Abstract: Techniques for control signaling in extreme high throughput (EHT) environments are described. A message transmitted by an access point (AP) may allocate resources to a plurality of stations (STAs). The AP may be configured to allocate up to 320 MHz of total bandwidth or up to sixteen spatial streams to one or more STAs. In some multiple-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) cases, the spatial configuration field may include a starting spatial stream field and a spatial stream number field. In some non-MU-MIMO cases, the spatial configuration field may be expanded by one bit or more. In some cases, content channels of a resource unit (RU) allocation table may span a frequency segment of 40 MHz.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to protocol state transition and/or resource state transition tracker configured to monitor, e.g., via filters, for certain protocol state transitions/changes or host hardware resource transitions/changes when a host processor in the control plane that performs such monitoring functions is unavailable or overloaded. The filters, in some embodiments, are pre-computed/computed by the host processor and transmitted to the protocol state transition and/or resource state transition tracker. The protocol state transition and/or resource state transition tracker may be used to implement a fast upgrade operation as well as load sharing and or load balancing operation with control plane associated components.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and device for NPRACH detect. In example embodiments, the method comprises determining whether an overlapping ratio between a first period and a second period exceeds a first threshold. A first NPRACH resource is available during the first period and a second NPRACH resource is available during the second period. The first NPRACH resource is associated with a first coverage level and the second NPRACH resource is associated with a second coverage level. The second coverage level is different from the first coverage level. The method also comprises in response to determining that the overlapping ratio exceeds the first threshold, determining a power estimation of noise based on a first plurality of signals received on the first PRACH resource and a second plurality of signals received on the second NPRACH resource.

Abstract: Hybrid ARQ is employed in a multi-carrier communication system for retransmission of erroneous packets by taking advantage of time/frequency/space diversity and by combining ARQ functions at physical layer and MAC layers, making the multi-carrier system more robust in a high packet-error environment.

Abstract: A user equipment is configured with at least two collections of uplink resources to be used for transmitting control information to a communication network. The UE receives an assignment of radio resources to be used for receiving a downlink transmission from a base station of the communication network. The UE receives an acknowledgement resource indication, ARI, indicating one of the configured collections of uplink resources to be used for transmitting control information associated with the DL transmission. Further, the UE transmits the control information to the base station on at least a subset of the indicated collection of UL resources. In example embodiments, the indicated collection of uplink resources comprises a plurality of selectable uplink resource sets. The control information is transmitted on one of the uplink resource sets which corresponds to an operational state of the communication network.

Abstract: A base station includes: a transmitter configured to transmit an operation signal for a remote control; and a controller that is coupled to the transmitter, wherein the controller is configured to execute a setting process that includes setting, with regard to transmission of the operation signal, a service class for the remote control, wherein the service class for the remote control includes a Packet Delay Budget (PDB) which is set to 5 milliseconds, and execute a control process that includes controlling, in accordance with the service class, the operation signal to be transmitted via the transmitter, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit the operation signal by using the service class that is set to the operation signal and information associated with the operation signal, wherein the information relates to a first attribute value that is different from a value of at least one attribute associated with the service class.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system message receiving method, comprising: receiving a minimum system message transmitted by a base station; determining a scheduling state of first other system messages in other system messages according to first indication information; if all messages in the first other system messages are changed from being scheduled to not being scheduled, ending the process of requesting the first other system messages; and if some of the first other system messages are changed from being scheduled to not being scheduled, ending the process of requesting the first other system messages, and sending to the base station a request of obtaining some messages that are still scheduled in the first other system messages, alternatively, continuing the process of requesting the first other system messages, and sending, after the process of requesting the first other system messages is ended, to the base station the request for obtaining some messages that are still scheduled in the first other system messages.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide network traffic marking and measurement methods and a node, and relate to the field of communications technologies, and specifically, to network traffic measurement and network traffic distribution. The network traffic measurement method includes: receiving, by a second node, a data packet sent by another node in a network, where the data packet is periodically marked by the another node, and each node has a different period of marking a data packet. According to the application, the second node may distinguish, based on the period of marking the data packet, traffic sent by the another node in the network, to obtain network traffic sent by the another node in the network to the second node. Upon implementing the traffic measurement method, data plane overheads can be reduced, and a hardware implementation process is simplified.

