Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wireless access system supporting an unlicensed band, and provides a method for configuring a transmission opportunity period (TxOP) and devices for supporting the same. The method for configuring a TxOP in a wireless access system supporting an unlicensed band, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, can comprise the steps of: performing a carrier sensing step for checking whether a secondary cell (SCell) constituted in an unlicensed band is in an idle state; transmitting a reservation signal for a predetermined amount of time if the SCell is in the idle state; and configuring a TxOP in the SCell. At this time, a start point of a first subframe (SF) included in the TxOP can be matched to a subframe, a slot or symbol boundary of a primary cell (PCell) constituted in a licensed band.

Abstract: A physical random access channel enhanced transmission method, a network device, and a terminal are disclosed, where implementation of the terminal is used as an example, and the terminal includes: a processor, configured to determine level information of physical random access channel PRACH enhanced transmission; and to determine a first characteristic parameter that is of PRACH enhanced transmission and that is related to the determined level information of PRACH enhanced transmission, where the first characteristic parameter includes transmit power and a preamble format; and a transmitter, configured to perform PRACH enhanced sending according to the first characteristic parameter determined by the processor.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an uplink signal transmission method, user equipment (UE) and base station. When the UE transmits uplink signals in an unlicensed frequency band after receiving uplink synchronization command information, the UE transmits one or more uplink signals according to a predefined time or a time indicated by the base station. The UE determines mapping of an uplink signal according to the predefined time or the indicated time. When provided with the present disclosure, interference between signals of a same type or between signals of different types can be reduced and a signal transmission probability can be improved accordingly.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting a multicast service and a method and an apparatus for receiving a multicast service are provided. The method for receiving a multicast service includes receiving information about the multicast service transmitted by a network side on carriers, the carriers being an anchor carrier and/or non-anchor carriers; selecting a target carrier from the carriers according to the information about the multicast service, wherein the target carrier is the anchor carrier or the non-anchor carrier.

Abstract: A shared frequency management apparatus includes a communicator receiving application information regarding use of a shared frequency band from each of base stations of plural different communication companies, a determiner determining whether or not allocation of different TDD patterns during use of adjacent carrier frequencies among plural carrier frequencies included in the shared frequency band is possible on the basis of the application information from each base station, a setter setting the TDD pattern for each of the carrier frequencies on the basis of the application information from each base station and a determination result of whether or not allocation of the different TDD patterns is possible, and a decision unit deciding an allocation content of the shared frequency band to each base station, satisfying the application information from each base station, on the basis of a setting result of the TDD pattern for each carrier frequency.

Abstract: A transceiver circuit includes a transceiver antenna, a transmitter circuit, a receiver circuit, a frequency synthesizer and a baseband circuit. The transmitter circuit transmits a radio frequency signal corresponding to a radio frequency through the transceiver antenna. The frequency synthesizer provides a first local oscillation signal and a second local oscillation signal having a first local oscillation frequency and a second local oscillation frequency, respectively. The baseband circuit operates in a transmitting mode and a receiving mode. In the transmitting mode, the frequency synthesizer provides the first local oscillation signal, and in the receiving mode, the frequency synthesizer provides the second local oscillation signal, the first local oscillation frequency is a non-integer multiple of the radio frequency, and the second local oscillation frequency is an integer multiple of the radio frequency.

