Abstract: Systems, methods and instrumentalities are disclosed for beam-based PDCCH Transmission in NR. Control resource sets may be assigned for multi-beam control transmission. A PDCCH may be transmitted with multiple beams. CCEs may be mapped for multi-beam transmission. DCI may support multi-dimensional transmission with primary and secondary dimensions. Search space may support multi-beam, multi-TRP transmission.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission and reception in multiple transmit receive points (TRPs) are disclosed. The apparatus includes a transmitter for selectively transmitting a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource to a first identity, and selectively transmitting a second PUCCH resource to a second identity, wherein each one of the PUCCH resources carries a set of uplink control information (UCI); and a processor that determines whether there is an overlap between the first PUCCH resource and the second PUCCH resource.

Abstract: There is provided a communication device that determines a wireless resource for a downlink without performing signaling between a base station and a terminal. A communication device includes a communication unit that transmits and receives a wireless signal, and a wireless resource determination unit that determines a wireless resource used for transmission and reception. The wireless resource determination unit determines, in a communication system including a base station and a terminal, on the basis of a common rule between the base station and the terminal, a plurality of candidates for the wireless resource to be used for downlink communication in the slot for each terminal, and then selects the plurality of candidates for each terminal one by one in such a manner that wireless resources do not overlap between the terminals.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling a timer are disclosed. In the method, after user equipment activates a first bandwidth part in response to a first message, the user equipment controls a target timer to perform timing based on a unit time length of a second bandwidth part to optimize the timer in a BWP scenario.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving channel state information in a wireless communication system. A method for transmitting channel state information (CSI) according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may comprise the steps of: receiving configuration information related to the CSI from a base station; receiving one or more reference signal (RS) resources transmitted from the base station through different downlink spatial domain transmission filters; and transmitting, to the base station, the CSI including a layer 1 signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (L1-SINR) generated on the basis of the one or more RS resources.

Abstract: Provided are a clock synchronization method and apparatus, and a storage medium. The clock synchronization method includes that: when a source base station determines that a user equipment (UE) satisfies a handover condition, the source base station sends a handover request to a target base station, where the handover request includes a request for precision clock information; and the source base station receives the precision clock information of the target base station.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to communication methods and apparatus. In one example method, a terminal sends, to a network device, a quantity of radio frequency channels supported on each of a plurality of carriers when the terminal performs uplink transmission on the plurality of carriers in time division multiplexing (TDM) mode. The terminal reports, to the network device, a quantity of radio frequency channels used on each carrier when the terminal performs uplink transmission in TDM mode, so that the network device can configure, for the terminal based on an actual capability of the terminal, the quantity of radio frequency channels used on each carrier in TDM mode.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for sidelink wireless communications are described in which a user equipment (UE), such as a vehicle UE, that supports full-duplex communications may transmit a sidelink control channel during a set of time resources including scheduling information for a subsequent transmission by the UE via a first set of resources. The UE may receive a sidelink control channel during the set of time resources from a second UE that may support full-duplex communications or half-duplex communications. The sidelink control channel may include scheduling information for a subsequent transmission via a second set of time-frequency resources that at least partially overlaps with the first set of time-frequency resources. The first UE may determine that a collision will occur and may perform a resource selection procedure or may transmit a request for the second device to perform the resource selection procedure.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may attempt to access a base station of a network. The UE receives, from the base station of a wireless network, a broadcast including a system information block (SIB) identifying a plurality of random access channel (RACH) sub-bands of an uplink (UL) bandwidth and which of the plurality of RACH sub-bands includes physical random access channel (PRACH) resources. The base station selects one of the plurality of RACH sub-bands for a PRACH transmission and selects a preamble from the selected RACH sub-band and transmit the preamble to the base station to initiate a RACH procedure.

