Interdigital Patent Holdings, Inc.

Idac Holdings, Inc.

Tuong Duc Hoang

Martino M Freda

Tao Deng

Paul Marinier

Moon-il Lee

Jaya Rao

Moon Il Lee

Ghyslain Pelletier

Aata El Hamss

Chunxuan Ye

Benoit Pelletier

Faris Alfarhan

Fumihiro Hasegawa

Diana Pani

Oumer Teyeb

Loic Canonne-Velasquez

Janet A Stern-Berkowitz

Saad Ahmad

Erdem Bala

Afshin Haghighat

Yugeswar Deenoo

Michelle Perras

Virgil Comsa

Young Woo Kwak

Mahmoud Taherzadeh Boroujeni

Kyle Jung-Lin Pan

J Patrick Tooher

Fengjun Xi

Seyed Mohsen Hosseinian

Patrick Tooher

Yugeswar Deenoo Narayanan Thangaraj

Patrick J Tooher

Kunjan Shah

Aata Ei Hamss

Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are described for handling positioning reference signals in a wireless communication system. The positioning reference signals may be assigned priorities that may be used to facilitate various operations of a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) such as positioning related services, collision avoidance, measurement and reporting, etc. The WTRU may be configured with multiple muting patterns associated with the positioning reference signals and may switch between different muting patterns based on the priorities of the positioning reference signals and/or other downlink (DL) or uplink (UL) transmissions that may overlap or collide with the positioning reference signals.

Handling positioning reference signals in wireless systems

Method and WTRU enabled for service continuity using WTRU-to-WTRU relays. A relay path may be modeled as an SLRB, RLC leg of an SLRB, and/or a MAC logical channel. The WTRU adds a path for a destination based on configured/usable relays. The WTRU may associate an end-to-end L2 destination ID with one or more path L2 destination IDs or path IDs. Upper layers select one or more paths for transmission of a packet/bearer. The WTRU may send a relay announcement message containing path connectivity information. A WTRU may select a path for transmission based on properties associated with a sidelink. The WTRU may activate/deactivate an SL bearer, unicast link, L2 destination, and/or RLC Leg. The WTRU changes a bearer associated with an SLRB from an established RLC entity to another established RLC entity.

Service continuity associated with WTRU to WTRU relays

Procedures, methods, architectures, apparatuses, systems, devices, and computer program products are disclosed that may be implemented in wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for device-to-device communications, such as sidelink (SL) transmissions in a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) environment. In one representative method, the WTRU may monitor a resource pool for a first channel having 1st stage SL control information (SCI) and decode a detected 1st stage SCI. The 1st stage SCI may be associated with corresponding 2nd stage SCI. Based on information indicated by the decoded 1st stage SCI, the WTRU may determine whether to perform, or continue to perform, decoding of the associated 2nd stage SCI. The WTRU may also perform decoding of a second channel associated with the 1st stage SCI. The decoding of the 2nd stage SCI and the decoding of the second channel may be performed for a same sub-frame, slot and/or mini-slot.

Methods, architectures, apparatuses and systems for sidelink control information decoding reduction

Procedures, methods, architectures, apparatuses, systems, devices, and computer program products directed to selection and/or reselection of WTRUs and paths are provided. Among such methods is a method that may be implemented in a first WTRU and may include determining first measurements based on first sidelink transmissions received from a second WTRU; receiving, from the second WTRU, second measurements associated with a path between the first WTRU and a third WTRU, wherein second measurements are based, at least in part, on sidelink transmissions exchanged between the third WTRU and the second WTRU or between the third WTRU and a fourth WTRU; determining a measurement of the path based on any of the first and second measurements; determining transmission parameters for transmitting discovery messages during a communication period based on any of the measurement of the path and quality of service criteria; and transmitting the discovery messages according to the transmission parameters.

Methods, architectures, apparatuses and systems directed to relay and path selection and reselection

A method for determining a DRX operation in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) that has information indicating multiple DRX configurations, includes selecting a first DRX configuration from the multiple DRX configurations based on a first cast type and an associated first quality of service (QoS) information for a first sidelink radio bearer (SLRB) configuration, selecting a second DRX configuration from the multiple DRX configurations based on a second cast type and an associated second QoS information for a second SLRB configuration, determining a sidelink monitoring time based on a combination of an active time associated with the first DRX configuration and an active time associated with the second DRX configuration, and monitoring a sidelink control channel using the determined sidelink monitoring time.

Methods for performing discontinuous reception on sidelink

A method performed by a relay wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) includes receiving an indication of a change in state of a remote WTRU having a paging link with the relay WTRU, receiving a paging message from a network. The paging message includes a system information (SI) change indication, wherein the SI change indication indicates an availability of updated SI information from the network for the remote WTRU. The relay WTRU transmits the updated SI information to the remote WTRU based on the received indication of a change in state of the remote WTRU.

Method for efficient paging for user equipment to network relays

A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) may be configured to receive configuration information from a network regarding a set of spatial filters for the WTRU to use to communicate with the network. Each of the spatial filters may be associated a beam group and/or a measurement resource. The WTRU may further receive downlink control information (DCI) that indicates one or more time periods in which a portion of the set of configured spatial filters may be applicable. Based on the configuration information, the DCI, and/or a measurement, the WTRU may select a spatial filter from the portion of spatial filters to apply in the time period, and the WTRU may perform a communication task in the time period using the selected spatial filter.

