Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE). The method generally includes receiving a downlink control information (DCI) with at least one block configured to trigger aperiodic sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission from the UE on at least one SRS resource set, determining a transmit power control (TPC) command to apply to the A-SRS if the DCI lacks a transmit power control (TPC) command for the at least one SRS set, and transmitting the A-SRS in accordance with the DCI and the determined TPC command.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to radio access networks with a capability to dynamically reconfigure a number of transmission-reception points (TRPs) in a single-frequency network (SFN) based on channel measurements. In one example, a mobile device receives a configuration message including a plurality of transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states, and potentially further including an indication identifying one or more of the TCI states as main TCI states. The message may further include an indication that it includes the plurality of TCI states. The UE receives a downlink traffic channel and demodulates the traffic channel based on only a subset of the TCI states (e.g., the main TCI state (s)). The UE further measures one or more channel parameters corresponding to each TCI state of the plurality of TCI states, and transmits a channel state information report based on the channel parameters. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for configuration and transmission of one or more uplink reference signals for tracking. A user equipment (UE) may transmit one or more uplink reference signals for tracking and a base station or transmission-reception point (TRP) may estimate one or more frequency or time shifts (e.g., a Doppler shift, time shift, or both) associated with communications with the UE. The estimated frequency shifts, time shifts, or combinations thereof, may be used to provide compensated communications (e.g., Doppler compensated communications) with the UE. The uplink reference signal for tracking may be a sounding reference signal that is configured as a tracking reference signal.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a configuration signal indicating one or more reference signal resource sets, the one or more reference signal resource sets comprising at least a first subset of reference signal resources associated with a first reference signal switching configuration and a second subset of reference signal resources associated with a second reference signal switching configuration. The UE may receive a trigger signal activating at least the first reference signal switching configuration or the second reference signal switching configuration. The UE may transmit, based at least in part on the trigger signal, reference signals according to the first subset of reference signal resources or second subset of reference signal resources.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to techniques for activating multiple TCI states for PDSCH and/or PDCCH transmissions.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for configuring sounding reference signal (SRS) transmissions on subband full-duplex (SBFD) slots. In an example, a user equipment (UE) may determine a change from a first uplink (UL) bandwidth pattern to a second UL bandwidth pattern occurred within in a sub-band full duplex (SBFD) bandwidth. The UE may also configure one or more settings for a sounding resource signal (SRS) transmission based on the second UL bandwidth pattern. The UE may also transmit, to a base station, the SRS transmission according to the one or more settings for the SRS transmission.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a first configuration of one or more channel state information reference signal resources and a second configuration of a channel state information report associated with the one or more channel state information reference signal resources. In some cases, the second configuration may include at least one of an indication of a codebook, a set of codebook restriction sets, and a configured bandwidth. The UE may then identify a mapping between one or more frequency-domain subbands of the configured bandwidth and each codebook restriction set of the set of codebook restriction sets, and transmit, to the base station, a report indicating one or more precoding matrix indicators from the codebook for each of the one or more frequency-domain subbands based on the mapping.

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, configuration information regarding one or more available slots associated with transmitting sounding reference signal (SRS) information. The UE may receive, from the base station, dynamic downlink communication including slot information for determining a select available slot from among the one or more available slots. The UE may transmit, to the base station, the SRS information during the select available slot, determined based at least in part on the slot information and the configuration information. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for channel sounding for wireless communications. Some implementations more specifically relate to scheduling sounding reference signal (SRS) resource sets for wireless devices having more than 4 receive (RX) antenna ports. In some implementations, a base station may determine an antenna switching capability of a user equipment (UE). The antenna switching capability indicates a number of RX antenna ports of the UE. The base station schedules a number of SRS resource sets for the UE based at least in part on the number of RX antenna ports in excess of four. For example, the number of RX antenna ports may be equal to 8. As another example, the number of RX antenna ports may be equal to 6. The base station further receives, from the UE, uplink transmissions of one or more SRS resources for each of the scheduled SRS resource sets.

