Abstract: A method and apparatus of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method and apparatus comprises: receiving a synchronization signals and physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block; determining whether a shared spectrum channel access is enabled; determining a first index of the SS/PBCH block as a candidate SS/PBCH block index (ISSB1) based on a number of candidate SS/PBCH blocks in a half frame; and determining a second index of the SS/PBCH block as an SS/PBCH block index (ISSB2) based on a quasi-co-location (QCL) parameter (Q) indicated by a PBCH in the SS/PBCH block, wherein the SS/PBCH block index (ISSB2) is determined as: ISSB2=ISSB1 mod Q based on a determination that the shared spectrum channel access is enabled, where mod is a modular operation; or ISSB2=ISSB1 based on the determination that the shared spectrum channel access is not enabled.

Abstract: A method and apparatus in a wireless communication system is provided. The method and apparatus comprise: receiving an SS/PBCH block; determining a subcarrier spacing of the SS/PBCH block from a set of subcarrier spacings {SCS1, SCS2}; determining a subcarrier spacing of a Type0-PDCCH CSS set in a CORESET, the subcarrier spacing of the Type0-PDCCH CSS set is the same as the subcarrier spacing of the SS/PBCH block; determining a bandwidth and a number of symbols of the CORESET based on an MIB in the SS/PBCH block; determining a frequency offset from a set of frequency offsets {O1, O2}, the frequency offset is determined as being from a smallest RB index of the CORESET to a smallest RB index of the common RB overlapping with a first RB of the SS/PBCH block; determining a frequency location of the CORESET; and receiving a Type0-PDCCH.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus in a wireless communication system are provided. The methods and apparatus comprises: determining a number of bits for a PUSCH; generating a first set of bits for grant uplink control information (CG-UCI); generating a second set of bits for a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback; multiplexing the first set of bits for the CG-UCI and the second set of bits for the HARQ feedback into the PUSCH, if a sum of the first and second set of bits does not exceed the determined number of bits for the PUSCH, wherein the first set of bits for the CG-UCI is multiplexed with a higher priority than the second set of bits for the HARQ feedback; and transmitting, to a BS over an uplink channel, the PUSCH including the multiplexed first and second set of bits for the CG-UCI and the HARQ feedback, respectively.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses of a BSs and UEs in a wireless communication system are provided. A method of operating the UE comprises: receiving, from a BS over a shared spectrum channel, a first DCI including a COT of the BS; determining a first portion of the COT for a downlink transmission from the BS and a second portion of the COT for an uplink transmission to the BS, wherein the COT includes a gap between the first and second portions of the COT; performing a channel access procedure based on a duration of the gap; receiving the downlink transmission in the first portion of the COT; and transmitting the uplink transmission in the second portion of the COT based on a sensing status of the shared spectrum channel that is sensed as an idle state during the channel access procedure in the duration of the gap.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of a UE in a wireless communication system supporting a shared spectrum channel access is provided. The method and apparatus comprises: identifying a frequency location of a synchronization signals and physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block; receiving the SS/PBCH block; determining whether the frequency location of the SS/PBCH block corresponds to a global synchronization channel number (GSCN) of a synchronization raster entry; and determining an offset as a sum of a first offset and a second offset, if the frequency location of the SS/PBCH block does not correspond to the GSCN of the synchronization raster entry, wherein the offset is a difference from a smallest resource block (RB) index of a control resource set (CORESET) for Type0 physical downlink control channel (Type0-PDCCH) common search space (CSS) set to a smallest RB index of a common RB overlapping with a first RB of the SS/PBCH block.

Abstract: A base station (BS) in a wireless communication system is provided. The BS comprises a processor configured to determine frequency units within a frequency range for a bandwidth of an operating carrier, wherein a listen-before-talk (LBT) operation is performed over each of the frequency units; and determine, for each of the frequency units, a set of intended spatial transmit (TX) parameters and a set of spatial receiver (RX) parameters of the LBT operation; and determine a subset of the frequency units for a downlink transmission based on the LBT operation performed over each of the frequency units; and a transceiver operably connected to processor, which is configured to transmit, to a user equipment (UE), downlink channels using the bandwidth corresponding to the determined subset of the frequency units.