Improving coverage in a high frequency range

A WTRU apparatus and method for operation thereby are provided. The method may comprise receiving, from a network, a mapping rule which indicates HARQ feedback characteristics to employ for a QoS level and a channel load. The WTRU may determine a QoS level of data buffered for transmission and may further determine a channel load of a channel. Based on the QoS level and channel load, HARQ feedback characteristics may be determined. The WTRU may then transmit an SCI to another WTRU which indicates the HARQ feedback characteristics. In an embodiment, the mapping rule may indicate that a HARQ feedback format is to be used for HARQ feedback of the data. The data may be transmitted and HARQ feedback of the data may be received in accordance with the HARQ feedback format. Groupcast data may be transmitted to a plurality of WTRUs and feedback my be received.

Methods, devices, and systems for supporting HARQ on V2X

Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are described herein that may be associated with new radio (NR) vehicular communication (V2X) sidelink power saving for unicast and groupcast. A first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive a message. The message may indicate a set of configuration groups and/or one or more suitability selection parameters. The WTRU may receive, from a second WTRU, a first indication. The first indication may indicate that the second WTRU is associated with a first configuration group and a first priority group. The first WTRU may receive, from a third WTRU, a second indication. The second indication may indicate that the third WTRU is associated with a second configuration group and a second priority value. The first WTRU may select a configuration group from the set of configuration groups based on the first indication and the second indication.

NR V2X sidelink power saving for unicast and/or groupcast

A transmitting wireless transmit/receive unit (Tx WTRU) may receive configuration information that indicates one or more parameters. The one or more parameters may be associated with resource selection. The Tx WTRU may determine a first resource selection window and a second resource selection window. The first resource selection window may be associated with an active time of a receiving wireless transmit/receive unit (Rx WTRU). The second resource selection window may be associated with an inactive time of the Rx WTRU. The Tx WTRU may determine a first number of candidate resources associated with the first resource selection window. The Tx WTRU may determine a first number of candidate resources associated with the second resource selection window. In examples, the Tx WTRU may increase the first number of candidate resources associated with the first resource selection window to a second number of candidate resources associated with the first resource selection window.

Partial sensing-based resource allocation

A method for a Wireless Transmit/Receive Unit (WTRU). The method including receiving from a network configuration information indicating multiple frequency layers for positioning reference signals; and at least one activated frequency layer from among the multiple frequency layers. The frequency layers may be associated with one or more carriers for data transmission, wherein the carrier is co-located with its associated frequency layer for positioning; and bandwidth parts (BWPs) within carriers for data transmission. The WTRU may receive from the network activation/deactivation information indicating activation/deactivation of any of a secondary cell (SCell) and a BWP. The WTRU may transmit information indicating, for example, a set of frequency layers used for positioning, wherein the set of frequency layers is enabled according to any of an accuracy requirement, a latency, a measured RSRP of one frequency layer, and a measured CSI-RS corresponding to BWPs being a threshold.

Methods and apparatus for enabling frequency layers for positioning

A first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive, from a second WTRU, sidelink control information (SCI), including first information indicating if a resource is reserved by the second WTRU, and second information indicating if the second WTRU is a power saving or non-power saving. The first WTRU may measure a reference signal receive power (RSRP) of signals transmitted by the second WTRU. The first WTRU may add a resource to a set of available resources if the first information indicates that the resource is not reserved by the second WTRU. If a resource is reserved, the WTRU may set an RSRP threshold to a first set or second threshold based on a power saving mode of the second WTRU. The first WTRU may add the resource to the set of available resources if the measured RSRP is less than the selected RSRP threshold.

Methods for power saving sensing and resource allocation

Methods, architectures, apparatuses and systems directed to relay selection and reselection

A method may include detecting a sidelink radio link failure and, in response, starting a first timer based on a first timer value associated with selection of a candidate node. The candidate node is a relay node or a network node. The relay node is selected for a connection reestablishment and configuration information is received that at least includes a second timer value associated with a second timer, which is associated with the connection reestablishment. The first timer is stopped upon selecting the candidate node. If the configuration information includes a third timer value associated with the connection reestablishment, the second timer is started using the third timer value upon selecting the candidate node. If the configuration information does not include the third timer value, the second timer is started using the second timer value upon selecting the candidate node. A reestablishment request message is then sent.

Methods and apparatus for link management and recovery for sidelink relays

A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may be configured for sidelink (SL) communication. The WTRU may receive SL discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration information from a peer SL WTRU. The SL DRX configuration information may comprise timer information. The timer information may comprise at least a SL on-duration timer, a SL inactivity timer, a SL hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) round trip time (RTT) timer, and a SL HARQ retransmission timer. The WTRU may apply the received SL DRX configuration information. The WTRU may report, on a condition that the WTRU has a connection to a network entity, to the network entity that the WTRU applied the received SL DRX configuration information.

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