Long transmission duration for wireless systems

1. An apparatus of a user equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising:

processing circuitry, wherein to configure the UE for New Radio (NR) communications above a 52.6 GHz carrier frequency, the processing circuitry is to:

decode higher layer signaling, the higher layer signaling including a default slot duration for a transmission of control signaling, wherein the control signaling includes a synchronization signal (SS) and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) signaling;

decode synchronization information within a SS block, the SS block received within a SS burst set and occupying a plurality of symbols within a first slot having the default slot duration;

perform a synchronization procedure with a next generation Node-B (gNB) based on the synchronization information within the SS block; and

decode downlink data received via a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) during a data transmission by the gNB, the downlink data occupying a second slot, the second slot having a default slot duration for the data transmission; and

memory coupled to the processing circuitry, the memory configured to store the higher layer signaling.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further to:

decode a master information block (MIB), the MIB received via the PBCH and within the first slot having the default slot duration;

perform an initial cell selection of a cell of the gNB based on the MIB.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the higher layer signaling includes at least one of the following:

NR minimum system information (MSI) signaling received via the PBCH;

NR remaining minimum system information (RMSI) received via a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH); and

other system information (OSI) signaling.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further to:

decode second higher layer signaling, the second higher layer signaling including the default slot duration for the data transmission by the gNB.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further to:

decode downlink control information (DCI), the DCI scheduling a downlink data transmission and indicating a transport block (TB) of the downlink data transmission spans multiple slots; and

decode downlink data scheduled by the DCI and received via the indicated transport block on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH).

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the DCI is DCI format 1_1 or non-fall-back DCI format, and wherein a number of slots in the TB is included in a time domain resource allocation field in the DCI.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further to:

decode downlink control information (DCI) format 1_0 or fall-back DCI format, the DCI scheduling a downlink data transmission based on the default slot duration; and

decode downlink data scheduled by the DCI format 1_0 or fall-back DCI format and received based on the default slot duration on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH).

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the default slot duration is configured based on a current subcarrier spacing used for the NR communications above the 52.6 GHz carrier frequency.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the higher layer signaling includes information to configure slot duration separately for uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) transmissions.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the higher layer signaling includes information to configure slot duration for transmission of Message 2 , Message 3 , or Message 4 of a random access channel (RACH) procedure.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising transceiver circuitry coupled to the processing circuitry; and, one or more antennas coupled to the transceiver circuitry.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors of a base station, the instructions to configure the base station for New Radio (NR) communications above a 52.6 GHz carrier frequency and to cause the base station to:

encode higher layer signaling for transmission to a user equipment (UE), the higher layer signaling including a default slot duration for a transmission of control signaling, wherein the control signaling includes a synchronization signal (SS) and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) signaling;

encode synchronization information within a SS block, the SS block transmitted within a SS burst set and occupying a plurality of symbols within a first slot having the default slot duration;

perform a synchronization procedure with the UE based on the synchronization information within the SS block; and

decode downlink data received via a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) during a data transmission by the gNB, the downlink data occupying a second slot, the second slot having a default slot duration for the data transmission.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein execution of the instructions further cause the base station to:

encode a master information block (MIB) for transmission via the PBCH and within the first slot having the default slot duration.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein execution of the instructions further cause the base station to:

encode downlink control information (DCI), the DCI scheduling a downlink data transmission and indicating a transport block (TB) of the downlink data transmission spans multiple slots; and

encode downlink data scheduled by the DCI, for transmission via the indicated transport block on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH).

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE), the instructions to configure the UE for New Radio (NR) communications above a 52.6 GHz carrier frequency and cause the UE to:

decode higher layer signaling, the higher layer signaling including a default slot duration for a transmission of control signaling, wherein the control signaling includes a synchronization signal (SS) and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) signaling;

decode synchronization information within a SS block, the SS block received within a SS burst set and occupying a plurality of symbols within a first slot having the default slot duration;

perform a synchronization procedure with a next generation Node-B (gNB) based on the synchronization information within the SS block; and

decode downlink data received via a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) during a data transmission by the gNB, the downlink data occupying a second slot, the second slot having a default slot duration for the data transmission.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein execution of the instructions further cause the UE to:

decode a master information block (MIB), the MIB received via the PBCH and within the first slot having the default slot duration;

perform an initial cell selection of a cell of the gNB based on the MIB.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the higher layer signaling includes at least one of the following:

NR minimum system information (MSI) signaling received via the PBCH;

NR remaining minimum system information (RMSI) received via a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH); and

other system information (OSI) signaling.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein execution of the instructions further cause the UE to:

decode second higher layer signaling, the second higher layer signaling including the default slot duration for the data transmission by the gNB.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein execution of the instructions further cause the UE to:

decode downlink control information (DCI), the DCI scheduling a downlink data transmission and indicating a transport block (TB) of the downlink data transmission spans multiple slots; and

decode downlink data scheduled by the DCI and received via the indicated transport block on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH).

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein execution of the instructions further cause the UE to:

decode downlink control information (DCI) format 1_0 or fall-back DCI format, the DCI scheduling a downlink data transmission based on the default slot duration; and

decode downlink data scheduled by the DCI format 1_0 or fall-back DCI format and received based on the default slot duration on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH).