Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Fg Innovation Company Limited

Osaka University

Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc

Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.

Miics & Partners Japan Co., Ltd.

Kazunari Yokomakura

Tatsushi Aiba

Hiroki Takahashi

Shoichi Suzuki

Yasuhiro Hamaguchi

Osamu Nakamura

Kimihiko Imamura

Jungo Goto

Shohei Yamada

Hidekazu Tsuboi

Wataru Ouchi

Kai Ying

Toshizo Nogami

John Michael Kowalski

Shimpei To

Hideo Namba

Minoru Kubota

Shinichi Miyamoto

Seiichi Sampei

Shinsuke Ibi

Takashi Hayashi

Zhanping Yin

Daiichiro Nakashima

Naoki Kusashima

Kazuyuki Shimezawa

Hiromichi Tomeba

Ryota Yamada

Atsushi Ishii

Katsuya Kato

Kozue Yokomakura

Katsunari Uemura

Tomoki Yoshimura

Kamel M Shaheen

Masayuki Hoshino

Yasuyuki Kato

Jia Sheng

Kenneth James Park

Shimpei Toh

Alvaro Ruiz Delgado

Takako Hori

Yosuke Akimoto

Edward Masami Sugiyama

Toshizoh Nogami

Shuuji Urabe

Ouchi Wataru

Nogami Toshizo

Suzuki Shoichi

Osamu Nahamura

A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE determines a joint coding for more than two bits of total payload for low priority hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) and high priority HARQ-ACK on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). The UE also determines a PUCCH resource based on the total HARQ-ACK payload from sets of high priority PUCCH resources. The UE further determines a number of physical resource blocks (PRBs) for a PUCCH transmission based on the total HARQ-ACK payload and a maxCodeRate on the selected PUCCH resource. The UE also multiplexes the low priority HARQ-ACK and the high priority HARQ-ACK based on the determined joint coding. The UE further transmits the multiplexed HARQ-ACK on the PUCCH.

Joint coding and multiplexing of HARQ-ACK with different priorities on PUCCH format 2, PUCCH format 3 or PUCCH format 4

A user equipment (UE) is described. Receiving circuitry receives first information and second information. Monitoring circuitry monitors downlink control information (DCI) carried by a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). The first information indicates information to configure a first control resource set (CORESET) pool and a second CORESET pool. The second information indicates information on a first transmission configuration indication (TCI) state for CORESETs associated with the first CORESET pool and a TCI state for CORESETs associated the second CORESET pool. The DCI carried by a first PDCCH is monitored by a CORESET associated with the first CORESET pool. The DCI carried by a second PDCCH is monitored by a CORESET associated with the second CORESET pool.

User equipments, base stations and methods for multi-panel/TRP PDCCH transmission and reception

A method for a first UE to perform sidelink communication with a second UE is provided. The method receives a first resource set from a cell to establish a first sidelink channel with the second UE, the first resource set indicating at least a first distance between the first and second UEs. The method establishes the first sidelink channel with the second UE based on the first resource set and transmits a set of parameters associated with the first sidelink channel to the cell. The method also sets a first timer based on at least the first distance, the first timer for determining when to establish a second sidelink channel with the second UE. When the first timer is expired and no second resource set is received from the cell, the method establishes the second sidelink channel with the second UE based on the first resource set.

Determining periodicity of sidelink communications within the network coverage

A user equipment (UE) is described. Higher layer circuitry is configured to receive information to configure a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) repetition. Receiving circuitry is configured to receive downlink control information (DCI) on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). Transmitting circuitry is configured to transmit a PUSCH. A redundancy version field in the DCI indicates a pattern of redundancy versions for each repetition. A sounding reference signal index (SRI) field indicates a pattern of sounding reference signal indexes for each repetition.

User equipments, base stations and methods for multi-panel PUSCH transmission

A user equipment (UE) is described. Receiving circuitry receives first information including a plurality of the reference signal resource indices. The receiving circuitry also receives second information including a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) configuration. Transmitting circuitry transmits a PUCCH. A first spatial domain transmission filter is applied based on a first reference signal resource index in the plurality of reference signal resource indices. A second spatial domain transmission filter is applied based on a second reference signal resource index in the plurality of reference signal resource indices.

User equipments, base stations and methods for multi-beam/panel PUCCH transmission

A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE receives an RRC message comprising first information used for indicating a reduced UE processing capability from a set of multiple reduced UE processing capabilities. The UE receives an RRC message comprising second information used for indicating a numerology for a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission. The UE receives an RRC message comprising third information used for indicating a scaling factor for reduced UE PUSCH preparation time. The UE receives an RRC message comprising fourth information used for indicating an offset for reduced UE PUSCH preparation time. The UE transmits, to the base station apparatus, a transport block if the first uplink symbol in the PUSCH allocation for a transport block including a Demodulation Reference Signal (DM-RS) is no earlier than at symbol X.

User equipments, base stations and signaling for relaxed uplink processing time

An Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) node comprises a set of plural communication circuitries. Each communication circuitry of the set is configured to perform wireless communications with at one or plural other IAB nodes. The IAB node comprises processor circuitry and transmitter circuitry. The processor circuitry is configured to obtain, from a configuration command, an indication whether to generate a power report pertaining to all communication circuitries of the set or a subset of the plural communication circuitries, and to generate the power report in accordance with the indication. The transmitter circuitry is configured to transmit the power report to the parent IAB node.

