Solutions pertaining to improvement in the security of a Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) procedure are proposed. An access point (AP) determines that a WPS procedure is activated. In response, the AP varies a transmission (Tx) power in transmitting one or more WPS management frames during the WPS procedure. Moreover, the AP configures one or more credentials to a station (STA) in response to receiving one or more management frames from the STA.

A method may include incrementing, by a wireless device, a beam failure detection (BFD) instance counter based on detection of a first beam failure of a first reference signal (RS). The method may include resetting the BFD instance counter based on an indication of a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state applicable for receptions of physical downlink channels, wherein the TCI state is associated with a second RS. The method may include transmitting a beam failure recovery request based on the BFD instance counter being greater than a threshold, wherein the BFD instance counter is incremented based on detection of a second beam failure of the second RS.

Aspects of the disclosure relate to a wireless communication device selecting an uplink (UL) power level for an initial message in a random access procedure. For example, the wireless communication device may receive, via a transceiver, an indication that indicates an UL power level calculation technique to use for a random access procedure. The wireless communication device may further determine an UL power level for an initial message in the random access procedure using the UL power level calculation technique. The wireless communication device may further transmit, via the transceiver, the initial message for the random access procedure using the UL power level. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.

This application provides a random access preamble transmission method and an apparatus. In one example method, a terminal receives indication information, and may indicate, with reference to the indication information, whether a first path loss is the same as a second path loss, and determine the first path loss based on the second path loss. Then, the terminal may set, based on a path loss for transmitting a random access preamble between the terminal and a network device, a transmit power for sending the random access preamble.

A method for a user equipment (UE) performing a small data transmission (SDT) is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a radio resource control (RRC) release message that includes an SDT configuration when the UE is in an RRC_CONNECTED state; transitioning from the RRC_CONNECTED state to an RRC_INACTIVE state when the UE receives the RRC release message; initiating an SDT procedure based on the SDT configuration when the UE is in the RRC_INACTIVE state; obtaining a default configuration that is preconfigured for the UE and includes a Power Headroom Report (PHR) configuration; and applying the default configuration when the UE initiates the SDT procedure.

An information receiving method and an apparatus are disclosed. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, first power information and second power information from a network device; and determining a first maximum transmission power based on the first power information, and determining a second maximum transmission power based on the second power information, where the first maximum transmission power is a maximum transmission power to be used by the terminal device for transmitting a signal by a first radio access technology, and the second maximum transmission power is a maximum transmission power to be used by the terminal device for transmitting a signal by a second radio access technology.

Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for power headroom reporting for multiple uplink carriers. One apparatus includes a transceiver that receives a configuration of a plurality of UL carriers for a serving cell. The first apparatus includes a processor that determines that a PHR has been triggered, where the PHR for the serving cell is determined to be a virtual PHR. The processor determines a default power control parameter set for the serving cell and calculates a PHR for the serving cell. Here, calculating the PHR includes calculating a virtual PH based on the default power control parameter set. The processor transmits (via the transceiver) the calculated PHR for the serving cell.

Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for power headroom reporting for multiple uplink carriers. One apparatus includes a transceiver that receives a configuration of a plurality of UL carriers for a serving cell. The first apparatus includes a processor that determines that a PHR has been triggered, where the PHR for the serving cell is determined to be a virtual PHR. The processor determines a default power control parameter set for the serving cell and calculates a PHR for the serving cell. Here, calculating the PHR includes calculating a virtual PH based on the default power control parameter set. The processor transmits (via the transceiver) the calculated PHR for the serving cell.

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described to enable a user equipment (UE) to perform power-boosting to increase power for specific portions (e.g., repetitions, symbols, slots) of an uplink transmission, where the portion may overlap with a previously-scheduled uplink transmission from another UE. The base station may configure the UE to apply power-boosting to all portions of the uplink transmission or over specific slots or repetitions of the uplink transmission, or to apply power-boosting if the uplink transmission occupies one slot or repetition. The base station may configure the UE semi-statically or dynamically with the power-boosting configuration, and may configure the UE to perform power-boosting for repetitions of the uplink transmission corresponding to one or more predefined transmission reception points, panels, beams, or precoders. The UE may transmit the uplink transmission to the base station based on the power-boosting configuration.

A wireless device receives, from a base station, configuration parameters indicating: power control parameters; and downlink reference signals. A determination is made, based on measurements of the downlink reference signals, of a downlink reference signal of the downlink reference signals. One or more power control parameters are selected from the power control parameters that is associated with the downlink reference signal. Based on the one or more power control parameters, an uplink transmission power for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) is determined. An uplink transport block is transmitted with the uplink transmission power via the PUSCH.