Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for wireless communications by a network entity, comprising transmitting signaling configuring a user equipment (UE) for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) repetition based on a set of paired PDCCH monitoring occasions (MOs), transmitting the UE downlink control information (DCI) with an indication of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) skipping for a skip duration, and processing PDCCH transmissions in accordance with the indication based on one or more rules that account for the PDCCH repetition.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of an initial downlink bandwidth for the UE. The UE may receive, via a master information block (MIB), configuration information for a control resource set (CORESET) associated with physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring for initial access, where the configuration information indicates a frequency domain resource allocation for the CORESET, and where the frequency domain resource allocation for the CORESET is at least partially outside of the initial downlink bandwidth. The UE may receive one or more PDCCH messages associated with the CORESET based at least in part on at least one of modifying a resource mapping of the CORESET or modifying the initial downlink bandwidth. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: A method of wireless communication for a user equipment (UE) includes entering a dormancy period for a secondary cell group (SCG) of a base station (BS) during which no downlink (DL) data or control transmissions are received from the SCG; performing a channel state information (CSI) measurement on the SCG during the dormancy period to generate a measurement report; determining an uplink (UL) beam of a primary secondary cell (PSCELL) of the SCG; transmitting the measurement report to the BS on the UL beam of the SCG; and determining, during the dormancy period and after transmitting the measurement report, one or more downlink (DL) beams for communicating on the SCG based on one or more rules and based on the measurement report, wherein the one or more rules result in the BS determining the same one or more DL beams based on the measurement report.

Abstract: Mechanisms for cross-carrier scheduling from a first cell to a second cell in a wireless networking scheme are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a first configuration for scheduling in a first cell having a first subcarrier spacing (SCS), wherein the first configuration is associated with a first search space in the first cell. The method further includes receiving, from the BS, a second configuration for scheduling in the first cell, wherein the second configuration is associated with a second search space in a second cell, and wherein the second cell is associated with a different second SCS. The method further includes determining a number of blind detections (BDs) based on at least one of the first SCS or the second SCS, and monitoring, based on the number of BDs, for downlink control information (DCI) in the first and second search spaces.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may be configured to report feedback to a base station to address polarization impairments in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communications. The UE and the base station may establish a communications link using a pair of orthogonally polarized beams, where the pair of polarized beams may be selected based on a beam sweep procedure. The UE may transmit a report to the base station indicating one or more polarization parameters associated with beam pairs identified in the beam sweep procedure, such as one or more orthogonality parameters, one or more polarization parameters relating to one or more beam pairs, or one or more angular spread parameters. Based on the report, the base station may transmit a beam configuration to the UE for polarization MIMO communications.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a first serving cell via Layer 3 control signaling, a configuration indicating a plurality of transmission reception points (TRPs) and one or more parameters enabling activation or deactivation of TRPs in the plurality of TRPs. The UE may receive, from the first serving cell via Layer 2 control signaling, explicit multi-TRP information that indicates an activation of a second serving cell and a TRP associated with the second serving cell, wherein the explicit multi-TRP information indicates that the second serving cell is to be activated as a primary cell and the TRP is to be activated as a primary TRP. The UE may communicate with the primary cell and the primary TRP. 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 generate a recommendation for a first codebook that is for a single transmit receive point (TRP) and that does not include a time domain (TD) or Doppler domain (DD) basis, or for a second codebook that is for multiple TRPs or that includes a TD or DD basis. The UE may transmit the recommendation. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a network entity may receive an indication of a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) configuration associated with a first network node and an indication of one or more RIS codebooks associated with one or more second network nodes. The network entity may transmit, using the RIS configuration associated with the first network node, the one or more RIS codebooks associated with the one or more second network nodes, and one or more link parameters associated with the first network node, an indication of a RIS codebook containing at least one RIS configuration that is associated with the first network node and the one or more second network nodes. 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 channel state information (CSI) report setting indicating a report quantity and indicating one or more sets of CSI-RS resources identified by a CSI resource setting associated with the CSI report setting, wherein the report quantity includes a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) based at least in part on a joint CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) resource and CSI-RS port selection codebook, wherein a port selection is based at least in part on the CSI-RS resources indicated by the CSI resource setting. The UE may communicate with a base station in accordance with the CSI report setting, the CSI resource setting, and the codebook. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Aspects relate to aligning discontinuous reception (DRX) timing associated with sidelink communication. In some examples, a DRX alignment group may be indicated for a user equipment (UE) for the purposes of aligning the DRX timing of a sidelink connection with the DRX timing of at least one other connection (e.g., a base station connection and/or another sidelink connection). In some examples, a base station may signal to the UE an indication of at least one DRX alignment group for the UE.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless communications system may support quasi co-location prioritization techniques. A user equipment (UE) may receive control signaling to monitor at least one control resource set. The UE may receive a control message to monitor a shared data channel that overlaps in time with the at least one control resource set. For example, the control message may schedule a downlink message via the shared data channel in a time period of the at least one control resource set. The UE may monitor the at least one control resource set, the shared data channel, or both based on one or more priority rules. A priority rule may indicate to monitor a corresponding control resource set, shared data channel, or both based on whether the quasi co-location assumptions of the various control resource sets or shared data channels are the same or different.

