Asustek Computer Inc.

Asus Technology Licensing Inc.

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Yi-Hsuan Huang

Meng-Hui Ou

Ko-Chiang Lin

Tao-Sheng Chu

Li-Chih Tseng

Chin-Lung Chiang

Chieh-Hao Chen

An Chih Chu

Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for handling satellite switching in a wireless communication system, wherein a method of a User Equipment (UE) comprises receiving a System Information Block 19 (SIB19) at a first timing, wherein the UE is in Radio Resource Control (RRC)_IDLE or RRC_INACTIVE at the first timing, and determining to initiate a satellite switch with resynchronization at a second timing when the UE is in RRC_CONNECTED, based on SatSwitchWithResync and t-Service being included in the SIB19.

Method and apparatus for handling satellite switching in a wireless communication system

Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for deriving cell reference location in a wireless communication system. A method for a UE in the wireless communication system can comprise receiving information of a first reference location of a cell, receiving an assistance information associated with the cell, deriving and/or acquiring a second reference location of the cell based on at least the assistance information, and using the second reference location of the cell to evaluate a location-based event or measurement.

Method and apparatus for deriving cell reference location in a wireless communication system

Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for Uplink (UL) synchronization handling for satellite switching in a wireless communication system. As such, a User Equipment (UE) can handle UL synchronization for satellite switching, thereby avoiding reducing transmission efficiency. The UE can also handle resources and/or configurations properly during satellite switching. A method for a UE comprises receiving, from an upper layer, an indication of an uplink synchronization loss, and in response to receiving the indication of the uplink synchronization loss: not performing uplink transmission on a serving cell, and determining whether to flush one or more Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) buffers based on whether the uplink synchronization loss is due to a satellite switch.

Method and apparatus for UL synchronization handling for satellite switch in a wireless communication system

A method and device are disclosed from the perspective of a first User Equipment (UE). In one embodiment, the UE receives a configuration of a threshold. Furthermore, the UE determines whether to initiate a procedure of small data transmission based on at least the threshold. In addition, the UE does not initiate the procedure of small data transmission if a radio condition of the UE is below the threshold.

Method and apparatus for Random Access Channel (RACH)-based small data transmission procedure in a wireless communication system

A method and device are disclosed from the perspective of a User Equipment (UE). The method includes the UE receiving a configuration, from a network node, indicating that Random Access Channel (RACH) occasion(s) of a first Random Access (RA) type are not configured. The method further includes the UE determining if RACH occasion(s) of the first RA type are shared with a second RA type or a third RA type, and/or includes the UE determining the starting point of preambles for the first RA type based on at least RA parameter(s) for more than one RA type.

Method and apparatus for random access preamble partition for small data transmission in a wireless communication system

Methods and apparatuses for a User Equipment (UE) to monitor the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) appropriately in order to reduce power consumption and perform Contention Resolution for a Random Access (RA) procedure in a Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN). The UE can perform a Msg3 transmission during a RA procedure in a NTN and start a RA contention resolution timer in the first symbol after the end of the Msg3 transmission plus a timing offset. In response to expiry of the RA contention resolution timer, the UE determines whether to consider Contention Resolution not successful based on at least whether the RA contention resolution timer expires during a time duration of the timing offset after a Msg3 retransmission.

Method and apparatus for handling contention resolution for a random access procedure in a wireless communication system

Methods, systems, and apparatuses can comprise a User Equipment (UE) receiving a system information including at least a first Non-terrestrial Network (NTN) configuration for a serving cell, starting or restarting a validity timer for the serving cell in response to receiving the system information, receiving a Radio Resource Control (RRC) reconfiguration message with ReconfigurationWithSync for a target cell, stopping, in response to receiving the RRC reconfiguration message, the validity timer that is running based on the first NTN configuration, and starting the validity timer based on a second NTN configuration for the target cell.

Method and apparatus for handling validity timer for handover in a wireless communication system

Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for User Equipment (UE) location reporting in a wireless communication system to facilitate efficiency in measurement reporting in Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTNs). A method for a UE in a wireless communication system comprises receiving a first configuration to trigger measurement reporting based on a first event that distance between the UE and a first reference location of a serving cell becomes larger than a distance threshold and distance between the UE and a second reference location of a first neighbor cell becomes shorter than another distance threshold, and triggering a first measurement report based on the first event, wherein measured radio condition of the first neighbor cell is omitted or not included in the first measurement report.

Method and apparatus for UE location report in a wireless communication system

Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for User Equipment (UE) Timing Advance (TA) reporting in a wireless communication system. The UE can appropriately trigger the TA report with the different configurations by system information (e.g., for Random Access (RA) procedure, for TA report during RA, etc.) and dedicated signaling (e.g., for Radio Resource Control (RRC) connected mode, for event-triggered TA report, etc.). A method for a UE in a wireless communication system can comprise receiving a first configuration of TA report, receiving a second configuration of TA report, and determining whether to trigger a second TA report upon receiving the second configuration based on whether a first TA report has been transmitted to a serving cell.

Method and apparatus for UE TA reporting in a wireless communication system

A method and apparatus are disclosed. In an example from the perspective of a User Equipment (UE) configured with uplink (UL) spatial multiplexing and UL skipping, the UE receives, from a base station, two UL grants for a Transmission Time Interval (TTI). The UE generates two Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Units (PDUs) for the TTI, wherein a first MAC PDU of the two MAC PDUs is able to accommodate all available data of the UE. The UE transmits the two MAC PDUs to the base station.

Method and apparatus for transport block generation with UL spatial multiplexing in a wireless communication system

A computing device may include a display, an audio output device, a sensor to detect the position of the display relative to the audio output device, and a processor to receive the detected position of the display and adjust audio output from the audio output device based on the detected position of the display.

Audio outputs based on positions of displays

A method and apparatus are disclosed. In an example from the perspective of a User Equipment (UE) configured with bundled transmission, the UE initializes a configured uplink grant. The UE performs a plurality of transmissions within a bundle of a Medium Access Control Protocol Data Unit (MAC PDU) using the configured uplink grant. The UE stops a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) timer in response to a first transmission of the plurality of transmissions, wherein the DRX timer is not stopped in response to one or more second transmissions of the plurality of transmissions. When the DRX timer is running, the UE monitors a downlink control channel for an uplink grant for retransmission.

Method and apparatus for handling a DRX timer for bundle of a configured uplink grant in a wireless communication system

Example implementations relate to fingerprint scans with power buttons. For example, a computing device may include a power button and a processor. The power button receives a user input associated with an activation of the power button to turn on the computing device and scans a fingerprint associated with the user input while the computing device is initialized in response to the activation. The processor determines whether the fingerprint matches an authorized fingerprint from a database of stored fingerprints, identifies an account associated with the fingerprint when the fingerprint matches the authorized fingerprint, and provides a desktop environment associated with the account.

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Yi-Hsuan Huang