Abstract: The present disclosure disclosed a method of determining a buffer status report (BSR). The method comprises obtaining, by a user equipment (UE) from a buffer, data item to be sent; determining, by the UE, a size of the data item to be sent; determining, by the UE, a minimum number of required logical channel groups (LCGs) based on the data item to be sent; and determining, by the UE, at least one BSR with flexible length based on the size of the data item to be sent and the minimum number of the required LCGs. Information of the at least one BSR with flexible length includes the minimum number of the required LCGs, LCG identifiers (LCG IDs) respectively associated with the minimum number of the required LCGs, and at least one buffer area corresponding to the LCG IDs.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for transmitting and receiving a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) are provided. A base station may perform a first scrambling process on PBCHs in a time period before a channel coding, and perform a second scrambling process after the channel coding. PHCH payloads and PBCH DMRS may provide information bits to be used in the scrambling processes. A wireless user device may receive one or more PBCHs transmitted from the base station.

Abstract: A method may be provided to operate a wireless terminal in a Radio Access Network RAN. A plurality of Logical Channel Groups LCGs may be configured for the wireless terminal, and data may be buffered for more than one of the plurality of LCGs for the wireless terminal. A buffer status report BSR may be transmitted to a base station of the RAN, wherein the BSR indicates a size of an aggregation of data buffered for at least two of the plurality of LCGs for the wireless terminal. Related wireless terminals are also discussed.

Abstract: An example technique may include transmitting, by a base station via a component carrier in a licensed band, control information including a resource allocation that identifies time-frequency resources for periodical transmission opportunities to be used for the conditional transmission of discovery reference signals via a secondary component carrier in an unlicensed band, determining, prior to each transmission opportunity, whether the secondary component carrier in the unlicensed band is unoccupied, and transmitting, if the secondary component carrier in the unlicensed band is unoccupied, the discovery reference signals via the secondary component carrier in the unlicensed band using the identified time-frequency resources to one or more user devices.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to receiver beamforming for serving and neighbor cell measurements. An exemplary method generally includes communicating with one or more base stations using a first beam type, initiating a transition to communicating with at least one of the one or more base stations using a second beam type in response to an indication of a trigger event, and communicating with the at least one of the one or more base stations using the second beam type.

Abstract: An intermediate IAB node may determine whether congestion data satisfies a first threshold and may provide the congestion data to a parent IAB node when the congestion data satisfies the first threshold to cause the parent IAB node to apply local congestion control.

Abstract: A wireless device receives a first downlink control information indicating a grant for transmission of one or more first transport blocks via a first bandwidth part during a transmission time. The first downlink control information indicates the transmission time. A second downlink control information indicating switching from the first bandwidth part to a second bandwidth part at a switching time is received. A switch is performed, at the switching time, from the first bandwidth part to the second bandwidth part as an active bandwidth part in response to the second downlink control information. The grant indicated by the first downlink control information is ignored in response to the switching time of the switch being earlier than the transmission time indicated by the first downlink control information.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present invention suggests a method and an operation for configuring a PDCP layer and a service data association protocol (SDAP) layer, thereby facilitating an efficient flow-based QoS process.

Abstract: A user device parses system information block data, received from a first cell, to identify an upper layer indicator element, and determines, based on the upper layer indicator element, that the user device is in an EN-DC area. The user device causes, based on determining that the user device is in the EN-DC area, first display of a first indicator on a display of the user device, and sends a request to the first cell for a data connection. The user device receives, from the first cell, a message that indicates a second cell will initiate the data connection via a 5G NR millimeter wave connection. The user device causes, based on the message, display of a second indicator on the display of the user device for a threshold amount of time, and then causes second display of the first indicator on the display of the user device.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an acquiring unit that acquires communication quality of wireless communication at a location where a wireless communication apparatus exists, and a control unit that controls ON/OFF of another data communication function other than a data communication function to which a high priority is set, among data communication functions included by the wireless communication apparatus, based on the acquired communication quality.

Abstract: A database stores self-operation cases for slice reselection requests received by a network function virtualization (NFV) system. The self-operation cases include reasons, contexts, remedial actions, and results of the remedial actions for the slice reselection requests. A set of detection rules identifies at least one issue causing the slice reselection requests based on reasons for the slice reselection requests and contexts of the slice reselection requests. The set of detection rules are applied to the self-operation cases to identify the at least one issue and a remedial action is selected to address the at least one issue. The remedial action is performed to reconfigure the NFV system and the processor determines whether the remedial action successfully resolved the at least one issue. Setting status flags for affected cells or slices prevents slice reselections to the affected cells or slices until the at least one issue is resolved.

