Abstract: A network controlled repeater (NCR) is described. The NCR includes receiving circuitry configured to receive a downlink control information (DCI) from a gNodeB (gNB) for an access link aperiodic downlink (DL) beam indication, including at least an access link DL beam index, an access link DL time resource index, and a configurable field on the backhaul time resource indication. The receiving circuitry may also be configured to determine an aperiodic DL time resource on a backhaul link corresponding to the aperiodic DL time resource on the access link. The receiving circuitry may also be configured to receive and buffer a DL signal on the determined aperiodic DL time resource on the backhaul link. The NCR may also include transmitting circuitry configured to transmit the buffered DL signal from the backhaul link on the aperiodic DL time resource with the indicated beam on the access link.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a determination circuitry that divides a certain duration having a length provided by a higher layer parameter into one or more sub-durations based at least on a downlink region; and a transmission circuitry that performs repeated transmissions for a PUSCH in a certain sub-duration among the one or more sub-durations. Phase continuity is maintained for the repeated transmissions for the PUSCH.

Abstract: A UE selects a random access channel occasion (RO), and transmits, to a BS, a random access (RA) preamble in the RO. The RO is transmitted within either the SBFD region or the non-SBFD region in time domain. The UE receives an RA response, corresponding to the transmitted RA preamble. The UE selects either the SBFD region or the non-SBFD region for transmitting an uplink message via a PUSCH transmission, and determines whether the selected region for the PUSCH transmission is the same as the region within which the RO is transmitted. If the selected region for the PUSCH transmission is the same as the region within which the RO is transmitted, the UE determines a first transmission power for the PUSCH transmission. Otherwise, the UE determines a second, different, transmission power for the PUSCH transmission. The UE transmits the uplink message via the PUSCH at the determined transmission power.

Abstract: a wireless terminal of a communications system. In an example embodiment and mode, the wireless terminal comprises interface circuitry and at least one processor. The interface circuitry is configured to receive, from a network node over a radio interface, a latest decoded timing advance, TA, command. The at least one processor is configured to make a determination that an uplink transmission according to the latest decoded timing advance, TA, command would or could result in a timing advance mismatch and/or a downlink-uplink collision on the radio interface, and to generate a timing advance, TA, report message as a result of the determination. The interface circuitry is configured to transmit the timing advance, TA, report message to the network node over the radio interface.

Abstract: An internet of things (IoT) non-terrestrial network (NTN) device user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes receiving circuitry configured to determine an IoT NTN downlink (DL) timeslot within legacy time division duplex (TDD) DL slots. The UE also includes transmitting circuitry configured to determine an IoT NTN uplink (UL) timeslot within legacy TDD UL slots.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) selects a first random access channel occasion (RO). The UE initiates a random access (RA) procedure by transmitting, to a base station (BS), an RA preamble in the first RO. The UE receives, from the BS, an RA response (RAR) indicating an uplink for a message 3 (Msg3) is not granted. The UE select a second RO. In a case that the first RO is within a subband full duplex (SBFD) region in time domain, the UE calculates a backoff time as a function of a first scaling factor. In a case that the first RO is within a non-SBFD region in the time domain, the UE calculates the backoff time as a function of a second scaling factor different from the first scaling factor. The UE retransmits, to the BS, the RA preamble in the second RO after a duration of the calculated backoff time.

Abstract: An internet of things (IoT) non-terrestrial network (NTN) device user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes receiving circuitry configured to receive synchronization signals in an IoT NTN downlink (DL) timeslot and to determine synchronization signal mapping of the received synchronization signals.

Abstract: A wireless terminal of a communications system comprises interface circuitry and processor circuitry. The interface circuitry is configured to receive, from a network node over a radio interface, a first configuration comprising an indication of a priority rule for resolving a collision between receiving at least one downlink channel/signal and transmitting at least one uplink channel/signal. The processor circuitry is configured to make determinations, including a first determination that the at least one downlink channel/signal and the at least one uplink channel/signal overlap by at least one symbol and a second determination whether to receive the at least one downlink channel/signal or transmit the at least one uplink channel/signal in accordance with the priority rule. The interface circuitry is further configured to receive the at least one downlink channel/signal or transmit the at least one uplink channel/signal in accordance with the second determination.

Abstract: An internet of things (IoT) non-terrestrial network (NTN) device user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes receiving circuitry configured to receive synchronization signals in an IoT NTN downlink (DL) timeslot and to determine a relative location of at least one synchronization signal within the IoT NTN DL timeslot.

Abstract: A wireless terminal which communicates over a radio interface with a radio access network comprises receiver circuitry and processor circuitry. The receiver circuitry is configured to receive, over the radio interface from the radio access network, at least a first message which concerns implementation of an Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) Functionality for the wireless terminal. The processor circuitry is configured to determine at least a potential delay associated with implementation of the Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) Functionality at the wireless terminal. The processor circuitry is optionally further configured to generate at least a second message configured to notify the radio access network of the at least potential delay, in which case the wireless terminal further comprises transmitter circuitry configured to transmit the second message to the radio access network over the radio interface.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE), receives, from a network, several RS measurement reduction configurations and a set of one or more conditions. Each of the RS measurement reduction configurations corresponds to one or more conditions in the set of conditions. The UE determines that the one or more conditions corresponding to a first RS measurement reduction configuration of the several RS measurement reduction configurations are satisfied. Based on the determination, The UE configures with the first RS measurement reduction configuration. Based on the first RS measurement reduction configuration, the UE measure a first set of one or more RSs and skips measuring a second set of one more RSs.

