Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may identify time and frequency resources for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) to be transmitted to a user equipment (UE) in a first transmission time interval (TTI). The base station may transmit configuration information for a control channel search space set in a second TTI. The second TTI may precede the first TTI. The configuration information may include an indication of an absence of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission to send in the control channel search space set indicating the identified time and frequency resources for the PDSCH, and a set of time and frequency resources for the control channel search space set. The UE may receive the configuration information and identify the time and frequency resources allocated for the PDSCH in the second TTI, and receive the PDSCH transmission in the second TTI.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications provide for transmission of a beam switch command to a user equipment (UE) via control channel signaling. The UE may establish a connection with a base station using a first transmission beam, receive configuration information configuring the UE to select between a first decoding hypothesis corresponding to downlink control information (DCI) including a bit field including a beam switch command and a second decoding hypothesis corresponding to the DCI not including the bit field, receive a downlink control channel transmission via the first transmission beam, decode the downlink control channel transmission in accordance with the configuration information to obtain decoded DCI, and communicate with the base station based at least in part on the decoded DCI.

Abstract: A method of wireless communication includes receiving, at a user equipment (UE), a grant from a base station on a control channel, the grant including content indicating a mini-slot assigned to the UE. The method may include interpreting the grant based on a current configuration of a data channel to determine the mini-slot. The method may include communicating with the base station during the mini-slot indicated by the grant.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to reusing long-term evolution (LTE) resources in a nested network system are provided. A first wireless communication device receives, from a second wireless communication device, a reference signal configuration of a first network of a long-term evolution (LTE) radio access technology (RAT). The first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device are associated with a second network of another RAT. The first wireless communication device receives, from the second wireless communication device, a communication signal in the second network based on the reference signal configuration of the first network. The reference signal configuration indicates at least one of a frequency tone of a reference signal of the first network, a time period of the reference signal of the first network, or a number of antenna ports associated with the reference signal of the first network.

Abstract: Various aspects of the disclosure relate to managing the transmission of uplink beams. For example, a first apparatus may generate a signal for transmission to a second apparatus. Thereafter, the first apparatus may detect a condition associated with transmitting the signal via a first uplink beam at a first transmission power. The condition may include the first uplink beam exceeding a maximum permissible exposure (MPE) limit. Accordingly, the first apparatus may refrain from transmitting the signal via the first uplink beam based on the at least one condition and transmit the signal to the second apparatus using a second uplink beam different from the first uplink beam.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe transmitting beams in wireless communications. A plurality of downlink beams having different beamforming directions can be received from a base station. Downlink pathloss values associated with each of the plurality of downlink beams can be measured. A transmit power for transmitting a plurality of uplink beams can be determined based on at least one of the downlink pathloss values. The plurality of uplink beams in multiple beamformed directions can be transmitted based on the transmit power.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications provide for transmission of a beam switch command to a user equipment (UE) via control channel signaling. The UE may establish a connection with a base station using a first transmission beam, receive configuration information configuring the UE to select between a first decoding hypothesis corresponding to downlink control information (DCI) including a bit field including a beam switch command and a second decoding hypothesis corresponding to the DCI not including the bit field, receive a downlink control channel transmission via the first transmission beam, decode the downlink control channel transmission in accordance with the configuration information to obtain decoded DCI, and communicate with the base station based at least in part on the decoded DCI.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some wireless communications systems, a base station may communicate with a user equipment (UE) using multiple antennas. Data streams may be mapped to the antennas using antenna ports. In some cases, a base station may transmit a transmission configuration indication (TCI) to a UE to indicate quasi co-location (QCL) relationships between antenna ports used for downlink communication with a UE. The UE may use these QCL relationships to identify appropriate techniques for decoding a downlink transmission from the base station. In some cases, it may be appropriate for a base station to update one or more TCI states configured for indicating, to a UE, QCL relationships between antenna ports used for downlink communication with the UE. As described herein, a base station may support techniques for dynamically updating such TCI states (e.g., via downlink control information (DCI) signaling).

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may transmit a power headroom report in response to changing beamforming parameters. The UE may autonomously change beamforming parameters from a preconfigured set of beams or receive a command to change beamforming parameters for transmissions on a new beam. The UE may determine a power headroom applicable to a transmission from the UE on the new beam. The UE may transmit, in response to the command, a power headroom report based on the power headroom using resources configured for the power headroom report. For example, the power headroom report may be multiplexed with an uplink transmission from the UE using the new beam. In an aspect, the UE may select a scheduled transmission during a time period after the command is implemented as the uplink transmission. For example, the power headroom report may be transmitted as a physical layer transmission or as a MAC-CE transmission.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide for the transmission of group common control information in 5G New Radio (NR) wireless communication systems. Group common control information may be transmitted to a group or subset of user equipment (UEs) within a cell utilizing a beam-sweeping configuration. A base station may utilize a plurality of transmit beams to transmit information within the cell, and a subset of the transmit beams may be identified for use in transmitting the group common control information to the group of UEs. In addition, the base station may identify spatial quasi-colocation (QCL) relationships between reference beams corresponding in direction to the selected subset of transmit beams and resources reserved for the group common control information and provide the spatial QCL relationships to the UEs in the group.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications provide for transmission of a beam switch command to a user equipment (UE) via control channel signaling. The UE may establish a connection with a base station using a first transmission beam, receive configuration information configuring the UE to select between a first decoding hypothesis corresponding to downlink control information (DCI) including a bit field including a beam switch command and a second decoding hypothesis corresponding to the DCI not including the bit field, receive a downlink control channel transmission via the first transmission beam, decode the downlink control channel transmission in accordance with the configuration information to obtain decoded DCI, and communicate with the base station based at least in part on the decoded DCI.

