Abstract: A processing unit of a terminal apparatus communicates with a base station apparatus using an MCG and an SCG, determines whether signalling notifying that the SCG is to be in a deactivated state and transmitted from the base station includes information indicating that beam failure detection is to be performed, and in a case of determining that the signalling includes no information indicating that the beam failure detection is to be performed in the deactivated state of the SCG, the processing unit configures BFI_COUNTER of a PSCell of the deactivated SCG to 0.

Abstract: A method by a user equipment (UE) is described. The method includes receiving, from a base station, a MIB including first information related to a CORESET for a first search space set for the detected SS/PBCH block, monitoring a set of PDCCH candidates for the first search space set in the CORESET, wherein the CORESET comprises a first set of consecutive OFDM symbols and a second set of consecutive OFDM symbols, the CORESET is transmitted by a first time periodicity, the second set of consecutive OFDM symbols is transmitted after a first time offset from the first OFDM symbol for the first set of consecutive OFDM symbols. Further receiving second information indicating the first time offset.

Abstract: The invention provides a method performed by user equipment and user equipment. The user equipment is configured in a discontinuous reception (DRX) mode. The method performed by user equipment comprising: initiating a random access (RA) procedure if a value of a beam failure instance (BFI) counter is greater than or equal to a threshold, the threshold being configured by an information element (IE) beamFailureInstanceMaxCount; transmitting a RA preamble; starting a RA response window, the RA response window being configured in an IE BeamFailureRecoveryConfig; and monitoring a PDCCH on a search space indicated by an IE RecoverySearchSpaceId while the RA response window is running. The user equipment can reliably complete a procedure to recover from beam failure even if the user equipment is configured in a DRX mode, thereby improving the overall reliability and communication efficiency of a communication system related to the user equipment.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus that communicates with one or multiple base station apparatuses includes: a receiver configured to receive an RRC connection reconfiguration message including a DRB configuration from a base station apparatus of the one or multiple base station apparatuses; and a processing unit configured to associate an DRB that is established with an EPS bearer identity included in information of a DRB configuration in a case that information indicating that a full configuration is applied is included in the RRC connection reconfiguration message received by the receiver, a DRB identity included in the information of the DRB configuration is not present in a part of a current configuration of the terminal apparatus, and an LTE PDCP entity is established in the DRB that is established and has the DRB identity.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive, from the base station apparatus, an RRC reconfiguration message including a DRB configuration, and a processing unit, wherein the processing unit performs, based on inclusion of a first parameter in the DRB configuration, configuration of a PDCP entity of a DRB corresponding to the DRB configuration, the configuration being related to a DAPS handover.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus and a base station apparatus efficiently communicate with each other. A terminal apparatus receives a first DCI and determines transmission of a first PUSCH. The first PUSCH is scheduled by the first DCI, a value of a first PUSCH procedure preparation time for the first PUSCH is a first value in a case that a first condition is not satisfied, and the value of the first PUSCH procedure preparation time is a value acquired by adding a second value to the first value in a case that the first condition is satisfied. The terminal apparatus determines the transmission of the first PUSCH in a case that a number of symbols between the first DCI and the first PUSCH is equal to or greater than a number of symbols corresponding to the value of the first PUSCH procedure preparation time.

Abstract: The present invention provides user equipment (UE) and a beam failure recovery method. In the beam failure recovery method executed by UE, a physical layer entity of the UE measures a reference signal and indicates a beam failure instance to a MAC layer entity of the UE; each time the MAC layer entity receives the indication of the beam failure instance, the MAC layer entity starts a beam failure detection timer, determines whether the received beam failure instances are consecutively generated, and uses a beam failure instance counter to count the number of beam failure instances consecutively generated; when the counted number exceeds a preset threshold, it is determined that a beam failure has occurred; the UE initiates a random access procedure, and selects a contention-free random access resource or a contention-based random access resource in the random access procedure.

Abstract: A processing unit of a terminal apparatus communicates with a base station apparatus using an MCG and an SCG, determines whether to perform beam failure detection in the terminal apparatus based on whether information indicating whether to perform beam failure detection is included in an SCG deactivation command transmitted from the previous base station apparatus, and the terminal apparatus determines whether to perform beam failure detection based on a determination of whether to perform beam failure detection.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes: a reception unit configured to receive an RRC reconfiguration message including a DRB configuration and a processing unit, wherein the processing unit establishes an SDAP entity based on conditions that a DRB identity included in the DRB configuration is not part of a configuration of the terminal apparatus, an SDAP configuration is included in the DRB configuration, and an SDAP entity corresponding to a PDU session information element included in the SDAP configuration does not exist, and indicates establishment of a user-plane resource for a PDU session to an upper layer based on an additional condition that the SDAP entity corresponding to the PDU session information element does not exist before the RRC reconfiguration message is received.

