Abstract: A method for a UE for performing a dormant operation is provided. The method includes receiving, from a BS, an RRC configuration indicating a set of one or more dormancy cell groups, wherein a group of serving cells belongs to a specific dormancy cell group in the set of one or more dormancy cell groups; receiving, from the BS, a signal including a bitmap, each bit of the bitmap being associated with a respective dormancy cell group in the set of one or more dormancy cell groups; and switching, based on a bit in the bitmap that is associated with the specific dormancy cell group, active BWPs of all serving cells included in the group of serving cells to a dormant BWP or to a non-dormant BWP.

Abstract: A method for SCell BFR performed by a BS is provided. The method includes: receiving, from a UE, a BFR MAC CE that includes a cell index of an SCell for which a beam failure is detected, and a reference signal index for the SCell, the BFR MAC CE is transmitted, by the UE, via a UL transmission associated with a HARQ process having a HARQ process ID; and transmitting, to the UE, DCI that schedules a PUSCH transmission with the HARQ process ID of the HARQ process that is used for the UL transmission of the BFR MAC CE, the DCI indicating a toggled NDI value, wherein the UE is configured to: determine, upon receiving the DCI, that the SCell BFR procedure is successfully completed; and monitor, on the SCell, a PDCCH using antenna port quasi-colocation parameters associated with the reference signal index after receiving the DCI.

Abstract: A method for radio link monitoring (RLM) performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes: receiving, from a serving cell, an RLM configuration; monitoring an RLM reference signal (RS) (RLM-RS) resource indicated by the RLM configuration to determine a first downlink (DL) radio link quality; monitoring a backup RLM-RS resource that is associated with the RLM-RS resource to determine a second DL radio link quality after determining that the first DL radio link quality is lower than a threshold and the RLM configuration also indicates the backup RLM-RS resource; and sending, via a physical (PHY) layer of the UE, an RLM indication to a higher layer of the UE based on at least one of the first DL radio link quality and the second DL radio link quality.

Abstract: A base station (BS) and a method for configuring uplink control information (UCI) multiplexing performed by a BS are provided. The method includes: transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration to configure a first sequence and a second sequence; transmitting, to the UE, a first downlink control information (DCI) format including a first indicator and a second DCI format including a second indicator; and receiving, from the UE, a UCI message which is multiplexed by the UE based on one of a first value corresponding to the first indicator and a second value corresponding to the second indicator. The first value corresponding to the first indicator is determined by the UE based on the first sequence. The second value corresponding to the second indicator is determined by the UE based on the second sequence.

Abstract: A method of sidelink unicast service management in an access stratum layer for a first user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, by the first UE through a PC5 interface, a sidelink unicast configuration associated with a second UE, from the second UE, transmitting, by the first UE through a radio resource control, RRC, signaling of the PC5 interface, a sidelink unicast link problem report, to the second UE in responsive to that the first UE is unable to comply with all or part of the sidelink unicast configuration, and performing, by the first UE, a sidelink unicast fallback procedure with the second UE by continuously using a sidelink unicast configuration setting of the first UE with corresponding configurations in a sidelink unicast pre-configuration used prior to the received sidelink unicast configuration.

Abstract: A method for sidelink operation performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes receiving, from a first cell, a conditional handover command that includes an indication of a second cell and one or more triggering conditions for handover to the second cell, performing handover to the second cell after determining that at least one of the triggering conditions is fulfilled, and applying a sidelink resource configuration that is stored in the UE after performing handover to the second cell based on the conditional handover command.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) and a method for transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback are provided. The method includes: receiving a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) configuration that indicates a specific PUCCH format of a PUCCH and whether a sidelink (SL) HARQ feedback is allowed to be transmitted on the PUCCH; generating a first HARQ feedback in response to first data received via a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH); generating a second HARQ feedback in response to second data received via a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH); and transmitting uplink control information (UCI) including at least a portion of the first HARQ feedback and at least a portion of the second HARQ feedback via the PUCCH in a case that the PUCCH configuration indicates that the SL HARQ feedback is allowed to be transmitted on the PUCCH and the first HARQ feedback overlaps the second HARQ feedback in a time domain.

Abstract: A method for uplink transmission performed by a UE is provided. The method includes: receiving a first configured grant configuration that allocates a first PUSCH duration; receiving a second configured grant configuration that allocates a second PUSCH duration, wherein the second PUSCH duration overlaps with the first PUSCH duration; obtaining a first HARQ process ID for the first PUSCH duration, then determining whether a first configured grant timer associated with the first HARQ process ID is running; obtaining a second HARQ process ID for the second PUSCH duration, then determining whether a second configured grant timer associated with the second HARQ process ID is running; and selecting one of the first PUSCH duration and the second PUSCH duration for an uplink transmission based on whether the first configured grant timer is running and whether the second configured grant timer is running.

Abstract: A method for a user equipment (UE) for performing a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) codebook generation operation for downlink transmission(s) is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, from a base station, a dynamic scheduling configuration for HARQ feedback operation; receiving, from the base station, a scheduling signaling for a first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception with a first HARQ state feedback for the first PDSCH reception being disabled; and generating, for the HARQ feedback operation, a HARQ codebook excluding a first HARQ state for the first PDSCH reception.