Abstract: A method for enhanced rate adaptation by a radio access network (RAN) node includes: determining a first code rate, for sending one or more messages to a user equipment (UE) before a first time, based at least in part on a first rank and a first message error rate; sending the one or more messages to the UE before the first time using the first code rate; receiving channel quality information and a second rank from the UE at the first time, wherein the second rank is different than the first rank; determining a second code rate, for sending one or more messages to the UE after the first time and before a second time, based at least in part on the received channel quality information and second rank; and sending the one or more messages to the UE, after the first time and before a second time, using the second code rate.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for determining a resource location, and a device and a storage medium, which belong to the technical field of communications. The method comprises: where a BWP is reactivated, determining the location of a CG resource according to first information, wherein the first information comprises frame number information used for determining the location of the CG resource. Provided is a method for determining or calculating the location of a CG resource corresponding to a BWP after the BWP is reactivated.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first user equipment (UE) may receive, from a network entity, an indication of multiple transmission occasions for a transmission of a sidelink communication in an unlicensed spectrum. The first UE may transmit, to a second UE, the sidelink communication in a selected transmission occasion of the multiple transmission occasions for the transmission of the sidelink communication in the unlicensed spectrum. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: A transmission method includes: transmitting a PDCCH in a first CORESET, where the number of RBs in the first CORESET is less than or equal to the number of RBs in a second CORESET, and the second CORESET is configured by higher layer signaling in a PBCH.

Abstract: A method for beam management performed by a UE is provided. The method includes: receiving a DCI format in a first BWP based on a first QCL assumption specific to the first BWP, the DCI format scheduling a PDSCH reception in a second BWP; receiving an RRC configuration that includes a plurality of candidate TCI states associated with a serving cell in which the PDSCH is scheduled; receiving a MAC CE that indicates a subset of the plurality of candidate TCI states for activation in the second BWP; determining a second QCL assumption specific to the second BWP based on one TCI state in the subset; and receiving the PDSCH in the second BWP based on the second QCL assumption.

Abstract: Embodiments herein provide a method for managing short data service (SDS) communication in a mission critical data (MCData) communication system. The method includes determining, by a transmitting MCData UE, whether a pre-determined criteria is met for transmitting a one-to-one standalone SDS message or a group standalone SDS message to receiving MCData UE (s). Further, the method includes determining data size of the one-to-one standalone SDS message or group standalone SDS message. Furthermore, the method includes transmitting the one-to-one standalone SDS message to the receiving MCData UE for one-to-one communication or group communication using one of a signaling control plane and a media plane based the determined data size of the one-to-one standalone SDS message or group standalone SDS message.

Abstract: Load balancing for saturated wireless may be provided. A computing device may determine that an Access Point (AP) has reached a saturation point. A first Service Device (SD) having a first SD coverage area that overlaps an AP coverage area associated with the AP may be identified. Then a license to operate within a frequency spectrum segment for the first SD coverage area may be obtained. A plurality of user devices may be moved from the AP to the first SD. The first SD may then service the plurality of user devices using at least a portion of the frequency spectrum segment.

Abstract: A method for wireless communication by a UE includes receiving, from a base station, DCI indicating both a semi-persistent schedule for PDSCH occasions within a transmission window and a first quantity of a first group of empty PDSCH occasions. The PDSCH occasions may include the first group of empty PDSCH occasions and a second group of non-empty PDSCH occasions. The method also includes receiving, from the base station, downlink data transmissions within the transmission window based on the semi-persistent schedule. The method further includes transmitting, to the base station, a feedback message indicating a second quantity of either a first group of NACKs associated with the first group of empty PDSCH occasions or a second group of NACKs associated with the second group of non-empty PDSCH occasions based on a total quantity of both the first group of NACKs and the second group of NACKs being greater than the first quantity.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for transmitting and receiving a sidelink positioning reference signal and a terminal. The method includes: when a resource occupied by the sidelink positioning reference signal collides with a resource occupied by at least one type of information in a first information set, not transmitting the S-PRS on the collided resource, wherein the first information set includes: at least one of a sidelink physical channel, a sidelink reference signal, a sidelink synchronization signal, a sidelink synchronization signal block, an automatic gain control information and a guard period information.

