Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive one or more physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) indicating paging information for a paging message; and receive the paging message on one or more physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs), wherein at least one of: one or more resources for the one or more PDCCHs, or one or more resources for the one or more PDSCHs, is configured so that cross-slot scheduling of paging and intra-slot scheduling of paging can occur during the same paging occasion. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a UE obtains measurement data associated with at least one PRS. The UE transmits, to a BS in a first L1 or L2 PSI report opportunity, a first PSI report indicative of a first set of measurement values associated with the at least one PRS based on the measurement data. The UE further transmits, to the BS in a second L1 or L2 PSI report opportunity that is subsequent to the first L1 or L2 PSI report opportunity, a second PSI report that is indicative of a second set of measurement values associated with the at least one PRS based on the measurement data, the second set of measurement values being refined from the first set of measurement values.

Abstract: Aspects enable and provide techniques for sidelink communication resource configuration and management. A first user equipment (UE) negotiates with a second UE to select a first communication resource set (ComReSet) from a plurality of ComReSets for sidelink communication. Each of the plurality of ComReSets has a corresponding periodicity of one or more hyper-frames. The first UE communicates with the second UE using the first ComReSet using a frame timing synchronized with the corresponding periodicity of the first ComReSet.

Abstract: A wireless device can flexibly switch between different frequency-division duplexing (FDD) modes including one or more half-duplex (HD) FDD modes and a full-duplex (FD) FDD mode in wireless communication. The wireless device can intelligently switch between the FDD modes to meeting different requirements of power consumption, traffic latency, and/or coverage enhancement.

Abstract: A method of wireless communications by a user equipment (UE) includes transmitting a request for action for at least one control resource set (CORESET) and associated search space. The action may include configuring, activating, and/or deactivating the at least one CORESET and associated search space. The CORESET may be a dynamic CORESET with a predefined number of search space occasions or a semi-static CORESET. The method also includes communicating in accordance with the request. The request is transmitted using at least one of an uplink radio resource control (RRC) message, a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), a sounding reference signal (SRS), a random access channel (RACH), or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). The UE may switch, in connection with the request, to a bandwidth part (BWP) configured for the UE.

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: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide multiplexing of one or more control or shared channel communications on one or more uplink component carriers (CCs). Uplink control channel communications may be multiplexed within each CC that is configured for uplink control channel transmissions and, after multiplexing the control channel communications within each CC, multiplexing with shared channel communications may be performed. Multiplexed or un-multiplexed control channel communications may be multiplexed with a shared channel communication on a same or a different CC, where the multiplexing on the same CC or on the different CC is based at least in part on a configuration associated with concurrent shared channel and control channel communications. Further a priority associated with one or more of the shared channel communications or the control channel communications may be used to determine channels to multiplex together on a CC.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to mechanisms for activating semi-static or periodic occasions for communications.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may be configured to communicate with a base station on different channels or messages with different processing timelines. In order to prevent a collision between processing communications associated with the different length TTIs, the UE may drop one or more communications on corresponding channels with longer processing timelines to receive and/or process the transmission on the channel with a shorter processing timeline. Additionally, the UE may transmit uplink control information (UCI) for the one or more dropped communications, where the UCI may include hybrid access request (HARQ) acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NAK) feedback, channel quality indicator (CQI), precoding matrix indicator (PMI), rank indicator (RI), etc. If a downlink transmission is dropped, the UE may transmit a NAK message. Alternatively, if an uplink transmission is dropped, the UE may transmit at least a portion of the UCI.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, and computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for managing cross-carrier scheduling. In one aspect, a processor of a wireless device may determine whether downlink control information (DCI) received from a secondary cell schedules communications on a primary cell, and may determine cross-carrier scheduling of communications on the primary cell in response to determining that the DCI received from the secondary cell schedules communications on the primary cell. In another aspect, processor of a network device may schedule communications on the primary cell in the DCI of the secondary cell, and may perform cross-carrier scheduling of communications on the primary cell based on the DCI of the secondary cell.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to dynamically configuring sounding reference signal (SRS) resources are provided. In some aspects, a base station may measure a SRS transmission transmitted by a user equipment (UE) and receive, using a receive beam selected based on the measuring, a transmission from the UE. In some aspects, a UE may transmit a SRS transmission; and receive, from the BS, a downlink control information (DCI) message including a SRS resource indicator (SRI) for use by the UE in selecting a beam to transmit to the BS. The SRS transmission may be transmitted using a SRS resource and may have a SRS parameter that is indicated in or related to a triggering message, or related to a transmission parameter of a communication between the BS and the UE.

