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Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a UE capability request message from a base station. The UE may transmit a UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of a non-terrestrial based network (NTN), a terrestrial based network (TN), or both an NTN and a TN to the base station in response to the UE capability request message. Numerous other aspects are described.

Description

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[0001] CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This patent application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63 / 266,812, filed on January 14, 2022, entitled "SELECTIVE REPORTING OF USER EQUIPMENT CAPABILITY INFORMATION," and U.S. Non-Provisional Patent Application No. 18 / 066,822, filed on December 15, 2022, entitled "SELECTIVE REPORTING OF USER EQUIPMENT CAPABILITY INFORMATION," which are expressly incorporated herein by reference. [Background technology]

[0002] Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to wireless communications and to techniques and apparatus for reporting of user equipment (UE) capability information.

[0003] Wireless communication systems have been widely deployed to provide various telecommunication services such as telephony, video, data, messaging, and broadcasts. Typical wireless communication systems may utilize multiple access technologies capable of supporting communication with multiple users by sharing available system resources (e.g., bandwidth, transmit power, etc.). Examples of such multiple access technologies include code division multiple access (CDMA) systems, time division multiple access (TDMA) systems, frequency division multiple access (FDMA) systems, orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) systems, single-carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) systems, time division synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA) systems, and Long Term Evolution (LTE). LTE / LTE-Advanced is a set of extensions to the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) mobile standard promulgated by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP®).

[0004] A wireless network may include one or more base stations supporting communication for wireless communication devices, such as a user equipment (UE) or multiple UEs. A UE may communicate with a base station via downlink and uplink communications. The "downlink" (or "DL") refers to the communication link from a base station to a UE, and the "uplink" (or "UL") refers to the communication link from a UE to a base station. Some wireless networks may support device-to-device communications via local links (e.g., a sidelink (SL), a wireless local area network (WLAN) link, and / or a wireless personal area network (WPAN) link, among other examples), etc.

[0005] The above multiple access technologies have been adopted in various telecommunications standards to provide a common protocol that allows different UEs to communicate on a city, national, regional, and / or global scale. New Radio (NR), sometimes referred to as 5G, is a set of enhancements to the LTE mobile standard promulgated by 3GPP. NR is designed to better support mobile broadband Internet access by improving spectral efficiency, lowering costs, improving services, taking advantage of new spectrum, and using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) with cyclic prefix (CP) (CP-OFDM) on the downlink and CP-OFDM and / or single-carrier frequency division multiplexing (SC-FDM) (also known as discrete Fourier transform spread OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM)) on the uplink, as well as better integration with other open standards supporting beamforming, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna technology, and carrier aggregation. As the demand for mobile broadband access continues to grow, further improvements in LTE, NR, and other radio access technologies remain useful. Summary of the Invention

[0006] Certain aspects described herein relate to a method of wireless communication implemented in a UE device. The method may include receiving a UE capability request message. The method may include transmitting, in response to the UE capability request message, a UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of a NTN, a TN, or both the NTN and the TN based at least in part on the network information.

[0007] Certain aspects described herein relate to a method of wireless communication implemented in an apparatus of a network node. The method may include transmitting a UE capability request message for a UE. The method may include receiving, in response to the UE capability request message, a UE capability information message for the UE indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of an NTN, a TN, or both the NTN and the TN based at least in part on the network information.

[0008] Certain aspects described herein relate to an apparatus for wireless communication in a UE. The apparatus may include a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The one or more processors may be configured to receive a UE capability request message. The one or more processors may be configured to transmit, in response to the UE capability request message, a UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of an NTN, a TN, or both an NTN and a TN based at least in part on the network information.

[0009] Certain aspects described herein relate to an apparatus for wireless communication in a network node. The apparatus may include a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The one or more processors may be configured to transmit a UE capability request message for the UE. The one or more processors may be configured to receive, in response to the UE capability request message, a UE capability information message for the UE indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of an NTN, a TN, or both an NTN and a TN based at least in part on the network information.

[0010] Certain aspects described herein relate to a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication by a UE. The set of instructions, when executed by one or more processors of the UE, may cause the UE to receive a UE capability request message. The set of instructions, when executed by the one or more processors of the UE, may cause the UE to transmit, in response to the UE capability request message, a UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN based at least in part on the network information.

[0011] Certain aspects described herein relate to a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication by a network node. The set of instructions, when executed by one or more processors of the network node, may cause the network node to transmit a UE capability request message for a UE. The set of instructions, when executed by the one or more processors of the network node, may cause the network node to receive, in response to the UE capability request message, a UE capability information message for the UE indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN based at least in part on the network information.

[0012] Certain aspects described herein relate to an apparatus for wireless communication. The apparatus may include means for receiving a UE capability request message. The apparatus may include means for transmitting, in response to the UE capability request message, a UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN based at least in part on the network information.

[0013] Certain aspects described herein relate to an apparatus for wireless communication. The apparatus may include means for transmitting a UE capability request message for a UE. The apparatus may include means for receiving, in response to the UE capability request message, a UE capability information message for the UE indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of an NTN, a TN, or both an NTN and a TN based at least in part on the network information.

[0014] Certain aspects described herein relate to a method of wireless communication implemented by a user equipment (UE) device. The method may include receiving a UE capability request message from a base station. The method may include transmitting a UE capability information message to the base station in response to the UE capability request message, the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of a non-terrestrial based network (NTN), a terrestrial based network (TN), or both the NTN and the TN.

[0015] Certain aspects described herein relate to a method of wireless communication implemented by an apparatus of a base station. The method may include transmitting a UE capability request message to a UE. The method may include receiving a UE capability information message from the UE in response to the UE capability request message, the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of an NTN, a TN, or both the NTN and the TN.

[0016] Certain aspects described herein relate to a method of wireless communication implemented by a UE device. The method may include receiving a UE capability request message from a base station. The method may include transmitting, in response to the UE capability request message, a UE capability information message to the base station indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of an unlicensed spectrum, a licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum.

[0017] Certain aspects described herein relate to a method of wireless communication implemented by an apparatus of a base station. The method may include transmitting a UE capability request message to a UE. The method may include receiving a UE capability information message from the UE in response to the UE capability request message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of an unlicensed spectrum, a licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum.

[0018] Certain aspects described herein relate to an apparatus for wireless communication in a UE. The apparatus may include a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The one or more processors may be configured to receive a UE capability request message from a base station. The one or more processors may be configured to transmit a UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of an NTN, a TN, or both an NTN and a TN to the base station in response to the UE capability request message.

[0019] Certain aspects described herein relate to an apparatus for wireless communication in a base station. The apparatus may include a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The one or more processors may be configured to transmit a UE capability request message to a UE. The one or more processors may be configured to receive a UE capability information message from the UE in response to the UE capability request message, the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of an NTN, a TN, or both an NTN and a TN.

[0020] Certain aspects described herein relate to an apparatus for wireless communication in a UE. The apparatus may include a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The one or more processors may be configured to receive a UE capability request message from a base station. The one or more processors may be configured to transmit a UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of an unlicensed spectrum, a licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum to the base station in response to the UE capability request message.

[0021] Certain aspects described herein relate to an apparatus for wireless communication in a base station. The apparatus may include a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The one or more processors may be configured to transmit a UE capabilities request message to a UE. The one or more processors may be configured to receive a UE capabilities information message from the UE in response to the UE capabilities request message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of an unlicensed spectrum, a licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum.

[0022] Certain aspects described herein relate to a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication by a UE. The set of instructions, when executed by one or more processors of the UE, may cause the UE to receive a UE capability request message from a base station. The set of instructions, when executed by the one or more processors of the UE, may cause the UE to transmit a UE capability information message to the base station in response to the UE capability request message, the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of an NTN, a TN, or both an NTN and a TN.

[0023] Certain aspects described herein relate to a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication by a base station. The set of instructions, when executed by one or more processors of the base station, may cause the base station to transmit a UE capability request message to a UE. The set of instructions, when executed by the one or more processors of the base station, may cause the base station to receive a UE capability information message from the UE in response to the UE capability request message, the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of an NTN, a TN, or both an NTN and a TN.

[0024] Certain aspects described herein relate to a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication by a UE. The set of instructions, when executed by one or more processors of the UE, may cause the UE to receive a UE capability request message from a base station. The set of instructions, when executed by the one or more processors of the UE, may cause the UE to transmit a UE capability information message to the base station in response to the UE capability request message, the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of an unlicensed spectrum, a licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum.

[0025] Certain aspects described herein relate to a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication by a base station. The set of instructions, when executed by one or more processors of the base station, may cause the base station to transmit a UE capability request message to a UE. The set of instructions, when executed by the one or more processors of the base station, may cause the base station to receive a UE capability information message from the UE in response to the UE capability request message, the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of an unlicensed spectrum, a licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum.

[0026] Certain aspects described herein relate to an apparatus for wireless communication. The apparatus can include means for receiving a UE capability request message from a base station. The apparatus can include means for transmitting a UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of an NTN, a TN, or both an NTN and a TN to the base station in response to the UE capability request message.

[0027] Certain aspects described herein relate to an apparatus for wireless communication. The apparatus may include means for transmitting a UE capability request message to a UE. The apparatus may include means for receiving a UE capability information message from the UE in response to the UE capability request message, the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of an NTN, a TN, or both an NTN and a TN.

[0028] Certain aspects described herein relate to an apparatus for wireless communications. The apparatus can include means for receiving a UE capability request message from a base station. The apparatus can include means for transmitting a UE capability information message to the base station in response to the UE capability request message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of an unlicensed spectrum, a licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum.

[0029] Certain aspects described herein relate to an apparatus for wireless communications. The apparatus may include means for transmitting a UE capabilities request message to a UE. The apparatus may include means for receiving a UE capabilities information message from the UE in response to the UE capabilities request message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of an unlicensed spectrum, a licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum.

[0030] Aspects generally include methods, apparatus, systems, computer program products, non-transitory computer-readable media, user equipment, base stations, network entities, network nodes, wireless communication devices, and / or processing systems substantially as described herein with reference to and as illustrated in the drawings and this specification.

[0031] The foregoing has outlined rather broadly the features and technical advantages of examples according to the present disclosure in order that the following Detailed Description may be better understood. Additional features and advantages are described hereinafter. The concepts and specific examples disclosed may be readily utilized as a basis for modifying or designing other structures for carrying out the same purposes of the present disclosure. Such equivalent constructions do not depart from the scope of the appended claims. The properties of the concepts disclosed herein, both their organization and method of operation, together with associated advantages, will be better understood in consideration of the following description in conjunction with the accompanying figures. Each of the figures is provided for the purpose of illustration and explanation, and not as a definition of the limitations of the claims.

[0032] So that the above-listed features of the present disclosure can be understood in detail, a more detailed description, briefly summarized above, may be had by referring to embodiments, some of which are shown in the attached drawings. However, since the present description may admit of other equally effective embodiments, it should be noted that the attached drawings show only some typical embodiments of the present disclosure and therefore should not be considered as limiting its scope. The same reference numbers in different drawings may identify the same or similar elements. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0033] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a wireless network in accordance with the present disclosure. [Diagram 2] FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a base station in communication with a user equipment (UE) in a wireless network in accordance with the present disclosure. [Diagram 3] FIG. 1 illustrates an example of an open radio access network (O-RAN) architecture in accordance with the present disclosure. [Figure 4] FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a regenerative satellite deployment and an example of a transparent satellite deployment in a non-terrestrial based network (NTN) according to the present disclosure. [Diagram 5] FIG. 1 illustrates an example of unlicensed and licensed radio frequency bands in accordance with the present disclosure. [Figure 6A] FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a UE capability report according to the present disclosure. [Figure 6B] FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a UE capability report according to the present disclosure. [Figure 7] FIG. 1 illustrates an example associated with selective reporting of UE capability information in accordance with the present disclosure. [Figure 8] FIG. 1 illustrates an example associated with selective reporting of UE capability information in accordance with the present disclosure. [Figure 9] FIG. 2 illustrates an example process associated with selective reporting of UE capability information in accordance with the present disclosure. [Figure 10] FIG. 2 illustrates an example process associated with selective reporting of UE capability information in accordance with the present disclosure. [Figure 11] FIG. 2 illustrates an example process associated with selective reporting of UE capability information in accordance with the present disclosure. [Figure 12] FIG. 2 illustrates an example process associated with selective reporting of UE capability information in accordance with the present disclosure. [Figure 13] FIG. 1 is a diagram of an example apparatus for wireless communication in accordance with the present disclosure. [Figure 14] FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a hardware implementation for an apparatus employing a processing system according to the present disclosure. [Figure 15] FIG. 1 illustrates an example implementation of code and circuitry for an apparatus according to the present disclosure. [Figure 16] FIG. 1 is a diagram of an example apparatus for wireless communication in accordance with the present disclosure. [Figure 17] FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a hardware implementation for an apparatus employing a processing system according to the present disclosure. [Figure 18] FIG. 1 illustrates an example implementation of code and circuitry for an apparatus according to the present disclosure. [Figure 19] FIG. 2 illustrates an example process associated with selective reporting of UE capability information in accordance with the present disclosure. [Figure 20] FIG. 2 illustrates an example process associated with selective reporting of UE capability information in accordance with the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0034] A user equipment (UE) may report UE capability information to a base station indicating one or more UE capabilities. The UE capability information may indicate per-band capabilities of the UE for one or more bands or band combinations (i.e., UE capabilities related to a band or band combination) and / or may indicate per-UE capabilities of the UE (i.e., band-independent UE capabilities, such as UE capabilities indicating capabilities other than supported bands or band combinations). That is, the UE capability information for a UE may collectively include per-band capabilities and per-UE capabilities of the UE. Per-band capabilities may indicate supported bands or band combinations (e.g., by band number), support for aperiodic beam reporting, and / or beam report timing capabilities, among other examples. Per-UE capabilities may indicate support for radio resource control (RRC) inactive state, support for a two-step random-access channel (RACH) procedure, and / or measurement capabilities, among other examples.

[0035] A UE may communicate using a non-terrestrial based network (NTN) and / or a terrestrial based network (TN). A set of UE capabilities for the NTN may be different from a set of UE capabilities for the TN. Thus, the UE may report such different sets of UE capabilities separately to the base station. For example, the UE may transmit a UE capability information message indicating the UE's band-related capabilities (e.g., the UE's per-band capabilities), the UE's per-UE capabilities for the TN, and the UE's per-UE capabilities for the NTN. Many or all of the information elements of the UE capability information message used to report the per-UE capabilities for the NTN may be duplicates of the information elements of the UE capability information message used to report the per-UE capabilities for the TN. Thus, the size of the UE capability information message may be relatively large, thereby consuming significant network resources.

[0036] In some cases, the UE may provide an indication in the UE capability information message as to whether the UE supports NTN access. In one example, the UE may not include per-band UE capabilities associated with the NTN band in the UE capability information message sent by the UE when accessing the TN, but may include an indication that the UE supports NTN access. For example, the UE may do so when the transport block size is limited and TN access is preferred. Here, the base station may send a UE capability request message to obtain UE capabilities for the NTN before the UE mobility / handover to the NTN is triggered, or after the UE moves to the NTN, at a later time while the UE is still in the same TN. In another example, the per-UE capabilities indicated by the UE in the UE capability information message may be applicable to both the TN and the NTN when the UE indicates support for NTN access but does not indicate per-band UE capabilities associated with the NTN band. Here, the base station may send a UE capability request message for the UE to provide per-band UE capabilities or all UE capabilities for the NTN later when there is available bandwidth.

[0037] In order to reduce the size of the UE capability information message, the base station may provide a band filtering indication to the UE. The band filtering indication may indicate the bands or band combinations for which the UE will report per-band capabilities in the UE capability information. For example, the band filtering indication may indicate one or more TN bands or band combinations and / or one or more NTN bands or band combinations for which the UE will report per-band capabilities.

[0038] However, a similar filtering indication does not exist for per-UE capabilities. Thus, the UE may report per-UE capabilities for both NTN and TN in the UE capability information in all reporting scenarios, or the UE may report per-UE capabilities for only one of NTN or TN in the UE capability information in all reporting scenarios. When the base station requires UE capability information for only one of NTN or TN, reporting per-UE capabilities for both NTN and TN results in overhead and consumes additional network resources. Similarly, when the base station requires UE capability information for both NTN and TN, reporting per-UE capabilities for only one of NTN or TN results in the base station receiving an incomplete set of UE capability information for the UE. As a result, the base station may send multiple requests for UE capability information to obtain per-UE capability information for both NTN and TN, thereby consuming additional network resources and / or the base station may configure the UE based on the incomplete UE capability information. A similar situation may arise in connection with reporting UE capability information for licensed and unlicensed spectrum (e.g., a UE may have different per-UE capabilities for licensed and unlicensed spectrum and thus the UE may need to report such different capabilities separately).

[0039] Some techniques and devices described herein provide selective reporting of UE capability information, in particular, selective reporting of per-UE capabilities (e.g., band-independent capabilities) of UE capability information. For example, if a base station can utilize UE capability information for NTN or TN, the UE may report UE capability information for NTN or TN as well. Thus, overhead associated with reporting UE capability information for both NTN and TN is reduced. As another example, if a base station can utilize UE capability information for both NTN and TN, the UE may report UE capability information for both NTN and TN as well. Thus, multiple requests to the base station to configure the UE according to UE capability information and / or an incomplete set of UE capability information that may result from reporting UE capability information for NTN or TN when the base station can utilize UE capability for both NTN and TN can be avoided.

[0040] In some aspects, the UE may receive an explicit indication from the base station of whether the UE will report UE capability information for the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN. In some aspects, the UE may determine whether the UE will report UE capability information for the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN based at least in part on network information (which may indicate, for example, that the UE is in coverage of the NTN and / or the TN) and / or UE information (which may indicate, for example, whether communication using the NTN and / or the TN is possible for the UE).

[0041] Similarly, the UE may selectively report UE capability information for one of the licensed spectrum or the unlicensed spectrum, or for both the licensed spectrum and the unlicensed spectrum. For example, if the base station is able to utilize UE capability information for one of the unlicensed spectrum or the licensed spectrum, the UE may similarly report UE capability information for one of the unlicensed spectrum or the licensed spectrum that may be utilized by the base station. Thus, when the base station is able to utilize UE capability information for one of the unlicensed spectrum or the licensed spectrum, the overhead associated with reporting UE capability information for both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum is reduced. As another example, if the base station is able to utilize UE capability information for both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum, the UE may similarly report UE capability information for both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum. Thus, when the base station is able to utilize UE capability information for both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum, multiple requests to the base station to configure the UE according to an incomplete set of UE capability information and / or UE capability information that may result from reporting UE capability information for one unlicensed spectrum or licensed spectrum may be avoided.

[0042] Various aspects of the present disclosure are described more fully below with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present disclosure may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to any specific structure or function presented throughout the present disclosure. Rather, these aspects are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art. Those skilled in the art should understand that the scope of the present disclosure is intended to encompass any aspect of the present disclosure disclosed herein, whether implemented independently of or in combination with any other aspect of the present disclosure. For example, an apparatus may be implemented or a method may be performed using any number of the aspects described herein. It should be noted that the scope of the present disclosure is intended to encompass such an apparatus or method that is practiced using other structure, functionality, or structure and functionality in addition to or other than the various aspects of the present disclosure described herein. It should be understood that any aspect of the present disclosure disclosed herein may be embodied by one or more elements of a claim.

[0043] Several aspects of a telecommunications system are now presented with reference to various apparatus and techniques that are described in the detailed description that follows and illustrated in the accompanying drawings by various blocks, modules, components, circuits, steps, processes, algorithms, etc. (collectively referred to as "elements"). These elements may be realized using hardware, software, or a combination thereof. Whether such elements are implemented as hardware or software depends on the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system.

[0044] Although aspects may be described herein using terminology commonly associated with 5G or New Radio (NR) radio access technology (RAT), aspects of the disclosure may be applicable to other RATs, such as 3G RATs, 4G RATs, and / or post-5G (e.g., 6G) RATs.

