Abstract: A method for a base station which communicates with a user equipment (UE) in a bandwidth including a plurality of channel access sub-bands in a serving cell is described. The method may comprise sensing each of the plurality of the channel access sub-bands. The method may also comprise transmitting downlink signal after sensing. A counter and a contention window size may be managed per sub-band for channel access.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus receives a DCI format used for scheduling of a PDSCH, and transmits HARQ-ACK information in a slot n. In a case that a higher layer parameter is given, for a PDSCH group g, a monitoring occasion for PDCCH corresponding to a DCI format satisfying a condition is included in a set of monitoring occasions for PDCCH for the slot n. Based at least on the set of monitoring occasions for PDCCH for the slot n, the HARQ-ACK information is generated. The condition includes the following: condition 1 is that the HARQ-ACK information corresponding to the PDSCH scheduled by the DCI format is triggered to be transmitted in the lot n, and condition 2 is that the PDSCH group g is indicated by a PGI field included in the DCI format.

Abstract: A terminal device configured to report CSI using multiple uplink cells. In a case that a total of the number of one or multiple first channel state information reports and multiple second channel state information reports in a first subframe exceeds a first certain number, a second certain number of channel state information reports of the one or multiple first channel state information reports and the multiple second channel state information reports are not updated. The second certain number is a number obtained by subtracting the first certain number from the total of the number of the one or multiple first channel state information reports and the number of the multiple second channel state information reports.

Abstract: Terminal device receives a SS/PBCH block and a high-layer parameter and determines a point A. A common resource block is determined at least based on a subcarrier 0 of the SS/PBCH block. The point A is determined at least based on a subcarrier 0 of the common resource block and an offset provided by the high-layer parameter. The offset is expressed in units of resource blocks assuming 120 KHz for FR2-2.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a PDCCH including a DCI format indicating transmission of a PUCCH, and a transmitter configured to transmit the PUCCH. In a case that a higher layer parameter InterSlotFrequencyHopping is configured for a PUCCH format corresponding to the PUCCH to perform frequency hopping and a length of a time domain window is configured by a higher layer parameter, a hopping interval for the frequency hopping is the same as the length of the time domain window.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a reception circuitry that receives a PDCCH where a DCI format is mapped; and a transmission circuitry that transmits a PUCCH corresponding to a PUCCH resource indicated based on the DCI format. A first higher layer parameter is configured for a PUCCH format corresponding to the PUCCH. In a case that a second higher layer parameter is configured for the PUCCH resource, the number of repetitions of the PUCCH is a value of the second higher layer parameter, and in a case that the second higher layer parameter is not configured, the number of repetitions of the PUCCH is a value of the first higher layer parameter.

Abstract: A terminal device includes encoding circuitry configured to encode a code block and output coded bits for the code block, and rate-matching circuitry configured to perform bit-selection procedure for the coded bits, wherein the rate-matching circuitry is configured to determine a starting coded bit index for the bit-selection procedure based on a rate-matching sequence length or an index of an instance of a PUSCH in which the coded bits are mapped.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE may comprise a receiver and a transmitter; wherein a transmitter configured to select a polarization mode of the terminal device based on first information and a best measurement result for the SSB if the SSB includes the first information associated with polarization mode for the SSB.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus and a method thereof are provided to receive information indicating a mapping between a polarization mode and a RACH occasion and transmit a RACH in a RACH occasion corresponding to a polarization mode to be used for transmission.

Abstract: A valve spring includes a nitrided layer, and a core portion that is further inward than the nitrided layer. A chemical composition of the core portion consists of, in mass %, C: 0.53 to 0.59%, Si: 2.51 to 2.90%, Mn: 0.70 to 0.85%, P: 0.020% or less, S: 0.020% or less, Cr: 1.40 to 1.70%, Mo: 0.17 to 0.53%, V: 0.23 to 0.33%, Ca: 0.0001 to 0.0050%, Cu: 0.050% or less, Ni: 0.050% or less, Al: 0.0050% or less, Ti: 0.050% or less, and N: 0.0070% or less, with the balance being Fe and impurities. In the core portion, a number density of V-based precipitates having a maximum diameter ranging from 2 to 10 nm is 500 to 8000 per ?m2, and in the core portion, a numerical proportion of Ca sulfides with respect to a total number of oxide-based inclusions and sulfide-based inclusions is 0.20% or less.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a PDCCH including a DCI format indicating transmission of a PUCCH, and a transmitter configured to transmit the PUCCH. The number of slots NrepeatPUCCH is configured by a higher layer parameter NrofSlots, the PUCCH is repeated in the NrepeatPUCCH slots, a first PRB is configured by a higher layer parameter StartingPRB, a second PRB is configured by a higher layer parameter SecondHopPRB, one hopping pattern is determined based on the DCI format, and whether repetition of the PUCCH in each of the NrepeatPUCCH slots is allocated at least in the first PRB or at least in the second PRB is determined based on the one hopping pattern.