Abstract: Transmission control methods and communications devices are provided. A transmission control method executed by a control device includes: sending first information. The first information is related information of scheduling signaling, and the related information includes a number. An indication manner of the first information comprises indicating for different scheduling signaling associated with different types separately.

Abstract: Example frequency domain resource allocation methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes determining M frequency domain resources according to a predetermined frequency domain resource allocation rule, and performing communication on one or more of the M frequency domain resources. Any two of the M frequency domain resources do not overlap. Each of the M frequency domain resources is associated with one piece of quasi-colocation (QCL) information, and any two of the M frequency domain resources are associated with different QCL information.

Abstract: A terminal includes circuitry and a transmitter. The circuitry, in operation, determines a first transmission power for a first uplink signal and a second transmission power for a second uplink signal by prioritizing allocation of a transmission power to the second transmission power for the second uplink signal, responsive to, in a first transmission time interval (TTI) where the first uplink signal is transmitted, the second uplink signal being transmitted in a second TTI that is shorter than the first TTI. The transmitter, in operation, transmits the first uplink signal with the determined first transmission power and transmits the second uplink signal with the determined second transmission power.

Abstract: This application relates to the field of wireless communication technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for transmitting a physical layer protocol data unit, and for example, is applied to a wireless local area network. The method includes: A first communications device generates a PPDU and may send the PPDU, where the PPDU includes an LTF sequence; and correspondingly, a second communications device receives the PPDU, and parses the PPDU to obtain the LTF sequence included in the PPDU. Embodiments of this application can be used to design an LTF sequence that has a relatively low PAPR on entire bandwidth, on a single resource unit, on a combined resource unit, and in a considered multi-stream scenario.

Abstract: This application provides a channel state information (CSI) feedback method including: a terminal device selects B complex coefficients from K complex coefficients according to a preset priority rule, and provides feedback, where K is a quantity of complex coefficients that the terminal device is allowed to feed back, and the preset priority rule is related to at least one of the following: an index value of each complex coefficient in the K complex coefficients, an index value of a reference signal port corresponding to each complex coefficient in the K complex coefficients in S reference signal ports, or an index value of each complex coefficient in the K complex coefficients in a plurality of complex coefficients that are allowed to be selected for a corresponding reference signal port, where S is a quantity of reference signal ports that the terminal device is allowed to select.

Abstract: When signals are simultaneously received from K transmission-side apparatuses by a receiving antenna, and repetition is performed by the K transmission-side apparatuses, an information processing apparatus is configured to: in order to obtain a transmitted reference signal x(k,n) transmitted from a transmission-side apparatus k (k=1, . . . , K) by the n-th reference signal transmission in the repetition, acquire a phase rotation amount ?(g,n) given to a transmitted reference signal x(k) and assigned to a group g to which the transmission-side apparatus k belongs and transmit the phase rotation amount ?(g,n) to the transmission-side apparatus k. The phase rotation amount ?(g,n) is acquired so that received reference signals from transmission-side apparatuses not belonging to the group g are cancelled when a phase rotation amount opposite to the phase rotation amount ?(g,n) is given to a received reference signal r(n), and the first to N-th received reference signals in the repetition are added.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques that may help enhance power control for sidelink transmissions. According to certain aspects, a method for wireless communications by a first user equipment (UE) generally includes transmitting a power headroom report (PHR) to a second UE, receiving, from the second UE, a transmit power control (TPC) based on the PHR, and transmitting at least a first sidelink transmission to the second UE with transmit power in accordance with the TPC.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station (e.g., a central unit (CU) function of the base station) may select, from a set of distributed units (DUs) associated with the CU, a DU of an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node to control sidelink communications for a user equipment (UE). The base station may determine a configuration of sidelink parameters for the sidelink communications with the UE, the sidelink parameters comprising an identification of the selected DU. The base station may transmit, to the TAB node performing sidelink communications with the UE, an indication of the configuration of sidelink parameters for the sidelink communications.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method may include: receiving, from a base station via MAC CE, information associated with activation of one or more TCI states, wherein the information associated with the activation of one or more TCI states indicates a first serving cell ID, a CORESET index, and one or more TCI state IDs; and in case that the first serving cell ID is included in a list of a plurality of serving cells that are configured to be simultaneously updated for a TCI relation with the MAC CE, activating the one or more TCI state IDs for the CORESET index of each of the first serving cell ID and at least one second serving cell ID included in the list.