Abstract: Embodiments of a network User Equipment (nUE), wearable User Equipment (wUE), and methods for sidelink communication are generally described herein. The nUE may transmit a control channel that allocates a subframe as either a downlink subframe or an uplink subframe for a sidelink communication between the nUE and a wearable User Equipment (wUE). When the control channel allocates the subframe as a downlink subframe, the nUE may contend for access to channel resources. The contention may include transmission of a transmitter resources acquisition and sounding (TAS) channel in a physical resource block (PRB) and an attempted detection of a receiver resources acquisition and sounding (RAS) channel from the wUE in the PRB. When the control channel allocates the subframe as an uplink subframe, the wUE may contend for access to the channel resources.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for transmitting a synchronization signal of device-to-device (D2D) communication. The method for transmitting a D2D synchronization signal of the present application may comprise a step for transmitting a D2D synchronization signal according to one of transmission modes predetermined on the basis of an instruction of a base station. In addition, a transmission mode for D2D transmission may comprise a transmission mode on the basis of a signaling from the base station and a transmission mode on the basis of a reference signal reception power.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and system for requesting access to resources for uplink communications in unlicensed spectrum. In particular, a user equipment (UE) may detect one or more of a first type of data or a second type of data to be transmitted to a base station (BS). The UE may then determine if a first type of physical random access channel (PRACH) resource is available for transmitting one or more of the first type of data or the second type of data to the BS. If the first type of PRACH resource is available, then the UE may transmit one or more of the first type of data or the second type of data using the first type of PRACH resource. If the first type of PRACH resource is not available, then the UE may transmit the second type of data using a second type of PRACH resource.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication device, a base station and respective methods for a communication device and a base station. The communication device comprises a transceiver which, in operation, receives, from a base station, a hopping pattern indicator, a hopping pattern being an order of a plurality of bandwidth parts by which a signal is to be received or transmitted in a plurality of transmission time intervals, TTIs, a bandwidth part being formed by at least one physical resource block. The communication device further comprises circuitry which, in operation, determines a hopping pattern to be applied based on the hopping pattern indicator. The transceiver, in operation, further receives or transmits the signal in the plurality of TTIs according to the determined hopping pattern.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for half-duplex handling with system-wide feedback resources. Embodiments include determining, for a first feedback resource corresponding to a first time period, that the wireless node has a scheduled feedback transmission and a scheduled feedback reception on shared frequency resources. Embodiments include selecting one of the scheduled feedback transmission or the scheduled feedback reception based on a rule. Embodiments include using the feedback resource to perform the selected one of the scheduled feedback transmission or the scheduled feedback reception.

Abstract: A device of a User Equipment (UE) includes a soft buffer including a plurality of soft buffer partitions to store a plurality of soft bits for a number of hybrid automatic retransmission request (HARQ) processes, wherein the number of HARQ processes includes first HARQ processes corresponding to a first Time Transmission Interval (TTI) Type of a first duration (TTI Type 1), and second HARQ processes corresponding to a second TTI Type of a second duration (TTI Type 2) shorter than the first duration. The device further includes processing circuitry to communicate with a base station in a cellular network, the processing circuitry further to effect a dynamic switching between a TTI Type 1 communication mode and a TTI Type 2 communication mode, and to selectively access the soft buffer partitions to perform, based on the switching, at least one of the first HARQ processes and the second HARQ processes.

Abstract: A synchronization method including: receiving, by a terminal, a system message on a first downlink carrier, where the system message includes first indication information and second indication information, the first indication information indicates a frequency domain range of a first uplink carrier, the second indication information indicates a frequency domain range of a second downlink carrier, and a frequency of the first uplink carrier is presynchronized with a frequency of the second downlink carrier; and receiving, by the terminal, a synchronization signal on the second downlink carrier, to implement frequency synchronization with the first uplink carrier. According to the synchronization method in NR-LTE co-existence, a terminal can implement frequency synchronization with an LTE uplink carrier, so that the terminal can perform uplink transmission by using a frequency domain resource in the LTE uplink carrier.

Abstract: A device may determine one or more parameters relating to a network. The device may detect a trigger to alter a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) configuration for the network based on the one or more parameters relating to the network. The device may determine an alteration to the HARQ configuration based on detecting the trigger to alter the HARQ configuration. The device may communicate with a distributed unit or a centralized unit of the network to cause the alteration to the HARQ configuration.