Abstract: The PUSCH is scheduled by a random-access response grant included in the random-access response, ML interlaces are configured for the active UL BWP, ILth interlace in the ML interlaces includes a set of resource blocks with index IVRB each of which satisfies relationship lL=mod(IVRB+Nstart,uBWP,i, ML), the Nstart,uBWP,i is a starting common resource block of the active UL BWP with index i, resource block assignment information in the random-access response grant indicates one or more interlaces from the ML interlaces, a first resource blocks assigned for the PUSCH in a case that the active UL BWP is different from an initial UL BWP are resource blocks in the one or more interlaces in the initial UL BWP, and a second resource blocks assigned for the PUSCH in a case that the active UL BWP is the initial UL BWP are same as the first resource blocks.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus and a method are provided. The terminal apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive at least a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) in a bandwidth part (BWP), a measurer configured to measure and evaluate one or more values of a channel quality indicator (CQI) by using at least the CSI-RS, the CQI including a wideband CQI or a subband CQI, and to measure and update a value of the wideband CQI in a case that an indicator, corresponding to the BWP, indicates the wideband CQI, and at least one of a first condition and a second condition is not satisfied, and a transmitter configured to transmit a CSI report including the value of the wideband CQI.

Abstract: A terminal device is described. The terminal device includes transmission circuitry configured to transmit a PRACH of a first subcarrier spacing; and reception circuitry configured to receive a DCI format with CRC scrambled by a RA-RNTI in response to the PRACH transmission; wherein the RA-RNTI is calculated at least based on a predetermined second subcarrier spacing.

Abstract: A terminal device comprising: transmission circuitry configured to transmit multiple instances numbered from 0 to Krep?1 for a repetition of a PUSCH, and higher layer processing circuitry configured to perform processes of a RRC layer, wherein a redundancy version for the nth instance is determined by mod(n,Ns) where Ns is a length of the redundancy version sequence, the multiple instances are determined based on a slot configuration provided through the RRC layer and the Krep, and the multiple instances are mapped on Krep slots which don't include a slot where a set of OFDM symbols allocated for an instance in a slot overlap with a downlink region for the slot configuration.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a processing circuitry configured to determine one or multiple first indexes of one or multiple physical resource blocks (PRBs) to which a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) is mapped, and a transmitting circuitry configured to transmit the PUCCH in a bandwidth part (BWP). In a case that the PUCCH is transmitted using an interlace, the one or multiple first indexes are determined based on a resource block (RB) used for the interlace, the number of interlaces, and the number of the one or multiple PRBs from zero to a starting PRB of the BWP in a common resource block (CRB) index.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE may comprise high-layer processing circuitry configured to acquire a RRC parameter and transmission circuitry configured to transmit a PUSCH in multiple slots. The RRC parameter may indicate that the multiple slots are determined according to slots which are available for transmission(s) of the PUSCH. If the RRC parameter is not provided, processing time for canceling a transmission of the PUSCH may be required to be shorter than or equal to a first length. If the RRC parameter is provided, the processing time for canceling a transmission of the PUSCH may be required to be shorter than or equal to a second length. The second length is longer than the first length.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a reception circuitry that receives a PDCCH including a DCI format; and a transmission circuitry that transmits a PUCCH. The DCI format indicates transmission of the PUCCH. In a case that a first higher layer parameter NrofSlots indicating the number of repetitions is configured for a PUCCH format corresponding to the transmission of the PUCCH, the number of repetitions of the transmission of the PUCCH is determined based on the first higher layer parameter. In a case that the number of repetitions per transmission of the PUCCH is indicated to be valid for the transmission of the PUCCH based on a second higher layer parameter, the number of repetitions of the transmission of the PUCCH is determined based on a value set in a PUCCH-RepetitionFactor field for the transmission of the PUCCH, included in the DCI format.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a receiver configured to monitor a PDCCH with a DCI format in a control resource set, and receive a PDSCH scheduled by the DCI format, wherein the DCI format includes a frequency domain resource assignment field, in a case that the number of bits of the frequency domain resource assignment field is given at least based on the number NtargetRB of resource blocks of a first bandwidth, and the frequency domain resource assignment field is applied to the first bandwidth, a value NRIV indicated by the frequency domain resource assignment field is given based on a first method, and in a case that the number of bits of the frequency domain resource assignment field is given at least based on the number NsizeRB of resource blocks of a second bandwidth, and the frequency domain resource assignment field is applied to the first bandwidth, the value NRIV is given based on a second method.

Abstract: A terminal device includes encoding circuitry configured to encode a code block and output coded bits for the code block, and rate-matching circuitry configured to perform bit-selection procedure for the coded bits, wherein the rate-matching circuitry is configured to determine a starting coded bit index for the bit-selection procedure based on a rate-matching sequence length or an index of an instance of a PUSCH in which the coded bits are mapped.