Abstract: A network node (206) and a method for transmitting uplink grants to a communications device (208), wherein the communications device operates in a service area (206a) served by the network node. The network node determines, based on a load measure on a Physical Random Access Channel, PRACH, between the network node and the communications device in relation to a load threshold, a number of uplink grants that are to be associated with a Random Access Preamble Identity, RAPID, of a PRACH preamble transmission received from the communications device. Further, the network node indicates the determined number to the communications device; and transmits the determined number of uplink grants to the communications device.

Abstract: Devices and methods of providing channel occupancy time (COT) are described. After a gNB acquires an unlicensed channel for a COT, the gNB indicates the COT length to a UE using a PDCCH having a DCI formed in accordance with DCI format 2_0. The slot format of the last slot of the COT is indicated using a reserved slot format indicator that is reserved to indicate the end of the COT. The reserved slot format indicator indicates a last slot format of available slot formats of DCI format 2_0. Dummy bits fill the DCI after the reserved slot format indicator. Alternatively, to indicate the COT length, a COT field dedicated to providing the COT is used in the DCI or the CRC is masked using a slot format indication Radio Network Temporary Identifier.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for enhancing random access procedures are described herein. A method performed by an access point (AP) may comprise allocating a plurality of random access (RA) resource units (RA-RUs) for transmitting a message from a station (STA) to the AP over an upper or lower frequency band. The method may comprise transmitting, to a station (STA), one or more physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) over the upper or lower frequency bands. Each of the one or more PPDUs may include a trigger frame, and the trigger frame may include an indication of the plurality of RA-RUs and a target received signal strength indicator (TRSSI) associated with at least one of the upper or lower frequency bands. The method may comprise receiving, in response to the trigger frame, the message from the STA in one of the plurality of RA-RUs.

Abstract: A wireless device may receive configuration parameters of a plurality of cells and a SR configuration. The SR configuration may be associated with recovery from consistent LBT failure. The SR configuration may be for requesting resources on one or more first cells of the plurality of cells and excluding resources on other cells of the plurality of cells. No resources on one or more cells for which the consistent LBT failure is not triggered may be available for transmission of an LBT failure control element. The wireless device may transmit a SR based on the SR configuration. The wireless device may receive an uplink grant for a first cell of the one or more first cells. The wireless device may transmit the LBT failure control element based on the uplink grant.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and techniques for wideband operations in unlicensed spectrum are described. A described technique receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a schedule for transmitting on a Physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) over at least a portion of a plurality of listen-before-talk (LBT) subbands of a bandwidth part (BWP) in an unlicensed spectrum. The scheduled PUSCH bandwidth indicated by the schedule can be greater than a unit bandwidth of a LBT subband. The technique includes performing, by the UE, a LBT procedure on each scheduled LBT subband of the plurality of LBT subbands, each of the scheduled LBT subbands being associated with the scheduled PUSCH bandwidth. The technique includes performing, by the UE, a PUSCH transmission in accordance with the schedule that uses one or more of the scheduled LBT subbands that have passed the LBT procedure.