Abstract: A method of wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a network node, a message indicating slots for transmitting a transport block on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). The method also includes segmenting the transport block into code blocks. The method further includes encoding the code blocks to produce encoded code blocks. Each code block may be encoded at a coding path from a group of coding paths associated with a coding chain. The method still further includes transmitting the encoded code blocks in the slots on the PUSCH.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a configuration signal configuring a collection of reference signal transmissions. The UE may identify a resource overlap between the collection of reference signal transmissions and another resource that is unavailable for reference signal transmissions. The UE may identify one or more transmission properties for the collection of reference signal transmissions. The UE may determine, based at least in part on the one or more transmission properties and the resource overlap, whether to omit one or more of the reference signal transmissions of the collection of reference signal transmissions in the corresponding resource overlap or to delay transmission of the collection of reference signal transmissions. The UE may transmit at least a portion of the collection of reference signal transmissions based at least in part on the determining.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described to indicate a single frequency network (SFN) mode and associated composite channel reference signals to a user equipment (UE). A UE and a base station may communicate via two or more transmission and reception points (TRPs) using an SFN transmission, which may represent a transmission having multiple beam configurations. The base station may transmit a configuration associated with a control channel that explicitly or implicitly indicates whether control channel transmissions are associated with an SFN mode or are configured with multiple candidate beam configurations. The base station may transmit an indication of activated beam configurations for the control channel. The UE may receive one or more reference signals from each TRP and, based on the SFN indication, may use information from the one or more reference signals to receive the control channel transmission.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A method for wireless communication may include receiving a single frequency networked composite reference signal (SFNed RS) at a first port of a user equipment (UE) and receiving a reference signal (RS) at a second port of the UE that is different than the first port of the UE. The method may also include performing channel estimation for at least one of the first port or the second port based at least in part on receiving the SFNed RS and the RS. A method for wireless communication may include transmitting a first portion of an SFNed RS from a first port of a first transmit/reception point to a UE and transmitting a downlink control information message to the UE that indicates at least one transmission configuration indicator state identifier that identifies the SFNed RS.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive, from abase station, a sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration indicating a number of candidate slots for transmission of a multi-slot aperiodic SRS (A-SRS); receive, from the base station, an SRS trigger, the SRS trigger comprising an indication of an A-SRS resource set, the A-SRS resource set comprising a plurality of A-SRS resources corresponding to the number of candidate slots; and transmit, in response to the SRS trigger, the multi-slot A-SRS in one or more of a plurality of candidate slots using at least a portion of the A-SRS resource set. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for transmitting sounding reference signal (SRS) resources with frequency hopping. In some implementations, a user equipment (UE) may use different SRS ports, different antenna ports, different numbers and sizes of SRS resources, different periodicities, different offsets, different transmission comb values, different number of symbols, different power control parameters, and/or different transmission comb offset values for SRS transmissions on different frequency subbands of the frequency hopping pattern to ensure that sounding operations cover all antennas of the UE, cover the entire frequency range of interest, and provide sufficiently dense SRS transmissions from which a base station can determine the best channel for DL transmissions while also using a minimum amount of SRS resources and consuming minimal power in the UE.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a mobile station may select a sub-band differential channel quality indicator (CQI) value from a plurality of sub-band differential CQI values based at least in part on a sub-band CQI offset and a set of quantization points associated with the plurality of sub-band differential CQI values and a range of sub-band CQI offsets. In some aspects, a quantity of negative quantization points in the set of quantization points is different than a quantity of positive quantization points in the set of quantization points. The mobile station may transmit an indication of the selected sub-band differential CQI value. Numerous other aspects are described.

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, configuration information regarding one or more available slots associated with transmitting sounding reference signal (SRS) information. The UE may receive, from the base station, dynamic downlink communication including slot information for determining a select available slot from among the one or more available slots. The UE may transmit, to the base station, the SRS information during the select available slot, determined based at least in part on the slot information and the configuration information. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some examples, a UE may receive an indication of a set of sounding reference signal (SRS) parameters corresponding to a set of SRS resources for transmitting SRSs, where the set of SRS resources may refer to frequency, or time, or both. In some examples, the SRS parameters may include, among other examples, a frequency allocation, a frequency overlap parameter, a number of allocated symbols, a comb value, a cyclic shift, a comb offset, a frequency hopping parameter, a repetition parameter, a symbol grouping parameter, or any combination thereof. The UE may determine an SRS configuration for the one or more SRSs based on the set of SRS parameters and transmit the one or more SRSs based on the configuration. In some examples, the SRS configuration includes a configuration for SRS frequency hopping, or SRS repetition, or both.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide information transmitting and receiving methods, a user equipment, and a base station. The information transmitting method performed by the user equipment includes: receiving indication information, the indication information indicating sub-block sizes of a plurality of sub-blocks obtained by splitting an information block to be transmitted; splitting the information block to be transmitted into the plurality of sub-blocks according to the indication information; processing respective sub-blocks to generate transmission data, and transmitting the transmission data.

Abstract: Disclosed are a resource allocation method for demodulation reference signals and a base station. The resource allocation method for demodulation reference signals executed by the base station includes: determining an allocation method for a resource required for transmitting a plurality of demodulation reference signals and a parameter for generating the plurality of demodulation reference signals, the plurality of demodulation reference signals respectively corresponding to a plurality of user equipments, the allocation method being capable of supporting transmission of the plurality of demodulation reference signals on the same time domain resource, and the parameter being capable of making the demodulation reference signals sent with the same time frequency resource distinguished from each other; and transmitting information indicating the allocation method and information indicating the parameter to the plurality of user equipments.