Power reporting for integrated access and backhaul networks

A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes receiving circuitry configured to receive a first DCI format comprising one bit of an uplink shared channel (UL-SCH) indicator, the first DCI format being used for scheduling of a PUSCH. The receiving circuitry is also configured to receive a second DCI format comprising more than one bits of an UL-SCH indicator, the second DCI format being used for scheduling of a PUSCH. The UE also includes transmitting circuitry configured to perform, based on a detection of the first DCI format, a transmission on the PUSCH. The transmitting circuitry is also configured to perform, based on a detection of the second DCI format, a transmission on the PUSCH. The one bit of the UL-SCH indicator is used for indicating whether or not UL-SCH is transmitted on the PUSCH. The more than one bits of the UL-SCH indicator are used for indicating whether or not UCI is transmitted on the PUSCH.

User equipments, base stations and methods for indication of uplink transmission

A user equipment (UE) is described. Receiving circuitry receives first information including one reference signal resource index or two reference signal resource indices; and second information including a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource. Transmitting circuitry transmits sounding reference signals. In a case that the first information includes one reference signal index, a first SRS is transmitted in a slot, the first SRS being associated with a spatial domain transmission filter corresponding to the reference signal index indicated in the first information. In a case that the first information includes two reference signal indices, a first SRS and a second SRS are transmitted. The first SRS is associated with a spatial domain transmission filter corresponding to a first reference signal index indicated in the first information. The second SRS is associated with a spatial domain transmission filter corresponding to a second reference signal index indicated in the first information.

User equipments, base stations and methods for multi-beam SRS transmission

In one of the example aspects, the technology disclosed herein concerns an Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) node that communicates over a radio interface. The IAB node includes mobile-termination circuitry, distributed unit circuitry, and processor circuitry. The mobile-termination circuitry is configured to transmit over the radio interface with a parent node. The distributed unit circuitry is configured to transmit over the radio interface with a child node. The processor circuitry is configured to manage the transmission power utilized by the IAB node by taking into consideration both transmission by the mobile-termination circuitry and transmission by the distributed unit circuitry. Other example aspects of the technology disclosed herein concern the transmission power reporting by such IAB node, transmission power prioritization by such IAB node, transmission power governance for the distributed unit circuitry for such IAB node, and a method of operating such IAB node(s).

Power management for integrated access and backhaul networks

The UE includes higher layer circuitry configured to receive information including more than one transmission configuration indication (TCI) states. The UE also includes medium access control (MAC) circuitry configured to receive a first MAC control element (CE) and a second MAC CE. The UE further includes reception circuitry configured to receive first downlink control information (DCI) on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), and second DCI on a PDCCH. The first MAC CE selects one of more TCI states from the more than one TCI states and maps the selected one or more TCI states to the codepoints of a TCI field in the second DCI. The second MAC CE selects one of more TCI states from the more than one TCI states and maps the selected one or more TCI states to the codepoints of the TCI field in the second DCI.

User equipments, base stations and methods for transmission configuration indication for PDSCH

A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes a higher layer processor configured to determine that a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) for hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) of ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) and a PUCCH for uplink control information (UCI) of enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) overlap with an enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). The higher layer processor is also configured to determine multiplexing of both URLLC UCI and eMBB UCI on the eMBB PUSCH, where the URLLC UCI starts immediately after a first set of demodulation reference symbols (DMRS) in the eMBB PUSCH. The UE also includes transmitting circuitry configured to perform the multiplexing of the URLLC UCI and the eMBB UCI jointly on the eMBB PUSCH.

Multiplexing HARQ-ACK of different service types on a single PUSCH

A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes transmitting circuitry configured to transmit a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). In a case that a number of bits for downlink control information (DCI) used for indicating an index of an uplink antenna port(s) is more than 1 bit, the DMRS for the PUSCH is transmitted using the index of an uplink antenna port(s) indicated by using the DCI used for indicating the index of the uplink antenna port(s). In a case that a number of bits for downlink control information (DCI) used for indicating an index of an uplink antenna port(s) is 0 bit, the DMRS for the PUSCH is transmitted using an index of the uplink antenna port(s) configured by using first information.

User equipments, base stations and methods for configurable downlink control information for demodulation reference signal for a physical uplink shared channel

The UE includes reception circuitry configured to receive first information, second information, a first downlink control information (DCI) on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), and a second DCI on a PDCCH. The UE also includes transmission circuitry configured to transmit a channel state information (CSI) report on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). A CSI request field in the first DCI is configured by the first information. A CSI request field in the second DCI is configured by the second information. The first information includes trigger states for aperiodic CSI reporting for the first DCI. The CSI request field in the second DCI is configured by the second information.

User equipments, base stations and methods for CSI request

A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes receiving circuitry configured to receive on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a downlink control information (DCI) format used for scheduling of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). The UE further includes transmitting circuitry configured to perform hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) transmission which is identified as a high priority. The transmitting circuitry is further configured to perform HARQ-ACK transmission corresponding to the PDSCH scheduled by using a PDCCH for the DCI format which is detected in a common search space associated with a control resource set #0 (a CORESET #0).

User equipments, base stations and methods for a priority of uplink transmission(s)

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