidate DL-RSs associated with the CG-SDT resources. The UE may select an UL beam based on the measured RSRP of each of the set of candidate DL-RSs associated with the CG-SDT resources. The UE may transmit, to the base station via the selected UL beam, the UL data transmission over a CG-SDT occasion of the plurality of CG-SDT resources. The UE may monitor the SS for a response to the UL data transmission from the base station.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may configure a bitmap in a medium access control control element (MAC-CE) to indicate beam failure information for one or more serving cells or one or more groups of serving cells. The UE may transmit the MAC-CE to a base station via at least one serving cell. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. A base station (BS) may configure a component carrier group for a user equipment (UE). The BS may provide an indication of a spatial relation for one or more sounding reference signals associated with a component carrier of the component carrier group. The UE may receive the indication and may apply the spatial relation to the one or more sounding reference signals across bandwidth parts of component carriers of the component carrier group.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive a medium access control layer message indicating a set of mappings between a set of pathloss reference signals and one of: a set of physical uplink shared channel identifiers, or a set of sounding reference signal identifiers; receive downlink control information activating a mapping of the set of mappings; and perform a pathloss measurement using a pathloss reference signal identified by the activated mapping. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless positioning performed by a user equipment. For example, the method includes entering into a Radio Resource Control (RRC) inactive state. The method includes monitoring, during a first time interval, while the user equipment is in the RRC inactive state, one or more first bandwidth parts having a first bandwidth to perform a first operation. The method includes monitoring, during a second time interval, while the user equipment is in the RRC inactive state, one or more second bandwidth parts having a second bandwidth to perform a second operation. The second bandwidth is different than the first bandwidth.

Abstract: Methods (1500, 1600, 1700, 1800, 1900), systems (1000, 1400) and devices (705, 805, 1005, 1105, 1205, 1405) for wireless communications are presented. A method (1500, 1600) may include the following operations. A UE determines to perform a handover from a first source device in a first network to a first target device in the first network and from a second source device in a second network to a second target device in the second network (1505, 1605). The UE identifies a time interval for performing a first random access procedure with the first target device in the first network (1510, 1610). The UE initiates a first random access procedure with the first target device (1515, 1615). The UE performs a second random access procedure successfully with the second target device in the second network during the time interval (1520, 1620).

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a response message associated with a random access message, wherein the response message includes an identifier of the UE; select a format of an uplink channel or an uplink signal for acknowledging successful decoding of the response message; determine a transmit power for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgment (ACK) information based at least in part on at least one of: a message type of the response message, a mode of random access associated with the random access message, a power control configuration used by a previous transmission of the random access message, or the format of the uplink channel or the uplink signal; and transmit the HARQ ACK information using a power control procedure based at least in part on the transmit power. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: A wireless device may receive a radio link control (RLC) protocol data unit (PDU) from a lower layer (e.g., from a media access control (MAC) layer) when processing communications (e.g., packets) received from another wireless device. The receiving wireless device may identify that the PDU is an RLC service data unit (SDU) segment based at least in part on an indication corresponding to a sequence number associated with the RLC SDU segment. The receiving wireless device may then determine that the RLC SDU segment is received out of order based on previously received PDUs or previously received RLC SDU segments, and initiate a reassembly timer based on the out of order determination for the RLC SDUs. If the remaining RLC SDU segments (e.g., that complete the RLC SDU) are received before reassembly timer expires, the wireless device may reassemble the RLC SDU to be passed to a higher layer.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to the timing arrangements and the transmission gap configurations in 2-step random access channel (RACH) procedures to improve system latency and reliability of a RACH HARQ process are provided. The UE transmits a first message including a random access preamble and a payload, and then monitors for a second message in response to the first message during a random access response (RAR) window. In response to determining that no second message is received by the UE from the BS or a back off indicator is received within the RAR window, the UE re-transmits the preamble and payload of the first message after the RAR window lapses. In response to determining if the second message received within the RAR window carries a FallbackRAR or SuccessRAR, the UE then determines to re-transmit the payload of the first message based on the FallbackRAR, or to transmit an acknowledgement message based on the SuccessRAR.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) entity of a receiver device receives, from a radio link control (RLC) entity of the receiver device, a plurality of RLC data packets received from a transmitter device over an RLC unacknowledged mode (UM) data radio bearer (DRB) or RLC transparent mode (TM) DRB. The PDCP entity generates a plurality of PDCP data packets corresponding to the plurality of RLC data packets. The receiver device determines to send a PDCP status report indicating a reception status at the receiver device of the plurality of PDCP data packets and transmits the PDCP status report to a PDCP entity of the transmitter device. The receiver device receives, in response to sending the PDCP status report, one or more PDCP data packets of the plurality of PDCP data packets that were not successfully received at the receiver device.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may generate a report for one or more two-step random access channel (RACH) procedures between the UE and a base station (BS), wherein the RACH report includes at least one of an indication of a quantity of message A (MsgA) payloads transmitted during the one or more two-step RACH procedures on each beam of one or more beams associated with the BS, an indication of one or more parameters associated with each MsgA communication transmitted during the one or more two-step RACH procedures, or an indication of whether a respective signal strength for each beam, associated with the one or more two-step RACH procedures, satisfies a signal strength threshold. The UE may transmit the report to the BS. 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 medium access control (MAC) command element (CE) indicating an update to a spatial relation configuration of the UE for physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmissions, the update indicated by PUCCH resource information. The UE may update the spatial relation configuration of the UE with the PUCCH resource information. The UE may transmit a PUCCH transmission using the spatial relation configuration. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to configuring and selecting preamble and payload occasions for performing two-step random access procedures. Configurations on preamble occasions, payload occasions, association pattern between the occasions and synchronization signal block (SSB) beams, and the rules for selecting preamble and payload occasions for random access message transmission can be determined by the network and signaled to user equipment (UE). Based on the configurations and rules, UE can measure the link level quality and select possible preamble and payload occasions for one or more SSB beams achieving a threshold signal quality. Sets of one or more preamble occasions and one or more payload occasions can be further determined based on whether the preamble and payload occasion(s) can achieve a threshold transmission latency. The one or more preamble occasions and one or more payload occasions can be used to transmit random access messages in the two-step random access procedure.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless communication device may detect a trigger to initiate determination of a performance parameter for a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) duplication procedure associated with a PDCP instance. The wireless communication device may receive packets of the PDCP instance via multiple radio link control (RLC) entities according to the PDCP duplication procedure. The wireless communication device may determine the performance parameter based at least in part on whether packets of the PDCP instance are successfully received via one or more RLC entities of the multiple RLC entities. Numerous other aspects are provided.