Abstract: In some implementations, an access point (AP) establishes a restricted target wake time (TWT) session including at least one restricted TWT service period (SP) for peer-to-peer (P2P) communications. The AP admits a group of wireless stations (STAs) associated with P2P communications as members of the restricted TWT session, obtains a transmission opportunity (TXOP) on the wireless channel during the at least one restricted TWT SP, and transmits, on the wireless channel, a protection frame identifying one or more STAs of the group of STAs belonging to the restricted TWT session that are permitted to transmit or receive P2P communications on the wireless channel during the TXOP. The protection frame may also indicate to receiving devices other than the one or more identified STAs that the wireless channel is unavailable for at least a portion of the TXOP.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for adjusting network allocation vector of a communication device, including: after receiving an RTS frame or a CTS frame transmitted in a case that a wireless access point establishes an RTS/CTS mechanism with a target communication device correspondingly, setting the network allocation vector according to the RTS frame or the CTS frame; determining a receiving situation of the RTS frame or the CTS frame; in a case that the receiving situation satisfies a pre-reset condition which is preset, acquiring an MAC frame received within network allocation vector time; and in a case that a transmitter address and a receiver address of the MAC frame satisfy an establishment failure condition for the RTS/CTS mechanism which is preset, resetting the network allocation vector. Embodiments of the present disclosure further disclose a communication device, a system and an electronic device.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to communicating control information are provided. A method of wireless communication performed by a first sidelink user equipment (UE) may include receiving, from a base station (BS), an indicator indicating a set of start times associated with a transmission opportunity, performing a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure for the transmission opportunity, and transmitting, to a second UE, a communication starting at a selected start time of the set of start times based on the LBT procedure being successful.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and apparatus for determining a cyclic prefix extension (CPE) and a user equipment (UE). The method includes that, the UE receives first downlink control information (DCI), where the first DCI carries first indication information, the first indication information indicates the CPE, the CPE is determined based on at least one of a first value or a second value, and the first value is different from the second value; in response to the at least one of the first value or the second value not being configured through UE-specific radio resource control (RRC) signaling, the UE determines the first value according to a first rule, and/or determines the second value according to a second rule, and determines a value of the CPE based on the at least one of the first value or the second value.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods and communication devices in a network comprising the steps of mapping and allocating a first random access resource to a first frequency in an uplink subframe of a radio frame, and transmitting an expression on the radio channel expressing mapping of the first random access resource to use in relation to at least one uplink subframe.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station (BS) may attempt to receive one or more random access channel (RACH) messages from one or more user equipment (UEs); and transmit, based at least in part on the determination of a completion of processing of any received RACH messages of the one or more RACH messages, an early termination message to a UE to terminate a random access response window. In some aspects, a UE may transmit another RACH message as a response to receiving the early termination message. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for effectively forming uplink control information transmitted through a downlink from a base station to a terminal in a mobile communication system for providing a packet service and transmitting the uplink control information with minimum radio resources occupied. The method includes generating uplink control information; allocating the uplink control information to a downlink-shared radio resource for packet data transmission based on downlink scheduling information; and transmitting the radio resource to a terminal. The present invention is applied to a mobile communication system.

Abstract: A device of a New Radio (NR) evolved Node B (gNodeB), a method and a machine readable medium to implement the method. The method includes: processing a first signal sent by a NR evolved NodeB (gNodeB) regarding a primary physical random access channel (PRACH) configuration to be used to encode for transmission a first communication to the gNodeB; processing a second signal sent by the gNodeB regarding a secondary PRACH configuration different from the primary PRACH configuration and to be used to encode for transmission a second communication to the gNodeB; determining the primary PRACH configuration from the first signal and the secondary PRACH from the second signal; and switching from the primary PRACH configuration to the secondary PRACH configuration and encode for transmission the second communication to the gNodeB based on the secondary PRACH configuration.

Abstract: A method for random access in a communication network may include detecting a first candidate beam at a UE, detecting a second candidate beam at the UE, transmitting, from the UE, one or more first messages of a random access procedure, and indicating, by the one or more first messages, the first candidate beam and the second candidate beam. Another method for random access in a communication network may include detecting a first candidate beam at a UE, detecting a second candidate beam at the UE, receiving, at the UE, traffic information for the first candidate beam and the second candidate beam, selecting the first candidate beam based on the traffic information, and transmitting, based on the selecting, a first message of a random access procedure using the first candidate beam. The traffic information comprises load information.

Abstract: A random access method and a device thereof are provided. The method includes that a base station receives a random access preamble and sends a Random Access Response (RAR) according to the random access preamble, where the RAR indicates at least two time-frequency units, and the at least two time-frequency units are time-frequency units having different time domains on an unlicensed channel. Further, the base station receives a first random access message 3 (MSG3) sent on a first time-frequency unit by a first terminal and sends a first random access message 4 (MSG4) to the first terminal, where the first time-frequency unit is any one of the at least two time-frequency units, where the first MSG3 includes a terminal identifier of the first terminal, where the first MSG4 carries a terminal identifier of the first terminal and a first Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identifier allocated to the first terminal.