Abstract: Standalone MBSFN cells may provide an improved user experience for an individual with a non-legacy UE since the bandwidth of that cell is mostly allocated to broadcasting streaming services. However, an individual with a legacy UE may be able to detect cell acquisition information associated with a standalone MBSFN cell but not to acquire standalone MBSFN cells. In order to solve this problem, the present disclosure provides various UE avoidance schemes that enable non-legacy UEs to acquire a standalone MBSFN cell and prevents legacy UEs from trying to acquire a standalone MBSFN only cell. The apparatus may receive cell acquisition information associated with an eMBMS standalone cell. The apparatus may detect a UE avoidance scheme based on a characteristic associated with the cell acquisition information. The apparatus may perform cell acquisition with the eMBMS standalone cell based on the characteristic.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) in a radio resource connection (RRC) inactive or idle state may initiate a random access procedure with a base station (BS) for initial access to a network, to resume an RRC connection, to re-establish an RRC connection, or to perform an early data transmission to a network. The BS may selectively include a timing advance (TA) medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) and an indication of a simplified timing advance command for the UE. The aspects herein may reduce the signaling overhead of the TA MAC CE. For example, the UE may enter an idle state or an inactive state. The UE may transmit a random access message to the BS with a request for timing advance simplification based, at least in part, on a TA value corresponding to the BS, wherein the TA value is applied to the transmission of the random access message.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may transmit, to a user equipment (UE), a first demodulation reference signal for each of one or more sub-bands and configured in accordance with a first one or more demodulation reference signal configurations. The UE may select a second demodulation reference signal configuration from a respective set of second demodulation reference signal configurations for each of the one or more sub-bands and may transmit an indication of the second demodulation reference signal configuration for each of the one or more sub-bands. The base station may receive the indication and may transmit, to the UE, a second demodulation reference signal for each of the one or more sub-bands and configured in accordance with the second demodulation reference signal configuration for each of the one or more sub-bands.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may dynamically cancel and reschedule configured transmission occasions for communicating with a user equipment (UE). The transmission occasions may be configured according to a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration (e.g., for downlink transmissions) or a configured grant (CG) configuration (e.g., for uplink transmissions). The base station may transmit a dynamic grant to the UE that indicates a cancellation of a transmission occasion and schedules a dynamic transmission occasion for communicating data scheduled for transmission at the canceled transmission occasion. In some examples, the cancellation in the grant may be explicit or implicit.

Abstract: A configuration configuring a UE to establish a connection with one or more candidate relays in preparation of switching to a target relay from one or more candidate relays. The apparatus receives, from a source relay, a candidate relay configuration, the candidate relay configuration including at least information of candidate relays. The apparatus measures a reference signal of the source relay and each of the candidate relays based on the candidate relay configuration. The apparatus establishes a connection with a subset of candidate relays. The apparatus transmits, to the source relay, a measurement report of the reference signal of the subset of candidate relays. The apparatus receives, from the source relay, a relay switch command to switch to a target relay from the subset of candidate relays.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support use of a connected mode RS in an unconnected mode according to one or more aspects. In a first aspect, a method of wireless communication includes operating, by a user equipment (UE), in an unconnected mode. The method also includes determining, by the UE, reference signal (RS) configuration settings for the unconnected mode. The method includes monitoring, by the UE, for a reference signal based on the RS configuration settings. The method further includes receiving, by the UE, a RS transmission in the unconnected mode based on the RS configuration settings. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating an early indication of a power saving mode are disclosed herein. The early indication of the power saving mode may enable a receiver to adapt to the operation of a network according to the indicated power saving mode. In some examples, a transmitter may provide the early indication via an SSB. For example, the transmitter may select a synchronization signal that maps to a power saving mode. In some examples, a transmitter may provide the early indication via a message of a random access procedure. The receiver receiving the early indication may apply configurations or behavior to communicate based on the indicated power saving mode.

Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating semi-static TCI configurations are disclosed herein. An example method for wireless communication at a UE includes receiving, from a base station, a first downlink message including a TCI state indicator. The example method also includes initiating a timer after receiving the first downlink message including the TCI state indicator. Additionally, the example method includes receiving, after the timer expires, subsequent downlink messages using the indicated TCI state until a second downlink message including a TCI state change indication is received. An example method for wireless communication at a base station includes transmitting, to a UE, a first downlink message including a TCI state indicator. The example method also includes initiating a timer after transmitting the first downlink message including the TCI state indicator.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first base station may communicate during asynchronous slots in accordance with a set of communication parameters determined from a handshake procedure performed with a second base station. For example, based on a change to a slot type of a slot to an asynchronous slot, the first base station and the second base station may perform the handshake procedure to determine the set of communication parameters and may communicate one or more messages during the slot in accordance with the set of communication parameters. Additionally, or alternatively, a user equipment (UE) may transmit a sounding reference signal (SRS) associated with a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state based on a slot type of a first slot in which the UE transmits the SRS and a reference signal received in a second slot having the slot type.