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Methods and apparatuses are described herein for proximity-based services (ProSe) service-based discovery. For example, a service utilizing-wireless transmit/receive unit (SU-WTRU) may be provisioned with a type of discovery on a per-service basis and a security credential on a per-service basis. The SU-WTRU may transmit a PC5 discovery message with the type of discovery and a first security element that is generated based on the security credential. The WTRU may then receive, from a service providing-wireless transmit/receive unit (SP-WTRU), a PC5 discovery response message that includes a second security element and a service identity associated with a service that the SP-WTRU provides. On a condition that the second security element is verified based on the provisioned security credential, the SU-WTRU may authorize the SP-WTRU to establish a PC5 communication link with the SP-WTRU.

A first network node of a first network, the first network node configured to receive, from a second network node, a first authentication request to access, by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), a second network hosted by the first network; send, to a third network node, a first request to obtain an identification token; receive, from the third network node, a response to the first request; send, to a fourth network node, a second authentication request comprising information indicating an identifier associated with the WTRU, a network identifier and the identification token; receive, from the fourth network node, a response to the second authentication request comprising information indicating a first key in response to an authentication success; determine, based on the first key and network identifier, a second key to access the second network by the WTRU; and send, to the second network node, information indicating the second key.

A wireless transmit/receive unit, WTRU, comprising a processor configured to: receive an indication from a serving transmission reception point (TRP) to perform random access on a neighbor TRP; send a random access preamble to the neighbor TRP based on the indication from the serving TRP; receive a random access response from the neighbor TRP, wherein the random access response comprises an indication of timing advance; determine that a triggering condition is met for performing autonomous handover to the neighbor TRP; determine whether configured uplink resources in the neighbor TRP are still valid; and on condition that the configure uplink resources are still valid in the neighbor TRP, send an indication of the autonomous handover to the neighbor TRP via the uplink resources.

A method ad an apparatus for encoding or decoding a video are provided. A CABAC context for encoding/decoding a flag is obtained where the flag indicates use of an affine mode to predict a block of the video in a first inter mode or in a second inter mode. The flag is encoded/decoded using the CABAC context, wherein encoding or decoding the flag takes into account the occurrences of usage of the affine mode between the first inter mode and the second inter mode.

Systems, methods and instrumentalities may be provided for handling a user plane in a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system may be characterized by a flexible air interface. One aspect of the flexible air interface is that transmissions by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) in the system may have different quality of service (QoS) requirements, such as different latency requirements. The WTRU may adjust its behaviors based on the QoS requirements, e.g., by utilizing preconfigured resources, resource requests, self-scheduling, and/or the like, such that the transmissions may be performed in accordance with their respective QoS requirements.

Methods and apparatus are described for configuring desired network capabilities in a service-based network, including a method for a UE to initiate a network capability based registration to configure its desired network capabilities, a method for UEs to initiate a network capability based registration update when UEs are already registered to the network and want to dynamically re-configure their network capabilities, and a method for a network capability based UE configuration update, which allows NFs or ASs to initiate updating the network capabilities in a network slice for the UE.

Devices and techniques for supporting inter-node mobility management. An example device may be a first base station. The first base station may include a processor configured to determine that a connection establishment condition has been satisfied. The connection establishment condition may be associated with a satellite position relative to a location. The first base station may initiate a random access channel (RACH) procedure with a second base station based on the connection establishment condition being satisfied. The first base station may establish a Uu link between the first base station and the second base station. The Uu link may be established through a satellite link. The first base station may receive mobility management signaling from the second base station via the Uu link.

Some embodiments of an example method disclosed herein may include receiving point cloud data representing one or more three-dimensional objects; receiving a viewpoint of the point cloud data; selecting a selected object from the one or more three-dimensional objects using the viewpoint; retrieving a neural network model for the selected object; generating a level of detail data for the selected object using the neural network model; and replacing, within the point cloud data, points corresponding to the selected object with the level of detail data.

Methods, apparatuses, systems, etc., directed to sounding reference signal (SRS) antenna switching are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a WTRU may transmit information indicating existence of a sounding reference signal (SRS) power imbalance for at least one transmit and receive (xTyR) antenna configuration in a set of xTyR antenna configurations. For example, the WTRU may receive a request to report SRS power imbalance information. For example, the WTRU may transmit the SRS power imbalance information indicating, for at least one SRS resource set associated with the at least one xTyR antenna configuration, (i) one or more impacted SRS resources in the at least one SRS resource set and (ii) one or more power imbalance values for the one or more impacted SRS resources.

A method and apparatus are described. A method includes determining whether the apparatus is in a coverage enhancement (CE) mode or a non-CE mode. The method further includes receiving a CE-system information block (CE-SIB) on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) based on at least one of a known location or at least one known parameter for the CE-SIB, on a condition that the WTRU is determined to be in the CE mode.