Abstract: This application provides a method for determining a transport block size and a communication apparatus, which may be used in systems such as vehicle-to-everything, V2X, and V2V. A receive-end terminal device and a transmit-end terminal device may determine a quantity of encoded symbols based on a symbol length used for sidelink communication in a time unit and an scaling factor, and may further determine a transport block size of a data channel based on the quantity of encoded symbols. Therefore, for all slots used for sidelink communication, a same quantity of encoded symbols can be determined, and a same transport block size can be further determined.

Abstract: A base station and/or a wireless device may communicate using a plurality of wireless resources. Multiple carriers may be used for a transmission such that portions of the transmission may be transmitted using different carriers. Multiple carrier transmission may be independently configured for each of a plurality of wireless resources.

Abstract: An uplink resource determining method, an uplink resource indication method, a terminal, and a network device are disclosed. The method includes: receiving first DCI used to schedule transmission of a PUSCH on a target BWP, where the first DCI includes an allocation field for frequency domain resource allocation, the allocation field is determined based on a configuration of a reference BWP, and the allocation field includes first bits; and determining an uplink resource indicated by the allocation field, where the uplink resource is an uplink resource determined based on valid bits of the first bits; and a resource allocation type of at least one of the reference BWP and the target BWP is interlace resource allocation.

Abstract: A method and a device for reservation of a sidelink resource in a communication system are disclosed. An operation method of a transmission terminal comprises the steps of: generating an SCI #n including resource allocation information about a PSSCH #n and resource allocation information about a PSSCH #n+k; transmitting the SCI #n to a reception terminal in the PSCCH #n; transmitting data #n to the reception terminal in the PSSCH #n indicated by the SCI #n; and receiving, from the reception terminal, a HARQ response to the data #n.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for inter user equipment (UE) coordination signaling. A method of operating a UE includes determining a first set of first sidelink (SL) resources based on SL sensing and resource exclusion; selecting a first one or more SL resources within the first determined set for reservation, transmitting information about the first one or more SL resources, and receiving inter UE co-ordination information indicating whether a SL resource in the first one or more SL resources has a conflict. The method further includes transmitting on one of the first one or more SL resources, when the one SL resource does not have a conflict; and determining a second set of SL resources based on SL sensing and resource exclusion, and selecting a second one or more SL resources within the second set for transmission and reservation, when all of the first one or more SL resources have a conflict.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic device, a communication method and a storage medium in a wireless communication system. There is provided an electronic device for a transmitter, comprising a processing circuitry configured to: perform an initial transmission and blind transmissions of a transport block to a receiver by a configured Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) process, the blind transmissions being planned to be performed within a predetermined time window after the initial transmission; perform detection for a HARQ feedback from the receiver, the HARQ feedback indicating whether decoding for the transport block at the receiver is successful or not; and control to cancel or continue the blind transmissions based on a result of the detection.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices may assist in broadcast, multicast, or unicast on sidelink for 5G eV2X. The following mechanisms for broadcast, multicast, or unicast on sidelink for Vehicle to everything (V2X). Broadcast on sidelink may include methods, systems, or devices for broadcast occasions or monitoring window. Multicast on sidelink may include methods, systems, or devices for multicast occasions or group ID. Unicast on sidelink may include methods, systems, or devices for unicast occasions, UE ID, transmitter initiated transmission, or receiver initiated. Methods, systems, or devices may use communication occasions for platooning.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable medium for PRACH repetition and Msg 3 repetition are provided. An example method may include receiving, from a base station, an indication associated with a set of PRACH resources. The example method may further include transmitting, to the base station, one or more PRACH repetitions using the set of PRACH resources. The example method may further include receiving, from the base station based on the one or more PRACH repetitions, a grant associated with a PUSCH repetition.

