Abstract: The present application is related to method and apparatus for enhancing Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) coverage. The method for enhancing PDCCH coverage comprises: receiving a search space set configuration; determining a plurality of Control Resource Set (CORESET) copies for the search space set configuration; and receiving a same Downlink Control Information (DCI) in a set of CORESET copies of the plurality of CORESET copies.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for wireless communication. According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a method includes: receiving a signaling indicating configuration information on a set of aperiodic channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources corresponding to a trigger state in a downlink control information (DCI). The set of aperiodic CSI-RS resources may include a plurality of subsets of aperiodic CSI-RS resources; and receiving at least one aperiodic CSI-RS resource of the set of aperiodic CSI-RS resources according to the configuration information.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application are related to a method and apparatus for physical random access channel (PRACH) repetitions. A method according to an embodiment of the present application includes: receiving signaling information indicating at least one of a total number of a set of preambles in a period, a total number of a set of physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resource units (PRUs) in the period, a preamble repetition number in the period and a PRU repetition number in the period; and determining a mapping ratio of preambles to PRUs in the period based on the received signaling information.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to a method and an apparatus for reducing operations of monitoring PDCCH. According to an embodiment of the present application, a method can include: receiving configuration information indicating a plurality of search space sets and an activation or deactivation state for each search space set of the plurality of search space sets; and receiving an activation-deactivation indication in first downlink control information (DCI) in a first search space set in an activation state of the plurality of search space sets, wherein the activation-deactivation indication is configured to: trigger switching at least one second search space set of the plurality of search space sets from a deactivation state to an activation state; or trigger switching the at least one second search space set of the plurality of search space sets from an activation state to a deactivation state.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to a method and an apparatus for uplink data transmission. According to an embodiment of the present application, a method can include: transmitting first message for subsequent data transmission from a UE; receiving information indicating a set of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) parameters; and determining at least one DMRS parameter for the subsequent data transmission from the UE based on the received information. Embodiments of the present application provide a technical solution for uplink data transmission for a UE in a RRC INACTIVE state. Accordingly, embodiments of the present application can facilitate the implementation of uplink (UL) data transmission for the UE in the RRC INACTIVE state.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to a method and an apparatus for random access procedure. According to an embodiment of the present application, a method can include: receiving, at a user equipment (UE), synchronization information; and determining an initial uplink (UL) bandwidth part (BWP) for the UE based on a random access channel (RACH) occasion associated with the synchronization information. Embodiments of the present application provide methods for determining an initial UL BWP for the UE. Accordingly, embodiments of the present application can facilitate the implementation of the random access procedure for the NR-Light UE.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application are related to a method and apparatus for physical random access channel (PRACH) repetitions. A method according to an embodiment of the present application includes: receiving signaling information for indicating a synchronization signal block (SSB) group size; mapping indices of a plurality of SSBs to a plurality of physical random access channel (PRACH) occasions for a number of PRACH repetitions, wherein the plurality of SSBs are divided into one or more SSB groups based on the indicated SSB group size; and determining a set of PRACH occasions corresponding to one of the indices of the plurality of SSBs from the plurality of PRACH occasions based on the mapping.

Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a method and apparatus for wireless communication. A method performed by a user equipment, comprising: determining a first control resource set based on configuration information associated with a second control resource set; and determining a first search space based on configuration information associated with a second search space, wherein the first control resource set is associated with the first search space and the second control resource set is associated with the second search space.

Abstract: A user equipment that supports a first set of beams accumulates transmit power control (TPC) commands to generate an accumulated correction factor during communication between the user equipment and a base station that supports a second set of beams. The user equipment is configured to use a first subset of the first set of beams during the communication and the base station is configured to use a second subset of the second set of beams during the communication. The user equipment detects a change in the first subset or the second subset. The user equipment resets the accumulated correction factor in response to detecting the change. In some cases, the user equipment generates a plurality of correction factors for a corresponding plurality of closed-loop processes. The user equipment resets some or all of the plurality of correction factors in response to detecting the change.

Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to radio resource control for D2D communication. In one embodiment, a master UE of the D2D communication may obtain radio resource information of a slave UE before performing radio resource configuration for the D2D communication between the master UE and the slave UE. Based on the radio resource information, the master UE may configure radio resource for the D2D communication. In this way, radio resource configuration may be performed for both the D2D communication and cellular communication without violating the slave UE's radio capability.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for uplink transmission without an uplink grant. In example embodiments, a method implemented in a terminal device in a communication system is presented. According to this method, the terminal device determines a redundancy version (RV) pattern for a plurality of uplink transmissions. The RV pattern indicates a plurality of RV indices. At least one RV index in the respective plurality of RV indices is periodic in the RV pattern. The terminal device determines coded bits to be transmitted in the plurality of uplink transmissions based at least in part on the RV pattern. The terminal device transmits the coded bits to the network device in at least one transmission of the plurality of uplink transmissions without an uplink grant.