Abstract: A processing unit of a terminal apparatus communicates with a base station apparatus using an MCG and an SCG, and determines whether signalling transmitted from the base station apparatus and notifying that the SCG is to be in a deactivated state includes information indicating that radio link monitoring is to be performed. In a case of determining that the signalling includes no information indicating that the radio link monitoring is to be performed in the deactivated state of the SCG, the processing unit stops a timer (T310) for the PSCell of the deactivated SCG for the terminal apparatus. The timer (T310) is started in a case that a predetermined number (N310) of consecutive out-of-sync indications notified from a PHY entity of the terminal apparatus are received in the PSCell and is stopped in a case that a predetermined number (N311) of in-sync indications are received from the PHY entity of the terminal apparatus in the PSCell.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus for communicating with a base station apparatus using an MCG and an SCG determines (a) whether uplink data has been generated that is to be transmitted on a DRB associated with an RLC entity of the SCG and (b) whether the SCG is deactivated, and in a case of determining that uplink data has been generated that is to be transmitted on the DRB associated with the RLC entity of the SCG and that the SCG is deactivated, the terminal apparatus notifies the base station apparatus via SRB1 that uplink data has been generated that is to be transmitted on the DRB associated with the RLC entity of the SCG.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus is provided. The terminal apparatus includes: a reception unit configured to receive (i) a radio resource control (RRC) message including first configuration information and (ii) downlink control information including a first field via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); and a transmission unit configured to perform one or more repetitive transmissions of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) based on the first configuration information and the first field. The first configuration information is for configuring at least one of a starting symbol of a time resource corresponding to an index indicated by the first field, a number of symbols allocated to one PUSCH corresponding to the index, and a nominal number of repetitive transmissions corresponding to the index.

Abstract: A method by a user equipment (UE) is described.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a reception circuitry configured to receive a DCI format, and a transmission circuitry configured to repeatedly transmit, on a PUSCH, a transport block scheduled by the DCI format, wherein a first number of repetition transmissions, a second number for a symbol number of a start symbol, and a third number of consecutive symbols are given based on the DCI format, and the number of slots used for repetition transmission of the transport block is determined based on the first number, the second number, the third number, and the number of symbols per slot.

Abstract: A method by a user equipment (UE) is described. The method includes transmitting, to a base station, a capability to indicate multiple combinations (X, Y) for PDCCH monitoring, each combination (X, Y) is associated with a respective maximum number of monitored PDCCH candidates, determining spans in which PDCCH is monitored, and each span is a number of consecutive OFDM symbols up to Y, determining, from the multiple combinations (X, Y), one or more combinations (X, Y) in which the value of X is equal to or less than the minimum value of the gap separation of every two consecutive spans, determining, from the one or more combinations (X, Y), a combination (X, Y) with a larger maximum number of monitored PDCCH candidates for PDCCH monitoring.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus for communicating with a base station apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive, from the base station apparatus, a message indicating mobility from a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) to a second RAT, and a processing unit configured to attempt to select a cell. A requirement for the processing unit to attempt to select a cell in the second RAT in a case that processing of the mobility in accordance with the message fails is that establishment of a connection to the second RAT is not successful and first information is included in the message.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a method performed by user equipment (UE) is proposed, comprising: identifying, for a received uplink grant, a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process corresponding to the uplink grant; determining whether the uplink grant is used for a new transmission or a retransmission; and in the case of determining that the uplink grant is used for the new transmission, for an uplink grant with physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) duration not overlapping with PUSCH duration of another uplink grant, or an uplink grant with PUSCH duration only overlapping with PUSCH duration of another uplink grant with a lower priority, or a dynamic uplink grant with PUSCH duration not overlapping with PUSCH duration of another uplink grant having a higher priority, if a corresponding MAC PDU (Media Access Control protocol data unit) is obtained, then instructing the identified HARQ process to trigger the new transmission of the MAC PDU.

Abstract: A communication method by a user equipment (UE) is described. The method includes receiving, from a base station, system information including a first RRC parameter, wherein the first RRC parameter provides a cell-specific physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource set and the cell-specific PUCCH resource set includes one or more PUCCH resources; and receiving a PDCCH with a DCI format scheduling a PDSCH; and performing, on a PUCCH resource of the cell-specific PUCCH resource set in an initial UL BWP, a PUCCH transmission with HARQ-ACK information in response to the PDSCH received, wherein whether a PRB index of the PUCCH transmission is determined based on a size of the initial UL BWP or not based on a size of the initial UL BWP is determined based on a second RRC parameter.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus determines whether a candidate special cell (SpCell) associated with a conditional reconfiguration information element of an entry included in an entry list is identical to a special cell (SpCell) currently configured for the terminal apparatus, and does not cause an execution condition to be evaluated, the execution condition being included in the entry including the conditional reconfiguration information element of which the associated candidate SpCell is identical to the SpCell currently configured for the terminal apparatus.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described.