A wireless transmit-receive unit (WTRU) may be configured to perform one or more actions. A first transmission of a first type and a second transmission of a second type may be received. The first transmission and the second transmission may be determined to be linked based on a time frequency relationship or configuration information. First control information may be determined based on the first transmission and pre-defined processing rules. The second transmission may be provided as an input to an artificial intelligence (AI) component and may cause the AI component to generate second control information as an output. A loss value may be determined based on a difference between the first control information and the second control information. The loss value may be used to train the AI component. The training of the AI component may be determined to satisfy a condition. An indication of the determination may be transmitted.

Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for motion vector clipping when affine motion mode is enabled for a video block. A video coding device may determine that an affine mode for a video block is enabled. The video coding device may determine a plurality of control point affine motion vectors associated with the video block. The video coding device may store the plurality of clipped control point affine motion vectors for motion vector prediction of a neighboring control point affine motion vector. The video coding device may derive a sub-block motion vector associated with a sub-block of the video block, clip the derived sub-block motion vector, and store it for spatial motion vector prediction or temporal motion vector prediction. For example, the video coding device may clip the derived sub-block motion vector based on a motion field range that may be based on a bit depth value.

Methods, systems, and devices may enable UE power savings in multi-beam connectivity using multi-TRPs or multi-UE panels. Methods, systems, and devices may enable PDCCH skipping in the active duration of the UE by skipping PDCCH monitoring associated with groups of CORESETs.

Techniques for uplink power control (e.g., for New Radio (NR)) are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may determine that the WTRU is to perform a first and a second transmissions using a first and a second transmission beams. The WTRU may determine an uplink transmission power for one or more of the first or second transmissions. For example, if the angular separation of the first and the second transmission beams is greater than a first separation threshold, the WTRU may determine the uplink transmission power having a first maximum power level parameter and a second maximum power level parameter. If the angular separation of the first and the second transmission beams is less than a second separation threshold, the WTRU determine the uplink transmission power having a shared maximum power level parameter. The WTRU may transmit the first and second transmissions using the first and second transmission beams, respectively.

Systems, methods, and instrumentalities may be disclosed for implementing a flexible radio access communication system. A flexible radio access communication system may be supported using spectrum of varying size, including aggregation of non-adjacent carriers in the same and/or in different frequency bands. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive a first transmission via a common downlink control channel. The first transmission may include first control information. The first control information may include information regarding the configuration of a first dedicated downlink control channel of one or more dedicated control channels. The WTRU may receive a second transmission via the first dedicated downlink control channel of the dedicated control channels. The second transmission may include second control information. The second control information may be associated with a transmission of a first transmission type. The dedicated downlink control channels may be used for providing control information associated with different types of transmissions.

Methods, apparatuses, systems, etc., directed to performing a change of relay are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may transmit an information for requesting a peak reduction tone (PRT) configuration for reducing a peak to average power ratio (PAPR). In an embodiment, the WTRU may receive an indication of frequency resources to be used for transmitting a PRT signal based on the PRT configuration. In an embodiment, the WTRU may transmit the PRT signal in the frequency resources in addition to an uplink (UL) transmission, wherein the frequency resources for the PRT signal may be allocated based on a set of frequency resources allocated to the UL transmission.

Methods, apparatuses, systems, etc., directed to support provisioning domains (PvDs) in 5G networks are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a network entity running a policy control function (PCF), may send to a wireless receive and transmit unit (WTRU) at least one WTRU route selection policy (URSP) rule associated with, for example, PvD descriptors. For example, URSP rules may be configured e.g., as part of the subscription profile and PvD descriptors may be configured e.g., as part of a network-wide configuration. An application function (AF) may use a network exposure function (NEF) application programming interface (API) to access and, for example, update, e.g. through any of NEF and PCF, any of URSP rules and PvD descriptors. According to embodiments, a WTRU may participate in a data network access identifier (DNAI) selection by including a PvD ID in, for example, PDU session establishment messages.

A method, implemented in a first network element is described. The method may include determining that a service may be to be migrated from a first site to a second site, the service involving processing data from a device having moved from a first point of attachment to a second point of attachment. The method may include sending a first request to a second network element of the second site to establish a traffic session with the first network element, the first request indicating an IP prefix in use by the device to reach the service. The method may include establishing an IP tunnel between the first network element and the second network element, such that traffic received by the first network element and directed to the IP prefix may be sent through the tunnel.

A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may establish a multi-access (MA) protocol data unit (PDU) in accordance with the examples described herein. The WTRU may establish a new packet data network (PDN) connection or identify a suitable existing PDN connection in an evolved packet core (EPC), establish a MA-PDU in a 5G core network (5GC), and associate the existing PDN with the MA-PDU. The WTRU may already have a MA-PDU session established in 5GC with both 3GPP access leg and non-3GPP access leg in 5GC, and the WTRU may replace the 3GPP access leg in 5GC with a suitable PDN connection in EPC. The WTRU may send a request for establishing a single-access PDU session in 5GC via non-3GPP access, and a 5GC network may upgrade a PDU session established for the WTRU to a MA-PDU with 3GPP access leg in EPC.