Abstract: A method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system supporting a shared spectrum channel access is provided. The method comprises: receiving, from a base station (BS), a set of higher layer parameters including a subcarrier spacing of a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble, a logical root index (ilog) for the PRACH preamble, and an index (zeroCorrelationZoneConfg); determining a sequence length (LRA) for the PRACH preamble based on the subcarrier spacing of the PRACH preamble; determining a physical root index (iphy) for the PRACH preamble based on the logical root index (ilog); determining a cyclic shift (NCS) for the PRACH preamble based on the index (zeroCorrelationZoneConfg); generating the PRACH preamble based on the determined sequence length LRA, the determined physical root index iphy, and the determined cyclic shift NCS; and transmitting, to the base station (BS) over the shared spectrum channel, the PRACH preamble.

Abstract: A user equipment includes a processor configured to generate a random access (RA) message comprising a preamble portion including one or more repeated preambles constructed using a same sequence, and a CP that precedes repeated preamble sequences, and a data portion including one or more data segments with each data segment including a number of repeated data symbols and a CP that precedes the repeated data symbols, wherein a UE-ID is included in the data portion, and perform an LBT operation for the RA message in an unlicensed spectrum. A transceiver is configured to transmit, when a result of the LBT operation for the RA message allows, the RA message to a base station (BS). BS includes a transceiver configured to receive an RA message in an unlicensed spectrum from a UE, and to transmit a responded RA message in response to the RA message within a RAR window.

Abstract: Provided herein are isolated CD3×PSMA-bispecific antigen-binding molecules or bispecific antigen-binding fragment thereof wherein a FN3 domain specifically binds human prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) and a second antigen-binding site immunospecifically binds CD3. Also described are fusion proteins and related polynucleotides capable of encoding the provided fusion proteins and, cells expressing the provided fusion proteins. In addition, methods of using the provided isolated CD3×PSMA-bispecific antigen-binding molecules or bispecific antigen-binding fragment thereof are described.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided in a wireless communication system supporting a shared spectrum channel access. The method and apparatus comprises: receiving DCI indicating a type of LBT process for an uplink transmission including a PUSCH; performing an LBT process based on the type of the LBT process indicated in the DCI; initializing, during a COT, a channel occupancy comprising a first portion and a second portion that do not overlap each other; transmitting the uplink transmission including the PUSCH in the first portion of the channel occupancy that begins at a starting portion of the channel occupancy; and receiving a downlink transmission in the second portion of the channel occupancy, the downlink transmission comprising at least one of a unicast downlink transmission addressed only to the UE or a non-unicast downlink transmission addressed to a set of UEs including the UE.

Abstract: A method and apparatus in a wireless communication system supporting shared spectrum channel access is provided. The method and apparatus comprises: receiving a set of downlink channels supporting the shared spectrum channel access; identifying, a window for SS/PBCH block transmission, a bitmap for SS/PBCH blocks (ssb-PositionsInBurst), and a parameter for QCL assumption Q; determining, based on the identified window for the SS/PBCH block transmission, the identified bitmap for the ssb-PositionsInBurst, and the identified parameter for the QCL assumption Q, a SS/PBCH block as one of: a first set of SS/PBCH blocks assumed to be transmitted by the BS, or a second set of SS/PBCH blocks not transmitted by the BS; determining a set of resources that is not available for at least one PDSCH as overlapped with the first set of SS/PBCH blocks; and receiving the at least one PDSCH based on resource other than the determined set of resources.

Abstract: A method and apparatus in a wireless communication system supporting a semi-static shared spectrum channel access is provided. The method and apparatus comprises: receiving system information carried by downlink channels; identifying a duration of idle period, a fixed frame period, a number of observation slots, and an index; determining a first phase based on a first time period between a starting instance of the idle period and an ending instance of the at least one observation slot, a second phase based on a second time period between the ending instance of the at least one observation slot and an ending instance of the idle period, and a third phase based on a third time period between the ending instance of the idle period and an ending instance of the fixed frame period; and identifying the downlink channels as an idle state in the at least one observation slot.

