Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and a device in a User Equipment (UE) and a base station for multi-antenna transmission. The UE transmits a first radio signal in a first time interval, and receives a second radio signal in a second time interval; and then monitors a third radio signal in a third time interval. The first radio signal includes first information, and the second radio signal includes second information. Target information is used for receiving the third radio signal. A time-domain position of the second time interval is used for determining whether the target information is the first information or the second information. A time-domain position of the third time interval is associated to a time-domain position of the first time interval. The UE can select a beam direction corresponding to a downlink channel according to its measurement, thereby improving efficiency and performances of downlink transmission.

Abstract: Various arrangements for implementing a cellular network slice using a template are provided. Some number of client slice parameters can be defined by a client. Based on these parameters, a predefined cellular network slice template can be selected from a library of predefined cellular network slice templates. A new cellular network slice is then defined using the selected predefined cellular network slice. Cellular network access can be granted to the client via the defined cellular network slice and feedback on the performance of the cellular network slice is provided. Based on the client feedback and parameters of the defined cellular network slice, the predefined cellular network slice template in the slice template library is updated.

Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure provide a data processing method and apparatus, a communication device and a storage medium. Being applied to a first Access Point (AP), the data processing method includes: resource allocation information of one or more second Basic Service Sets (BSSs) that use a same frequency band as a first BSS for the first AP is acquired; and a resource is allocated to a station within the first BSS according to the resource allocation information.

Abstract: A wireless device receives a downlink message from a network node. The wireless device descrambles or decrypts the downlink message, or one or more fields of the downlink message, to obtain one or more parameters. The wireless device uses the one or more parameters to perform at least one action from any one or more of the following actions: receiving a mobile-terminated, MT, early data transmission, EDT, during a random access procedure; positively or negatively acknowledging the MT-EDT; and receiving a re-transmission of the MT-EDT.

Abstract: An information transmission method and a network device, the network device including a transceiver, a processor, and a non-transitory storage medium storing a computer program for execution by the processor. The computer program includes instructions to receive a first frame through the receiver, where an extended schedule element of the first frame has a field indicating communication between network devices is supported, and where the extended schedule element further has a source association identifier and a destination association identifier, and control the transceiver to transmit information to a first network device when both the first network device and the network device support communication between network devices, where a value of the source association identifier and a value of the destination association identifier are each 0.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods, devices, and systems for wireless communications. In some wireless communications systems, a base station may transmit a multicast message to a group of user equipment (UEs), and the UEs may provide feedback for the multicast message. In some implementations, the base station may configure the UEs to transmit feedback for multicast messages. In some example, the UEs may transmit group-negative acknowledgment (NACK) feedback information for multicast messages that are not successfully received at the UEs. In some other examples, each UE may be configured with UE-specific uplink control channel resources for transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback for a multicast message. In some implementations, a UE may support feedback for both unicast and multicast messages. The semi-static codebook for unicast, multicast, or both may account for whether the UE is capable of concurrently receiving unicast and multicast messages in a slot.

Abstract: Provided are a configuration method and apparatus, a receiving method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium. The configuration method includes: determining a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) set based on a higher-layer configuration parameter; and configuring an MCS of data based on the MCS set; where the higher-layer configuration parameter indicates whether data transmission supports a 16 quadrature amplitude modulation (16QAM) modulation scheme, and the MCS set includes one or more of: a first MCS set and a second MCS set.

