Abstract: A user equipment (UE) and a method for wireless communication are provided. The method includes receiving a first radio resource control (RRC) configuration, the first RRC configuration configuring a radio link monitoring configuration that includes a beam failure detection (BFD) timer and a beam failure indication (BFI) count threshold; starting or restarting the BFD timer by a medium access control (MAC) entity of the UE each time a BFI is received from a lower layer; counting a number of the received BFIs using a BFI counter; initiating a beam failure recovery (BFR) procedure upon determining that the BFI counter indicates a value greater than or equal to the BFI count threshold; and setting the BFI counter to zero when receiving a second RRC configuration that reconfigures the radio link monitoring configuration.

Abstract: A user equipment and a method for activating a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) spatial relation are provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) including a first field and a second field, the first field indicating an identifier (ID) of a specific PUCCH spatial relation to be activated or deactivated, the second field indicating an ID of a specific PUCCH resource; applying the MAC CE to all PUCCH resources in a specific PUCCH group that includes the specific PUCCH resource in a case that the MAC CE is identified by a first LCID; and applying the MAC CE to the specific PUCCH resource in a case that the MAC CE is identified by a second LCID.

Abstract: A method of deriving a Quasi-CoLocation (QCL) assumption for a user equipment (UE) in multi-panel transmission is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining a plurality of control resource set (CORESET) groups from a network of the wireless communication system, determining a default QCL assumption for demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) port(s) of at least one physical downlink share channel (PDSCH), reception scheduled by a scheduling physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) according to a CORESET of one of the plurality of CORESET groups when a time offset between a reception of downlink control information (DCI), in the scheduling PDCCH and the at least one PDSCH reception is less than a threshold, wherein at least one of the plurality of CORESET groups includes at least one CORESET for indicating a QCL assumption, and applying the default QCL assumption for reception of the DM-RS port(s) of the at least one PDSCH.

Abstract: A method for a user equipment (UE) monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for power saving signaling is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration from a base station (BS) to configure the UE to monitor a scheduling signal on the PDCCH within a DRX active time, and receiving a configuration from the BS to configure the UE to monitor the power saving signaling on the PDCCH and instructing the UE to wake up for monitoring the scheduling signal in the DRX active time, wherein the configuration includes a time in milliseconds prior to a start of a DRX on-duration time, and instructs the UE to start monitoring the PDCCH for the power saving signaling.

Abstract: A method, performed by a User Equipment (UE), for Uplink (UL) transmission management includes the UE determining a default spatial domain transmission filter for an UL resource according to at least one Quasi Co-Location (QCL) parameter of a Control Resource Set (CORESET) after determining that the UL resource is not configured with a spatial domain transmission filter and a pathloss reference Reference Signal (RS) resource, and transmitting the UL resource by applying the default spatial domain transmission filter.

Abstract: A method of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) repetition performed by a user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), a configuration for a first PUSCH transmission, in case a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message including information to configure a slot-based repetition operation for the first PUSCH transmission is received from the BS, not receiving, from the BS, an RRC message including information to configure a non-slot based repetition operation for a second PUSCH transmission during the first PUSCH transmission with the slot-based repetition operation, and in case an RRC message including information to configure a non-slot based repetition operation for the second PUSCH transmission is received from the BS, not receiving, from BS, an RRC message including information to configure a slot-based repetition operation for the first PUSCH transmission during the second PUSCH transmission with the non-slot based repetition operation.

Abstract: A method of deriving a Quasi-CoLocation (QCL) assumption for a user equipment (UE) in multi-panel transmission is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining a plurality of control resource set (CORESET) groups from a network of the wireless communication system, determining a default QCL assumption for demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) port(s) of at least one physical downlink share channel (PDSCH), reception scheduled by a scheduling physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) according to a CORESET of one of the plurality of CORESET groups when a time offset between a reception of downlink control information (DCI), in the scheduling PDCCH and the at least one PDSCH reception is less than a threshold, wherein at least one of the plurality of CORESET groups includes at least one CORESET for indicating a QCL assumption, and applying the default QCL assumption for reception of the DM-RS port(s) of the at least one PDSCH.

Abstract: A method and a User Equipment (UE) for beam operations are provided. The method includes monitoring at least one of a plurality of Control Resource Sets (CORESETs) configured for the UE within an active Bandwidth Part (BWP) of a serving cell in a time slot; and applying a first Quasi Co-Location (QCL) assumption of a first CORESET of a set of one or more of the monitored at least one of the plurality of CORESETs to receive a Downlink (DL) Reference Signal (RS), wherein the first CORESET is associated with a monitored search space configured with a lowest CORESET Identity (ID) among the set of one or more of the monitored at least one of the plurality of CORESETs.

Abstract: A method for wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration to configure a first semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and generating first uplink control information (UCI) in response to the first SPS PDSCH, where the RRC configuration includes a first parameter that indicates a priority of the first UCI.

Abstract: A method and a BS for construction of a DCI format are provided. The method includes configuring a first DAI field of first DCI with a first size and configuring a second DAI field of second DCI with a second size; generating at least one bit with a zero value for one of the first DAI field and the second DAI field if a size difference between the first size and the second size exists; and transmitting, to a UE, an RRC message, the first DCI, and the second DCI, wherein the RRC message includes information for configuring a HARQ-ACK codebook list, the HARQ-ACK codebook list includes a first HARQ-ACK codebook indicated by the first DCI and a second HARQ-ACK codebook indicated by the second DCI, and the first DCI and the second DCI have a same format.

