Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a network connection processing method, an apparatus, and a wireless transceiver unit. The method is applied to a user equipment UE side and relates to the 5G NR and the field of artificial intelligence communications. The method includes: connecting UE to both a 4G base station and a 5G base station by using an LTE-NR dual connectivity technology; and when the UE is in a screen-off state and a data transmission rate of the UE is less than or equal to a preset rate, releasing a connection between the UE and the 5G base station. The embodiments of the present invention can solve problems such as high device power consumption and network resource waste caused by the LTE-NR dual connectivity technology.

Abstract: The present application can provide an uplink transmission method and apparatus. The method comprises: a base station instructs a UE to send SRSs corresponding to N groups of SRS resources, each of the N groups of SRS resources comprising one or more SRS resources; N being a positive integer; the base station receives the SRSs sent by the UE to determine X groups of uplink scheduling information, each of the X groups of uplink scheduling information corresponding to one group of SRS resources in the N groups of SRS resources; uplink scheduling information in different groups corresponding to SRS resources in different groups; X being a positive integer greater than one and not greater than N; the base station sends the determined X groups of uplink scheduling information to the UE so that the UE transmits an uplink signal according to the X groups of uplink scheduling information.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to techniques for sidelink (SL) power saving using SL wake up signals (WUSs). A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes determining resources for SL WUS transmissions from a second UE, based on a WUS resource configuration, monitoring the resources for an SL WUS from the second UE, and participating in SL communications with the second UE if an SL WUS is detected during the monitoring.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus, said apparatus including circuitry for operating in a first discontinuous reception mode including at least one awake period and at least one sleep period, receiving, during operation in the at least one awake period, a first indication from a network to perform at least one of pausing operation of the first discontinuous reception mode such that the apparatus continues operation in the at least one awake period and disabling operation of the first discontinuous reception mode such that the apparatus continues operation in a second discontinuous reception mode.

Abstract: A radio unit for unsynchronized Time Division Duplex (TDD) multi-band operation in a wireless communication system. The radio unit comprises a first resonator arrangement comprising one or more resonators tuned for operating at a first frequency band. A first terminal of the first resonator arrangement is coupled to an antenna element. The radio unit further comprises a second resonator arrangement comprising one or more resonators tuned for operating at a second frequency band. A first terminal of the second resonator arrangement is coupled to the antenna element. The radio unit further comprises a tunable resonator arrangement comprising at least four tunable resonators. The at least four tunable resonators in the tunable resonator arrangement are tuned according to different operating modes.

Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication system in which, based on a random access scheme, a transmission opportunity (TXOP) acquired by a wireless access point is granted to a wireless station when performing uplink data transmission from the wireless station to the wireless access point and the TXOP acquired by the wireless station is granted to the wireless access point when performing downlink data transmission from the wireless access point to the wireless station, the system includes a scheduling unit for TXOP granting determining one or more wireless stations having a quality of an uplink data transmission lower than a prescribed value as TXOP responders to which the wireless access point grants the TXOP, and determining one or more wireless stations having a quality of a downlink data transmission lower than the prescribed value as TXOP holders which grant the TXOP to the wireless access point.

Abstract: A communication device includes a first communication unit and a second communication unit and is configured to wirelessly connect to an electronic apparatus. The first communication unit and the second communication unit operate in the same communication protocol. The first communication unit is configured to wait for a connection request from the electronic apparatus, and the second communication unit is configured to wirelessly connect to the electronic apparatus from which the first communication unit received a connection request. The first communication unit is configured to wait, where the first communication unit is not connected to the electronic apparatus, for a connection request in a first mode in which a waiting time period is relatively long, and the first communication unit is configured to wait, where the first communication unit is connected to the electronic apparatus, for a connection request in a second mode in which the waiting time period is relatively short.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for receiving a layer 1 signaling or a layer 2 signaling indicating a subset of a plurality of physical cell identifications (PCIs) associated with a plurality of serving cells in the network, establishing a plurality of communication channels with one or more of transmission-reception points (TRPs), wherein each TRP of the one or more TRPs comprises a corresponding PCI of the plurality of PCIs, and determining one or more PCIs of the plurality of PCIs used as one or more default input cell identifications (IDs) associated with a plurality of physical processings, when no explicit configured input ID is signaled to the UE associated with the plurality of physical processings.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may transmit, to a base station, assistance information that indicates a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) preference for multiple connectivity communications from a master node and one or more secondary nodes; and receive, from the base station, a communication that indicates a routing of a sequence of PDCP packages across the master node and one or more active secondary nodes. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine to switch from a first cell of a first distributed unit (DU) to a second cell of a second DU, wherein the first DU and the second DU are included in a set of DUs of a central unit (CU). The UE may communicate, using layer 1 (L1) or layer 2 (L2) signaling to change an activation status of at least one cell of the first DU or the second DU. The UE may switch from the first cell to the second cell in connection with the change to the activation status of the at least one cell of the first DU or the second DU. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: A cellular wakeup receiver (C-WuRx) for reducing power consumption of a wireless wide area network (WWAN) radio of a user equipment (UE) includes receiver circuitry to receive a wakeup signal from a base station in response to the UE performing link aggregation by which downlink communications from the base station are offloaded to a wireless local area network (WLAN). The C-WuRx also includes processing circuitry to configure the receiver circuitry to periodically monitor at least a portion of a WWAN band for the wakeup signal and process the wakeup signal to cause the WWAN radio to resume receiving the downlink communications from the base station.