[0045] FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a wireless network 100 in accordance with the present disclosure. The wireless network 100 may be or include elements of a 5G (e.g., NR) network and / or a 4G (e.g., Long Term Evolution (LTE)) network, among other examples. The wireless network 100 may include one or more base stations 110 (shown as BS 110a, BS 110b, BS 110c, and BS 110d), a UE 120 or multiple UEs 120 (shown as UE 120a, UE 120b, UE 120c, UE 120d, and UE 120e), and / or other network entities. The base stations 110 are entities that communicate with the UEs 120. The base stations 110 (which may be referred to as BSs) may include, for example, NR base stations, LTE base stations, Node Bs, eNBs (e.g., in 4G), gNBs (e.g., in 5G), access points, and / or transmit / receive points (TRPs). Each base station 110 can provide communication coverage for a particular geographic area. In the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), the term "cell" can refer to the coverage area of ​​a base station 110 and / or a base station subsystem serving that coverage area, depending on the context in which the term is used.

[0046] A base station 110 may provide communication coverage for a macro cell, a pico cell, a femto cell, and / or another type of cell. A macro cell may cover a relatively large geographic area (e.g., a few kilometers in radius) and may allow unrestricted access by UEs 120 with a service subscription. A pico cell may cover a relatively small geographic area and may allow unrestricted access by UEs 120 with a service subscription. A femto cell may cover a relatively small geographic area (e.g., a home) and may allow restricted access by UEs 120 with an association with the femto cell (e.g., UEs 120 in a closed subscriber group (CSG)). A base station 110 for a macro cell may be referred to as a macro base station. A base station 110 for a pico cell may be referred to as a pico base station. A base station 110 for a femto cell may be referred to as a femto base station or a home base station. 1, BS 110a may be a macro base station for a macro cell 102a, BS 110b may be a pico base station for a pico cell 102b, and BS 110c may be a femto base station for a femto cell 102c. A base station may support one or multiple (e.g., three) cells.

[0047] In some examples, the cells may not necessarily be fixed, and the geographical area of ​​the cells may move according to the location of the base stations 110 that are mobile (e.g., mobile base stations). In some examples, the base stations 110 may be interconnected to each other and / or to one or more other base stations 110 or network nodes (not shown) within the wireless network 100 through various types of backhaul interfaces, such as direct physical connections or virtual networks, using any suitable transport network.

[0048] In some aspects, the term "base station" (e.g., base station 110) or "network node" or "network entity" may refer to an aggregated base station, a distributed base station (e.g., as described in connection with FIG. 9), an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node, a relay node, and / or one or more components thereof. For example, in some aspects, a "base station", "network node", or "network entity" may refer to a central unit (CU), a distributed unit (DU), a radio unit (RU), a Near-Real Time (Near-RT) RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC), or a Non-Real Time (Non-RT) RIC, or a combination thereof. In some aspects, the term "base station", "network node", or "network entity" may refer to a device configured to perform one or more functions, such as those described herein with respect to base station 110. In some aspects, the term "base station," "network node," or "network entity" may refer to multiple devices configured to perform one or more functions. For example, in some distributed systems, several different devices (which may be located at the same geographic location or different geographic locations) may each be configured to perform at least a portion of the functions or replicate the implementation of at least a portion of the functions, and the term "base station," "network node," or "network entity" may refer to any one or more of those different devices. In some aspects, the term "base station," "network node," or "network entity" may refer to one or more virtual base stations and / or one or more virtual base station functions. For example, in some aspects, two or more base station functions may be instantiated on a single device.In some aspects, the terms "base station," "network node," or "network entity" may refer to one of the base station functions and not to another. In this manner, a single device may include two or more base stations.

[0049] The wireless network 100 may include one or more relay stations. A relay station is an entity that can receive a data transmission from an upstream station (e.g., a base station 110 or a UE 120) and transmit the data transmission to a downstream station (e.g., a UE 120 or a base station 110). A relay station may be a UE 120 that can relay a transmission for another UE 120. In the example shown in FIG. 1, a BS 110d (e.g., a relay base station) may communicate with a BS 110a (e.g., a macro base station) and a UE 120d to facilitate communication between the BS 110a (e.g., a macro base station) and the UE 120d. A base station 110 that relays communication may be referred to as a relay station, a relay base station, a repeater, etc.

[0050] The wireless network 100 may be a heterogeneous network that includes different types of base stations 110, such as macro base stations, pico base stations, femto base stations, relay base stations, etc. These different types of base stations 110 may have different transmit power levels, different coverage areas, and / or different susceptibility to interference within the wireless network 100. For example, a macro base station may have a high transmit power level (e.g., 5-40 Watts), while the pico, femto, and relay base stations may have a lower transmit power level (e.g., 0.1-2 Watts).

[0051] A network controller 130 may be coupled to or in communication with a set of base stations 110 and may provide coordination and control for these base stations 110. The network controller 130 may communicate with the base stations 110 via backhaul or midhaul communication links. The base stations 110 may communicate with each other directly or indirectly via wireless or wired backhaul communication links. In some aspects the network controller 130 may be or may include a CU or core network device.

[0052] UEs 120 may be dispersed throughout wireless network 100, and each UE 120 may be fixed or mobile. UEs 120 may include, for example, access terminals, terminals, mobile stations, and / or subscriber units. UEs 120 may be cellular telephones (e.g., smartphones), personal digital assistants (PDAs), wireless modems, wireless communication devices, handheld devices, laptop computers, cordless phones, wireless local loop (WLL) stations, tablets, cameras, gaming devices, netbooks, smartbooks, ultrabooks, medical devices, biometric devices, wearable devices (e.g., smart watches, smart clothing, smart glasses, smart wristbands, smart jewelry (e.g., smart rings or smart bracelets)), entertainment devices (e.g., music devices, video devices, and / or satellite radios), vehicle components or sensors, smart meters / sensors, industrial manufacturing equipment, global positioning system devices, UE functions of network nodes, and / or any other suitable device configured to communicate over a wireless or wired medium.

[0053] Some UEs 120 may be considered as machine-type communication (MTC) UEs or evolved or enhanced machine-type communication (eMTC) UEs. MTC UEs and / or eMTC UEs may include, for example, a robot, a drone, a remote device, a sensor, a meter, a monitor, and / or a location tag that may communicate with a base station, another device (e.g., a remote device), or some other entity. Some UEs 120 may be considered as Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices and / or may be implemented as NB-IoT (narrowband IoT) devices. Some UEs 120 may be considered as customer premises equipment. The UE 120 may be included within a housing that houses components of the UE 120, such as a processor component and / or a memory component. In some examples, the processor component and the memory component may be coupled to each other. For example, a processor component (e.g., one or more processors) and a memory component (e.g., memory) may be operatively coupled, communicatively coupled, electronically coupled, and / or electrically coupled.

[0054] In general, any number of wireless networks 100 may be deployed in a given geographic area. Each wireless network 100 may support a particular RAT and may operate on one or more frequencies. The RAT may be referred to as a radio technology, an air interface, etc. The frequencies may be referred to as a carrier, a frequency channel, etc. To avoid interference between wireless networks of different RATs, each frequency may support a single RAT in a given geographic area. In some cases, NR networks or 5G RAT networks may be deployed.

[0055] In some examples, two or more UEs 120 (e.g., shown as UE 120a and UE 120e) may communicate directly (e.g., without using base station 110 as an intermediary to communicate with each other) using one or more sidelink channels. For example, UEs 120 may communicate using peer-to-peer (P2P) communications, device-to-device (D2D) communications, vehicle-to-everything (V2X) protocols (which may include, e.g., vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) protocols, vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) protocols, or vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P) protocols), and / or mesh networks. In such examples, UEs 120 may perform scheduling operations, resource selection operations, and / or other operations described elsewhere herein as being performed by base station 110.

[0056] The electromagnetic spectrum is often further divided by frequency / wavelength into various classes, bands, channels, etc. In 5G NR, two initial operating bands have been identified with frequency range designations FR1 (410 MHz-7.125 GHz) and FR2 (24.25 GHz-52.6 GHz). It should be understood that FR1 is often referred to (interchangeably) as the "sub-6 GHz" band in various documents and papers, although a portion of FR1 is above 6 GHz. A similar nomenclature issue may arise with respect to FR2, which is often referred to (interchangeably) as the "millimeter wave" band in documents and papers, even though it is different from the extremely high frequency (EHF) band (30 GHz-300 GHz) identified as the "millimeter wave" band by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).

[0057] Frequencies between FR1 and FR2 are often referred to as mid-band frequencies. Recent 5G NR studies have identified operating bands for these mid-band frequencies as a frequency range designation FR3 (7.125 GHz to 24.25 GHz). Frequency bands that fall within FR3 may inherit FR1 and / or FR2 characteristics, and thus may in effect extend the features of FR1 and / or FR2 to the mid-band frequencies. Additionally, higher frequency bands are currently being explored to extend 5G NR operation beyond 52.6 GHz. For example, three higher operating bands have been identified as frequency range designations FR4a or FR4-1 (52.6 GHz to 71 GHz), FR4 (52.6 GHz to 114.25 GHz), and FR5 (114.25 GHz to 300 GHz). Each of these higher frequency bands falls within the EHF band.

[0058] With the above examples in mind, it should be understood that unless otherwise specified, terms such as "sub-6 GHz" as used herein may broadly refer to frequencies that may be below 6 GHz, may be within FR1, or may include mid-band frequencies. Additionally, unless otherwise specified, it should be understood that terms such as "millimeter wave" as used herein may broadly refer to frequencies that may be within FR2, FR4, FR4-a or FR4-1, and / or FR5, which may include mid-band frequencies, or may be within the EHF band. It is contemplated that the frequencies included within these operating bands (e.g., FR1, FR2, FR3, FR4, FR4-a, FR4-1, and / or FR5) may be modified, and the techniques described herein are applicable to those modified frequency ranges.

[0059] In some aspects, the UE 120 may include a communications manager 140. As described in more detail elsewhere herein, the communications manager 140 may receive a UE capability request message from a base station and transmit to the base station, in response to the UE capability request message, a UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of an NTN, a TN, or both an NTN and a TN. As described in more detail elsewhere herein, the communications manager 140 may receive a UE capability request message from a base station and transmit to the base station, in response to the UE capability request message, a UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of an unlicensed spectrum, a licensed spectrum, or both an unlicensed spectrum and a licensed spectrum. Additionally or alternatively, the communications manager 140 may perform one or more other operations described herein.

[0060] In some aspects, the base station 110 may include a communications manager 150. As described in more detail elsewhere herein, the communications manager 150 may send a UE capability request message to the UE and receive a UE capability information message from the UE in response to the UE capability request message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN. As described in more detail elsewhere herein, the communications manager 150 may send a UE capability request message to the UE and receive a UE capability information message from the UE in response to the UE capability request message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum. Additionally or alternatively, the communications manager 150 may perform one or more other operations described herein.

[0061] In some aspects, as shown in FIG. 1, the cells may be provided by base stations 110 used in an NTN. The NTN may include an NTN entity 160 (e.g., a satellite, a balloon, an airship, an airplane, an unmanned aerial vehicle, or a high-altitude platform station). The base stations 110 of the NTN may be base stations carried by the NTN entity 160 (regenerative deployment) or ground-based base stations communicating through the NTN entity 160 (bent-pipe or transparent deployment), as described in connection with FIG. 4. Communications may be implemented in the TN without the use of an NTN entity.

[0062] As noted above, Figure 1 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from those described with respect to Figure 1.

[0063] 2 illustrates an example base station 200 in communication with a UE 120 in a wireless network 100 in accordance with the present disclosure. The base station 110 may be equipped with a set of antennas 234a through 234t, such as T antennas, where T≧1. The UE 120 may be equipped with a set of antennas 252a through 252r, such as R antennas, where R≧1.

[0064] At the base station 110, a transmit processor 220 may receive data intended for a UE 120 (or set of UEs 120) from a data source 212. The transmit processor 220 may select one or more modulation and coding schemes (MCSs) for the UE 120 based at least in part on one or more channel quality indicators (CQIs) received from the UE 120. The base station 110 may process (e.g., encode and modulate) data for the UE 120 based at least in part on the MCS(es) selected for the UE 120 and provide data symbols for the UE 120. The transmit processor 220 may process system information (e.g., related to semi-static resource partitioning information (SRPI)) and control information (e.g., CQI requests, grants, and / or higher layer signaling) and provide overhead symbols and control symbols. The transmit processor 220 may generate reference symbols for a reference signal (e.g., a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) or a demodulation reference signal (DMRS)) and a synchronization signal (e.g., a primary synchronization signal (PSS) or a secondary synchronization signal (SSS)). A transmit (TX) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) processor 230 may perform spatial processing (e.g., precoding) on ​​the data symbols, control symbols, overhead symbols, and / or reference symbols, if applicable, and may provide a set of output symbol streams (e.g., T output symbol streams) to a set of corresponding modems 232 (e.g., T modems), which are shown as modems 232a through 232t.For example, each output symbol stream may be provided to a modulator component (denoted as MOD) of modem 232. Each modem 232 may use a respective modulator component to process (e.g., for OFDM) a respective output symbol stream to obtain an output sample stream. Each modem 232 may further use a respective modulator component to process (e.g., convert to analog, amplify, filter, and / or upconvert) the output sample stream to obtain a downlink signal. Modems 232a through 232t may transmit a set of downlink signals (e.g., T downlink signals) via a corresponding set of antennas 234 (e.g., T antennas), denoted as antennas 234a through 234t.

[0065] At the UE 120, a set of antennas 252 (depicted as antennas 252a through 252r) may receive downlink signals from the base station 110 and / or other base stations 110 and may provide a set of received signals (e.g., R received signals) to a set of modems 254 (e.g., R modems), depicted as modems 254a through 254r. For example, each received signal may be provided to a demodulator component (depicted as DEMOD) of the modems 254. Each modem 254 may use a respective demodulator component to condition (e.g., filter, amplify, downconvert, and / or digitize) the received signal to obtain input samples. Each modem 254 may use a demodulator component to further process the input samples (e.g., for OFDM) to obtain received symbols. A MIMO detector 256 may obtain received symbols from the modems 254, perform MIMO detection on the received symbols, if applicable, and provide detected symbols. The receive processor 258 may process (e.g., demodulate and decode) the detected symbols, provide decoded data for the UE 120 to a data sink 260, and provide decoded control and system information to the controller / processor 280. The term "controller / processor" may refer to one or more controllers, one or more processors, or a combination thereof. The channel processor may determine a reference signal received power (RSRP) parameter, a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) parameter, a reference signal received quality (RSRQ) parameter, and / or a CQI parameter, among other examples. In some examples, one or more components of the UE 120 may be included within a housing 284.

[0066] The network controller 130 may include a communication unit 294, a controller / processor 290, and a memory 292. The network controller 130 may include, for example, one or more devices in a core network. The network controller 130 may communicate with the base station 110 via the communication unit 294.

[0067] One or more antennas (e.g., antennas 234a-t and / or antennas 252a-r) may include or be contained within one or more antenna panels, one or more antenna groups, one or more sets of antenna elements, and / or one or more antenna arrays, among other examples. An antenna panel, antenna group, set of antenna elements, and / or antenna array may include one or more antenna elements (in a single housing or multiple housings), a set of coplanar antenna elements, a set of non-coplanar antenna elements, and / or one or more antenna elements coupled to one or more transmitting and / or receiving components, such as one or more components of FIG.

[0068] On the uplink, at the UE 120, the transmit processor 264 may receive and process data from the data source 262 and control information from the controller / processor 280 (e.g., for reports including RSRP, RSSI, RSRQ, and / or CQI). The transmit processor 264 may generate reference symbols for one or more reference signals. The symbols from the transmit processor 264 may be precoded by the TX MIMO processor 266, if applicable, and may be further processed by the modem 254 (e.g., for DFT-s-OFDM or CP-OFDM) and transmitted to the base station 110. In some examples, the modem 254 of the UE 120 may include a modulator and a demodulator. In some examples, the UE 120 includes a transceiver. The transceiver may include any combination of the antenna(s) 252, the modem(s) 254, the MIMO detector 256, the receive processor 258, the transmit processor 264, and / or the TX MIMO processor 266. The transceiver may be used by a processor (eg, controller / processor 280) and memory 282 to perform aspects of any of the methods described herein.

[0069] At the base station 110, uplink signals from the UE 120 and / or other UEs may be received by the antenna 234, processed by the modem 232 (e.g., a demodulator component of the modem 232, denoted as DEMOD), detected by a MIMO detector 236, if applicable, and further processed by a receive processor 238 to obtain decoded data and control information transmitted by the UE 120. The receive processor 238 may provide the decoded data to a data sink 239 and the decoded control information to the controller / processor 240. The base station 110 may include a communication unit 244 and may communicate with the network controller 130 via the communication unit 244. The base station 110 may include a scheduler 246 for scheduling one or more UEs 120 for downlink and / or uplink communications. In some examples, the modem 232 of the base station 110 may include a modulator and a demodulator. In some examples, the base station 110 includes a transceiver. The transceiver may include any combination of antenna(s) 234, modem(s) 232, MIMO detector 236, receive processor 238, transmit processor 220, and / or TX MIMO processor 230. The transceiver, via a processor (e.g., controller / processor 240) and memory 242, may be used to perform any aspects of the methods described herein.

[0070] The controller / processor 240 of the base station 110, the controller / processor 280 of the UE 120, and / or any other component(s) of Figure 2 may implement one or more techniques associated with selective reporting of UE capability information, as described in more detail elsewhere herein. For example, the controller / processor 240 of the base station 110, the controller / processor 280 of the UE 120, and / or any other component(s) of Figure 2 may perform or direct the execution of, for example, process 900 of Figure 9, process 1000 of Figure 10, process 1100 of Figure 11, process 1200 of Figure 12, process 1900 of Figure 19, process 2000 of Figure 20, and / or other processes described herein. The memory 242 and the memory 282 may store data and program codes for the base station 110 and the UE 120, respectively. In some examples, memory 242 and / or memory 282 may include a non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores one or more instructions (e.g., code and / or program code) for wireless communication. For example, the one or more instructions, when executed by one or more processors of base station 110 and / or UE 120 (e.g., directly or after being compiled, translated, and / or interpreted), may cause one or more processors, UE 120, and / or base station 110 to perform or instruct the execution of, for example, process 900 of FIG. 9, process 1000 of FIG. 10, process 1100 of FIG. 11, process 1200 of FIG. 12, process 1900 of FIG. 19, process 2000 of FIG. 20, and / or other processes as described herein. In some examples, executing the instructions may include executing the instructions, translating the instructions, compiling the instructions, and / or interpreting the instructions, among other examples.

[0071] In some aspects, the UE includes means for receiving a UE capability request message from the base station and / or means for transmitting a UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN to the base station in response to the UE capability request message. Means for causing the UE to perform operations described herein may include, for example, one or more of the communications manager 140, the antenna 252, the modem 254, the MIMO detector 256, the receive processor 258, the transmit processor 264, the TX MIMO processor 266, the controller / processor 280, or the memory 282.

[0072] In some aspects, the base station includes means for transmitting a UE capability request message to the UE and / or means for receiving a UE capability information message from the UE in response to the UE capability request message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN. Means for the base station to perform operations described herein may include, for example, one or more of the communications manager 150, the transmit processor 220, the TX MIMO processor 230, the modem 232, the antennas 234, the MIMO detector 236, the receive processor 238, the controller / processor 240, the memory 242, or the scheduler 246.

[0073] In some aspects, the UE includes means for receiving a UE capability request message from the base station and / or means for transmitting a UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum to the base station in response to the UE capability request message. Means for causing the UE to perform operations described herein may include, for example, one or more of the communications manager 140, the antenna 252, the modem 254, the MIMO detector 256, the receive processor 258, the transmit processor 264, the TX MIMO processor 266, the controller / processor 280, or the memory 282.

[0074] In some aspects, the base station includes means for transmitting a UE capability request message to the UE and / or means for receiving a UE capability information message from the UE in response to the UE capability request message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum. Means for the base station to perform operations described herein may include, for example, one or more of the communications manager 150, the transmit processor 220, the TX MIMO processor 230, the modem 232, the antennas 234, the MIMO detector 236, the receive processor 238, the controller / processor 240, the memory 242, or the scheduler 246.

[0075] 2 are shown as separate components, the functionality described above with respect to the blocks may be implemented in a single hardware, software, or combination component, or in various combinations of components. For example, functionality described with respect to transmit processor 264, receive processor 258, and / or TX MIMO processor 266 may be performed by or under the control of controller / processor 280.