Abstract: A method performed by a wireless communication device includes determining whether to transmit a first Sidelink Synchronization Signal (SLSS) according to a priority parameter when an occasion of the first SLSS collides with a Physical Sidelink Feedback Channel (PSFCH) that carries Sidelink Feedback Control Information (SFCI). The priority parameter is associated with a Physical Sidelink Shared Channel (PSSCH) that corresponds to the PSFCH.

Abstract: A method performed by a UE is provided. The method includes receiving at least one SL-DRX configuration and a plurality of SL resource pool configurations to be configured on the first UE; performing partial sensing based on at least one of the plurality of SL resource pool configurations when an SL-DRX operation is performed based on the at least one SL-DRX configuration, each of at least one SL resource pool configured by the at least one of the plurality of SL resource pool configurations comprising one or more time slots; and performing SL-CBR measurement associated with each of the at least one SL resource pool in the one or more time slots where the partial sensing is performed.

Abstract: A method, performed by a User Equipment (UE), includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising an information for configuring a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest-ACKnowledge (HARQ-ACK) codebook list, first downlink control information (DCI) and second DCI; determining whether a size difference exists between a first downlink assignment index (DAI) field of the first DCI and a second DAI field of the second DCI; and inserting at least one bit with a zero value into one of the first DAI field and the second DAI field when the size difference between the first DAI field of the first DCI and the second DAI field of the second DCI is determined, wherein the HARQ-ACK codebook list includes a first HARQ-ACK codebook indicated by the first DCI and a second HARQ-ACK codebook indicated by the second DCI.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for performing beam failure recovery in a wireless communication system are provided. The method performed by a User Equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a base station, a first bandwidth part (BWP) configuration corresponding to a first BWP, a second BWP configuration corresponding to a second BWP, and a BWP inactivity timer; determining whether a BFR procedure is triggered; when determining that the BFR procedure is triggered: stopping the BWP inactivity timer and performing BWP switching from the first BWP to the second BWP.

Abstract: Some of the present implementations provide a method for a user equipment (UE) for receiving a power saving signal. The method receives, from a base station, a power saving signal comprising a minimum applicable K0 (K0min) that indicates a minimum scheduling offset restriction between a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and a physical downlink shared channel (PDCCH). The method determines an application delay based on a predefined value. The method then applies the minimum scheduling offset restriction after the application delay.

Abstract: A method of determining one or more PSFCH resources for HARQ feedback in sidelink communication for a first UE is provided. The method receives, from a second UE, a first SCI for scheduling a first PSSCH transmission and a second SCI for scheduling a second PSSCH transmission. The method determines priorities of a first HARQ feedback corresponding to the first PSSCH transmission and a second HARQ feedback corresponding to the second PSSCH transmission according, respectively, to the first SCI and the second SCI. The method transmits a PSFCH for at least one of the first HARQ feedback and the second HARQ feedback with a higher priority according to the determined priorities to the second UE when a first PSFCH resource for the first HARQ feedback and a second PSFCH resource for the second HARQ feedback are overlapped at least in the time domain.

Abstract: Some of the present implementations provide a method for a user equipment (UE) for receiving a power saving signal. The method receives, from a base station, a power saving signal comprising a minimum applicable K0 (K0min) that indicates a minimum scheduling offset restriction between a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). The method determines an application delay based on a predefined value. The method then applies the minimum scheduling offset restriction after the application delay.

Abstract: A method performed by a wireless communication device includes determining whether to transmit a first Sidelink Synchronization Signal (SLSS) according to a priority parameter when an occasion of the first SLSS collides with a Physical Sidelink Feedback Channel (PSFCH) that carries Sidelink Feedback Control Information (SFCI). The priority parameter is associated with a Physical Sidelink Shared Channel (PSSCH) that corresponds to the PSFCH.

Abstract: A method, performed by a UE, includes receiving a first Sidelink (SL) Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) from a Base Station (BS), wherein the first SL PDCCH provides scheduling information for at least one SL transmission; obtaining a value of a SL Assignment Indicator (SAI) field from the first SL PDCCH, wherein the value of the SAI field indicates an accumulative number of a first received SL PDCCHs up to the first SL PDCCH; and constructing a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) codebook for a first quantity of SL transmission (s) scheduled by a second quantity of a second received SL PDCCHs; wherein the HARQ codebook is transmitted to the BS from the UE, the first quantity of the SL transmission (s) includes the at least one SL transmission, the second received SL PDCCHs include the first received SL PDCCHs, and the first received SL PDCCHs include the first SL PDCCH.

Abstract: A method of channel state information (CSI) reporting by a first user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), a radio resource control (RRC) message to configure a first priority level for a logical channel; performing a sidelink (SL) communication with a second UE; generating a Medium Access Control (MAC) control element (CE) for a CSI report for the SL communication with a second priority level in a fixed value; determining a prioritization between the MAC CE including the CSI report and data from the logical channel according to the fixed value of the second priority level and the first priority level; and transmitting, to the second UE or the BS, at least one of the MAC CE and the data from the logical channel based on the determined prioritization.