Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE receives, in a first slot and from a base station, a first signal that is a downlink data signal in a first frequency resource allocation. The UE communicates, with the base station, a second signal in a second slot. A configured time gap between the first slot and the second slot is according to a comparison of the first frequency resource allocation and a second frequency resource allocation.

Abstract: Various solutions for improvement of scheduling multi-cell PUSCH/PDSCH transmission with a single DCI are described. An apparatus may receive a DCI scheduling cells from a network node. The DCI includes at least one of a first DCI, a second DCI, and a third DCI. The apparatus may determine a DCI size budget of the DCI counted in one cell. The apparatus may perform a DCI decoding according to the DCI size budget and perform a PDSCH reception or a PUSCH transmission with at least one cell based on the DCI. The first DCI includes a common bit field, a first specific bit field and a plurality of designated bit fields corresponding to the cells, the second DCI includes the common bit field, a second specific bit field and a first part of the designated bit fields, and the third DCI includes a second part of the designated bit fields.

Abstract: Various solutions for wake-up signal (WUS) transmission for network energy saving with respect to user equipment and network apparatus in mobile communications are described. An apparatus may receive information for waking up a sleeping cell from a network node. The apparatus may transmit a WUS to the network node based on the information to wake up the sleeping cell. The WUS is used to request a transition from no or reduced transmission or reception activity to active transmission or reception activity of a channel or a signal, or is used to trigger a synchronization signal block (SSB) or system information block (SIB) transmission.

Abstract: Various solutions for power saving enhancements with a wake-up signal for a dual-radio system are described. An apparatus may configure a main radio of the apparatus to enter a sleep mode and a secondary radio of the apparatus to be in an active mode. The apparatus may receive, via the secondary radio, a first signal from a network node. The apparatus may apply the first signal for at least one of: a time or frequency synchronization with the network node; an indication of whether to wake up the main radio from the sleep mode; and a signal quality measurement.

Abstract: Various solutions for cell reselection for network energy saving with respect to user equipment and network apparatus in mobile communications are described. An apparatus may receive a network energy saving assistant information (NESAI) from a network node. The NESAI may comprise a cell barred field or a cell reservation field for network energy saving (NWES) configured to differentiate between non-NES user equipments (UEs) and NES-capable UEs. The apparatus may perform a cell reselection for a network energy saving (NES) cell based on the NESAI.

Abstract: A power saving method for monitoring data channel is proposed. The network node may indicate that the UE can enter a power saving mode by transmitting a DCI to the UE. The DCI may indicate a power saving duration and an additional monitoring duration. The power saving duration may indicate the length of the power saving mode and the starting point and the end point of the power saving mode. The additional monitoring duration may indicate that the UE needs to perform monitoring for a period of time before the power saving mode based on the first power saving duration indicated in the DCI.

Abstract: Various solutions for enhancements on paging early indication (PEI) design are described. An apparatus may receive a PEI from a network node of a wireless network. The PEI is included in a downlink control information (DCI) with a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) scrambled by a paging early indication-radio network temporary identifier (PEI-RNTI). The apparatus may monitor a paging occasion (PO) associated with the apparatus in a case that the PEI indicates there being a paging for a subgroup to which the apparatus belongs.

Abstract: Various solutions for enhancements on paging early indication-occasion (PEI-O) monitoring are described. An apparatus may receive a first radio resource control (RRC) parameter from a network node. The first RRC parameter indicates an offset before a first paging frame (PF). The apparatus may determine a time location of a PEI-O according to a reference point determined by the offset. The PEI-O is associated with one or more paging occasions (POs) in one or more paging frames (PFs) starting from the first PF. The apparatus may monitor the PEI-O to detect whether a PEI is received from the network node. The PEI indicates whether there is a paging for a subgroup to which the apparatus belongs.

Abstract: Various solutions for enhancements on physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) skipping and search space set group (SSSG) switching are described. An apparatus may detect a downlink control information (DCI) format from a network node of a wireless network. The DCI format indicates a duration for skipping PDCCH monitoring. The apparatus may skip PDCCH monitoring for the duration on an active downlink (DL) bandwidth part (BWP) of a serving cell. The apparatus may terminate skipping PDCCH monitoring in an event that at least one condition is met.

Abstract: A method of introducing a Downlink Control Information (DCI)-based early paging indication (PEI) for power consumption enhancements in a 5G/NR network is proposed. In particular, a Base Station (BS) can transmit a message including a PEI to a User Equipment (UE) when the UE is under an idle ode. Then, the UE can receive the PEI under the idle mode and determine whether to monitor a Paging Occasion (PO) according to the PEI. In some embodiments, a format of the message including the PEI can include a format of DCI.