[0076] As noted above, Figure 2 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from those described with respect to Figure 2.

[0077] FIG. 3 illustrates an example of an open radio access network (O-RAN) architecture 300 according to the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 3, the O-RAN architecture may include a CU 310 that communicates with a core network 320 via a backhaul link. In addition, the CU 310 may communicate with one or more DUs 330 via respective midhaul links. The DUs 330 may each communicate with one or more RUs 340 via respective fronthaul links, and the RUs 340 may each communicate with a respective UE 120 via a radio frequency (RF) access link. The DUs 330 and RUs 340 may also be referred to as O-RAN DUs (O-DUs) 330 and O-RAN RUs (O-RUs) 340, respectively.

[0078] In some aspects, the DU 330 and the RU 340 may be implemented according to a functional split architecture in which the functionality of the base station 110 (e.g., eNB or gNB) is provided by the DU 330 and one or more RUs 340 communicating over a fronthaul link. Thus, as described herein, the base station 110 may include the DU 330 and one or more RUs 340, which may be co-located or geographically distributed. In some aspects, the DU 330 and associated RU(s) 340 may communicate over the fronthaul link to exchange real-time control plane information over a Lower Layer Split (LLS) Control Plane (LLS-C) interface, to exchange non-real-time management information over a LLS Management Plane (LLS-M) interface, and / or to exchange user plane information over a LLS User Plane (LLS-U) interface.

[0079] Thus, the DU 330 may correspond to a logical unit including one or more base station functions for controlling the operation of one or more RUs 340. For example, in some aspects, the DU 330 may host a Radio Link Control (RLC) layer, a Medium Access Control (MAC) layer, and one or more upper physical (PHY) layers (e.g., forward error correction (FEC) encoding and decoding, scrambling, and / or modulation and demodulation) based at least in part on a lower layer functional division. Upper layer control functions such as a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP), a Radio Resource Control (RRC), and / or a Service Data Adaptation Protocol (SDAP) may be hosted by the CU 310. The RU(s) 340 controlled by the DU 330 may correspond to logical nodes hosting RF processing functions and low PHY layer functions (e.g., fast Fourier transform (FFT), inverse FFT (iFFT), digital beamforming, and / or physical random access channel (PRACH) extraction and filtering) based at least in part on the lower layer functional division. Thus, in an O-RAN architecture, the RU(s) 340 handle all over-the-air (OTA) communications with the UE 120, and real-time and non-real-time aspects of the control and user plane communications with the RU(s) 340 are controlled by the corresponding DU 330, which enables the DU(s) 330 and CU 310 to run in a cloud-based RAN architecture.

[0080] As noted above, Figure 3 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from those described with respect to Figure 3.

[0081] FIG. 4 illustrates an example regenerative satellite deployment 400 and an example transparent satellite deployment 410 in an NTN in accordance with the present disclosure.

[0082] Example 400 illustrates a regenerative satellite deployment. In example 400, UE 120 is served by satellite 420 via service link 430. For example, satellite 420 may include BS 110 (e.g., BS 110a) or gNB. In some aspects, satellite 420 may be referred to as a non-terrestrial base station, a regenerative repeater, or an on-board processing repeater. In some aspects, satellite 420 may demodulate an uplink radio frequency signal and modulate a baseband signal derived from the uplink radio signal to generate a downlink radio frequency transmission. Satellite 420 may transmit the downlink radio frequency signal on service link 430. Satellite 420 may provide a cell covering UE 120.

[0083] Example 410 illustrates a transparent satellite deployment, sometimes referred to as a bent-pipe satellite deployment. In example 410, UE 120 is served by satellite 440 via service link 430. Satellite 440 may be a transparent satellite. Satellite 440 may relay signals received from gateway 450 via feeder link 460. For example, the satellite may receive uplink radio frequency transmissions and transmit downlink radio frequency transmissions without demodulating the uplink radio frequency transmissions. In some aspects, the satellite may frequency convert the uplink radio frequency transmissions received on service link 430 to the frequency of the uplink radio frequency transmissions on feeder link 460 and may amplify and / or filter the uplink radio frequency transmissions. In some aspects, UE 120 illustrated in examples 400 and 410 may be associated with Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) capabilities or Global Positioning System (GPS) capabilities, although not all UEs have such capabilities. Satellite 440 may provide a cell covering UE 120.

[0084] The service link 430 may include a link between the satellite 440 and the UE 120 and may include one or more of an uplink or a downlink. The feeder link 460 may include a link between the satellite 440 and the gateway 450 and may include one or more of an uplink (e.g., from the UE 120 to the gateway 450) or a downlink (e.g., from the gateway 450 to the UE 120).

[0085] The feeder link 460 and the service link 430 may each experience Doppler effects due to the movement of the satellites 420 and 440, and possibly the movement of the UE 120. These Doppler effects may be significantly greater than those in terrestrial-based networks. The Doppler effects on the feeder link 460 may be compensated to some extent, but may still be associated with some amount of uncompensated frequency error. Additionally, the gateway 450 may be associated with a residual frequency error and / or the satellites 420 / 440 may be associated with an on-board frequency error. These sources of frequency error may cause the downlink frequency received at the UE 120 to deviate from the desired downlink frequency.

[0086] UE 120 may have a set of UE capabilities for communication in the NTN that is different from the set of UE capabilities of UE 120 for communication in the TN.

[0087] As noted above, Figure 4 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from those described with respect to Figure 4.

[0088] FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example 500 of unlicensed and licensed radio frequency bands in accordance with the present disclosure.

[0089] To meet the growing traffic demands, various efforts have been made to improve the spectral efficiency in wireless networks and thereby increase the network capacity (e.g., by using higher order modulation, advanced MIMO antenna technology, multi-cell coordination techniques, etc.). Another way to potentially improve the network capacity is to expand the system bandwidth. However, as illustrated by the licensed RF band 550, available spectrum in the lower frequency bands that have traditionally been licensed or otherwise allocated to mobile network operators is very scarce. Therefore, various techniques have been developed to enable cellular radio access technologies (RATs) to operate in unlicensed or other shared spectrum. For example, Licensed-Assisted Access (LAA) uses carrier aggregation on the downlink to combine LTE in licensed frequency bands with LTE in unlicensed frequency bands (e.g., the 2.4 and / or 5 GHz bands where Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) or "Wi-Fi" devices already exist). In other examples, Enhanced LAA (eLAA) and Further Enhanced LAA (feLAA) technologies enable both uplink and downlink LTE operation in unlicensed spectrum, MulteFire is an LTE-based technology that operates in unlicensed and shared spectrum in standalone mode, NR unlicensed (NR-U) enables NR operation in unlicensed spectrum, and so on.

[0090] For example, an unlicensed RF band, such as the 6 GHz unlicensed RF band, may span a frequency range and utilize frequency division duplexing (FDD), as shown in FIG. 5 at 505. In an FDD system, a first band (e.g., a first sub-band of the unlicensed RF band) may be used for downlink communications, as shown by 510, and a second band (e.g., a second sub-band of the unlicensed RF band) may be used for uplink communications, as shown by 515. Downlink communications may refer to communications from a control node to a node (e.g., controlled, configured, and / or scheduled by the control node), such as from a base station to a UE, or from a WLAN access point to a WLAN station. Uplink communications may refer to communications from a node to a control node, such as from a UE to a base station, or from a WLAN station to a WLAN access point.

[0091] As further shown in FIG. 5 at reference numeral 520, the downlink band may be divided into multiple downlink channels, sometimes referred to as downlink frequency channels. Similarly, as shown by reference numeral 525, the uplink band may be divided into multiple uplink channels, sometimes referred to as uplink frequency channels. As shown by reference numeral 530, each downlink channel may correspond to a single uplink channel. This may be referred to as channel pairing, where a downlink channel is paired with an uplink channel. In this configuration, the control node and the nodes may use a particular downlink channel for downlink communications, and a particular uplink channel that is paired with or corresponds to a particular downlink channel, for uplink communications. In the example 500, downlink channel 1 is paired with uplink channel 1, downlink channel 2 is paired with uplink channel 2, downlink channel 3 is paired with uplink channel 3, and so on.

[0092] Although the example 500 shown in FIG. 5 illustrates an unlicensed RF band utilizing FDD, in some cases, the unlicensed communication channel may utilize time division duplexing (TDD). For example, in an unlicensed communication channel utilizing TDD, uplink and downlink transmissions may be separated in time and occur on the same frequency channel. However, unlike TDD in licensed spectrum, subframes, slots, symbols, etc. are not limited to being configured for uplink or downlink communications, but may be configured for downlink transmissions by a base station or for uplink transmissions by a UE. Furthermore, unlicensed communication may support dynamic TDD, where uplink-downlink allocations may change over time to adapt to traffic conditions. For example, to enable dynamic TDD, wireless devices (e.g., base stations, UEs, etc.) may determine when and in which resources they will transmit as dictated by a channel occupancy time structure. In general, a channel occupancy time may include multiple transmission intervals (e.g., multiple slots), and each transmission interval may include one or more downlink resources, one or more uplink resources, one or more flexible resources, etc. In this way, the channel occupancy time structure reduces power consumption, channel access delays, etc.

[0093] UE 120 may have a set of UE capabilities for communication in the unlicensed spectrum that is different from the set of UE capabilities of UE 120 for communication in the licensed spectrum.

[0094] As noted above, Figure 5 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from those described with respect to Figure 5.

[0095] FIG. 6A illustrates an example UE capability report 600 in accordance with the present disclosure.

[0096] As indicated by reference numeral 605, the base station 110 may send a UE capability request message to the UE 120. The UE capability request message may indicate that the base station 110 is requesting UE capability information from the UE 120. In particular, the UE capability request message may identify one or more RATs for which the base station 110 is requesting UE capability information. The base station 110 may send the UE capability request message via RRC signaling.

[0097] As indicated by reference numeral 610, the UE 120 may transmit a UE capability information message to the base station 110 in response to the UE capability request message. The UE capability information message may indicate one or more UE capabilities supported by the UE 120 (e.g., for one or more RATs identified by the UE capability request message). In particular, the UE capability information message may indicate the per-band capabilities (i.e., band level capabilities) of the UE 120 for multiple bands or band combinations and / or the per-UE capabilities (i.e., UE level capabilities that are band independent) of the UE 120. The UE capability information message 615 may indicate UE capabilities for the NR RAT (UE-NR-Capability). The UE capability information message 615 may include band-related capability information (i.e., per-band capability information) and per-UE capability information associated with the TN. Thus, the UE capability information message 615 may not support reporting of per-UE capability information associated with the NTN.

[0098] FIG. 6B illustrates an example UE capability report 650 in accordance with the present disclosure.

[0099] As indicated by reference numeral 655, the base station 110 may send a UE capability request message to the UE 120. The UE capability request message may indicate that the base station 110 is requesting UE capability information from the UE 120. In particular, the UE capability request message may identify one or more RATs for which the base station 110 is requesting UE capability information. The base station 110 may send the UE capability request message via RRC signaling.

[0100] As indicated by reference numeral 660, UE 120 may transmit a UE capability information message to base station 110 in response to the UE capability request message. The UE capability information message may indicate one or more UE capabilities supported by UE 120 (e.g., for one or more RATs identified by the UE capability request message). In particular, the UE capability information message may indicate per-band capabilities of UE 120 (i.e., band level capabilities) and / or per-UE capabilities of UE 120 (i.e., UE level capabilities that are band independent) for multiple bands or band combinations.

[0101] In scenarios where the NTN is used as a complement to the TN (e.g., rural areas, mountain tops, sea, sky, etc.), it is sufficient for the UE 120 to report UE capability information associated with the NTN to the base station 110 of the NTN. Similarly, in such scenarios, it is sufficient for the UE 120 to report UE capability information related to the TN to the base station 110 for the TN. However, in other scenarios involving interactions between the TN and the NTN (e.g., TN-NTN mobility, TN-NTN carrier aggregation, TN-NTN dual connectivity, etc.), the base station 110 may utilize UE capability information associated with the TN and the NTN. Thus, the UE capability information message 665 may include band-related capability information, per-UE capability information for the TN, and per-UE capability information for the NTN (e.g., as an extension of an existing container based on the assumption that there is no significant difference between the TN capability set and the NTN capability set to justify defining a separate capability for the NTN capability set). The per-UE capability information for the NTN field (e.g., UE-NR-CapabilityNTN-Mode-r17) may be used to indicate support and / or IoT status for per-UE capability for NTN. Many or all of the information elements of the per-UE capability information for the TN field may be duplicated for the per-UE capability information for the NTN field. Thus, the size of the UE capability information message 665 may be significant, and a reduction in the size of the UE capability information message 665 may be required to reduce overhead.

[0102] The UE 120 may implement selective reporting of capabilities per band (e.g., for NTN and / or TN) according to the band filtering instruction, in which the base station 110 provides (e.g., in the UE capability request message) an indication of the band or band combination for which the UE 120 will report UE capability information. For example, separate band numbers may be defined for the NTN band and the TN band, thereby facilitating the indication of the NTN and / or TN band or band combination in the band filtering instruction. In this way, the size of the UE capability information message may be reduced.

[0103] However, a similar filtering indication does not exist for per-UE capability reporting. Furthermore, UE 120 may have different per-UE capabilities and / or IoT status for NTN and TN. Thus, UE 120 may need to report such different capabilities separately (e.g., UE 120 cannot report a single set of capabilities applicable to both NTN and TN). If base station 110 requires UE capability information for only one of NTN or TN, reporting per-UE capabilities for both NTN and TN may result in significant overhead and consume excessive network resources. Similarly, if base station 110 requires UE capability information for both NTN and TN, reporting per-UE capabilities for only one of NTN or TN may be incomplete and may result in multiple requests for UE capability information and / or improper configuration of UE 120. A similar situation may arise in connection with reporting UE capability information for licensed and unlicensed spectrum (e.g., UE 120 may have different per-UE capabilities for licensed and unlicensed spectrum, thus requiring separate reporting of such different capabilities).

[0104] Some techniques and apparatuses described herein provide selective reporting of UE capability information, in particular, selective reporting of per-UE capabilities (e.g., band-independent capabilities) of UE capability information. For example, if base station 110 can utilize UE capability information for one of NTN or TN, UE 120 may similarly report UE capability information for one of NTN or TN. Thus, overhead associated with reporting UE capability information for both NTN and TN in such cases is reduced. As another example, if base station 110 can utilize UE capability information for both NTN and TN, UE 120 may similarly report UE capability information for both NTN and TN. Thus, multiple requests for UE capability information and / or improper configuration of UE 120 that may result from reporting UE capability information for one of NTN or TN in such cases may be avoided.

[0105] In some aspects, the UE may receive an explicit indication from the base station of whether the UE will report UE capability information for the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN. In some aspects, the UE may determine whether the UE will report UE capability information for the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN based at least in part on network information (e.g., may indicate that the UE is in coverage of the NTN and / or the TN) and / or UE information (e.g., may indicate a parameter indicating whether communication using the NTN and / or the TN is possible for the UE). Similarly, the UE 120 may selectively report UE capability information for one of the licensed spectrum or the unlicensed spectrum, or both the licensed spectrum and the unlicensed spectrum.

[0106] As noted above, Figures 6A-6B are provided as examples, and other examples may differ from those described with respect to Figures 6A-6B.

[0107] 7 is a diagram illustrating an example 700 associated with selective reporting of UE capability information in accordance with the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 7, a base station 110 and a UE 120 may communicate with each other.

[0108] As indicated by reference numeral 705, the base station 110 may transmit, and the UE 120 may receive, a UE capability request message (e.g., a request for UE capability information to the UE 120, sometimes referred to as a “UE capability query”). In some aspects, the UE 120 may determine which capabilities of the UE 120 are to be reported to the base station 110 based at least in part on explicit signaling from the base station 110.

[0109] In some aspects, the base station 110 may transmit, and the UE 120 may receive, a first indication (e.g., signaling) that the UE 120 will indicate UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN (e.g., only NTN), TN (e.g., only TN), or both NTN and TN in a UE capability information message (e.g., the first indication is a per-UE capability filter). For example, the first indication may be in a UE capability request message (e.g., the transmission / reception of the UE capability request message and the first indication are the same transmission / reception). As another example, the first indication may be in another (e.g., existing) message or signaling from the base station 110 to the UE 120, such as an RRC connection release message or an RRC reconfiguration message. Here, the first indication may indicate the UE capabilities to be reported by the UE 120 in a subsequent capability report. In some aspects, the first indication may use signaling in any layer, such as Layer 1 (L1), MAC, RLC, PDCP, SDAP, RRC, and / or non-access stratum (NAS). In some aspects, the first indication may indicate a request for UE 120 to report (or not report) per-UE capability information for NTN and / or TN. In some aspects, the first indication may indicate a request for UE 120 to report (or not report) all capability information (e.g., per-UE capability information and per-band capability information) for NTN and / or TN. Here, UE 120 may report UE capability information according to the first indication regardless of any request for band reporting to the contrary (e.g., in the band request signaling).

[0110] In some aspects, the base station 110 may transmit, and the UE 120 may receive, a second indication (e.g., signaling) of one or more bands or band combinations that will result in the UE capability information message indicating the per-band capabilities of the UE 120. That is, the second indication may be a band filtering indication as described herein. For example, the second indication may be in a UE capability request message (e.g., the UE capability request transmission / reception and the second indication are the same transmission / reception). Based at least in part on the one or more bands or band combinations of the second indication, the UE 120 may determine whether to report UE capabilities associated with the NTN and / or TN, since the NTN band may have a band number separate from the TN band (e.g., the NTN band may have a designated NTN band number, or the NTN band may be associated with a band number within a designated range, such as 400 to 499). For example, UE 120 may report UE capabilities associated with NTN if one or more bands or band combinations include the NTN band, and / or UE 120 may report UE capabilities associated with TN if one or more bands or band combinations include the TN band. In other words, UE 120 may report UE capabilities for NTN if one or more bands or band combinations include the NTN band. Otherwise, UE 120 may refrain from reporting UE capabilities for NTN.

[0111] In some aspects, the UE 120 may not receive the first or second indication from the base station 110. Here, the UE 120 may follow a default behavior for reporting UE capability information. For example, the UE 120 may report the UE capability for NTN (as well as the UE capability for TN if both reports are supported), or the UE 120 may report the UE capability for TN only. In some aspects, if the UE 120 does not receive the first or second indication from the base station 110, the UE 120 may use implicit detection as described herein to determine whether to report the UE capability for NTN and / or TN.

[0112] As indicated by reference numeral 710, UE 120 may determine whether UE capability information to be reported by UE 120 indicates UE capabilities associated with the NTN and / or TN (also referred to herein as “implicit detection”).

[0113] In some aspects, UE 120 may perform implicit detection based at least in part on the network information. That is, UE 120 may determine, based at least in part on the network information, whether UE 120 will indicate UE capabilities associated with a particular one of NTN, TN, or both NTN and TN in the UE capability information message. For example, UE 120 may detect, based at least in part on the network information, whether UE 120 is in coverage of NTN, in coverage of TN, or in coverage of both NTN and TN. The network information may include serving cell information indicating whether a serving cell for UE 120 operates in NTN or TN, and / or neighboring cell information indicating whether a neighboring cell for UE 120 (e.g., which may or may not overlap with the serving cell) operates in NTN or TN. The UE 120 may receive network information from the base station 110 in a Master Information Block (MIB), a System Information Block (SIB), and / or in dedicated signaling for the UE 120 (eg, RRC signaling).

