Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Fg Innovation Company Limited

Asustek Computer Inc.

Hannibal IP LLC

Hsin-Hsi Tsai

Heng-Li Chin

Chia-Hung Wei

Yung-lan Tseng

Mei-ju Shih

Chie-Ming Chou

Chia-Hao Yu

Yu-Hsuan Guo

Hai-Han Wang

Yu-Hsin Cheng

Chia-hung Wei

Chien-Chun Cheng

Wan-Chen Lin

Chie-ming Chou

Hung-chen Chen

Meng-Hui Ou

Richard Lee-Chee Kuo

Mei-Ju Shih

Jia-Hong Liou

Chia-hsin Lai

Hung-Chen Chen

Li-Te Pan

Li-Chih Tseng

Ming-Che Li

Ko-Chiang Lin

Yung-Lan Tseng

Yi-Hsuan Kung

Chia-Hung Lin

Wan-chen Lin

Tzu-Wen Chang

Yen-hua Li

Ming-hung Tao

An-an Lee

A base station for wireless communication is provided. The base station transmits to a user equipment (UE) a first Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration and the second RRC configuration. The first RRC configuration is for configuring a first semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and includes a first parameter indicating its relative priority for when the first SPS PDSCH overlaps with another SPS PDSCH in a time domain The second RRC configuration, which overlaps the first SPS PDSCH, is for configuring a second SPS PDSCH and includes a second parameter indicating its relative priority for when the second SPS PDSCH overlaps with another SPS PDSCH in the time domain.

Method and apparatus for configuring priority of UCI

A method performed by a UE for multiple Transmission Reception Points (TRPs) based non-codebook PUSCH transmission includes receiving, from a BS, configuration of two Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) resource sets with a usage parameter indicated as 'non-codebook'; receiving, from the BS, an Radio Resource Control (RRC) message configuring a mapping pattern between the two SRS resource sets and a plurality of PUSCH repetitions; receiving, from the BS, an Uplink (UL) Downlink Control Information (DCI) including two SRS Resource Indicator (SRI) fields; and transmitting, to the BS, the plurality of PUSCH repetitions according to the two SRI fields indicated in the UL DCI and the mapping pattern, wherein the two SRI fields determine two precoders and two transmission ranks applied for the plurality of PUSCH repetitions associated with the two SRS resource sets, and a number of the two transmission ranks determined by the two SRI fields are the same.

Wireless communication method and user equipment for non-CodeBook PUSCH transmission

A method performed by a base station (BS) for power saving configuration is provided. The method includes receiving at least one of a first Resource Control (RRC) parameter or a second RRC parameter, the first RRC parameter indicating that a user equipment (UE) supports a first search space set group (SSSG) switching mechanism, and the second RRC parameter indicating that the UE supports a second SSSG switching mechanism; and transmitting, to the UE, one or more physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) configurations including one or more third RRC parameters, all of the one or more third RRC parameters indicating a same one of the first SSSG switching mechanism and the second SSSG switching mechanism.

Base station, user equipment, and method for power saving configuration

A method and a node of search space set group (SSSG) monitoring are provided. The method includes: performing a bandwidth part (BWP) switching from a first BWP to a second BWP during a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) adaptation time period in response to a bwp-InactivityTimer expiration; and starting monitoring a default SSSG in the second BWP in response to the default SSSG being configured.

Method and node of search space set group monitoring

A method performed by a user equipment (UE) for updating a location of the UE in a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state is provided. The method includes determining whether a small data transmission (SDT) procedure is ongoing in a case that an event for triggering a location update procedure occurs; and initiating the location update procedure in a case that the SDT procedure is not ongoing.

Method of updating location of user equipment and related device

A method and a user equipment (UE) for logical channel (LCH) configuration in small data transmission (SDT) are provided. The method includes: receiving, from a base station (BS), a radio resource control (RRC) release message; determining whether the RRC release message includes a specific configuration, the specific configuration including an SDT configuration and an SDT-specific LCH configuration; transitioning to an RRC_INACTIVE state after determining that the RRC release message includes the specific configuration; initiating an SDT procedure based on the SDT configuration when the UE is in the RRC_INACTIVE state; and applying at least one LCH restriction parameter included in the SDT-specific LCH configuration for a Logical Channel Prioritization (LCP) procedure during the SDT procedure.

