Abstract: A signal transmission method and apparatus, a signal reception method and apparatus and a communication system. The signal transmission apparatus is provided in a network device and includes: a transmitting unit configured to transmit indication information indicating that one information block of at least one information block transmitted by the network device within a time interval is transmitted at one candidate resource in at least two candidate resources within the time interval. The transmission resources of the information blocks are indicated by the indication information, hence, even though the default correspondence between the information block indices and the transmission resources is to be changed, the transmission resources to which the information blocks correspond may be determined, and the terminal equipment is facilitated in downlink synchronization.

Abstract: A system information indication method and apparatus and a communication system. In the embodiments of this disclosure, by indicating a correspondence between an area related ID or a system information related index and system information, and/or notifying information on a change of the area related ID or system information related index, a case may be avoided where a UE needs still to obtain system information from a network side when system information of a current cell is stored, thereby efficiently lowering power consumption of the UE in acquiring the system information.

Abstract: A data transmission method and apparatus, wherein a first SSB set corresponding to a transmission window and a second SSB set taken as a subset of the first SSB set are provided, and at least one SSB in the second SSB set is transmitted in the transmission window, which may be adapted to cell coverage of different situations, and improve flexibility of resource scheduling.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a command for activating or deactivating one or more duplication transmission by using a bitmap field, each the one or more duplication transmission corresponding to each of one or more packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) entities or each of one or more radio bearers, and a processor circuitry configured to control to activate or deactivate the one or more duplication transmission according to the command, and wherein one bit or a plurality of bits in the bitmap field correspond(s) to one of the PDCP entities or the radio bearers, an i-th bit or an i-th pair of bits in the bitmap field correspond(s) to an i-th packet data convergence protocol entity in the PDCP entities.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for receiving and transmitting configuration information and a communication system. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, first configuration information used for radio link monitoring transmitted by a network device, the first configuration information at least including threshold configuration of the radio link monitoring and/or resource configuration used for the radio link monitoring. Hence, not only introduction of beams may be supported and different services having different link quality demands may be supported, but also flexibility and accuracy of configuration of radio link monitoring may be improved.

Abstract: An apparatus for transmitting information, applicable to a first node, includes: processor circuitry configured to connect to a plurality of parent nodes, wherein a radio link failure (RLF) occurs in a master cell group (MCG); and a transmitter configured to transmit failure information to an F1-terminating node of the first node via first F1 application protocol (F1AP) signaling.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving uplink control information. The method includes: determining a channel access type of an uplink control channel used for transmitting uplink control information by a terminal equipment; and detecting a channel according to the channel access type and transmitting the uplink control information to a network device after the channel is detected as being idle, or not detecting a channel according to the channel access type and transmitting the uplink control information to the network device. Hence, in some scenarios, uplink control information may be transmitted without detecting a channel, which may lower latency and improve transmission efficiency; and in some other scenarios, uplink control information may be transmitted after the channel is detected as being idle, which may avoid or lower interference and improve reliability of transmission.

Abstract: A signal transmission method, signal detection method and apparatuses thereof and communication system. The signal transmission apparatus includes a transmitting unit configured to transmit a synchronization signal (SS) block to a user equipment within a time window of a predetermined position in an SS block transmission period. Hence, UE cell search and measurement time is reduced, complexity at the UE is lowered, power consumption of the UE is lowered, cell handover is sped up, communication interruption is avoided, and currently at least one of existing problems is solved.

Abstract: Data transmitting/receiving apparatuses and methods and a communication system. The data transmitting method includes: in an inactive state, determining whether to maintain in the inactive state or enter an active state according to indication information of a network device or one or more parameters configured by the network device; and in the inactive state, transmitting data and/or a request message for entering the active state to the network device. Hence, data transmission may be performed in an appropriate state, without needing to restart connection at each time of data transmission; saved resources may be used for the data transmission, and time needed in performing identical data transmission may be reduced.

Abstract: A downlink data transmission method and apparatus and a communication system. The method includes: an anchor eNB determines a non-anchor eNB which is required to schedule downlink data of an UE according to a paging area information of the UE when the downlink data of the UE arrives; and the anchor eNB transmits a paging message to the non-anchor eNB, the paging message including a context of the UE and a data packet of the downlink data, so that the non-anchor eNB schedules the downlink data of UE according to the context of the UE. With the embodiments of this disclosure, a time for state transition from an idle state to a connected state for the UE is shortened, and control plane delay is reduced.

