Abstract: A method of wireless communication is provided. The method includes obtaining, by a user equipment (UE), information that indicates an association among multiple pathloss reference groups and multiple Transmission and Reception Points (TRPs), and determining, by the UE, whether a pathloss difference between a first pathloss estimated by a first pathloss reference Reference Signal (RS) and a second pathloss estimated by a second pathloss reference RS is larger than a Power Headroom Report (PHR) trigger threshold. The first pathloss reference RS and the second pathloss reference RS belong to a particular pathloss reference group of the pathloss reference groups. The method further includes triggering, by the UE, a first PHR when the pathloss difference is larger than the PHR trigger threshold.

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 user equipment (UE), includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration containing a carrier-specific Bandwidth Part (BWP) configuration; receiving, from the BS, Downlink Control Information (DCI) indicating a Sidelink (SL) BWP associated with the carrier-specific BWP configuration in a carrier; and performing SL operations on the SL BWP based on the carrier-specific BWP configuration.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is provided. The UE includes one or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon and at least one processor coupled to the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media. The at least one processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to perform following actions: receive, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message to configure a plurality of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) spatial relations; and receive, from the base station, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE). The MAC CE includes a first field and a second field. The first field indicates at least one of the plurality of configured PUCCH spatial relations to be activated. The second field indicates a plurality of PUCCH resources corresponding to the at least one PUCCH spatial relation indicated by the first field.

Abstract: A method performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a Sidelink Control Information (SCI) message including Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) related information. The DMRS related information includes at least one of DMRS sequence generation information, a number of DMRSs, a DMRS time/frequency location, a DMRS port index, a DMRS port group index, and a type of DMRS pattern.

Abstract: A method of wireless communication is provided. The method includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a minimum required received level factor in a System Information Block 1 (SIB1) from a base station (BS), determining, by the UE, whether a first Supplementary Uplink (SUL) related factor is present in the SIB1, obtaining, by the UE, a first minimum required received level based on the minimum required received level factor, when the first SUL related factor is not present in the SIB1, determining, by the UE, a first cell selection criterion based on the first minimum required received level, and performing, by the UE, cell selection based on the first cell selection criterion.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is provided. The UE includes one or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon and at least one processor coupled to the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media. The at least one processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to perform following actions: obtain a first measured RSRP value; receive a first message from a base station; select a first quantization table from one or more quantization tables according to the first message, wherein the one or more quantization tables includes a non-uniform quantization table; convert the first measured RSRP value to a first quantized RSRP value according to the first quantization table; and send the first quantized RSRP value to the base station.

Abstract: A method of communicating downlink control information (DCI) from a transmit/receipt point (TRP) to a user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The method includes transmitting a first stage DCI and a reference signal (RS) by a coarse beam; transmitting a second stage DCI by a refine beam; where the first stage DCI includes information of the second stage DCI.

Abstract: Techniques are described for handling enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) and Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communication (URLLC) simultaneous transmissions. For example, based on received downlink control information (DCI), user equipment (UE) can determine one or more behaviors to perform based on whether the DCI is related an enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) service and/or an ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) service. The behaviors performed when the DCI is related to the eMBB service can be different than the behaviors performed when the DCI is related to the URLLC service.

Abstract: A method performed by a User Equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes receiving Transmission/Reception Point (TRP) information from a Base Station (BS), and communicating with a plurality of TRPs based on the TRP information, where the TRP information identifies a correspondence between the plurality of TRPs and a plurality of Downlink (DL) Reference Signal (RS) resources, and where the TRP information includes at least one of a plurality of TRP Identifiers (IDs), a plurality of Control Resource Set (CORESET) IDs, or a TRP mapping table including a plurality of TRP indices and a plurality of DL RS resource indices.

Abstract: A method for a user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by the UE, Downlink Control Information (DCI), the DCI containing an aperiodic channel state information (CSI) reporting configuration. The method also includes when the DCI is received by the UE during a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) operation mode, transmitting, by the UE, an aperiodic CSI report according to a transmission time indicated by the aperiodic CSI reporting configuration regardless of whether the transmission time for the CSI report is within active or non-active time periods of the DRX operation mode.

