Abstract: Traffic is allocated to a dedicated apparatus that performs a predetermined network function or a predetermined virtual network function corresponding to the predetermined network function of the dedicated apparatus, according to a service level set in correspondence with information relating to the traffic, and the traffic is forwarded to the dedicated apparatus or the predetermined virtual network function, based on a result of the allocation.

Abstract: A primary wireless access node receives primary power headroom for User Equipment (UE). A secondary wireless access receives secondary power headroom for the UE and transfers the secondary power headroom to the primary wireless access node. The primary wireless access node compares the power primary headroom to the secondary power headroom to determine a primary uplink grant amount and a secondary uplink grant amount for the UE. The primary wireless access node grants primary uplink resources to the UE based on the primary uplink grant amount. The secondary wireless access node grants secondary uplink resources to the UE based on the secondary uplink grant amount. The wireless access nodes receive user data from the UE based on the uplink grant amounts.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In one example, a method includes determining one or more parameters corresponding to each of two or more gateways in a first network, selecting a first gateway of the two or more gateways based at least in part on the one or more parameters, and instructing at least a second gateway of the two or more gateways to send data to the first gateway, wherein the first gateway provides the data to a second network.

Abstract: A mobile device, in particular a vehicle, or an application server, includes a processor, which is configured to receive a notification from a network entity, in particular a base station. The notification includes information about available Quality of Service, QoS. The processor is configured to transmit a confirmation message to the network entity informing the network entity about an acceptance of the notified QoS. A network entity includes a network entity controller, which is configured to transmit a notification to a mobile device, in particular a vehicle, or an application server. The notification includes information about available Quality of Service, QoS. The network entity controller is configured to receive a confirmation message from the mobile device or the application server informing about an acceptance of the notified QoS.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for transmitting a power headroom reporting in wireless communication system, the method comprising: calculating multiple Power Headroom (PH) values per an active cell; selecting one PH value among the multiple PH values for setting a value of a PH field of a corresponding cell to the selected PH value; generating a Power Headroom Reporting (PHR) Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) including the PH field set to the selected PH value; and transmitting a MAC Protocol Data Unit (PDU) including the generated PHR MAC CE to a network.

Abstract: A radio communication system for an industrial automation system includes at least one first communication device operated as a radio base station, and several second radio communication devices operated as radio subscriber stations, wherein the first communication device is arranged or movable on a vehicle, where the first communication device and the second communication devices can be assigned to a group of communication devices and can only be connected to one another in a wireless manner within the same group of communication devices, where the first communication device and the second communication devices detect within their assigned communication device group distances between the first communication device and the respective second communication device, on the basis of signal strength measurement values or position data and where, depending on the detected distances, the first communication device allocates radio resources for a radio communication with the respective second communication device.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods for transmitting and receiving a control channel, a base station, and a user equipment, which relate to the communication field, and can solve a transmission problem of available changing transmission resources caused by introduction of an E-PDCCH. A method for configuring a control channel resource includes: determining, by a base station according to a system configuration and/or user configuration, resource elements REs included in an extended control channel element E-CCE, and transmitting an extended physical downlink control channel E-PDCCH to a user equipment, where the E-PDCCH is carried by the E-CCE; and receiving, by the user equipment, the E-PDCCH, and obtaining the REs included in the E-CCE, and receiving, over the REs included in the E-CCE, the E-PDCCH transmitted by the base station. The embodiments of the present invention are used for configuring and detecting a control channel resource.

Abstract: A communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT) are provided. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method and apparatus of activating/deactivating cells with scalable transmission time intervals (TTIs) is disclosed.

Abstract: A method for a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system includes determining a coverage enhancement (CE) mode, wherein the CE mode is determined as one of a plurality of predetermined CE modes, wherein the plurality of predetermined CE modes comprise CE mode A and CE mode B; receiving downlink control information (DCI) related to scheduling a data channel, wherein a format of the DCI is related to the CE mode; and communicating the data channel based on the DCI. Further, determining the CE mode includes based on information related to indicating the CE mode being received, determining the CE mode as identical to the CE mode indicated based on the information.

Abstract: The disclosure includes embodiments for providing adaptive vehicle ID generation. A method includes determining a set of channel loads for a V2X network. The method includes analyzing the set of channel loads to determine if a threshold is satisfied by broadcasting a V2X message including a standard vehicle identifier. Satisfying the threshold is indicative of a channel congestion. The method includes activating a digital switching decision that switches the connected vehicle from broadcasting the standard vehicle identifier to broadcasting a compressed vehicle identifier. The method includes inputting vehicle feature data describing the connected vehicle to a compression module. The compression module analyzes the vehicle feature data and outputs compressed vehicle identifier data describing the compressed vehicle identifier so that the compressed vehicle identifier is determined independently of the standard vehicle identifier.

