Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Some wireless communications network may operate in accordance with an open-RAN (ORAN) network specification which may support functional splitting between the ORAN distributed unit (O-DU) and the ORAN radio unit (RU). The O-DU may communicate with the O-RU using control messaging. The control message may include a resource resource element (RE) mask and a resource symbol mask, the resource RE mask indicating frequency resources to be allocated for a reference signal transmission across a set of antenna ports and the resource symbol mask indicating time resources to be allocated for the reference signal transmission. Additionally or alternatively, the O-DU may transmit a control message including a puncturing resource RE mask indicating frequency resources for applying a puncturing pattern and a symbol mask indicating time resources for applying the puncturing pattern during a transmission.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a relay node, and a method of wireless communications by the relay node, including attempting to decode a plurality of first transport block portions of a transport block, wherein the plurality of first transport block portions are received on a first link according to a first encoding configuration. The aspects further include encoding successfully decoded ones of the plurality of first transport block portions according to a second encoding configuration to define one or more second transport block portions corresponding to the transport block, wherein the second encoding configuration is different from the first encoding configuration. And, the aspects further include transmitting the one or more second transport block portions on a second link and according to the second encoding configuration. Other aspects of the relay node and a receiver node are also disclosed.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a reference signal or channel conveying a paging indicator. The UE may determine, based on the paging indicator, whether to monitor a paging control channel including a scheduling grant for a paging shared channel communication. The UE may estimate time or frequency information for receiving the paging control channel based at least in part on a result of the determining, and receiving the paging control channel containing based at least in part on the result of the determining and the estimated time or frequency information, or skipping monitoring the paging control channel based at least in part on the result of the determining. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A communication device, which may be otherwise known as user equipment (UE), may identify a default modulation and coding scheme table and a preconfigured modulation and coding scheme table associated with a resource pool. The UE may receive, from a transmitting communication device, an indication of the preconfigured modulation and coding scheme table to use for upcoming sidelink communications. The UE may then communicate based on the preconfigured modulation and coding scheme table.

Abstract: An initial access indication method includes: carrying flag information in a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB), the flag information indicating whether an initial access bandwidth corresponding to the SSB supports the access of a first type user equipment (UE).

Abstract: A method for a transfer of a UE context within a secondary network from a source secondary network node to a target secondary network node. The UE is served by a master network node and the source secondary network node. The method includes the following steps performed by the UE: receiving a first message indicative of a secondary network node measurement configuration; based on the measurement configuration, performing measurements of potential candidates for a target secondary network node; and sending a second message comprising a measurement report indicative of the measurements of potential candidates for a target secondary node.

Abstract: A component of a cellular communication system is configured to prioritize data packets based on packet tags that have been associated with the data packets. The packet tags may comprise an application identifier and a customer identifier, as examples. A Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer of a radio protocol stack receives a data packet and associated packet tags and assigns the data packet to a preferred transmission queue or a non-preferred transmission queue, based on the packet tags associated with the data packet. In order to manage queue overflows, data packets of the non-preferred transmission queue may be discarded when they have been queued for more than a predetermined length of time. Data packets of the preferred transmission queue, however, are retained regardless of how long they have been queued.

Abstract: A transmission antenna switching method includes: in a case that the terminal device is in a dual network connected state, determining a first network used to transmit control plane data and a second network only used to transmit user plane data; determining a working mode of the second network in a case that an SRS switching request is received; determining a priority order of transmission antenna switching in the first network and the second network according to the working mode of the second network; and performing SRS antenna switching in the first network according to the priority order.

Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating a flush indicator for uplink transmissions and sidelink transmissions are disclosed herein. An example method for wireless communication at a UE includes transmitting a first transmission of one or more code blocks to a first device. Additionally, the example method includes retransmitting, to the first device, at least one code block of the one or more CBs. Further, the example method includes transmitting, to the first device, a flush indicator indicating to avoid combining a prior transmission of the at least one code block with the retransmission of the at least one code block.

