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 receiving a unified waveform signal from a base station, wherein the unified waveform signal comprises an On-Off Keying (OOK) signal and an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) signal; determining whether an indicator in the OFDM signal indicates that the unified waveform signal is a low-power wake-up signal (LP-WUS); decoding the LP-WUS when the indicator indicates that the unified waveform signal is the LP-WUS; and terminating a decoding operation when the indicator indicates that the unified waveform signal is not the LP-WUS.

Abstract: Various solutions for wake-up signal (WUS) transmission based on timing information with respect to user equipment and network apparatus in mobile communications are described. An apparatus may receive a system information and a timing information for waking up a non-anchor cell from an anchor cell. The apparatus may transmit a WUS based on the system information and the timing information to wake up the non-anchor cell. The anchor cell comprises a cell where the apparatus is capable of receiving the system information and the timing information and performing a timing and frequency synchronization. The non-anchor cell comprises a cell where the apparatus cannot receive the system information and the timing information.

Abstract: Various solutions for network power saving with respect to user equipment and network apparatus in mobile communications are described. An apparatus may receive a power saving indication. The apparatus may obtain power saving information according to the power saving indication. The power saving indication may comprise at least one of a discontinuous reception (DRX) switch indicator for switching between a user equipment (UE)-specific-DRX (U-DRX) and a group-specific-DRX (G-DRX), an energy saving mode (EMS) indication, a list of synchronization signal block (SSB) or channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) resources, and a set of transmission configuration indication (TCI)I states or RS resource indexes.

Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a low power wakeup receiver (LP-WUR) and a processor. The processor is configured to perform operations including: receiving a modulated signal from a network apparatus via the LP-WUR, wherein the modulated signal has a harmonized design that accommodates overlaid waveforms of one or more modulation schemes; and deriving information bits from demodulating the modulated signal.

Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a low power wakeup receiver (LP-WUR) and a processor. The processor is configured to receive signals from a network apparatus via the LP-WUR, and perform operations including: receiving at least one synchronization signal sent by the network apparatus, wherein the at least one synchronization signal comprises at least one of a primary synchronization signal (PSS) and a secondary synchronization signal (SSS); and using the at least one synchronization signal to detect timing of a low power wakeup signal (LP-WUS).

Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a user equipment (UE). The UE receives, from a base station, a low-power radio layer (LPRL) synchronization signal on an LPRL for synchronization and measurement. The UE communicates, on the LPRL, wake-up information or paging information with the base station for subsequent communications on a high-performance radio layer (HPRL). The UE detects, on the HPRL, a signal transmitted from the base station.

Abstract: Examples pertaining to cell discontinuous transmission (DTX) and user equipment (UE) discontinuous reception (DRX) are described. A UE receives a configuration of a cell DTX from a network node with a cell DTX functionality. The configuration carries information regarding at least one of a periodicity, a start slot or a start offset and an on duration. Then, the UE skips a monitoring activity during one or more non-active periods of the cell DTX of the network node.

Abstract: Examples pertaining to synchronization and radio resource management in mobile communications are described. A user equipment (UE) receives a periodic low power synchronization signal (LP-SS) from a network node via a low-power wake-up receiver (LP-WUR) of the apparatus. Then, the UE performs a synchronization based on the periodic LP-SS via the LP-WUR of the apparatus in an event that a main radio of the apparatus is in a power saving mode. The synchronization comprises at least a coarse time synchronization and a coarse frequency synchronization.

Abstract: A creating method of a classification model about a hard disk efficiency problem comprising: by an analyzing device, performing: obtaining a plurality of pieces of measurement data of a plurality of hard disk devices each of which comprises a plurality of values of a plurality of vibration parameters; binarizing the plurality of pieces of measurement data based on a plurality of preset conditions respectively corresponding to the plurality of vibration parameters; and obtaining the classification model about the hard disk efficiency problem based on the plurality of pieces of binarized measurement data and a decision tree algorithm.

Abstract: An operating method executed by a wireless communication device is provided. The method includes selecting a high-performance receiver to receive a wireless signal from a transmitting device in response to the wireless signal being a first type of signal on a high-performance radio layer; and selecting a low-power receiver or the high-performance receiver to receive the wireless signal from the transmitting device in response to the wireless signal being a second type of signal on a low-power radio layer.