Abstract: A message sending method includes obtaining, by a group management server, a message sending period interval corresponding to a first group. The the message sending period interval includes a start time and an end time. The method also includes sending, by the group management server, the message sending period interval to a group member of the first group. The method further includes receiving, by the group management server, a first message sent by an application server. The method additionally includes sending, by the group management server, the first message to the group member of the first group within the message sending period interval.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide an information feedback method which performed by a transmitting end, the method includes: obtaining a direct link transmission resource; sending first direct communication data to a receiving end by using the direct link transmission resource, where the first direct communication data carries feedback indication information and sending manner indication information, the feedback indication information is used to indicate whether a receiving feedback needs to be performed for the first direct communication data, and the sending manner indication information is used to indicate that a manner of sending the first direct communication data is at least one of unicast, multicast, or broadcast; when the feedback indication information indicates that a feedback needs to be performed for the first direct communication data, receiving second direct communication data sent by the receiving end on a direct link feedback resource, where the second direct communication data carries

Abstract: A service enabler architecture layer (SEAL) system for a wireless communication network and a method therefor are provided. The SEAL system includes: a SEAL function entity including SEAL service servers corresponding to functionalities associated with service applications, where the SEAL function entity is an intermediate layer between a 3GPP network core and a service application system, and interfaces provided by the SEAL service servers. The SEAL system also provisions inter-services communication in a SEAL system of wireless communication network by receiving a request from a service application system for accessing at least one functionality of a plurality of functionalities, determines at least one functionality of the plurality of functionalities requested by the service application system based on the request, and provides at least one functionality to the service application system based on the inter-services communication in the SEAL system.

Abstract: A first filter specifying handling of one or more network packets received via a network is identified. A first set of access bounds to be used by a network interface card (NIC) to synchronize the one or more network packets received via the network is determined in view of the first filter. The first set of access bounds are provided to a driver of the NIC.

Abstract: Wireless communications between a base station and one or more wireless devices are described. Multiple downlink reference signals may correspond to multiple random access resources for a random access procedure. A base station may provide a set of downlink reference signals before a set of physical random access channels (PRACHs) are available for use. A wireless device performing a random access procedure may select two or more random access resource occasions (e.g., PRACH occasions) based on the downlink reference signals. Using a listen before talk (LBT) procedure, the wireless device may select a first available random access resource occasion from the two or more random access resource occasions that are determined to be clear.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information transmission method and an apparatus, where the information transmission method includes: determining, by a base station, a first transmission resource; sending, by the base station, first information using the first transmission resource, where the first information includes at least one of system information or control information for scheduling system information; determining, by the base station, at least one second transmission resource; and sending, by the base station, second information to UE by using the second transmission resource, where the second information includes at least one of: a paging message, a random access response message, a contention resolution message, control information for scheduling a paging message, control information for scheduling a random access response message, or control information for scheduling a contention resolution message.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The switch includes a storage device, one or more line cards, and a control card. A respective line card includes one or more ports and forwarding hardware. The control card determines routing and forwarding tables for the switch, and comprises processing circuitry and a management module. The management module manage a tunnel or virtual network at the switch. During operation, the control card determine an event associated with layer-2 operations of the switch. The control card refrains from notifying the management module regarding the event and notifies a first line card in the one or more line cards regarding the event. The first line card then updates a layer-3 forwarding entry in the corresponding forwarding hardware based on the notification.

Abstract: A device may receive a message originating from or being sent to a machine-type device. The machine-type device may use one of a plurality of binary message formats that includes message values, and the message values may be have specific locations or sizes within the message. The device may determine a particular binary format used by the machine-type device, and identify a set of descriptor language expressions that define a translation between the binary format and a structured data format used by a service device communicating with the machine-type device. The device may generate an output message using the set of descriptor language expressions, and provide the output message to the destination device.

Abstract: A terminal is disclosed including a transmitter and a processor. The transmitter transmits uplink control information in an uplink control channel. The processor uses either a first uplink control channel format using a cyclic shift that depends on the uplink control information or a second uplink control channel format not using the cyclic shift that depends on the uplink control information, to transmit the uplink control information, based on a number of bits of the uplink control information and a type of the uplink control information. In other aspects, a radio communication method for a terminal is also disclosed.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for introducing time diversity in a transmitter. The systems and methods may include receiving, at the transmitter, a request from a receiver to retransmit data. The systems and methods may further include receiving an input of data corresponding to the data requested for retransmission at a first transmitter block. The systems and methods may further include operating on the signals using the first transmitter block in at least one of a first mode and a second mode, such that an output of signals from the first transmitter block is dependent on a time-varying function and corresponds to the data requested by the receiver for retransmission.

Abstract: Technologies are described for controlling the data path (e.g., the end-to-end data path) for cellular network data. For example, a customer of a cellular network that owns or operates cellular devices can use the technologies described herein to control how cellular network data travels through the cellular network, including associated network connections and network equipment, before ultimately reaching the customer's network. In some implementations, the data path is controlled at each of a plurality of stages. For example, control can be applied at the mobile operator stage (e.g., to control which mobile operator the cellular device connects to), at the home subscriber server (HSS) stage, at the proxy stage, and/or at the packet data network gateway (PGW) stage.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a data processing method, a mobile terminal, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method of the present disclosure comprises: receiving indication information, the indication information being used for indicating whether to duplicate cached data in a PDCP layer; and if the indication information indicates duplicating the cached data in the PDCP layer, performing predetermined processing on the cached data in the PDCP layer.