Abstract: Technology for a user equipment (UE) operable for MulteFire (MF) narrowband (NB) internet of things (IoT) is disclosed. The apparatus can comprise one or more processors configured to: decode a special subframe from a data segment carried on an nframe that is transmitted in a data channel; identify a downlink pilot time slot (DwPTS) and a guard period (GP) from the special subframe; and switch from receiving in the data channel to transmitting in the data channel during a duration of the special subframe.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may identify time and frequency resources for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) to be transmitted to a user equipment (UE) in a first transmission time interval (TTI). The base station may transmit configuration information for a control channel search space set in a second TTI. The second TTI may precede the first TTI. The configuration information may include an indication of an absence of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission to send in the control channel search space set indicating the identified time and frequency resources for the PDSCH, and a set of time and frequency resources for the control channel search space set. The UE may receive the configuration information and identify the time and frequency resources allocated for the PDSCH in the second TTI, and receive the PDSCH transmission in the second TTI.

Abstract: A wireless communication method and device, a chip, and a system are provided. The method includes a terminal device determines multiple uplink channels/signals transmitted in a target time unit, the multiple uplink channels/signals being at least in part overlapped in a time domain; when the multiple uplink channels/signals fulfill a constraint condition, the terminal device multiplexes information borne in the multiple uplink channels/signals into one channel/signal in the target time unit for transmission. The constraint condition includes a first symbol of the earliest uplink channel/signal in the multiple uplink channels/signals is not before an A-th symbol later than the starting time of the target channel/signal or after the last symbol, A being a non-negative integer.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. The described techniques provide for transmission of uplink data from a user equipment (UE) in the absence of scheduled uplink resources for the uplink data transmission that are allocated to the UE prior to the transmission of the uplink data. Various examples provide uplink configurations that may be used for unscheduled uplink transmissions of a UE, which may be selected dynamically or semi-statically. Unscheduled uplink transmissions may be transmitted in shared radio frequency spectrum according to one or more frame structures, and access to the shared radio frequency spectrum may be determined based on a priority of an operator associated with a UE for accessing the spectrum. Beamforming techniques may be used for transmissions and beam widths may be selected based on the information in a transmission, an operator priority for use of shared radio frequency spectrum, or any combination thereof.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a message feedback method and apparatus for carrier aggregation. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal in a first downlink subframe on a carrier aggregation group, a data packet sent by a base station, where the carrier aggregation group includes a first carrier and a second carrier; determining a first timing, based on a subframe configuration for the carrier aggregation group and a mapping relationship between subframe configurations for carrier aggregation groups and timings; determining a first uplink subframe from subframes on the carrier aggregation group based on the first timing; and sending, to the base station, a feedback message in the first uplink subframe. In this way, the first uplink subframe is determined on the entire carrier group for sending the feedback message, and a selectable range is larger.

Abstract: Provided is a method of performing HARQ by a UE in a wireless communication system that supports carrier aggregation (CA). The method includes: receiving, from an evolved nodeB (eNB), a downlink grant on a first Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), the downlink grant including an accumulated downlink assignment indicator (A-DAI) field and a total DAI (T-DAI) field; receiving a first PDSCH indicated by the first PDCCH, the first PDSCH being transmitted from the eNB; receiving, from the eNB, an uplink grant on a second PDCCH, the uplink grant indicating a transmission of a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH); determining a size of a HARQ-ACK codebook to which a HARQ-ACK with respect to the first PDSCH is to be mapped, based on the A-DAI and the T-DAI; and transmitting, to the eNB, the HARQ-ACK with respect to the first PDSCH on the PUSCH.

