Abstract:
In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be configured to send, in a first network, a scheduling request (SR) associated with a second network. The apparatus may be further configured to receive an uplink grant based on the SR. The apparatus may be further configured to send, in the second network, uplink transmission based on the uplink grant. In an another aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be configured to receive, in a first network, a scheduling request (SR) associated with a user equipment (UE). The apparatus may be further configured to generate an uplink grant based on the SR. The apparatus may be further configured to send, in a second network, the uplink grant to the UE.
Abstract:
Aspects of the present disclosure provided techniques for wireless communications by a base station. An exemplary method generally includes transmitting, on a narrowband region within a wider system bandwidth, a directional primary synchronization signal (DPSS), receiving feedback information from one or more user equipments (UEs) based on the DPSS, wherein the feedback information comprises an indication of a bandwidth capability of a UE that transmitted the feedback information, and allocating resources to the one or more UEs within at least one of the wider system bandwidth or the narrowband region based, at least in part, on the feedback information.
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE), such as a UE with reduced capabilities, may switch from a first bandwidth part (BWP) to a second BWP to receive system information for a carrier that includes the first and second BWPs. The UE may switch to the second BWP to receive system information based on a trigger (e.g., control signaling or an expiration of a timer) and then switch back to the first BWP without additional signaling to continue operation. In some examples, the UE may receive additional signaling (e.g., data, control signaling, reference signals) in the second BWP. In some examples, a BWP switching duration may include additional time to process the system information received in the second BWP, for example if the system information includes instructions to switch to a third BWP (e.g., rather than returning to the first BWP).
Abstract:
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) ordered random access channel (RACH) procedure. The RACH procedure may be associated with a cell-defining synchronization signal block (SSB) or non-cell-defining SSB. A method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE) includes transmitting an indication of one or more capabilities of the UE, receiving a PDCCH that orders the UE to perform a RACH procedure on an uplink carrier based on the one or more capabilities of the UE, determining a minimum gap between a last symbol of the PDCCH and a first symbol of a RACH message, wherein the minimum gap includes a half-duplex (HD) switching delay, and performing the RACH procedure on the uplink carrier when a gap between the last symbol of the PDCCH and the first symbol of the RACH message is equal to or larger than the minimum gap.
Abstract:
A user equipment (UE) of a wireless communication network is configured to operate in half duplex frequency division duplexing (HD-FDD) mode in the network. The UE also configures one or more conditions under which the UE will transmit under HD-FDD mode in uplink (UL) to the network (during which it will not receive in downlink (DL) from the network) during a Random Access Channel (RACH) procedure. The UE determines whether the configured one or more conditions obtain for a particular RACH procedure. Upon determining that the configured one or more conditions obtain for the particular RACH procedure, the UE transmits under HD-FDD mode in UL during the particular RACH procedure in accordance with the configured one or more conditions.
Abstract:
Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for addressing scenarios where the minimum transmit power supported by a wireless node (e.g., an Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) node) is above a minimum value specified by a standard. In some cases, the node may signal information regarding its power configuration so a network entity of the may take it into account (e.g., when allocating or scheduling resources). The power configuration may include an indication of the minimum transmit power supported by the node and/or an indication of a guard band that may help the IAB control adjacent channel leakage.
Abstract:
Wireless communications systems and methods related to the timing arrangements and the transmission gap configurations in 2-step random access channel (RACH) procedures to improve system latency and reliability of a RACH HARQ process are provided. The UE transmits a first message including a random access preamble and a payload, and then monitors for a second message in response to the first message during a random access response (RAR) window. In response to determining that no second message is received by the UE from the BS or a back off indicator is received within the RAR window, the UE re-transmits the preamble and payload of the first message after the RAR window lapses. In response to determining if the second message received within the RAR window carries a FallbackRAR or SuccessRAR, the UE then determines to re-transmit the payload of the first message based on the FallbackRAR, or to transmit an acknowledgement message based on the SuccessRAR.
Abstract:
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine to initiate a random access channel (RACH) procedure with a base station (BS). The UE may determine, based at least in part on determining to initiate the RACH procedure, whether a timing alignment timer, associated with a timing alignment of the UE and the BS, is expired. The UE may initiate the RACH procedure using the timing alignment based at least in part on determining that the timing alignment timer is not expired. Numerous other aspects are provided.
Abstract:
In an aspect, the present disclosure includes a method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for wireless communications for determining, by a user equipment (UE), an evaluation time period based on a number of a plurality of reference signals that are quasi-co-located (QCL) within one or more measurement windows; measuring, by the UE, a signal quality value of one or more of reference signals within the evaluation time period; and determining, by the UE, whether the signal quality value of one or more of reference signals within the evaluation time period crosses an evaluation threshold.
Abstract:
The described techniques provide for the identification and utilization of different power consumption categories by a user equipment (UE) in wireless communications system. A power consumption category may correspond to a power consumption level (e.g., a powered circuitry configuration) of the UE. For example, a power consumption category may configure an analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) resolution, a digital-to-analog conversion (DAC) resolution, a number of antennas, etc., that a UE may employ for communications. In some examples, a UE may report capability information to a base station, and the base station may use the information to explicitly or implicitly (e.g., via conveying thresholds or conditions to the UE for power consumption category switching or power consumption category selection) configure the UE with various power consumption categories. As such, the power consumption categories may be used by the base station and UE, in some scenarios, for reducing power consumption.