Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating per bandwidth part TCI state or spatial relation are disclosed herein. For example, aspects disclosed herein provide techniques for enabling a UE (e.g., a reduced capability UE) to associate at least one of a TCI state or a spatial relation with respective hopping regions. An example method for wireless communication at a UE includes determining, while communicating using a first frequency range comprising a first set of frequency hops, at least one of a TCI state or a spatial relation for communicating using a second frequency range comprising a second set of frequency hops. The example method also includes communicating, after switching communication from the first frequency range to the second frequency range, using the second frequency range based on the determined at least one of the TCI state or the spatial relation.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may identify, based at least in part on a codebook, a set of beams to feedback in a channel state information (CSI) feedback communication, and may identify one or more beam groups associated with the set of beams. The UE may select respective one or more transfer domain bases, from a plurality of transfer domain bases, for each beam group of the one or more beam groups, and may determine a plurality of values, for a plurality of bits, that represent beam group identification information associated with the one or more beam groups and transfer domain basis selection information associated with the respective one or more transfer domain bases. The may transmit, to a base station (BS), the plurality of bits in the CSI feedback communication. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for uplink channel state information (CSI) reporting that supports transmission precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) selection. A user equipment (UE) may receive CSI reference signals (CSI-RSs), and may perform measurements on the CSI-RSs. The UE may transmit an uplink CSI report to a base station based on the measurements. The CSI report may include an indication of a set of one or more candidate TPMIs, rank indicators (RIs), or both. The base station may test the candidate TPMIs, one or more other TPMIs, or both, to received sounding reference signals (SRSs) and select a TPMI for subsequent signaling. The base station may transmit an uplink grant (e.g., via downlink control information (DCI)) indicating the selected TPMI. The DCI may be a single-stage DCI a timeline.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a slot configuration that indicates a component carrier comprising a plurality of virtual component carriers. The UE may communicate based at least in part on the slot configuration. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus relating to rate matching for new radio (NR) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). In certain aspects, a method includes receiving a rate matching resource (RMR) configuration from a serving cell. The method also includes identifying one or more first resource elements (REs) to be rate matched around at least in part based on a transmission numerology associated with the RMR configuration, wherein the one or more first REs are used for reference signal (RS) transmission in the serving cell or a neighboring cell. The method further includes mapping a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) to one or more second REs not including the first REs.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for signaling a scheduling offset for non-terrestrial networks (NTNs). In one aspect, a method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving first signaling indicating a first part of a scheduling offset associated with a common timing advance (TA); receiving second signaling indicating a second part of the scheduling offset; and transmitting an uplink transmission based on the first and second parts of the scheduling offset.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, a user equipment (UE) may monitor multiple synchronization signal resources, each synchronization signal resource associated with a beam of a set of beams and may determine that multiple candidate beams of the set of beams satisfy a channel quality threshold. The UE may transmit an indication that the multiple candidate beams satisfy the channel quality threshold. For example, the UE may transmit a single random access message on a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource associated with multiple candidate beams, or may transmit multiple random access messages, each one on a different PRACH resource associated with a different candidate beam. The UE may receive an indication of one of the candidate beams from the base station and may establish a connection with the base station using the indicated candidate beam.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first user equipment (UE) may communicate, with a second UE, information indicating a direct current (DC) location for a communication link between the first UE and the second UE. The UE may communicate a sidelink communication with the second UE via the communication link based at least in part on the DC location. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Sounding reference signals (SRS) transmitted by a UE, e.g., for positioning or channel estimation, may be configured for one or both of frequency tone level cyclic shift and symbol level code, which, for example, enables multiplexing a greater number of UEs. The frequency tone level cyclic shift is produced by jointly processing a number of symbols with an extended cyclic shift structure. The SRS may be configured using a symbol group level that indicates the number of symbols associated with a cyclic shift structure, and an outer code that indicates a multiplier applied to the SRS at the symbol level, which increases the multiplexing opportunities. The symbol level code may further indicate an extended cyclic shift indicating a linear increase in phase rotation across tones in symbols associated with the symbol group level.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for reducing the overhead of low layer positioning reports. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) performs at least one positioning measurement of at least one downlink positioning reference signal (DL-PRS) received from at least one transmission-reception point (TRP) during a positioning session, and reports, to a positioning entity via low layer signaling, a relative value of the at least one positioning measurement relative to an expected value of the at least one positioning measurement, wherein the relative value of the at least one positioning measurement is a difference between the expected value of the at least one positioning measurement and a measured value of the at least one positioning measurement.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems may support flexible waveform configuration for autonomous uplink transmissions. A base station may transmit broadcast signaling (e.g., a system information block (SIB)) indicating waveform configuration information for an autonomous uplink transmission by a user equipment (UE). In some cases, the broadcast signaling may include a waveform configuration field (WCF) that may indicate whether flexible waveforms for autonomous uplink are supported, may configure a waveform type, may indicate waveform configuration mapping rules, etc. As such, a UE may identify whether flexible waveform configuration for autonomous uplink is supported, and may determine waveform types for autonomous uplink transmissions based on waveform type configuration information from a base station (e.g., which may include an indication of whether flexible waveform configuration is supported, an indication of waveform type/scenario mapping rules, etc.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Wireless communications systems may employ one or more scheduling constraints to support efficient utilization of techniques for intra-device handling of overlapping scheduled uplink transmissions (e.g., intra-device dynamic resource cancelation and multiplexing) as well as inter-device handling of overlapping scheduled uplink transmissions (e.g., inter-device dynamic resource cancelation and multiplexing). Scheduling constraints may define how a device may apply intra-device and inter-device multiplexing and cancelation rules for various scenarios. For example, a device may apply intra-UE cancelation rules before inter-device cancelation rules. In some examples, later-received grants or uplink preemption indications (ULPIs) may not change a device's previously established decision to drop an uplink transmission.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) switch between carriers of a group of a carriers during uplink communications in accordance with a mapping. For example, the UE may report its capability to a base station for switching between carriers of the group, where the group includes a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier and two or more normal uplink (NUL) carriers that are each associated with a different radio frequency band. The base station may indicate for the UE to switch to a subset of carriers of the group corresponding to a combination of radio frequency bands for transmission of an uplink message. The UE may switch to at least one carrier of the subset of carriers in accordance with a mapping that is based on the reported capability and may transmit the uplink message on the at least one carrier.

