Abstract: A method and apparatus for PTT over IoT is described herein. During operation IoT devices will be dynamically added to a particular talkgroup. The particular devices added to the talkgroup will be based on a current public-safety event along with a location of the public-safety officer.

Abstract: Techniques for co-existence between wireless Radio Access Technologies (RATs) are disclosed. During an active period of a Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) communication pattern, a first signal may be transmitted during a first subframe and a second signal may be transmitted during a second subframe, while during an inactive period the first signal may be transmitted during the first subframe and the second signal may be omitted during the second subframe. Retransmission of one or more packets may take place over a subset of less than all retransmission opportunities based on the DTX communication pattern. A Secondary Cell (SCell) may be reconfigured as the Primary Cell (PCell) and the PCell may be reconfigured as the SCell for one or more access terminals based on a load balancing condition or a channel selection condition.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and provides a network differentiation method, a network differentiation device, a network differentiation chip and a UE. The network differentiation method includes: acquiring configuration information about a plurality of networks, the configuration information including first network attribute information about a first network and second network attribute information about a second network; and differentiating the first network from the second network in accordance with attribute information of a same type and different values in the first network attribute information and the second network attribute information in the configuration information.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a channel measurement and measurement result reporting method and device. According to the method, terminal equipment measures a channel of an unlicensed frequency band according to configuration information, wherein the terminal equipment is in an idle state. The terminal equipment transmits a measurement result of the unlicensed frequency band to network equipment. When the network equipment is required to configure the channel of the unlicensed frequency band to be a secondary carrier of the terminal equipment, the number of interaction signalings between the terminal equipment and the network equipment may be reduced, thereby reducing signaling overhead, and increasing an access rate and access efficiency of an unlicensed frequency band channel carrier.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting a transport block, and a method and apparatus for receiving a transport block are provided. The method includes: acquiring, by a transmitting node, a data signal obtained by performing a process of a physical layer procedure on the transport block, where the physical layer procedure at least includes channel coding and modulating, one transport block has multiple modulating and coding schemes, the multiple modulating and coding schemes include multiple modulating schemes, or multiple coding schemes, or multiple modulating schemes and multiple coding schemes; and transmitting, by the transmitting node, the data signal and a control signal corresponding to the data signal to a receiving node.

Abstract: Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to application-based multiple radio access technologies (“RAT”) and platform control using software-defined networking (“SDN”). According to one aspect of the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, an SDN controller can configure a radio access network (“RAN”) for connectionless services and for connection-oriented services. The RAN can support multiple RATs each capable of providing radio access to a device, such as a UE or an IoT device. The SDN controller can determine a user plane path configuration for an application flow through at least part of the RAN. The SDN controller can provide the user plane configuration to an SDN agent that is stored on and is executable by the device.

Abstract: A method (300) for enabling self-coexistence of devices in a flexible wireless system (200) that includes first and second wireless networks sharing a frequency band. The method includes discovering a second device operable in the second wireless network that overlaps with the first wireless network (S310); reporting the discovered second device to a first device operable in the first wireless network (S320); determining if an adjustment is needed between a first beacon period of the first device and a second beacon period of the second device (S330); and adjusting a first beacon period start time (BPST) of the first device with a second BPST of the second device (S370) if the adjustment is needed.

Abstract: A method for implementing load balancing, an apparatus, and a network system, where a controller obtains a port attribute of each port of a first switch in a mesh network, determines, according to the port attribute of each port of the first switch, a virtual routing and forwarding instance corresponding to each port of the first switch, where all user-side ports of the first switch correspond to a first virtual routing and forwarding instance, generates a forwarding table of the first switch according to a topology of the mesh network and the virtual routing and forwarding instance corresponding to each port of the first switch, where a first forwarding entry of the forwarding table includes the first virtual routing and forwarding instance, a destination network segment and at least two forwarding paths corresponding to the destination network segment, and sends the forwarding table to the first switch.

Abstract: In various embodiments, methods and systems for implementing network traffic flow logging in a distributed computing system are provided. At a high level, the network traffic flow logger is implemented using a network traffic flow logger framework that includes a plurality of modular network traffic flow logging objects for adjustable processing of network flow events. In operation, a plurality of tokens is counted at a first throttling rate. The first throttling rate is associated with a maximum number of tokens threshold. The maximum number of tokens threshold is an adjustable threshold. A flow event is accessed, where flow events are quantified based on tokens. The flow event is queued, based on a count of the plurality of tokens or the maximum number of tokens threshold. Based on queueing the flow event, the first throttling rate is adjusted to a second throttling rate based on a queue length of the queue.

Abstract: A system for transferring data between an on-board server and an off-board server of a vehicle is provided. The system comprises: a light mounted to an exterior of a vehicle; an external network comprising an external wireless access point comprising a first antenna positioned on the exterior of the vehicle at the location of the light, the external network configured to automatically connect to an off-board server, the off-board server located outside the vehicle; an internal network comprising internal wireless access point comprising a second antenna, the second antenna positioned on the interior of the vehicle at the location of the light, the internal network configured to automatically connect to an on-board server, the on-board server internal to the vehicle; and a circuit coupled to the external access point and to the internal access point, the circuit configured to transfer data bi-directionally between the off-board server and the on-board server.