Abstract: An electronic device including circuitry configured to perform control in a manner that a Physical Layer Convergence Protocol (PLCP) header format is selected from a plurality of PLCP header formats; and append the selected PLCP header to a physical layer packet for transmission.

Abstract: Techniques that provide for the preservation of policy and charging for a subscriber following a user-plane element failover are described herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a user-plane element, at least one data packet of a packet flow associated with a subscriber, wherein the at least one data packet is are received after the user-plane element has recovered from a failure; determining, by the user-plane element, whether restoration information associated with the packet flow is stored at the user-plane element; and applying one or more policies to the packet flow based on a determination that the restoration information associated with the packet flow is stored at the user-plane element, wherein the restoration information comprises a rule associated with the packet flow.

Abstract: A system may receive an indication that a user device is connecting to a network and determine, based on a profile associated with the user device, that a priority associated with the user device is to be modified when congestion associated with the network reaches a level. The system may send, to a base station, a first request to monitor the congestion associated with the network. The system may receive, from the base station, an indication that the congestion associated with the network has reached the level. The system may send, to the base station, a second request to modify the priority associated with the user device when the congestion associated with the network is at the level.

Abstract: It is disclosed a network node, a communication device and methods therein, for scheduling of uplink resources in multiple time instances and transmitting in accordance with the scheduled UL resources. By including an indicator in an UL grant comprising an UL resource allocation, the indicator indicates that, for at least one UL time instance of the multiple time instances, at least one UL resource is excluded from, or added to, the UL resource allocation of the UL grant.

Abstract: Techniques are described for selectively pinging certain devices along a segment routing label switched path (LSP) to detect failures in the segment routing LSP. For example, an ingress device comprises one or more processors operably coupled to a memory that are configured to: in response to a request to verify connectivity of a segment routing LSP, configure a FEC stack specifying a stack of segment routing labels for the segment routing LSP; for each of the one or more devices identified from the FEC stack: generate a respective MPLS connectivity request packet for a respective device identified from an outermost FEC of the FEC stack; send the MPLS connectivity request packet to the respective device; receive an MPLS connectivity response packet that verifies connectivity of the respective device; and in response, update the FEC stack by removing the outermost FEC of the FEC stack that identifies the respective device.

Abstract: Some embodiments of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for implementing a queuing latency aware buffer status report (BSR). For example, some embodiments relate to an electronic device including a transceiver and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The one or more processors determine an amount of data queued in a buffer for transmission over the wireless network and determine latency information associated with the queued data. The one or more processors generate a queuing latency aware buffer status report (BSR) based at least on the determined latency information. The electronic device transmits the queuing latency aware BSR to an access point.

Abstract: Systems, methods, computing platforms, and storage media for administering a distributed edge computing system utilizing an adaptive edge engine based on a finite state machine behavioral model are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: select a first workload from one or more workloads; access, for the selected workload, one or more location optimization strategies from a plurality of location optimization strategies; and optimize an objective function across a portion of the one or more endpoints; select one or more endpoints; deploy the workload on at least one selected endpoint; monitor the health of the endpoint-workload deployment; and direct network traffic to the appropriate endpoint.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and devices for adaptive media service. In example embodiments, a base station determines a throughput estimate associated with at least one terminal device served by the base station. The base station sends an indication of the determined throughput estimate, directly or indirectly, to one of the at least one terminal device to enable the terminal device to determine, based on the determined throughput estimate, a way for processing a media segment to be received via the base station from an application server. In this way, the media service delivery may be adapted dynamically and efficiently.

Abstract: A brokering service apparatus (400) and method therein (150) for assisting a first node (111) to roam in multiple mesh networks (100) are disclosed. The multiple mesh networks (100) comprises a first network (110) comprising a first node (111) and a gateway node (113) and a second network (120) comprising a gateway node (123). The multiple mesh networks (100) further comprises a mesh node (140, 141) which may belong to either the first network (110), the second network (120) or a third network (130). The brokering service apparatus receives a connection request associated with the first node 111 and the first network (110), the connection request is sent by the first node (111) via the mesh node (140). The brokering service identifies the first network (110) and data requirements for the first node (111) and negotiates a roaming contract between a first NMS (160) associated with the first network (110) and at least a second NMS (170) associated with the second network (120).