Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for transmitting and/or receiving feedback for sidelink transmissions. One method (1000) includes receiving (1002) information from a network device indicating multiple resources Begin for sidelink transmission and resources for feedback. The method (1000) includes transmitting (1004) sidelink data using the multiple resources for sidelink transmission.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for UE handover are disclosed. One method of a UE comprising receiving a handover configuration related to a conditional handover command including at least one handover condition and a plurality of candidate cells, wherein the handover condition is configured per candidate cell; and selecting a target cell from the plurality of candidate cells in response to the target cell meeting the corresponding handover condition. The methods and apparatus herein not only increase the likelihood of a successful handover while the power consumption and/or processing time for the UE are acceptable, the processing resource is also saved for eNB.

Abstract: The present application relates to user equipment and a method for reporting reference signal receiving power (RSRP). A user equipment transmits a reference signal to another user equipment. After receiving the reference signal, another user equipment measures the reference signal for determining an RSRP. Another user equipment then transmits the RSRP and an attribute information corresponding to the RSRP to the user equipment. The user equipment receives the RSRP and the attribute information. The attribute information includes a geographic information, a type information of the RSRP, or a combination of the geographic information and the type information.

Abstract: The present application is related to a method and apparatus for designing a control-resource set (CORESET) for a user equipment (UE) supporting New Radio (NR) Internet of Things (IoT) application in 3GPP 5G technology. A method for wireless communications performed by a base station (BS) includes: transmitting, to a UE, signaling configuring a control region on a wideband carrier, wherein the control region occupies more than three orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in time domain; and transmitting, to the UE, a downlink control channel within the control region.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to method and apparatus for HARQ feedback. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method can include: transmitting, to a first user equipment (UE), location information of a second UE and a communication range required for at least one sidelink transmission from the second UE, wherein each of the at least one sidelink transmission comprises a set of transport blocks (TBs); detecting feedback information associated with a corresponding TB of the set of TBs from the first UE on a set of feedback resources; and determining whether to retransmit the corresponding TB of the set of TBs based on the detection result of the feedback information. Embodiments of the present disclosure can avoid unnecessary retransmission and can improve transmission efficiency in NR V2X groupcast communication.

Abstract: The present application is related to a method and apparatus for determining a hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledge (HARQ-ACK) codebook for carrier aggregation (CA). A method for determining a HARQ-ACK codebook for CA includes receiving a first control signal on a carrier within a carrier group in a slot, wherein the first control signal includes an indicator for indicating whether the carrier is a last scheduled carrier of the carrier group for downlink transmissions. The method further includes transmitting a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) codebook corresponding to the downlink transmissions in the slot for the carrier group, wherein, based on the first control signal, one or more HARQ-ACK bits for the last scheduled carrier are arranged at the end of the HARQ-ACK codebook. The present application reduces signaling overhead for a HARQ-ACK codebook and avoids misunderstanding between a base unit and a remote unit when determining the HARQ-ACK codebook for CA.

Abstract: Systems and/or techniques for facilitating image forgery detection via headpose estimation are provided. In various embodiments, a system can receive a document from a client device. In various cases, the system can identify, by executing a first trained machine learning model, an object that is depicted in the document. In various instances, the system can determine, by executing a second trained machine learning model, a pose of the object. In various aspects, the system can determine, by executing a third trained machine learning model, whether the document is authentic or forged based on the pose of the object. In various embodiments, the system can, in response to determining that the document is forged, transmit an unsuccessful validation message to the client device.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for resource allocation in vehicle to everything (V2X) communication. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method may include: determining resource allocation information indicating at least one set of resources for a set of transport blocks; and transmitting the determined resource allocation information. Each set of resources is associated with a transport block of the set of transport blocks to be transmitted on sidelink.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to determining whether document objects included in an image correspond to known document types. In some embodiments, a computing system maintains information specifying a set of known document types. In some embodiments, the computing system receives an image that includes objects. In some embodiments, the computing system analyzes, using a first neural network, the image to identify a document object and location information specifying a location of the document object within the image. In some embodiments, the computing system determines, using a second neural network, whether the document object within the image corresponds to a document type specified in the set of known document types, where the determining is performed based on the location information of the document object. In some embodiments, disclosed techniques may assist in automatically extracting information from documents, which in turn may advantageously decrease processing time for onboarding new customers.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods of Channel Status Information (CSI) acquisition on sidelink are disclosed. The apparatus includes: a transmitter that transmits a reference signal to a device on a sidelink (SL) transmission; a receiver that receives a channel quality report from the device; and a processor that controls the transmitter and the receiver, and decodes the channel quality report to obtain a channel quality; wherein the processor is configurable to support one or a combination selected from a group consisting of: a reporting activation scheme where an SL Channel Status Information (CSI) reporting activation indicator is configured; and a measurement triggering scheme where the transmitter initiates transmission of the reference signal upon satisfying a triggering condition.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a method of a first communication device includes: receiving a first connection request from a second communication device, wherein the first connection request may include a first indication indicating that a first logical channel between the first communication device and the second communication device is associated with a third communication device.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for resource configuration priority levels. One apparatus (200) includes a receiver (212) that receives (602) random access resource information indicating multiple random access resource configurations having different priority levels. The apparatus (200) also includes a processor (202) that determines (604) a random access resource configuration from the multiple random access resource configurations. The apparatus (200) includes a transmitter (210) that transmits (606) a random access signal based on the random access resource configuration.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for data acknowledgment. One apparatus includes a transmitter that transmits data to a device. The apparatus may include a processor that determines a response window having multiple subframes for receiving an acknowledgement corresponding to the data. The apparatus may include a receiver that receives the acknowledgement within the response window.

