Abstract: A terminal may include a receiver configured to receive configuration parameters for a sidelink (SL) transmission that includes resources selected from a portion of an unlicensed spectrum. The configuration parameters may indicate definitions for a Sidelink synchronization signal block (“S-SSB”) transmission timing or an S-SSB frequency structure of the SL transmission. The terminal may include a processor configured to perform a resource selection procedure that include resources selected for the SL transmission in accordance with the S-SSB transmission timing or the S-SSB frequency structure. The terminal may include a transmitter configured to transmit, to the other terminal, the SL transmission.

Abstract: A user equipment is configured to decode a configuration for a first cell and second cell ON-OFF pattern for a serving cell. The second cell ON-OFF pattern comprises an ON duration during an OFF duration of the first cell ON-OFF pattern, decode, an activation for one or more ON durations of the second cell ON-OFF pattern. The UE assumes the ON duration of the second cell ON-OFF pattern is deactivated until the activation is received in a radio resource control message or in group common signaling and configure transceiver circuitry to perform an uplink transmission for cell reception or a downlink reception for cell transmission during the activated ON duration of the second cell ON-OFF pattern. The UL transmission or DL reception is performed only for traffic with an associated priority or delay requirement meeting a corresponding threshold or for random access traffic.

Abstract: A terminal may include a receiver configured to receive one or more SL transmissions. The terminal may include a processor configured to obtain parameters for a sidelink (SL) communication procedure that includes resources selected from a portion of an unlicensed spectrum. The processor may be configured to determine, based on the parameters, resource indexing information. The processor may be configured to perform the SL communication procedure that includes resources selected from the portion of the unlicensed spectrum in accordance with the resource indexing information.

Abstract: Embodiments include a computer readable storage medium, a user equipment, a method and an integrated circuit that perform operations. The operations include receiving a plurality of control resource sets (CORESETs), selecting at least one reference signal (RS) corresponding to at least one activated transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state in a CORESET, analyzing the at least one RS and determining beam failure detection (BFD) or radio link monitoring (RLM) based on the at least one reference signal selected.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) can operate in an unlicensed network for sidelink (SL) communications to generate SL transmission with multiple RB sets to include physical resource blocks (PRBs) in an intra-cell guard band between two adjacent RB sets that are associated with a first RB set or a second RB set. PRBs of the intra-cell guard band can belong to the first RB set with a lower frequency than the intra-cell guard band or belong to a second RB set with a higher frequency than the intra-cell guard band.

Abstract: A user equipment is configured to receive a reference signal when secondary cell (SCell is to be activated. The UE receives a secondary cell (SCell) activation indication for activating an SCell, receives a reference signal (RS) triggering indication for triggering an RS prior to an expected SCell activation period, performs measurements on the triggered RS and activates the SCell based on the RS measurements.

Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for supporting the transmission of phase tracking reference signals (PTRS) based on an association between one or more PTRS ports and one or more demodulation reference signals (DMRS) ports for a user equipment (UE) having multiple uplink (UL) antenna elements. The UE can receive a downlink control information (DCI) including an association indication contained in an association field of the DCI to indicate an association between one or more PTRS ports and one or more DMRS ports. The association field can have a bit width determined based on an antenna architecture of the UE including the number of UL antenna elements. The UE can further determine a DMRS port associated with a PTRS port based on the association indication contained in the association field and the antenna architecture.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for supporting aggregated retransmissions. In one example, a method includes receiving control information that indicates resources including one or more slots for communication of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission that includes at least one PDSCH/PUSCH retransmission A slot group to which a selected one of the one or more slots belongs is identified. The method includes configuring operation to receive the PDSCH transmission or to transmit the PUSCH transmission based on the resources.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for unified transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state indication for multi-downlink control information (mDCI) multi-transmission reception point (mTRP) use cases are discussed. Manners of making TCI state indications for mDCI mTRP that use TCI state lists, medium access control control elements (MAC-CEs), and/or downlink control information (DCI) are discussed. Determinations of TCI state(s) at a user equipment (UE) for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) reception and/or physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception are discussed. Applications of a unified TCI state for other types of downlink (DL) and/or uplink (UL) channels are also discussed.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) configured to receive a configuration from a network cell for an uplink (UL) wakeup signal (WUS) resource, determine to transmit a UL WUS when a condition is triggered, the condition comprising either one of UL data arrival or a triggering of a random access (RACH) procedure when the network cell is in a sleep state or is anticipated to enter the sleep state in an upcoming duration, select a sequence for transmitting the UL WUS, the sequence comprising a physical RACH (PRACH) preamble reserved for UL WUS or a sequence introduced for UL WUS, transmit the UL WUS and monitor for signaling indicating whether the network cell wakes up or enters a different sleep state.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) can operate in an unlicensed network for sidelink (SL) communications to generate a sidelink (SL) synchronization signal block (S-SSB) transmission in a new radio (NR) unlicensed band, wherein at least one physical resource block (PRB) can be added to satisfy a temporary exemption of an occupied channel bandwidth (OCB). The UE can transmit the S-SSB transmission in an SL channel of the unlicensed band.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE configured to configure transceiver circuitry to transmit UE capability information related to uplink (UL) transmission (Tx) switching to a network, wherein the UE capability comprises an indication that the UE supports two or more supplementary uplink (SUL) bands or carriers, decode, from signaling received from the network, a UL Tx switching configuration based on at least the UE capability information, wherein the UL Tx switching configuration comprises one of 3 configured bands or 4 configured bands and perform UL transmissions based on the UL Tx switching configuration.

