Abstract: The DCI format at least indicates a set of interlaces if the DCI format indicates a set of RB-sets, resource blocks for the PUSCH are given based on an intersection of the set of the interlaces and the set of the RB-sets, and if the DCI format doesn't indicate the set of the RB-sets, the resource blocks for the PUSCH are given based on an intersection of the set of the interlaces and a pre-determined set of RB-sets where the pre-determined set includes one RB-set which corresponds to one downlink RB set in which the DCI format is received.

Abstract: Terminal device receives a SS/PBCH block with an odd index and a PDCCH in a Type0-PDCCH CSS set. A predefined table provides configurations for the Type0-PDCCH CSS set. The first symbol index is NCORESETsymb in a first row, and the first symbol index is NCORESETsymb+Ngapsymb in a second row. The first row and the second row are different rows in the predefined table.

Abstract: A UE which communicates with a base station is described. The UE may comprise receiving circuitry configured to monitor a PDCCH with a DCI format; transmitting circuitry configured to transmit a PUSCH subject to a channel access procedure, a starting position of initial symbol for PUSCH being adjusted by x; wherein the DCI format includes a 4-bit information field, the 4-bit information is characterized by at least one or more of following values.

Abstract: A communication method used for a terminal device is provided. The communication method comprises triggering transmission of a first hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) codebook; and when transmission of a second HARQ-ACK codebook is triggered before the first HARQ-ACK codebook has been transmitted, canceling the transmission of the first HARQ-ACK codebook; and transmitting the second HARQ-ACK codebook.

Abstract: A first aspect of the present invention is a terminal apparatus including an RRC layer processing circuitry that manages an RRC parameter used to determine which of first slot counting and second slot counting is used to determine a transmission occasion for a PUSCH, and a physical layer processing circuitry that refers to the number of repetitions K of the PUSCH in addition to a value of the RRC parameter to determine which of the first slot counting and the second slot counting is used to determine the transmission occasion for the PUSCH, in which in a case that the number of repetitions K is greater than 1, one of the first slot counting or the second slot counting is used to determine the transmission occasion for the PUSCH, based on the RRC parameter, and in a case that the number of repetitions K is 1, the first slot counting is used to determine the transmission occasion for the PUSCH regardless of the value of the RRC parameter.

Abstract: A terminal device is described. The terminal device includes receiving circuitry configured to receive a downlink (DL) channel to convey a first one or more radio resource control (RRC) parameters to indicate a location of an uplink (UL) subband in a time domain and a second one or more RRC parameters to indicate a location of one or more synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) blocks. The terminal device also includes processing circuitry configured to configure the UL subband based on the first one or more RRC parameters, and configured to disable the UL subband in a region including at least one SS/PBCH block from the one or more SS/PBCH blocks.

Abstract: A terminal device is described. The terminal device includes receiving circuitry configured to receive a downlink (DL) channel to convey a first one or more radio resource control (RRC) parameters to indicate a location of an uplink (UL) subband in a time domain and a second one or more RRC parameters to indicate a location of one or more synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) blocks. The terminal device also includes processing circuitry configured to configure the UL subband based on the first one or more RRC parameters, and configured to drop transmission of a physical uplink channel if the physical uplink channel is placed in a region including at least one SS/PBCH block from the one or more SS/PBCH blocks.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus transmits a PUCCH in a certain slot, and receives multiple DCI formats on a set of PDCCH monitoring occasions corresponding to the certain slot. In a case that multiple PUCCHs exist in the certain slot and that the multiple PUCCHs include a first PUCCH including a first type HARQ-ACK codebook and a second PUCCH including a second type HARQ-ACK codebook, the second PUCCH is not transmitted.