Abstract: Techniques are described herein for beam pair link procedures used in dual connectivity operations. A master base station may be configured to determine a timing window for a user equipment (UE) to monitor a downlink channel associated with a secondary base station. In some cases, the master base station may determine the timing window during a dual connectivity procedure or during a carrier aggregation procedure. The UE may monitor the downlink channel during the timing window and establish a beam pair link with the secondary base station based on the monitoring.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for uplink power control. Certain aspects provide a method for performing uplink power control at a base station (BS). The method includes determining a first configuration of one or more parameters for uplink power control at a user equipment (UE) based on a first spatial beam selected, from a plurality of spatial beams, for uplink communication of the UE. The method further includes transmitting a first indication of the first configuration to the UE.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station may transmit procedure-specific uplink power parameters to one or more user equipments (UEs) in a cell. A UE may determine a procedure including one or more uplink transmissions. The UE may determine a transmit power level corresponding to the procedure based at least in part on the procedure-specific uplink power parameters. The UE may transmit the one or more uplink transmissions using the determined transmit power level.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to deriving spatial receive parameters for quasi-colocation at a user equipment (UE). An exemplary method generally includes receiving a plurality of beams from a base station in a plurality of coarse directions, determining, based on the plurality of beams, a first spatial colocation parameter, transmitting an indication of a coarse direction associated with a beam having a highest receive strength of the plurality of beams, receiving a plurality of second beams from the base station based on the indication, the plurality of second beams having a narrower beam width than the plurality of beams and covering a beam width of the beam associated with the indicated coarse direction, determining, based on the plurality of second beams, a second spatial colocation parameter, transmitting an indication of the second beam having a highest receive strength, and refining at least one of the first or second spatial colocation parameters.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for multibeam PDCCH monitoring during CDRX operations. A BS may determine a configuration of one or more beams for a UE to monitor for receiving a downlink control channel from the BS, wherein the configuration is based, at least in part, on a monitoring window since the subframe in which the downlink control channel (e.g., PDCCH), indicates an initial UL, DL, or SL use data transmission for the UE. The BS may transmit, to the UE, an indication of the configuration. A UE may perform corresponding operations and may monitor one or more beams based on the received configuration.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Wireless communications systems may support uplink random access channel (RACH) transmissions on multiple beams and over multiple component carriers (CCs). A wireless device may transmit a random access preamble to a base station in a first RACH transmission, which may indicate a set of CCs over which the base station may respond with a random access response (RAR) in a second RACH transmission. The second RACH transmission may then include an indication for which CCs the wireless device may use for a subsequent RACH transmission (e.g., a RACH message 3). The wireless device may also indicate a beam index and/or time-frequency resources associated with beams and/or CCs used for such cell acquisition transmissions. In other examples, the base station may indicate resources (e.g., via a handover command or RACH command) for wireless device scheduling request and/or beam-failure recovery request transmission.

Abstract: In an aspect, a scheduled entity obtains a first set of indications associated with a beam failure recovery procedure, starts at least one of a first timer or a second timer based on the obtained first set of indications, and detects a radio link failure when the first timer expires or when the second timer expires. In some aspects, the scheduled entity starts at least one of the first timer or the second timer when N out-of-sync indications are obtained over a network configured time window, the N out-of-sync indications including aperiodic out-of-sync indications from the first set of indications and out-of-sync indications associated with a radio link monitoring procedure. In some aspects, the scheduled entity starts at least the second timer when the first set of indications includes a single aperiodic out-of-sync indication.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques that may enhance radio link failure (RLF) procedures. In some cases, a UE may perform radio link monitoring (RLM) based on reference signals (RS) transmitted using a first set of beams, perform beam failure recovery (BFR) monitoring based on transmissions using a second set of beams, and adjust one or more radio link failure (RLF) parameters based on both the RLM monitoring and the BFR monitoring.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for identifying a mismatch between a user's common search space (CSS) and user-specific search space (USS). A base station (BS) may receive an indication that a user equipment (UE) decoded at least one beamformed signal transmitted by the BS in a USS and did not decode at least one beamformed signal transmitted by the BS in a CSS. The BS may take one or more actions based, at least in part, on the indication. Similarly, a UE may decode at least one beamformed signal transmitted by a BS in a USS, transmit to the BS an indication that the UE decoded the at least one beamformed signal transmitted in the USS and did not decode at least one beamformed signal transmitted by the BS in a CSS, and take one or more actions based, at least in part, on the indication.