Abstract: An antenna module and a communication device having the antenna module, and a communication system are provided. The communication system includes a plurality of communication devices, where an antenna module of a first communication device determines a first target radiation azimuth corresponding to location information of a peer communication device among the plurality of communication devices, based on the location information of the peer communication device, and determines a corresponding first antenna radiation azimuth according to the first target radiation azimuth, to point to the peer communication device. The peer communication device determines a second target radiation azimuth corresponding to the location information of the first communication device, based on the location information of the first communication device, and determines a corresponding second antenna radiation azimuth according to the second target radiation azimuth, to point to the first communication device.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses for the identification of a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resource. In some aspects, a UE that receives the CSI-RS may determine CSI feedback based at least in part on the CSI-RS after detecting the CSI-RS resource that includes the CSI-RS. Signaling or techniques for when no CSI-RS is detected (such as when the base station fails a channel access operation for all available CSI-RS resources) are also provided. Furthermore, approaches for rate matching for a shared channel around CSI-RS resources or for CSI interference management (CSI-IM) resources are provided, as well as CSI reporting approaches for cases when the UE fails to transmit CSI feedback due to a failed channel access operation, such as a triggered or re-triggered CSI report.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a transmitter network node may generate a grouping descriptor, for a transport block, that indicates grouping information for a plurality of protocol data units (PDUs) in the transport block. The transmitter network node may transmit the grouping descriptor with the transport block. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: A method for managing a file system includes obtaining, by a compression optimizing manager, a compression algorithm selection request for the file system, determining a set of selection inputs based on a set of file system parameters of the file system, applying a compression selection model to the set of selection inputs to obtain a compression algorithm selection, and initiating a file system compression implementation of the file system using the compression algorithm selection.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for transmitting or receiving a signal or a channel. A method for operating a user equipment (UE) to receive the signal or the channel includes receiving a configuration for spatial filters, determining first and second spatial filters from the spatial filters, and determining first and second numbers of repetitions. The spatial filters correspond to spatial relations with reference signals (RSs), respectively. The first and second spatial filters are different. The first and second numbers of repetitions are different. The method further includes transmitting the signal or the channel using the first spatial filter for the first number of repetitions and using the second spatial filter for the second number of repetitions. The second number of repetitions is transmitted after the first number of repetitions.

Abstract: Slave units of a mobile communication system each determine (S907), out of a predefined sliding codebook of Q unique radio frame configurations, a radio frame configuration for communicating with user equipments, and transmit (S907), to a master unit of a cluster which the slave units belong to, a request to use the determined radio frame configuration. The predefined sliding codebook comprises sub-codebooks each grouping together radio frame configurations of the Q unique radio frame configurations, that share the same downlink-to-uplink subframe ratio but with a phase offset of the radio frame configurations.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a network management entity (ME) in a communications network (CN), the network management entity (ME) being configured to; receive (S10) a request message (REQm), transmitted by a network serving entity (SE), indicating deletion of a bearer connection for a user equipment (UE, 600), transmit (S40) a release message (RELm) towards a network entity (NE), receive (S50) a complete message (COMPm +IDU) transmitted by the network entity (NE), confirming that the user equipment (UE, 600) is released, and comprising information regarding data usage (IDU), and transmit (S60) a response message (RESPm +IDU) towards the network serving entity (SE), acknowledging deletion of the bearer connection of the user equipment (UE, 600), in response to receiving the complete message (COMPm +IDU). The disclosure also relates to methods performed in a network management entity (ME).

Abstract: Aspects for enhanced logical channel prioritization mapping procedures and restrictions are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of wireless communication includes transmitting, by a network entity, a logical channel prioritization (LCP) restriction configuration for a logical channel indicating a set of Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) configurations associated with the logical channel; determining, by the network entity, data of the logical channel of a particular UE is to be scheduled; transmitting, by the network entity, an uplink grant indicating an uplink grant instance for the particular UE, wherein the uplink grant instance indicates an SRS configuration of the set of SRS configurations; and receiving, by the network entity, a transmission corresponding to the uplink grant instance and including the data of the logical channel. Additional aspects are described.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A transmitting device may receive one or more service data units (SDUs) at a layer two (L2) layer of the transmitting device. The transmitting device may encode, at the L2 layer, the one or more SDUs according to one or more network coding parameters to obtain at least one encoded protocol data unit (PDU), the one or more network coding parameters comprising a rateless code. The transmitting device may generate, for the at least one encoded PDU, at least one corresponding PDU header. The transmitting device may output the at least one encoded PDU and the at least one corresponding PDU header from the L2 layer to a lower layer of the transmitting device for transmission to one or more receiving devices.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include methods and apparatuses that enable the UE to transmit message 3 in an NTN network. A gNB can include, a time duration indicating the time at which the UE should transmit message 3. The network can ensure that the UE has adequate time to apply the timing advance, assemble and transmit message 3. The UE can compute time of UL grant application based on a timing advance. The time of application of the UL grant can be determined by the UE and by the gNB according to a specified rule.