Abstract: According to embodiments herein, assistance data may be provided to a UE regarding an anchor UE that provides a reference signal via the SL interface to the UE. Assistance data may include information indicative of the coordinates, height, drift rate, beam characteristics, group delay, and/or other aspects of the anchor UE. The assistance data may be provided to the UE by a location server, a base station, or directly from the anchor UE.

Abstract: A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) and related apparatus are provided. In the method, the UE receives a configuration of multiple application time values for transmission configuration indication (TCI) state updates. The UE further receives downlink control information (DCI) in a control resource set (CORESET) associated with a first CORESET pool index associated with a first transmission reception point (TRP) and including a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state associated with a second CORESET pool index associated with a second TRP. The UE further transmits acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) feedback to one or more TRPs based on a feedback mode configured for the UE, and applies the TCI state indicated in the DCI following the ACK/NACK feedback based on one of the multiple application time values and the feedback mode.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive at least one of first information relating to a full duplex communication capability of a different UE or second information relating to resources allocated for a simultaneous transmission and reception for the different UE. The UE may selectively transmit an indication of a resource collision for the simultaneous transmission and reception for the different UE based at least in part on the at least one of the first information or the second information. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The network may manage access to a cell on a per-beam basis. The network may indicate, for a given beam, whether a user equipment (UE) is able to access the cell via the given beam. Accordingly, the UE may access a cell using a beam that is not barred for the UE. In some examples, control signaling may include a list of each beam associated with the cell and may indicate whether each beam is barred or accessible. In some examples, control signaling include a field indicating whether the particular beam on which the control signaling was transmitted is barred. In some examples, control signaling may indicate whether a cell is barred. The UE may interpret the indication of whether the cell is barred as indicating whether the beam on which the control signaling was transmitted is barred.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a configuration indicating a rule for modifying a joint discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle of two or more DRX cycles. The UE may wake up based at least in part on the rule. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless device such as a UE or a base station may implement one or more listen before talk (LBT) techniques. The wireless device may determine to transmit a communication during a transmission time interval on multiple subbands of a radio frequency spectrum band. The wireless device may identify whether the transmission time interval is during a channel occupancy time for the base station for a first set of subbands of the multiple subbands. The wireless device may perform one or more LBT procedures based on the identification. For example, the wireless device may perform an LBT procedure that is selected for each subband based on identifying that the transmission time interval is during the channel occupancy time for the first set of the subbands. The wireless device may transmit the communication based on a result of the LBT procedures.

Abstract: Embodiments include systems and methods that may be performed by a processor of a wireless device for managing a communication link with a communication network. Various embodiments may include determining whether a cause of a detected physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) error in a downlink communication from a base station is an out of coverage condition, and initiating an autonomous handover from the base station to a second base station in response to determining that the cause of the PDSCH error is an out of coverage condition.

Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to receiving, from a base station, a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) retransmission request including a HARQ retransmission offset value indicating a slot of an uplink transmission to be retransmitted, wherein the HARQ retransmission offset value indicates, based at least in part on whether switching component carriers (CCs) is permitted, the slot according to either a first numerology of a first CC or a second numerology of a second CC, and transmitting, to the base station based on the HARQ retransmission offset value, a retransmission of the uplink transmission in the slot.

Abstract: A base station transmits to a user equipment (UE), an indication of an adjustment to at least one of a density or a location of one or more demodulation reference signals (DMRS) for at least one physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format. The base station monitors for PUCCH based on the adjustment to the density or the location of the DMRS indicated to the UE. A UE receives, from the base station an indication of an adjustment to at least one of a density or a location of one or more DMRS for at least one PUCCH forma and transmits, to the base station, a PUCCH based on the indication of the adjustment to at least one of the density or the location of the one or more DMRS.