Abstract: An access node may monitor for uplink and downlink resource release indications signaled by a parent access node and a child access node prior to scheduling a released resource. In some cases (e.g., when the child node is capable of half-duplex communications), the parent access node may determine to release a resource, and the child access node may determine to release a hard resource (e.g., a child node controlled resource). Receiving uplink and downlink resource release indications may enable the access node to schedule communication with the child node via a soft resource (e.g., a parent node controlled resource). Other aspects of the described techniques are directed to feedback support for a slot format indicator (SFI). The feedback from the access node may accept or reject the SFI based on an impact the SFI has on scheduling via a child link established with a child node of the access node.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication scheme and system for converging a 5th generation (5G) communication system for supporting a data rate higher than that of a 4th generation (4G) system with an internet of things (IoT) technology. The disclosure is applicable to intelligent services (e.g., smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, and security and safety-related services) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology. An operation method of a terminal for receiving data from multiple Transmission and Reception Points (TRPs) participated in non-coherent joint transmission is disclosed. The method includes receiving information on HARQ-ACK codebook configuration and configuring and transmitting HARQ-ACK codebooks corresponding to the multiple TRPs based on the received information.

Abstract: A terminal is disclosed including a processor that maps an encoded bit sequence of an uplink control information firstly in a layer direction of a resource of an uplink shared channel, secondly in a frequency direction of the resource, and thirdly in a time direction of the resource; and a transmitter that transmits the uplink control information in the resource. In other aspects, a radio communication method for a terminal and a base station are also disclosed.

Abstract: In order to acknowledge uplink frames transmitted from end devices to server equipment, the server equipment allocates the end devices to groups and to subgroups. The addresses of the end devices are constructed so as to identify the groups and subgroups to which said end devices belong. The server equipment carries out mass acknowledgements by group, by broadcasting a message wherein each subgroup of said group is associated with the same item of information acknowledging, or not, said uplink frames of all the end devices of said subgroup. The mass acknowledgement further includes information representing an estimated instant of next transmission of a mass acknowledgement for said group. The server equipment acknowledges, in unicast mode, the uplink frames received that have not been acknowledged by the mass acknowledgement.

Abstract: Method and apparatus are provided to allocate a time and frequency resource of a resource request indicator (RRI) and to transmit an RRI. Codes are allocated for an RRI and other (such as non-RRI) uplink control signaling. The RRI and other uplink control signaling can be multiplexed in the same time and frequency resource, such as through multiplexing in a code division manner.

Abstract: The present invention relates to selection of synchronization source among various synchronization sources which include sources determining the synchronization signal from the network such as base stations (network nodes) or user equipments which receive the synchronization signal possibly over other hops from the base station, and which further includes sources which do not determine their synchronization signal from the network. The selection of the synchronization source is performed by choosing the source with the most reliable synchronization signal based on a metric calculated for each of the sources considered. In particular, the metric is based on the type of the source, number of hops between the network and the source and/or received signal quality. After selecting the source, the timing of the device is adapted accordingly.

Abstract: Provided are methods and apparatuses for transmitting HARQ feedback information for sidelink transmission. In particular, a method of a transmitting user equipment (UE) is provided for transmitting the HARQ feedback information for the sidelink transmission. The method may include: receiving, from the base station, resource assignment information on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) for transmitting, to the base station, the HARQ feedback information for the sidelink transmission to a receiving UE; generating the HARQ feedback information based on a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) for the sidelink transmission received from the receiving UE; and transmitting the HARQ feedback information over the PUCCH based on the resource assignment information to the base station.

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 plurality of downlink shared channel transmissions. The UE may transmit, to the base station, a sequence indicating that a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (ACK) feedback associated with the plurality of downlink shared channel transmissions includes only ACK bits for the plurality of downlink shared channel transmissions. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: An information transmission method, a terminal, and a network device are provided, and the method includes: acquiring a non-overlapped candidate Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) occasion in a time domain transmission unit; determining, according to the candidate PDSCH occasion, a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledge (HARQ-ACK) codebook corresponding to the time domain transmission unit; transmitting the HARQ-ACK codebook. Wherein, at least one candidate PDSCH occasion in the time domain transmission unit corresponds to at least two pieces of HARQ-ACK information.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for performing sidelink communication by a first device is provided. The method comprises the steps of: transmitting at least one PSSCH to at least one reception device by using at least one sub channel and at least one slot in a resource pool; and receiving at least one HARQ feedback for the at least one PSSCH through at least one PSFCH resource from among M PSFCH resources in the resource pool, wherein the resource pool comprises K PSSCH-associated slots and L sub channels, which are associated with the PSFCH resources, M is greater than or equal to K*L, and K, L, and M may be positive integers.

Abstract: A multiplexing method of uplink control information (UCI) for ultra-reliable and low latency communications (URLLC) includes acquiring a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) resource, processing the PDSCH resource to generate a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource carrying the UCI, selecting an uplink resource from a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resource, and multiplexing the PUCCH resource with the uplink resource selected from the PUSCH resource for transmitting the UCI of the PUCCH resource on the PUSCH resource. The PUCCH resource and the PUSCH resource are scheduled to be transmitted for providing at least two service types within a time period.

