Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for frequency domain resource allocation for FDM based multi-panel simultaneous PUSCH transmission are disclosed. In one embodiment, a UE comprises a transceiver; and a processor coupled to the transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to receive, via the transceiver, a DCI scheduling an FDM based simultaneous multi-panel PUSCH transmission, the DCI indicates the uplink frequency resources used for the FDM based simultaneous multi-panel PUSCH transmission; and determine uplink frequency resources for the PUSCH transmission for a first panel and uplink frequency resources for the PUSCH transmission for a second panel from the indicated uplink frequency resources.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus of SRS resource mapping hopping for cross-SRS interference mitigation are disclosed. The apparatus includes a receiver that receives a configuration signalling for Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) resource mapping hopping; a processor that determines a hopping set for SRS resource mapping hopping, wherein the hopping set comprises a set of Cyclic Shift (CS) values, a set of transmission combs, and/or a set of initial frequency locations for frequency hopping; and a transmitter that transmits an SRS with hopping in the hopping set based on a randomized SRS resource mapping.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus of restriction on linked enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (ePDCCH) candidates for ePDCCH soft combining are disclosed. The method includes receiving, from a network entity (NE), control resource set (CORESET) information, search space set information, and physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates, each of the PDCCH candidates being transmitted with one or more repetitions, and one CORESET being associated with one search space set and determining at least two PDCCH candidates from the PDCCH candidates in corresponding PDCCH monitoring occasions, where each of the at least two PDCCH candidates are determined from a respective one of at least two search space sets with a one-to-one mapping scheme.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for of uplink control information (UCI) transmission. An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method performed by a UE, which includes: receiving information scheduling or activating a PUSCH, wherein the PUSCH is configured with a plurality of repetitions being frequency multiplexed, and each repetition of the plurality of repetitions is associated with a beam of a plurality of beams; and transmitting UCI on at least one repetition of the plurality of repetitions of the PUSCH transmission, wherein in the case that the UCI is transmitted on at least two repetitions of the plurality of repetitions, a total number of coded bits of the UCI on each of the at least two repetitions is identical.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for multiple physical uplink shared channel configurations. One method (500) includes receiving (502) a radio resource control configuration message including a list of physical uplink shared channel configurations for a bandwidth part of a component carrier. Each physical uplink shared channel configuration of the list of physical uplink shared channel configurations has a physical uplink shared channel configuration identifier or is implicitly indicated and configures a set of parameters for a physical uplink shared channel. The method (500) includes receiving (504) an activation message that activates a physical uplink shared channel configuration of the list of physical uplink shared channel configurations. The method (500) includes applying (506) the activated physical uplink shared channel configuration.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to methods and apparatuses for enhanced demodulation reference signal (DMRS). According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a user equipment (UE) can include: a transceiver that receives multiple MsgA physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resource configurations at least including an enhanced MsgA PUSCH resource configuration, wherein the enhanced MsgA PUSCH resource configuration includes an enhanced MsgA DMRS configuration; and a processor that is coupled with the transceiver and determines DMRS port(s) based on the enhanced MsgA DMRS configuration; wherein the transceiver further transmits a MsgA PUSCH transmission and a DMRS for the MsgA PUSCH transmission with a DMRS port selected from the determined DMRS port(s).

Abstract: Method and apparatus for power control for SRS transmission used for non-codebook based UL transmission are disclosed.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application are related to a method and apparatus of supporting timing advance (TA) acquisition. An exemplary method includes: receiving, from a serving cell on an active bandwidth part (BWP), a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) order triggering a physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission associated with a candidate cell of a set of candidate cells, wherein, the set of candidate cells is configured by higher layer, and a center frequency of synchronization signal (SS)/physical broadcast channel (PBCH) block (SSB) from the candidate cell is different from a center frequency of SSB from the serving cell; and transmitting, to the candidate cell, the PRACH transmission, wherein a time between a last symbol of the PDCCH order and a first symbol of the PRACH transmission is equal to or greater than a threshold timing gap, wherein the threshold timing gap is based on a radio frequency (RF) switching time.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for mutli-TRP operation with unified TCI framework are disclosed. In one embodiment, a UE comprises a transceiver; and a processor coupled to the transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to receive, via the transceiver, a MAC CE activating multiple TCI states for a BWP of a serving cell; and determine, at least for reception of PDSCH and PDCCH after application of the activated TCI states and before application of TCI states indicated by a DCI when unified TCI framework is configured, two activated DL TCI states from the activated multiple TCI states for the BWP of the serving cell.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a method and apparatus for power control of PUSCH repetition. A method according to an embodiment of the present application may include: receiving a mapping pattern and a configuration of a plurality of power control parameter sets for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission, which is configured to be transmitted in a plurality of time intervals repeatedly; receiving a downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling the PUSCH transmission, wherein the DCI includes a sounding reference signal resource indicator (SRI) field; determining a power of each PUSCH repetition of the PUSCH transmission based on at least one SRI value in the SRI field, the configuration of the plurality of power control parameter sets and the mapping pattern; and transmitting the PUSCH transmission in the plurality of time intervals repeatedly based on the determined power of each PUSCH repetition of the PUSCH transmission and the mapping pattern.