Abstract: A method for wireless communications is provided. The method includes receiving, by a User Equipment (UE), a first Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) on a first cell, wherein the first PDCCH comprises first scheduling information of a first Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) of a second cell cross-carrier scheduled by the first cell; and receiving, by the UE, the first PDSCH on the second cell only when a first time offset between the first PDCCH and the first PDSCH is larger than or equal to a predefined threshold.

Abstract: A method for reporting Channel State Information (CSI) is provided. The method includes receiving, by a User Equipment (UE), a CSI reporting configuration from a base station on a first BWP; receiving, by the UE, a first BWP switch indication from the base station to change the first BWP to a second BWP; receiving, by the UE, a second BWP switch indication from the base station to switch from an active BWP of the UE back to the first BWP; and sending, by the UE, a CSI report based on the CSI reporting configuration in a case that the UE receives a CSI reporting activation command from the base station after receiving the second BWP indication.

Abstract: A method for wireless communications is provided. The method, performed by a User Equipment (UE), includes receiving, on a first cell, a first search space configuration and a second search space configuration, and a portion of the second search space configuration being different from the first search space configuration; monitoring, on the first cell, a first Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) of the first cell, based on the first search space configuration; and monitoring, on the first cell, a second PDCCH of a second cell cross-carrier scheduled by the first cell, based on the second search space configuration.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured with at least one bandwidth part (BWP) specific configuration information. The UE receives a configuration information specific to the bandwidth part (BWP). The configuration information configures an initial value of a beam failure detection (BFD) timer and a beam failure indication (BFI) count threshold. The UE starts or re-starts the BFD timer from the initial value when receiving a beam failure indication (BFI) from a lower sublayer, and counts a number of the received BFIs using a BFI counter. The UE resets the BFI counter to zero when receiving a reconfiguration information. The reconfiguration information, that is specific to the BWP, re-configures at least one of the initial value of the BFD timer and the BFI count threshold.

Abstract: A method for beam failure recovery (BFR) by a user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by the UE, an instruction for BFR from a base station, and selecting, by the UE, at least one of a plurality of secondary cells (SCells) to perform BFR based on the instruction. The instruction is contained in a radio resource control (RRC) message, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) (MAC-CE), or downlink control information (DCI).

Abstract: A method for wireless communications between a User Equipment (UE) and a Base Station (BS) is provided. The method includes counting, by a UE, a number of beam switching within a particular period of time, and transmitting, by the UE, a measurement report to a BS when the number of beam switching exceeds a threshold during the particular period of time.

Abstract: A method for a user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The method includes determining, by the UE, whether to select a supplementary uplink (SUL) component carrier for building or resuming a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a serving cell during at least one of: a cell selection procedure, having a cell selection or reselection procedure; or a UL/SUL component carrier decision procedure, where the determination of whether to select the SUL component carrier is based at least in part on a mobility state of the UE.

Abstract: A method for a user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by the UE, downlink control information (DCI) for a downlink (DL) scheduling assignment (DL-DCI), the DL-DCI indicating a first uplink (UL) carrier associated with a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource configuration for transmitting an aperiodic UL transmission for uplink control information (UCI), and transmitting, by the UE, the aperiodic UL transmission for UCI in a second UL carrier without a PUCCH resource configuration, where the UE determines a resource allocation of the second UL carrier based on the DL-DCI. The DL-DCI includes at least one of: a UL/supplementary UL (SUL) carrier indicator, a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ)-ACK resource indicator (ARI), a sounding reference signal (SRS) request field, a HARQ timing indicator, or a channel station information (CSI) request.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured with at least one uplink carrier of a normal uplink carrier and a supplementary uplink carrier. The UE selects the supplementary uplink carrier if a measured RSRP is below a threshold. The UE performs a random access preamble transmission using a random access resources configured in association to the selected supplementary uplink carrier.