Method and user equipment for logical channel configuration in small data transmission

A method and a User Equipment (UE) for performing Sidelink (SL) communication are provided. The method includes performing an SL transmission based on a first set of timers configured for controlling SL Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) behaviors of the UE; and performing an SL reception based on a second set of timers configured for controlling SL Discontinuous Reception (DRX) behaviors of the UE, wherein at least one first timer value of the first set of timers is independently configured relative to at least one second timer value of the second set of timers.

Method and user equipment for performing sidelink communication

A method and a user equipment (UE) for performing timing alignment is provided. The method includes receiving, from a Base Station (BS), a Timing Advance (TA) report configuration in System Information (SI); and transmitting, to the BS, a TA report based on the TA report configuration. The TA report configuration includes an indication for enabling or disabling the UE to transmit the TA report.

User equipment and method for timing alignment

A method and a user equipment (UE) for timing alignment is provided. The method includes maintaining a Timing Advance (TA) value as a first TA value; receiving, from a Base Station (BS), a TA command during a Random Access (RA) procedure; applying the TA command to set the TA value to a second TA value included in the TA command in a case that a first timing alignment timer is not running; determining whether a contention resolution for the RA procedure is successful; and when the contention resolution is not successful, setting the TA value to the first TA value in a case that a Configured Grant-based Small Data Transmission (CG-SDT) procedure is ongoing.

A method and a user equipment for performing a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) feedback operation are provided. The method includes: receiving, from a Base Station (BS), a first configuration indicating whether HARQ feedback for a HARQ process is enabled or disabled; receiving, from the BS, Downlink Control Information (DCI) on a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), the DCI indicating (i) activation or deactivation of semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) and (ii) a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) reception for the HARQ process; and determining, based on a second configuration, and regardless of the HARQ feedback for the HARQ process is enabled or disabled, whether to transmit the HARQ feedback to the BS in response to the PDSCH reception in a case that the second configuration is received from the BS and the DCI indicates the activation of the SPS.

Method and user equipment for hybrid automatic repeat request feedback operation

A method for a user equipment (UE) to monitor paging messages is provided. The method monitors, while the UE is in an Idle mode, a physical paging channel (PPCH) for receiving paging messages associated with the UE from a serving radio access network (RAN). The method receives one or more paging messages associated with the UE while monitoring the PPCH. The method then determines, whether the one or more paging messages are received during a small data transmission (SDT) procedure. The method further determines whether to terminate the SDT procedure or not after determining that the one or more paging messages are received during the SDT procedure.

Monitoring paging messages and small data transmission

A method for a user equipment (UE) performing a small data transmission (SDT) is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a radio resource control (RRC) release message that includes an SDT configuration when the UE is in an RRC_CONNECTED state; transitioning from the RRC_CONNECTED state to an RRC_INACTIVE state when the UE receives the RRC release message; initiating an SDT procedure based on the SDT configuration when the UE is in the RRC_INACTIVE state; obtaining a default configuration that is preconfigured for the UE and includes a Power Headroom Report (PHR) configuration; and applying the default configuration when the UE initiates the SDT procedure.

Method of small data transmission and related device

A method for a user equipment (UE) of determining a tracking reference signal (TRS) resource set availability is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a TRS configuration that indicates one or more TRS resource sets for the UE to monitor reference signals; determining whether a Layer 1 (L1)-based availability indication for the one or more TRS resource sets is received from the BS; and determining the one or more TRS resource sets are unavailable when the UE determines that the L1-based availability indication has not been received from the BS.

Method for monitoring tracking reference signal and related device

A method, performed by a User Equipment (UE) for a Configured Grant (CG) configuration, includes receiving a Radio Resource Control (RRC) release message from a cell of a Network (NW) while the UE is in an RRC_CONNECTED state, the RRC release message including the CG configuration; entering an RRC_INACTIVE state from the RRC_CONNECTED state in response to receiving the RRC release message; receiving an RRC message from the cell while the UE is in the RRC_INACTIVE state; and determining whether to release the CG configuration based on the RRC message.

Method and user equipment for configured grant configuration

A method and a user equipment (UE) for handling a survival time state are provided. The method includes: receiving a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) configuration for indicating that a Data Radio Bearer (DRB) associated with a PDCP entity supports a survival time state functionality, the PDCP entity being associated with at least two Radio Link Control (RLC) entities; receiving an Uplink (UL) grant for retransmission of a Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Unit (PDU), the MAC PDU including data from the DRB; entering the survival time state for the DRB upon receiving the UL grant; and activating a PDCP duplication for the PDCP entity during the survival time state.

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