Abstract: Systems and techniques for information centric network (ICN) interworking are described herein. For example, a request may be received at a convergence layer of a node. Here, the request originates from an application on the node. A network protocol, from several available to the node, may be determined to transmit the request. The node then transmits the request via the selected network protocol.

Abstract: A method for authenticating features reported by a vehicle includes receiving, from a network, a map of an area with confidence weights corresponding to each feature on the map and/or a list of trusted users; upon the vehicle entering the area, checking whether the vehicle is on the list of trusted users; and checking features reported from the vehicle and matching the features to the map of the area.

Abstract: Various systems and methods for content adaptation based on seat position or occupant position in a vehicle are described herein. An example implementation for content adaptation based on seat position in a vehicle includes: obtaining sensor data, the sensor data including a seat position of a seat in the vehicle; identifying audiovisual content for output to a human occupant in the vehicle; identifying an occupant position of the human occupant, based on the seat position, for a user experience of the output of the audiovisual content; and cause one or more adjustments to the output of the audiovisual content in the vehicle, via an output device, based on the identified position of the human occupant.

Abstract: A DTaaS architecture is described to support communication-side optimization and to reduce communication overhead while meeting necessary reliability and latency requirements. The disclosure describe techniques for utilizing DT resources for V2X environments using both virtual and physical “twin” resources to achieve improved resiliency. Moreover, to optimize redundancy costs, the ratio of virtual DT nodes to physical DT nodes may be asymmetrical. An asymmetric approach to DT redundancies involving both virtual and physical resources enables greater flexibility in managing deployment costs.

Abstract: Techniques for random access (RA) in a cellular internet-of-things (CIOT) are discussed. An example apparatus configured to be employed within a User Equipment (UE), comprises a receiver circuitry, a processor, and transmitter circuitry. The receiver circuitry is configured to receive RA resource allocation information via one of a system information message or a downlink control information (DCI) message. The processor is operably coupled to the receiver circuitry and configured to: select a RA preamble sequence; generate a payload; and spread the payload via a spreading sequence. The transmitter circuitry is configured to transmit, based on the RA resource allocation information, a RA message comprising the RA preamble sequence and the payload, wherein the RA message is transmitted in a RA slot. The receiver circuitry is further configured to receive a response comprising a device identity of the UE and one of an uplink (UL) grant or a RA reject message.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to detect attacks in V2X networks. An example apparatus includes a challenge handler to (a) transmit a first challenge packet to a first vehicle to request a transmission of a first response, (b) instruct a second challenge packet to be transmitted to a second vehicle to request a transmission of a second response, (c) increment a first counter when the first response is not obtained, (d) increment a second counter when the second response is not obtained, and (e) after repeating (a)-(d), determine that the first and second vehicles are phantom vehicles associated with an attacker with a half-duplex radio when at least one of the first or second counters satisfy a threshold, and a network interface to instruct a third vehicle associated with the V2X network to ignore future messages from the phantom vehicles based on the determination.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to validate data communicated by a vehicle. An example apparatus an anomaly detector to, in response to data communicated by a vehicle, at least one of compare an estimated speed with a reported speed or compare a location of the vehicle with a reported location. The apparatus including the anomaly detector further to generate an indication of the vehicle in response to the comparison. The apparatus further includes a notifier to discard data sent by the vehicle and notify surrounding vehicles of the data communicated by the vehicle.

Abstract: A communication device for a vehicle to communicate features about the vehicle's environment includes one or more processors configured to receive a communication from another device, wherein the communication includes a global reference coordinate system for an area covered by the other device and a number of allowed transmissions to be sent from the vehicle; transform stored data about the vehicle's environment based on the global reference coordinate system; divide the transformed stored data into a plurality of subsets of data; and select one or more subsets of data from the plurality of subsets for transmission according to the number of allowed transmissions.

Abstract: The present disclosure is related to Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), and in particular, to service dissemination basic services (SDBS) and/or collective perception service (CPS) of an ITS Station (ITS-S). Implementations of how the SDBS and/or CPS is arranged within the facilities layer of an ITS-S, different conditions for service dissemination messages (SDMs) and/or collective perception message (CPM) dissemination, and format and coding rules of the SDM/CPS generation are provided.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to generate vehicle warnings are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a sensor to detect a vehicle, where the sensor is associated with an observer of the vehicle, an object tracker to determine a motion of the vehicle, an accident estimator to calculate a likelihood of a collision of the vehicle based on the determined motion, and a transceiver to transmit a message to the vehicle upon the likelihood of the collision exceeding a threshold, where the message includes information pertaining to the collision.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for secured information transfer are disclosed. An example apparatus includes programmable circuitry to execute instructions to determine characteristics of an asset associated with a first entity that utilizes a first type of decentralized security, assign the asset to a carrier for transport to a second entity that utilizes a second type of decentralized security, obtain attested information for the asset from the carrier, and transmit the attested information to the second entity via a first gateway, the first gateway to transmit the attested information for the asset to a second gateway of the second entity.

