Interdigital Patent Holdings, Inc.

Interdigital Technology Corporation

Idac Holdings, Inc.

Sony Corporation

Sony Group Corporation

Interdigital Vc Holdings, Inc.

Idag Holdings, Inc.

Janet A Stern-Berkowitz

Moon-il Lee

Mihaela C Beluri

Pouriya Sadeghi

Marian Rudolf

Sung-Hyuk Shin

Erdem Bala

Nobuyuki Tamaki

Stephen E Terry

Afshin Haghighat

J Patrick Tooher

John W Haim

Kyle Jung-Lin Pan

Peter Shaomin Wang

Guodong Zhang

Philip J Pietraski

Ana Lucia Iacono

Ghyslain Pelletier

Fengjun Xi

Virgil Comsa

Rui Yang

Alphan Sahin

Chang-Soo Koo

Tao Deng

Charles A Dennean

Ravikumar V Pragada

Samian Kaur

Shahrokh Nayeb Nazar

Ananth Kini

Paul Marinier

Pascal M Adjakple

Yugeswar Deenoo

Kai Liu

Allan Yingming Tsai

Joseph S Levy

Stephen G Dick

Li-Hsiang Sun

Alpaslan Demir

Arnab Roy

Changsoo Koo

Sanjay Goyal

Kambiz Casey Zangi

Douglas R Castor

Loic Canonne-Velasquez

Kevin T Wanuga

John Mathisen McNally

Vincent Roy

Meilong Jiang

Moon Il Lee

Carl Wang

Sasidhar Movva

Diana Pani

Eldad M Zeira

Jin Wang

Frank La Sita

Sungkwon Hong

Seyed Mohsen Hosseinian

Steven Ferrante

Oghenekome Oteri

Chunxuan Ye

Christopher R Cave

Robert L Olesen

Donald M Grieco

Gregory S Sternberg

Yingxue K Li

Muhammad U Fazili

Kenneth Kearney

Jaehyun Ahn

Mahmoud Taherzadeh Boroujeni

Hanqing Lou

James M Miller

Juan Carlos Zuniga

Ana Lucia A Pinheiro

Yi-Ju Chao

Teresa Hunkeler

Kiran K Vanganuru

Patrick Tooher

Young Woo Kwak

Xiaofei Wang

Sudheer A Grandhi

Arty Chandra

Ahmad Reza Hedayat

Inhyok Cha

Leonid L Kazakevich

Angelo A Cuffaro

Alain Mourad

Tuong Duc Hoang

Nirav B Shah

Aata El Hamss

Faris Alfarhan

Kevin Peter Johnson

Onur Sahin

Ping-Heng Kuo

Maged Zaki

Byung Kwan Yi

James C Otto

Hanging Lou

Timothy A Axness

Jaya Rao

William E Lawton

A base station may sense, on a cell using unlicensed spectrum, that the unlicensed spectrum is available for transmission. The base station may transmit, after sensing that the unlicensed spectrum is available, consecutive subframes. Each subframe may include a physical downlink control channel and a physical downlink shared channel.

Wireless operation in unlicensed spectrum

A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive, from a base station, a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block transmission. The WTRU may transmit using a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource. Further, the PRACH resource may be determined based on an SS/PBCH block index. Also, the SS/PBCH block index may be determined based on information associated with the SS/PBCH block transmission. In a further example, the information associated with the PBCH block may be derived from a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequence. In another example, the DMRS sequence may be a PBCH DMRS sequence. Also, the information associated with the PBCH block may be derived from PBCH payload bits. Further, the SS/PBCH block index may be associated with a beam. In addition, SS/PBCH transmissions of different beams may be transmitted at different times. Further, the PRACH resource may include a preamble resource, a time resource and a frequency resource.

Random access in new radio (NR) and other beamforming systems

A wireless transmit/receiver unit (WTRU) is configured to receive sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration information. The SRS configuration information indicates a plurality of SRS configurations and indicates antenna transmission information. The WTRU is configured to receive SRS trigger information. The SRS trigger information comprises an indication to trigger transmission of one of the plurality of SRS configurations. The WTRU is configured to transmit a plurality of SRS associated with the indication in the SRS trigger information and based on the SRS configuration information. At least a first SRS of the plurality of SRS is transmitted over a first antenna port in a first symbol and at least a second SRS of the plurality of SRS is transmitted over a second antenna port in a second symbol.