Abstract: A wireless device receives message(s) comprising: configuration parameters for a periodic resource allocation indicating a first plurality of uplink resources of an uplink data channel of a cell; and offset parameter(s) for determining a number of UCI resources. A downlink control information is received comprising: an uplink grant indicating uplink radio resources of the uplink data channel of the cell; and an offset indicator value. A first transport block and first UCI(s) are transmitted via the uplink radio resources. The uplink radio resources comprise first resources of the first UCI(s). A first number of the first resources are determined based on the offset indicator value. A second transport block and second UCI(s) are transmitting via one of the first uplink resources. The one of the uplink resources comprise second resources of the second UCI(s). A second number of the second resources are determined based on the offset parameter(s).

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for providing, by a relay UE, a broadcast service in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: detecting a TMGI; and broadcasting TMGI announcement comprising the detected TMGI and a ProSe layer-2 group ID corresponding to the TMGI.

Abstract: A resource allocation method is provided in which a resource allocation apparatus using a time-division duplex communication scheme allocates resources for a subframe. The resource allocation method includes: allocating a first time region of the time domain of the subframe as a downlink control information region; and allocating the rest of the time domain of the subframe, apart from the first time region, as at least one region variably selected from among a downlink data region, an uplink data region, an uplink control information region, and a guard period (GP) region.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a sounding reference signal scheduling method, a sounding reference signal sending method, and apparatuses thereof. The sounding reference signal scheduling method comprises: determining an available carrier in an unlicensed spectrum; and in response to the existing available carrier, sending, at least on the available carrier, a physical indication signal, wherein the physical indication signal comprises information related to scheduling of a sounding reference signal of at least one user equipment, and the physical indication signal is used at least to trigger the at least one user equipment to send a sounding reference signal. According to the methods and apparatuses in the embodiments of this application, scheduling information is placed in a physical indication signal that occupies an available carrier; therefore, a sounding reference signal can be scheduled more flexibly.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method for adapting HARQ buffers in a wireless device (90), said device is adapted for HARQ communication, the method comprising determining (10) a size of a HARQ buffer, the HARQ buffer size being based on a TTI. There is also disclosed a wireless device (90) adapted for HARQ communication, the wireless device comprising a processing circuitry and a memory, said memory containing instructions executable by said processing circuitry, whereby said wireless device is operative to determine a size of a HARQ buffer, the HARQ buffer size being based on a TTI.

Abstract: A method includes generating preference information according to each of a plurality of base stations including at least one adjacent base station and transmitting the generated preference information to a serving base station, receiving, from the serving base station, information related to beams of the serving base station and the at least one adjacent base station determined based on the preference information, and receiving a signal by using the information related to the beams, wherein the information related to the beams includes beam information on a partial area in which interference signals transmitted by the at least one adjacent base station are aligned among a whole reception area of the terminal. A serving base station includes a controller configured to configure beams for a partial area in which interference signals transmitted by the at least one adjacent base station are aligned among a whole reception area of the terminal.

Abstract: A method and system signal resource allocation information in an asymmetric multicarrier communication network. A MS communicates with a BS using asymmetric carriers consisting of at least one low frequency carrier (e.g., primary carriers) in a cellular band and at least one high frequency carrier secondary carriers) in a millimeter Wave band. In one embodiment, the BS allocates resources for one or more transmit time intervals in at least one of DL allocation interval of a secondary DL carrier and UL allocation interval of a secondary UL carrier for the MS, where the DL allocation interval spans one or more subframes of the secondary DL carrier and the UL allocation interval spans one or more subframes of the secondary UL carrier. The BS then transmits information regarding the allocated resources to the MS in a Packet Data Control Channel region of a subframe of the primary DL carrier.

Abstract: A modular switching network node for a communications network, i.e., an industrial communications network, where the modular switching network node comprises a switching network node base unit and at least one port module, the at least one port module comprises at least one connection interface for coupling to the communications network, and where the modular switching network node is configured to forward communication data over one of the connection interfaces of the modular switching network node to at least one additional connection interface of the modular switching network node. The switching network node base unit is configured such that at least one of the port modules is swappable for a functional module to expand the functionality of the switching network node.

Abstract: The detection of network communication problems in networks that have multiple end nodes, and multiple transit nodes in between. One or more of the end nodes monitors one or more flows, creates associated flow information including performance information for each flow, and then reports the flow information. A system then estimates, for each of multiple flows within the network, a likely path that network traffic takes through that network. The system might then use performance information for each of the reported flows to identify at least one candidate problem network entity that is common amongst the estimated paths of the at least the subset of the plurality of flows.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for configuring a prohibit timer for a sidelink transmission in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) configures a prohibit timer for the sidelink transmission for a specific channel, starts the prohibit timer when a number of data units transmitted via the specific channel reaches to a specific number, and prohibits the sidelink transmission while the prohibit timer is running.