Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) downlink communication. The UE may detect a collision between a configured uplink resource associated with a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) for the SPS downlink communication and a candidate synchronization signal block (SSB) position. The UE may transmit the HARQ-ACK for the SPS downlink communication in the configured uplink resource or in a deferred uplink resource in connection with detecting the collision. Numerous other aspects are described.

A user equipment (UE) may sense a first transmission by a first sidelink UE and a second transmission by a second sidelink UE and send a conflict indication to at least one of the first or second sidelink UEs in response to identifying a collision between the first and second transmissions, or identifying a prospective collision based on a prospective use of respective first and second resources identified in the respective first and second transmissions. A collision or prospective collision may be detected by detecting a complete or partial overlap of the first and second transmissions or of the prospective first and second resources identified in the transmissions, or by determining that any portions of the first resource and the second resource prospectively occupy a slot common to the first and second resources, and the first sidelink UE and the second sidelink UE prospectively operate in a half-duplex mode.

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a random access response associated with a random access channel (RACH) procedure. The UE may transmit, based at least in part on receiving the random access response, data indicating a request for coverage enhancement associated with an acknowledgment associated with the RACH procedure. Numerous other aspects are described.

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for resuming communications with a non-terrestrial network in discontinuous coverage. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes determining that the UE is or will be in an out-of-coverage state with a non-terrestrial network (NTN) for a first duration; entering a power saving state in response to the determination; exiting the power saving state when the UE expects to be in an in-coverage state with the NTN; and taking one or more actions to resume communications with the NTN.

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE). The UE detects one or more conditions are met for transmitting a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) providing assistance information to a network entity for scheduling. In response to the detection, the UE then takes one or more actions to obtain uplink (UL) resources for transmitting the MAC CE.

A first device within a multi-link device having a plurality of wireless links including a first link and a second link, may include one or more processors configured to receive a first frame on the first link while communicating with a second device for transmission of a second frame on the second link. The one or more processors may decode a portion of the first frame to determine a first duration of no medium access. The one or more processors may determine, a second duration comprising a remaining transmission duration on the second link. The one or more processors may determine whether the first duration is greater than or equal to the second duration. In response to the first duration being greater than or equal to the second duration, the one or more processors may defer channel access on the first link until an end of the first duration.

A first device within a multi-link device having a plurality of wireless links including a first link and a second link, may include one or more processors configured to receive a first frame on the first link while communicating with a second device for transmission of a second frame on the second link. The one or more processors may decode a portion of the first frame to determine a first duration of no medium access. The one or more processors may determine, a second duration comprising a remaining transmission duration on the second link. The one or more processors may determine whether the first duration is greater than or equal to the second duration. In response to the first duration being greater than or equal to the second duration, the one or more processors may defer channel access on the first link until an end of the first duration.

An apparatus for wireless communication includes a transmitter configured to communicate with a base station based on a first uplink bandwidth part (BWP) that includes a first frequency subset and that further includes a second frequency subset. The apparatus further includes a receiver configured to receive, from the base station, one or more messages including a frequency hopping indicator that specifies whether a frequency hopping mode is enabled or disabled. The transmitter is further configured to transmit, to the base station, an uplink control channel transmission using both the first frequency subset and the second frequency subset based on the frequency hopping indicator specifying that the frequency hopping mode is enabled or using one of the first frequency subset or the second frequency subset based on the frequency hopping indicator specifying that the frequency hopping mode is disabled.

A method and a user equipment (UE) for timing alignment is provided. The method includes maintaining a Timing Advance (TA) value as a first TA value; receiving, from a Base Station (BS), a TA command during a Random Access (RA) procedure; applying the TA command to set the TA value to a second TA value included in the TA command in a case that a first timing alignment timer is not running; determining whether a contention resolution for the RA procedure is successful; and when the contention resolution is not successful, setting the TA value to the first TA value in a case that a Configured Grant-based Small Data Transmission (CG-SDT) procedure is ongoing.

Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for listen-before-talk (LBT) mode for random access response (RAR) in a wireless communication system so that RAR indication of channel access type and cyclic prefix (CP) extension can be more efficient. A method of a User Equipment (UE) can comprise initiating a random access procedure, receiving a RAR, wherein the RAR comprises a channel access type indication, and determining whether to perform LBT for a Msg3 based on the channel access type indication in RAR.