Abstract: Procedures, mechanisms, methods, and techniques are provided that trigger power saving mode (PSM) functionality in the at least one wireless transmit receive units, group of WTRUs or subset of the group of WTRUs. The trigger may be in response to an application layer request to set one or more predetermined PSM settings, wherein the trigger originates from one or more application servers (APs) directed to a core network by way of an interface such as an SCEF that may be included on a device (e.g., a gateway, computing device, and/or the like) and may be configured for enabling the application server to request enabling and disabling PSM functionality.

Abstract: Systems and methods for provisioning and managing a network are disclosed. One method can comprise determining location information of one or more access points and selecting a routing device based upon the location information. Communication can be established between the one or more access points and the select routing device to define a mobility group comprising the one or more access points.

Abstract: Technology for an Information Centric Networking gateway (ICN-GW) operable to modify an ICN message received from a user equipment (UE) in a Fifth Generation (5G) cellular network is disclosed. The ICN-GW can decode the ICN message received from the UE via a Next Generation NodeB (gNB) and an ICN point of attachment (ICN-PoA). The ICN-GW can modify the ICN message to produce a modified ICN message. The ICN-GW can encode the modified ICN message to route the modified ICN message to a data network.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for determining a transmission resource for transmitting a wake-up signal in a wireless communication are described. In one embodiment, a method performed by a wireless communication node is disclosed. The method comprises: determining an initial transmission resource for wake-up signal (WUS) transmission; determining an updated transmission resource for WUS transmission based at least on the initial transmission resource and an offset; and transmitting, on the updated transmission resource, a WUS to at least one wireless communication device, wherein the offset is selected from a plurality of predetermined values based on a location of a paging occasion (PO) corresponding to the WUS.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for mapping schemes for uplink control signals in mobile communication technology are described. An exemplary method for wireless communication includes transmitting, by a wireless device over a control channel, an M-bit payload on N symbols over a plurality of subcarriers, wherein M and N are positive integers, wherein each of the N symbols is represented using a base sequence (u(n, m)) and a cyclic shift (ncs (n, m)) of the base sequence, wherein n=0, 1, . . . (N?1) is a non-negative integer that indexes a symbol in the N symbols, and wherein m=0, 1, . . . (2M?1) is a non-negative integer that indexes a combination set in 2M combination sets.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with different novel concepts for reducing latency in data transmission. These concepts may be exploited by a transceiver configured to perform wireless data communication with a third party device by aggregating time division duplex carriers having different temporal distribution of uplink times and downlink times. These concepts may further be exploited by an apparatus configured to perform data transmission or reception via allocations of transmission resources of aggregated carriers in units of transmission time intervals into which the aggregated carriers are subdivided, wherein the aggregated carriers are temporally subdivided into the transmission time intervals in a temporal grid, respectively, wherein the aggregated carriers' grids are temporally mutually offset.

Abstract: A method of adjusting operating configurations in a networking device to regulate thermal conditions in the networking device to be within a thermal range while optimizing service for the communication activity of networking device. Example implementations include analyzing communication activity of the one or more network interfaces to determine possible operating configurations to service the communication activity. In an example implementation, the possible operating configurations are learned based on the operating configurations and characteristics of the communication activity when the monitored thermal conditions leave and return the thermal range. Further, the one or more network interfaces of the device can be configured based on service levels for portions of the communication activity in order to regulate the thermal conditions.

Abstract: A communication method and system for converging a 5th generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of things (IoT) are provided. The communication method and system may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes identifying that sidelink channel state information (SL-CSI) reporting is triggered; identifying whether SL resources are allocated for new transmission; performing a logical channel prioritization for the SL resources; and determining whether to trigger a scheduling request for the SL-CSI reporting based on a result of the logical channel prioritization.

