Abstract: A method for configuring a cluster may comprise selecting cluster members from among a plurality of communication nodes; identifying radio signal strength deviations between the cluster members; generating sensor groups by classifying the cluster members according to sensor types; selecting a head candidate group and a sensor candidate group of each of the sensor groups based on the radio signal strength deviations; selecting a cluster head in the head candidate group; selecting operating sensor nodes in the sensor candidate group; and configuring one among the operating sensor nodes as a virtual device, wherein the virtual device operates to transmit information obtained from the operating sensor nodes to the cluster head.

Abstract: A method for a UE multiplexing UCI is disclosed. The method comprises grouping physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources for channel state information (CSI) and a scheduling request (SR) with a low priority and PUCCH resources for a slot-based HARQ-ACK into a first group of PUCCH resources, grouping PUCCH resources for CSI and a SR with a high priority and PUCCH resources for a sub-slot based HARQ-ACK into a second group of PUCCH resources, determining a first set of PUCCH resources in a slot from the first group of PUCCH resources, obtaining first multiplexed UCI of a first PUCCH resource by performing a first UCI multiplexing procedure, determining a second set of PUCCH resources in a sub-slot of the slot from the second group of PUCCH resources, and obtaining second multiplexed UCI of a second PUCCH resource by performing a second UCI multiplexing procedure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pilot tone generating method and apparatus of an orthogonal frequency division multiple access system and method, and a channel estimation method and apparatus using the same. The channel estimation apparatus includes a pilot tone extracting unit for extracting a pilot tone, which is inserted within a frame with data tone, masked with an orthogonal code; a pilot tone unmasking unit for unmasking of the pilot tone extracted from the pilot tone extracting unit by using an orthogonal code information; and a channel estimation operating unit for estimating a channel by calculating an average of the pilot tones which is unmasked in the unmasking unit.

Abstract: A first invite message including a parent device identifier assigned to a parent device is received. The first invite message refers to an incoming call or an outgoing call. The incoming call or the outgoing call are then routed between a parent telephony application server (TAS) allocated to the parent device and a child TAS allocated to a child device. In some cases, the child device is a mobile child device that is registered with an Internet Protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) network using a unique identifier that is associated with a child device identifier assigned to the mobile child device. The parent TAS is able to store the child device identifier and the child TAS is able to store the parent device identifier.

Abstract: A first wireless device receives from a base station, a configuration message indicating: a first power control parameter set for a first sidelink feedback type; and a second power control parameter set for a second sidelink feedback type. A sidelink feedback type indication of one of: the first sidelink feedback type; and the second sidelink feedback type is received from a second wireless device. Based on the sidelink feedback type indication one of the first power control parameter set and the second power control parameter set is selected as a selected power control parameter set. A transmit power of a sidelink feedback signal is determined based on the selected power control parameter set. The sidelink feedback signal is transmitted to the second wireless device based on the transmit power.

Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a method and apparatus may include performing, by a first network entity, at least one benchmarking procedure of at least one network hop delay per at least one transmit resource towards at least one peer network node identified by at least one internet protocol destination address. The method and apparatus may further include deriving, by the first network entity, a second table, by, for each peer node associated with an internet protocol destination address, determining at least one existing configured mapping of at least one network instance into a transport resource Ti per internet protocol destination address. The method and apparatus may further include updating, by the first network entity, the first table and the second table for each internet protocol destination address and transmitting the updated second table to the second network entity.

Abstract: A method of data retransmission can include receiving a transport block (TB) including code block groups (CBGs) corresponding to a first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process from a transmitter at a receiver in a wireless communication system, and transmitting a TB/CBG indicator along with HARQ retransmission information from the receiver. The HARQ retransmission information includes a HARQ acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback or a retransmission indication for the first HARQ process. The TB/CBG indicator indicates whether the HARQ-ACK feedback or the retransmission indication is TB-level or CBG-level.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for prioritizing data packets when stateful compression is enabled for wireless communications is disclosed. For example, the aspects include receiving a plurality of data packets scheduled in a first order for transmission. The described aspects further include prioritizing one or more data packets of the plurality of data packets as one or more prioritized data packets, each prioritized data packet being scheduled in an order for transmission different from the first order for transmission. The described aspects further include compressing one or more unprioritized data packets of the plurality of data packets into one or more compressed unprioritized data packets. The described aspects further include scheduling the one or more prioritized data packets and the one or more compressed unprioritized data packets in a second order for transmission, the second order differing from the first order.