Abstract: Processing relaxation for aperiodic channel state information (CSI) reference signal (CSI-RS) is discussed for networks that include full dimension multiple input, multiple output (FD-MIMO) operations. A user equipment (UE) operating in such a system monitors for the presence of aperiodic CSI-RS. When such aperiodic CSI-RS are detected, the UE may provide process relaxation in CSI reporting by transmitting aperiodic CSI reporting according to an uplink shared channel limitation, or by relaxing the processing of the aperiodic CSI reporting transmitted by the UE, or a combination of both.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives, from a base station, before a next paging occasion (PO) of a paging cycle, a page indication (PI) in a first PI location associated with the next PO, wherein the PI comprises at least one repetition of a plurality of repetitions of the PI transmitted in the first PI location on each of a plurality of beams, and decodes the PI to determine whether or not the UE is paged in the next PO.

Abstract: Fallback procedures for user equipments (UEs) are described that provide efficient fallback to a four-step random access procedure from a two-step random access procedure. For example, after transmitting a first message of a two-step random access procedure, a UE may start a fallback timer or counter and monitor for a second message of the two-step random access procedure for the duration of the fallback timer or counter. At the expiration of the fallback timer or counter, the UE may fall back to a four-step random access procedure. In some cases, the UE may transmit multiple repetitions of the first message and monitor for responses after transmitting the repetitions or after each repetition. Additionally, or alternatively, the base station may transmit an explicit signal to the UE that may signal to the UE to perform a fallback procedure at a beginning or middle of a random access procedure.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus mapping virtual resource blocks (VRBs) to physical resource blocks (PRBs) and using the mapping in wireless communications, for example, in new radio (NR) technologies. An exemplary method includes determining a first interleaved mapping that maps a first interleaving unit of N consecutive first virtual resource blocks (VRBs) to N consecutive first physical resource blocks (PRBs), wherein each first PRB comprises a set of frequency resources during a period, transmitting a first grant allocating the first interleaving unit of first VRBs to a first user equipment (UE), and communicating with the first UE via the first PRBs mapped to the first VRBs of the first interleaving unit.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support cell-group slot format indication (SFI) facilitating dynamic cross-cell operation are described. Cell-group SFI information of some examples supports full duplex operation implemented using cross-cell communication techniques. Devices may be provided with information regarding cell-groups and information regarding cell slot formats for cells in the cell-groups. For example, cell-group SFI may be provided for switching slot (symbol) types across cells for a number of slots, wherein a base station may define a cell-group and a cell-group SFI applies to cells within the cell-group. Cell-group SFI information may indicate cell slot formats for each cell of a selected cell-group to provide a device with slot formats used with respect to the cells of the cell-group. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

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 identify a multicast service available for subscription by the UE or to which the UE is already subscribed. The UE may transmit a message, to a network node, that may include UE assistance information (UAI) indicating at least one of a UE capability to process multicast transmissions or a feedback scheme preference for reporting feedback for the multicast transmissions. The UAI may also include at least one of a multicast carrier preference, band or carrier measurement report, a multicast priority indication, or a measurement and reporting scheme preference for the multicast transmissions. The network node may receive the UAI and determine one or more parameters for multicast communications with the UE based on the UAI. The UE may receive the multicast transmissions from the network node in accordance with the UAI.