Abstract: An information processing method, a terminal device, a network device, a chip, a computer readable storage medium, a computer program product, and a computer program are provided. The method includes: receiving indication information sent by a network device for activating or deactivating CG; and feeding back confirmation information to the network deice, wherein the confirmation information is information fed back over a carrier satisfying a preset condition, and/or the content of the confirmation information comprises at least one of the followings: a cell group identifier, a carrier identifier, a CG identifier, and a CG group identifier.

Abstract: A network control device, e.g., a gNB, receives a message from a communications device, e.g. a UE, indicating that the communications device is experiencing an in-device coexistence (IDC) problem, e.g. in the 52.6 GHz-71 GHz frequency range with respect to NR-U and WiGig. The message is one of: i) an IDC assistance message indicating that the victim system is Wi-Gig or ii) an antenna panel switch message requesting that the network control device instruct the communications device to change the antenna panel that it uses for uplink NR signaling. The network control device generates and sends a response message to the communications device including: a selected new frequency to be used by the communications device for uplink NR signaling or a selected different antenna panel to be used by the communications device for uplink NR signaling. The communications device implements the change reducing or avoiding the IDC problem.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein that relate to transmitting and receiving a transmission when there is a collision between the transmission and reserved resource elements. In some embodiments, a radio access node for a cellular communications network is disclosed, wherein the radio access node comprises a transceiver, a processor, and memory storing instructions executable by the processor whereby the radio access node is operable to transmit, via the transceiver, a downlink transmission to a wireless device using one or more Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs) that comprise reserved Resource Elements (REs) by puncturing the downlink transmission at positions of the reserved REs. In some embodiments, the downlink transmission is an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (EPDCCH) transmission or a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) transmission. Further, in some embodiments, the reserved REs are REs utilized for one or more CSI-RSs.

Abstract: A method performed by a wireless device for mapping data to specific HARQ processes is provided. The method includes receiving an indication that maps data that can be sent on one or more of specific HARQ processes and transmitting/receiving a transmission for the specific HARQ process based on the received indication. A method performed by a base station for mapping data to specific HARQ processes is also provided. A wireless device and a base station for mapping data to specific HARQ processes are also provided.