Abstract: Various solutions for low-power wake-up signal (LP-WUS) monitoring with respect to user equipment and network node in mobile communications are described. An apparatus may receive a configuration from a network node. The apparatus may comprise a main radio (MR) and a lower-power wake-up radio (LP-WUR). The apparatus may determine whether to activate or deactivate a low-power wake-up signal (LP-WUS) monitoring by the LP-WUR according to at least one pre-configured condition in the configuration. The apparatus may receive an LP-WUS from the network node via the LP-WUR in an event that the LP-WUS monitoring is activated.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for TxRU carrier switch. In one embodiment, the UE is configured with an anchor carrier in an anchor cell and one or more secondary carriers. In one embodiment, the TxRU carrier switch is configured as supplementary uplink (SUL)-based carrier switch with supplementary carriers or configured as a CA-based carrier switch with supplementary cells. In one embodiment, the one or more secondary carriers are supplementary carriers of the anchor cell, and wherein the anchor carrier is TDD carrier or frequency division duplex (FDD) carrier, and wherein the supplementary carrier is configured as a TDD carrier, a FDD carrier, a supplementary uplink carrier (SUL), or a supplementary downlink carrier (SDL). In another embodiment, the one or more secondary carriers are supplementary cells different from the anchor cell, and wherein the supplementary cells are configured with MAC control element (CE).

Abstract: Various solutions for low-power wake-up signal (LP-WUS) design with respect to user equipment and network node in mobile communications are described. An apparatus may receive a LP-WUS configuration from a network node. The apparatus may receive a LP-WUS based on the LP-WUS configuration from the network node. The apparatus may determine whether to wake up according to the LP-WUS. The LP-WUS with N subcarriers (SCs) is generated through a transformation of M-bit on-off keying (OOK) in a time domain. The transformation is a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) or least square operation. K samples are generated from the M bits with a signal modification or a signal truncation. The LP-WUS is generated through an inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) operation. The K is a size of the IFFT operation of cyclic-prefix orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (CP-OFDMA). The N is less than or equal to the K.

Abstract: Various solutions for providing a unified control channel framework in mobile communications are described. An apparatus receives a first-stage downlink control information (DCI) from a network node. The first-stage DCI indicates first scheduling information associated with a second-stage DCI. Then, the apparatus receives the second-stage DCI from the network node according to the first scheduling information. The second-stage DCI indicates second scheduling information associated with one or more carriers or cells or indicates non-scheduling information associated with one or more features. Also, the apparatus performs operations including either one of the following: (1) performing a PDSCH reception or a PUSCH transmission on at least one of the one or more carriers or cells according to the second scheduling information; and (2) applying the non-scheduling information in an event that the apparatus supports at least one of the one or more features.

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: A new design for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is proposed for the next generation 5G new radio systems. A UE receives the configuration of a default control resource set (CORESET) in MIB/SIB from its serving base station. The default CORESET contains both common search space and UE-specific search space for candidate PDCCH transmission. A PDCCH in a default CORESET is mapped to physical resource in a distributed or localized manner. Specifically, various REG-to-CCE mapping rules are proposed to improve frequency diversity gain, or frequency selectivity gain, or to reduce latency of PDCCH processing. Further, to facilitate analog beamforming in mmWave systems, the default CORESET is transmitted in a synchronization signal (SS) block associated with a corresponding analog beam direction.

Abstract: Examples pertaining to reference signal (RS) enhancements in mobile communications are described. An apparatus (e.g., a user equipment (UE)) may receive a minimum broadcast RS from a network node (e.g., a base station (BS)). Based on the minimum broadcast RS, the apparatus may perform basic downlink (DL) measurement. The apparatus may also receive or transmit an on-demand RS from or to the network node in a case that a triggering condition is fulfilled. Based on the on-demand RS, the apparatus may perform additional DL or uplink (UL) measurement.

Abstract: Various solutions for low power wake-up signal (LP-WUS) transmission with respect to user equipment and network apparatus in mobile communications are described. An apparatus may receive a wake-up signal (WUS) configuration from a network node. The apparatus may monitor a wake-up signal based on the WUS configuration. The wake-up signal may be modulated based on one-off keying (OOK) and generated by a multi-carrier amplitude shift-keying (MC-ASK) waveform generation, and wherein a parameter K is a size of inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) of cyclic-prefix orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (CP-OFDMA).

Abstract: Examples pertaining to connected-mode power saving with a low-power (LP) wake-up signal (WUS) for a dual-radio system in mobile communications are described. In one example, an apparatus may monitor, via a secondary radio of the apparatus, whether an LP WUS is received from a network node in a case that the apparatus is operating in a connected mode. The apparatus may determine whether to wake up a main radio of the apparatus for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring in the connected mode based on the monitoring of the LP WUS.

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.