Abstract: An apparatus for transmitting and receiving signals, applicable to a first integrated access and backhaul node donor central unit (IAB-donor-CU) includes a first controller configured to: transmit a traffic offload request to a second TAB-donor-CU; and receive a reply of agreement of traffic offload or a reply of rejection of traffic offload transmitted by the second TAB-donor-CU.

Abstract: A message transmission apparatus, applicable to a first integrated access and backhaul node (IAB-node) includes: a receiver configured to: receive a second radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message for path migration of a second IAB-node while the first IAB-node is still connected with source parent node, the second radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message being transmitted by a donor central unit (donor-CU), the second IAB-node is a downstream child node of the first IAB-node; and receive a first RRC reconfiguration message for path migration of the first IAB-node, the first RRC reconfiguration message being transmitted by the donor-CU; and a transmitter configured to forward, to the second IAB-node, the second RRC reconfiguration message which is withhold until random access of the first IAB-node is successful.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining power, in which whether to increase target received power is determined according to a change of either of a selected SSB and a selected CSI-RS. Hence, the selected CSI-RS is taken into account, and power is increased as necessary and useless retransmission is avoided, thereby increasing the success rate of random access and reducing power consumption of the UE.

Abstract: A configuration and/or activation method for duplication transmission, method for duplication transmission and apparatuses thereof. A UE configured with operations of carrier aggregation and/or at least two pieces of connectivity is configured with a message for duplication transmission and/or activation/deactivation signaling for duplication transmission, hence, duplication transmission having three or more transmission legs may be supported. Certain embodiments provide a UE configured as multi-connectivity or carrier aggregation of multi-leg, a leg of relatively good quality may be used for duplication transmission of data, which may provide gains of the duplication transmission to reliability of data transmission.

Abstract: A measurement apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive configuration information for cell reselection or measurement in connected state transmitted by a network device, the configuration information comprising first indication information indicating one or more synchronization signal blocks to be measured, wherein one or more bits of the first indication information is/are set according to second indication information indicating a frequency-specific quasi-co-location relationship between synchronization signal blocks, and a processor configured to perform measurement according to the synchronization signal blocks to be measured indicated by the first indication information.

Abstract: An apparatus for conditional reconfiguration, applicable to at least one of a first IAB-node, a child IAB-node of the first IAB-node and a terminal equipment served by the first IAB-node or the child IAB-node, includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to select one of first cell(s) fulfilling conditional reconfiguration condition(s) from conditional reconfiguration candidate cells as a second cell, and initiate conditional reconfiguration execution on the second cell.

Abstract: An apparatus for transmitting and receiving signals, applicable to an integrated access and backhaul node (IAB-node), includes a processor configured to, when a destination BAP address of a first path of the IAB-node is unreachable, change routes of first path data, and a transmitter configured to, based on the changed routes, transmit the first path data.

Abstract: An apparatus for transmitting and receiving signals, the apparatus being applicable to a process of migrating an IAB-node under control of a first donor central unit (donor-CU) from a first distribution unit (DU) to a second DU, and being arranged in the first donor-CU, wherein the apparatus includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to transmit one or more first path migration configurations for an integrated access and backhaul node (IAB-node), and transmit one or more second path migration configurations for a child node, wherein the first path migration configurations correspond to a parent node to which a first candidate cell of the IAB-node belongs, and the second path migration configurations correspond to a parent node to which the second candidate cell of the IAB-node belongs.

Abstract: An information transceiving apparatus, applicable to a first IAB-donor-node, includes a transmitter configured to transmit a first message to a second IAB-donor-node, the first message comprising a BAP address of a first node in topology of the first IAB-donor-node, and a receiver configured to receive a second message transmitted by the second IAB donor node, the second message comprising a BAP Routing ID in topology of the second IAB donor node, and a processor configured to configure BAP routing entries for nodes in its topology according to the second message.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing a radio link failure, applicable to a terminal equipment includes a detector configured to detect or trigger a radio link failure, and first selecting processor circuitry configured to perform cell selection, wherein the first selecting processor circuitry prioritizes a conditional reconfiguration candidate cell to select, or second selecting processor circuitry configured to perform cell selection; and first reselecting processor circuitry configured to perform cell reselection when a selected cell is not a conditional reconfiguration candidate cell, or first executing processor circuitry configured to attempt conditional reconfiguration execution.