Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for sidelink wireless communications are described in which a user equipment (UE) engaged in sidelink communications may provide for radio link maintenance of the sidelink connection by initiating a maintenance procedure, such as a measurement procedure, when one or more conditions are detected. The one or more conditions may include a threshold time being exceeded since a data transmission via the sidelink connection, or a threshold time being exceeded since a successful reception of a sidelink transmission from another UE. An access stratum layer at the initiating UE may format a data packet in the absence of higher layer data to be transmitted via the sidelink connection to initiate the maintenance procedure.

Abstract: Various schemes pertaining to distributed-tone resource unit (RU) operation in 6 GHz low-power indoor (LPI) systems are described. A communication entity distributes frequency tones of a resource unit (RU) over a distribution bandwidth as a distributed-tone RU (dRU). The communication entity then communicates using the distributed-tone RU in a 6 GHz low-power indoor (LPI) system. In some cases, the dRU is distributed over an entire bandwidth. Alternatively, the dRU operation is implemented per frequency segment. Alternatively, the dRU co-exists with regular or localized RU.

Abstract: Techniques are provided which may be implemented using various methods and/or apparatuses in a mobile device to determine signal measurements on a plurality of frequencies and to provide signal measurements for position calculation on a location server or on the mobile device. Techniques are provided which may be implemented using various methods and/or apparatuses on a mobile device to concurrently scan for signals across two or more frequencies while optimizing sending and/or utilizing signal measurements made at higher frequency bands or signal measurements of signals sent from devices at a shorter range.

Abstract: A method performed by a transmitter in a wireless local area network (WLAN) is provided. The method comprises: setting a second parameter in a second frame based on a first puncturing pattern indicated by a first parameter in a first frame for a basic service set (BSS) set up by an access point (AP); and transmitting, to a receiver, the second frame, wherein the first puncturing pattern is one of a plurality of puncturing patterns pre-determined for a third parameter in a third frame.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may selectively determine to decode a downlink shared channel multicast transmission based on whether the downlink shared channel includes a retransmission of an initial multicast transmission. A base station may transmit a message in a downlink control channel to indicate if the downlink shared channel is carrying the retransmission of the initial multicast transmission. For example, the base station may transmit a group random network temporary identifier, downlink control information with a retransmission indicator bit, or both to indicate if the downlink shared channel is carrying the retransmission. In some cases, the message in the downlink control channel may be received at a layer one (L1) of the UE, and the downlink shared channel transmission may be decoded at L1 of the UE and sent to a layer two (L2) of the UE for processing.

Abstract: The present disclosure provide a methods and a system for processing an SR. The method includes: as for a current logical channel/logical channel group, when detecting that SR count reaches a maximum number of times of SR transmission of the current logical channel/logical channel group, releasing Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resources on the numerology/TTI type corresponding to a current SR; when Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) resources are configured on the numerology/TTI type corresponding to the current SR, releasing the SRS resources; when downlink allocation and/or uplink grant resources are configured on the numerology/TTI type corresponding to the current SR, releasing the downlink allocation and/or uplink grant resources.

Abstract: An architecture, for a cellular communications system, is described herein in which a “bearer-less” model is used for both the radio interface and the network core. Instead of using an individual Layer 2 bearer for each Quality of Service (QoS) class, in the architecture described herein, a common Layer 2 connection (e.g., a Layer 2 “fat pipe”) may be used to handle traffic flows between a User Equipment (UE) device and an external Packet Data Network (PDN). Additionally, a bearer-less architecture may be used in the radio interface (i.e., between User Equipment (UE) and the eNB).

Abstract: The present invention provides a wireless communication method of an access point, wherein the wireless communication method comprises: generating a PPDU according to a traffic of the access point, wherein the PPDU includes a preamble and SIG field, a first data field, a midamble and SIG field and a second data field in sequence, the preamble and SIG field includes information of a first station and a first resource unit allocated to the first station, and the midamble and signal SIG field includes information of a second station and the first resource unit that is reallocated to the second station; transmitting the preamble and SIG field; using the first resource unit to transmit data corresponding to the first data field to the first station; transmitting the midamble and SIG field; and using the first resource unit to transmit data corresponding to the second data field to the second station.