Abstract: A wireless terminal determines if a potential transmission occasion for a Physical Uplink Shared Channel, PUSCH repetition is eligible for eventual transmission as an actual PUSCH repetition by checking, e.g., whether a potential transmission occasion for a Physical Uplink Shared Channel, PUSCH, repetition has a strategic interaction with one or more orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, OFDM, symbols in a downlink, DL, region in a time domain of a subband grid. In one example method, such strategic interaction comprises determining whether the one or more OFDM symbols overlap with any uplink, UL, subband of the grid in the time domain. In another example, such strategic interaction comprises determining whether the one or more OFDM symbols are confined in any uplink, UL, subband of the grid in the time and frequency domain.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) receives, from a network, a first configuration for reference signal (RS) measurement reduction. The UE receives, from the network, a second configuration for determining the accuracy of the first configuration. The second configuration identifies a first time occasion to start determining the accuracy of the first configuration. The UE predicts values of a set of one or more RS occasions that start at the first time occasion. The UE performs measurement of values of the set of RS occasions starting at the first time occasion. The UE determines the accuracy of the first configuration based on the comparison of the predicted values of the set of RS occasions and the measured values of the set of RS occasions.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE), receives, from a base station (BS), a message for scheduling a physical uplink (UL) shared channel (PUSCH) transmission, the message indicating a first UL bandwidth comprising a first group of resource blocks (RBs). The UE determines a second UL bandwidth that includes a second group of RBs that is derived from an intersection of the first group of RBs and a group of RBs associated with a UL subband full duplex (SBFD). The second groups of RBs includes fewer RBs than the first group of RBs. The UE maps several phase-tracking reference signals (PT-RSs), associated with the PUSCH, to the second group of RBs. The UE transmits, to the BS, the PUSCH that includes the mapped PT-RSs.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus including a higher layer configured to configure a configuration related to a search space set and a configuration related to a PDCCH, and a receiver configured to monitor the PDCCH based on the search space set. In a case that one or multiple group indexes are allocated to the search space set and that neither monitoring of the PDCCH corresponding to the search space set with a group index of 0 among the one or multiple group indexes nor monitoring of the PDCCH corresponding to the search space set with a group index of 1 among the one or multiple group indexes is performed, the receiver initiates monitoring of the PDCCH corresponding to the search space set with a group index of 0 among the one or multiple group indexes.

Abstract: A first PRACH resource type is selected in a case that a value related to a received power of a downlink signal is lower than a threshold, a second PRACH resource type is selected in a case that the value related to the received power is larger than or equal to the threshold, an uplink grant included in a PDSCH is interpreted using a first rule in a case that the PRACH is transmitted in the first PRACH resource type, the uplink grant included in the PDSCH is interpreted using a second rule in a case that the PRACH is transmitted in the second PRACH resource type, and the uplink grant included in the PDSCH is interpreted using the second rule in a case that the threshold is not configured in an RRC layer processing circuitry.

Abstract: A wireless terminal comprises receiver circuitry and processor circuitry. The receiver circuitry is configured to receive, over the radio interface, information upon which determination of allocation type determination formula(e) is dependent. The processor circuitry configured to: (1) use the received information to determine which allocation type determination formula(e) is to be used to determine an allocation type; (2) use the allocation type determination formula(e) to determine the allocation type, a type of the allocation type being determined depending on location of an allocated resource block for the uplink channel relative to channel bandwidth; and (3) use the allocation type to determine a parameter for a configured maximum transmission power for an uplink channel upon which an uplink transmission is transmitted.

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 UE that includes one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing one or more computer-executable instructions for determining the number of coded modulation symbols for Uplink Control Information (UCI) in a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission and at least one processor coupled to the non-transitory computer-readable media is provided. The processor is configured to execute the one or more instructions to cause the UE to determine that an Orthogonal Cover Code (OCC) is applied to the PUSCH transmission based on an indication received from a base station (BS) and determine the number of coded modulation symbols for the UCI based on the determination that the OCC is applied to the PUSCH transmission and a parameter received from the BS.

Abstract: Provided is a transmitter configured to transmit a PUCCH by applying a transmission filter based on any one piece of spatial relation information of a spatial relation information set, and transmit a PUSCH in a slot set by applying multiple transmission filters respectively based on multiple pieces of spatial relation information included in a spatial relation information subset of the spatial relation information set. The spatial relation information subset at least includes first spatial relation information and second spatial relation information different from the first spatial relation information. The transmitter applies a transmission filter of the multiple transmission filters based on the first spatial relation information to the PUSCH of a first slot subset of the slot set. The transmitter applies a transmission filter of the multiple transmission filters based on the second spatial relation information to the PUSCH of a second slot subset of the slot set.