Abstract: Method, apparatuses, and computer program product for network slice minimum and maximum resource quotas with soft limits. One method may include sending by a user, a request for user connection to a network element, the request resulting in resource quota reservation in a specific network concept. The method may also include receiving from the network element, an indication of whether the request was successful or unsuccessful. The request may include at least one procedure or action indicating network resource availability. The method may further include receiving allocated resources according to resource allocation rules specific to whether the user is entitled to use the allocated resources, and whether a user connection, a session, a bearer, a signaling connection or a data radio bearer request was successful.

Abstract: A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting, to a base station, capability information of the UE, and receiving configuration information associated with a transport block size (TBS). The TBS is determined based on a value of NRE·R·Qm·v. The NRE corresponds to a number of allocated resource elements, the R corresponds to a code rate, and the Qm corresponds to a modulation order, and the v corresponds to a number of allocated layers. A maximum value of the TBS is considered for transport block over multiple slots (TBoMS), and the maximum value of the TBS is determined by limiting at least one of a value of the NRE, the R, the Qm, or the v.

Abstract: The present application relates to the technical field of communications, and provided thereby are a data transmission method, device, equipment and system and a storage medium. The method comprises: generating m transmission blocks (TB) according to data to be transmitted, each TB comprising partial data from within the data, and m?2; dividing transmission content related to each TB into n transmission units within time domain, wherein n?2; and transmitting the n transmission units related to each TB alternately to a receiving terminal in the time domain, the transmission of the n transmission units in the time domain being non-continuous.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a multicast message or a broadcast message that uses a radio link control (RLC) format associated with an RLC acknowledged mode (RLC-AM). The UE may decode the multicast message or the broadcast message to identify information associated with an RLC unacknowledged mode (RLC-UM) based at least in part on a capability of the UE. The UE may operate in accordance with the RLC-UM based at least in part on decoding the multicast message or the broadcast message. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Methods, systems and devices for transmission link configuration using reference signal mapping in next generation cellular networks are described. An example method for wireless communication, based on the disclosed technology, includes transmitting data over at least one transmission link that is configured based on a mapping between two reference signals, each of which is configured with different subsets of one or more network parameters. Another example method includes dividing a plurality of SRS (sounding reference signal) resource sets into a plurality of groups based on network parameters of SRS resources or SRS resource sets, and transmitting, within one of the plurality of groups, only one SRS resource in each of multiple SRS resource sets at an identical time, where the SRS resources in different SRS resource sets can be transmitted simultaneously. The methods described may include beam management implementations for wireless communications.

Abstract: A service continuity implementation method, a related device, and a system, where a mobility management device may select a 5G gateway for a 5G user equipment handed over to a 4G network, and establish a session with the 5G gateway. The 5G gateway may send a 5G-related parameter to the user equipment in advance. Therefore, after the user equipment moves from the 4G network to a 5G network, service continuity is maintained, that is, a service in the 4G network continues to be maintained in the 5G network.

Abstract: This document describes methods, devices, systems, and means for the provisioning of enrollee Wi-Fi devices to a Wi-Fi network. Many Wi-Fi devices have limited or no user interface capabilities, which presents challenges to connecting and, especially, securely connecting many of these devices to a Wi-Fi network. Techniques are described to enhance the Device Provisioning Protocol to solicit and provide feedback from an enrollee device to indicate band support of the enrollee device and provide the status of the enrollee device after attempting to join a provisioned Wi-Fi network.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus, said apparatus comprising means for determining for at least one of a plurality of user equipments, based on an activation probability value of some or all of the plurality of user equipments, uplink resources for use by the at least one user equipment; and providing an indication of the determined uplink resources to the at least one user equipment.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive downlink control information (DCI) carrying information indicating an updated configuration for the UE, wherein the DCI is associated with a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process for which HARQ feedback regarding the DCI is disabled. The UE may transmit the HARQ feedback regarding the DCI based at least in part on the DCI carrying the information indicating the updated configuration. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data in a wireless communication system.

Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a method in a wireless device (110) includes transmitting a protocol data unit (PDU) or segment of a PDU on a first link and transmitting the PDU or the segment of the PDU on a second link. One or more retransmissions of the PDU or the segment of the PDU are scheduled on the second link. A positive acknowledgment is received from a receiver. The positive acknowledgement indicates a successful receipt of the PDU or the segment of the PDU on the first link. In response to receiving the positive acknowledgement, the one or more retransmissions of the PDU or the segment of the PDU on the second link are cancelled.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described in which a user equipment (UE) may receive a feedback configuration for providing feedback for downlink communications from a base station. Based on the feedback configuration, the UE may determine whether one or more feedback processes has a multicast-only configuration for multicast data communications, or a multicast-or-unicast configuration for either multicast data communications or unicast data communications. The UE may decode one or more transmissions associated with the one or more feedback processes based on the multicast-only or multicast-or-unicast configuration, and may determine a feedback codebook based on the multicast-only or multicast-or-unicast configuration of the one or more feedback processes. The UE may monitor for retransmissions of one or more multicast data communications based on the feedback process configuration.