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application are related to a method and apparatus for beam determination. An exemplary method includes: receiving configuration information at least indicating two failure detection resource sets in a cell; transmitting failure recovery information at least indicating a radio link quality of all failure detection resources in a first failure detection resource set of the two failure detection resource sets is worse than a first threshold; and monitoring physical downlink control channels (PDCCH)s in a control resource set (CORESET) in the cell based on the failure recovery information, wherein one or more transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states are activated for the CORESET and one TCI state of the one or more TCI states is associated with the first failure detection resource set, after a number of symbols from a last symbol of a received PDCCH for confirming the failure recovery information.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for 8TX UE with four coherent antenna groups are disclosed. In one embodiment, a UE comprises a transceiver; and a processor coupled to the transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to receive, via the transceiver, a control message scheduling a PUSCH transmission with transmission rank N to be transmitted by eight antenna ports in four coherent antenna groups, wherein, the control message includes a TPMI that indicates a 8TX precoding matrix used by the four coherent antenna groups, and wherein, N is any of 1 to 8; and transmit, via the transceiver, the scheduled PUSCH transmission according to the control message.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for sounding reference signal (SRS) power headroom report (PHR). According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a user equipment (UE) can include: a transceiver that: receives a configuration for SRS power control, wherein the configuration indicates one of: a single SRS power control parameter set for an SRS resource set, wherein the single SRS power control parameter set includes multiple downlink (DL) pathloss reference reference signals (RSs); or multiple SRS power control parameter sets for the SRS resource set, wherein each of the multiple SRS power control parameter sets is associated with a corresponding DL pathloss reference RS in the multiple DL pathloss reference RSs; and transmits one or more PHRs based on the configuration; and a processor that is coupled with the transceiver.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus of SRS power control for coherent joint transmission are disclosed. The apparatus includes a receiver that receives a signalling for indicating enhanced Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) power control parameters; a processor that determines a transmission power for an SRS based on the enhanced SRS power control parameters; and a transmitter that transmits the SRS with the determined transmission power.

Abstract: The present application relates to a method and an apparatus for downlink transmission in physical downlink control channel. The method includes: determining at least one transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state for receiving a physical down-link shared channel (PDSCH) or an aperiodic channel state information reference signal (AP CSI-RS), wherein multiple TCI states are activated for at least one control resource set (CORESET) in active bandwidth part (BWP) in serving cell; and receiving the PDSCH or the AP CSI-RS according to the determined at least one TCI state.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for mapping from virtual resource block (VRB) to physical resource block (PRB) of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a user equipment can include: a receiver that receives a downlink control information (DCI) format 1_0 in two or more linked common search spaces (CSSs) associated with two or more control resource sets (CORESETs), wherein each CSS of the two or more linked CSSs is associated with a CORESET of the two or more CORESETs; and a processor that is coupled to the receiver and determines a lowest-numbered PRB in the two or more CORESETs for mapping from VRB to PRB of a PDSCH transmission scheduled by the DCI format 1_0.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for transmitting information for PDSCH configurations. One method (400) includes determining (402) configuration information comprising a plurality of instances of a physical downlink shared channel configuration parameter. The method (400) includes transmitting (404) the configuration information to a user equipment, wherein: the physical downlink shared channel configuration parameter is used for a physical downlink shared channel scheduled by downlink control information; the downlink control information is transmitted from a set of resources having a corresponding index of a plurality of indexes; and each index corresponds to an instance of the plurality of instances of the physical downlink shared channel configuration parameter.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application are related to a method and apparatus for uplink transmission. An exemplary method of the present application includes: receiving a downlink control information (DCI) indicating a set of common transmission configuration indication (TCI) states for uplink transmission; and in response to the set of common TCI states being applicable for the uplink transmission, transmitting uplink transmission with repetition according to at least part of the set of common TCI states; or transmitting uplink transmission without repetition according to one of the set of common TCI states or an additional TCI state instead of the set of common TCI states.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods of Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) states configuration and activation or deactivation for multiple DCI (M-DCI) based multiple TRP (M-TRP) Downlink (DL) transmission are disclosed. The apparatus includes: a receiver that receives a capability report from a remote device, wherein the capability report indicates that the remote device supports 128 or more configurable TCI states; a processor that configures 128 or more TCI states according to the capability report; and a transmitter that transmits a Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) to activate a subset of the TCI states.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for power control are disclose.