Abstract: Some embodiments of this disclosure include systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media for use in a wireless network for designing quality report for enhanced Machine Type Communication (EMTC) and Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IOT). For example, some embodiments are directed to a user equipment (UE) including radio front end circuitry and processor circuitry coupled to the radio front end circuitry. The processor circuitry can be configured to determine a downlink (DL) quality metric based on a DL quality metric type and identify a message 3 (Msg3) signal based on the determined DL quality metric. The processor circuitry can further be configured to transmit, using the radio front end circuitry, the identified Msg3 signal to a base station.

Abstract: A communication control method for controlling a two-step random access procedure for completing a contention based random access procedure by performing transmission from user equipment to a base station and performing transmission from the base station to the user equipment after the transmission from the user equipment to the base station includes broadcasting, by the base station, system information indicating a PUSCH resource associated with a preamble resource, and receiving, by the user equipment, the system information. Performing the transmission from the user equipment to the base station includes transmitting, by the user equipment, a random access preamble to the base station, and using, by the user equipment, the PUSCH resource associated with the preamble resource used to transmit the random access preamble, based on the system information, to transmit a control message to the base station.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for generating preambles in mobile communication technology are described. An exemplary method for wireless communication includes transmitting, by a network node, a configuration for random access comprising a value indicative of a number of Zadoff-Chu (ZC) sequence roots (M) and a number of repetitions (N), and receiving, from a wireless device, a random access preamble, wherein the random access preamble comprises M concatenated ZC sequences with different roots, and wherein each of the M concatenated ZC sequences is repeated based on N.

Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may transmit a preamble using a physical random access channel (PRACH) and determine a location of a random access response (RAR) based on a parameter of the PRACH. The location may include a subframe and/or a frequency resource on which the RAR is transmitted. The RAR may be received at the location. A device may receive a preamble using a PRACH associated with a coverage enhancement (CE) level and/or a CE mode of a WTRU. The device may determine a location of an RAR based on a parameter of the PRACH. The location may include a subframe and/or a frequency resource on which the RAR is to be transmitted. The device may determine a number of repetitions of the RAR to transmit based on the CE level or CE mode. The RAR may be transmitted at the location with the determined number of repetitions.

Abstract: A radio communication system provided with a communication device and a radio communication network system is characterized by comprising a transmission delay estimate information transmitting means for transmitting transmission delay estimate information to the radio communication network system when the transmission condition of the transmission delay estimate information is met.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for concurrent link setup and downlink data retrieval, e.g., for high efficiency WLAN. An access point (AP) may send a trigger element that allocates a resource for pre-association transmissions with the AP. The trigger element may allocate the resource for random access and/or deterministic access. The AP may receive, from an unassociated STA, a first frame via one or more resource units (RUs) allocated in the trigger element. The AP may determine a pre-association identifier (PID) that identifies the unassociated STA. The AP may send the PID to the unassociated STA, for example, in the trigger element or in the multi-STA ACK. The AP may send a second frame associated with a multi-user (MU) transmission that includes the PID. The AP may send a trigger frame that includes the PID.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for sending and/or receiving feedback for a system information request. One apparatus includes a transmitter that transmits information indicating a request for system information. The apparatus includes a processor that monitors, during a predetermined time period, for a feedback response indicating that the request for the system information was received.

Abstract: This present disclosure discloses example random access resource configuration methods, mediums, and apparatuses. One example method includes receiving, by a first network device, configuration information of a first physical random access channel (PRACH) resource. Location adjustment information is received by the first network device, where the location adjustment information is used to indicate to adjust a location of at least a part of the first PRACH resource. A second PRACH resource is determined by the first network device based on the configuration information of the first PRACH resource and the location adjustment information. A random access request is sent by the first network device to a second network device on the second PRACH resource.

Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for performing random access procedures based on two-step random access channel procedures and four-step random access channel procedures are disclosed herein. An example method for wireless communication at a User Equipment (UE) includes determining that a fallback timer associated with a two-step random access procedure is configured for the UE. The example method also includes generating a random access message based at least on the determining. The random access message may be one of a first-type random access message associated with a four-step random access procedure and including a preamble or a second-type random access message associated with the two-step random access procedure and including the preamble and a payload. Further, the example method includes performing a random access attempt by transmitting, to a base station, the random access message.

Abstract: An apparatus and system to permit a UE idle or inactive mode to operate as an URLLC initiating device operating in a shared spectrum in a PRACH procedure are described. The UE receives a gNB control signal that contains an indication that the UE is able to operate as an initiating device and in response transmits a physical random access channel (PRACH) message within a Fixed Frame Period (FFP) of the UE. Transmission of the PRACH message is contingent on non-overlap of the PRACH message transmission with the idle period of a gNB FFP.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the disclosure, a wireless device is configured to transmit a random access preamble. The wireless device includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain a tone index, and determine a location within a frequency band for transmitting the random access preamble based on the obtained tone index.

Abstract: To perform communication efficiently. Provided are a receiver configured to receive a random access preamble and a transmitter configured to transmit one or multiple medium access control random access responses (MAC RARs) corresponding to the random access preamble. The transmitter sets, in a case that a MAC RAR of the one or multiple MAC RARs is transmitted in a new radio access technology (NR) cell, a timing advance command (TAC) field included in the MAC RAR to have a first size and an uplink (UL) grant to have a second size, and sets. in a case that a MAC RAR of the one or multiple MAC RARs is transmitted in an NR-unlicensed (NR-U) cell, a size of the TAC field included in the MAC RAR to be smaller than the first size and a size of the UL grant to be greater than the second size.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication system, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprise: iteratively mapping a PUCCH sequence to each of resource blocks (RBs) within an interlace; and transmitting a PUCCH on the interlace, wherein a phase shift (PS) value of the PUCCH sequence may be changed on the basis of an RB index of each of the RBs.

Abstract: An evaluating user equipment (UE) includes memory and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the memory. The one or more processor are configured to schedule periodic resources with one or more configured feedback-based collision detection parameters, and perform a periodic transmission to one or more receiving UEs. The one or more processors are also configured to collect negative acknowledgement (NACK) statistics for the periodic transmission according to the configured feedback-based collision detection parameters, and selectively perform corrective action based on the collected NACK statistics and at least one of the configured feedback-based collision detection parameters.

Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments that leverage a central control plane of a managed 5G network service architecture across multiple serviced tenants by deploying tenant specific user plane function (UPF) and gNB components within tenant managed compute infrastructure. To enable this architecture, the disclosed embodiments assign gNBs and UPF instances to specific tenants and communicate those assignments to core components. Policies can be defined and applied to specific tenants from the central control plane. Inbound data routing to a specific tenant is accomplished by referencing a data store in the control plane that identifies which gNBs are assigned to a tenant associated with the incoming data. Those gNBs are then paged to service the incoming data.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for robust compatibility mode communication. A user equipment may determine whether a robust compatibility mode (RCM) is supported between the UE and the base station. The UE also may establish a RCM connection with the base station when the RCM is supported between the UE and the base station. The UE also may receive, from the base station, through the RCM connection, a configuration associated with the RCM. The UE also may update a behavior of the UE for a current situation of the UE based on the configuration. The UE also may transmit, to the base station, a request to access a wireless network with the updated behavior of the UE.

Abstract: A system (1100) and method (1200) for generating vehicle data and surrounding contextual data into a standardized form by combining disparate, non-standardized onboard vehicle data into a central repository which is updated in real-time, that normalizes that data from non-standard to pre-defined formats, and then makes the pre-defined data available for consumption to authorized applications and users in raw form, or as outputs to a data product comprising data from multiple onboard signal generating sources through APIs. The system (1100) comprises an assigning authority engine (1105), a mobile device (110) for a vehicle (1000), a connected vehicle device (135) comprising on-vehicle data for the vehicle (1000), and an off vehicle source selected from a database (1125), a cloud source (1180), or a physical structure (1140).