Uplink sounding reference signals configuration and transmission

Methods, apparatus, systems and procedures to manage a multicast communication to a multicast group implemented by a respective wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) of WTRUs in the multicast group are disclosed. One representative method includes receiving, by the respective WTRU of the multicast group, a configuration, the configuration indicating a Random Access Channel (RACH) preamble to use for a negative acknowledgement (NACK) response to a multicast transmission to the respective WTRU, monitoring, by the respective WTRU, for data of the multicast transmission, determining, by the respective WTRU, whether the monitored for data was successfully received; and on condition that the monitored for data was not successfully received, sending, by the respective WTRU, the RACH preamble indicated by the received configuration.

Methods, apparatus, systems and procedures for supporting multicast transmission

A method and apparatus are described. A method includes determining whether the apparatus is in a coverage enhancement (CE) mode or a non-CE mode. The method further includes receiving a CE-system information block (CE-SIB) on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) based on at least one of a known location or at least one known parameter for the CE-SIB, on a condition that the WTRU is determined to be in the CE mode.

Method and apparatus for system information block (SIB) acquisition for wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUS) in non-CE and coverage enhanced (CE) modes

A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive assignment information for receiving a first codeword using a first modulation and coding scheme (MCS) in a first set of resource blocks (RBs), and a second codeword using a second, different MCS in a second set of RBs. The first and second sets of RBs may be in a first time interval in a first bandwidth part using a first subcarrier spacing. The WTRU may receive, in symbols of the first time interval in the first bandwidth part, the first codeword using the first MCS in the first set of RBs and the second codeword using the second, different MCS in the second set of RBs. At least a portion of the first codeword and at least a portion of the second codeword may be received in at least a first symbol in the symbols in the first time interval.

Physical (PHY) layer solutions to support use of mixed numerologies in the same channel

A WTRU may be configured to transmit to a network (e.g., in a first indication) a full power uplink transmission capability associated with the WTRU, e.g., Cap3. The WTRU may receive (e.g., in a second indication) an indication of whether the WTRU is allowed to operate with full power transmission. The WTRU may determine (e.g., from a set of TPMIs), a subset of TPMIs based on, for example, the WTRU's full power uplink transmission capability (e.g., where the subset of TPMIs includes a first TPMI). The set of TPMIs may comprise one or more subsets of TPMIs. The WTRU may transmit (e.g., in a third indication) an indication of the determined subset of TPMIs. The WTRU may receive (e.g., in a fourth indication) an indication of the first TPMI in the subset of TPMIs. The WTRU may transmit to the network uplink data precoded with the first TPMI.

UL MIMO full TX power

A method and apparatus are described for a low cost machine-type-communication (LC-MTC) wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) to enhance coverage. An example method for physical broadcast channel (PBCH) enhancement includes receiving system information on an enhanced PBCH (ePBCH). The ePBCH is located in a set of radio frames which is a subset of available radio frames, where the subset includes fewer than all the available radio frames. The ePBCH is received in at least one radio frame of the set of radio frames. An example method for physical random access channel (PRACH) enhancement includes receiving configuration of legacy PRACH resources and enhanced PRACH (ePRACH) resources. The WTRU selects one of legacy PRACH resources or ePRACH resources based on a coverage capability. Another example method for PRACH enhancement includes receiving configuration of ePRACH resources. The ePRACH resources include multiple ePRACH resource types, each ePRACH resource type being associated with a coverage capability.

Method and apparatus for enhancing coverage of machine type communication (MTC) devices

A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) may receive a physical control channel transmission including control information for a data transmission. The WTRU may determine between a first type of waveform and a second type of waveform for the data transmission based on at least a format of the control information. Further, the WTRU may transmit the data transmission using the determined type of waveform. In an example, the type of waveform is further determined based on indication information included in the physical control channel transmission. Also, the first type of waveform may be an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) waveform and the second type of waveform is a discrete Fourier transform spread OFDM (DFT-S-OFDM) waveform. Moreover, the determination between the first type of waveform and the second type of waveform may be further based on an indication to use the DFT-S-OFDM waveform.