[0114] In some aspects, the UE 120 may perform implicit detection using the UE information. That is, the UE 120 may determine, based at least in part on the UE information, whether the UE will indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN in the UE capability information message. The UE information may include the type of the UE 120, which may indicate whether the UE 120 is an NTN-only UE, and the like. The UE information may include the location of the UE 120. For example, based at least in part on the location of the UE 120 using operator area information (e.g., from an application layer of the UE 120 or from the base station 110), the UE 120 may determine whether an NTN and / or a TN is deployed for the location of the UE 120. The operator area information may be map-based or tracking area-based. The operator area information may be updated for the UE 120 periodically or upon a trigger event (e.g., movement of the UE 120). The UE information may include a quality of service (QoS) for the communication of the UE 120 (e.g., the QoS that the UE 120 can provide). For example, the UE 120 may determine to report the UE capabilities for the TN if the QoS requires relatively high (e.g., meeting a threshold) performance. Otherwise, the UE 120 may determine to report the UE capabilities for only the NTN.The QoS may include, among other things, a QoS class identifier (QCI), a 5G QoS indicator (5QI), a data rate (e.g., per UE, per QoS, QCI, and / or 5QI, per radio bearer, per logical channel, per MAC entity, per L1 process, etc.), latency (e.g., packet delay budget (PDB), round-trip time (RTT) (in RLC or hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ)), or one-way delay), resource type (e.g., guaranteed bit rate (GBR) type or non-GBR type), priority level, packet error rate (e.g., expressed as a percentage over a time span), maximum data burst amount, data rate averaging window, specific services (e.g., voice service, video call service, delay tolerant service, V2X service, short message service, etc.), and the like. The UE information may include a connection history of the UE 120 (e.g., one or more previous connections of the UE 120). For example, the UE 120 may determine to report the UE capability for the NTN if the previous connection (e.g., the immediately preceding connection, or a connection within a threshold time window) was to the NTN (e.g., because this may indicate that the UE 120 is within an NTN coverage area). The UE information may include a moving speed of the UE 120. For example, the UE 120 may determine to report the UE capability for the NTN if the speed of the UE 120 meets a threshold (e.g., because this may indicate that the UE 120 is on an airplane).

[0115] In some aspects, the UE 120 may store the network information and / or UE information (e.g., for use in performing implicit detection). In some aspects, the UE 120 may use the network information and / or UE information to perform implicit detection (e.g., the network information and / or UE information is valid) only if the information is fresh (e.g., the network information and / or UE information is not older than a threshold age). In some aspects, the UE 120 may not be able to use the network information and / or UE information to detect whether the UE capability information to be reported by the UE 120 will include capabilities for NTN and / or TN. Here, the UE 120 may follow a default behavior for reporting the UE capability information as described herein.

[0116] As indicated by reference numeral 715, UE 120 may generate UE capability information indicating UE capabilities (e.g., per-UE capabilities) of UE 120. For example, UE 120 may selectively generate UE capability information for NTN, TN, or both NTN and TN. UE 120 may selectively generate the UE capability information based at least in part on a determination whether UE 120 will report UE capabilities for NTN and / or TN. For example, UE 120 may selectively generate the UE capability information using the first indication, the second indication, and / or implicit detection.

[0117] As indicated by reference numeral 720, the UE 120 may transmit, and the base station 110 may receive, a UE capability information message. For example, the UE 120 may transmit the UE capability information message in response to a UE capability request message. The UE capability information message may selectively indicate UE capabilities (e.g., per-UE capabilities) associated with one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN. That is, the UE capability information message may indicate the UE capabilities of the UE 120 based at least in part on the first indication, the second indication, and / or implicit detection.

[0118] For example, the UE capability information message may indicate UE capability for NTN, TN, or both NTN and TN according to the first indication. As another example, the UE capability information message may indicate UE capability for NTN if one or more bands or band combinations of the second indication include the NTN band, and / or the UE capability information message may indicate UE capability for TN if one or more bands or band combinations of the second information include the TN band. As a further example, the UE capability information message may indicate UE capability for NTN, TN, or both NTN and TN based at least in part on determining, using network information or UE information, that the UE capability information message will indicate UE capability for a particular one of NTN, TN, or both NTN and TN. For example, the UE capability information message may indicate UE capability for one of NTN, TN, or both NTN and TN based at least in part on network information.

[0119] In some aspects, the UE capability information message may indicate UE capabilities for the NTN (although some per-UE capabilities for the TN may be ordered for reporting and not omitted entirely). In some aspects, the UE capability information message may indicate UE capabilities for the NTN in a field 721 of the UE capability information message designated for capability indication for the TN (e.g., a per-UE capability field for the TN). That is, the UE 120 may reuse the field 721 for capability indication for the TN to report UE capabilities for the NTN. Thus, the base station 110 may reinterpret the field 721 for capability indication for the TN as indicating UE capabilities for the NTN. In some aspects, the UE capability information message may include an indication that the UE capabilities for the NTN are in the field 721 designated for capability indication for the TN (e.g., an indication that the field 721 designated for UE capability indication for the TN has been reused to indicate UE capabilities for the NTN).

[0120] In some aspects, the UE 120 may transmit an indication to the base station 110 indicating that the UE 120 will not reuse the field 721 designated for capability indication for the TN when reporting the UE capability information. In some aspects, the base station 110 may transmit an indication to the UE 120 indicating whether the base station 110 supports the field 721 designated for capability indication for the TN being reused. In some aspects, the base station 110 may transmit an indication to the UE 120 indicating that the UE 120 will report UE capability information by repurposing the field 721 designated for capability indication for the TN. If the UE 120 or the base station 110 does not support the field 721 designated for capability indication for the TN being reused, the UE capability information message may indicate the UE capability for the NTN in a first field 722 of the UE capability information message designated for capability indication for the NTN (e.g., a per-UE capability field for the NTN). Furthermore, the UE capability information message may indicate in a second field 721 of the UE capability information message designated for capability indication for the TN that all features for the second field 721 (e.g., all UE capabilities reported in the second field) are not supported (or that the UE 120 has an IoT status).

[0121] In some aspects, the UE capability information message may indicate UE capabilities for the TN in a field designated for the NTN 722. In some aspects, the UE capability information may indicate UE capabilities for the TN in a first field designated for the TN 721, and the UE capability information message may indicate in a second field 722 of the UE capability information message designated for the NTN that all features for the second field 722 are not supported.

[0122] In some aspects, the UE capability information generated by the UE 120 may have a size larger than a protocol data unit (PDU) size (e.g., an RRC PDU size, a PDCP PDU size, or a transport block size, among other examples), and thus the UE capability information may not be accommodated by the PDU. This may result in the UE capability information reported by the UE 120 being incomplete, such that the base station 110 may trigger the UE 120 to transmit the UE capability information multiple times until all of the UE capability information is reported. However, in some aspects, the UE capability information message transmitted by the UE 120 may prioritize indicating UE capabilities for one of the NTN or TN (e.g., per-UE capabilities and / or per-band capabilities) over indicating UE capabilities for the other of the NTN or TN. For example, the UE capability information message may prioritize indicating UE capabilities for the NTN over indicating UE capabilities for the TN (e.g., UE capabilities for the TN may be dropped or shortened from the UE capability information message to make space to report UE capabilities for the NTN). In some aspects, the UE Capability Information message transmitted by the UE 120 may prioritize per-band capabilities for a particular band or band combination requested by the base station 110 for prioritization.

[0123] UE 120 may determine whether to prioritize reporting UE capabilities for NTN or TN based at least in part on information such as network information and / or UE information using an explicit instruction (in a manner similar to the first instruction or second instruction described above) and / or implicit detection (in a manner similar to that described above).

[0124] In some aspects, the base station 110 may transmit, and the UE 120 may receive, an indication that the UE will prioritize indicating UE capability for one of the NTN or TN. For example, the indication may be in a UE capability request message. In some aspects, the indication may be an explicit indication that the UE 120 will prioritize indicating UE capability for one of the NTN or TN. In some aspects, the indication may be the first indication described above. For example, if the indication indicates that the UE 120 will indicate UE capability for the NTN, the UE 120 may prioritize indicating UE capability for the NTN over the TN. In some aspects, the indication may be the second indication described above. For example, if the indication indicates one or more bands or band combinations that include the NTN band, the UE 120 may prioritize indicating UE capability for the NTN over the TN.

[0125] In some aspects, UE 120 may perform implicit detection in a manner similar to that described above to determine whether to prioritize indicating UE capabilities for NTN or TN. UE 120 may perform implicit detection using network information and / or UE information in a manner similar to that described above. For example, if UE 120 detects that UE 120 is within coverage of an NTN using network information, UE 120 may prioritize indicating UE capabilities for NTN over TN.

[0126] In some aspects, UE 120 may always prioritize indicating UE capabilities for a particular one of the NTN or TN (e.g., according to a configuration for UE 120 or other information stored by UE 120). For example, UE 120 may always prioritize indicating UE capabilities for the NTN because the NTN has greater coverage than the TN.

[0127] The UE 120 may apply prioritization to any UE capability reports. For example, the UE 120 may apply prioritization to per-band capabilities (e.g., prioritize indicating per-band capabilities for the NTN band over the TN band) and / or apply prioritization to per-UE capabilities (e.g., prioritize indicating per-UE capabilities for the NTN over the TN). In some aspects, the UE capability information message (or another message) may include an indication that the UE capability information message prioritizes indicating UE capabilities for one of the NTN or TN. That is, the indication may indicate whether prioritization was used for the UE capability information message and / or whether the NTN or TN was prioritized.

[0128] In some aspects, the base station 110 may request the UE 120 to apply multiple prioritization rules. For example, the base station 110 may request that the UE 120 prioritize per-band capabilities for a particular band or band combination, and the base station 110 may also request that the UE 120 prioritize reporting for NTN or TN. Here (e.g., if the multiple requests do not match), the UE 120 may apply the request that the UE 120 prioritizes reporting for NTN or TN (e.g., may ignore the request that the UE 120 prioritizes per-band capabilities for a particular band or band combination). Otherwise, the base station 110 may ensure that the multiple prioritization requests are consistent with each other.

[0129] In some aspects, the type of UE 120 is NTN-only (i.e., the UE is an NTN-only UE), where UE 120 supports only NTN access (which may be referred to as an “NTN-only UE” or “dish-type UE”). Here, UE 120 may be at a fixed location and may not support mobility (e.g., for handover to a TN). If UE 120 is an NTN-only UE, UE 120 may ignore (e.g., discard) a request to base station 110 to report UE 120 capabilities for a particular TN band and / or may ignore a request to base station 110 to report UE 120 capabilities for the TN (e.g., per-UE capabilities). For example, UE 120 may report capabilities for only NTN bands. Furthermore, if UE 120 is an NTN-only UE, UE 120 may ignore (e.g., discard) a rule for signaling TN capabilities differently for NTN (e.g., an extension defined for NR UE). For example, the UE capability information message may indicate per-band capabilities (e.g., feature sets) for only the NTN band and per-UE capabilities for only the NTN (e.g., per-UE capability reporting applies only to the NTN and not to the TN). Thus, the entirety of the container for the UE capability information message (e.g., the entirety of the UE capability information) pertains only to the NTN. In some aspects, the UE capability information message (or another message) may include an indication that the UE type is NTN-only (i.e., an indication that the UE is an NTN-only UE) or an indication that the UE capability information message is for only the NTN (e.g., an indication that the entirety of the container for the UE capability information message pertains only to the NTN).

[0130] In some aspects, the UE capability information message may indicate the capabilities of the UE 120 using one or more feature group indications (FGIs). For example, per-UE capabilities for NTN may be defined as one or more feature groups, and the UE 120 may indicate support for a feature group (e.g., capability or IoT status) using a bit in the UE capability information message, thereby reducing overhead. A feature group may include multiple related features associated with a UE capability, and the UE 120 may indicate capability for multiple features of a feature group using a single FGI (rather than indicating capability for the multiple features separately). As described herein, the UE capability information message may indicate per-band capabilities of the UE 120 and / or per-UE capabilities of the UE 120. Per-band capabilities may indicate band information, such as one or more band numbers. Per-UE capabilities may indicate whether the UE 120 supports an RRC inactive state, whether the UE 120 supports a two-step random access channel (RACH) procedure, and / or measurement capabilities of the UE 120, among other examples.

[0131] As indicated by reference numeral 725, UE 120 and base station 110 may communicate. For example, base station 110 may transmit one or more downlink communications to UE 120 and / or UE 120 may transmit one or more uplink communications to base station 110. UE 120 and base station 110 may communicate according to the UE capabilities reported by UE 120 in the UE Capability Information message. For example, base station 110 may configure UE 120 (e.g., by sending an RRC configuration to UE 120) for communication with base station 110 according to the capabilities of UE 120 indicated by the UE Capability Information message.

[0132] As noted above, Figure 7 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from those described with respect to Figure 7.

[0133] 8 is a diagram illustrating an example 800 associated with selective reporting of UE capability information in accordance with the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 8, a base station 110 and a UE 120 may be in communication with each other.

[0134] As indicated by reference numeral 805, a UE capability request message may be transmitted by the base station 110 and received by the UE 120 as described herein. In some aspects, the UE 120 may determine which capabilities of the UE 120 are to be reported to the base station 110 based at least in part on explicit signaling from the base station 110.

[0135] In some aspects, base station 110 may transmit, and UE 120 may receive, a first indication (e.g., signaling) that UE 120 will indicate UE capabilities associated with (e.g., for communication by the UE therein) a particular one of unlicensed spectrum (e.g., unlicensed spectrum only), licensed spectrum (e.g., licensed spectrum only), or both unlicensed spectrum and licensed spectrum in a UE Capability Information message (e.g., the first indication is a per-UE capability filter) in a manner similar to that described herein.

[0136] In some aspects, base station 110 may transmit, and UE 120 may receive, a second indication (e.g., signaling) of one or more bands or band combinations in which the UE Capability Information message will indicate per-band capabilities of UE 120 in a manner similar to that described herein. Based at least in part on the one or more bands or band combinations in the second indication, UE 120 may determine whether to report UE capabilities associated with unlicensed spectrum and / or licensed spectrum in a manner similar to that described herein. For example, UE 120 may report UE capabilities associated with unlicensed spectrum if one or more bands or band combinations include unlicensed frequency bands, and / or UE 120 may report UE capabilities associated with licensed spectrum if one or more bands or band combinations include licensed frequency bands.

[0137] In some aspects, the UE 120 may not receive the first or second indication from the base station 110. Here, the UE 120 may follow a default behavior for reporting UE capability information, as described herein. In some aspects, if the UE 120 does not receive the first or second indication from the base station 110, the UE 120 may use implicit detection, as described herein, to determine whether to report UE capabilities for unlicensed spectrum and / or licensed spectrum.

[0138] As indicated by reference numeral 810, the UE 120 may determine whether the UE capability information to be reported by the UE 120 will indicate UE capabilities associated with an unlicensed spectrum and / or a licensed spectrum in a manner similar to that described herein.

[0139] In some aspects, UE 120 may perform implicit detection based at least in part on the network information, i.e., UE 120 may determine whether UE 120 will indicate UE capabilities associated with a particular one of unlicensed spectrum, licensed spectrum, or both unlicensed spectrum and licensed spectrum in the UE capability information message based at least in part on the network information in a manner similar to that described herein.

[0140] In some aspects, UE 120 may perform implicit detection using the UE information, i.e., UE 120 may determine, based at least in part on the UE information in a manner similar to that described herein, whether the UE will indicate in the UE capability information message one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum.

[0141] As indicated by reference numeral 815, UE 120 may generate UE capability information indicating UE capabilities (e.g., per-UE capabilities) of UE 120. For example, UE 120 may selectively generate UE capability information for unlicensed spectrum, licensed spectrum, or both unlicensed and licensed spectrum. UE 120 may selectively generate the UE capability information based at least in part on a determination whether UE 120 will report UE capabilities for unlicensed spectrum and / or licensed spectrum. For example, UE 120 may selectively generate the UE capability information using the first indication, the second indication, and / or implicit detection.

[0142] As indicated by reference numeral 820, the UE 120 may transmit, and the base station 110 may receive, a UE capability information message. For example, the UE 120 may transmit the UE capability information message in response to the UE capability request message. The UE capability information message may selectively indicate UE capabilities (e.g., per-UE capabilities) associated with one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum. That is, the UE capability information message may indicate the UE capabilities of the UE 120 based at least in part on the first indication, the second indication, and / or implicit detection.

[0143] For example, the UE capability information message may indicate UE capability for unlicensed spectrum, licensed spectrum, or both unlicensed and licensed spectrum according to the first indication. As another example, the UE capability information message may indicate UE capability for unlicensed spectrum if one or more bands or band combinations of the second indication include unlicensed frequency bands, and / or the UE capability information message may indicate UE capability for licensed spectrum if one or more bands or band combinations of the second information include licensed frequency bands. As a further example, the UE capability information message may indicate UE capability for unlicensed spectrum, licensed spectrum, or both unlicensed and licensed spectrum based at least in part on determining, using network information or UE information, that the UE capability information message will indicate UE capability for a particular one of unlicensed spectrum, licensed spectrum, or both unlicensed and licensed spectrum.

[0144] In some aspects, the UE capability information message may indicate UE capabilities for unlicensed spectrum. In some aspects, the UE capability information message may indicate UE capabilities for unlicensed spectrum in a field 821 of the UE capability information message designated for licensed spectrum in a manner similar to that described herein. In some aspects, the UE capability information message may include an indication that UE capabilities for unlicensed spectrum are in the field 821 designated for licensed spectrum.

[0145] If the UE 120 or base station 110 does not support a field 821 designated for a capability indication for the licensed spectrum being reused as described herein, the UE Capability Information message may indicate the UE capabilities for the unlicensed spectrum in a first field 822 of the UE Capability Information message designated for a capability indication for the unlicensed spectrum. Moreover, the UE Capability Information message may indicate in a second field 821 of the UE Capability Information message designated for a capability indication for the unlicensed spectrum that all features for the second field 821 (e.g., all UE capabilities reported in the second field) are not supported (or that the UE 120 has an IoT status).

[0146] In some aspects, the UE capability information message may indicate UE capabilities for licensed spectrum in a field designated for unlicensed spectrum 822. In some aspects, the UE capability information may indicate UE capabilities for licensed spectrum in a first field designated for licensed spectrum 821, and the UE capability information message may indicate in a second field 822 of the UE capability information message designated for unlicensed spectrum that all features for the second field 822 are not supported.

[0147] In some aspects, the UE capability information generated by UE 120 may have a size larger than the PDU size in a manner similar to that described herein. In some aspects, the UE capability information message transmitted by UE 120 may prioritize indicating UE capabilities (e.g., per-UE capabilities and / or per-band capabilities) for one of the unlicensed spectrum or the licensed spectrum over indicating UE capabilities for the other of the unlicensed spectrum or the licensed spectrum in a manner similar to that described herein.

[0148] UE 120 may determine whether to prioritize reporting UE capabilities for unlicensed spectrum or licensed spectrum based at least in part on information such as explicit instructions and / or network information and / or UE information using implicit detection in a manner similar to that described herein.

[0149] In some aspects, UE 120 may always prefer to indicate UE capability for a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum or the licensed spectrum in a manner similar to that described herein.

[0150] The UE 120 may apply prioritization to any UE capability reports. For example, the UE 120 may apply prioritization to per-band capabilities and / or per-UE capabilities in a manner similar to that described herein. In some aspects, the UE capability information message (or another message) may include an indication that the UE capability information message is to prioritize indicating UE capabilities for one of the unlicensed spectrum or the licensed spectrum in a manner similar to that described herein.

[0151] In some aspects, the base station 110 may request the UE 120 to apply multiple prioritization rules. For example, the base station 110 may request that the UE 120 prioritize per-band capabilities for a particular band or band combination, and the base station 110 may also request that the UE 120 prioritize reporting for unlicensed or licensed spectrum. Here (e.g., if the multiple requests do not match), the UE 120 may apply the request that the UE 120 prioritize reporting for unlicensed or licensed spectrum (e.g., may ignore the request that the UE 120 prioritize per-band capabilities for a particular band or band combination). Otherwise, the base station 110 may ensure that the multiple prioritization requests are consistent with each other.

[0152] In some aspects, the UE capability information message may indicate the capabilities of the UE 120 using one or more feature group indications (FGIs) in a manner similar to that described herein. As described herein, the UE capability information message may indicate the per-band capabilities of the UE 120 and / or the per-UE capabilities of the UE 120. The per-band capabilities may indicate band information such as one or more band numbers. The per-UE capabilities may indicate whether the UE 120 supports an RRC inactive state, whether the UE 120 supports a two-step random access channel (RACH) procedure, and / or the measurement capabilities of the UE 120, among other examples.