Abstract: A method performed by a User Equipment (UE) for power saving operations includes the UE receiving a first Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration indicating at least one dormancy cell group, receiving a second RRC configuration indicating a first Bandwidth Part (BWP), on which the UE is configured with a dormant operation, for a serving cell, receiving a third RRC configuration indicating a second BWP, on which the UE is not configured with the dormant operation, for the serving cell, receiving a Power Saving Signal (PSS) including a bitmap, determining an active BWP of the serving cell as the first BWP after determining that a bit associated with the dormancy cell group in the bitmap is set to a first value, and determining the active BWP of the serving cell as the second BWP after determining that the bit is set to a second value.

Abstract: A method performed by a user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The method includes receiving, using a first RAT, first SCI including a first priority value, and receiving, using a second RAT, second SCI including a second priority value. The method also includes determining whether to drop one of a transmission of a first physical channel derived from the first SCI and a transmission of a second physical channel derived from the second SCI based on the first priority value and the second priority value when the first physical channel overlaps the second physical channel in the time domain.

Abstract: A method performed by a BS for configuring CSI reporting is provided. The method includes transmitting a CSI reporting configuration to a UE on a first BWP; transmitting a first BWP switch indication to the UE on the first BWP, the first BWP switch indication being used to request the UE to switch to a second BWP; transmitting a second BWP switch indication to the UE after the UE switches from the first BWP to the second BWP, the second BWP switch indication being used to request the UE to switch back to the first BWP; and receiving a CSI report from the UE based on the CSI reporting configuration, without providing any CSI reporting activation command to the UE after the UE switches back to the first BWP according to the second BWP switch indication. A BS using the same is also provided.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) and a method for wireless communication are provided. The method includes: receiving a radio resource control (RRC) configuration from a base station (BS); determining whether a first parameter is configured in the RRC configuration; receiving first downlink control information (DCI) from the BS, the first DCI including a first field indicating a first Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARD) process identifier (ID); determining that a number of bits in the first field is a default number in a case that the first parameter is not configured in the RRC configuration; and determining that the number of bits in the first field is a specific number greater than the default number in a case that the first parameter is configured in the RRC configuration.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) comprises a processor configured to execute executable instructions to receive configuration information associated with at least two uplink carriers from a base station, the at least two uplink carriers including a supplementary uplink carrier and a normal uplink carrier, select one of the at least two uplink carriers of the base station if a power of a first downlink reference signal from the base station and measured by the UE is below a first threshold value, select a contention-free random access (CFRA) resource associated with a second downlink reference signal on the selected uplink carrier of the base station if a power of the second downlink reference signal from the base station and measured by the UE is above a second threshold value, and perform a random access procedure with the base station by using the selected CFRA resource over the selected uplink carrier.

Abstract: A method for SCell BFR performed by a UE is provided. The method includes: transmitting, to a base station, a BFR MAC CE that includes a cell index of an SCell in which beam failure occurs and a new candidate beam index for the SCell, the transmission of the BFR MAC CE associated with a HARQ process having a HARQ process ID; and receiving, from the base station, a first DCI format that schedules a first PUSCH transmission with the HARQ process ID, the first DCI format indicating a toggled NDI value.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) includes one or more non-transitory computer-readable media containing computer-executable instructions embodied therein and at least one processor coupled to the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media. The at least one processor is configured to receive through a serving cell of a first Radio Access Technology (RAT), a sidelink (SL) resource configuration of a second RAT, determine first validity area information associated with the first RAT and second validity area information associated with the second RAT, and identify a validity area of the SL resource configuration based on the first validity area information and the second validity area information.

Abstract: A method for sidelink (SL) control information (CSI) acquisition performed by a UE is provided. The method includes receiving a first SCI format from another UE, the first SCI format including resource allocation information of a second SCI format; receiving the second SCI format from the another UE based on the first SCI format, the second SCI format including a CSI request field and a source identifier (ID) field corresponding to the another UE; and generating a CSI report triggered by the second SCI format.

Abstract: Some of the present implementations provide a method for a user equipment (UE) for performing a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) repetition. The method may include receiving, from a base station, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) comprising downlink control information (DCI) in a control resource set (CORESET). The method then determines a spatial domain filter for a PUCCH transmission based on an index associated with the CORESET. After determining the spatial domain filter, the method may transmit, to the base station, a PUCCH in a slot using the spatial domain filter, and transmit, to the base station, a repeat of the PUCCH in one of the same slot, or a different slot, using the spatial domain filter.

Abstract: A method for multiplexing UCI performed by a UE is provided. The method includes: receiving, from a BS, an RRC configuration to configure a sequence that is selected from either a first sequence or a second sequence; receiving, from the BS, a DCI message including an indicator; determining a value corresponding to the indicator based on the configured sequence; and multiplexing a UCI message based on the determined value.

Abstract: A method for Channel State Information (CSI) reporting includes a User Equipment (UE) receiving a Channel State Information (CSI) reporting configuration from a base station (BS) on a first Bandwidth Part (BWP), receiving a first BWP switch indication from the BS on the first BWP, switching an active BWP of the UE from the first BWP to a second BWP, reserving the CSI reporting configuration after switching the active BWP, receiving a second BWP switch indication on the second BWP or a third BWP after switching the active BWP, switching the active BWP back to the first BWP, and automatically sending a CSI report based on the CSI reporting configuration without receiving any CSI reporting activation command from the BS after switching the active BWP back to the first BWP.