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A relay node may establish a control plane connection between the relay node and a base station, wherein establishing the control plane connection comprises receiving from the base station a first network identifier for the relay node. The relay node may receive, via the control plane connection, a relay configuration from the base station. The relay node may monitor grants associated with a set of one or more user equipment (UEs) based at least in part on the relay configuration, each UE comprising a network identifier that is different from the first network identifier. The relay node may relay communications between the base station and the set of one or more UEs according to the monitoring.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provides a vehicle battery swapping method.

Abstract: A communication system for a vehicle includes a controller adapted to selectively execute an alternative periodic connectivity mode for communication between a user of the vehicle and a remote assistance unit. The vehicle is not connected to a wireless plan. The controller has a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory on which instructions are recorded. The alternative periodic connectivity mode is activated based in part on at least one automatic trigger and/or a request from the user. The controller is adapted to assign a distinct identifier to the vehicle during execution of the alternative periodic connectivity mode. The distinct identifier is defined by a plurality of parameters, including a connection time interval, an internet protocol address range and a host port. The internet protocol address range and the host port may be dynamically configured to remain disengaged unless given a system clearance.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of communications and provides a data transmission method for sidelink communication and a device. The method can include a first Internet-of-vehicle device that determines a destination reception geographical location of a user data packet and generates a MAC PDU corresponding to the user data packet. The MAC PDU can carry the destination reception geographical location. The first Internet-of-vehicle device encodes and modulates the MAC PDU to obtain physical layer data, and sends the physical layer data on a target time-frequency resource. A second Internet-of-vehicle device compares the destination reception geographical location carried by the MAC PDU to determine whether to receive the user data packet.

Abstract: A method for unicast communication over sidelink includes transmitting a direct communication request message from a source user equipment (UE) to one or more destination UEs. A direct communication response is received at the source UE from at least one of the one or more destination UEs, with the response including context information and a destination sidelink ID for the at least one UE. The context information of the at least one UE is stored in association with an ID pair comprising the destination sidelink ID and a source sidelink ID.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first user equipment (UE) may transmit a request for a base station to establish a wireless communication link between the first UE and a second UE via an assisting device (AD) associated with an assisting node (AN). The first UE may receive first control signaling from the base station including an indication for the first UE to perform a directional learning procedure with the AN in response to the request, and may transmit an uplink message including an indication of a completion of the directional learning procedure. The first UE may receive second control signaling from the base station indicating a set of resources for performing a link configuration procedure between the first UE and the second UE, and may communicate with the second UE via the AD of the AN based on the second control signaling.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may operate on a dormant bandwidth part (BWP) and a non-dormant BWP of a carrier. The UE identifies a dormant bandwidth part (BWP) and a non-dormant BWP of a carrier corresponding to a primary secondary cell (PSCell) of a secondary cell group (SCG) for dual connectivity (DC), determines that the dormant BWP is configured in an active state and performing one or more actions corresponding to the dormant BWP.

Abstract: A communication system includes a user apparatus; and a base station including a distributed unit (DU) configured to wirelessly communicate with the user apparatus and a central unit (CU) connected to the distributed unit. The base station including the CU and the DU supports packet duplication, and the DU notifies the user apparatus of starting the packet duplication.