[0153] As indicated by reference numeral 825, UE 120 and base station 110 may communicate. For example, base station 110 may transmit one or more downlink communications to UE 120 and / or UE 120 may transmit one or more uplink communications to base station 110. UE 120 and base station 110 may communicate according to the UE capabilities reported by UE 120 in the UE Capability Information message. For example, base station 110 may configure UE 120 (e.g., by sending an RRC configuration to UE 120) for communication with base station 110 according to the capabilities of UE 120 indicated by the UE Capability Information message.

[0154] As noted above, Figure 8 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from those described with respect to Figure 8.

[0155] 9 illustrates an example process 900 implemented, for example, by a UE, in accordance with the present disclosure. The example process 900 is an example in which a UE (e.g., UE 120) performs operations associated with selective reporting of UE capability information.

[0156] As shown in FIG. 9, in some aspects, the process 900 may include receiving a UE capability request message from a base station (block 910). For example, the UE may receive the UE capability request message from the base station (e.g., using the communications manager 140 and / or the receiving component 1302 shown in FIG. 13) as described above. In some aspects, the process 900 may include receiving an indication that one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN will be indicated in the UE capability information message (block 912). For example, the UE may receive an indication that one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN will be indicated in the UE capability information message (e.g., using the communications manager 140 and / or the receiving component 1302 shown in FIG. 13) as described above. In some aspects, the process 900 may include receiving an indication of one or more bands or band combinations (block 914). For example, the UE may receive (eg, using the communications manager 140 and / or the receiving component 1302 shown in FIG. 13) an indication of one or more bands or band combinations, as described above.

[0157] In some aspects, process 900 may include determining, based at least in part on the network information and / or UE information, that the UE will indicate, in the UE capability information message, one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN (block 916). For example, the UE may determine (e.g., using the communications manager 140 and / or the determining component 1308 shown in FIG. 13 ), based at least in part on the network information and / or UE information, that the UE will indicate, in the UE capability information message, one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN, as described above.

[0158] 9, in some aspects, process 900 may include transmitting a UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN to the base station in response to the UE capability request message (block 920). For example, the UE may transmit (e.g., using the communications manager 140 and / or the transmitting component 1304 shown in FIG. 13) a UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN to the base station in response to the UE capability request message, as described above.

[0159] Process 900 may include additional aspects, such as any single aspect or any combination of aspects described below and / or with respect to one or more other processes described elsewhere herein.

[0160] In a first aspect, the process 900 includes receiving an indication from a base station (e.g., using the communications manager 140 and / or the receiving component 1302 shown in FIG. 13 ) that one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN are to be indicated in a UE capability information message, where the UE capability information message indicates the one or more UE capabilities in accordance with the indication.

[0161] In a second aspect, alone or in combination with the first aspect, the process 900 includes receiving from a base station (e.g., using the communications manager 140 and / or the receiving component 1302 shown in FIG. 13 ) an indication of one or more bands or band combinations for which a UE capability information message will indicate UE capabilities for each band, the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN according to one or more bands or band combinations including the NTN band, and the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the TN according to one or more bands or band combinations including the TN band.

[0162] In a third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first and second aspects, the process 900 includes determining, based at least in part on the network information (e.g., using the communications manager 140 and / or the determination component 1308 shown in FIG. 13 ), that the UE indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN in a UE capability information message, where the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN.

[0163] In a fourth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to third aspects, the network information includes at least one of serving cell information indicating that a serving cell for the UE operates in an NTN or a TN, or neighboring cell information indicating that a neighboring cell for the UE operates in an NTN or a TN.

[0164] In a fifth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to fourth aspects, the process 900 includes determining, based at least in part on the UE information (e.g., using the communications manager 140 and / or the determination component 1308 shown in FIG. 13 ), that the UE indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN in a UE capability information message, where the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities for the particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN.

[0165] In a sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to fifth aspects, the UE information includes at least one of a type of UE, a location of the UE, a quality of service for communication of the UE, a connection history of the UE, or a movement speed of the UE.

[0166] In a seventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to sixth aspects, the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN in a field of the UE capability information message designated for capability indication for the TN.

[0167] In an eighth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to seventh aspects, the UE capability information message includes an indication that one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN are in a field of the UE capability information message designated for a capability indication for the TN.

[0168] In a ninth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to eighth aspects, the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN in a field of the UE capability information message designated for a capability indication for the NTN.

[0169] In a tenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to ninth aspects, the UE capability information message indicates that in an additional field of the UE capability information message specified for capability indication for the TN, all features for the additional field lack support.

[0170] In an eleventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to tenth aspects, the UE capability information message has a preference to indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTNs or TNs.

[0171] In a twelfth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through eleventh aspects, the process 900 includes receiving an indication from a base station (e.g., using the communications manager 140 and / or the receiving component 1302 shown in FIG. 13) that the UE will prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the NTNs or TNs in a UE capability information message, where the UE capability information message prioritizes indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the NTNs or TNs.

[0172] In a thirteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to twelfth aspects, the process 900 includes determining (e.g., using the communications manager 140 and / or the determination component 1308 shown in FIG. 13 ) based at least in part on at least one of the network information or the UE information, that the UE will prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTNs or TNs in a UE capability information message, where the UE capability information message prioritizes indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the NTNs or TNs.

[0173] In a fourteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to thirteenth aspects, the UE capability information message includes an indication that the UE capability information message has a preference to indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTNs or TNs.

[0174] In accordance with the fifteenth aspect alone or in combination with one or more of the first to fourteenth aspects, the UE is an NTN-only UE, and the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with only the NTN.

[0175] In a sixteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to fifteenth aspects, the UE capability information message includes an indication that the UE is an NTN-only UE or that one or more UE capabilities are associated with only the NTN.

[0176] In a seventeenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to sixteenth aspects, the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities using one or more feature group indications.

[0177] 9 illustrates example blocks of process 900, in some aspects process 900 may include additional, fewer, different, or differently arranged blocks compared to the blocks illustrated in FIG 9. Additionally or alternatively, two or more of the blocks of process 900 may be performed in parallel.

[0178] 10 illustrates an example process 1000 implemented, for example, by a base station, in accordance with the present disclosure. The example process 1000 is an example in which a base station (e.g., base station 110) performs operations associated with selective reporting of UE capability information.

[0179] As illustrated in FIG. 10, in some aspects, the process 1000 may include transmitting a UE capability request message to the UE (block 1010). For example, the base station (e.g., using the communications manager 150 and / or the transmitting component 1604 illustrated in FIG. 16) may transmit the UE capability request message to the UE as described above. In some aspects, the process 1000 may include transmitting an indication that one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN will be indicated in the UE capability information message (block 1012). For example, the base station (e.g., using the communications manager 150 and / or the transmitting component 1604 illustrated in FIG. 16) may transmit an indication that one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN will be indicated in the UE capability information message as described above. In some aspects, the process 1000 may include transmitting an indication of one or more bands or band combinations (block 1014). For example, the base station (eg, using the communications manager 150 and / or the transmitting component 1604 shown in FIG. 16) may transmit an indication of one or more bands or band combinations, as described above.

[0180] 10, in some aspects, process 1000 may include receiving a UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN from the UE in response to the UE capability request message (block 1020). For example, the base station (e.g., using the communications manager 150 and / or the receiving component 1602 shown in FIG. 16) may receive a UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN from the UE in response to the UE capability request message, as described above.

[0181] Process 1000 may include additional aspects, such as any single aspect or any combination of aspects described below and / or with respect to one or more other processes described elsewhere herein.

[0182] In a first aspect, the process 1000 includes sending an indication to the UE (e.g., using the communications manager 150 and / or the transmitting component 1604 shown in FIG. 16 ) that one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN will be indicated in a UE capability information message, where the UE capability information message indicates the one or more UE capabilities in accordance with the indication.

[0183] In a second aspect, alone or in combination with the first aspect, the process 1000 includes sending to the UE (e.g., using the communications manager 150 and / or the transmitting component 1604 shown in FIG. 16 ) an indication of one or more bands or band combinations for which the UE capability information message will indicate UE capabilities for each band, the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN according to one or more bands or band combinations including the NTN band, and the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the TN according to one or more bands or band combinations including the TN band.

[0184] In a third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first and second aspects, the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN in a field of the UE capability information message designated for capability indication for the TN.

[0185] In a fourth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to third aspects, the UE capability information message includes an indication that one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN are in a field of the UE capability information message designated for a capability indication for the TN.

[0186] In a fifth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to fourth aspects, the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN in a field of the UE capability information message designated for a capability indication for the NTN.

[0187] In a sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to fifth aspects, the UE capability information message indicates that in an additional field of the UE capability information message specified for capability indication for the TN, all features for the additional field are lacking support.

[0188] In a seventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to sixth aspects, the UE capability information message has a preference to indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTNs or TNs.

[0189] In an eighth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through seventh aspects, the process 1000 includes sending (e.g., using the communications manager 150 and / or the transmitting component 1604 shown in FIG. 16 ) an indication to the UE that the UE will prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the NTNs or TNs in a UE capability information message, where the UE capability information message prioritizes indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the NTNs or TNs.

[0190] In a ninth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to eighth aspects, the UE capability information message includes an indication that the UE capability information message has a preference to indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTNs or TNs.

[0191] In a tenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to ninth aspects, the UE is an NTN-only UE, and the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with only the NTN.

[0192] In an eleventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to tenth aspects, the UE capability information message includes an indication that the UE is an NTN-only UE or that one or more UE capabilities are associated with only the NTN.

[0193] In a twelfth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to eleventh aspects, the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities using one or more feature group indications.

[0194] 10 illustrates example blocks of process 1000, in some aspects process 1000 may include additional, fewer, different, or differently arranged blocks compared to the blocks illustrated in FIG 10. Additionally or alternatively, two or more of the blocks of process 1000 may be performed in parallel.

[0195] 11 illustrates an example process 1100 implemented, for example, by a UE, in accordance with the present disclosure. The example process 1100 is an example in which a UE (e.g., UE 120) performs operations associated with selective reporting of UE capability information.

[0196] As shown in FIG. 11, in some aspects, the process 1100 may include receiving a UE capability request message from a base station (block 1110). For example, the UE may receive the UE capability request message from the base station (e.g., using the communications manager 140 and / or the receiving component 1302 shown in FIG. 13) as described above. In some aspects, the process 1100 may include receiving an indication that one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum will be indicated in the UE capability information message (block 1112). For example, the UE may receive an indication (e.g., using the communications manager 140 and / or the receiving component 1302 shown in FIG. 13) as described above, that one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum will be indicated in the UE capability information message. In some aspects, the process 1100 may include receiving an indication of one or more bands or band combinations (block 1114). For example, the UE may receive (eg, using the communications manager 140 and / or the receiving component 1302 shown in FIG. 13) an indication of one or more bands or band combinations, as described above.

[0197] In some aspects, process 1100 may include determining, based at least in part on the network information and / or UE information, that the UE will indicate in the UE capability information message one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum (block 1116). For example, the UE may determine (e.g., using the communications manager 140 and / or the determining component 1308 shown in FIG. 13 ), as described above, based at least in part on the network information and / or UE information, that the UE will indicate in the UE capability information message one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum.

[0198] 11, in some aspects, process 1100 may include transmitting a UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum to the base station in response to the UE capability request message (block 1120). For example, the UE may transmit (e.g., using the communications manager 140 and / or the transmitting component 1304 illustrated in FIG. 13) a UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum to the base station in response to the UE capability request message, as described above.

[0199] Process 1100 may include additional aspects, such as any single aspect or any combination of aspects described below and / or with respect to one or more other processes described elsewhere herein.

[0200] In a first aspect, the process 1100 includes receiving an indication from a base station (e.g., using the communications manager 140 and / or the receiving component 1302 shown in FIG. 13 ) that one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum are to be indicated in a UE capability information message, where the UE capability information message indicates the one or more UE capabilities in accordance with the indication.

[0201] In a second aspect, alone or in combination with the first aspect, the process 1100 includes receiving from a base station (e.g., using the communications manager 140 and / or the receiving component 1302 shown in FIG. 13 ) an indication of one or more bands or band combinations for which a UE capability information message will indicate UE capabilities for each band, the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the unlicensed spectrum according to one or more bands or band combinations including unlicensed bands, and the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the licensed spectrum according to one or more bands or band combinations including licensed bands.

[0202] In a third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first and second aspects, the process 1100 includes determining, based at least in part on the network information (e.g., using the communications manager 140 and / or the determining component 1308 shown in FIG. 13 ), that the UE will indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum in a UE capability information message, where the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum.

[0203] In a fourth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to third aspects, the network information includes at least one of serving cell information indicating that a serving cell for the UE operates in an unlicensed spectrum or a licensed spectrum, or neighboring cell information indicating that a neighboring cell for the UE operates in an unlicensed spectrum or a licensed spectrum.

[0204] In a fifth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through fourth aspects, the process 1100 includes determining, based at least in part on the UE information (e.g., using the communications manager 140 and / or the determination component 1308 shown in FIG. 13 ), that the UE indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum in a UE capability information message, where the UE capability information message indicates the one or more UE capabilities for the particular one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum.

[0205] In a sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to fifth aspects, the UE information includes at least one of a type of UE, a location of the UE, a quality of service for communication of the UE, a connection history of the UE, or a movement speed of the UE.

[0206] In a seventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to sixth aspects, the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with the unlicensed spectrum in a field of the UE capability information message designated for a capability indication for the licensed spectrum.

[0207] In an eighth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to seventh aspects, the UE capability information message includes an indication that one or more UE capabilities associated with the unlicensed spectrum are in a field of the UE capability information message designated for capability indication for licensed spectrum.

[0208] In a ninth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to eighth aspects, the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with the unlicensed spectrum in a field of the UE capability information message designated for a capability indication regarding the unlicensed spectrum.

[0209] In a tenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to ninth aspects, the UE capability information message indicates lack of support for all features for an additional field in an additional field of the UE capability information message specified for capability indication for a licensed spectrum.

[0210] In an eleventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to tenth aspects, the UE capability information message has a preference to indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the unlicensed spectrum or the licensed spectrum.

[0211] In a twelfth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through eleventh aspects, the process 1100 includes receiving an indication from a base station (e.g., using the communications manager 140 and / or the receiving component 1302 shown in FIG. 13 ) that the UE will prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the unlicensed spectrum or the licensed spectrum in a UE capability information message, where the UE capability information message prioritizes indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the unlicensed spectrum or the licensed spectrum.

[0212] In a thirteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through twelfth aspects, the process 1100 includes determining, based at least in part on at least one of the network information or the UE information (e.g., using the communications manager 140 and / or the determination component 1308 shown in FIG. 13 ), that the UE will prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the unlicensed spectrum or the licensed spectrum in a UE capability information message, where the UE capability information message prioritizes indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the unlicensed spectrum or the licensed spectrum.

[0213] In a fourteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to thirteenth aspects, the UE capability information message includes an indication that the UE capability information message prefers to indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the unlicensed spectrum or the licensed spectrum.

[0214] In a fifteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to fourteenth aspects, the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities using one or more feature group indications.

[0215] 11 illustrates example blocks of process 1100, in some aspects process 1100 may include additional, fewer, different, or differently arranged blocks compared to the blocks illustrated in FIG 11. Additionally or alternatively, two or more of the blocks of process 1100 may be performed in parallel.

[0216] 12 illustrates an example process 1200 implemented, for example, by a base station, in accordance with the present disclosure. The example process 1200 is an example in which a base station (e.g., base station 110) performs operations associated with selective reporting of UE capability information.

[0217] As shown in FIG. 12, in some aspects, the process 1200 may include transmitting a UE capability request message to the UE (block 1210). For example, the base station (e.g., using the communications manager 150 and / or the transmitting component 1604 shown in FIG. 16) may transmit the UE capability request message to the UE as described above. In some aspects, the process 1200 may include transmitting an indication that one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum will be indicated in the UE capability information message (block 1212). For example, the base station (e.g., using the communications manager 150 and / or the transmitting component 1604 shown in FIG. 16) may transmit an indication that one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum will be indicated in the UE capability information message as described above. In some aspects, the process 1200 may include transmitting an indication of one or more bands or band combinations (block 1214). For example, the base station (eg, using the communications manager 150 and / or the transmitting component 1604 shown in FIG. 16) may transmit an indication of one or more bands or band combinations, as described above.

[0218] 12, in some aspects, process 1200 may include receiving a UE capability information message from the UE in response to the UE capability request message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of an unlicensed spectrum, a licensed spectrum, or both unlicensed and licensed spectrum (block 1220). For example, the base station (e.g., using the communications manager 150 and / or the receiving component 1602 shown in FIG. 16) may receive a UE capability information message from the UE in response to the UE capability request message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of an unlicensed spectrum, a licensed spectrum, or both unlicensed and licensed spectrum, as described above.

[0219] Process 1200 may include additional aspects, such as any single aspect or any combination of aspects described below and / or with respect to one or more other processes described elsewhere herein.

[0220] In a first aspect, the process 1200 includes transmitting (e.g., using the communications manager 150 and / or the transmitting component 1604 shown in FIG. 16 ) an indication to the UE that one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum will be indicated in a UE capability information message, where the UE capability information message indicates the one or more UE capabilities in accordance with the indication.

[0221] In a second aspect, alone or in combination with the first aspect, the process 1200 includes transmitting (e.g., using the communications manager 150 and / or the transmitting component 1604 shown in FIG. 16 ) to the UE an indication of one or more bands or band combinations for which the UE capability information message will indicate UE capabilities per band, the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the unlicensed spectrum according to one or more bands or band combinations including the unlicensed bands, and the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the licensed spectrum according to one or more bands or band combinations including the licensed bands.

[0222] In a third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first and second aspects, the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with the unlicensed spectrum in a field of the UE capability information message designated for capability indication for the licensed spectrum.

[0223] In a fourth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to third aspects, the UE capability information message includes an indication that one or more UE capabilities associated with the unlicensed spectrum are in a field of the UE capability information message designated for capability indication for licensed spectrum.

[0224] In a fifth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to fourth aspects, the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with the unlicensed spectrum in a field of the UE capability information message designated for a capability indication with respect to the unlicensed spectrum.

[0225] In a sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to fifth aspects, the UE Capability Information message indicates lack of support for all features for an additional field in an additional field of the UE Capability Information message specified for capability indication for a licensed spectrum.

[0226] In a seventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to sixth aspects, the UE capability information message preferentially indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the unlicensed spectrum or the licensed spectrum.

[0227] In an eighth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through seventh aspects, the process 1200 includes transmitting (e.g., using the communications manager 150 and / or the transmitting component 1604 shown in FIG. 16 ) an indication to the UE that the UE will prefer to indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the unlicensed spectrum or the licensed spectrum in a UE capability information message, where the UE capability information message prefers to indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the unlicensed spectrum or the licensed spectrum.

[0228] In a ninth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to eighth aspects, the UE capability information message includes an indication that the UE capability information message prefers to indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the unlicensed spectrum or the licensed spectrum.

[0229] In a tenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to ninth aspects, the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities using one or more feature group indications.

[0230] 12 illustrates example blocks of process 1200, in some aspects process 1200 may include additional, fewer, different, or differently arranged blocks compared to the blocks illustrated in FIG 12. Additionally or alternatively, two or more of the blocks of process 1200 may be performed in parallel.

[0231] FIG. 13 is a diagram of an example apparatus 1300 for wireless communication. The apparatus 1300 may be a UE, or a UE may include the apparatus 1300. In some aspects, the apparatus 1300 includes a receiving component 1302 and a transmitting component 1304 that may be in communication with one another (e.g., via one or more buses and / or one or more other components). As shown, the apparatus 1300 may communicate with another apparatus 1306 (such as a UE, a base station, or another wireless communication device) using the receiving component 1302 and the transmitting component 1304. As further shown, the apparatus 1300 may include a communications manager 140. The communications manager 140 may include one or more of a determining component 1308 or a prioritizing component 1310, among other examples.

[0232] In some aspects, the apparatus 1300 may be configured to perform one or more operations described herein with respect to Figures 7-8. Additionally or alternatively, the apparatus 1300 may be configured to perform one or more processes described herein, such as process 900 of Figure 9, process 1100 of Figure 11, process 1900 of Figure 19, or a combination thereof. In some aspects, the apparatus 1300 and / or one or more components shown in Figure 13 may include one or more components of a UE described in connection with Figure 2. Additionally or alternatively, one or more components shown in Figure 13 may be implemented in one or more components described in connection with Figure 2. Additionally or alternatively, one or more components of the set of components may be implemented at least in part as software stored in a memory. For example, a component (or a portion of a component) may be implemented as instructions or code stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium and executable by a controller or processor to perform the function or operation of the component.

