Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of a first slot-related channel sensing procedure to perform during channel sensing. The first slot-related channel sensing procedure may be one of multiple available slot-related channel sensing procedures. The first slot-related channel sensing procedure may indicate time interval increments in which to perform the channel sensing. The UE may perform the first slot-related channel sensing procedure based on the indication. The UE may perform the first slot-related channel sensing procedure in the time interval increments of a sidelink resource pool to identify a first time-frequency resource of the sidelink resource pool that is available for transmission of a sidelink message.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a federated learning configuration indicating a recurring communication scheme such as a periodic communication scheme for communicating with the base station to facilitate federated learning associated with a machine learning component. The UE may communicate with the base station based at least in part on the federated learning configuration. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for embedding timing error group (TEG) information in reference signals. An example method for determining a timing error group associated with internal timing errors of a first station includes receiving the reference signal including embedded timing error group information from a first station, and determining a timing group error value based at least in part on the embedded timing error group information.

Abstract: Techniques for wireless communication at a communication device are described. The communication device may be a user equipment (UE) configured to transmit, to a base station, signaling indicating UE capability information. The UE may receive, from the base station, control signaling indicating a measurement gap sequence configuration based on the UE capability information. The UE may determine a measurement gap occasion based on the measurement gap sequence configuration. The measurement gap occasion may include one or more of a first measurement gap occasion associated with a first measurement gap sequence, a second measurement gap occasion associated with a second measurement gap sequence, or a combination of the first measurement gap occasion and the second measurement gap occasion. The UE may perform a set of channel measurements during the determined measurement gap occasion.

Abstract: An antenna device includes a body and at least one external antenna. The body includes a processor and a sensor electrically connected to the processor. The processor is configured to receive a sensing signal from the sensor. The external antenna is externally connected to the body at an adjustable angle, and includes a first antenna, a second antenna, and a switch. The switch is electrically connected to the processor, and is switchably electrically connected to the first antenna and the second antenna. When the sensor senses that the external antenna is at a first angle or a second angle relative to the body, the processor switches the switch electrically connected to the first antenna or the second antenna according to the sensing signal, so that the external antenna has a first radiation pattern or a second radiation pattern.

Abstract: Disclosed are various techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) identifies a set of positioning sources, each positioning source comprising a positioning reference signal (PRS) resource, a PRS resource set, a PRS frequency layer, and/or a transmission/reception point (TRP). From the set of positioning sources, the UE identifies a consistency group comprising a collection of positioning sources grouped based on expected values of at least one metric of a reference signal from each positioning source, measured values of the at least one metric for the reference signal from each positioning source, and an error threshold. The UE identifies one or more subsets of positioning sources within the consistency group, each subset having at least one metric error value. The UE reports, to a network entity, information about the consistency group and information about at least one of the subsets of positioning sources within the consistency group.

Abstract: Techniques for using implicit pathloss reference signal (RS) in a transmission configuration indication (TCI) may be performed. In an example, a method of wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), may include receiving, from a base station, a TCI state configuration. The method may also include determining a PLRS is not explicitly indicated by the TCI state configuration. The method may also include obtaining a default PLRS in response to the PLRS not being explicitly indicated by the TCI state configuration. The method may also include transmitting, to the base station, uplink (UL) power control information based on the default PLRS in a UL transmission.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may obtain an indication of at least one rate matching configuration. The UE may communicate in a full duplex communication mode, wherein communicating in the full duplex communication mode comprises rate matching based at least in part on the at least one rate matching configuration. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for wireless communication, including techniques for sidelink resource allocation and communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive from a base station a single message that indicates a first transmission opportunity for transmission of information from the UE to a second UE and that indicates one or more additional transmission opportunities for at least one subsequent transmission of information from the UE to the second UE. The UE may transmit the information to the second UE in the first transmission opportunity. The UE may also retransmit the information to the second UE in at least one of the one or more additional transmission opportunities responsive to the transmission of the information in the first transmission opportunity being unsuccessful. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: A method of wireless communication may include transmitting an uplink slot with a first control region, a second control region, and (e.g., optionally) a data region. Each region may include time resources and frequency resources. Transmitting the uplink slot may include transmitting the first control region in an earlier part of the uplink slot and transmitting the second control region (e.g., and the data region) in a later part of the uplink slot. The first control region may include time-critical control information and the second control region may include non-time-critical control information. A receiver receiving the uplink slot may receive the first control region before receiving the data region and the second control region.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for communication. In an aspect, a UE reports a combination pattern for a combined measurement associated with samples across PRS occasions of a PRS measurement procedure. In another aspect, a UE reports a combined calibration error of a combined measurement associated with samples across PRS occasions of a PRS measurement procedure. The reported combination pattern and/or combined calibration error may be used by a position estimation entity for derivation of a position estimate of the UE.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Some systems may support the transmission of a predicted negative acknowledgment (NACK) indication for a downlink data message. In some cases, a base station may transmit a downlink data message to a user equipment (UE). The UE may perform a decoding process for the message. The UE may determine whether the decoding process is likely to fail during a first portion of the decoding process prior to completion of the decoding process. The UE may transmit a predicted NACK message to the base station prior to a feedback opportunity configured for the UE to transmit feedback based on a result of the completed decoding process. The base station may determine whether to retransmit the downlink data message based on the predicted NACK message, such that the predicted NACK message may reduce the latency associated with retransmission of downlink data messages.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some examples, a user equipment (UE) may be scheduled by a base station for full-duplex sidelink transmissions. A first UE may receive, from a base station, a first sidelink grant indicating a first set of resources and a second set of resources. The first set of resources may at least partially overlap in time with the second set of resources. Upon receiving the first sidelink, the first UE may transmit, to a second wireless device, a second sidelink grant indicating the second set of resources. The first UE may transmit a first data message to the second UE over the first set of resources and receive a second data message from the second device over the second set of resources.