Abstract: The invention seeks to provide a communication system, a data transmitting device, a communication device, and a communication method capable of exchanging a sufficient capacity of data in a simple configuration without reducing the speed of a vehicle. The invention provides a communication system for transmitting data by a data transmitting device provided on a route of a moving body to the moving body having a plurality of vehicles in one formation; each of the plurality of vehicles being provided with a receiving unit that receives data transmitted from the data transmitting device; and the data transmitting device being configured to transmit mutually different data to the receiving units of the plurality of vehicles. The moving body may be a train such as the Shinkansen, or a transport vehicle such as a truck to which a plurality of cargo vehicles are connected.

Abstract: Provided are a method for determining random access and a terminal device, which enable effective transmission of Msg A in a 2-step random access procedure. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device based on a predetermined rule, whether to send an uplink channel on a transmission occasion corresponding to the uplink channel in a first message of a 2-step random access procedure, where the uplink channel includes a physical random access channel PRACH and a physical uplink shared channel PUSCH; not sending the PRACH and not sending the PUSCH by the terminal device in a case that the terminal device determines not to send the PRACH; and not sending the PUSCH by the terminal device and sending or not sending the PRACH by the terminal device in a case that the terminal device determines not to send the PUSCH.

Abstract: An example method of deploying a logical network platform in a virtualized computing system, the virtualized computing system including a host cluster and a virtualization management server connected to a physical network, the host cluster having hosts and a virtualization layer executing on hardware platforms of the hosts is described. The method includes receiving, at the virtualization management server, a declarative specification describing a proposed state of the logical network platform; deploying, by the virtualization management server, a network manager of the logical network platform in response to the proposed state in the declarative specification; and deploying, by the virtualization management server in cooperation with the network manager, binaries to the hosts in the host cluster.

Abstract: A network system includes a main network implementing a conventional network protocol and a subtree of battery-powered nodes implementing a custom network protocol. The main network and the subtree are managed according to different subtree parameters. When a root node receives a request by a battery-powered node to join the subtree, the root node determines whether to allow the battery-powered node to join based on the subtree parameters for the subtree before sending a response to the battery-powered node.

Abstract: A radio communication apparatus is provided, which includes a receiver and a controller. The receiver, in operation, receives a first power headroom (PHR), which is obtained by subtracting a transmit power for a data channel from a maximum transmit power at a mobile station and which is transmitted from the mobile station, and receives a second PHR, which is obtained by subtracting the transmit power for the data channel and a transmit power for a control channel from the maximum transmit power at the mobile station and which is transmitted from the mobile station. The controller, in operation, selectively sets a simultaneous transmission of the data channel and the control channel in different frequency bands to be performed by the mobile station. When the data channel and the control channel are simultaneously transmitted in different frequency bands from the mobile station, the second PHR is obtained and transmitted from the mobile station.

Abstract: Provided are an information scheduling method and apparatus, a device and a storage medium. The method includes: receiving PDSCH configuration information from a second communication node, receiving DCI from the second communication node, and determining scheduling information of a PDSCH on at least one carrier according to the PDSCH configuration information and the DCI.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for determining a time-frequency resource, a chip, and a computer program. The method includes: a terminal device acquires power-saving related configurations; the terminal device determines a time-frequency resource for receiving an energy-saving channel/signal according to the relationship between the power-saving related configurations or power-saving related configuration parameters and the time-frequency resource for the energy-saving channel/signal.

Abstract: A method may include multiplexing control information on a physical channel in a communication system, wherein the control information comprises a repeat request acknowledgment portion, and allocating an amount of resources of the physical channel for the repeat request acknowledgment portion based on an amount of a type of acknowledgment included in the acknowledgment portion. The type of acknowledgment may include an acknowledgment for dynamically granted traffic. The amount of resources may include a reserved amount of resources based on the amount of acknowledgment for dynamically granted traffic being less than a threshold. A method may include multiplexing control information on a physical channel in a communication system, wherein the control information may include a repeat request acknowledgment portion, and allocating an amount of resources of the physical channel for the repeat request acknowledgment portion based on a threshold, wherein the threshold is variable.