[0233] The receiving component 1302 may receive communications, such as reference signals, control information, data communications, or combinations thereof, from the device 1306. The receiving component 1302 may provide the received communications to one or more other components of the device 1300. In some aspects, the receiving component 1302 may perform signal processing (such as filtering, amplification, demodulation, analog-to-digital conversion, demultiplexing, deinterleaving, demapping, equalization, interference cancellation, or decoding, among other examples) on the received communications and provide the processed signals to one or more other components of the device 1300. In some aspects, the receiving component 1302 may include one or more antennas, a modem, a demodulator, a MIMO detector, a receive processor, a controller / processor, a memory, or a combination thereof of a UE as described with respect to FIG.

[0234] The transmitting component 1304 may transmit a communication, such as a reference signal, control information, a data communication, or a combination thereof, to the device 1306. In some aspects, one or more other components of the device 1300 may generate a communication and provide the generated communication to the transmitting component 1304 for transmission to the device 1306. In some aspects, the transmitting component 1304 may perform signal processing (such as filtering, amplification, modulation, digital-to-analog conversion, multiplexing, interleaving, mapping, or encoding, among other examples) on the generated communication and may transmit the processed signal to the device 1306. In some aspects, the transmitting component 1304 may include one or more antennas, a modem, a modulator, a transmit MIMO processor, a transmit processor, a controller / processor, a memory, or a combination thereof, of a UE as described with respect to FIG. 2. In some aspects, the transmitting component 1304 may be collocated with the receiving component 1302 in a transceiver.

[0235] The receiving component 1302 may receive a UE capability request message from a base station. In some aspects, the transmitting component 1304 may transmit a UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN to the base station in response to the UE capability request message. In some aspects, the transmitting component 1304 may transmit a UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum to the base station in response to the UE capability request message.

[0236] In some aspects, the receiving component 1302 may receive an indication from a base station that one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN will be indicated in a UE Capability Information message. In some aspects, the receiving component 1302 may receive an indication from a base station that one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum will be indicated in a UE Capability Information message.

[0237] The receiving component 1302 can receive from a base station an indication of one or more bands or band combinations for which the UE capability information message will indicate the UE capabilities for each band.

[0238] In some aspects, the determining component 1308 may determine, based at least in part on the network information, that the UE will indicate in the UE capability information message one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN. In some aspects, the determining component 1308 may determine, based at least in part on the network information, that the UE will indicate in the UE capability information message one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum.

[0239] In some aspects, the determining component 1308 may determine, based at least in part on the UE information, that the UE will indicate in the UE capability information message one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN. In some aspects, the determining component 1308 may determine, based at least in part on the UE information, that the UE will indicate in the UE capability information message one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum.

[0240] In some aspects, the receiving component 1302 may receive an indication from a base station that the UE will prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTNs or TNs in a UE capability information message. In some aspects, the prioritization component 1310 may prioritize the UE capability information message to prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTNs or TNs. In some aspects, the receiving component 1302 may receive an indication from a base station that the UE will prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum or licensed spectrum in a UE capability information message. In some aspects, the prioritization component 1310 may prioritize the UE capability information message to prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum or licensed spectrum.

[0241] In some aspects, the determining component 1308 may determine, based at least in part on at least one of the network information or the UE information, that the UE will prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTNs or TNs in the UE capability information message. In some aspects, the prioritization component 1310 may prioritize the UE capability information message to prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTNs or TNs. In some aspects, the determining component 1308 may determine, based at least in part on at least one of the network information or the UE information, that the UE will prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum or the licensed spectrum in the UE capability information message. In some aspects, the prioritization component 1310 may prioritize the UE capability information message to prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum or the licensed spectrum.

[0242] The number and arrangement of components shown in Figure 13 are provided as an example. In practice, there may be additional, fewer, different, or differently arranged components compared to those shown in Figure 13. Furthermore, two or more components shown in Figure 13 may be implemented within a single component, or a single component shown in Figure 13 may be implemented as multiple distributed components. Additionally or alternatively, a set of components (one or more) shown in Figure 13 may perform one or more functions that are described as being performed by another set of components shown in Figure 13.

[0243] 14 illustrates an example hardware implementation 1400 for an apparatus 1405 employing a processing system 1410. The apparatus 1405 may be a UE.

[0244] The processing system 1410 may be implemented in a bus architecture represented generally by bus 1415. The bus 1415 may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges depending on the particular application and overall design constraints of the processing system 1410. The bus 1415 links together various circuits including one or more processors and / or hardware components represented by processor 1420, the illustrated components, and computer readable media / memory 1425. The bus 1415 may also link various other circuits, such as timing sources, peripherals, voltage regulators, and / or power management circuits.

[0245] The processing system 1410 may be coupled to a transceiver 1430. The transceiver 1430 is coupled to one or more antennas 1435. The transceiver 1430 provides a means for communicating with various other devices over a transmission medium. The transceiver 1430 receives signals from the one or more antennas 1435, extracts information from the received signals, and provides the extracted information to the processing system 1410, specifically, the receiving component 1302. Additionally, the transceiver 1430 receives information from the processing system 1410, specifically, the transmitting component 1304, and generates signals to be applied to the one or more antennas 1435 based at least in part on the received information.

[0246] The processing system 1410 includes a processor 1420 coupled to a computer readable medium / memory 1425. The processor 1420 is responsible for general processing, including the execution of software stored in the computer readable medium / memory 1425. The software, when executed by the processor 1420, causes the processing system 1410 to perform various functions described herein for any particular device. The computer readable medium / memory 1425 may also be used to store data that is manipulated by the processor 1420 when executing the software. The processing system further includes at least one of the illustrated components. The components may be software modules executed in the processor 1420 and residing / stored in the computer readable medium / memory 1425, one or more hardware modules coupled to the processor 1420, or some combination thereof.

[0247] In some aspects, the processing system 1410 may be a component of the UE 120 and may include the memory 282 and / or at least one of the TX MIMO processor 266, the receive processor 258, and / or the controller / processor 280. In some aspects, the apparatus 1405 for wireless communication includes means for receiving a UE capability request message and / or means for transmitting, in response to the UE capability request message, a UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN. In some aspects, the apparatus 1405 for wireless communication includes means for receiving a UE capability request message and / or means for transmitting, in response to the UE capability request message, a UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum. The aforementioned means may be one or more of the aforementioned components of the apparatus 1300 and / or the processing system 1410 of the apparatus 1405 configured to perform the functions recited by the aforementioned means. As described elsewhere herein, the processing system 1410 may include the transmit MIMO processor 266, the receive processor 258, and / or the controller / processor 280. In one configuration, such means may be the transmit MIMO processor 266, the receive processor 258, and / or the controller / processor 280 configured to perform the functions and / or operations described herein.

[0248] Figure 14 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from those described in relation to Figure 14.

[0249] 15 illustrates an example implementation 1500 of code and circuitry for an apparatus 1505 in accordance with the present disclosure. The apparatus 1505 may be a UE.

[0250] 15, the apparatus 1505 may include a circuit for receiving a message (circuit 1520). For example, the circuit 1520 may provide a means for receiving a UE capability request message.

[0251] 15, the apparatus 1505 may include circuitry for receiving an indication (circuitry 1525). For example, the circuitry 1525 may provide means for receiving an indication that the apparatus 1505 will indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN in a UE Capability Information message, means for receiving an indication that the apparatus 1505 will indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum in a UE Capability Information message, means for receiving an indication that the apparatus 1505 will prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN or the TN in the UE Capability Information message, and / or means for receiving an indication that the apparatus 1505 will prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum or the licensed spectrum in the UE Capability Information message.

[0252] As shown in FIG. 15, the device 1505 may include a circuit for determining (circuit 1530). For example, the circuitry 1530 may provide means for determining, based at least in part on the network information and / or UE information, that the device 1505 will indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN in the UE capability information message; means for determining, based at least in part on the network information and / or UE information, that the device 1505 will indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum in the UE capability information message; means for determining, based at least in part on the network information and / or UE information, that the device 1505 will prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the NTN or the TN in the UE capability information message; and / or means for determining, based at least in part on the network information and / or UE information, that the device 1505 will prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum or the licensed spectrum in the UE capability information message.

[0253] 15, the apparatus 1505 may include circuitry for prioritization, circuitry 1535. For example, the circuitry 1535 may provide means for prioritizing indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of an NTN or a TN in a UE capability information message, and / or means for prioritizing indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of an unlicensed spectrum or a licensed spectrum in a UE capability information message.

[0254] 15, the apparatus 1505 may include a circuit for transmitting a message (circuit 1540). For example, the circuit 1540 may provide a means for transmitting a UE Capability Information message in response to a UE Capability Request message.

[0255] The circuits 1520, 1525, 1530, 1535, and / or 1540 may include one or more components of the UE described above with respect to FIG. 2, such as the transmit processor 264, the transmit MIMO processor 266, the modem 254, the MIMO detector 256, the receive processor 258, the antenna 252, the controller / processor 280, and / or the memory 282.

[0256] 15, the apparatus 1505 may include code for receiving a message (code 1545), stored on the computer-readable medium 1425. For example, the code 1545, when executed by the processor 1420, may cause the apparatus 1505 to receive a UE capability request message.

[0257] 15, the apparatus 1505 may include code (code 1550) for receiving an indication, stored on the computer readable medium 1425. For example, code 1550, when executed by the processor 1420, may cause the apparatus 1505 to receive an indication that the apparatus 1505 will indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of an NTN, a TN, or both an NTN and a TN in a UE Capability Information message, receive an indication that the apparatus 1505 will indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of an unlicensed spectrum, a licensed spectrum, or both an unlicensed spectrum and a licensed spectrum in a UE Capability Information message, receive an indication that the apparatus 1505 will prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of an NTN or a TN in the UE Capability Information message, and / or receive an indication that the apparatus 1505 will prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of an unlicensed spectrum or a licensed spectrum in the UE Capability Information message.

[0258] As shown in FIG. 15, the apparatus 1505 may include code for determining (code 1555), stored on the computer readable medium 1425. For example, code 1555 when executed by processor 1420 may cause the device 1505 to determine, based at least in part on the network information and / or UE information, that the device 1505 will indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN in the UE capability information message; determine, based at least in part on the network information and / or UE information, that the device 1505 will indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum in the UE capability information message; determine, based at least in part on the network information and / or UE information, that the device 1505 will prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the NTN or the TN in the UE capability information message; and / or determine, based at least in part on the network information and / or UE information, that the device 1505 will prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum or the licensed spectrum in the UE capability information message.

[0259] 15, the apparatus 1505 may include code for prioritization (code 1560) stored on the computer readable medium 1425. For example, code 1560, when executed by the processor 1420, may cause the apparatus 1505 to prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of an NTN or a TN in a UE capability information message and / or to prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of an unlicensed spectrum or a licensed spectrum in a UE capability information message.

[0260] 15, the apparatus 1505 may include code for transmitting a message (code 1565), stored on the computer-readable medium 1425. For example, the code 1565, when executed by the processor 1420, may cause the apparatus 1505 to transmit a UE capabilities information message in response to a UE capabilities request message.

[0261] Figure 15 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from those described in relation to Figure 15.

[0262] FIG. 16 is a diagram of an example apparatus 1600 for wireless communication. The apparatus 1600 may be a UE, or a UE may include the apparatus 1600. In some aspects, the apparatus 1600 includes a receiving component 1602 and a transmitting component 1604 that may be in communication with one another (e.g., via one or more buses and / or one or more other components). As shown, the apparatus 1600 may communicate with another apparatus 1606 (such as a UE, a base station, or another wireless communication device) using the receiving component 1602 and the transmitting component 1604. As further shown, the apparatus 1600 may include a communications manager 140. The communications manager 140 may include a configuration component 1608, among other examples.

[0263] In some aspects, the device 1600 may be configured to perform one or more operations described herein with respect to Figures 7-8. Additionally or alternatively, the device 1600 may be configured to perform one or more processes described herein, such as process 1000 of Figure 10, process 1200 of Figure 12, process 2000 of Figure 20, or a combination thereof. In some aspects, the device 1600 and / or one or more components shown in Figure 16 may include one or more components of a UE described in connection with Figure 2. Additionally or alternatively, one or more components shown in Figure 16 may be implemented in one or more components described in connection with Figure 2. Additionally or alternatively, one or more components of the set of components may be implemented at least in part as software stored in a memory. For example, a component (or a portion of a component) may be implemented as instructions or code stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium and executable by a controller or processor to perform the function or operation of the component.

[0264] The receiving component 1602 may receive communications from the device 1606, such as reference signals, control information, data communications, or combinations thereof. The receiving component 1602 may provide the received communications to one or more other components of the device 1600. In some aspects, the receiving component 1602 may perform signal processing (such as filtering, amplification, demodulation, analog-to-digital conversion, demultiplexing, deinterleaving, demapping, equalization, interference cancellation, or decoding, among other examples) on the received communications and provide the processed signals to one or more other components of the device 1600. In some aspects, the receiving component 1602 may include one or more antennas, a modem, a demodulator, a MIMO detector, a receive processor, a controller / processor, a memory, or a combination thereof of a UE as described with respect to FIG.

[0265] The transmitting component 1604 may transmit a communication to the device 1606, such as a reference signal, control information, a data communication, or a combination thereof. In some aspects, one or more other components of the device 1600 may generate a communication and provide the generated communication to the transmitting component 1604 for transmission to the device 1606. In some aspects, the transmitting component 1604 may perform signal processing (such as filtering, amplification, modulation, digital-to-analog conversion, multiplexing, interleaving, mapping, or encoding, among other examples) on the generated communication and may transmit the processed signal to the device 1606. In some aspects, the transmitting component 1604 may include one or more antennas, a modem, a modulator, a transmit MIMO processor, a transmit processor, a controller / processor, a memory, or a combination thereof of a UE as described with respect to FIG. 2. In some aspects, the transmitting component 1604 may be collocated with the receiving component 1602 in a transceiver.

[0266] The transmitting component 1604 may transmit a UE capabilities request message to the UE. In some aspects, the receiving component 1602 may receive a UE capabilities information message from the UE in response to the UE capabilities request message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN. In some aspects, the receiving component 1602 may receive a UE capabilities information message from the UE in response to the UE capabilities request message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum.

[0267] In some aspects, the transmitting component 1604 may transmit an indication to the UE that one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN will be indicated in the UE Capability Information message. In some aspects, the transmitting component 1604 may transmit an indication to the UE that one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum will be indicated in the UE Capability Information message.

[0268] The transmitting component 1604 may transmit to the UE an indication of one or more bands or band combinations for which the UE Capability Information message will indicate the UE capabilities for each band.

[0269] In some aspects, the transmitting component 1604 may transmit an indication to the UE that the UE will prefer to indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN or TN in a UE capability information message. In some aspects, the transmitting component 1604 may transmit an indication to the UE that the UE will prefer to indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum or licensed spectrum in a UE capability information message.

[0270] The configuration component 1608 may determine a configuration for the UE based at least in part on the UE capability information.

[0271] The number and arrangement of components shown in Figure 16 are provided as an example. In practice, there may be additional, fewer, different, or differently arranged components compared to those shown in Figure 16. Furthermore, two or more components shown in Figure 16 may be implemented within a single component, or a single component shown in Figure 16 may be implemented as multiple distributed components. Additionally or alternatively, a set of components (or components) shown in Figure 16 may perform one or more functions described as being performed by another set of components shown in Figure 16.

[0272] 17 illustrates an example hardware implementation 1700 for an apparatus 1705 employing a processing system 1710. The apparatus 1705 may be a base station.

[0273] The processing system 1710 may be implemented in a bus architecture represented generally by bus 1715. The bus 1715 may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges depending on the particular application and overall design constraints of the processing system 1710. The bus 1715 links together various circuits including one or more processors and / or hardware components represented by processor 1720, the illustrated components, and computer readable media / memory 1725. The bus 1715 may also link various other circuits, such as timing sources, peripherals, voltage regulators, and / or power management circuits.

[0274] The processing system 1710 may be coupled to a transceiver 1730. The transceiver 1730 is coupled to one or more antennas 1735. The transceiver 1730 provides a means for communicating with various other devices over a transmission medium. The transceiver 1730 receives signals from the one or more antennas 1735, extracts information from the received signals, and provides the extracted information to the processing system 1710, in particular the receiving component 1602. Additionally, the transceiver 1730 receives information from the processing system 1710, in particular the transmitting component 1604, and generates signals to be applied to the one or more antennas 1735 based at least in part on the received information.

[0275] The processing system 1710 includes a processor 1720 coupled to a computer readable medium / memory 1725. The processor 1720 is responsible for general processing, including the execution of software stored in the computer readable medium / memory 1725. The software, when executed by the processor 1720, causes the processing system 1710 to perform various functions described herein for any particular device. The computer readable medium / memory 1725 may also be used to store data that is manipulated by the processor 1720 when executing the software. The processing system further includes at least one of the illustrated components. The components may be software modules executed in the processor 1720 and residing / stored in the computer readable medium / memory 1725, one or more hardware modules coupled to the processor 1720, or some combination thereof.

[0276] In some aspects, the processing system 1710 may be a component of the base station 110 and may include the memory 242 and / or at least one of the TX MIMO processor 230, the receive processor 238, and / or the controller / processor 240. In some aspects, the apparatus 1705 for wireless communication includes means for transmitting a UE capability request message and / or means for receiving a UE capability information message in response to the UE capability request message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN. In some aspects, the apparatus 1705 for wireless communication includes means for transmitting a UE capability request message and / or means for receiving a UE capability information message in response to the UE capability request message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum. The aforementioned means may be one or more of the aforementioned components of the apparatus 1600 and / or the processing system 1710 of the apparatus 1705 configured to perform the functions recited by the aforementioned means. As described elsewhere herein, the processing system 1710 may include the TX MIMO processor 230, the receive processor 238, and / or the controller / processor 240. In one configuration, the aforementioned means may be the TX MIMO processor 230, the receive processor 238, and / or the controller / processor 240 configured to perform the functions and / or operations described herein.

[0277] Figure 17 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from those described in relation to Figure 17.

[0278] 18 illustrates an example implementation 1800 of code and circuitry for an apparatus 1805 in accordance with the present disclosure. The apparatus 1805 may be a UE.

[0279] 18, the apparatus 1805 may include a circuit for transmitting a message (circuit 1820). For example, the circuit 1820 may provide a means for transmitting a UE capability request message.

[0280] 18, the apparatus 1805 may include circuitry for transmitting an indication (circuitry 1825). For example, the circuitry 1825 may provide means for transmitting an indication that one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN will be indicated in the UE Capability Information message, means for transmitting an indication that one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum will be indicated in the UE Capability Information message, means for transmitting an indication that the UE will prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the NTN or the TN in the UE Capability Information message, and / or means for transmitting an indication that the UE will prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the unlicensed spectrum or the licensed spectrum in the UE Capability Information message.

[0281] 18, the apparatus 1805 may include a circuit for receiving a message (circuit 1830). For example, the circuit 1830 may provide means for receiving a UE Capability Information message in response to a UE Capability Request message.

[0282] 18, the apparatus 1805 may include a circuit for configuration (circuit 1835). For example, the circuit 1835 may provide means for determining a configuration for the UE based at least in part on the UE capability information.

[0283] The circuits 1820, 1825, 1830, and / or 1835 may include one or more components of the UE described above with respect to FIG. 2, such as the transmit processor 264, the transmit MIMO processor 266, the modem 254, the MIMO detector 256, the receive processor 258, the antenna 252, the controller / processor 280, and / or the memory 282.

[0284] 18, the apparatus 1805 may include code for transmitting a message (code 1840), stored on the computer readable medium 1725. For example, the code 1840, when executed by the processor 1720, may cause the apparatus 1805 to transmit a UE capability request message.