Abstract: Aspects are described for a user equipment (UE) comprising a transceiver configured to enable wireless communication with a base station, and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The processor is configured to receive a configuration message from the base station, wherein the configuration message indicates a model identifications (ID) and one or more signals and measure the one or more signals to generate a data set corresponding to the model ID. The processor is further configured to train a first artificial intelligence (AI) model corresponding to the model ID using the data set; generate a second data set corresponding the model ID; and transmit the second data set and the model ID to the base station. The second data set is used to train a second AI model corresponding to the model ID.

Abstract: An apparatus of a next generation Node B (gNB) comprising one or more processors coupled to a memory and configured to: select, for a plurality of user equipment (UEs), a plurality of clustered paging frames (PFs) within a paging cycle; select, for each of the PFs, a plurality of paging occasions (POs); and encode, at the gNB, a plurality of paging early indicators (PEIs), where each of the plurality of PEIs indicates whether one or more of the plurality of UEs should monitor an upcoming PO in the paging cycle.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems using a single downlink control information (DCI) to schedule multiple physical uplink shared channels (PUSCHs) or multiple aperiodic (AP) sounding reference signals (SRSs) (AP-SRSs) on multiple cells at a user equipment (UE) are discussed. In the case of scheduling multiple PUSCHs, a K2 value restriction for each PUSCH may be calculated. In some cases, these are calculated independently, while in others, one or more determined values relative to one of the PUSCHs is used to calculate a K2 value restriction for all the PUSCHs scheduled by the DCI. In the case of scheduling multiple AP-SRSs, a time offset value restriction for each PUSCH may be calculated. In some cases, these are calculated independently, while in others, one or more determined values relative to one of the AP-SRSs is used to calculate a time offset value restriction for all the AP-SRSs scheduled by the DCI.

Abstract: A processor and a user equipment (UE) are provided. The processor includes circuitry that executes instructions to cause a UE to perform operations. The operations include: identifying, among a plurality of cells for communicating with a base station, a scheduling cell and one or more cells schedulable by a same multi-cell downlink control information (DCI) in the scheduling cell, wherein the plurality of cells correspond to one or more subcarrier spacings (SCSs); determining a scaling factor; determining a limit of blind decoding or control channel elements (BD/CCEs) for one or more of the plurality of cells based at least on the one or more SCSs and the scaling factor; and monitoring for control information based on the determined limit.

Abstract: An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) comprising one or more processors coupled to a memory and configured to decode, at the UE, a wakeup signal (WUS) configuration message received from an anchor cell attached to the UE. A WUS message can be encoded, at the UE, for transmission to a network energy saving (NES) cell to wake up an on-demand system information block 1(SIB1) at the NES cell. A WUS response (WUR) message from the NES cell can be decoded at the UE. The on-demand SIB1 from the NES cell can be decoded, at the UE based on information received in the WUR message.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) configured to decode, based on signals received from a base station, configuration information comprising (i) an indication that the base station is not transmitting System Information Block 1 (SIB1) information and (ii) wakeup signal (WUS) configuration information indicating information for sending a WUS to trigger the base station to transmit SIB1 information, configure transceiver circuitry to transmit the WUS to the base station according to the WUS configuration information and monitor for SIB1 information transmitted from the base station.

Abstract: Embodiments include a computer readable storage medium, a user equipment, a method and an integrated circuit that perform operations. The operations include receiving a plurality of control resource sets (CORESETs), selecting a CORESET, wherein the CORESET includes one or more active transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states and determining a default beam or a pathloss reference signal (RS) based on a TCI state. Further operations include receiving a beam indication for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), wherein the PDCCH is received via one or more CORESETS, each having a plurality of TCIs, determining if the PDCCH collides with a second signal and determining whether to (a) drop the PDCCH or the second signal or (b) base a quasi co-location (QCL) of one of the PDCCH or the second signal on a QCL of the other one of the second signal or the PDCCH.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for unified transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state indication for multi-downlink control information (mDCI) multi-transmission reception point (mTRP) use cases are discussed. Manners of making TCI state indications for mDCI mTRP that use TCI state lists, medium access control control elements (MAC-CEs), and/or downlink control information (DCI) are discussed. Determinations of TCI state(s) at a user equipment (UE) for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) reception and/or physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception are discussed. Applications of a unified TCI state for other types of downlink (DL) and/or uplink (UL) channels are also discussed.