Abstract: The present disclosure provide various methods, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for managing communication paths, which may include at least one direct communication path between UEs, such as a sidelink communication path. Illustratively, an apparatus of the present disclosure may be a UE or component thereof that is configured to establish a direct wireless communication link and an indirect wireless communication link with another UE to carry data associated with one traffic stream. Further, the apparatus may be configured to communicate with the other UE over at least one of the direct communication link or the indirect communication link after the direct communication link and the indirect communication link are established with the other UE.

Abstract: Aspects relate to an allocation of periodic resources where use of the periodic resources is conditional. In some examples, a user equipment (UE) receives a periodic resource allocation along with an indication of a condition for using the periodic resources. For example, the UE may be allowed to transmit on at least one first resource of the periodic resources if the condition is true. Similarly, a base station (BS) may monitor for a transmission by the UE on the at least one first resource if the condition is true.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a configuration that indicates a timing of a cell discontinuous transmission (DTX) or discontinuous reception (DRX) of a network entity. The UE may receive an activation downlink control information (DCI) for the cell DTX or DRX. The UE may apply the configuration based at least in part on receiving the activation DCI. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for techniques for determining when to perform medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) (MAC-CE) triggered actions across multiple user equipments (UEs). A method includes receiving a MAC-CE comprising an indication to perform one or more actions and an indication of an absolute application time; and based on receiving the MAC-CE, perform the one or more actions at the absolute application time.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A first user equipment (UE) may communicate one or more messages associated with establishing a sidelink communication connection with a set of UEs, including a second UE. The first UE may transmit a message indicating that the first UE has a data transmission to send. The second UE may receive the message and transmit an indication that a first set of resources is allocated to the first UE for the data transmission. In some examples, the second UE may broadcast the indication that the first set of resources is allocated to the first UE. The first UE may transmit the data transmission over the resources based on receiving the indication that the first set of resources is allocated to the first UE. In some examples, the first UE may perform a listen before talk procedure prior to transmitting the data transmission.

Abstract: In some aspects, a network node may transmit access information indicating one or more probability values that are respectively associated with one or more network nodes. The probability values may be selected to “guide” or “steer” one or more UEs to select an anchor node and/or a non-anchor node for communication. As an illustrative example, if a first probability value associated with a first network node is 0.75, and if a second probability value associated with a second network node is 0.25, a UE may select the first network node with a probability of 75 percent and may select the second network node with a probability of 25 percent. In some implementations, an anchor node of the UE may transmit the access information via a system information block of type one (SIB1) that indicates the probability values.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may obtain, from a first network node via a source cell, a reverse handover command associated with a second handover operation for handing over the UE from a first target cell to a second target cell. The UE may perform a first handover operation to hand over the UE from the source cell to the first target cell. The UE may perform the second handover operation to hand over the UE from the first target cell to the second target cell. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first wireless device may establish a user plane adaptation protocol (UPAP) with a second wireless device. Accordingly, when generating a message to transmit to the second wireless device, the first wireless device may use a UPAP layer entity to insert a main header and/or one or more service headers onto network layer traffic. The main header may be common to multiple deployments and the service header may be unique to each deployment and/or to each packet. The one or more service headers may be used to perform Quality of Service (QOS) handling, to expose UPAP programmability to services and gateway, to perform on-path header updates, to indicate instructions or rules, or any combination thereof.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some wireless communications systems, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of a configuration for transmitting a propagation delay compensation (PDC) report and a reference signal resource for performing one or more round trip timing (RTT) measurements associated with the PDC report. The UE may receive control signaling from the base station which includes a request for the UE to transmit the PDC report which includes the one or more RTT measurements. The UE may transmit the PDC report based on receiving the request from the base station, and the UE may perform one or more PDC procedures based on transmitting the PDC report. In some other examples, the base station may transmit a request to a higher layer to obtain the RTT measurements, and may relay the RTT measurements to the UE for performing the PDC procedures.