Method and apparatus for physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) design in new radio (NR)

Method, apparatus, and systems for flexible aperiodic reference signal (RS) transmissions are provided. For example, a method implemented in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for wireless communications comprises receiving configuration information of one or more sounding reference signal (SRS) resource sets, each SRS resource set of the one or more SRS resource sets is associated with a slot offset and a set of slot offset deltas; receiving downlink control information (DCI) indicating an SRS request, the SRS request indicates an SRS resource set of the one or more SRS resource sets; determining an SRS configuration from a set of SRS configurations for SRS transmissions; determining a slot for transmitting an SRS based on the determined SRS configuration; and transmitting, in the determined slot, the SRS using resources of the indicated SRS resource set.

Methods and apparatus for flexible aperiodic SRS transmission

ePDCCH may be provided. For example, a WTRU may receive a configuration for monitoring an ePDCCH resource. Based on the configuration, the WTRU may be configured to monitor and may monitor the ePDCCH resource on a particular subframe. Additionally, a WTRU may derive an aggregation level for a subframe associated with an aggregation level number N. The WTRU may transmit or monitor an ePDCCH using the aggregation level associated with the Nfor the subframe. A WTRU may also receive a reference signal. The WTRU may then determine the type of reference signal received. The WTRU may perform a demodulation of the PDSCH or ePDCCH using a demodulation timing based on the determined type. The ePDCCH or PDSCH may also be monitored or received by identifying a demodulation reference timing implicitly based on a location of one or more ePDCCH resources where the WTRU may receive DCI.

Systems and/or methods for providing enhanced PDCCH in a multiple carrier based and/or quasi-collated network

Methods, apparatus and systems for enabling interference avoidance, for example from self and neighboring interference are disclosed. In one representative method implemented in a Wireless Transmit/Receive Unit (WTRU) using time-frequency (TF) resources in first and second directions, the method includes comprising TF resource muting or symbol muting, by the WTRU, one or more TF resources for communication in the first direction based on information associated with a communication in the second direction or subframe shortening, by the WTRU, by one or more TF resources for communication in the first direction based on information associated with a communication in the second direction.

Methods, apparatus and systems for interference management in a full duplex radio system

A system, method, and device for ensuring a number of Phase Tracking Reference Signal(s) (PT-RSs) are the same for multiple slots. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive control information including a number of scheduled resource blocks (RBs) then determine a PT-RS density based on the number of scheduled RBs. The WTRU may determine a RB offset value for the WTRU based on a WTRU-ID modulo the maximum RB offset value, where the maximum value for the RB offset value may be based on at least one of the number of the scheduled RBs and the PT-RS density. The WTRU may then transmit or receive a signal with PT-RS based on the RB offset value.

Phase tracking reference signal transmission

Methods, apparatuses, systems, etc., directed to sounding reference signal (SRS) antenna switching are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a WTRU may transmit information indicating existence of a sounding reference signal (SRS) power imbalance for at least one transmit and receive (xTyR) antenna configuration in a set of xTyR antenna configurations. For example, the WTRU may receive a request to report SRS power imbalance information. For example, the WTRU may transmit the SRS power imbalance information indicating, for at least one SRS resource set associated with the at least one xTyR antenna configuration, (i) one or more impacted SRS resources in the at least one SRS resource set and (ii) one or more power imbalance values for the one or more impacted SRS resources.

Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to sounding reference signal antenna switching

A method implemented by a Wireless Transmit/Receive Unit (WTRU) includes receiving a DeModulation Interference Measurement (DM-IM) resource, determining an interference measurement based on the DM-IM resource, and demodulating a received signal based on the interference measurement. An interference is suppressed based on the interference measurement. At least one DM-IM resource is located in a Physical Resource Block (PRB). The DM-IM resource is located in a PRB allocated for the WTRU. The DM-IM resource is a plurality of DM-IM resources which form a DM-IM pattern, and the DM-IM pattern is located on a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) and/or an enhanced Physical Downlink Shared Channel (E-PDSCH) of at least one Long Term Evolution (LTE) subframe. The DM-IM resources are different for different Physical Resource Blocks (PRB) in the LTE subframe. The DM-IM is located in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) Resource Block (RB), and the DM-IM pattern is adjusted.

Methods, systems and apparatuses for network assisted interference cancellation and/or suppression (NAICS) in long-term evolution (LTE) systems

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