Abstract: A configuration to adjust expiration of a PDCP reorder timer based on scheduler variations in dual connectivity. The apparatus receives, from a base station, a plurality of data packets. The plurality of data packets received from a first path and a second path. The apparatus detects at least one packet of the plurality of data packets at a PDCP is dropped based on an OOW. The apparatus determines a scheduling gap between the first path and the second path. The apparatus determines a timing relationship between the UE, the first path, and the second path. The apparatus determines consecutive sequence numbers associated with packets corresponding to the frame numbering sequence of the first path and the frame numbering sequence of the second path and a respective associated time. The apparatus adjusts a reorder timer based on the scheduling gap between the first path and the second path.

Abstract: An apparatus for use in a UE includes processing circuitry coupled to a memory. To configure the UE for a 4-step random access procedure with a gNB in a 5G-NR network, the processing circuitry is to encode a first message for transmission to the gNB using a PRACH, the first message including a random access preamble. A second message received from the gNB in response to the first message is decoded. The second message includes a MAC RAR with an uplink (UL) grant and an indication of an LBT procedure type or a channel access and CP extension. An LBT procedure based on the LBT procedure type or the channel access and CP extension provided in the indication is performed. Data is encoded for transmission to the gNB based on successful completion of the LBT procedure, the transmission using a PUSCH, and a UL resource indicated by the UL grant.

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein use pairing to associate a wireless sensor with a patient monitoring device such as a bedside patient monitor or a mobile device. A signal emitted by a patient monitoring device can be detected by a wireless sensor. The wireless sensor can be associated with the detected signal and pair the wireless sensor with the patient monitoring device. The wireless sensor can be configured to enter into a patient parameter sensing mode of operation after the association of the wireless sensor with the patient monitoring device.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may obtain a discontinuous reception (DRX) short cadence value that corresponds to a number of Hertz (Hz). The UE may sleep as part of a DRX cycle. The UE may wake up, starting at a subframe, based at least in part on the DRX short cadence value and a subframe identifier of the subframe. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. One or more user equipments (UEs) may support reserved resource indications for sidelink systems. In some examples, a first UE may transmit a first sidelink control message to at least a second UE in a first transmission time interval (TTI), which may schedule a first set of time-frequency resources for a sidelink message. The first UE may transmit the sidelink message to the second UE using the first set of time frequency resources. After transmitting the sidelink message, the first UE may transmit a second sidelink control message to the second UE in a second TTI, which may indicate the first set of time-frequency resources used for transmission of the sidelink message. In some examples, the second UE may perform a decoding procedure for the sidelink message based on the second sidelink control message.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support cross-slot scheduling of sidelink transmissions in a wireless communication system. A transmitting user equipment (UE) in communication with a receiving UE over a sidelink transmits cross-slot schedule information to the receiving UE at a time prior to a first slot over which a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) transmission is to be transmitted to the receiving UE. The cross-slot schedule information includes information that is sufficient to decode the PSSCH transmission received by the receiving UE at the first slot, without requiring the receiving UE to decode a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) transmission including a sidelink control information (SCI) message received during the first slot. In aspects, the PSSCH transmission may be decoded in parallel with the PSCCH transmission received in the first slot.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless communication device may receive protocol data units (PDUs) in multiple TTIs (e.g., slots). The wireless communication device may generate, for each TTI of the multiple TTIs, a descriptor that identifies serial numbers (SNs) of PDUs that are received in the TTI. The wireless communication device may aggregate the descriptors for the multiple TTIs into an aggregated descriptor that identifies the SNs of the PDUs across the multiple TTIs. The wireless communication device may process the PDUs received in the multiple TTIs based at least in part on the aggregated descriptor. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: A method for data processing includes the following. A terminal device determines a data duplication behavior of a first entity according to first information, where the data duplication behavior is indicative of that the first entity transmits data to at least one second entity in at least three second entities corresponding to the first entity. The first information includes information from a media access control (MAC) control element (CE). The terminal device determines the data duplication behavior of the first entity as follows. The terminal device determines a data duplication behavior of a first set according to the information from the MAC CE, where the first set is formed according to the at least three second entities and contains at least one second entity. A terminal device and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium are further provided.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for wireless communication. In one aspect of the disclosure, a user equipment (UE) is configured to manage a state variable (associated with a radio link control (RLC) entity or a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) entity) that enables the UE to maintain synchronization with a base station during a communication session. For example, a base station may transmit, to the UE, a control PDU or a synchronization PDU that includes a value of a state variable maintained by a base station to enable the UE to update its state variable to maintain synchronization with the base station. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.