Abstract: The present application is related to a method and apparatus for resource allocation for EMBB/URLLC in 3GPP 5G technology. A method for resource allocation performed by abase station (BS) includes: transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), signaling indicating non-available resource on a carrier, wherein the non-available resource is reserved for a specific type of communication; and transmitting, to the UE, an indicator indicating allocated resource for transmitting data on the carrier, wherein the allocated resource includes at least part of the non-available resource.

Abstract: The present application relates to a method and apparatus for indicating a TDD uplink-downlink configuration. One embodiment of the subject application provides a method performed by a user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising: receiving, from a base station (BS), a signal indicating an uplink-downlink transmission pattern, wherein the uplink-downlink transmission pattern having a first transmission period includes a first plurality of type-1 slots, a second plurality of type-2 slots, and a third plurality of type-3 slots, wherein the type-1 slots only comprise downlink symbols, and the type-2 slots only comprise uplink symbols; and monitoring a transmission of downlink control channel within the first plurality of type-1 slots.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for resource collision avoidance on sidelink are disclosed. One method of apparatus includes determining reserved resource on SL for a following SL transmission; transmitting information of the reserved resource to a mode 4 UE in a resource reservation field in SCI. Further, the reserved resource on SL is determined according to DCI received from a base station. Further, a resource guarantee indication, which indicates whether the reserved resource indicated in the resource reservation field in the SCI can be occupied by the mode 4 UE, is transmitted to the mode 4 UE.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for scheduling request indication. One apparatus (200) includes a transmitter (210) that transmits (602) a scheduling request in response to data arriving at a buffer. The scheduling request includes an indication of a traffic type, a requested number of scheduling transmissions, an expected number of transmissions, an expected scheduling interval, a latency requirement, or some combination thereof. The apparatus (200) also includes a receiver (212) that receives (604) an uplink grant in response to transmitting the scheduling request. The transmitter (210) transmits (606) the data in response to receiving the uplink grant.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for SL SRS transmission are disclosed. One method of a relay/remote UE comprises transmitting a SRS on a SL. The SRS is based on a SL SRS configuration which configures location information of the SRS in time-frequency domain. The transmission of SRS can be either periodic or aperiodic. Further, the SRS is a single SRS or a set of SRS.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application are directed to a method and apparatus for sidelink resource allocation. In an embodiment of the present application, the method includes determining a plurality of initial transmission resources, wherein each of the plurality of initial transmission resources is associated with a packet to be transmitted on a sidelink channel between a transmitting user equipment (UE) and a receiving UE; determining whether one or more retransmission resources are to be reserved for at least one of the packets associated with the plurality of initial transmission resources; and reserving the one or more retransmission resources for at least one of the packets in response to that the one or more retransmission resources are determined to be reserved.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for flight path information reporting are disclosed. One method of UE such as aerial vehicles for flight path information reporting includes determining whether current flight path information is changed comparing with planned flight path information; and transmitting a report including the current flight path information to a network equipment such as eNB. The method contributes to improve mobility performance of the aerial vehicles by timely communicating the current flight path information.