Abstract: Aspects presented herein may enable a network entity, such as a base station or a component of a base station, to indicate a PUCCH repetition factor to a set of UEs via group-common DCI. In one aspect, a network entity transmits, to a set of UEs, an indication associated with a number of PUCCH retransmissions via group-common DCI. The network entity receives, from one or more UEs in the set of UEs, one or more PUCCH retransmissions based on the transmitted indication. In another aspect, a UE receives, from a network entity, an indication associated with a number of PUCCH retransmissions via group-common DCI. The UE transmits, to the network entity, one or more PUCCH retransmissions based on the received indication.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, systems, devices, and computer program products directed to phase-continuous frequency selective precoding are provided. Included among these classes are methods for use in connection with dynamic precoding resource block group (PRG) configuration and with codebook based transmission configuration. A representative of such methods may include any of receiving signaling indicating transmit precoding information; determining a candidate PRG size using any of the transmit precoding information, a rule for determining a PRG size and configured PRG sizes; and configuring or reconfiguring a wireless transmit/receive device in accordance with the candidate PRG size.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a resource allocation procedure for allocating time-frequency radio resources by a scheduler in a mobile communication system. A plurality of numerology schemes are defined, each partitioning a plurality of radio resources of the mobile communication system into resource scheduling units in a different manner. A reference resource set is defined per numerology scheme, each being associated to a set of radio resources usable for being allocated according to the respective numerology scheme. The reference resource set of at least one numerology scheme overlaps with the reference resource set of at least another numerology scheme in the frequency and/or time domain. The resource allocation procedure is performed for allocating radio resources to one or more user terminals according to the numerology schemes. The resource allocation procedure is performed for each numerology scheme based on a scheduling time interval defined for the respective numerology scheme.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE). The UE receives signaling configuring the UE with a control resource set (CORESET) activated with two transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states. The UE further receives a downlink control information (DCI) triggering transmission of aperiodic channel state information (CSI) reference signals (RSs) on aperiodic CSI-RS resources. The UE applies a quasi-colocation (QCL) assumption of at least one of the two TCI states for processing the aperiodic CSI-RSs, when a scheduling time offset is less than a threshold value and depending on whether same or different aperiodic CSI-RS resources are received from two transmission reception points (TRPs) associated.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and, particularly, to a method and a device therefor, the method comprising the steps of: monitoring a PDCCH candidate in an SS in units of sub-bands in a BWP including a plurality of sub-bands; and on the basis of the monitoring, detecting a PDCCH, wherein, in the BWP, the same CORESET is repeated per sub-band in a frequency domain, and a plurality of CORESETs included in the plurality of sub-bands are associated with the same SS.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a data transmission method, a network device, and a terminal device. The method includes: A network device sends resource indication information to a terminal device, so that the terminal device determines, based on the resource indication information, a resource allocated by the network device. The resource indication information is used to indicate location information of a resource in at least one BWP in a system bandwidth and bandwidth information of the at least one BWP. Further, the network device receives, on a resource corresponding to the resource indication information, uplink data sent by the terminal device. It can be learned that, in the embodiments, the network device may indicate a system bandwidth of any size and/or a resource in any BWP in the system bandwidth to the terminal device, so that the terminal device can perform data transmission on the indicated resource.

Abstract: A system and method extracting insights from sensed data are provided. The method includes receiving at least one data packet from at least one IoT tag, extracting at least one parameter from the at least one received data packet, where the parameter is a measure of the at least one IoT tag, identifying patterns from the at least one extracted parameter, and determining an insight based on the identified patterns.

Abstract: A first terminal device determines a transmit power of a data channel, wherein the transmit power of the data channel comprise a first data channel part and a transmit power of a second data channel part, where the first data channel part is a part of the data channel that has a same time domain resource with a control channel, and the second data channel part is another part of the data channel that has a different time domain resource with the control channel. The first terminal device sends data in the first data channel part at the transmit power of the first data channel part, and sends data in the second data channel part at the transmit power of the second data channel part. This application may be applied to internet of vehicles, for example, V2X, LTE-V, and V2V.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive synchronization signal block (SSB) related measurement configurations exclusively in a system information block (SIB). The UE may receive SSB frequency lists for idle measurements in both a SIB or a radio resource control (RRC) message, such as an RRC release message. In some examples, the UE may receive SSB related measurement configurations or SSB frequency lists for idle measurements in a SIB and an RRC message. Additionally or alternatively, the UE may receive SSB frequency lists in a SIB and an RRC message, while SSB measurement configurations for SSB frequencies out of a sync raster may exclusively be indicated in the RRC message. The UE may therefore experience improved coverage and reliability and, in some examples, may promote low latency for wireless communications relating to multiple radio access technologies, among other benefits.

Abstract: This disclosure discloses an information transmission method and a communications device. The method includes: obtaining a reference object group containing at least two reference objects, where the reference objects contained in the reference object group are quasi co-located; and performing information transmission based on the reference object group.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and a device in a User Equipment (UE) and a base station for wireless communication. The UE receives a first signaling, the first signaling being used to determine a first time-frequency resource; receives a second signaling, the second signaling being used to determine a second time-frequency resource; and transmits a first bit block in the first time-frequency resource, or, transmits a first bit block in the second time-frequency resource. Time domain resource occupied by the first time-frequency resource and time domain resource occupied by the second time-frequency resource are non-orthogonal; the first signaling carries a first identifier or a second identifier; whether the first signaling carries the first identifier or the second identifier is used to determine whether the first bit block is transmitted in the first time-frequency resource or transmitted in the second time-frequency resource.