[0285] 18, the apparatus 1805 may include code (code 1845) for transmitting an indication stored on the computer readable medium 1725. For example, code 1845, when executed by the processor 1720, may cause the apparatus 1805 to transmit an indication that one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN will be indicated in a UE Capability Information message, transmit an indication that one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum will be indicated in the UE Capability Information message, transmit an indication that the UE will prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the NTN or the TN in the UE Capability Information message, and / or transmit an indication that the UE will prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum or the licensed spectrum in the UE Capability Information message.

[0286] 18, the apparatus 1805 may include code for receiving a message (code 1850), stored on the computer-readable medium 1725. For example, the code 1850, when executed by the processor 1720, may cause the apparatus 1805 to receive a UE capabilities information message in response to a UE capabilities request message.

[0287] 18, the apparatus 1805 may include code for configuration (code 1855), stored on the computer-readable medium 1725. For example, the code 1855, when executed by the processor 1720, may cause the apparatus 1805 to determine a configuration for the UE based at least in part on the UE capability information.

[0288] Figure 18 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from those described in relation to Figure 18.

[0289] 19 illustrates an example process 1900 implemented, for example, by a UE, in accordance with the present disclosure. The example process 1900 is an example in which a UE (e.g., UE 120) performs operations associated with selective reporting of UE capability information.

[0290] 19, in some aspects, the process 1900 may include receiving a UE capabilities request message (block 1910). For example, the UE may receive the UE capabilities request message (e.g., using the communications manager 140 and / or the receiving component 1302 shown in FIG. 13) as described above.

[0291] In some aspects, process 1900 may include determining, based at least in part on the network information, that one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN are to be indicated in the UE capability information message (block 1912). For example, the UE may determine (e.g., using the communications manager 140 and / or the determining component 1308 shown in FIG. 13 ), as described above, based at least in part on the network information, that one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN are to be indicated in the UE capability information message.

[0292] 19, in some aspects, the process 1900 may include transmitting a UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN, in response to the UE capability request message, based at least in part on the network information (block 1920). For example, the UE may transmit (e.g., using the communications manager 140 and / or the transmitting component 1304 illustrated in FIG. 13) a UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN, in response to the UE capability request message, based at least in part on the network information, as described above.

[0293] Process 1900 may include additional aspects, such as any single aspect or any combination of aspects described below and / or with respect to one or more other processes described elsewhere herein.

[0294] In a first aspect, process 1900 includes receiving an indication that one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN are to be indicated in a UE capability information message, where the UE capability information message indicates the one or more UE capabilities in accordance with the indication.

[0295] In a second aspect, alone or in combination with the first aspect, the process 1900 includes receiving an indication of one or more bands or band combinations for which a UE capability information message will indicate UE capabilities for each band, the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN according to one or more bands or band combinations including the NTN band, and the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the TN according to one or more bands or band combinations including the TN band.

[0296] In a third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first and second aspects, the process 1900 includes determining, based at least in part on the network information, that the UE will indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN in a UE capability information message, where the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN.

[0297] In a fourth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to third aspects, the network information includes at least one of serving cell information indicating that a serving cell for the UE operates in an NTN or a TN, or neighboring cell information indicating that a neighboring cell for the UE operates in an NTN or a TN.

[0298] In a fifth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to fourth aspects, the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN, further based at least in part on the UE information.

[0299] In a sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to fifth aspects, the UE information includes at least one of a type of UE, a location of the UE, a quality of service for communication of the UE, a connection history of the UE, or a movement speed of the UE.

[0300] In a seventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to sixth aspects, the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN in a field of the UE capability information message designated for capability indication for the TN.

[0301] In an eighth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to seventh aspects, the UE capability information message includes an indication that one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN are in a field of the UE capability information message designated for a capability indication for the TN.

[0302] In a ninth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to eighth aspects, the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN in a field of the UE capability information message designated for a capability indication for the NTN.

[0303] In a tenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to ninth aspects, the UE capability information message indicates that in an additional field of the UE capability information message specified for capability indication for the TN, all features for the additional field lack support.

[0304] In an eleventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to tenth aspects, the UE capability information message has a preference to indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTNs or TNs.

[0305] In a twelfth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to eleventh aspects, the process 1900 includes receiving an indication that the UE will prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the NTNs or TNs in a UE capability information message, where the UE capability information message prioritizes indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the NTNs or TNs.

[0306] In a thirteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to twelfth aspects, the process 1900 includes determining, based at least in part on at least one of the network information or the UE information, that the UE will prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTNs or TNs in a UE capability information message, where the UE capability information message prioritizes indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the NTNs or TNs.

[0307] In a fourteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to thirteenth aspects, the UE capability information message includes an indication that the UE capability information message has a preference to indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTNs or TNs.

[0308] In accordance with the fifteenth aspect alone or in combination with one or more of the first to fourteenth aspects, the UE is an NTN-only UE, and the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with only the NTN.

[0309] In a sixteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to fifteenth aspects, the UE capability information message includes an indication that the UE is an NTN-only UE or that one or more UE capabilities are associated with only the NTN.

[0310] In a seventeenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to sixteenth aspects, the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities using one or more feature group indications.

[0311] In an eighteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through seventeenth aspects, the process 1900 includes receiving network information in one or more of a master information block, a system information block, or UE dedicated signaling.

[0312] In a nineteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to eighteenth aspects, the one or more UE capabilities are one or more per-UE capabilities.

[0313] 19 illustrates example blocks of process 1900, in some aspects process 1900 may include additional, fewer, different, or differently arranged blocks compared to the blocks illustrated in FIG 19. Additionally or alternatively, two or more of the blocks of process 1900 may be performed in parallel.

[0314] 20 illustrates an example process 2000 implemented, for example, by a network node, in accordance with the present disclosure. The example process 2000 is an example of a network node (e.g., base station 110) performing operations associated with selective reporting of UE capability information.

[0315] 20, in some aspects, the process 2000 may include transmitting a UE capabilities request message for the UE (block 2010). For example, the network node (e.g., using the communications manager 150 and / or the transmitting component 1604 shown in FIG. 16) may transmit the UE capabilities request message for the UE, as described above.

[0316] 20, in some aspects, process 2000 may include receiving a UE capability information message for the UE indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN, in response to the UE capability request message, based at least in part on the network information (block 2020). For example, the network node may receive (e.g., using the communications manager 150 and / or the receiving component 1602 shown in FIG. 16) a UE capability information message for the UE indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN, in response to the UE capability request message, based at least in part on the network information, as described above.

[0317] Process 2000 may include additional aspects, such as any single aspect or any combination of aspects described below and / or with respect to one or more other processes described elsewhere herein.

[0318] In a first aspect, the process 2000 includes sending an indication that one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN will be indicated in a UE capability information message, where the UE capability information message indicates the one or more UE capabilities in accordance with the indication.

[0319] In a second aspect, alone or in combination with the first aspect, the process 2000 includes sending an indication of one or more bands or band combinations where the UE capability information message indicates UE capabilities for each band, the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN according to one or more bands or band combinations including the NTN band, and the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the TN according to one or more bands or band combinations including the TN band.

[0320] In a third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first and second aspects, the network information includes at least one of serving cell information indicating that a serving cell for the UE operates in an NTN or a TN, or neighboring cell information indicating that a neighboring cell for the UE operates in an NTN or a TN.

[0321] In a fourth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to third aspects, the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN in a field of the UE capability information message designated for capability indication for the TN.

[0322] In a fifth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to fourth aspects, the UE capability information message includes an indication that one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN are in a field of the UE capability information message designated for a capability indication for the TN.

[0323] In a sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to fifth aspects, the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN in a field of the UE capability information message designated for a capability indication for the NTN.

[0324] In a seventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to sixth aspects, the UE capability information message indicates that in an additional field of the UE capability information message specified for capability indication for the TN, all features for the additional field are lacking support.

[0325] In an eighth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to seventh aspects, the UE capability information message has a preference to indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTNs or TNs.

[0326] In a ninth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to eighth aspects, the process 2000 includes sending an indication that the UE will prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the NTNs or TNs in a UE capability information message, where the UE capability information message prioritizes indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the NTNs or TNs.

[0327] In a tenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to ninth aspects, the UE capability information message includes an indication that the UE capability information message has a preference to indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTNs or TNs.

[0328] In an eleventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to tenth aspects, the UE is an NTN-only UE, and the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with only the NTN.

[0329] In a twelfth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to eleventh aspects, the UE capability information message includes an indication that the UE is an NTN-only UE or that one or more UE capabilities are associated with only the NTN.

[0330] In a thirteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to twelfth aspects, the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities using one or more feature group indications.

[0331] In a fourteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to thirteenth aspects, the process 2000 includes transmitting network information in one or more of a master information block, a system information block, or UE dedicated signaling.

[0332] In a fifteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to fourteenth aspects, the one or more UE capabilities are one or more per-UE capabilities.

[0333] 20 illustrates example blocks of process 2000, in some aspects process 2000 may include additional, fewer, different, or differently arranged blocks compared to the blocks illustrated in FIG 20. Additionally or alternatively, two or more of the blocks of process 2000 may be performed in parallel.

[0334] The following provides a summary of several aspects of the disclosure.

[0335] Aspect 1: A method of wireless communication implemented by a user equipment (UE) device, comprising: receiving a UE capability request message; and, in response to the UE capability request message, transmitting a UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of a non-terrestrial based network (NTN), a terrestrial based network (TN), or both the NTN and the TN based at least in part on network information.

[0336] Aspect 2: The method of aspect 1, further comprising receiving an indication that one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN will be indicated in a UE capability information message, wherein the UE capability information message indicates the one or more UE capabilities in accordance with the indication.

[0337] Aspect 3: The method of any of aspects 1 to 2, further comprising receiving an indication of one or more bands or band combinations where the UE capability information message indicates UE capabilities for each band, the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN according to one or more bands or band combinations including the NTN band, and the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the TN according to one or more bands or band combinations including the TN band.

[0338] Aspect 4: The method of any of aspects 1 to 3, further comprising determining, based at least in part on the network information, that the UE will indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN in a UE capability information message, wherein the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN.

[0339] Aspect 5: The method of any of aspects 1 to 4, wherein the network information includes at least one of serving cell information indicating that a serving cell for the UE operates in an NTN or a TN, or neighboring cell information indicating that a neighboring cell for the UE operates in an NTN or a TN.

[0340] Aspect 6: The method of any of aspects 1 to 5, wherein the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN based further at least in part on the UE information.

[0341] Aspect 7: The method of aspect 6, wherein the UE information includes at least one of a type of the UE, a location of the UE, a quality of service for communication of the UE, a connection history of the UE, or a movement speed of the UE.

[0342] Aspect 8: The method of any of aspects 1 to 7, wherein the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN in a field of the UE capability information message designated for a capability indication for the TN.

[0343] Aspect 9: The method of aspect 8, wherein the UE capability information message includes an indication that one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN are in a field of the UE capability information message designated for a capability indication for the TN.

[0344] Aspect 10: The method of any of aspects 1 to 9, wherein the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN in a field of the UE capability information message designated for a capability indication for the NTN.

[0345] Aspect 11: The method of aspect 10, wherein the UE Capability Information message indicates lack of support for all features for an additional field in an additional field of the UE Capability Information message specified for the capability indication for the TN.

[0346] Aspect 12: The method of any of aspects 1 to 11, wherein the UE capability information message has a preference for indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTNs or TNs.

[0347] Aspect 13: The method of aspect 12, further comprising receiving an indication that the UE will prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTNs or TNs in a UE capability information message, the UE capability information message prioritizing indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the NTNs or TNs.

[0348] Aspect 14: The method of any of aspects 12 to 13, further comprising determining, based at least in part on at least one of the network information or the UE information, that the UE will prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the NTNs or TNs in the UE capability information message, wherein the UE capability information message prioritizes indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the NTNs or TNs.

[0349] Aspect 15: The method of any of aspects 12 to 14, wherein the UE capability information message includes an indication that the UE capability information message prefers to indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTNs or TNs.

[0350] Aspect 16: The method of any of aspects 1 to 15, wherein the UE is an NTN-only UE, and the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with only the NTN.

[0351] Aspect 17: The method of aspect 16, wherein the UE capability information message includes an indication that the UE is an NTN-only UE or that one or more UE capabilities are associated with only the NTN.

[0352] Aspect 18: The method of any of aspects 1 to 17, wherein the UE Capability Information message indicates one or more UE capabilities using one or more feature group indications.

[0353] Aspect 19: The method of any of aspects 1 to 18, further comprising receiving network information in one or more of a master information block, a system information block, or UE dedicated signaling.

[0354] Aspect 20: The method of any of aspects 1 to 19, wherein the one or more UE capabilities are per-UE capabilities.

[0355] Aspect 21: A method of wireless communications implemented by a network node apparatus, comprising: transmitting a UE capability request message for a user equipment (UE); and receiving, in response to the UE capability request message, a UE capability information message for the UE indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of a non-terrestrial based network (NTN), a terrestrial based network (TN), or both the NTN and the TN based at least in part on network information.

[0356] Aspect 22: The method of aspect 21, further comprising sending an indication that one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN will be indicated in a UE capability information message, the UE capability information message indicating the one or more UE capabilities according to the indication.

[0357] Aspect 23: The method of any of aspects 21 to 22, further comprising sending an indication of one or more bands or band combinations where the UE capability information message indicates UE capabilities for each band, the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN according to one or more bands or band combinations including the NTN band, and the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the TN according to one or more bands or band combinations including the TN band.

[0358] Aspect 24: The method of any of aspects 21 to 23, wherein the network information includes at least one of serving cell information indicating that a serving cell for the UE operates in an NTN or a TN, or neighboring cell information indicating that a neighboring cell for the UE operates in an NTN or a TN.

[0359] Aspect 25: The method of any of aspects 21 to 24, wherein the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN in a field of the UE capability information message designated for a capability indication for the TN.

[0360] Aspect 26: The method of aspect 25, wherein the UE capability information message includes an indication that one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN are in a field of the UE capability information message designated for a capability indication for the TN.

[0361] Aspect 27: The method of any of aspects 21 to 26, wherein the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN in a field of the UE capability information message designated for a capability indication for the NTN.

[0362] Aspect 28: The method of aspect 27, wherein the UE capability information message indicates that in an additional field of the UE capability information message specified for the capability indication for the TN, all features for the additional field lack support.

[0363] Aspect 29: The method of any of aspects 21 to 28, wherein the UE capability information message prioritizes indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTNs or TNs.

[0364] Aspect 30: The method of aspect 29, further comprising: the UE sending an indication that the UE will prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTNs or TNs in the UE capability information message, the UE capability information message prioritizing indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the NTNs or TNs.

[0365] Aspect 31: The method of any of aspects 29 to 30, wherein the UE capability information message includes an indication that the UE capability information message prefers to indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTNs or TNs.

[0366] Aspect 32: The method of any of aspects 21 to 31, wherein the UE is an NTN-only UE, and the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with only the NTN.

[0367] Aspect 33: The method of aspect 32, wherein the UE capability information message includes an indication that the UE is an NTN-only UE or that one or more UE capabilities are associated with only the NTN.

[0368] Aspect 34: The method of any of aspects 21 to 33, wherein the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities using one or more feature group indications.

[0369] Example 35: The method of any of Examples 21 to 34, further comprising transmitting the network information in one or more of a master information block, a system information block, or UE dedicated signaling.

[0370] Aspect 36: The method of any of aspects 21 to 35, wherein the one or more UE capabilities are per-UE capabilities.

[0371] Aspect 37: An apparatus for wireless communication in a device, comprising a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to perform one or more of the methods of aspects 1 to 20.

[0372] Aspect 38: A device for wireless communication, comprising: a memory; and one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to perform one or more of the methods of aspects 1 to 20.

[0373] Aspect 39: An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising at least one means for performing one or more of the methods of aspects 1 to 20.

[0374] Aspect 40: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to perform one or more of the methods of aspects 1 to 20.

[0375] Aspect 41: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication, the set of instructions comprising one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the device to perform one or more methods of aspects 1 to 20.

[0376] Aspect 42: An apparatus for wireless communication in a device, comprising a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to perform one or more of the methods of aspects 21 to 36.

[0377] Aspect 43: A device for wireless communication, comprising: a memory; and one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to perform one or more of the methods of aspects 21 to 36.

[0378] Aspect 44: An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising at least one means for performing one or more of the methods of aspects 21 to 36.

[0379] Aspect 45: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to perform one or more of the methods of aspects 21 to 36.

[0380] Aspect 46: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication, the set of instructions comprising one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the device to perform one or more methods of aspects 21 to 36.

[0381] Aspect 47: A method of wireless communication implemented by a user equipment (UE) device, comprising: receiving a UE capability request message from a base station; and transmitting a UE capability information message to the base station in response to the UE capability request message, the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of a non-terrestrial network (NTN), a terrestrial network (TN), or both the NTN and the TN.

[0382] Aspect 48: The method of aspect 47, further comprising receiving an indication from the base station that one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN will be indicated in a UE capability information message, the UE capability information message indicating the one or more UE capabilities in accordance with the indication.

[0383] Aspect 49: The method of any of aspects 47 to 48, further comprising receiving from the base station an indication of one or more bands or band combinations for which the UE capability information message indicates UE capabilities for each band, the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN according to one or more bands or band combinations including the NTN band, and the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the TN according to one or more bands or band combinations including the TN band.

[0384] Aspect 50: The method of any of aspects 47 to 49, further comprising determining, based at least in part on the network information, that the UE will indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN in a UE capability information message, wherein the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN.

[0385] Aspect 51: The method of aspect 50, wherein the network information includes at least one of serving cell information indicating that a serving cell for the UE operates in an NTN or a TN, or neighboring cell information indicating that a neighboring cell for the UE operates in an NTN or a TN.

[0386] Aspect 52: The method of any of aspects 47 to 51, further comprising determining, based at least in part on the UE information, that the UE will indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN in a UE capability information message, wherein the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities for the particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN.

[0387] Aspect 53: The method of aspect 52, wherein the UE information includes at least one of a type of UE, a location of the UE, a quality of service for communication of the UE, a connection history of the UE, or a movement speed of the UE.

[0388] Aspect 54: Any of the methods of aspects 47 to 54, wherein the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN in a field of the UE capability information message designated for a capability indication for the TN.

[0389] Aspect 55: The method of aspect 54, wherein the UE capability information message includes an indication that one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN are in a field of the UE capability information message designated for a capability indication for the TN.

[0390] Aspect 56: Any of the methods of aspects 47 to 54, wherein the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN in a field of the UE capability information message designated for a capability indication for the NTN.

[0391] Aspect 57: The method of aspect 56, wherein the UE capability information message indicates that in an additional field of the UE capability information message specified for the capability indication for the TN, all features for the additional field lack support.

[0392] Aspect 58: The method of any of aspects 47 to 57, wherein the UE capability information message prioritizes indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTNs or TNs.

[0393] Aspect 59: The method of aspect 58, further comprising receiving an indication from the base station that the UE will prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the NTNs or TNs in the UE capability information message, wherein the UE capability information message prioritizes indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the NTNs or TNs.

[0394] Aspect 60: The method of any of aspects 58 to 59, further comprising determining, based at least in part on at least one of the network information or the UE information, that the UE will prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTNs or TNs in the UE capability information message, wherein the UE capability information message prioritizes indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the NTNs or TNs.

[0395] Aspect 61: Any of the methods of aspects 58 to 60, wherein the UE capability information message includes an indication that the UE capability information message prefers to indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTNs or TNs.

[0396] Aspect 62: The method of any of aspects 47 to 61, wherein the UE is an NTN-only UE, and the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with only the NTN.

[0397] Aspect 63: The method of aspect 62, wherein the UE capability information message includes an indication that the UE is an NTN-only UE or that one or more UE capabilities are associated with only the NTN.

[0398] Aspect 64: The method of any of aspects 47 to 63, wherein the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities using one or more feature group indications.

[0399] Aspect 65: A method of wireless communication implemented by a base station apparatus, comprising: transmitting a UE capability request message to a user equipment (UE); and receiving a UE capability information message from the UE in response to the UE capability request message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of a non-terrestrial based network (NTN), a terrestrial based network (TN), or both the NTN and the TN.