Abstract: A positioning method includes: measuring, at a UE, an IB PRS resource on a first frequency band; transmitting, from the UE to a recipient device, an OB PRS resource on a second frequency band; and at least one of: transmitting, from the UE based on the second frequency band being different than the first frequency band, a receive-transmit time difference indication and a band indication indicative of the second frequency band, the receive-transmit time difference indication being indicative of a difference between a time of arrival of the IB PRS resource and a time of departure of the OB PRS resource; or transmitting, from the UE based on the second frequency band being implicit, the receive-transmit time difference indication without transmitting the band indication.

Abstract: Aspects present herein relate to methods and devices for wireless communication including an apparatus, e.g., a UE and/or a base station. The apparatus may receive a first indication of assistance information associated with a Uu DRX configuration and an SL DRX configuration. The apparatus may also transmit a second indication of the assistance information associated with the Uu DRX configuration and the SL DRX configuration. Additionally, the apparatus may receive an indication of the Uu DRX configuration and an indication of the SL DRX configuration.

Abstract: An aspect is directed to signaling, to a target UE, a required reference signal for positioning (RS-P) measurement set and an optional RS-P measurement set (e.g., for a positioning session associated with a DDT procedure or a non-DDT procedure). In another aspect, a double differential timing (DDT) procedure is triggered based at least upon a trajectory of a target user equipment (UE). Another aspect is directed to a joint DDT (J-DDT) procedure involving multiple reference wireless nodes.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless positioning. In an aspect, a first network node receives a measurement request from a location server, the measurement request requesting the first network node to measure a positioning reference signal (PRS) resource from at least one second network node using a plurality of receive timing error groups (Rx TEGs) of the first network node, and transmits a measurement report to the location server, the measurement report including a plurality of positioning measurements based on the PRS resource, the plurality of positioning measurements corresponding to the plurality of Rx TEGs.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described related to timer-based sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX). A UE may receive configuration information for a sidelink DRX mode from a base station or another UE, which may indicate one or more parameters of the sidelink DRX mode. When operating in the sidelink DRX mode, a group of UEs may have shared active durations and inactive durations for coordinating sidelink communications. In a timer-based sidelink DRX mode, if a UE receives or transmits a sidelink communication, the UE may initiate an inactivity timer, and the UE may continue to monitor a sidelink channel for other sidelink communications while the timer is running. One or more rules may govern the operation of an inactivity timer with respect to the shared inactive durations.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of selectively forming a deposit may include providing a substrate, the substrate having a plurality of surface features, extending at a non-zero angle of inclination with respect to a perpendicular to a plane of the substrate. The method may include directing a reactive beam to the plurality of surface features, the reactive beam defining a non-zero angle of incidence with respect to a perpendicular to the plane of the substrate, wherein a seed layer is deposited on a first portion of the surface features, and is not deposited on a second portion of the surface features. The method may further include exposing the substrate to a reactive deposition process after the directing the reactive ion beam, wherein a deposit layer selectively grows over the seed layer.

Abstract: Techniques for advanced wireless energy harvesting user equipments (UEs) to perform power splitting per receiver or receiver group. In an example, a UE may configure a first antenna of a plurality of receiving antennas of the UE according to a first factor of a plurality of power splitting factors and a second antenna of the plurality of receiving antennas according to a second factor of the plurality of power splitting factors, the second antenna being different from the first antenna. The UE may also perform energy harvesting operations on the first antenna according to the first factor and on the second antenna according to the second factor.