Abstract: A method performed by a wireless device in a wireless communication system includes receiving multiple thresholds from a base station (BS); measuring a quality of a cell; determining a coverage enhancement (CE) level of the wireless device based on the multiple thresholds and the measured quality of the cell; receiving random access channel (RACH) information including at least one window size value and at least one timer value for contention resolution, from the BS; selecting a window size value and a timer value among the RACH information based on the determined CE level; transmitting a first message for the RACH to the BS; receiving a second message for the RACH based on the selected window size value, from the BS; and starting a timer for contention resolution based on the selected timer value regarding a third message for the RACH. Further, the CE level is determined as a CE level 0, when the measured quality is above or equal to all of the multiple thresholds.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide mechanisms for utilizing a single uplink grant to transmit scheduling requests (SRs) for two or more logical channels. A base station may allocate a separate grant of uplink resources for each SR opportunity (e.g., each logical channel for which a user equipment (UE) may transmit a SR to the base station). When the allocated uplink resources are within the same time period, the UE may select a subset of the SR opportunities for which to transmit a SR and partition the subset into one or more groups of SR opportunities. The UE may then generate one or more SR bits representing the one or more groups of SR opportunities and transmit the one or more SR bits on the single uplink grant.

Abstract: A system for controlling the operation of a human machine interface (HMI) device located in a vehicle configured to carry a passenger and a driver. The system includes an electrode positioned in a vehicle seat and a signal generating device configured to provide a signal to the electrode. The electrode transmit the signal through the occupant of the seat and the HMI device detects the signal when the occupant contacts the HMI device. The system is configured so that the HMI device operates in a first mode in response to exposure to the signal and in a second mode if the signal is not detected.

Abstract: An user equipment supporting Semi-Persistent Scheduling (SPS), the user equipment including: a receiver configure to receive sidelink (SL) SPS radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) from a base station; and receive a SL grant including downlink control information (DCI from the base station with a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), wherein the DCI comprises a SL SPS index field and an activation/release indication field if the DCI with Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) is scrambled with the SL SPS RNTI, wherein a start subframe for Sidelink Control (SC) period is determined based on an offset value and a subframe in which the sidelink grant is received, and wherein an index of a subframe for SC period is relative to System Frame Number (SFN) 0.

Abstract: The disclosed methods and apparatuses for round trip time (RTT) based positioning include generating or receiving a measurement report. The measurement report includes, for at least one transmission-reception point (TRP), a user equipment (UE) time difference and an offset of the at least one TRP. The UE time difference is a difference of a UE transmission time of an uplink reference signals (UL RS) to the at least one TRP and an earliest reception time representing a time of arrival (TOA) at the UE of an earliest path of a downlink reference signal (DL RS) from the at least one transmission-reception point (TRP). The offset is a difference of a stronger reception time representing a TOA at the UE of a stronger path of the DL RS from the at least one TRP and the earliest reception time.

Abstract: A base station includes a transmission unit. The transmission unit transmits, to at least one communication terminal(s), first control information for instructing the at least one communication terminal(s) to perform CSI (Channel State Information) reporting and second control information for making each of the at least one communication terminal(s) determine whether to respond to the instruction to perform the CSI reporting.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an uplink scheduling method in an unlicensed frequency band based on a dynamic frame structure, an uplink scheduling device and a base station. Each frame structure includes uplink and downlink subframes, and same type of a subframe continuity settings, the method includes: determining whether a currently used frame structure in an unlicensed frequency band needs to be reconfigured; when reconfiguration is not required, determining an uplink subframe to be scheduled on each downlink subframe according to the currently used frame structure; when reconfiguration is required, determining an uplink subframe to be scheduled on each downlink subframe in a last radio frame before a reconfiguration time point according to a first frame structure used before the reconfiguration time point and a second frame structure to be used; transmitting a scheduling instruction for the uplink subframe to be scheduled on each downlink subframe.