Abstract: Techniques for configuring and using measurement gap patterns for offloading purposes are disclosed. An example method, performed in a network node of a wireless communication network, includes selecting (410) a measurement gap pattern to be used by the mobile terminal, the measurement gap pattern having a series of measurement gap bursts such that the measurement gap bursts are separated by a repetition period and each measurement gap burst comprises two or more measurement gaps, and signaling (420) the measurement gap pattern to the mobile terminal. In some embodiments, the repetition period is chosen so that the measurement gap pattern repetition period and the long-DRX cycle length in some embodiments are related to each other by an integer power of N.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present application disclose a method and a device for determining a service path, where the method includes: obtaining service performance information of a current service of a terminal device; switching, according to the service performance information, a service path of the current service from a first service path to a second service path, where the service path is a path used by the terminal device to access a network. The method and device according to the embodiments of the present application may improve the user experience of the terminal.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, device and computer readable storage medium implemented at a relay device. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the relay device determines whether a terminal device served by a network slice has to be handed over. In a case of determining that the terminal device has to be handed over, the relay device sends a request for local information to at least one candidate relay device, and the local information includes at least one of information associated with a backhaul link from a candidate relay device to a network device and slice configuration information of the candidate relay device. Based on the received local information, the relay device determines a candidate relay device for handover of the terminal device.

Abstract: A terminal device includes: a pedestrian-to-vehicle communication device configured to communicate with an in-vehicle terminal by using a first communication method, in which direct communication is performed as pedestrian-to-vehicle communication; a wireless LAN communication device configured to communicate with the in-vehicle terminal by using a second communication method, in which indirect communication is performed via a roadside device disposed on or near a road; and a controller configured to determine whether or not the terminal device is in a risky state based on state information indicating a state of the terminal device, and select either one of the first communication method, in which direct communication is used and the second communication method, in which indirect communication is used, based on a result of the determination.

Abstract: Example communication methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes that a first communications apparatus sends quality of service (QoS) flow information to a second communications apparatus, where a QoS flow indicated by the QoS flow information corresponds to at least one bearer type. The first communications apparatus receives a QoS flow list sent by the second communications apparatus based on the QoS flow information, where each QoS flow list is mapped to a radio bearer. The first communications apparatus sends a radio bearer identifier of the QoS flow list to the second communications apparatus. In the embodiments of this application, a base station itself determines a radio bearer or a DRB used to transmit the QoS flow.

Abstract: A method, network node and wireless device for waveform selection are provided. A method includes selecting a waveform based on one of a modulation and coding scheme, MCS, a resource allocation, and transport block size, TBS, and transmitting using the selected waveform.

Abstract: A beam failure recovery method and a terminal are provided. The method includes: in the case that a quality of a Beam Pair Link (BPL) employed in a current information transmission meets a preset beam failure trigger condition, transmitting to a network-side equipment a beam failure recovery request; in the case that a response signaling transmitted by the network-side equipment is not received within a preset time duration, continuing to transmit to the network-side equipment the beam failure recovery request; and in the case that information related to the beam failure recovery procedure meets a first preset condition, determining that the beam failure recovery is un successful.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for transmitting uplink data which is robust to collision on shared uplink resource in wireless communication system, the method comprising: checking whether uplink data is allowed to transmit on contention based resource or not, when the uplink data becomes available for transmission; and transmitting a buffer status reporting (BSR) on the contention based resource without any uplink data, if the uplink data is not allowed to transmit on the contention based resource.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine a plurality of ratios of free resources in a historical time window using respective control exclusion parameters corresponding to the plurality of ratios of free resources. The UE may determine a particular control exclusion parameter based at least in part on a ratio of free resources, of the plurality of ratios of free resources, satisfying a threshold. The UE may select a resource for a future transmission based at least in part on the particular control exclusion parameter. The UE may reserve the selected resource. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for a WTRU to operate using multiple schedulers. The WTRU may exchange data with the network over more than one data path, such that each data path may use a radio interface connected to a different network node and each node may be associated with an independent scheduler. For example, a WTRU may establish a RRC connection between the WTRU and a network. The RRC connection may establish a first radio interface between the WTRU and a first serving site of the network and a second radio interface between the WTRU and a second serving site of the network. The RRC connection may be established between the WTRU and the MeNB and a control function may be established between the WTRU and the SCeNB. The WTRU may receive data from the network over the first radio interface or the second radio interface.