Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource for SRS precoding that is based at least in part on a downlink measurement, where a total quantity of configured SRS ports for transmission is less than or equal to a quantity of receive antennas configured at the UE. The UE may transmit an SRS with SRS precoding based at least in part on the SRS resource. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for channel occupancy sharing conditions for beam-based channel access. In some aspects, one or more wireless devices may support a beam-based channel access procedure according to which a first wireless device may share a channel occupancy time (COT) of a second wireless device without performing a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure if one or more conditions associated with a transmission from the first wireless device are satisfied. Such conditions may be associated with whether a directional beam used by the first wireless device satisfies a narrow beam condition, a time gap between a transmission from the second wireless device and a transmission from the first wireless device, or a duration of a continuous transmission from the first wireless device, or any combination thereof.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a channel occupancy time (COT) duration indication that indicates a first COT duration associated with a first channel occupancy initiated by the base station. The UE may initiate, during a time duration that is outside of the first COT duration and based at least in part on performing a listen-before-talk procedure, a second channel occupancy having a second COT duration. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may determine, based at least in part on a first downlink reference signal transmitted from a first base station using a downlink reference signal frequency, a first frequency offset associated with transmissions between the UE and the first base station. The UE may determine, based at least in part on a second downlink reference signal transmitted from a second base station using the downlink reference signal frequency, a second frequency offset associated with transmissions between the UE and the second base station. The UE may transmit, to the first base station and the second base station, at least one uplink reference signal using an uplink reference signal frequency that is based at least in part on the first frequency offset and the second frequency offset.

Abstract: In some aspects of the disclosure, an apparatus for wireless communication includes a receiver and a transmitter. The transmitter is configured to transmit a first transmission during a first time slot and to transmit a second transmission during a second time slot that is after the first time slot. The first transmission includes first data and a first demodulation reference signal (DMRS) associated with the first data, and the second transmission includes second data and a second DMRS associated with the second data. One or more of the first transmission or the second transmission further includes an indication of whether a joint channel estimation operation is to be performed based on the first DMRS and the second DMRS.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may select one or more sub-bands, of a plurality of sub-bands in a wideband structure of an unlicensed spectrum, for processing in association with receiving a reference signal. The one or more sub-bands may include at least one valid sub-band of a set of valid sub-bands in which the reference signal is received. The user equipment may process the one or more sub-bands in association with receiving the reference signal. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) scheduling a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). The UE may transmit a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) based on a PUCCH repetition factor, wherein the PUCCH repetition factor is indicated by a location of a control channel element (CCE) of the PDCCH, a PUCCH resource indicator (PRI) bitfield of the PDCCH, and at least one of: one or more parameters of the PDCCH, or one or more parameters of the PDSCH. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Bi-static radio-based object location detection can include determining, by a wireless device, a location of a remote wireless device; obtaining a ToF and an angle of arrival (AoA) of a reflected WWAN reference signal reflected by a remote object; and determining a location of the remote object based on the location of the remote wireless device, the ToF, and the AoA. In another example, a wireless device includes a wireless transceiver; a non-transitory computer-readable medium; and a processor communicatively coupled to the wireless transceiver and non-transitory computer-readable medium, the processor configured to determine a location of a remote wireless device; obtain a ToF and an angle of arrival (AoA) of a reflected WWAN reference signal reflected by a remote object; and determine a location of the remote object based on the location of the remote wireless device, the ToF, and the AoA.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for channel sensing with self-interference awareness for unlicensed band. A node may transmit, via a first entity of the node, at least one signal during a LBT procedure of a second entity of the node. The at least one signal may include a signal energy. The LBT procedure may be associated with a total measured interference from all detected energy sources. The node may determine a self-interference at the second entity of the node based on the signal energy of the at least one signal transmitted via the first entity of the node and calculate an interference from at least one other source based on a difference between the total measured interference from all detected energy sources and the self-interference determined based on the signal energy of the at least one signal.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to sidelink carrier aggregation and cross-carrier scheduling indications in sidelink control information (SCI). Specifically, in one aspect, a transmit UE may configure a multi-component carrier grant including a plurality of component carriers for a physical sidelink share channel (PSSCH). The transmit UE may further transmit, one or both of a set of first SCI each including a single component carrier grant corresponding to one component carrier from the multi-component carrier grant and associated with scheduling information of the one component carrier, or a second SCI including the multi-component carrier grant and associated with scheduling information of the plurality of component carriers. In another aspect, a receiver UE may receive one or both of the set of first SCI each including the single component carrier grant corresponding to one component carrier from the multi-component carrier grant, or the second SCI including the multi-component carrier grant.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide apparatus, methods, processing systems, and computer readable mediums for forming a virtual user equipment (UE) group and enhancing communication using joint reception and transmission mechanisms. For example, a UE may establish sidelink channels for communications with one or more other UEs. The UE and the one or more other UEs may form a virtual UE group (also interchangeably referred to as a virtual UE) using the sidelink channels. The UE may exchange information with other UEs in the virtual UE group to enhance communications between the one or more UEs of the virtual UE group and a network entity. The information exchanged depends on at least one of a joint reception mechanism or a joint transmission mechanism used by the virtual UE group. The UE communicates with the network entity based, at least in part, on the exchanged information.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for frame based operation and medium contention procedures in wireless networks. In some aspects, devices of a wireless network may perform receiver side contention operations. To illustrate, reference signals from a receiving device may be transmitted to a transmitting device and used by the transmitting device to estimate interference for transmitter side transmissions. Such receiver side reference signals may more accurately reflect the interference profile that transmissions sent by the transmitting device will face, such as when operating in a spectrum shared with many devices. The transmitting device may utilize the beam(s) that satisfy interference criteria when receiving the reference signals to transmit data.

Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to resource block allocation for time domain single-carrier waveform processing in new radio (NR). Specifically, in an aspect, a guard band may be allocated for a single-carrier waveform in a time or frequency domain. In another aspect, a resource block may be allocated for a time domain single-carrier waveform.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. For example, a user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a base station, an indication of a capability of the UE to switch from monitoring a set of frequency resources according to a first subcarrier spacing (SCS) to monitoring the set of frequency resources according to a second SCS, less than the first SCS. The indication may indicate an amount of time for the UE to switch between SCSs. The UE may receive, from the base station, signaling that indicates a configuration for monitoring the set of frequency resources according to the second SCS (e.g., a configuration for a reduced SCS window). The UE may switch from monitoring the set of frequency resources according to the first SCS to monitoring the set of frequency resources according to the second SCS based on receiving the configuration for monitoring the set of frequency resources.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described in which a base station and a user equipment (UE) may perform beam refinement within a random access procedure. A UE may transmit a random access request to the base station and, in response thereto, the base station may transmit a control channel order to the UE that indicates to transmit a modified random access request. Resources for the modified random access request may be determined based on the random access request, the control channel order, configured resources, or combinations thereof. The base station may monitor for the modified random access request using different beamforming parameters and determine a refined beam for a subsequent transmission in the random access procedure. The base station may use the refined beam to transmit a random access response to the UE, and complete the access procedure.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support configured reception with sidelink control information (SCI) repetition over a sidelink. In aspects, a receiving user equipment (UE) may be configured to conduct combined reception/decoding of SCI repetitions (received from a transmitting UE over a sidelink) over multiple time-frequency slots at pre-defined occasions (e.g., occasions configured by a base station) to decode a sidelink transmission. In aspects, a receiving UE may receive from a transmitting UE over a sidelink, a sidelink transmission during a reception occasion that includes a plurality of reception opportunities for the receiving UE. Each reception opportunity of the plurality of reception opportunities includes a repetition of an SCI. The receiving UE decodes the SCI by combining the repetitions of the SCI received in one or more reception opportunities, and decodes a data transmission (e.g.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to communicating control information are provided. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) may include performing a clear channel assessment (CCA), transmitting, to a first UE based on the CCA being successful, a first transport block (TB) via a first sub-PSSCH associated with a first sub-slot, and transmitting, to at least one of the first UE or a second UE, a second TB via a PSSCH associated with a slot.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for performing a common channel sensing procedure for transmissions via a mobile termination (MT) role or via a distributed unit (DU) role of an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node, or both. In one aspect, the IAB node may obtain channel access for transmissions via the MT role or the DU role, or both, using the same channel sensing procedure. The IAB node may select a timing of a sensing slot for the common channel sensing procedure in accordance with a capability of the IAB node and a timing of the transmissions. The IAB node may initiate a channel occupancy time (COT) for the transmissions via the MT role or the DU role, or both, as a result of determining that a measured energy detection (ED) value satisfies an ED threshold.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some wireless communications systems, a base station may transmit a control channel such as a PDCCH using one or more control resource sets (CORESETs). A CORESET may be associated with a number of different transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states which may specify information that a UE may use to receive the PDCCH. In some cases, the UE may identify an association between resources of the CORESET and a number of TCI states assigned to a CORESET using various different multiplexing techniques, such as time division multiplexing (TDM). Some associations between the resources of the CORESET and the TCI states may include a mapping of the resources of the CORESET to the different TCI states. The UE may decode the PDCCH based on the different TDM techniques used to configure the CORESET.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to techniques for determining reference assumption, such as quasi co-location (QCL) assumption, prioritization based on downlink physical layer (PHY) priority.