Abstract: Method and UE are provided for scheduling for CCS from SCell to PCell. In particular, a UE can connect to a PCell and a SCell. A CCS is configured between the PCell and the SCell. According to a UE type, the UE can monitor PDCCHs from both the PCell and the SCell in a same slot when the UE is a first type UE, or ignore the PDCCHs from the SCell in the same slot when the UE is a second type UE.

Abstract: Various solutions for improvement of a scheduling of multi-cell PUSCH/PDSCH transmission with a single DCI are described. An apparatus may receive a DCI indicating a scheduling of a plurality of cells from a network node of a wireless network. The DCI includes a first DCI, a second DCI, or a third DCI. The apparatus may perform a PDSCH reception or a PUSCH transmission with at least one of the plurality of cells based on the DCI. The first DCI includes a common bit field and a plurality of designated bit fields corresponding to the plurality of cells, the second DCI includes the common bit field and a first part of the designated bit fields corresponding to at least one of the plurality of cells, and the third DCI includes a second part of the designated bit fields corresponding to at least one of the plurality of cells.

Abstract: Various solutions for Internet of Things (IoT) signal transmission with respect to an apparatus, a network node and an IoT device are described. An apparatus may receive a configuration from a network node. The apparatus may transmit a command to an IoT device according to the configuration. The apparatus may receive a backscattered signal from the IoT device. The backscattered signal is generated based on a carrier wave (CW). The CW may be provided by the apparatus or an emitter.

Abstract: Various solutions for transceiver adaptation for network energy saving with respect to user equipment and network apparatus in mobile communications are described. An apparatus may receive an indication of spatial element adaptation from a network node. The apparatus may determine whether to transmit a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) report based on the indication of spatial element adaptation.

Abstract: A method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE receives, from a base station, one or more BWP configurations for configuring a plurality of BWPs at the UE. The respective one or more BWP parameters of a set of BWP parameters define each respective BWP of the plurality of BWPs. The UE sends a capability indication indicating that the UE is capable of resetting values of one or more parameters of the set of BWP parameters. The UE sends a subset indication indicating that the UE is capable of resetting values of one or more parameters of a subset of BWP parameters from the set of BWP parameters.

Abstract: Various solutions for enhancements on physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring adaptation are described. An apparatus may detect a scheduling downlink control information (DCI) format from a network node of a wireless network. The scheduling DCI format indicates a duration for skipping PDCCH monitoring. The apparatus may perform PDCCH monitoring based on a setting of a new active downlink (DL) bandwidth part (BWP) in a case that the apparatus changes to the new active DL BWP by an expiration of a BWP inactive timer in the duration.

Abstract: Various solutions for determining a channel information based on synchronization signal with respect to an apparatus in mobile communications are described. The apparatus may receive a synchronization signal. The apparatus may decode the synchronization signal based on a cyclic shifted sequence generated by cyclically shifting a root sequence. The root sequence may include a plurality of non-zero values and a plurality of zero values, and any two different cyclic shifted sequences generated from the root sequence may have at most one coincidence of positions of the plurality of non-zero values. The apparatus may determine a channel information based on the synchronization signal.

Abstract: Various solutions for Internet of Things (IoT) signal transmission with respect to reader apparatus and an IoT device are described. A reader apparatus may transmit a message to an IoT device through an in-band frequency or a guard band frequency in a frequency spectrum for an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signal. A start of the transmission is aligned with a boundary of an OFDM symbol of the OFDM signal. The reader apparatus may receive a backscattered IoT signal from the IoT device through the in-band frequency or the guard band frequency.

Abstract: Various solutions for on-off keying (OOK) signal generation with respect to reader apparatus and an Internet of Things (IoT) device are described. A reader apparatus may generate an OOK signal with a discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-s-OFDM) waveform or with a cyclic prefix-OFDM (CP-OFDM) waveform. The reader apparatus may transmit the OOK signal to an IoT device.

Abstract: Various solutions for on-off keying (OOK) signal generation with respect to reader apparatus and an Internet of Things (IoT) device are described. A reader apparatus may generate an OOK signal with an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) waveform, wherein a start of an OOK signal transmission is aligned with a boundary of a symbol of the OFDM waveform. The reader apparatus may transmit the OOK signal to an IoT device.