Scheduling and search spaces for low duty cycle non-terrestrial networks

A user equipment (UE), comprising:

• one or more memories storing processor-executable code;
• a transceiver;
• and
• one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and the transceiver, the one or more processors individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:
• monitor a search space comprising a plurality of control signal candidates in accordance with a periodicity, wherein the periodicity is based at least in part on one or more communication intervals that each comprise:
• an uplink communication sub-interval comprising one or more uplink communication subframes;
• a downlink communication sub-interval comprising one or more downlink communication subframes, wherein the uplink communication sub-interval is non-overlapping in time with the downlink communication sub-interval;
• and
• an invalid sub-interval comprising one or more invalid subframes, wherein at least one invalid subframe of the invalid sub-interval is between the downlink communication sub-interval and a next downlink communication sub-interval of a next communication interval;
• and
• receive, via the transceiver, one or more control signals associated with one or more control signal candidates of the plurality of control signal candidates based at least in part on monitoring the search space in accordance with the periodicity.

A method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• receiving an indication of a scheduling delay value for one or more transmissions, wherein the scheduling delay value is based at least in part on the one or more transmissions being in accordance with one or more communication intervals that each comprise:
• an uplink communication sub-interval comprising one or more uplink communication subframes;
• a downlink communication sub-interval comprising one or more downlink communication subframes, wherein the uplink communication sub-interval is non-overlapping in time with the downlink communication sub-interval;
• and
• an invalid sub-interval comprising one or more invalid subframes, wherein at least one invalid subframe of the one or more invalid subframes is between the uplink communication sub-interval and a next uplink communication sub-interval of a next communication interval, and wherein at least one invalid subframe of the invalid sub-interval is between the downlink communication sub-interval and a next downlink communication sub-interval of the next communication interval;
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• transmitting, or receiving, via one or more uplink communication subframes or one or more downlink communication subframes included in the one or more communication intervals, the one or more transmissions in accordance with the scheduling delay value.