Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to downlink (DL) control channel communications are provided. A wireless communication device identifies a search space set including a plurality of PDCCH candidate search spaces for a downlink control channel. The wireless communication device determines that a first resource associated with a first PDCCH candidate search space of the plurality of PDCCH candidate search spaces overlaps with a preconfigured resource. The wireless communication device monitors for a downlink control message over the downlink control channel by excluding monitoring in at least the first PDCCH candidate search space based on the determining.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for signaling precoder(s) for non-PMI based CSI feedback.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some implementations, a method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) is described that includes identifying that the UE is in carrier aggregation communication with a primary and secondary cell. The method may also include monitoring, during one or more time intervals, UE-specific search spaces of the secondary cell for control information scheduling data communications on the primary cell. The method may include switching, during one or more different time intervals, to monitoring UE-specific search spaces of the primary cell. Another method describes wireless communication at a base station that may configure a UE to communicate via carrier aggregation, transmit control information via the secondary cell to the UE during downlink TTIs, and transmit control information via the primary cell to the UE during uplink TTIs.

Abstract: In an aspect, a target user equipment performs positioning. For example, the target user equipment receives a control message from a network entity. The control message identifies a set of measurement time windows in which to perform measurements of one or more signals. The target user equipment performs the measurements of the one or more signals within the set of measurement time windows and transmits a measurement report to the network entity. The measurement report comprises the measurements of the one or more signals performed within the set of measurement time windows.

Abstract: A first user equipment (UE) for wireless communication may be configured to send, to a second UE, a plurality of sidelink reference signals (SL-RSs), wherein the first UE and the second UE are configurable to communicate with a network entity, and wherein the plurality of SL-RSs includes a first SL-RS corresponding to a first operational state of the network entity. The first UE may receive, from the second UE, one or more channel state information (CSI) reports, wherein each CSI report of the one or more CSI reports corresponds to a respective SL-RS of the plurality of SL-RSs.

Abstract: A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a network node, a first message configuring a group of component carriers that includes a primary component carrier and one or more secondary component carriers. The method also includes receiving, from the network node, a second message configuring a number of repetitions of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission. The method further includes transmitting, to the network node, each repetition of the PUCCH transmission via the primary component carrier or one of the one or more secondary component carriers in accordance with the number of repetitions, each repetition being transmitted on only the primary component carrier in accordance with the number of repetitions being greater than one, and each repetition being transmitted on either the primary component carrier or the secondary component carrier in accordance with the number of repetitions being equal to one.

Abstract: Methods systems and devices for wireless communications are described. One or more multiple access-capable user equipments (UEs) may be grouped together for transmitting uplink multiple access communications to a base station, where the UEs may be assigned to the group based on similar capabilities or service requirements. The UE may receive configuration information based at least in part on the group to which the UE has been assigned. When assigned to a group, the UEs may also receive a group-specific scrambling code for the uplink multiple access communications, a group-specific power control for the uplink multiple access communications, time and frequency resources to be used for the uplink multiple access communications specific to the group, or a combination thereof. Additionally, the specific time and frequency resources may be defined by multiple access resource units.