Abstract: There is provided a method comprising controlling receiving, at a node, subframe type configuration information, said subframe type configuration information defining at least one subframe type of a group of subframes to be used in a secondary cell, said secondary cell configured to provide at least one of licensed-assisted access, licensed shared access and co-primary sharing access and using said subframe type configuration information to cause the node to operate in accordance with that configuration in the secondary cell.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to devices, methods, and computer programs in mobile communications in order to enhance signal transmission. Specifically, it relates to methods in a network node. The method comprises receiving S1 a signal with at least a partly known content and applying S2 to the received signal at least one set of reception weights out of a plurality predefined sets of reception weights, wherein each set of reception weights is associated with at least one reception beam parameter describing a reception beam configuration. The method further comprises determining S3, based on one or more predetermined criteria, at least one set of reception weights out of the applied predefined sets of reception weights and generating S4 at least one set of transmission weights. Said at least one set of transmission weights is based on the at least one reception beam parameter The method further comprise transmitting S5 a signal using the generated at least one set of transmission weights.

Abstract: The invention provides a base station, user equipment (UE), and a method associated with transmitting or receiving UE capability information. The method used in the UE comprises: transmitting UE capability information comprising an indication indicating a specific scheduling mechanism supported by the UE; and receiving a configuration message comprising configuration information associated with the specific scheduling mechanism.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of performing a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) operation by a user equipment (UE), including: establishing a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection with a base station through a first serving cell, the first serving cell supporting a Time Division Duplex (TDD) mode; receiving an RRC message from the base station through the first serving cell, the RRC message including carrier aggregation (CA) configuration information, the CA configuration information including information of a second serving cell supporting a Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) mode, and the first serving cell and the second serving cell being aggregated by a TDD-FDD CA scheme; and determining a maximum number of DL HARQ processes for the second serving cell based on a uplink (UL)/downlink (DL) configuration of the first serving cell when the second serving cell is a secondary serving cell (SCell) associated with the first serving cell through the TDD-FDD CA scheme.

Abstract: A method for determining link direction of resources in a wireless communication system, the method performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving frame configuration information from a base station, wherein the frame configuration information indicates at least one of default resources and flexible resources in a frame, receiving downlink control information (DCI) format from the base station, and determining link direction of the flexible resources in the frame based on the frame configuration information and the DCI format.

Abstract: In an aspect, a method of wireless communication includes transmitting a configuration message, by a base station to a user equipment (UE), that configures the UE, according to one or more antenna switching constraints, with multiple sounding reference signal (SRS) resource sets for antenna switching by the UE. The method also includes receiving one or more SRS, by the base station, transmitted by the UE according to the configuration of the multiple SRS resource sets. In another aspect, a method of wireless communication includes receiving a configuration message, by a user equipment (UE) from a base station, that configures the UE, according to one or more antenna switching constraints, with multiple sounding reference signal (SRS) resource sets for antenna switching by the UE. The method also includes transmitting one or more SRS, by the UE to the base station, according to the configuration of the multiple SRS resource sets.

Abstract: Various solutions for reducing uplink overhead with respect to user equipment and network apparatus in mobile communications are described. An apparatus may monitor a downlink channel. The apparatus may determining whether downlink control information (DCI) is received on the downlink channel. The apparatus may skip a hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback transmission on an uplink channel in an event that no DCI is received on the downlink channel.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program for wireless communication that allows for greater scheduling flexibility of physical resources are disclosed. A UE receives information from a base station about a time division duplex (TDD) frame structure of a plurality of frames that include a plurality of subframes. The UE determines a control channel search space within the plurality of subframes based on the information. The UE determines a search strategy including a maximum aggregation level based on the control channel search space. The UE performs a blind decoding of the control channel search space with the search strategy to obtain control information. The control channel search space may include a size and a location of a subset of the DL subframes allowed to carry the control information. The UE may determine a plurality of UL subframes assigned for transmitting scheduled UL resources associated with a UL control signaling.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure provide for enabling at least one opportunity to transmit mission critical (MiCr) data and at least one opportunity to receive MiCr data in a time division duplex (TDD) subframe during a single transmission time interval (TTI). The single TTI may be no greater than 500 microseconds. The TDD subframe may be a downlink (DL)-centric TDD subframe or an uplink (UL)-centric TDD subframe. How much of the TDD subframe is configured for the at least one opportunity to transmit the MiCr data and how much of the TDD subframe is configured for the at least one opportunity to receive the MiCr data may be adjusted based on one or more characteristics of the MiCr data. The MiCr data may have a low latency requirement, a high priority requirement, and/or a high reliability requirement. Various other aspects are provided throughout the present disclosure.

