Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing capability signaling design for 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) release 15 (Rel-15) and/or release 16 (Rel-16) multi-input multi-output (MIMO) enhancement. For example, systems and methods are provided implementing designs for New Radio (NR) MIMO channel state information (CSI) for a small bandwidth part (BWP) and/or a small number of subbands. For example, some aspects relate to a user equipment (UE) including a transceiver configured to communicate with a base station and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The processor receives, from the base station, a CSI reporting configuration message. The processor determines, using the CSI reporting configuration message, that a number of physical resource blocks (PRBs) of a BWP associated with the CSI reporting configuration message is less than a threshold number. The processor also generates and transmits a CSI report for the BWP.

A signal measurement method includes: obtaining measurement gap configuration information, where the measurement gap configuration information includes at least one of first measurement gap configuration information or second measurement gap configuration information, and gap pattern configuration information indicated by the second measurement gap configuration information is different from gap pattern configuration information indicated by the first measurement gap configuration information; and performing signal measurement within a measurement gap according to the measurement gap configuration information.

A signal measurement method includes: obtaining measurement gap configuration information, where the measurement gap configuration information includes at least one of first measurement gap configuration information or second measurement gap configuration information, and gap pattern configuration information indicated by the second measurement gap configuration information is different from gap pattern configuration information indicated by the first measurement gap configuration information; and performing signal measurement within a measurement gap according to the measurement gap configuration information.

A terminal device generates a report result including at least one of a logged minimization of drive tests report, an RLF report, and an RACH report. The logged minimization of drive tests report includes an identifier of a candidate access cell, information indicating whether the candidate access cell supports a network slice service initiated by the terminal device, location information of the terminal device where the terminal device receives a system message of the candidate access cell, and a network slice identifier of the network slice service initiated by the terminal device. The RLF report includes an identifier of a cell in which a radio link failure occurs after the terminal device accesses the cell and the network slice identifier corresponding to the network slice service in which the radio link failure occurs on the terminal device. The RACH report includes an identifier of a cell accessed by the terminal device and the network slice identifier. The terminal device sends the report result to a radio access network device to which a serving cell belongs.

A terminal device generates a report result including at least one of a logged minimization of drive tests report, an RLF report, and an RACH report. The logged minimization of drive tests report includes an identifier of a candidate access cell, information indicating whether the candidate access cell supports a network slice service initiated by the terminal device, location information of the terminal device where the terminal device receives a system message of the candidate access cell, and a network slice identifier of the network slice service initiated by the terminal device. The RLF report includes an identifier of a cell in which a radio link failure occurs after the terminal device accesses the cell and the network slice identifier corresponding to the network slice service in which the radio link failure occurs on the terminal device. The RACH report includes an identifier of a cell accessed by the terminal device and the network slice identifier. The terminal device sends the report result to a radio access network device to which a serving cell belongs.

A UE transmits a capability message to an access node in a wireless network, indicating capability corresponding to ML of the UE at a current time instance. The UE receives a configuration message for radio measurements, indicating set(s) of parameters to be measured. The UE receives a configured capability in a message and matches the configured capability with the capability of the user equipment at the current time instance. The UE measures the set(s) of parameters. The UE uses ML to infer value(s) for at least one of the parameters based on the measured set(s) of parameters and based on the received configured capability. The UE reports the inferred value(s) for the at least one parameter. An access node receives the capability message, determines and sends the configuration message and configured capability receives the reporting.

A UE transmits a capability message to an access node in a wireless network, indicating capability corresponding to ML of the UE at a current time instance. The UE receives a configuration message for radio measurements, indicating set(s) of parameters to be measured. The UE receives a configured capability in a message and matches the configured capability with the capability of the user equipment at the current time instance. The UE measures the set(s) of parameters. The UE uses ML to infer value(s) for at least one of the parameters based on the measured set(s) of parameters and based on the received configured capability. The UE reports the inferred value(s) for the at least one parameter. An access node receives the capability message, determines and sends the configuration message and configured capability receives the reporting.

This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for a signaling mechanism associated with activating a secondary cell (SCell) for uplink control information (UCI), including under circumstances in which the SCell is deactivated and belongs to a timing advance group (TAG) lacking a valid timing advance (TA) value. In one aspect, a user equipment (UE) and one or more components of a network entity may employ a signaling mechanism for establishing an SCell as a PUCCH-SCell in scenarios in which the PUCCH-SCell belongs to a secondary TAG (sTAG) lacking a valid TA value. The signaling mechanism may include signaling to directly provide the network entity with beam measurement information associated with one or more SCells of the sTAG or may include singling that the network entity may use to derive the beam measurement information associated with the one or more SCells of the sTAG.

This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for a signaling mechanism associated with activating a secondary cell (SCell) for uplink control information (UCI), including under circumstances in which the SCell is deactivated and belongs to a timing advance group (TAG) lacking a valid timing advance (TA) value. In one aspect, a user equipment (UE) and one or more components of a network entity may employ a signaling mechanism for establishing an SCell as a PUCCH-SCell in scenarios in which the PUCCH-SCell belongs to a secondary TAG (sTAG) lacking a valid TA value. The signaling mechanism may include signaling to directly provide the network entity with beam measurement information associated with one or more SCells of the sTAG or may include singling that the network entity may use to derive the beam measurement information associated with the one or more SCells of the sTAG.

In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE receives, from a base station, configurations of one or more measurement gaps for the UE to perform measurements of PRSs. The UE receives an indication for selecting one measurement gap of the one or more measurement gaps. The UE performs measurements of PRSs within the one measurement gap.