Abstract: An improved emergency response method and system are shown and described. A content-specified text field-such as a caller name field—an ALI database record for a communication device is updated to include information about a person experiencing an emergency and the emergency. A PSAP receiving an emergency services call from the communication device receives the caller name field on a terminal display and is thus informed about the emergency via a alphanumeric character communication rather than orally. A particular emergency may be assigned a code that is put in the caller name field.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5th Generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data rate after a 4th Generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). The disclosure is for transmitting and receiving data and control information in a wireless communication system. A method of operating a terminal may include receiving from a base station an instruction for Limited Buffer Rate Matching (LBRM), obtaining at least one parameter required to perform the LBRM, determining a limited range of parity bits for the LBRM, based on the parameters, and transmitting or receiving data, based on the limited range.

Abstract: A pre-coding method is disclosed of a multi-user, multi-antenna transmitter configured for transmission of respective signals to a plurality of users. The method comprises determining (for each pair of users of the plurality) a spatial correlation value for the pair of users, sorting the plurality of users into a first group and a second group based on the spatial correlation values, generating the respective signals for transmission to the users of the first group by application of linear pre-coding, and generating the respective signals for transmission to the users of the second group by application of non-linear precoding.

Abstract: Disclosed are a transmission device and a transmission method with which it is possible to prevent delays in data transmission and to minimize the increase in the number of bits necessary for the notification of a CC to be used, in cases where a CC to be used is added during communication employing carrier aggregation. When a component carrier is to be added to a component carrier set, a setting section provided in a base station: modifies a CIF table that defines the correspondence between code points, which are used as labels for the respective component carriers contained in the component carrier set, and the identification information of the respective component carriers; and assigns a vacant code point to the component carrier to be added, while keeping the correspondence between the code points and the component carrier identification information defined in the CIF table before modification.

Abstract: In an example, a method includes communicating between a first BLUETOOTH device and a second BLUETOOTH device via a first channel within a channel set at a first connection event using first channel specific parameters. The method also includes determining, by the first BLUETOOTH device, one or more channel cluster operation parameters for a second channel within the channel set at a second connection event using second channel specific parameters. The method includes communicating over the second channel during the second connection event from the first BLUETOOTH device to the second BLUETOOTH device using renegotiated second channel specific parameters.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to use multiple beams for transmission or reception. The UE receives, from a base station, at least one medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) that indicates multiple activated transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states, receives, from the base station, at least one downlink control information (DCI) indicating a subset of TCI states of the multiple activated TCI states, wherein the MAC CE and the DCI are part of a TCI configuration, and wherein the subset of TCI states corresponds to multiple transmission and reception points (TRPs) of a wireless network, maps the subset of TCI states to the corresponding multiple TRPs based on the TCI configuration and selects a beam used for transmission or reception based on one mapped TCI state of the mapped subset of TCI states.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to use multiple beams for transmission or reception. The UE receives, from a base station, at least one medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) that indicates multiple activated transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states, receives, from the base station, at least one downlink control information (DCI) indicating a subset of TCI states of the multiple activated TCI states, wherein the MAC CE and the DCI are part of a TCI configuration, and wherein the subset of TCI states corresponds to multiple transmission and reception points (TRPs) of a wireless network, maps the subset of TCI states to the corresponding multiple TRPs based on the TCI configuration and selects a beam used for transmission or reception based on one mapped TCI state of the mapped subset of TCI states.

Abstract: A communication system includes: a first communication apparatus configured to control a first wireless communication and a second wireless communication different from the first wireless communication; a second communication apparatus configured to communicate using the second communication; and a third communication apparatus configured to perform data communication with the first communication apparatus via the first wireless communication or the second wireless communication, wherein the third communication apparatus transmits to the first communication apparatus a control message that includes an available address of the third wireless communications apparatus used in the second wireless communication, the first communication apparatus notifies the second communication apparatus of the available address of the third communication apparatus, and the second communication apparatus communicate with the third communication apparatus using the address.