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from improved transmissions. For example, a network transmission may benefit from improved throughput and efficiency in non-schedule multiple access communications. A method includes selecting at a user equipment operating in a non-scheduled access scheme at least one of a first codeword or a second codeword based on an amount of data. The data in the non-scheduled access scheme can be spread according to a spreading sequence. The method also includes determining a transport block size for at least one of the first codeword or the second codeword. In addition, the method includes transmitting the data from the user equipment to a network node using at least one of the first codeword or the second codeword.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products of preamble sequence management for contention based access are provided. One method may include a user equipment sending a contention based access (CBA) request message, such as a random access procedure (RACH) message, to a network node (e.g., a base station or eNB). The CBA request message may include an indication that the user equipment wants to obtain a preamble for CBA data transmission and is not for full network access. The method may then include receiving an allocation of a preamble for CBA from the network node.

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from an improved transmission of a sounding reference signal. For example, certain communication systems may benefit from an enhanced sounding reference signal transmission via antenna switching or repetition. A method, in certain embodiments, may include receiving a signaling indication at a user equipment from a network entity. The signaling indication may indicate a configuration for sounding reference signal transmission via at least one of antenna switching or repetition using a resource group. The resource group may comprise a plurality of resources that are either adjacent or have a limited time interval between at least two of the plurality of resources within the resource group. The method may also include transmitting the sounding reference signal from the user equipment to the network entity via at least one of the antenna switching or the repetition using the resource group.

Abstract: A method and apparatus may include receiving configuration signaling from a network node to use a resource pool. The apparatus transmits using contention-based transmission. The method also includes selecting a preamble zone combination from the resource pool. The method may also include transmitting a preamble to the network node using the selected preamble zone combination. A preamble sequence index is used to identify the user equipment.

Abstract: A technique includes selecting, by a user device independently for each of a plurality of sounding reference signal resources, an uplink data channel power control parameter set for an uplink data channel beam pair to be used to adjust a sounding reference signal transmission power for a sounding reference signal beam pair, adjusting, by the user device for each sounding reference signal resource based on a selected uplink data channel power control parameter set, a sounding reference signal transmission power for a sounding reference signal, and transmitting, by the user device, each of a plurality of power-adjusted sounding reference signals via a corresponding sounding reference signal resource and a corresponding sounding reference signal beam pair.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a mapping method and apparatus for a search space of a physical downlink control channel. The method includes: determining a search space allocated to the PDCCH according to a resource allocation scheme; and mapping each of candidates of the PDCCH to a logic time frequency resource of the search space according to a predefined interval. With the method and apparatus of the embodiments of the present invention, a frequency selective scheduling gain is obtained by mapping different candidates onto discrete time frequency resources, or a frequency diversity gain is obtained by mapping one candidate onto discrete time frequency resources, thereby improving the performance of the PDCCH.

Abstract: A technique includes selecting, by a user device independently for each of a plurality of sounding reference signal resources, an uplink data channel power control parameter set for an uplink data channel beam pair to be used to adjust a sounding reference signal transmission power for a sounding reference signal beam pair, adjusting, by the user device for each sounding reference signal resource based on a selected uplink data channel power control parameter set, a sounding reference signal transmission power for a sounding reference signal, and transmitting, by the user device, each of a plurality of power-adjusted sounding reference signals via a corresponding sounding reference signal resource and a corresponding sounding reference signal beam pair.

Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: receive indication of bandwidth allocation for grant-free preamble transmission, receive indication of bandwidth allocation for grant-free resources, wherein the bandwidth allocated for grant-free preamble transmission is the same or larger than the bandwidth allocated for grant-free resources, receive configuration of one or more preamble repetition units, and allocate resources for grant-free preamble and data transmissions, wherein the grant-free preamble is allocated in the configured one or more preamble repetition units and within the bandwidth allocated for grant-free preamble transmission, and data is allocated in the grant-free resources.

Abstract: A technique includes receiving, by a first user device within a wireless network, an indication that the wireless network supports slice-specific grouped paging for at least a first slice-specific paging group, wherein the first user device is a member of the first slice-specific paging group; decoding, by the first user device, a received downlink control information that has been directed to the first slice-specific paging group to obtain scheduling information for a paging message for the first slice-specific paging group; receiving, by the first user device from the base station based on the scheduling information, the paging message for the first slice-specific paging group; and receiving, by the first user device, data based on the paging message.