Abstract: A wireless station that belongs to a communication cell includes a receiver which, in operation, receives a trigger frame transmitted from an access point that belongs to an interference cell and a controller which, in operation, determines, based on at least one parameter included in the trigger frame and reception power value of the trigger frame received at the wireless station, whether the wireless station is allowed to transmit to other wireless station that belongs to the communication cell, wherein the at least one parameter includes a value set based on transmit power value of the trigger frame transmitted from the access point.

Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses are described for neural network formation configuration feedback for wireless communications. A network entity (base station 120, core network server 302) determines a set (sets 2002, 2104) of deep neural network reference signals to send on a physical channel for measuring performance of deep neural networks, and/or a set of neural network formation configurations (sets 2004, 2106). The network entity communicates indications (indications 2030, 2102) of the set of neural network formation configurations and the set of deep neural network reference signals to a user equipment (UE 110). The network entity initiates transmission of each deep neural network reference signal of the set, and directs the user equipment to measure (outputs 2032, 2034, 2036, 2124, 2128, 2132) performance of a set of deep neural networks formed using the set of neural network formation configurations, and select one of the set of neural network formation configurations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a server, a method and a system for allowing a user terminal to receive and use a data capacity shared by a donor terminal, and provide a reward that is as much as the data capacity shared by the donor terminal and provide, to the user terminal, charging information corresponding to the use of data, thereby enabling a fair and meaningful compensation system.

Abstract: A method for configuring measurement parameters of user equipment (UE), UE, and a computer storage medium are provided. The method includes obtaining a filter coefficient list configured by a network; wherein the filter coefficient list comprises one or more filter coefficients. The method further includes obtaining a filter coefficient from the filter coefficient list for a measurement object based on indication information of the measurement object.

Abstract: A method and apparatus in a wireless communication system is provided. The method and apparatus comprise: receiving an SS/PBCH block; determining a subcarrier spacing of the SS/PBCH block from a set of subcarrier spacings {SCS1, SCS2}; determining a subcarrier spacing of a Type0-PDCCH CSS set in a CORESET, the subcarrier spacing of the Type0-PDCCH CSS set is the same as the subcarrier spacing of the SS/PBCH block; determining a bandwidth and a number of symbols of the CORESET based on an MIB in the SS/PBCH block; determining a frequency offset from a set of frequency offsets {O1, O2}, the frequency offset is determined as being from a smallest RB index of the CORESET to a smallest RB index of the common RB overlapping with a first RB of the SS/PBCH block; determining a frequency location of the CORESET; and receiving a Type0-PDCCH.

Abstract: A wireless communication terminal communicating wirelessly with a base wireless communication terminal and unassociated with the base wireless communication terminal is disclosed.

Abstract: A wireless communication device can selectively perform a beam switch upon performing a power-up operation based on the criticality of the beam switch. The wireless communication device can switch from a previously serving downlink beam to a new downlink beam either during or after a paging time window based on beam measurements obtained for the previously serving downlink beam and the new downlink beam. Other aspects, features, and embodiments are also claimed and described.

Abstract: A wireless communication terminal communicating wirelessly with a base wireless communication terminal and unassociated with the base wireless communication terminal is disclosed.

Abstract: A method of transmitting control information, a method of receiving control information, a base station and a terminal are provided. The method of transmitting control information includes: identifying the control information, wherein the control information at least comprises a first feature field and a second feature field, and a bit value of the first feature field is used to indicate a function and a length of the second feature field; sending the control information to a terminal device.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a session management method, an interworking method between different systems, and a network apparatus. The session management method includes: when establishing a guaranteed bit rate (GBR) flow of a terminal device in a first communications system, determining, by a session management network element in the first communications system, that the GBR flow is a GBR flow required for handing over the terminal device from the first communications system to a second communications system; and establishing, by the session management network element for the GBR flow, a session context corresponding to the second communications system. The methods and the network apparatus are used to resolve a technical problem of resource waste existing in a handover method in the prior art.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems for wireless communications are disclosed. A first base station may receive one or more message from a second base station. The messages may include downlink beamforming information elements for a downlink cell. Each downlink beamforming information element may be associated with a respective group of resource blocks of a plurality of groups of resource blocks in the downlink cell. The first base station may select a first beamforming codeword for at least one group of resource blocks of the plurality of groups of resource blocks based on the downlink beamforming information associated with the at least one group of resource blocks. The first base station may transmit, to a wireless device, signals on the at least one group of resource blocks employing the first beamforming codeword.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to: a communication method for converging an IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate beyond the 4G system; and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, healthcare, digital education, retail business, security and safety services, etc.) on the basis of 5G communication technologies and IoT-related technologies.