Methods and apparatuses for beam indication in a wireless communication system. A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, in a beam indication downlink control information (DCI), a plurality of transmission configuration indication (TCI) states and receiving information related to a reference TCI state from among the plurality of TCI states. The method further includes identifying, based on the information, the reference TCI state from among the plurality of TCI states; determining whether the reference TCI state is updated in the beam indication DCI; and determining, based on whether the reference TCI state was updated in the beam indication DCI, whether to transmit hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information.

Methods and apparatuses for beam indication in a wireless communication system. A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, in a beam indication downlink control information (DCI), a plurality of transmission configuration indication (TCI) states and receiving information related to a reference TCI state from among the plurality of TCI states. The method further includes identifying, based on the information, the reference TCI state from among the plurality of TCI states; determining whether the reference TCI state is updated in the beam indication DCI; and determining, based on whether the reference TCI state was updated in the beam indication DCI, whether to transmit hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information.

A feedback information sending method and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: A network device sends, to a terminal device, M pieces of DCI for scheduling N transmissions of first data, values in DAI fields comprised in all of the M pieces of DCI are the same; and the terminal device sends feedback information of the first data to the network device, wherein the feedback information is comprised in an HARQ-ACK codebook, and a location of the feedback information in the HARQ-ACK codebook is determined based on a DAI field in first DCI of the M pieces of DCI.

Methods and apparatuses for adaptation of parameters for configured transmissions or receptions. A method for receiving semi-persistently scheduled (SPS) physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) or for transmitting configured grant (CG) physical uplink shared channels (PUSCHs) includes receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) that provides a downlink control information (DCI) format; determining, based on values of first fields in the DCI format, activation of SPS PDSCH receptions or of CG PUSCH transmissions; determining, based on values of second fields in the DCI format, a time duration for the SPS PDSCH receptions or for the CG PUSCH transmissions; and receiving the SPS PDSCHs or transmitting the CG PUSCHs within the time duration.

A mobile equipment comprising means for: receiving via signalling at a higher layer than a physical layer, a downlink control information (DCI) format; receiving via signalling at a higher layer than the physical layer, information defining a look-up table for converting a received index to a scheduling sequence representing, based on the DCI format, scheduling information; receiving a DCI sequence at the physical layer, the DCI sequence comprising an index for indexing one of a plurality of predetermined different scheduling sequences; using the look-up table to convert the received index to a scheduling sequence representing, based on the DCI format, scheduling information; and using the DCI format to obtain the scheduling information, for configuring the mobile equipment for data communication, from the scheduling sequence representing, based on the DCI format, the scheduling information. A network node comprising means for: sending to a user equipment (UE), via signalling at a higher layer than a physical layer: a downlink control information (DCI) format, that enables the UE to obtain scheduling information, for scheduling the UE for data communication, from a scheduling sequence representing, based on the DCI format, the scheduling information; and information defining a look-up table for converting an index to a scheduling sequence representing, based on the DCI format, the scheduling information; and sending to the user equipment a DCI sequence at the physical layer, the DCI sequence comprising an index indexing one of a plurality of predetermined different scheduling sequences.

A mobile equipment comprising means for: receiving via signalling at a higher layer than a physical layer, a downlink control information (DCI) format; receiving via signalling at a higher layer than the physical layer, information defining a look-up table for converting a received index to a scheduling sequence representing, based on the DCI format, scheduling information; receiving a DCI sequence at the physical layer, the DCI sequence comprising an index for indexing one of a plurality of predetermined different scheduling sequences; using the look-up table to convert the received index to a scheduling sequence representing, based on the DCI format, scheduling information; and using the DCI format to obtain the scheduling information, for configuring the mobile equipment for data communication, from the scheduling sequence representing, based on the DCI format, the scheduling information. A network node comprising means for: sending to a user equipment (UE), via signalling at a higher layer than a physical layer: a downlink control information (DCI) format, that enables the UE to obtain scheduling information, for scheduling the UE for data communication, from a scheduling sequence representing, based on the DCI format, the scheduling information; and information defining a look-up table for converting an index to a scheduling sequence representing, based on the DCI format, the scheduling information; and sending to the user equipment a DCI sequence at the physical layer, the DCI sequence comprising an index indexing one of a plurality of predetermined different scheduling sequences.

A UE uses a first bandwidth part to simultaneously receive switching requests from a plurality of transmission/reception points in a first time slot, calculates a scheduling time offset value on the basis of a plurality of scheduling time offsets decoded from the switching requests, and does not perform wireless signal transmission in a duration of time after the end of the time of the first three symbols in the first time slot. The duration of time is determined by the scheduling time offset value.

A UE uses a first bandwidth part to simultaneously receive switching requests from a plurality of transmission/reception points in a first time slot, calculates a scheduling time offset value on the basis of a plurality of scheduling time offsets decoded from the switching requests, and does not perform wireless signal transmission in a duration of time after the end of the time of the first three symbols in the first time slot. The duration of time is determined by the scheduling time offset value.

A method for transmitting information is performed by a base station. The method comprises: sending downlink control information (DCI) carrying an enhanced control indication. The enhanced control indication comprises: an enhanced control parameter for random access of a first-type user equipment (UE) having a first reception capability. The enhanced control parameter is used for enhancing message transmission in a random access process for the first-type UE.

A method for transmitting information is performed by a base station. The method comprises: sending downlink control information (DCI) carrying an enhanced control indication. The enhanced control indication comprises: an enhanced control parameter for random access of a first-type user equipment (UE) having a first reception capability. The enhanced control parameter is used for enhancing message transmission in a random access process for the first-type UE.