Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for discarding data corresponding to a conditional handover. One apparatus includes a transmitter that transmits information corresponding to a conditional handover to multiple candidate cells. The information indicates to one or more candidate cells of the multiple candidate cells a time to discard data or to discard the data.

Abstract: An animal irradiation system includes a radioactive source and an irradiation fixing apparatus having irradiated bodies. The radioactive source includes a beam outlet having a first central axis. Radioactive rays generated by the radioactive source exit from the beam outlet and irradiate the irradiated bodies. The radioactive rays define a main axis around the first central axis. The irradiation fixing apparatus includes a box body, which is divided into multiple accommodating chambers around a second central axis. Each accommodating chamber accommodates an irradiated body. Multiple first irradiation holes corresponding to the accommodating chambers are formed on the box body. The radioactive rays pass through the first irradiation holes and then irradiate the irradiated bodies. A maximum distance from an inner wall of each first irradiation hole to the first central axis is less than a minimum distance from an inner wall of the beam outlet to the first central axis.

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: Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for sidelink (SL) communication. One method of apparatus includes determining a first resources pool for SL communication which includes SL transmission resources and SL reception resources, and transmitting resources information to a relay UE. Wherein, the first resources pool is a SL subframes pool or a SL SPS configurations pool, and the resources information is the first resource pool or a resource pair selected by the apparatus for SL communications.

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: The present application relates to a method and apparatus for MPDCCH performance enhancement. One embodiment of the present disclosure provides an apparatus comprising: a receiver that receives a first reference signal, a second reference signal and a control signal; and a processer that decodes the control signal based on at least one of: the first reference signal and the second reference signal, wherein the second reference signal on an antenna port is associated with a precoder, and the antenna port of the second reference signal and the precoder for the antenna port of the second reference signal are adopted within a time duration and a frequency band.

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 disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for end-to-end flow control. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method includes: determining whether congestion happens at an IAB node; and transmitting a message to a donor node in response to determining that the congestion happens at the IAB node, wherein the message comprises at least one of: (1) a first message indicating the congestion associated with a radio link control channel; or (2) a second message indicating the congestion associated with a parent node of the IAB node.

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: Methods and apparatuses for transmitting synchronization signal in non-anchor carrier are disclosed. A method comprises transmitting a carrier configuration on an anchor carrier; and transmitting a synchronization signal in a non-anchor carrier based on the carrier configuration.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application are related to a method and apparatus for wake up signal (WUS) detection. An embodiment of the present application provides a method. The method may include: receiving WUS configuration information including user equipment (UE) grouping information and WUS alternating information; determining an initial WUS sequence based on the UE grouping information; and monitoring a WUS sequence based on the initial WUS sequence and the WUS alternating information.

Abstract: Methods, a remote unit and a base unit are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method at a base unit, comprising: generating a wake up signal (WUS) set consisted of a number of WUSs to indicate that are mote unit shall attempt to receive a paging message in a paging occasion (PO) on a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) in a cell, mapping each of the WUSs to a number of resource sets, transmitting, to the remote unit, the WUS set on a time-frequency resource, wherein the PO is a set of PDCCH monitoring occasions (MOs), wherein the number of the WUSs is determined by the number of Synchronization Signal Blocks (SSBs) actually transmitted by the base unit, and wherein the Kth WUS and the Kth transmitted SSB are quasi co-located, where K is an integer no more than the number of the WUSs.

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: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for efficient cross-carrier scheduling of multiple slots. One apparatus includes a transceiver and a processor coupled with the transceiver, the processor configured to cause the apparatus to transmit a first control signal to a remote unit, the first control signal indicating a maximum number of HARQ processes, and to transmit a second control signal to the remote unit, where the second control signal is transmitted on a first carrier and where the second control signal schedules a first number of slots on a second carrier. The processor aggregates every two or more of the scheduled first number of slots to a single HARQ process in response to the first number being larger than the maximum number of HARQ processes.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for power control are disclosed. A method comprises: receiving a first signaling indicating one or multiple power values for a downlink reception from a node, each power value being associated with a spatial domain filter, and determining a power value for the downlink reception from the node.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for NBIoT frequency hopping are disclosed. A method comprises receiving a signal on a first number of frequency carriers, the signal switches among the first number of frequency carriers every a second number of time unit, wherein, the second number is configured by higher layer signaling, and the second number is determined by at least one of a subcarrier spacing of the signal, a scaling factor, a resource unit size of the signal, a subcarrier allocation.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for scheduling enhancement for eMTC are disclosed. A method comprises determining a HARQ process number for a transport block (TB), wherein the HARQ process number is determined by at least one of a HARQ process field of a control signal, a fixed HARQ process number, a HARQ process number of earliest scheduled process in a time duration, a HARQ process number of a process with earliest feedback in a time duration, a scrambling code of the TB, and a predefined HARQ process number of a process in an earliest feedback bundle; and transmitting the TB with the determined HARQ process number.

Abstract: The present application is related to a method and apparatus for designing a control-resource set (CORESET) for a user equipment (UE) supporting New Radio (NR) Internet of Things (IoT) application in 3GPP 5G technology. A method for wireless communications performed by a base station (BS) includes: transmitting, to a UE, signaling configuring a control region on a wideband carrier, wherein the control region occupies more than three orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in time domain; and transmitting, to the UE, a downlink control channel within the control region.

Abstract: The present application is related to a method and apparatus for determining a hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledge (HARQ-ACK) codebook for carrier aggregation (CA). A method for determining a HARQ-ACK codebook for CA includes receiving a first control signal on a carrier within a carrier group in a slot, wherein the first control signal includes an indicator for indicating whether the carrier is a last scheduled carrier of the carrier group for downlink transmissions. The method further includes transmitting a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) codebook corresponding to the downlink transmissions in the slot for the carrier group, wherein, based on the first control signal, one or more HARQ-ACK bits for the last scheduled carrier are arranged at the end of the HARQ-ACK codebook. The present application reduces signaling overhead for a HARQ-ACK codebook and avoids misunderstanding between a base unit and a remote unit when determining the HARQ-ACK codebook for CA.

Abstract: Methods, a remote unit and a base unit are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method at a base nit, comprising: generating a wake up signal which indicates that a remote unit shall attempt to receive a paging message in a paging occasion, wherein the wake up signal is generated by L base sequences, each of the L base sequences is mapped to a base resource unit, where L is an integer, wherein the base resource unit includes M continous Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs) in frequency domain and N continous Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols within a slot in time domain, where M and N are integers; mapping the wake up signal to a frequency-time resource; and transmitting, to the remote unit, the mapped wake up signal in the frequency-time resource.