Abstract: Traffic optimization in virtual private networks (VPNs) is described. A client device establishes a first VPN connection with a first server according to a first VPN route configuration that specifies a first VPN route to the first server. Flow(s) of traffic is forwarded through the first VPN connection to the first server. The client device receives a second VPN route configuration that specifies a second VPN route to a second server of the plurality of servers for establishing a second VPN connection, where the second VPN connection satisfies a set of traffic optimization criteria. The client device establishes the second VPN connection with the second server according to the second VPN route configuration. Traffic is forwarded through the second VPN connection to the second server.

Abstract: The present specification faces the issues of selecting a right 5G Network Function, NF, instance in scenarios wherein NF instances are considered NF segments that manage different sets of users and wherein NF segmentation is not based on SUPI ranges. To solve these issues, there is provided a new procedure for accessing an NF segment, wherein registration and discovery of the right NF segment is based on a Routing Indicator, and wherein the Routing Indicator, which is received with a Subscription Concealed Identifier (SUCI) identifying a UE, is included in any interaction between 5GC NFs.

Abstract: A remote control apparatus measures a communication delay in a communication network, generates a probability distribution of the communication delay, generates, based on the probability distribution of the communication delay, a plurality of arrival patterns, including an arrival time of a control input at a control target, predicts a state of the control target at a time of arrival of the control input, calculates a control input set by calculating a plurality of control inputs corresponding respectively to the plurality of states predicted, determines a control input to be outputted to the control target, based on a result of statistical processing applied on the control input set calculated.

Abstract: A satellite communication system communicates via a communication satellite using one of a plurality of portable station devices as a master station device and another portable station device as a slave station device. The master station device transmits a first control signal for the slave station device to establish synchronization. The master station device determines that the slave station device is in a communicable state by a second control signal received from the slave station device that has received the first control signal and established synchronization. The master station device selects one of at least one slave station devices in a communicable state and transmits a third control signal for instructing start of transmission of a communication signal to the selected slave station device and the subject device. Due to this, it is possible to connect a channel between portable station devices without the intervention of a control station device or a regulation station device.

Abstract: A wireless device receives, from a base station, access network information. The wireless device determines, based on the access network information, an access network type. The wireless device selects, based on the access network type, a non-access stratum (NAS) period value from between a first NAS period value associated with a terrestrial network (TN) access network type; and a second NAS period value associated with a geostationary earth orbit (GEO) access network type. The wireless device sends, to an access and mobility management function (AMF), a first NAS request message. The wireless device starts, based on the sending the first NAS request message, a NAS period using the NAS period value.

Abstract: A wireless communication device establishes voice communication between a supported user and a selected remote device supporting another user via a point-to-point wireless ad hoc network link. The device selects a particular remote device, establishes an ad hoc network link with the selected remote device, and communicates voice communication signals with the selected remote device. Selection can be based upon a user interaction with the device which specifies the particular remote device. The user interaction can include interaction with a graphical representation of the particular remote device presented in a graphical user interface. The user interaction can include an audio command received via an audio interface of the device. The device can include one or more headset devices, including a pair of headset devices which can be switched between providing audio signals to a single user to supporting communication between separate users via an ad hoc network link.

Abstract: Methods and systems for improving the performance and functioning of a network and its components may include configuring an edge computing device to activate a long range (LoRa) Wide Area Network (WAN) gateway bridge as a container in a container platform operating on the edge computing device. The edge computing device may use the LoRa WAN gateway bridge to form a local private cloud network and communicate with LoRa end devices.

Abstract: Some implementations of the disclosure relate to dynamic switching of a satellite inroute data path between a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) method and a Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) method. In one implementation, a satellite terminal comprises one or more processors; and one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media configured with instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the satellite terminal to perform operations comprising: communicating, using the satellite terminal, over an inroute TDM channel; determining, based on an ingress traffic rate to the satellite terminal or a determination that the satellite terminal has not received any traffic flows classified for communication using TDM, to switch communications from the inroute TDM channel to an inroute TDMA channel; and after determining to switch communications, switching, at the satellite terminal, from communicating over the inroute TDM channel to communicating over the inroute TDMA channel.