Abstract: A system includes a vehicle configured to detect a predefined vehicle incident and report the vehicle incident to at least one remote server, the report including a unique vehicle identifier and a unique wireless identifier associated with the vehicle. The system also includes the server, configured to determine a plurality of devices previously paired with the vehicle and send the unique wireless identifier to at least one of the plurality of devices. The system also includes the plurality of devices, configured to receive the unique wireless identifier. The plurality of devices are also configured to wirelessly search for a signal including the unique wireless identifier and, responsive to detecting the signal, present assistance instructions associated with the incident.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive control signaling indicating a network coding configuration for a set of transmit beams, each transmit beam in the set of transmit beams being spatial division multiplexed with respect to the other transmit beams of the set. The UE may identify based at least in part on the control signaling, a first set of one or more transmit beams of the set of transmit beams carrying parity information for a second set of one or more transmit beams in the set of transmit beams. The UE may perform beamformed communications over the set of transmit beams in accordance with the network coding configuration and the parity information.

Abstract: A Bluetooth communication system includes: a Bluetooth host device; and a Bluetooth device set which including a first member device and a second member device. The first member device is arranged to operably transmit an auto-pair request, a first device information corresponding to the first member device, and a second device information corresponding to the second member device to the Bluetooth host device. The Bluetooth host device is arranged to operably receive the auto-pair request, the first device information, and the second device information transmitted from the first member device. The Bluetooth host device is further arranged to operably establish a Bluetooth connection with the first member device and conduct pairing procedure with the first member device according to the auto-pair request.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device includes: at least one processor, and the at least one processor is configured to: check at least one event requiring a change in user equipment (UE) capability of the electronic device, change the UE capability of the electronic device based on the at least one event and transmit a TAU request message indicating that UE capability information update is requested, enter an idle state, based on receiving a TAU acceptance message corresponding to the TAU request message in a state in which the UE capability enquiry message corresponding to the TAU request is not received, establish a new RRC connection with the network in the idle state, receive a UE capability enquiry message based on the new RRC connection, and transmit a UE capability information message including the changed UE capability, based on the reception of the UE capability enquiry message.

Abstract: Systems and methods for a multi-tenant communication platform. A method includes receiving, through an application programming interface (API), an inbound communication request identifying a communication endpoint, analyzing the inbound communication request to identify a transport protocol, selecting a routing option of the transport protocol, transforming the communication content to a format that is compatible with the selected routing option of the transport protocol and a mode of communication associated with the selected routing option, and transmitting the transformed communication content to the destination endpoint on the selected routing option.

Abstract: A channel monitoring indication method, a terminal, and a network device are provided. The method includes: monitoring a first physical downlink control channel PDCCH; and if downlink control information (DCI) not used for scheduling is received on the first PDCCH, determining, based on the DCI not used for scheduling, whether to monitor a second PDCCH.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for estimating inter-terminal sidelink path loss for control information and data information transmission between terminals. A path loss estimation method of a transmission terminal in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment may include transmitting a signal for path loss estimation to a reception terminal, receiving a path loss estimation result report from the reception terminal in response to the signal for path loss estimation, configuring a transmission power based on the path loss estimation result report, and performing a sidelink transmission with the reception terminal with the configured transmission power.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for configuring a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state application time for at least one common multi-channel TCI state. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a TCI state indication from a network, wherein the TCI state indication comprises at least one common multi-channel TCI state, and configuring a TCI state application time for the at least one common multi-channel TCI state based on one or more factors.

Abstract: As disclosed herein, there is one or more system, device, and/or method that addresses one or more of the following, but is not limited to: wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU)(s) configured to send sidelink radio link measurements to a base station (e.g., gNB); WTRU(s) configured to consider CBR/CR levels for starting performing measurements on neighbor links/cells; WTRU(s) configured to consider CBR/CR levels in conjunction with SL RSRP/RSRQ/RSNI thresholds for reporting measurements; WTRU(s) configured to report sidelink measurements in different ways depending on the measurements being performed using data or discovery signals; relay WTRU(s) configured to forward/report sidelink measurements to a gNB; handover commands in a relay scenario based on measurements at a remote WTRU.