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A network entity may identify at a first cell of the network entity, an energy savings configuration for a set of cells associated with the network entity. The energy savings configuration may include a respective discontinuous transmission (DTX) activation state for one or more cells of the set of cells, a discontinuous reception (DRX) activation state for the one more cells of the set of cells, or both. The network entity may transmit, to a set of user equipments (UEs), control signaling that indicates an energy savings activation state for the one or more cells of the set of cells based on the energy savings configuration. The network entity may communicate, via the set of cells, with one or more UEs of the set of UEs in accordance with the energy savings activation state.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. In some examples a user equipment (UE) may transmit a message indicative of a capability of the UE to perform one or more propagation delay compensation (PDC) operations for limited band communications. In such examples, the limited band communications may be associated with communications via a carrier having a carrier bandwidth below a threshold bandwidth and the limited band communications may be associated with a link budget for a clock synchronization service. Such PDC operations may include a timing advance (TA) based PDC operation, a round trip time (RTT) based PDC operation, or both. The UE may receive a unicast control message that indicates a PDC operation of the one or more PDC operations for the limited band communications by the UE. In accordance with the unicast control message, the UE may perform the PDC operation for the limited band communications.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive downlink assistance information relating to beam-specific paging. The UE may transmit uplink assistance information relating to the beam-specific paging. The UE may monitor for a paging message on one or more beams in accordance with at least one of the downlink assistance information or the uplink assistance information. 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 a system information block type 1 (SIB1). The UE may transmit a physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission based at least in part on one or more of a set of PRACH repetition numbers or selection criteria associated with the set of PRACH repetition numbers, wherein one or more of the set of PRACH repetition numbers or the selection criteria are based at least in part on whether a configuration associated with one or more of the set of PRACH repetition numbers or the selection criteria is present or absent in the SIB1. 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 an indication of a network energy saving (NES) conditional handover threshold. The UE may monitor one or more received signals based at least in part on the NES conditional handover threshold. 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 an indication, configuration, or adaptation of a triggering condition. The UE may evaluate a performance effect based, at least in part, on the triggering condition. The UE may initiate a handover procedure from a source cell to a target cell based, at least in part, on the performance effect. 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 transmit a set of repetitions of a preamble message, wherein the preamble message is a portion of a first random access channel (RACH) message of a RACH procedure. The UE may receive a random access channel response (RAR) message in an RAR window of the RACH procedure, wherein the RAR window is included in a set of RAR windows for monitoring for the RAR message, and wherein at least one RAR window, of the set of RAR windows, starts after transmission of a first repetition, of the set of repetitions, and before transmission of a last repetition of the set of repetitions. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Aspects relate to an allocation of periodic resources where use of the periodic resources is conditional. In some examples, a user equipment (UE) receives a periodic resource allocation along with an indication of a condition for using the periodic resources. For example, the UE may be allowed to transmit on at least one first resource of the periodic resources if the condition is true. Similarly, a base station (BS) may monitor for a transmission by the UE on the at least one first resource if the condition is true.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. Some aspects relate generally to UE discontinuous reception (DRX) timing in association with a cell discontinuous transmission (DTX) configuration and/or a cell DRX configuration (“cell DTX/DRX configuration”). Some aspects more specifically relate to modifying one or more UE DRX timers in association with a cell DTX cycle and/or a cell DRX cycle (“cell DTX/DRX cycle”). For example, in some aspects, a UE may modify UE DRX timers to maintain a number of activity states in association with the cell DTX/DRX configuration. For example, the UE may maintain a UE active time, a UE DRX inactive time, a cell DTX non-active time, a cell DRX non-active time, and/or a cell DTX/DRX non-active time in association with the cell DTX/DRX configuration.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. For example, some aspects relate to techniques to signal information related to a cell discontinuous transmission (DTX) or discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration prior to a user equipment (UE) commencing a random access channel (RACH) procedure or during the RACH procedure. In this way, after the RACH procedure is complete, the UE may start to monitor physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) occasions in a next active time associated with the cell DTX/DRX configuration. Additionally or alternatively, information related to a cell DTX configuration may be signaled in a system information block (SIB) or a multicast/broadcast service (MBS) configuration for UEs receiving MBS communications.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for wireless communications by an apparatus. A method includes sending user equipment (UE) assistance information to a network entity, the UE assistance information comprising information indicative of: a requested length of a requested time window; a requested periodicity at which the requested time window repeats; and a first requested communication configuration for communicating during the requested time window; receiving a communication configuration from the network entity; and communicating according to the communication configuration.