Abstract: Sidelink downlink control information may include a first indicator field that indicates a sidelink hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback timing. A bitwidth of the first indicator field may be based on at least one of one or more parameters from the base station. The first wireless user device may transmit, based on the SL DCI and to a second wireless user device, a first sidelink signal. The first wireless user device may receive, during a first time interval and from the second wireless user device, first sidelink HARQ feedback information responsive to the first sidelink signal. The first wireless user device may determine, based on the sidelink HARQ feedback timing and based on the first time interval, a second time interval. The first wireless user device may transmit, during the second time interval and to the base station, the first sidelink HARQ feedback information.

Abstract: A data center fabric includes a plurality of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), each FPGA interconnected by a plurality of links with other FPGAs, a plurality of servers in a data center, and physical network functions associated with the data center, wherein the plurality of FPGAs form a virtual fabric for switching between the FPGAs, the plurality of servers, and the physical network functions, and wherein the virtual fabric is arranged in a compound graph and a flat network with each FPGA being a node and a diameter of the compound graph and the flat network is indicative of a maximum number of hops for a packet through the virtual fabric.

Abstract: A method for managing a communication channel used by a plurality of Wi-Fi devices of a Wi-Fi network of the backhaul type for implementing a backhaul network in said Wi-Fi network. A first Wi-Fi device in the plurality performs the method and comprises: detecting a disconnection from an initial channel used by the plurality of Wi-Fi devices for implementing the backhaul network of a second Wi-Fi device in the plurality connected directly to the first Wi-Fi device; listening on a backup channel, to which the second Wi-Fi device is able to migrate to implement the backhaul network in the event of detection, by the second Wi-Fi device, of a radar signal on the initial channel; causing the first Wi-Fi device to migrate to the backup channel in the event of reception on the backup channel by the first Wi-Fi device of a frame containing an identifier of the second device.

Abstract: A transmission method, a terminal and a base station are provided, thereby solving the problem that there is no specific method in the 5G system for distinguishing whether one DCI triggers the transmission of data and control information at the same time or triggers the transmission of control information only. The transmission includes receiving DCI, wherein the DCI comprises indication information of N bits, the indication information of N bits is used to indicate whether the DCI triggers transmission of data, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and performing transmission based on the indication information in the DCI.

Abstract: Data transmission and reception is provided by configuring control channels in a wireless communication system using a plurality of carriers. User equipment (UE) may monitor physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates within common search spaces (CSSs) and User Equipment-specific search spaces (USSs). If the UE is configured with cross-carrier scheduling, when two PDCCH candidates originating from a CSS and a USS, respectively, have cyclic redundancy check (CRC) scrambled by the same Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) and have a common payload size and the same first control channel element (CCE) index, the UE may interpret that only the PDCCH originating from the CSS is transmitted, thereby solving ambiguity of downlink control information (DCI) detection.

Abstract: The present application provides a method performed by user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving, from a base station, a first radio resource control (RRC) message including a handover command; determining whether a first condition included in the first RRC message is met; and if the first condition is met, sending a handover indication to the base station, the handover indication being used to inform the base station that the UE is about to start performing a handover. The present application further provides UE and a corresponding base station. By means of the technical solution of the present application, the data transmission interruption time in the handover procedure in the NR can be further reduced, and an unnecessary incorrect handover is avoided.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, a base station, and a user equipment (UE) for wireless communication are provided to reduce the retransmission latency for URLLC communications. Upon receiving a downlink data transmission, a UE waits until it completes decoding of the received downlink data transmission before it can send an ACK/NAK report on the decoded downlink data transmission. In case of a decoding failure, the base station cannot start retransmission until the UE finishes the decoding of the downlink data transmission and sends the ACK/NAK report and until the base station finishes decoding of an NAK in the ACK/NAK report. This considerable retransmission latency may not meet stringent latency requirements of some URLLC applications. A two-stage ACK/NAK reporting is disclosed to reduce the retransmission latency where the UE sends an early ACK/NAK report upon partially completing the decoding of the downlink data transmission.

Abstract: A broadband network gateway (BNG) in a wireline network. The BNG includes an interworking function in a control plane (IF-CP), the IF-CP configured to use a control plane interface (N1?/N2?) between the BNG in the wireline network and a fifth generation (5G) core in a 5G network to couple a control plane of the BNG to a control plane of the 5G core; an interworking function in a user plane (IF-UP), the IF-UP configured to use a user plane interface (N3?) between the BNG in the wireline network and the 5G core in the 5G network to couple a user plane of the BNG to a user plane of the 5G core; and a transmitter configured to transmit data packets toward the 5G core after the user plane of the BNG and the user plane of the 5G core have been coupled.

Abstract: Provided are methods and apparatuses for transmitting HARQ feedback information for sidelink transmission. In particular, a method of a transmitter user equipment (Tx UE) is provided for transmitting the HARQ feedback information for the sidelink transmission. The method may include: receiving, from the base station, resource allocation information on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) for transmitting, to the base station, the HARQ feedback information for the sidelink transmission to a receiver user equipment (Rx UE); generating the HARQ feedback information based on a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) for the sidelink transmission received from the Rx UE; and transmitting the HARQ feedback information over the PUCCH based on the resource allocation information to the base station.