Wireless communications systems and methods related to use of cyclic prefix (CP) extensions for channel occupancy time (COT) sharing among sidelink user equipment devices (UEs) are provided. A first UE detects a first sidelink transmission in a COT, the COT for sharing with multiple sidelink UEs including the first sidelink UE. The first UE may determine a CP extension length for transmitting a second sidelink transmission after the first sidelink transmission, where a gap duration between the first sidelink transmission and the second sidelink transmission satisfies a listen-before-talk (LBT) gap time threshold. The first UE may apply a CP extension having the CP extension length to the second sidelink transmission and transmit, to a second sidelink UE, the second sidelink transmission with the CP extension.

A communications device comprising circuitry configured to receive an indication of an allocation of physical resources of a wireless access interface providing plurality of different physical channels of different types, each of the different types of physical channels being defined for transmitting messages in accordance with a different priority level using a contentious access technique. The circuitry configured to identify a relative priority for transmitting one or more messages, select one of the physical channels in accordance with the identified relative priority, and transmit the message via the select physical channel.

A vehicle hybrid communication system includes a vehicle communication device and a field communication device. The vehicle communication device includes a vehicle controller and multiple vehicle communication interfaces. The field communication device includes a field controller and multiple field communication interfaces. The vehicle communication device and the field communication device communicate via multiple communication channels established by the vehicle communication interfaces and the field communication interfaces. The vehicle controller respectively defines a bandwidth level and a speed level based on a real-time bandwidth and a real-time connection speed of each of the communication channels. The vehicle controller then creates a score based on the bandwidth level and the speed level of each of the communication channels. The vehicle controller then sets one of the communication channels with the best score as a main communication channel to transfer data to the field communication device.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices and computer readable storage medium for transport block size (TBS) configuration. In example embodiments, a terminal device transmits a random access preamble to a network device. The terminal device receives a random access response from the network device. The random access response includes a resource allocated for a reference TBS. Based on the reference TBS, the terminal device determines a TBS for transmitting data to the network device. Then, the terminal device transmits the data to the network device by using the determined TBS and the allocated resource. This TBS configuration is more flexible.

A method of transmitting and receiving downlink information in a wireless communication system supporting Internet of Things (IoT) and a device therefor are disclosed. The method performed by a user equipment (UE) comprises transmitting, to a base station, a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble, receiving, from the base station, a random access response including an uplink (UL) grant based on the PRACH preamble, transmitting, to the base station, a message 3 based on the UL grant, and receiving, from the base station, a message for contention resolution based on the message 3.

A multi-link device using a plurality of links is disclosed. The multi-link device comprises: a transceiving unit; and a processor. When the multi-link device transmits a plurality of PPDUs simultaneously on the plurality of links using the transceiving unit, the processor determines a transmission end time of the plurality of PPDUs on the basis of whether the multi-link device transmits a frame requesting an ACK.

A method and a device are disclosed for direct communication in a wireless local area network (LAN) system. An operation method of an access point comprises the steps of: transmitting a first frame including time information of a first communication period to a first station in order to configure the first communication period; receiving, from the first station, a second frame that is a response frame to the first frame, and configuring the first communication period; and after receiving the second frame, transmitting a third frame including time information of a second communication period to a second station in order to configure the second communication period within the first communication period.

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) communicating over sidelink in unlicensed spectrum may perform channel congestion control based on channel busy measurements. For example, a UE may perform channel busy measurement over different resource sets to identify congestion levels from different Radio Access Technologies (RATs). The UE may perform a first channel busy measurement on a first resource set where the first resource set contains resources where sidelink UEs are configured to pause transmission and the UE may perform a second channel busy measurement on a second resource set when sidelink UEs and wireless devices of other RATs are free to contend for resources and transmit. The UE may perform third channel busy measurement on a third resource set where the third resource set contains resources with contention-based access success.

A wireless communication method and a device are provided. The method includes: obtaining, by a terminal device, sidelink configuration information for a sidelink licensed carrier and a sidelink unlicensed carrier; and transmitting and/or receiving, by the terminal device, sidelink data on the sidelink licensed carrier and the sidelink unlicensed carrier according to the sidelink configuration information. By obtaining the sidelink configuration information for the sidelink licensed carrier and the sidelink unlicensed carrier, the sidelink licensed carrier and the sidelink unlicensed carrier can be managed coordinately. That is, with the sidelink licensed carrier, the access delay of the unlicensed carrier and the reliability of data transmission on the sidelink unlicensed carrier become controllable, thereby reducing the access delay and improving the reliability of data transmission. Accordingly, the QoS requirement of the service data can be met.

Systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support mechanisms for uplink carrier selection for uplink random access channel (RACH) transmissions in a flexible cell configuration in a wireless communication system. A user equipment (UE) in a flexible cell selects at least one carrier for transmitting one or more uplink RACH transmissions to a base station. In aspects, the base station transmits an indication to the UE indicating which carrier the UE is to select for transmitting the one or more uplink RACH transmission. In aspects, the UE determines the carrier to transmit the one or more uplink RACH transmissions to the base station based on a comparison of reference signal measurements to predetermined thresholds. In these aspects, based on whether the measurements exceed the predetermined thresholds or not, the UE selects a carrier for transmitting the one or more uplink RACH transmission to the base station.