Methods (1100, 1300) and apparatuses (600, 1200) for video coding and decoding are provided. The method of video encoding includes accessing (1110) a reconstructed block corresponding to a block in a picture of a video, determining (1120) at least one filter pattern based on a property of the block and filtering (1130) the reconstructed block according to the at least one filter pattern. The method of video decoding includes accessing (1310) a reconstructed block corresponding to a block in a picture of an encoded video, determining (1320) at least one filter pattern based on a property of the block and filtering (1330) the reconstructed block according to the at least one filter pattern. A bitstream formatted to include encoded data, a computer-readable storage medium and a computer program product are also described.

A WTRU may initiate access for a PDU session over multiple access networks. The WTRU may register with two or more access networks. For example, the WTRU may register with a 3GPP access network (e.g., LTE Advanced) and a non-3GPP access network (e.g., Wi-Fi). The WTRU may determine to request a multi-access PDU session for a (e.g., at least one) PDU session. A multi-access PDU session may correspond to a PDU session where the WTRU communicates one or more PDUs associated with the PDU session over the 3GPP access network and one or more PDUs associated with the PDU session over the non-3GPP access network. The WTRU may receive a confirmation message indicating that a multi-access PDU session has been established. The WTRU may send uplink data over the 3GPP access network and the non-3GPP access network, e.g., in accordance with the established multi-access PDU session.

Methods and apparatuses for scheduling sidelink communications in unlicensed spectrum are disclosed. A method performed by a first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may comprise: obtaining a grant for transmission on a sidelink (SL); receiving, from a second WTRU or an additional WTRU, a transmission that includes first channel occupancy time (COT) information; on a condition that the grant is for transmission on the SL during a COT associated with the second WTRU or an additional WTRU, determining, from a transmission received from the second WTRU, the additional WTRU, or both the second and the additional WTRU, cast information; performing a listen before talk (LBT) procedure using a set of parameters associated with information received from the second WTRU or additional WTRU; and on a condition that the LBT procedure is successful, transmitting, based on the determined cast information, data that includes second COT information.

A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive configuration information. The WTRU may transmit a plurality of codeblock groups (CBGs) corresponding to one or more protocol data units (PDUs) of a first PDU set. The WTRU may receive feedback indicating that at least one of the plurality of CBGs of the first PDU set was not successfully received. The WTRU may determine that dynamic PUSCH resource grants are later in time than a second PUSCH transmission occasion. The WTRU may determine whether to retransmit the at least one of the plurality of CBGs of the first PDU set using the dynamic PUSCH resource grants or using the second PUSCH transmission occasion. The determination may be based on an amount of time remaining in a delay budget for the first PDU set. The WTRU may retransmit the at least one of the plurality of CBGs of the first PDU set.

Extra precision can be added to motion vectors, such as those obtained using advanced motion vector prediction or frame rate upconversion, to produce improved motion compensation. The increased precision from neighboring blocks are used to provide increased precision to a motion vector for a current block. In various embodiments, the derivation of the increased precision can be found through various methods. In other embodiments, refined motion vectors can be saved for use in subsequent predictions, and a rate distorion optimized selection can be performed for determining whether or not to use the refinement.

The general aspects extend motion modes, such as merge with motion vector difference, and symmetrical motion vector difference, to motion models beyond a simple translational model, for example in combination with merge and alternative temporal motion vector prediction modes. Embodiments extend the use of MMVD and SMVD motion vector coding tools to all the motion model derivation methods and temporal prediction methods that are supported in proposed video standards, so as to increase the overall compression performance. Particular embodiments describe combining MMVD or SMVD with the affine motion model, the ATMVP motion model, the planar motion model, the regressive motion field, the triangle-partition-based motion model, the GBI temporal prediction method, the LIC temporal prediction method and the Multi-hypothesis prediction method.

Methods and systems are described herein for bandwidth part (BWP) operation in 5G wireless systems. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), configured with at least one bandwidth part (BWP), may receive a signal including an indication for the WTRU to perform measurements on a target BWP, which may be received as part of downlink control information (DCI) in the current active BWP. The WTRU may determine a measurement gap type based on at least one of a subcarrier spacing (SCS) of a current active BWP and a SCS of the target BWP. The WTRU may determine a measurement gap for the target BWP based on the measurement gap type. The WTRU may measure channel state information (CSI) in the target BWP during the measurement gap. The WTRU may send a report including the measured CSI in the current active BWP.

A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive a service switch message from a network node, requesting a session to be switched from the WTRU to a personal internet of things (loT) network (PIN) element (PINE). The PINE may be associated with the PIN. The WTRU may determine a second WTRU that supports session switching. The WTRU may send a confirmation message to the network node, indicating a session identifier and/or an indication indicating that the second WTRU supports the session switching. The WTRU may send a configuration message to the second WTRU, indicating a PINE identifier, the session identifier, and/or a request to support the session switching. The WTRU may receive a confirmation message from the second WTRU, indicating that the second WTRU has been configured to support the session switching. The WTRU may send a service switch response message to the network node.

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