ENABLING 1024-QAM FOR NR PDSCH

Methods and apparatus for enabling 1024-constellation Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (1024-QAM) are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving information for configuring a UE to monitor a PDCCH according to two non-fallback DCI formats, and information for configuring the UE with higher-layer parameters indicating the enabling of a 1024-QAM MCS table for a serving cell. The method also comprises detecting a DCI format scheduling a PDSCH for the serving cell, wherein the DCI format comprises an MCS index; determining a transport block size (TBS) of the PDSCH using the MCS index and the 1024-QAM MCS table; determining a reference block size for LBRM for a transport block on the PDSCH based on a reference modulation order based on the higher-layer parameters; receiving the PDSCH on a Downlink (DL) Bandwidth Part (BWP); and decoding the PDSCH based on the determined TBS and the determined reference block size for LBRM.