Abstract: One disclosure of the present specification provides a method for using a multi-access (MA) protocol data unit (PDU) session of a terminal. The method may comprise the steps of: displaying a configuration screen on whether to use a MA PDU session; displaying information representing the establishment or use of the MA PDU session if the MA PDU session is configured to be usable and if two access networks are both in a usable state; and displaying detailed information on the MA PDU session.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for recovery from deadlock after master cell group (MCG) failure report in a wireless communication system is provided. Upon detecting a master cell group (MCG) radio link failure (RLF), a wireless device transmits information for the MCG RLF to a secondary node (SN) by using a secondary cell group (SCG), and starts a timer. Upon expiry of the timer, the wireless device performs a connection re-establishment procedure.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide enhancements to enable per transmission reception point (per-TRP or per beam group) based beam failure recovery (BFR), and more particularly, techniques for configuring physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) BFR for TRP specific BFR. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes communicating using beams associated with at least two beam groups, transmitting a beam failure recovery request (BFRQ) specific to a first beam group of the at least two beam groups based on a detected beam failure in the first beam group, and receiving a response to the BFRQ based, at least in part, on how the BFRQ is transmitted.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for data transfer in RRC_INACTIVE state is provided. Method for data transfer in RRC_INACTIVE state includes receiving configuration information for second resume procedure in RRCRelease, receiving configuration information for second resume procedure in System Information, and triggering a PHR. The triggered PHR is canceled if specific conditions are fulfilled.

Abstract: A method for configuring radio resources distributed in communication nodes of a communication network is provided. Each communication node includes radio resources. The method includes collection, for each of said radio resources, of configuration parameters, and of at least one parameter representing a level of reception by this radio resource; detection, from said radio-resource configuration parameters collected and from at least one of the parameters representing a reception level, of a common configuration parameter value and a proximity between a radio resource of a first communication node and a radio resource of a second communication node from the communication nodes, of such a nature as to cause interference in communications between and first and second communication nodes, and then a configuration of at least one radio resource of the second communication node with a new configuration. The value of the common configuration parameter is absent from the new configuration.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) and/or a master node may use configurations to resume communications with one or more cells of a dual connectivity (DC) or carrier aggregation (CA) scheme. In some cases, the configuration may be used for a secondary cell group (SCG) of the DC scheme. This configuration may include the UE applying a previously stored configuration for the SCG (e. g., including higher-layer and lower-layer configurations of a last serving SN of the DC scheme) if it determines the previously stored configuration is valid. Additionally or alternatively, the configuration may include the network using a previous SCG configuration or reconfiguring the SCG and transmitting this indication in a resume communications message to the UE. In some cases, the network may determine this configuration based on assistance information or reports generated from the UE.

Abstract: A method by a wireless device (510) configured for Discontinuous Reception, DRX, includes monitoring (1602) for a first wakeup signal, WUS, during a first WUS monitoring occasion. In response to the wireless device detecting the first WUS during the first WUS monitoring occasion, the wireless device monitors (1604) a downlink control channel during a downlink control channel monitoring occasion associated with the detected first WUS and abstains (1604) from monitoring fora second WUS in a second WUS monitoring occasion based on a condition.

Abstract: One or more wireless stations operate to configure Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN)—direct communication with neighboring wireless stations, i.e., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. Embodiments of the disclosure relate to reciprocating service between two or more wireless stations. The reciprocating service embodiments described herein provide a mechanism through which devices can participate in a same service instant.

Abstract: Techniques for establishing communication channels between user devices experiencing network connectivity issues and remote communication systems are described herein. The techniques include the use of a secondary device to act as a proxy, or a “middle man,” to facilitate the communications with the user device. A user device may detect lack of network connectivity, and begin broadcasting advertisement messages that indicate the lack of connectivity. A secondary device may detect the advertisement message, and send a discovery message to a connectivity system indicating that it detected the advertisement message. The connectivity system can provide this information to a remote communication system, and the remote communication system can establish a connection with the secondary device and instruct the secondary device to establish a connection with the user device.

Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The apparatus may be configured to receive a request for UE capability information from a network. The apparatus may be further configured to transmit, in response to the request, UE capability information indicating a first set of value pairs associated with monitoring occasions for a control channel of at least one first component carrier and a second set of value pairs associated with monitoring occasions for a control channel of at least one second component carrier, and each of the first and second sets of value pairs may include a first value corresponding to a minimum time separation between consecutive spans for the monitoring occasions and a second value corresponding to a span length for the monitoring occasions.