[0400] Aspect 66: The method of aspect 65, further comprising sending an indication to the UE that one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN will be indicated in a UE capability information message, the UE capability information message indicating the one or more UE capabilities in accordance with the indication.

[0401] Aspect 67: The method of any of aspects 65 to 66, further comprising sending to the UE an indication of one or more bands or band combinations for which the UE capability information message indicates UE capabilities for each band, the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN according to one or more bands or band combinations including the NTN band, and the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the TN according to one or more bands or band combinations including the TN band.

[0402] Aspect 68: Any of the methods of aspects 65 to 67, wherein the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN in a field of the UE capability information message designated for capability indication for the TN.

[0403] Aspect 69: The method of aspect 68, wherein the UE capability information message includes an indication that one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN are in a field of the UE capability information message designated for a capability indication for the TN.

[0404] Aspect 70: Any of the methods of aspects 65 to 67, wherein the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN in a field of the UE capability information message designated for a capability indication for the NTN.

[0405] Aspect 71: The method of aspect 70, wherein the UE capability information message indicates that in an additional field of the UE capability information message specified for the capability indication for the TN, all features for the additional field lack support.

[0406] Aspect 72: The method of any of aspects 65 to 71, wherein the UE capability information message prioritizes indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTNs or TNs.

[0407] Aspect 73: The method of aspect 72, further comprising sending an indication to the UE that the UE will prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the NTNs or TNs in a UE capability information message, the UE capability information message prioritizing indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the NTNs or TNs.

[0408] Aspect 74: Any of the methods of aspects 72 to 73, wherein the UE capability information message includes an indication that the UE capability information message prefers to indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the NTNs or TNs.

[0409] Aspect 75: The method of any of aspects 65 to 74, wherein the UE is an NTN-only UE, and the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with only the NTN.

[0410] Aspect 76: The method of aspect 65, wherein the UE capability information message includes an indication that the UE is an NTN-only UE or that one or more UE capabilities are associated with only the NTN.

[0411] Aspect 77: The method of any of aspects 65 to 76, wherein the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities using one or more feature group indications.

[0412] Aspect 78: A method of wireless communications implemented by a user equipment (UE) device, comprising: receiving a UE capability request message from a base station; and transmitting a UE capability information message to the base station in response to the UE capability request message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of an unlicensed spectrum, a licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum.

[0413] Aspect 79: The method of aspect 78, further comprising receiving an indication from the base station that one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of an unlicensed spectrum, a licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum will be indicated in a UE capability information message, the UE capability information message indicating the one or more UE capabilities in accordance with the indication.

[0414] Aspect 80: The method of any of aspects 78 to 79, further comprising receiving from a base station an indication of one or more bands or band combinations for which the UE capability information message indicates UE capabilities per band, the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the unlicensed spectrum according to one or more bands or band combinations including an unlicensed band, and the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the licensed spectrum according to one or more bands or band combinations including a licensed band.

[0415] Aspect 81: The method of any of aspects 78 to 80, further comprising determining, based at least in part on the network information, that the UE will indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum in a UE capability information message, wherein the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum.

[0416] Aspect 82: The method of aspect 81, wherein the network information includes at least one of serving cell information indicating that a serving cell for the UE operates in an unlicensed spectrum or a licensed spectrum, or neighboring cell information indicating that a neighboring cell for the UE operates in an unlicensed spectrum or a licensed spectrum.

[0417] Aspect 83: The method of any of aspects 78 to 82, further comprising determining, based at least in part on the UE information, that the UE will indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum in a UE capability information message, wherein the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities for the particular one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum.

[0418] Aspect 84: The method of aspect 83, wherein the UE information includes at least one of a type of UE, a location of the UE, a quality of service for communication of the UE, a connection history of the UE, or a movement speed of the UE.

[0419] Aspect 85: The method of any of aspects 78 to 84, wherein the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with the unlicensed spectrum in a field of the UE capability information message designated for a capability indication for the licensed spectrum.

[0420] Aspect 86: The method of aspect 85, wherein the UE capability information message includes an indication that one or more UE capabilities associated with the unlicensed spectrum are in a field of the UE capability information message designated for a capability indication for the licensed spectrum.

[0421] Aspect 87: The method of any of aspects 78 to 84, wherein the UE Capability Information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with the unlicensed spectrum in a field of the UE Capability Information message designated for a capability indication for the licensed spectrum.

[0422] Aspect 88: The method of aspect 87, wherein the UE Capability Information message indicates lack of support for all features for an additional field in an additional field of the UE Capability Information message specified for capability indication for a licensed spectrum.

[0423] Aspect 89: The method of any of aspects 78 to 88, wherein the UE capability information message has a preference for indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the unlicensed spectrum or the licensed spectrum.

[0424] Aspect 90: The method of aspect 89, further comprising receiving an indication from the base station that the UE will prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the unlicensed spectrum or the licensed spectrum in the UE capability information message, the UE capability information message prioritizing indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the unlicensed spectrum or the licensed spectrum.

[0425] Aspect 91: The method of any of aspects 89 to 90, further comprising determining, based at least in part on at least one of network information or UE information, that the UE will prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum or the licensed spectrum in the UE capability information message, wherein the UE capability information message prioritizes indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the unlicensed spectrum or the licensed spectrum.

[0426] Aspect 92: The method of any of aspects 89 to 91, wherein the UE capability information message includes an indication that the UE capability information message prefers to indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the unlicensed spectrum or the licensed spectrum.

[0427] Aspect 93: The method of any of aspects 78 to 92, wherein the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities using one or more feature group indications.

[0428] Aspect 94: A method of wireless communications implemented by a base station apparatus, comprising: transmitting a UE capability request message to a user equipment (UE); and receiving a UE capability information message from the UE in response to the UE capability request message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of an unlicensed spectrum, a licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum.

[0429] Aspect 95: The method of aspect 94, further comprising sending an indication to the UE that one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum will be indicated in a UE capability information message, the UE capability information message indicating the one or more UE capabilities in accordance with the indication.

[0430] Aspect 96: The method of any of aspects 94 to 95, further comprising sending to the UE an indication of one or more bands or band combinations for which the UE capability information message indicates UE capabilities for each band, the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the unlicensed spectrum according to one or more bands or band combinations including the unlicensed bands, and the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the licensed spectrum according to one or more bands or band combinations including the licensed bands.

[0431] Aspect 97: The method of any of aspects 94 to 96, wherein the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with the unlicensed spectrum in a field of the UE capability information message designated for a capability indication for the licensed spectrum.

[0432] Aspect 98: The method of aspect 97, wherein the UE capability information message includes an indication that one or more UE capabilities associated with the unlicensed spectrum are in a field of the UE capability information message designated for a capability indication for the licensed spectrum.

[0433] Aspect 99: The method of any of aspects 94 to 96, wherein the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with the unlicensed spectrum in a field of the UE capability information message designated for a capability indication for the licensed spectrum.

[0434] Aspect 100: The method of aspect 99, wherein the UE Capability Information message indicates lack of support for all features for an additional field in an additional field of the UE Capability Information message specified for capability indication for a licensed spectrum.

[0435] Aspect 101: The method of any of aspects 94 to 100, wherein the UE capability information message has a preference to indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with one of an unlicensed spectrum or a licensed spectrum.

[0436] Aspect 102: The method of aspect 101, further comprising transmitting an indication to the UE that the UE will prioritize indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum or the licensed spectrum in a UE capability information message, the UE capability information message prioritizing indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the unlicensed spectrum or the licensed spectrum.

[0437] Aspect 103: The method of any of aspects 101 to 102, wherein the UE capability information message includes an indication that the UE capability information message preferentially indicates one or more UE capabilities associated with one of the unlicensed spectrum or the licensed spectrum.

[0438] Aspect 104: The method of any of aspects 94 to 103, wherein the UE capability information message indicates one or more UE capabilities using one or more feature group indications.

[0439] Aspect 105: An apparatus for wireless communication in a device, comprising a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to perform one or more of the methods of aspects 47 to 64.

[0440] Aspect 106: A device for wireless communication, comprising: a memory; and one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to perform one or more of the methods of aspects 47 to 64.

[0441] Aspect 107: An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising at least one means for performing one or more of the methods of aspects 47 to 64.

[0442] Aspect 108: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to perform one or more of the methods of aspects 47 to 64.

[0443] Aspect 109: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication, the set of instructions comprising one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the device to perform one or more methods of aspects 47 to 64.

[0444] Aspect 110: An apparatus for wireless communication in a device, comprising a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to perform one or more of the methods of aspects 65 to 77.

[0445] Aspect 111: A device for wireless communication, comprising: a memory; and one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to perform one or more of the methods of aspects 65 to 77.

[0446] Aspect 112: An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising at least one means for performing one or more of the methods of aspects 65 to 77.

[0447] Aspect 113: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to perform one or more of the methods of aspects 65 to 77.

[0448] Aspect 114: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication, the set of instructions comprising one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the device to perform one or more methods of aspects 65 to 77.

[0449] Aspect 115: An apparatus for wireless communication in a device, comprising: a processor; a memory coupled to the processor; and instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to perform one or more of the methods of aspects 78 to 93.

[0450] Aspect 116: A device for wireless communication, comprising: a memory; and one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to perform one or more of the methods of aspects 78 to 93.

[0451] Aspect 117: An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising at least one means for performing one or more of the methods of aspects 78 to 93.

[0452] Aspect 118: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to perform one or more of the methods of aspects 78 to 93.

[0453] Aspect 119: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication, the set of instructions comprising one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the device to perform one or more methods of aspects 78 to 93.

[0454] Aspect 120: An apparatus for wireless communication in a device, comprising a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to perform one or more of the methods of aspects 94 to 104.

[0455] Aspect 121: A device for wireless communication, comprising a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to perform one or more of the methods of aspects 94 to 104.

[0456] Aspect 122: An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising at least one means for performing one or more of the methods of aspects 94 to 104.

[0457] Aspect 123: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to perform one or more of the methods of aspects 94 to 104.

[0458] Aspect 124: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication, the set of instructions comprising one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the device to perform one or more methods of aspects 94 to 104.

[0459] Aspect 125: A method of wireless communication implemented by a user equipment (UE) device, comprising: receiving a UE capability request message from a base station including an indication that one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of a non-terrestrial network (NTN), a terrestrial network (TN), or both the NTN and the TN, are to be indicated in a UE capability information message; and transmitting a UE capability information message to the base station in response to the UE capability request message, the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN, in accordance with the indication.

[0460] Aspect 126: A method of wireless communication implemented by a base station apparatus, comprising: transmitting a UE capability request message to a user equipment (UE) including an indication that one or more UE capabilities associated with a specific one of a non-terrestrial network (NTN), a terrestrial network (TN), or both the NTN and the TN, are to be indicated in a UE capability information message; and receiving a UE capability information message from the UE in response to the UE capability request message, the UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the specific one of the NTN, the TN, or both the NTN and the TN, in accordance with the indication.

[0461] Aspect 127: A method of wireless communication implemented by a user equipment (UE) device, comprising: receiving, from a base station, a UE capability request message including an indication that one or more UE capabilities associated with communication by the UE in a particular one of an unlicensed spectrum, a licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum will be indicated in a UE capability information message; and transmitting, in response to the UE capability request message, to the base station, a UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum in accordance with the indication.

[0462] Aspect 128: A method of wireless communication implemented by a base station apparatus, comprising: transmitting a UE capability request message to a user equipment (UE) including an indication that one or more UE capabilities associated with communication by the UE in a particular one of an unlicensed spectrum, a licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum are to be indicated in the UE capability information message; and receiving a UE capability information message from the UE in response to the UE capability request message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the particular one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum in accordance with the indication.

[0463] Aspect 129: A method of wireless communication implemented by a user equipment (UE) device, comprising: receiving a UE capability request message from a base station; and in response to the UE capability request message, transmitting to the base station a UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of a non-terrestrial network (NTN), a terrestrial network (TN), or both the NTN and the TN in accordance with a determination based at least in part on at least one of network information or UE information that the UE will indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of an NTN, a terrestrial network (TN), or both the NTN and the TN in the UE capability information message.

[0464] Aspect 130: A method of wireless communication implemented by a user equipment (UE) device, comprising: receiving, from a base station, a UE capability request message; and in response to the UE capability request message, transmitting to the base station a UE capability information message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with communication in one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum in accordance with a determination based at least in part on at least one of network information or UE information that the UE will indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with communication in a particular one of the unlicensed spectrum, the licensed spectrum, or both the unlicensed spectrum and the licensed spectrum in the UE capability information message.

[0465] Aspect 131: An apparatus for wireless communication in a device, comprising a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to perform one of the methods of aspects 125 to 130.

[0466] Aspect 132: A device for wireless communication, comprising a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to perform one of the methods of aspects 125 to 130.

[0467] Aspect 133: An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising at least one means for performing the method of one of aspects 125 to 130.

[0468] Aspect 134: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to perform the method of one of aspects 125 to 130.

[0469] Aspect 135: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication, the set of instructions comprising one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the device to perform one of the methods of aspects 125 to 130.

[0470] The above disclosure provides illustration and description, but is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the embodiments to the precise form disclosed. Modifications and variations may be made in light of the above disclosure or may be acquired from practice of the embodiments.

[0471] As used herein, the term "component" shall be broadly construed as hardware and / or a combination of hardware and software. "Software" shall be broadly construed to mean, among other examples, instructions, instruction sets, code, code segments, program code, programs, subprograms, software modules, applications, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executable files, threads of execution, procedures, and / or functions, whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, or otherwise. As used herein, a "processor" is implemented in hardware and / or a combination of hardware and software. It will be apparent that the systems and / or methods described herein may be implemented in different forms of hardware and / or a combination of hardware and software. The actual specialized control hardware or software code used to implement these systems and / or methods is not intended to limit aspects. Thus, the operation and behavior of the systems and / or methods are described herein without reference to specific software code, as those skilled in the art will appreciate that software and hardware may be designed to implement the systems and / or methods based at least in part on the description herein.

[0472] As used herein, "meeting a threshold" can refer to a value being greater than the threshold, greater than or equal to the threshold, less than the threshold, less than or equal to the threshold, equal to the threshold, not equal to the threshold, etc., depending on the context.

[0473] Even if certain combinations of features are recited in the claims and / or disclosed herein, these combinations are not intended to limit the disclosure of the various aspects. Many of these features may be combined in ways not specifically recited in the claims and / or disclosed herein. The disclosure of the various aspects includes each dependent claim in combination with any other claim in the claim set. As used herein, a phrase referring to "at least one of" a list of items refers to any combination of those items, including single members. As an example, "at least one of a, b, or c" is intended to include a, b, c, a+b, a+c, b+c, and a+b+c, as well as any combination having multiple identical elements (e.g., a+a, a+a+a, a+a+b, a+a+c, a+b+b, a+c+c, b+b, b+b+b, b+b+c, c+c, and c+c+c, or any other order of a, b, and c).

[0474] No element, act, or instruction used herein should be construed as critical or essential unless expressly described as such. Also, as used herein, the articles "a" and "an" are intended to include one or more items and may be used interchangeably with "one or more." Additionally, as used herein, the article "the" is intended to include one or more items referred to in relation to the article "the" and may be used interchangeably with "one or more." Additionally, as used herein, the terms "set" and "group" are intended to include one or more items and may be used interchangeably with "one or more." When only one item is intended, the phrase "only one" or similar language is used. Also, as used herein, terms such as "has," "have," and "having" are intended to be open-ended terms that do not limit the elements they modify (e.g., an element that "has" A can also have B). Additionally, the phrase "based on" is intended to mean "based at least in part on," unless expressly stated otherwise. Also, as used herein, the term "or" is intended to be inclusive when used in succession and may be used interchangeably with "and / or," unless expressly stated otherwise (e.g., when used in combination with "either" or "only one of").

Claims

1. 1. An apparatus for wireless communication in a user equipment (UE), comprising: Memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory; and wherein the one or more processors are configured to: receiving a UE capability request message; determining, based at least in part on network information, that the UE will indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of a non-terrestrial based network (NTN), a terrestrial based network (TN), or both an NTN and a TN in a UE capability information message, the network information including at least one of i) serving cell information indicating whether a serving cell for the UE operates in an NTN or a TN, or ii) neighboring cell information indicating whether a neighboring cell for the UE operates in an NTN or a TN; transmitting a UE Capability Information message in response to the UE Capability Request message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the determined particular one of NTN, TN, or both NTN and TN; 10. An apparatus configured to cause a

2. The one or more processors may be configured to: receiving an indication of one or more bands or combinations of bands for which the UE capability information message will indicate UE capabilities for each band; It is further structured as follows: The UE capability information message indicates the one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN in response to the one or more bands or combinations of bands including an NTN band, and the UE capability information message indicates the one or more UE capabilities associated with the TN in response to the one or more bands or combinations of bands including a TN band.

10. The apparatus of claim 1.

3. The one or more processors cause the UE to determine, in a UE capability information message, that the UE will indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of an NTN, a TN, or both an NTN and a TN, further based at least in part on the UE information, and the UE information the type of the UE; the location of the UE; the quality of service for the UE's communications; the connection history of the UE; or The moving speed of the UE The apparatus of claim 1 , comprising at least one of:

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the UE Capability Information message indicates the one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN in a field of the UE Capability Information message designated for a capability indication for the NTN.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the UE Capability Information message indicates the one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN in a field of the UE Capability Information message designated for a capability indication for the NTN.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the UE is an NTN-only UE, and the UE Capability Information message indicates the one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN only.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the UE capability information message includes an indication that the UE is an NTN-only UE or that the one or more UE capabilities are associated with the NTN only.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the UE Capability Information message indicates the one or more UE capabilities using one or more feature group indications.

9. The one or more processors may be configured to: receiving the network information in one or more of a master information block, a system information block, or UE-dedicated signaling; The apparatus of claim 1 , further configured to:

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more UE capabilities are one or more per-UE capabilities.

11. 1. An apparatus for wireless communication in a network node, comprising: Memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory; wherein the one or more processors configure the network node: sending a UE capability request message for a user equipment (UE); and receiving a UE capability information message for the UE indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of a non-terrestrial based network (NTN), a terrestrial based network (TN), or both an NTN and a TN, in response to the UE capability request message and based at least in part on network information, wherein the network information includes at least one of: i) serving cell information indicating whether a serving cell for the UE operates in an NTN or a TN, or ii) neighboring cell information indicating whether a neighboring cell for the UE operates in an NTN or a TN.

12. The one or more processors in the network node: The UE Capability Information message may transmit an indication of one or more bands or combinations of bands, indicating UE capabilities for each band. It is further structured as follows: The UE capability information message indicates the one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN in response to the one or more bands or combinations of bands including an NTN band, and the UE capability information message indicates the one or more UE capabilities associated with the TN in response to the one or more bands or combinations of bands including a TN band.

12. The apparatus of claim 11.

13. 12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the UE Capability Information message indicates the one or more UE capabilities associated with the NTN in a field of the UE Capability Information message designated for a capability indication for the NTN.

14. 1. A method of wireless communication implemented in a user equipment (UE) device, comprising: receiving a UE capability request message; determining, based at least in part on network information, that the UE will indicate one or more UE capabilities associated with a particular one of a non-terrestrial based network (NTN), a terrestrial based network (TN), or both an NTN and a TN in a UE capability information message, the network information including at least one of i) serving cell information indicating whether a serving cell for the UE operates in an NTN or a TN, or ii) neighboring cell information indicating whether a neighboring cell for the UE operates in an NTN or a TN; transmitting a UE Capability Information message in response to the UE Capability Request message indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with the determined particular one of NTN, TN, or both NTN and TN; A method comprising:

15. 1. A method of wireless communication implemented in a network node device, comprising: sending a UE capability request message for a user equipment (UE); receiving a UE capability information message for the UE indicating one or more UE capabilities associated with one of a non-terrestrial based network (NTN), a terrestrial based network (TN), or both an NTN and a TN, in response to the UE capability request message and based at least in part on network information, the network information including at least one of i) serving cell information indicating whether a serving cell for the UE operates in an NTN or a TN, or ii) neighboring cell information indicating whether a neighboring cell for the UE operates in an NTN or a TN.

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