Abstract: Various systems and methods for implementing random access channel security are described herein. An apparatus for a base station includes: receiver circuitry to receive at the base station, a signal from a user equipment (UE) transmitter to access resources of the base station; statistics circuitry to calculate high-order statistics on the signal to produce an identification indication; a memory device to store the high-order statistics and the identification indication; and processing circuitry to: associate the identification indication with the UE transmitter; use the identification indication to determine that multiple failures of a random access channel (RACH) process have occurred from the UE transmitter; and restrict later attempts by the UE transmitter to perform RACH processes with the base station.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to validate data communicated by a vehicle. An example apparatus an anomaly detector to, in response to data communicated by a vehicle, at least one of compare an estimated speed with a reported speed or compare a location of the vehicle with a reported location. The apparatus including the anomaly detector further to generate an indication of the vehicle in response to the comparison. The apparatus further includes a notifier to discard data sent by the vehicle and notify surrounding vehicles of the data communicated by the vehicle.

Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to connected vehicles, computer-assisted and/or autonomous driving vehicles, Internet of Vehicles (IoV), Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), and Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) technologies, and in particular, to technologies and techniques of a road usage monitoring (RUM) service for monitoring road usage of electric vehicles. The RUM service can be implemented or operated by individual electric vehicles, infrastructure nodes, edge compute nodes, cloud computing services, electric vehicle supply equipment, and/or combinations thereof. Additional RUM aspects may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: The present disclosure is related to Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), and in particular, to Vulnerable Road User (VRU) basic services (VBS) of a VRU ITS Station (ITS-S). Different arrangements and configurations of the VBS within the facilities layer of an ITS-S are described. Also described are different rules and/or conditions for VRU Awareness Message (VAM) formats, VAM generation and coding, and VAM dissemination.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a roadside unit with a radio frontend port configured to receive a first signal representing a radiofrequency transmission according to a first radio communication protocol, to receive a second signal representing a radiofrequency transmission according to a second radio communication protocol. A first processing subsystem configured to execute a first baseband process of the first radio communication protocol on the first signal and to generate a first output signal as an output of the first baseband process. A second processing subsystem configured to execute a baseband process of the second radio communication protocol on the second signal and to generate a second output signal as an output of the second baseband process. The first processing subsystem is a first software containerization or a first machine virtualization of the processor, wherein the second processing subsystem is a second software containerization or a second machine virtualization of the processor.

Abstract: The present disclosure is related to Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), and in particular, to service dissemination basic services (SDBS) and/or collective perception service (CPS) of an ITS Station (ITS-S). Implementations of how the SDBS and/or CPS is arranged within the facilities layer of an ITS-S, different conditions for service dissemination messages (SDMs) and/or collective perception message (CPM) dissemination, and format and coding rules of the SDM/CPS generation are provided.

Abstract: A device may include a memory configured to store channel quality data comprising information indicating a quality of a communication channel between a base station (BS) and a user equipment (UE). The device may further include a processor configured to provide an input comprising the channel quality data to a machine learning model configured to predict a channel quality indicator (CQI) based on the input and encode a channel quality information based on the predicted CQI for a transmission to the BS.

Abstract: Devices and methods power configurations of radio communication devices. A device may include a memory storing communication activity data comprising information indicating a plurality of attributes with respect to communication activities over a radio connection between a user equipment (UE) and a base station (BS). The device may further include a processor that is configured to provide the communication activity data to a trained machine learning model configured to predict a communication activity for the radio connection between the UE and the BS and encode a power preference information for transmission to the BS based on the predicted communication activity.

Abstract: A mobile device may include a processor. The processor may be configured to determine a plurality of channel measurements of a serving channel and a candidate channel. The serving channel may include a channel between the mobile device and a serving base station. The candidate channel may include a channel between the mobile device and a candidate base station. The processor may also determine a probability of a handover (HO) condition based on the plurality of channel measurements. Responsive to the probability of the HO condition exceeding a threshold value, the processor may provide a HO request message to the serving base station to initiate a HO process for the mobile device to connect to the candidate base station.