Abstract: Method and apparatus to use different GI sequences for different FDM UEs. The apparatus calculates a GI of each UE from a set of UEs based at least on a delay spread associated with each UE from the set of UEs. The apparatus multiplexes data and the GI of each respective UE from the set of UEs to generate a waveform. The apparatus transmits the waveform to the set of UEs. The apparatus may receive, from each UE from the set of UEs, the delay spread associated with each UE from the set of UEs. The apparatus may multiplex the GI of each respective UE from the set of UEs prior to performing a DFT operation on the GI and the data. The apparatus may multiplex the GI of each respective UE from the set of UEs after performing an IDFT operation to generate the waveform.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for efficiently retransmitting radio link control (RLC) protocol data units (PDUs) to one or more UEs. When a user equipment (UE) fails to receive or decode an RLC PDU transmitted by a base station, the UE may transmit a status PDU to the base station indicating that the UE failed to receive or decode the RLC PDU. The base station may receive the status PDU from the UE, and the base station may generate a repair PDU that includes redundant bits of the lost PDU (e.g., the PDU that the UE failed to receive or decode). The base station may then transmit the repair PDU to the UE, and the UE may use the redundant bits in the repair PDU (e.g., in combination with buffered PDUs) to attempt to correctly decode the lost PDU.

Abstract: The present invention discloses methods and systems for reducing network latency. A first network device establishes a plurality of connections with a second network device. After that, determining non-congesting latency of each of the plurality of connections. Assigning a weighting to each of the plurality of connections. Decreasing the weighting of a connection when the performance of the connection deteriorated according to a first criteria. The first network device may perform weight decreasing again after a time interval. Last, sending data packets through the plurality of connections according to the weightings.

Abstract: An integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node may transition between use of a mobile termination (MT) function at the wireless device and use of a distributed unit (DU) function. The IAB node may schedule communication using the DU function of the wireless device based on whether one or more guard symbols are provided for an allocation from a parent node for the MT function.

Abstract: Mapping of an avionic network is obfuscated by interposing a network module between an external-access node and a bus of an avionics network. First and second network maps are generated and loaded on the network module. The network map accessible to the external-access node is changed from the first network map to the second network map, to disrupt any reconnaissance of the avionics network.

Abstract: A user terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a transmitting section that transmits an uplink shared channel by applying a precoder; and a control section that specifies a number of ports used to determine the precoder when a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) resource is not configured. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, even when an SRS resource is not configured, it is possible to appropriately determine a precoder of a UL signal.

Abstract: A target communication line defined as a congestion determination target and a client that transmits an ACK signal to a communication partner in a case where a signal is received from the communication partner are relayed to each other. It is determined whether a congestion occurs on a target communication line. A communication of the ACK signal is limited by a capture process that captures the signal communicated by the client in a case where determining that the congestion occurs on the target communication line.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first wireless node may transmit enhanced duplexing capability signaling that indicates a level from a plurality of levels, wherein the level corresponds to a supported enhanced duplexing capability of the first wireless node. The first wireless node may communicate with at least a second wireless node based at least in part on the supported enhanced duplexing capability of the first wireless node. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Devices, methods, communication nodes, base stations, storage media, and other embodiments are provided for managing associations in a communication network. In one example embodiment, a New Radio (NR) node is configured for NR user-plane protocol communications between a master node (MN) and a secondary node (SN). The NR node is configured to generate a downlink (DL) user data message with downlink user data, initiate transmission of the DL user data message to a second node, and process a DL data delivery status message from the second node in response to the DL user data message. In various embodiments, polling and SCG split-bearer configurations are supported by such messaging. In some embodiments, packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) serial numbers are communicated for transmission and retransmission management. In some embodiments, DL configurations initiated by and SN are enabled, as well as UL configurations initiated by either an MN or an SN.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, two devices may communicate over a sidelink and support a mutually understood transport block (TB) size (TBS) determination procedure associated with a data channel including a control message. A first device may encode and transmit information on the data channel, including the control message and a data message. A second device may receive and decode the information on the data channel. The first device and the second device may determine a TBS for encoding and decoding the data channel, respectively, based on determining an estimated resource element (RE) overhead for the control message and determining an approximate TBS based on the estimated RE overhead.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a communication method, base station and user equipment for configuring a parameter table in a wireless communication system including a base station and a user equipment, the communication method comprising: defining at both the base station and the user equipment a parameter table which includes whole entries of a legacy parameter table and extended entries; and transmitting from the base station to the user equipment a bitmap indication which indicates a sub-table selected from the parameter table, wherein the number of the entries in the sub-table is the same as in the legacy parameter table.