Abstract: In an aspect, a target sidelink user equipment may obtain at least one quality classification indication for each sidelink (SL) anchor device of a plurality of SL anchor devices for a positioning session, wherein the at least one quality classification indication is based on a quality of synchronization of the SL anchor device, a quality of timing of the SL anchor device, a quality of a position estimate for a location of the SL anchor device, or any combination thereof. The target sidelink user equipment may engage in the positioning session with or using one or more SL anchor devices of the plurality of SL anchor devices, wherein the one or more SL anchor devices are selected for the positioning session based on the at least one quality classification indication associated with each of the one or more SL anchor devices.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A device may receive signaling including a channel state information (CSI) reporting configuration. The device may determine one or more resources of a physical uplink channel for aperiodic CSI reporting based on the CSI reporting configuration and transmit an aperiodic CSI report over the physical uplink channel based on the on the one or more resources. In some examples, the device may also determine a set of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) symbols associated with a hop of a set of hops in a time domain or a frequency domain, and coherently transmit, based on the determining, the set of DMRS symbols associated with the hop of the set of hops.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for beam selection for random access. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a network entity, via a first beam, system information associated with at least a first plurality of beams that are within a coverage area of the first beam. The method also includes selecting a second beam among at least the first plurality of beams based at least in part on the system information and performing a random access procedure via the selected second beam.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of a configuration for transmitting a sidelink reference signal (SL-RS) that is to be transmitted independently of data transmission and that has a frequency bandwidth that is independent of a frequency bandwidth configured for transmission on a physical sidelink shared channel. The UE may transmit the SL-RS to a second UE according to the configuration. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A device may perform rate splitting on a first message for a first user equipment (UE) and a second message for a second UE, the first message comprising a first private portion and a first common portion, and the second message comprising a second private portion and a second common portion. The device may combine the first common portion and the second common portion into a third common portion. The device may generate cyclic redundancy check (CRC) parity bits associated with at least one of the first private portion and the third common portion and attach the generated CRC parity bits to one or more blocks associated with the transmission. The device may transmit the first private portion and the third common portion to the first UE, and the second private portion and the third common portion to the second UE.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. For example, a method for wireless communications at a wireless device may include determining a rate matching configuration for a first channel (e.g., an uplink channel) associated with a second channel (e.g., a downlink channel). A wireless device may determine rate matching resources of an uplink channel based on the rate matching configuration. The wireless device may determine rate matching resources of a downlink channel based on the rate matching configuration. The wireless device may transmit a first message on the uplink channel or the downlink channel, respectively, where the transmitted channel includes the rate matching resources. The wireless device may receive a reference signal on one or more resources of the downlink channel or the uplink channel, respectively, where the one or more resources of the respective channel correspond to the rate matching resources on the transmitted channel.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may receive, from a user equipment (UE), a first random access message of a two-step random access procedure. In some examples, the first random access message may be transmitted by the UE based on one or more cell-specific transmission parameters or cell-specific transmission schemes. The base station may transmit, to the UE, a second random access response message of the two-step random access procedure in response to the first random access message. The second random access response message being transmitted based on one or more cell-specific transmission parameters or cell-specific transmission schemes. Accordingly, the base station and the UE may establish a connection with the UE based on the first random access message and the second random access response message, or the base station can indicate to the UE to return to an inactive mode or idle state.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may apply a scaling factor to a transport block of a first size, where the scaling factor may increase the transport block from the first size to a second size. The base station may interleave a set of parts of the transport block of the second size across a set of transmission time intervals (TTIs) in accordance with a transport block allocation pattern, where the set of TTIs may be contiguous or separated from each other by one or more intervening intervals. The base station may transmit, to a user equipment, an indication of the transport block allocation pattern applied to the transport block of the second size, and may transmit the set of parts of the transport block of the second size across the set of TTIs in accordance with the transport block allocation pattern.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a configuration for a group-common physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), where the group-common PDSCH is repeated for a number of repetitions. Accordingly, the UE may determine this number of repetitions and then monitor for the group-common PDSCH based on the number of repetitions. In some implementations, the group-common PDSCH may include a semi-static repetition scheme, where the number of repetitions is indicated via a group aggregation factor. Additionally or alternatively, the group-common PDSCH may include a dynamic repetition scheme, where the number of repetitions is indicated via a group repetition number. Additionally, the techniques described herein may enable the configuration for the repeated group-common PDSCH to include gaps between each repetition of the group-common PDSCH and for the UE to transmit acknowledgment feedback for the repetitions of the group-common PDSCH.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of a first channel measurement resource (CMR) associated with a first transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state and a second CMR associated with a second TCI state. The UE may also receive an indication of a first interference measurement resource (IMR) associated with the first CMR and a second (IMR) associated with the second CMR. The UE may obtain an interference measurement using the first IMR, the second IMR, or both, for a channel state information (CSI) report for ajoint transmission hypothesis associated with the CMR and the second CMR. The UE may transmit the CSI report based at least in part on the interference measurement (s).

Abstract: A base station may precode a first reference signal using a first precoder (P1) and at least one second reference signal using at least one second precoder (P2). At least two UEs may measure the first reference signal and the at least one second reference signal, and transmit channel state feedback based on the measuring (m11 and m12 for a first UE, and m21 and m22 for a second UE). The channel state feedback may comprise channel state information compressed by at least one neural network. The base station may derive a higher-level precoder (W) for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) downlink transmission to the at least two UEs.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for uplink sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission with precoding. A method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a SRS configuration that configures one or more SRS resource sets, each resource set including one or more SRS resources, each SRS resource comprising one or more SRS ports. The UE receives a set of precoders via an indicator, the set of precoders including a precoder associated with each SRS resource and determines one or more precoders to apply for one or more SRS transmissions via one or more of the SRS resources.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may be configured to receive first system information from a base station, the first system information being for reduced-capability UEs including UEs with a bandwidth capability below a threshold, the UE being a reduced-capability UE. The UE may evaluate the first system information for a dedicated field that includes an indicator that additional system information for reduced-capability UEs is to be received in response to on-demand requests. Subsequently, the UE may obtain the additional system information for reduced-capability UEs in accordance with information included in either the dedicated field when the dedicated field is included in the first system information or in a configuration information element of the first system information when the dedicated field is absent from the first system information.