Abstract: A method of operating a wireless device may be provided. A wireless device may receive a release message from a network node of a radio access network. The release message may include an identification of a redirected carrier. In response to the release message omitting synchronization block related parameters for the redirected carrier, the wireless device may check in measurement information configured for the wireless device for the synchronization block related parameters for the redirected carrier; and may perform synchronization signal measurements for the redirected carrier using the synchronization block related parameters in the measurement information.

Abstract: Provided are a user equipment, base station and wireless communication methods related to uplink control information mapping in physical uplink resources in NR (New Radio access technology). A user equipment comprises: circuitry operative to map, in physical resource blocks (PRBs) for Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), Uplink Control Information (UCI) to one or more available resource elements according to their distances with resource elements where reference signals are mapped in one or more of time domain, frequency domain and spatial domain; and a transmitter operative to transmit the UCI and the reference signals in PUSCH on the PRBs to a base station.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclose provide various methods and apparatuses for communicating, controlling, and configuring component carrier and bandwidth part (BWP). A scheduling entity receives a capability report from a user equipment (UE). The capability report indicates a capability of the UE to utilize at least one of carrier aggregation (CA) or one or more bandwidth parts. The scheduling entity transmits a command to the UE to reconfigure at least one of a CA configuration or a bandwidth part (BWP) configuration. The scheduling entity determines an anticipated response timing of an acknowledgment (ACK) of the command based on the capability report received from the UE. The scheduling entity receives the ACK according to the anticipated response timing.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, from a base station, network signaling including information about one or more of a timing advance scaling parameter, a processing-delay compensation parameter, and a timing advance extension parameters enabling threshold/condition; receiving a timing advance index from the base station; adjusting parameters for uplink transmissions using the received timing advance index for the one or more of the timing advance scaling parameter, the processing-delay compensation parameter, and the timing advance extension parameters enabling threshold/condition; and performing uplink transmissions according to the configured and adjusted parameters.

Abstract: Methods and techniques for configuring a monitoring device to communicate with a service server. The method includes sending, by the monitoring device to a control server, an initial connection message, authenticating, by the control server, the monitoring device using the initial connection message, in response to authenticating the monitoring device, sending, by the control server, a list of one or more addresses to the monitoring device, and establishing, by the monitoring device, a service connection between the monitoring device and a service server using the list of one or more addresses received from the control server.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, more specifically, to a method and an apparatus therefor, the method comprising the steps of: merging a first cell having a first TTI and a second cell having a second TTI, the length of the second TTI being N (N>1) times the length of the first TTI; receiving data scheduling information for the second cell in the first TTI of the first cell; and establishing data communication on the basis of the data scheduling information in the second TTI of the second cell corresponding to the first TTI of the first cell, wherein the first TTI for the first cell is any one TTI from among the N number of TTIs of the first cell corresponding to the second TTI of the second cell.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A device may receive repeated portions (e.g., modulation symbols) of a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) within a subframe. Portions of a PBCH may be repeated during various symbol periods of a subframe, and symbol periods for repetition may be selected based at least in part on locations of reference signals, synchronization signals, or downlink transmissions. Symbol periods that include cell-specific reference signals (CRS) may be used to repeat portions of a PBCH. Modulation symbols of a PBCH that include both broadcast information and CRS may be repeated within a subframe during symbol periods of the subframe than include CRS. Repetitions of portions of the PBCH in the subsequent subframe may be similarly or differently mapped to available resources in the subsequent subframe. Devices may identify characteristics of the PBCH by using differences in phase between repeated portions of the PBCH.