Abstract: A method for communicating with a legacy terminal supporting a legacy air interface and a new terminal supporting a next generation air interface including: assigning a same carrier to the legacy terminal and the new terminal; receiving a terminal identifier and an optional payload for transmission at a MAC/RLC layer; determining if the terminal identifier is associated with the legacy terminal or the new terminal; composing, based on the determining, a burst header; formatting, a burst including the burst header and the optional payload; and transmitting the burst. In the method, the burst header is set to one of the one or more valid burst headers when the burst is associated with the legacy terminal, and the burst header is set to one of the one or more undefined burst headers when the burst is associated with the new terminal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A network node may transmit, to a set of user equipment (UE), a set of network encoded packets generated using a set of packets. A UE of the set of UEs may receive subsets of network encoded packets from the network node and from UEs of the set of UEs forwarding network encoded packets. The UE may decode the subsets of network encoded packets and may determine a set of successfully decoded packets. The UE may transmit feedback to the network node that indicates successfully received or decoded packets. The network node may receive the feedback and may determine a subset of the set of packets that was successfully decoded for each UE providing the feedback. The network node may generate an updated set of network encoded packets and may transmit the updated set to the set of UEs.

Abstract: Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) nodes communicate with one another in half-duplex mode. Such a multiplexing of the communications of the IAB node requires simultaneous execution of a “mobile terminal” function and of a “base station” function by the IAB node. However, these two functions are not synchronised with one another, resulting in a lack of temporal alignment between the data communicated with the parent node and the data communicated with the child node, which causes interference that negatively impacts the quality of the communications between the different IAB nodes involved. Existing solutions suffer from long data processing times and are expensive. Accordingly, a time offset is introduced during the processing of the data by the child node, in order to take into account the lack of synchronisation between the “mobile terminal” function and the “base station” function of the current node.

Abstract: Techniques for position estimation using uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) signals via a fully or partially reciprocal wireless channel between a User Equipment (UE) and terrestrial transceiver can be enhanced by leveraging information obtained from UL or DL signals having the stronger Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR). This information can include the number of paths and/or complex sinusoids, and can be shared with the base station or location server to parameterize the model of the wireless channel. In some embodiments, the UE can further determine a quality metric for the model and send it to the location server or terrestrial transceiver.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to reference signal (RS) designs that allow for tracking loop updates and paging of UEs using various RSs. One example method includes identifying reference signal (RS) monitoring occasions for a user equipment (UE) in an idle or inactive mode; and transmitting, to the UE, reference signals in the identified RS monitoring occasions, the RS monitoring occasions being associated with RS for tracking purposes and RS for an indication the UE is to wake up to process additional signaling.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media including software logic are provided for optimizing Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) traffic in a telecommunications network. In one embodiment, systems and methods include, with a current state of one or more inter-Autonomous Systems (AS) links, causing performance of an action in the telecommunication network, determining a metric based on the action to determine an updated current state of the one or more inter-AS links, and utilizing the metric to perform a further action to achieve one or more rewards associated with the one or more inter-AS links.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems, devices, and methods that provide a control signaling transmission method. One example method includes: determining a resource subset used to transmit control signaling, where the resource subset is a part of a resource pool used to transmit the control signaling; and performing one of the following operations: determining a transmission location of the control signaling in the resource subset and sending the control signaling at the transmission location, or performing blind control signaling detection in the resource subset.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media are described for multi-transmission time interval (TTI) physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions. In particular, some embodiments relate to downlink control information (DCI) enhancements to support dynamic switching between single-TTI scheduling and multi-TTI scheduling. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) configured for New Radio (NR) vehicle-to-everything (V2X) (NR V2X) sidelink transmission in a fifth generation (5G) network may determine a transport block size (TBS) for transmission of a transport block (TB) within a current sidelink slot. The UE is configured to encode a physical sidelink shared channel (PSCCH) for transmission within the current sidelink slot. The PSCCH may be encoded to include sidelink control information (SCI). The SCI may indicate a reservation of physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) resources within up to three sidelink slots including the current sidelink slot 102. To determine the TBS, the UE may determine number of resource elements (REs) within the current sidelink slot 102 that are available for transmission of the PSSCH by excluding certain REs of the current sidelink slot.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a novel method for distributing control-channel communication load between multiple controllers in a network control system. In some embodiments, the controllers manage physical forwarding elements that forward data between several computing devices (also called hosts or host computers), some or all of which execute one or more virtual machines (VMs). The method of some embodiments distributes a controller assignment list to the host computers. The host computers use this list to identify the controllers with which they need to interact to perform some of the forwarding operations of their associated logical forwarding elements. In some embodiments, agents executing on the host computers (1) review the controller assignment list to identify the appropriate controllers, and (2) establish control channel communications with these controllers to obtain the needed data for effectuating the forwarding operations of their associated physical forwarding elements.

Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a centralized radio access network (C-RAN) system that is configured so that physical layer processing for the wireless interface is split so that some of the physical layer processing is performed in a controller and some of the physical layer processing is performed in a plurality of radio points. The system is configured so that scrambling of first downlink data to be communicated to a UE over the wireless interface is performed in the controller and so that scrambling of second downlink data to be communicated to said UE over the wireless interface is performed in one of the radio points. Other embodiments are disclosed.