Abstract: The terminal device 1 comprising reception circuitry configured to receive a random-access response grant included in a PDSCH, and transmission circuitry configured to transmit a msg3 PUSCH scheduled by the random-access response grant, wherein a parameter for determining mapping of DMRS for the msg3 PUSCH is determined as a value regardless of whether frequency hopping is enabled or not in a case that repetition is applied to the msg3 PUSCH, the parameter is determined as ‘pos1’ or ‘pos2’ based on whether frequency hopping is enabled or not in a case that repetition is not applied to the msg3 PUSCH.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a receiver that receives a PDCCH to which DCI is mapped or receives a PDSCH including a random access response grant, and a transmitter that transmits a PUSCH. Frequency hopping for the PUSCH is performed based at least on the DCI or the random access response grant. In a case that the PUSCH is scheduled by the DCI with a CRC scrambled by a TC-RNTI, a frequency hopping interval corresponding to the frequency hopping is one slot. In a case that the PUSCH is scheduled by the random access response grant, the frequency hopping interval is one slot. In a case that the PUSCH is scheduled by the DCI with a CRC scrambled by at least one of a C-RNTI, a CS-RNTI, or an MCS-C-RNTI, the number of slots for the frequency hopping interval is determined by a certain higher layer parameter.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE may comprise high-layer processing circuitry configured to acquire a first RRC parameter and transmission circuitry configured to transmit a PUSCH in multiple slots. If the first RRC parameter is set to a first value, conditions in a slot format procedure may not be used for determination of the multiple slots. If the first RRC parameter is set to a second value, the conditions in the slot format procedure may be used for the determination of the multiple slots.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes receiving circuitry configured to determine a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) with a hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) overlapping with a configured grant (CG) physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) with unused transmission PUSCH occasion uplink control information (UTO-UCI), and cg-UCI-multiplexing is not provided. The UE also includes transmitting circuitry configured to select a channel to be transmitted, and if CG PUSCH is selected, multiplex one UCI from the UTO-UCI and the HARQ-ACK on the CG PUSCH based on channel priorities and on UCI multiplexing with different priorities.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes receiving circuitry configured to receive a configuration for a configured grant (CG) with multiple physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission occasions in a CG period, and a configuration for the unused transmission PUSCH occasion uplink control information (UTO-UCI). The UE also includes transmitting circuitry configured to transmit the UTO-UCI on a CG PUSCH, wherein the UTO-UCI provides a bitmap comprising a bit corresponding to a transmission occasion (TO) within a time duration.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes receiving circuitry configured to make a first determination whether a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) with a hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) overlaps with a configured grant (CG) physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) with unused transmission PUSCH occasion uplink control information (UTO-UCI), and to make a second determination whether cg-UCI-multiplexing is provided. The UE also includes transmitting circuitry configured to transmit the UTO-UCI and the HARQ-ACK on the CG PUSCH based on the first determination and the second determination.

Abstract: Detection circuitry configured to detect a SS/PBCH block with time index Y, the time index Y being ascending order in time domain for SS/PBCH block candidates in a half radio frame, beam index Z being determined by remainder of the time index Y divided by a Q, or given by remainder of a DMRS index for a PBCH in the SS/PBCH block divided by the Q, the Q being indicated by a MIB, reception circuitry configured to monitor at least the type-0 PDCCH common search space set which corresponds to SS/PBCH block index Z+j*Q, the j is any non-negative integer to satisfy Z+j*Q is smaller than a number of usable SS/PBCH block candidates in a half radio frame indicated by system information.

Abstract: Terminal device comprising; MAC layer control circuitry configured to manage a first timer for a HARQ process and a second timer for the HARQ process which starts with expiry of the first timer, and reception circuitry configured to receive a first PDCCH indicating a first transmission of a HARQ-ACK feedback for a transport block for the HARQ process and a second PDCCH indicating a second transmission of a second HARQ-ACK feedback for the transport block for the HARQ process where the second transmission occurs later than the first transmission, wherein, the MAC layer control circuitry configured to start the first timer for the HARQ process at a timing of the first transmission, the MAC layer control circuitry configured to start or restart the first timer for the HARQ process at a timing of the second transmission.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE may comprise high-layer processing circuitry configured to acquire a first RRC parameter, a second RRC parameter, a third RRC parameter, and a fourth RRC parameter, and transmission circuitry configured to transmit a PUSCH in multiple slots.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE may comprise high-layer processing circuitry configured to acquire a first RRC parameter associated with an available slot-based counting, and transmission circuitry configured to transmit a PUSCH in multiple slots.

Abstract: Terminal device receives a SS/PBCH block, a MIB, and a PDCCH. The MIB includes a first MIB payload bit and a second MIB payload bit. The first MIB payload bit is used for indication of a candidate SS/PBCH block index corresponding to the SS/PBCH block A Q? value is indicated only by the second MIB payload bit. The Q? value is used for quasi co-location assumption among SS/PBCH blocks.

Abstract: Terminal device receives a PDCCH and one or more PDSCHs based on the PDCCH and determines QCL assumption for the one or more PDSCHs based on a first DCI field in the PDCCH. If the first DCI field is set to a first value, single QCL assumption is applied for the one or more PDSCHs. And if the first DCI field is set to a second value, multiple QCL assumptions are applied for the one or more PDSCHs.