Abstract: Example embodiments presented herein are directed towards a base station, and corresponding method therein, for determining a control timing configuration. The control timing configuration provides a subframe timing for configuring PUSCH and uplink HARQ-ACK control timing for a cell serving a user equipment in a multiple cell communications network. The user equipment is served by a TDD based cell and a FDD based cell. Example embodiments are also directed towards a user equipment, and corresponding method therein, determining the control timing configuration discussed above.

Abstract: A method of dynamic memory management in a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes receiving, by the UE, transport block size (TBS) information, from a base station (BS), associated with a data packet to be transmitted by the BS to the UE; identifying, by the UE, a plurality of empty bins and a size of each of the plurality of empty bins in a memory of the UE; detecting, by the UE, a presence of one or more empty bins, among the plurality of empty bins in the memory, with a size of each of the one or more empty bins greater than the TBS of the data packet; and allocating, by the UE, a smallest size empty bin, with a size greater than the TBS of the data packet, among the one or more empty bins to the data packet.

Abstract: The present invention is designed to adequately control the transmission of uplink control information (UCI) using UL control channels. According to the present invention, a user terminal has a transmission section that transmits uplink control information (UCI), and a control section that determines a format of an uplink (UL) control channel that is used to transmit the UCI, from a plurality of formats, including a first format, in which the UCI and a reference signal are frequency-division-multiplexed, and a second format, in which the UCI and the reference signal are time-division-multiplexed.

Abstract: A base station (100, 300) is provided with a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter (109) transmits a downlink signal in a downlink transmission region, in a time unit that includes the downlink transmission region, an uplink transmission region, and a gap period that is a switching point between the downlink transmission region and the uplink transmission region. The receiver (111) receives an uplink signal in the uplink transmission region, in the time unit. Furthermore, a delay tolerant signal for which a delay is tolerated more than for the downlink signal and the uplink signal is mapped to within the gap period.

Abstract: Technology for a UE is disclosed. The UE can identify that a resource for a PUCCH transmission with HARQ-ACK information and/or a resource for a PUCCH associated with a SR overlap in time with two resources for respective PUCCH transmissions with two CSI reports. The UE can select a resource for a PUCCH transmission with a CSI report having a higher priority from the two resources for respective PUCCH transmissions with the two CSI reports. The UE can multiplex the HARQ-ACK information and/or the SR in the selected resource for the PUCCH transmission with the CSI report having the higher priority. The UE can encode the multiplexed HARQ-ACK information and the SR and the CSI report for transmission on the selected resource for the PUCCH transmission to a NR base station. The UE can drop the CSI report and the PUCCH resource having a lower priority.

Abstract: An apparatus for use in a wireless communication network, comprising a processing resource configured to determine a time interval for periodic time division duplex (TDD) Uplink/Downlink (UL/DL) reconfiguration windows, generate a UL/DL reconfiguration command to indicate a dynamic TDD UL/DL allocation change, and encode the UL/DL reconfiguration command in a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) data, and a radio front end (RF) interface coupled to the processing resource and configured to cause the encoded UL/DL reconfiguration command to be transmitted to a first of a plurality of wireless user equipment (UEs) in a first of the UL/DL reconfiguration windows, wherein the encoded UL/DL reconfiguration command is transmitted via a PDCCH to provide a fast TDD UL/DL reconfiguration.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a first information element (IE) and a second IE, wherein the first IE indicates whether all UEs that do not support cell-specific reference signal (CRS) muting are barred from a carrier and the second IE indicates whether all UEs that support CRS muting are barred from the carrier; and selectively access the carrier based at least in part on at least one of the first IE or the second IE. In some aspects, a UE may determine whether the UE supports cell-specific reference signal (CRS) muting; and transmit, to a base station, a capability report that indicates whether the UE supports CRS muting. Numerous other aspects are provided.