Abstract: A method and apparatus in a wireless communication system supporting a shared spectrum channel access is provided. The method and apparatus comprises: receiving, from a base station (BS), system information indicating a discover burst transmission window: determining a number NSSBQCL of candidate synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) blocks as an interval for a quasi-co-locate (QCL) assumption; determining a set of QCLed candidate SS/PBCH blocks within the discovery burst transmission window based on the number NSSBQCL of candidate SS/PBCH blocks; determining a set of QCLed occasions within the discovery burst transmission window included in the system information; and receiving, from the BS, a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resource based on the determined set of QCLed occasions within the discovery burst transmission window.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of a UE in a wireless communication system supporting a shared spectrum channel access is provided. The method comprises: receiving, from a BS, a set of higher layer parameters; identifying, from the received set of higher layer parameters, a set of SS/PBCH blocks assumed to be transmitted by the BS; identifying, from the received set of higher layer parameters, a PRACH slot including at least one random access RO; determining the at least one RO as at least one valid RO; and transmitting, to the BS, a PRACH preamble in the at least one valid RO.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system supporting a shared spectrum channel access is provided. The method and apparatus comprises: receiving, from a base station (BS), a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) including downlink control information (DCI); determining, based on the received DCI, time domain resource allocation information of a random access channel (RACH) occasion and channel sensing information; performing channel sensing on an uplink (UL) channel based on the determined channel sensing information; identifying a status of the UL channel based on a result of the channel sensing on the UL channel; and transmitting, to the BS, a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble over the UL channel based on the determined time domain resource allocation information and the identified status of the UL channel.

Abstract: A method for listen-before-talk (LBT) operation by an eNodeB (eNB) in a wireless communication network is provided. The method includes triggering an LBT request to transmit, to a user equipment (UE), at least one of an uplink (UL) grant or downlink (DL) data for UL transmission over an licensed assisted access (LAA), determining an adaptive contention window (CW) size includes a predetermined minimum value and maximum value for transmitting the DL data and UL grant, performing DL data and UL grant LBT operations in accordance with the adaptive CW size, performing a UL grant LBT operation that includes a higher priority than the DL data regardless of a level of quality of service (QoS) of the DL data to transmit a UL grant message to the UE, and multiplexing the UL grant with the DL data, and transmitting the multiplexed UL grant with the DL data transmission to the UE.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides for chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) that specifically target a G-protein coupled receptor, G-protein coupled receptor family C group 5 member D (GPRC5D), and immunoresponsive cells comprising such CARs, for the treatment of cancer.

Abstract: A method of a UE in a wireless communication system supporting a shared spectrum channel access is provided. The UE comprises: receiving, from a BS over a first downlink channel, a SS/PBCH block; determining a transmission window in which the received SS/PBCH block is located; determining whether a CORESET for Type0-PDCCH CSS is present based on the received SS/PBCH block; determining a parameter for a QCL assumption of candidate SS/PBCH blocks within the transmission window; determining a group of QCLed candidate SS/PBCH blocks within the transmission window based on the determined parameter for the QCL assumption; determining a group of slots including the Type0-PDCCH CSS, wherein each slot of the group of slots corresponds to a candidate SS/PBCH block within the group of QCLed candidate SS/PBCH blocks; and receiving, over a second downlink channel, at least one Type0-PDCCH based on the determined groups of slots including the Type0-PDCCH CSS.

Abstract: A UE in a wireless communication system supporting a shared spectrum channel access is provided. The method comprises: determining a set of DSCH transmission windows based on a window periodicity, a window duration, and a window offset; determining a first set of SS/PBCH blocks within a DSCH transmission window of the set of DSCH transmission windows, wherein the first set of SS/PBCH blocks is QCLed; determining a second set of SS/PBCH blocks across at least two DSCH transmission windows being different DSCH windows of the set of DSCH transmission windows, wherein the second set of SS/PBCH blocks is QCLed; and receiving at least one SS/PBCH block that is located in the first set of SS/PBCH blocks or the second set of SS/PBCH blocks based on QCL information of the first set of SS/PBCH blocks or the second set of SS/PBCH blocks within the DSCH transmission window.

Abstract: A method of a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system is provide.